With a longer EU withdrawal period now agreed, agrifood bodies on both sides of the channel are calling for the UK to remain in the customs union until such time as a workable alternative has been formulated, in order to avoid severe trade disruption.
The Agri-Food Chain Coalition (AFCC), comprising 13 EU agri-food chain trade associations, used its recent conference in Brussels to call on the European institutions to promote innovation and resource efficiency to help meet the sustainable intensification drive...
As the European Commission begins preliminary discussions on the next Common Agricultural Policy reform package for the 2020-27 period, the Agri-Food Coalition of 11 EU sector trade associations has put forward its broad wish list for the revised policy. A...
The UK government’s invoking of the Article 50 process to start the Brexit negotiations this week has led to calls from both UK and EU agrifood organisations for an early settlement of future trade arrangements between the two parties.
The European Agri-Food Chain Coalition (AFCC) has elected Roxane Feller, secretary- general of the EU animal health body IFAH-Europe, as its chairman for 2017. She succeeds Garlich Von Essen of the European Seed Association in the role. The AFCC was launched in 2014...
A motion drafted by a British MEP to highlight the role of agricultural technologies in moving towards a more sustainable farming industry in Europe has been adopted by the European Parliament’s Agriculture Committee. It will be debated by the full Parliament next...