European Rural Poultry Association

ERPA

ERPA is a European association created in 2007 to: - represent professional producers of rural poultry in the EU - help preserve rural poultry production and its genetic diversity in Europe, by recognizing its specificities in the European legislationfarming, - promote in particular extensive and family-based methods of production, free range farming and coloured birds from rustic slow-growing strains.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Luis Carazo Jimenez (Head of Unit Agriculture and Rural Development)

29 Oct 2025 · Opening of the organic basic regulation and requests for simplification from the poultry sector

Meeting with Stefan Köhler (Member of the European Parliament)

2 Sept 2025 · Politischer Austausch

Meeting with Christophe Hansen (Commissioner) and

14 Apr 2025 · Poultry marketing standards, organic farming, CAP support and animal welfare

Meeting with Brigitte Misonne (Acting Director Agriculture and Rural Development)

14 Apr 2025 · Poultry marketing standards, organic farming, CAP support and animal welfare

Meeting with Benoit Cassart (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

7 Apr 2025 · Transport des animaux

Meeting with Valérie Hayer (Member of the European Parliament) and Eurogroup for Animals

27 Mar 2025 · Animal transport

Meeting with Olivér Várhelyi (Commissioner) and

13 Feb 2025 · Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) and animal welfare

Meeting with Tilly Metz (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

16 Jan 2025 · Animal transport

Meeting with Eric Sargiacomo (Member of the European Parliament)

18 Dec 2024 · Europe's poultry meat sector

Meeting with Janusz Wojciechowski (Commissioner) and

7 Feb 2023 · On-going revision of the EU marketing standards for poultry meat

Meeting with Norbert Lins (Member of the European Parliament, Committee chair)

17 Feb 2022 · Farm to Fork Strategy

Meeting with Maciej Golubiewski (Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski)

2 Feb 2021 · Opening speech, Online ERPA Conference

Meeting with Janusz Wojciechowski (Commissioner) and

14 Oct 2020 · CAP, animal welfare

Meeting with Lukas Visek (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

24 Sept 2020 · Sustainable poultry production

Meeting with Cristina Rueda Catry (Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan), Tom Tynan (Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan)

25 Feb 2015 · Nouveau règlement sur l'agriculture biologique et ses conséquences pour la production de volailles biologiques; termes réservés de qualité en volailles de chair