Association de l'Aviculture, de l'Industrie et du Commerce de Volailles dans les Pays de l'Union Europeenne asbl

AVEC

The mission of the association is to defend the interests of the poultry processors and the poultry export and import trade in the countries of the European Union as well as protecting their rights and functions.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Benoit Cassart (Member of the European Parliament)

5 Nov 2025 · Politique de santé animal - Normes de commercialisation

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

30 Sept 2025 · Exchange of views on poultry marketing standards, origin labelling, meat designations and promotion

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

14 May 2025 · Exchange of views on the livestock workstream announced in the EU Vision for Agriculture and Food

Meeting with Olivér Várhelyi (Commissioner) and

13 May 2025 · Animal health and welfare

Meeting with Alisa Tiganj (Cabinet of Commissioner Christophe Hansen) and

30 Apr 2025 · • ELV five recommendations for the Vision for the Future of EU Agriculture and for the mandate • Presentation of ELV (European Livestock Voice) • Exchange of views: Vision for the future of Livestock • EU Trade policy review: State of play

Meeting with Catherine Geslain-Laneelle (Director Agriculture and Rural Development)

18 Mar 2025 · Exchange of views on issues considered relevant by the Danish Poultry Meat federation, notably on the Vision for agriculture and food.

Meeting with Bernard Van Goethem (Director Health and Food Safety) and

18 Mar 2025 · Update on revision of animal welfare legislation and animal welfare during transport. For Animal Health, interest in EU rule simplification, including revision of surveillance requirements after vaccination.

Meeting with Maroš Šefčovič (Commissioner) and

13 Mar 2025 · Negotiations with Ukraine under Article 29 of the Association Agreement (tariff liberalisation) – Position of European agricultural stakeholders (sugar, poultry, eggs, ethanol, maize, wheat and honey)

Meeting with Christophe Hansen (Commissioner) and

13 Feb 2025 · Review of the EU-Ukraine Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA)

Meeting with Zaneta Vegnere (Cabinet of Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis)

11 Feb 2025 · exchange of views on the market pressures stemming from the eggs and poultry produce from Ukraine

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

4 Feb 2025 · Review of the EU-Ukraine Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA)

Meeting with Chiara Galiffa (Cabinet of Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič) and

23 Jan 2025 · Discussion on the poultry industry, its trade components and challenges, the need for policy intervention.

Meeting with Diego Canga Fano (Acting Deputy Director-General Agriculture and Rural Development)

23 Jan 2025 · European poultry program

Meeting with Sandra Gallina (Director-General Health and Food Safety) and

23 Jan 2025 · Highly pathogenic avian influenza & Animal welfare.

Meeting with Mihail Dumitru (Deputy Director-General Agriculture and Rural Development) and

22 Jan 2025 · Stocktaking of key issues in the poultry sector

Meeting with Sabine Weyand (Director-General Trade) and

22 Jan 2025 · Current issues in the European poultry meat sector.

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

4 Dec 2024 · Animal transport

Meeting with Valérie Hayer (Member of the European Parliament) and ENTREPRENEURS DES TERRITOIRES FNEDT

4 Oct 2024 · Divers

Meeting with Maria Noichl (Member of the European Parliament)

2 Jul 2024 · Poultry sector

Meeting with Janusz Wojciechowski (Commissioner) and

22 Apr 2024 · EU Promotion Policy These meetings were hold during the whole HLM

Meeting with Olivér Várhelyi (Commissioner) and

7 Mar 2024 · Ukraine

Meeting with Janusz Wojciechowski (Commissioner) and

10 Jan 2024 · Meeting with EU associations representing different sectors and actors presenting a proposal for a mechanism to protect sugar, cereals/oilseeds, poultry meat and eggs farmers/producers from severe market disturbance linked to imports from Ukraine.

Meeting with Janusz Wojciechowski (Commissioner) and Vereniging van de Nederlandse Pluimveeverwerkende Industrie

6 Jun 2023 · Presentation on safeguard measures on imported poultry meat from Ukraine

Meeting with Janusz Wojciechowski (Commissioner) and

10 Jan 2023 · Sustainability of the poultry sector, reciprocity in trade agreements, imports from Ukraine, future promotion policy, and more generally the future of livestock and meat production in EU.

Meeting with Cristina Rueda Catry (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis), Michael Hager (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)

15 Dec 2022 · Trade liberalisation with Ukraine

Meeting with Janusz Wojciechowski (Commissioner) and

23 Jun 2022 · Lifting of all tariffs and quotas for poultry meat imports from Ukraine

Meeting with Janusz Wojciechowski (Commissioner) and

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

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

20 Jan 2022 · Discussion on sustainable livestock

Meeting with Christiane Kirketerp De Viron (Cabinet of Commissioner Johannes Hahn) and

14 Dec 2021 · Agricultural Promotion Policy

Meeting with Catherine Geslain-Laneelle (Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski)

9 Jul 2020 · Concerns on how the EU Poultry Meat Sector will recover from the COVID-19 crisis.

Meeting with Catherine Geslain-Laneelle (Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski) and

8 May 2020 · To discuss measures taken from the EU Commission to support the EU Poultry Sector in the context of the COVID-19 crisis.

Meeting with Annukka Ojala (Cabinet of Commissioner Stella Kyriakides), Karolina Herbout-Borczak (Cabinet of Commissioner Stella Kyriakides)

12 Feb 2020 · Farm to Fork Strategy

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

12 Feb 2020 · The role of the poultry sector in the Green Deal

Meeting with Jorge Pinto Antunes (Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski)

12 Feb 2020 · The role the European Poultry Meat Production can play in the Green Deal and the Sustainable Farm to Fork Strategy

Meeting with Janusz Wojciechowski (Commissioner)

23 Jan 2020 · Sustainability from Farm to Fork

Meeting with Phil Hogan (Commissioner)

10 Sept 2019 · Agri Matters

Meeting with Anne Bucher (Director-General Health and Food Safety)

15 May 2019 · safety of imported foods, Ukraine (EU Audit, Animal Health), Brazil (flesh scandal)

Meeting with Vytenis Andriukaitis (Commissioner) and

26 Nov 2018 · Animal welfare, antimicrobial use, and the environmental impact of industrial broiler farming

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

10 Jan 2018 · Alignment of secondary legislation related to trade

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

10 Jan 2018 · Business discussion

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

20 Feb 2017 · Exchange of view in relation to Avian Flu

Meeting with Phil Hogan (Commissioner)

30 Sept 2016 · Address General Assembly

Meeting with Jean-Luc Demarty (Director-General Trade) and BREIZ EUROPE

8 Jun 2016 · Global situation in poultry trade

Meeting with Arunas Ribokas (Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis), Nathalie Chaze (Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis) and BREIZ EUROPE

8 Jun 2016 · Deboned meat products, campylobacter bacteria

Meeting with Arunas Ribokas (Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis), Arunas Vinciunas (Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis)

29 May 2015 · Food regulation

Meeting with Maria Asenius (Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström), Miguel Ceballos Baron (Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström)

30 Apr 2015 · Sanitary and Phitosanitary issues in Trade negotiations

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

30 Apr 2015 · Challenges for the poultry meat industry