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
Response to Evaluation of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) 2017-2024
5 Apr 2024
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
Response to Fitness Check of the EU legislation on animal welfare of farmed animals
28 Jul 2020
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