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

15 Oct 2025 · Exchange of views on future EU-UK SPS agreement (covering organics) and on simplification exercise in the Commission

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

Response to Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council for on-farm animal welfare, including in response to the European Citizens’ Initiative “End the Cage Age”, for certain species and categories of animals.

15 Jul 2025

Meeting with Luiza Bara (Head of Unit Secretariat-General) and 2 other interest representatives

19 Jun 2025 · Engagement with UK farmers’ unions following the political announcement towards an EU-UK SPS Agreement

Meeting with Jan Hendrik Dopheide (Cabinet of Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič) and 2 other interest representatives

19 Jun 2025 · Engagement with UK farmers’ unions following the political announcement towards an EU-UK SPS Agreement

Meeting with Maria Walsh (Member of the European Parliament) and Ulster Farmers' Union

19 Feb 2025 · EU-UK agriculture & trade relations

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the protection of animals during transport and related operations, amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/97 and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005

11 Apr 2024

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

15 Mar 2022

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

23 Jul 2020

Response to Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on the Farm to Fork Strategy for a Sustainable Food System

16 Mar 2020

Response to Climate Law (Legislative proposal)

3 Feb 2020

Response to EU 2030 Biodiversity Strategy

20 Jan 2020

Response to COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/... establishing detailed rules on the operations to be carried out during and after documentary checks, identity checks and physical checks on animals and goods subject to official controls at border control posts

23 Sept 2019

Response to COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/625 as regards certain categories of animals and goods exempted from official controls at border control posts

23 Sept 2019

Response to COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards rules for official controls of consignments of animals and goods in transit, transhipment and onward transportation, amending Regulations (EC) No 798/2008, (EC) No 1251/2008, (EC) No 119/2009, (EU) No 206/2010, (EU) No 605/2010, (EU) No 142/2011, (EU) No 28/2012, (EU) 2016/759 and Decision 2007/777/EC, and repealing Decisions 2000/208/EC, 2000/571/EC and 2011/215/EU

23 Sept 2019

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

22 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

22 Aug 2019

Response to COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/... laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the lists of animals, products of animal origin, germinal products, animal by-products and derived products and hay and straw subject to official controls at border control posts and amending Decision 2007/275/EC

16 Aug 2019

Response to COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/... on the procedures at border control posts for a coordinated performance by competent authorities of intensified official controls on products of animal origin, germinal products, animal by-products and composite products

7 Aug 2019

Response to COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards rules on specific official controls on consignments of certain animals and goods originating from, and returning to the Union following a refusal of entry by a third country

31 Jul 2019

Response to Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions – A comprehensive framework on endocrine disruptors

19 Jul 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 Communication on an EU Pollinators Initiative

21 Dec 2017

Response to COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to risk assessments in relation to invasive alien species

21 Dec 2017

Meeting with Tom Tynan (Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan)

11 Dec 2017 · Business discussion

Response to COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... amending Regulation (EC) No 589/2008 as regards marketing standards for free range eggs where hens' access to open air runs is restricted

30 Aug 2017

Meeting with Julian King (Commissioner)

31 Jan 2017 · UK farming union future priorities

Response to COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the Union scales for the classification of beef, pig and sheep carcasses and as regards the reporting of market prices of certain categories of carcasses and live animals

13 Jan 2017

Response to COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... amending Delegated Regulation (EU) No 639/2014 as regards the control measures relating to the cultivation of hemp, certain provisions on the greening payment, the payment for young farmers in control of a legal person, the calculation of the per unit amount in the framework of voluntary coupled support, the fractions of payment entitlements and certain notification requirements relating to the single area payment scheme and the voluntary coupled support, and amending Annex X to Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council

12 Jan 2017

Meeting with Tom Tynan (Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan)

22 Sept 2016 · Agri matters

Response to COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) …/… setting out scientific criteria for the determination of endocrine disrupting properties and amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) 1107/2009

27 Jul 2016

Meeting with Nathalie Chaze (Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis)

15 Oct 2015 · Plant protection products

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

7 Jul 2015 · Future of the CAP and general discussion

Meeting with José Mendes Bota (Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas)

1 Jul 2015 · Potential opportunities for the agri-food sector through Horizon 2020

Meeting with José Mendes Bota (Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas)

12 Feb 2015 · Chief Scientific Advisor to the European Commission