Summary of newspapers of the previous day – 8. 12. 2008

Meanwhile, CR denies decision on Union agriculture reform

The Czech Republic does not want any decision on a European agricultural policy reform until European Union´s budget for next years is ready. Journalists were told by a Vice-premier Alexandr Vondra today in Brussels. A topic of the reform of evidently the most criticized European “policy” will be one of items of agenda of the coming Union summit whereas a discussion on the reform will be led by the Czech Republic in frame of its presidency in the EU Council. “We favour those who do not to make any decisions until a budget perspective is discussed”, Vondra told. The present version of Common Agricultural Policy of the EU will be in operation till 2013.

EU exceeds limits of air pollution owing to increase in road transportation

Despite a significant reduction of emission in recent years it is expected that only 11 EU member states (including the Czech Republic) will have not exceeded their emission limits by 2010 for all four substances substantially polluting air – carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxide, ammonia and non-methane volatile organic adducts – as the National Emission Ceilings Directive (NECD) imposes. The most difficult is to keep the emission ceiling of nitrogen oxide – it is caused partially in that demand for road transportation grows faster that it was expected.

From January recycling charge will refer also some newly registered used cars

According to an amendment of act on wastes which comes in force on the 1st of January 2009, new owners of used cars which fulfill neither an emission norm EURO 3, will have to pay. The State Environment Fund of CR (SFŽP) will contribute from the charge to ecological liquidation of wreck cars. The charge height is set by the law from three to ten thousand crowns according to fulfillment of a relevant emission norm. The charge does not refer cars which fulfill at least the norm EURO 3. Automobile conveyance is besides heating households with brown coal the biggest trespasser of the deteriorating quality of Czech atmosphere, above all solid particles in emissions (PM2,5 a PM10).

Pig meat contaminated with dioxin is not on Czech market

Products from pig meat contaminated with dioxin originating from Ireland are not on Czech market. All inspection authorities work according to instructions of the Food and Feed Fast Warning System whose report they recorded already on Friday afternoon. The information on Irish pig meat contaminated with dioxin was recorded by relevant inspection authorities by means of RASF, so the Food and Feed Fast Warning System already on Friday afternoon.