Summary of newsmakers of the previous day – 30.5.2006

The Czech Republic reached excellent results in 2005 in area of package and package waste recycling

In 2005 the Czech Republic fulfilled in advance the EU requirement for recycling and use of packing waste. Their reaching is binding for the CR till the end of 2012. In recycling of plastic packing waste the CR placed on the 2nd place behind Germany. In recycling of glass and paper packing waste it ranks among the front EU states. It results from accessible data on recycling of packing waste in EU countries provided by the Ministry of Environment from the Committee of European Union.

Milk product of the year is cheese Monastére from Madeta

Cheese Monastére from South-Bohemian dairy works became the absolute winner of a competition for milk product of the year 2006, which has six categories in total. The product got the most point in evaluation of special commissions and took also the first place in the category of natural cheeses. Organizers introduced it at today’s festive declaration of results on the occasion of the World Milk Day.

Poultry meat: Cheapness destroy producers

Czech chicken meat is the cheapest in the European Union; one hundred kilograms costs 118,2 Euros (3333 crowns). The average of EU-25 is 146,5 Euros (4131 crowns). It results from data of the Agrarian Chamber. According to its president, Jan Veleba, Czech farmers have to solve substantially more problems, they suffers from the current subsidy policy or behaviour of trade chains. Immediately after elections the Chamber wants to bring forward its requirements to a new government. If negotiations are not successful, farmers do not exclude demonstrations.

Mattoni has Poděbradka, giant rises

A new dominant company rises on mineral water market. Companies Karlovarské minerální vody (KVM) and Poděbradka can join. It results from a decision made by the Office for Protection of Competition (ÜOHS) which already for the second time has evaluated a requirement of the KVM for joining.Originally the Office refused the amalgamation with a statement of the reasons that it would occur a dominant position of KMV on the market. Karlovarské minerální vody supplies the market with mineral water Mattoni,magnesia and Aquila. The firm has hundred-million profits annually, only the year before the last one its net profit exceeded 400 million crowns. Poděbradka has takings about one milliard crowns yearly and 30-percent share on flavoured mineral water market.