Ahead of the so-called Jumbo “trilogues” of 24/25 June 2021 and the EU Agriculture Council of Ministers of the following week, CEFS has released a Press Statement requesting equal treatment and adjustment of management tools in the CAP to ensure a sustainable sugar production in the EU in the future. Read the full statement here
During the 17th June 2021 webinar the European Sugar Manufacturers (CEFS) discussed how the EU Trade Policy Review can generate added value for EU economic operators, in particular sugar producers, against the background of the green and digital strategy of the EU. Read our press statement here and CEFS’s Future of EU Trade Policy [...]
The EU Commission has recently launched its Trade Policy Review. CEFS calls upon the EU to develop a policy that allows the EU sugar industry to compete on a sustainable level playing field globally. Sustainability has been at the heart of the EU sugar sector for a long time. However, most other sugar producing [...]
CEFS Webinar Trade Policy programme 17.06 Mark your calendar: Thursday 17 June, 11.30am CEFS invites key stakeholders and decision-makers to join the discussion on the case of sugar in the FreeTradeAgreements, with Member of the European Parliament Marie-Pierre Vedrenne, Ms Rueda-Catry from the cabinet of Commissioner Dombrovskis and Paul Mesters President CEFS. The webinar will [...]
Today marks one year since the Farm to Fork strategy was presented in Brussels by the European Commission. CEFS joined more than 30 organizations of the European farming and agri food community in a joint statement. After a year of intense debate, the strategy still raises many questions and a number of concerns. Read the [...]
On 27 April, the 1st workshop of the joint CEFS-EFFAT sugar project brought together around 60 experts discussing the key role of the sugar industry for jobs, innovation and sustainability. Today, beet sugar factories offer skilled, remunerative industrial employment at the heart of the rural communities. In some of the EU’s most vulnerable rural areas, [...]
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