European Association
of Sugar Manufacturers

European Association
of Sugar Manufacturers

20 03, 2015

European sugar social partners call on the European Commission to take action to alleviate the current sugar market crisis

By |2018-02-27T11:07:20+00:00March 20th, 2015|

At their recent social dialogue plenary meeting, the social partners CEFS and EFFAT, representing respectively employers and workers of the European sugar sector, expressed their concerns about the difficult economic situation that the sector is facing, with many social risks and economic uncertainties ahead of the end of the quota system in 2017. The social [...]

27 06, 2013

"Political agreement on sugar should have gone further" say sugar manufacturers

By |2018-02-27T10:50:12+00:00June 27th, 2013|

Following the political agreement on the CAP reform on 26 June 2013, CEFS (Comité Européen des Fabricants de Sucre) is disappointed that after difficult discussions the end date for the current Single CMO for sugar is not closer to the Parliament’s original position of 2020. The end of the current Single CMO for sugar marks [...]