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Freshfel Europe representative Simona Rubbi elected Chair of European Commission CDG on Quality & Promotion
Today Freshfel Europe representative Simona Rubbi (CSO, Italy) was elected Chair of the European Commission Civil Dialogue Group (CDG) on Quality and Promotion. Freshfel Europe welcomes the appointment and is committed to driving the CDG agenda during Ms. Rubbi’s...
Freshfel Europe urges European Commission to retain €200 million promotion budget & at least double allowance for fruit & vegetable consumption promotion activities in 2021
Freshfel Europe is urging the European Commission to retain the €200 million promotion budget in its 2021 Annual Work Programme (AWP) and double the fruit and vegetable sector’s previous allocation of €8 million to €16 million for activities stimulating European...
Freshfel Europe highlights resilience of fruit & vegetable sector despite COVID-19 socio-economic challenges to EU policy-makers in European Parliament Hearing
Freshfel Europe General Delegate Philippe Binard highlighted the resilience of the fresh fruit and vegetable sector in the face of many socio-economic challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic this year at a dedicated Public Hearing in the European Parliament...
Freshfel Europe members elect new Association Board at first ever online Annual General Meeting during Joint 2020 Annual Event
Freshfel Europe held its first ever fully digital Annual General Meeting on the morning of its Joint 2020 Annual Event on the 29 September 2020. Rescheduled from its usual spring date, Freshfel Europe members re-elected Mr. Stephan Weist as Freshfel Europe’s President...
Freshfel Europe & AREFLH examine key challenges ahead for the European fresh fruit & vegetable sector at online Joint 2020 Annual Event
Freshfel Europe and AREFLH held their online Joint 2020 Annual Event on the 29 September 2020, examining key challenges ahead for the European fresh fruit and vegetable sector amid this unprecedented period. The Joint 2020 Annual Event focused on the pertinent theme...
ESSA & Freshfel Europe join forces to kick start multi-level food crisis management collaboration & dialogue to learn from past experiences & prepare for future scenarios
On 2 September 2020, over 200 industry and public sector stakeholders from across Europe and beyond gathered at ESSA and Freshfel Europe’s Food Crisis Management Event to analyse former as well as hypothetical food crisis situations, the lessons learnt from them, and...
Freshfel Europe welcomes the EU’s plans to revise its Trade Strategy to tackle growing challenges and support the fruit and vegetable sector to diversify exports and ensure supply of the EU market
Freshfel Europe supports the EU’s plans to revise its Trade Strategy, an essential move to ensure the EU is ready to tackle the growing challenges impacting fresh fruit and vegetables trade , particularly in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis. In particular, the...
Freshfel Europe calls for EU & UK negotiators not to let the fresh fruit & vegetable sector down & provide businesses with ‘no deal’ trading facilitations before the end of summer
Freshfel Europe calls for EU and UK negotiators not to let the fresh fruit and vegetables sector down and to allow businesses to recover after COVID-19 before major changes are implemented for operators in EU-UK trade. This can only be secured by genuine technical...
Freshfel Europe response to Farm to Fork Strategy positive but wary about its ambitions for the sector
Today Freshfel Europe has published its first preliminary reaction to the European Commission’s recently released Farm to Fork Strategy as part of the European Green Deal. Freshfel Europe welcomes the Farm to Fork Strategy, which will help facilitate the provision of...
Freshfel Europe releases COVID-19 Impact Assessment for EU fresh fruit & vegetable sector
Today Freshfel Europe has released its Impact Assessment of the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for the European fresh fruit and vegetable sector, including recommendations for policy- makers. In conjunction with its members, Freshfel Europe compiled the 88-page...
