Meeting with Johannes Van Den Bossche (Cabinet of Commissioner Christophe Hansen) and GroentenFruit Huis

5 Nov 2025 · Exchange of views on sustainability, simplification, and competitiveness in the fruit and vegetable sector

Meeting with Pierre Bascou (Deputy Director-General Agriculture and Rural Development)

16 Oct 2025 · The role of interbranch in the supply chain

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulation (EC) 1107/2009, Regulation (EC) No 396/2005, Regulation (EU) 528/2012, Regulation (EC) 1831/2003, Regulation (EC) No 852/2004, Regulation (EC) No 853/2004, Regulation 1099/2009, Regulation (EC) No 999/2001, Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009, Regulation (EU) 2017/625 and Directive 98/58/EC, as regards simplifying and clarifying food and feed safety requirements

14 Oct 2025

Meeting with Elena Panichi (Head of Unit Agriculture and Rural Development)

4 Sept 2025 · Exchange of views on the European fresh fruit and vegetable trade with the Americas.

Response to COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1698 as regards certain criteria for the establishment of the list of high-risk third countries and high-risk products

11 Jul 2025

Response to COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... amending Delegated Regulations (EU) 2016/232 and (EU) 2017/891 as regards certain rules on producer organisations, notification obligations of producer prices and implementation of certain import mechanisms in the fruit and vegetables sector

10 Jun 2025

Meeting with Elena Panichi (Head of Unit Agriculture and Rural Development)

16 May 2025 · Exchange of views on the European fresh fruit and vegetable trade with the Americas

Meeting with Frank Bollen (Head of Unit Agriculture and Rural Development)

24 Apr 2025 · Exchange of views on some issues concerning exports of fruits & vegetables to some neighbourhood countries

Meeting with Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis (Member of the European Parliament)

9 Apr 2025 · EU Health

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulations (EU) No 1308/2013, (EU) 2021/2115 and (EU) 2021/2116 as regards the strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chain

10 Mar 2025

Meeting with Ricard Ramon I Sumoy (Acting Head of Unit Agriculture and Rural Development)

24 Jan 2025 · Exchange of views on the future Vision of agriculture and food

Meeting with Tom Vandenkendelaere (Member of the European Parliament)

4 Oct 2023 · Farm to Fork strategy, pesticides, new genomic techniques

Response to Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on substantiation and communication of explicit environmental claims (Green Claims Directive)

20 Jul 2023

Meeting with Clara Aguilera (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur for opinion) and 4 other interest representatives

4 Jul 2023 · Sustainable Use of Pesticides Regulation

Meeting with Kurt Vandenberghe (Director-General Climate Action) and 11 other interest representatives

27 Jun 2023 · Fit for 55

Response to COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards marketing standards for the fruit and vegetables sector, certain processed fruit and vegetable products and the bananas sector, and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 1666/1999 and Commission Implementing Regulations (EU) No 543/2011 and (EU) No 1333/2011

17 May 2023

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on packaging and packaging waste, amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 and Directive (EU) 2019/904, and repealing Directive 94/62/EC

21 Apr 2023

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the sustainable use of plant protection products and amending Regulation (EU) 2021/2115

19 Sept 2022

Meeting with Mazaly Aguilar (Member of the European Parliament)

17 May 2022 · Freshfel Europe, the European Fresh Produce Association.

Response to Report assessing the rationale and legal feasibility of applying EU health and environmental standards (including animal welfare standards as well as processes and production methods) to imported agricultural and agri-food products as well as identifying the concrete initiatives to ensure better consistency in their application, in conformity with WTO rules

16 Mar 2022

Meeting with Janusz Wojciechowski (Commissioner) and 11 other attendees

27 Jan 2022 · 2022 Annual Work Programme of the EU Promotion Policy

Meeting with Christiane Kirketerp De Viron (Cabinet of Commissioner Johannes Hahn) and 10 other interest representatives

14 Dec 2021 · Agricultural Promotion Policy

Response to COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/40 as regards the accompanying educational measures and the selection and approval of aid applicants

19 Nov 2021

Response to COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/... amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/39 as regards the aid applications, payment of the aid and on-the-spot checks

19 Nov 2021

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on applying a generalised scheme of tariff preferences and repealing Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council

16 Nov 2021

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing a carbon border adjustment mechanism

3 Nov 2021

Response to Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2008/98/EC on waste, establishing a Union-wide food waste reduction target to be met by 2030

29 Oct 2021

Response to Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing an EU framework for a Union sustainable food system

26 Oct 2021

Response to COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/891 as regards the calculation of the value of marketed production of producer organisations in the fruit and vegetable sector

27 Sept 2021

Response to COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/... amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 as regards the listing of pests, prohibitions and requirements for the introduction into, and movement within, the Union of plants, plant products and other objects, and repealing Decisions 98/109/EC and 2002/757/EC and Implementing Regulations (EU) 2020/885 and (EU) 2020/1292

23 Aug 2021

Response to COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... supplementing Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council with rules on the official controls in respect of consignments of organic products and in-conversion products intended for import into the Union and on the certificate of inspection

12 Jul 2021

Response to COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/... authorising certain products and substances for use in organic production and establishing their lists

23 Apr 2021

Response to Proposal for a of Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on information provision and promotion measures concerning agricultural products implemented in the internal market and in third countries (recast R 1144/2014)

9 Mar 2021

Response to [multi acts] Revision of Commission Implementing and Delegated Regulations on EU marketing standards for agricultural products under the Common Organisation of the Market to ensure the uptake and supply of sustainable products, and modernise, simplify and align them, as well as a proposal to revise the ‘Breakfast Directives’ for the same purposes

16 Feb 2021

Response to Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 on the provision of food information to consumers

3 Feb 2021

Response to COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/... amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1715 as regards procedures for the establishment and use of ADIS and EUROPHYT, the issuance of electronic animal health certificates, official certificates, animal health/official certificates and commercial documents, the use of electronic signatures, and the functioning of TRACES, and repealing Decision 97/152/EC

19 Jan 2021

Response to Communication on the development of a contingency plan at EU level setting up a common EU food crisis response mechanism to ensure food supply and food security in times of crises affecting the EU’s food system, to be coordinated by the Commission and involving Member States

13 Jan 2021

Response to Proposal for a Regulation on substantiating environmental claims using the Product/Organisation Environmental Footprint methods (green claims)

28 Aug 2020

Response to Revision of Directive 2009/128/EC on the sustainable use of pesticides with accompanying Impact Assessment

6 Aug 2020

Response to Revision of Directive 94/62/EC on Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive to reinforce the essential requirements for packaging and assess the feasibility to establish EU level packaging waste prevention measures and targets

5 Aug 2020

Response to Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on Trade policy review, including WTO reform initiative

10 Jul 2020

Response to FuelEU Maritime - Green European Maritime Space (legislative proposal)

24 Apr 2020

Response to EU 2030 Biodiversity Strategy

20 Jan 2020

Response to Communication on a new Circular Economy Action Plan

20 Jan 2020

Response to COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the rules for the administration of import and export tariff quotas subject to licences and supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the lodging of securities in the administration of tariff quotas

19 Aug 2019

Response to COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/... laying down rules for the application of Regulations (EU) No 1306/2013, (EU) No 1308/2013 and (EU) No 510/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the management system of tariff quotas with licences

19 Aug 2019

Response to COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/... amending Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products with regard to organic production, labelling and control

15 Aug 2019

Response to COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/... on the temporary increase of official controls and emergency measures governing the entry into the Union of certain goods from certain third countries implementing Regulations (EU) 2017/625 and (EC) 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Commission Regulations (EC) No 669/2009, (EU) No 884/2014, (EU) No 2015/175, (EU) No 2017/186 and (EU) 2018/1660

15 Jul 2019

Response to COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/... laying down implementing measures for the Rapid alert system for food and feed, and rules as regards the computerised information system for notifying and reporting on listed animal diseases, the notification of the presence of, and protective measures taken against, plant pests, administrative assistance and cooperation between Member States’ authorities, and the functioning of the information management system for official controls (‘the IMSOC Regulation’)

17 Jun 2019

Response to COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/... amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1185 laying down rules for the application of Regulations (EU) No 1307/2013 and (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards notifications to the Commission of information and documents

17 Jun 2019

Response to COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Common Health Entry Document accompanying consignments of animals and goods to their destination

11 Mar 2019

Meeting with Jerzy Bogdan Plewa (Director-General Agriculture and Rural Development)

29 Nov 2018 · exchange of views on fruit market

Response to COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DIRECTIVE (EU) …/… amending Annexes I to V to Council Directive 2000/29/EC on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community

26 Nov 2018

Response to Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on unfair trading practices in business-to-business relationships in the food supply chain

13 Jun 2018

Response to Proposal on the EU Single Window environment for customs

31 May 2018

Response to COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 as regards marketing standards in the fruit and vegetables sector

29 Mar 2018

Meeting with Jerzy Bogdan Plewa (Director-General Agriculture and Rural Development) and 2 other interest representatives

27 Mar 2018 · exchange of view on the Communication on Food and Farming

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

20 Apr 2017 · Presentation of their latest brochure

Meeting with Arunas Vinciunas (Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis), Nathalie Chaze (Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis) and 3 other attendees

14 Dec 2016 · Dimethoate

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

14 Jun 2016 · Fruit & vegetable

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

14 Jun 2016 · Priorities of the CE on the fruit and vegetables dossier

Meeting with Jerzy Bogdan Plewa (Director-General Agriculture and Rural Development)

8 Jun 2016 · exchange on the outlook for appels and pears sectors

Meeting with Vytenis Andriukaitis (Commissioner) and 5 other attendees

4 Apr 2016 · Endocrine disruptors

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

26 Mar 2015 · SPS barriers in Third Countries for fruit and vegetables