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 Leopoldo Rubinacci (Deputy Director-General Trade)

9 Sept 2025 · Exchange about the current and future challenges of trade and agricultural policy for the European dairy sector.

Meeting with Olivér Várhelyi (Commissioner) and 1 other attendee

8 Sept 2025 · Dairy sector’s key priorities in animal welfare and nutrition sectors

Response to Legislative proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2003/87/EC, Decision (EU) 2015/1814 and Regulation (EU) 2015/757 on certain elements of the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) and of its Market Stability Reserve (MSR), relating to stationary installations, aviation and maritime

4 Jul 2025

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

24 Jun 2025 · EU policy issues of relevance for the dairy sector

Meeting with Patricia Reilly (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen)

24 Jun 2025 · Exchange of views on the Common Organization of Markets and the competitiveness and resilience of the dairy sector

Response to Communication on a new EU Bioeconomy strategy: Towards a Circular, Regenerative and Competitive Bioeconomy

19 Jun 2025

Meeting with Michael Mcnamara (Member of the European Parliament)

12 May 2025 · Introduction

Meeting with Christophe Hansen (Commissioner) and 1 other attendee

5 May 2025 · Targeted amendments to the CMO - EU dairy trade situation

Meeting with Jessika Van Leeuwen (Member of the European Parliament)

29 Apr 2025 · Exchange of views

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

27 Mar 2025 · Vision for Agriculture and Food, Commission proposal for a targeted amendment to the CMO Regulation, Milk market situation, Trade related issues, Future MFF/CAP

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 Elena Panichi (Head of Unit Agriculture and Rural Development)

5 Mar 2025 · Association Agreement EU-Mercosur

Meeting with Alexander Bernhuber (Member of the European Parliament)

19 Feb 2025 · Runder Tisch zu Nachhaltigkeit in der Molkereibranche

Meeting with Fabien Santini (Head of Unit Agriculture and Rural Development)

23 Jan 2025 · Commission proposal of 10 December 2024 on the Common Market Organisation Regulation

Meeting with Tomas Baert (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen) and 10 other interest representatives

3 Dec 2024 · Trade tensions - strategic thinking for agri-food trade

Response to Proposal for a Council Decision on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union in the Association Committee in Trade configuration established by the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member states, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other concerning the acceleration or broadening of the scope of the elimination of customs duties.

11 Sept 2024

Response to COMMISSION DIRECTIVE (EU) .../… amending Council Directive 91/676/EEC as regards the use of certain fertilising materials from livestock manure

16 May 2024

Response to Evaluation of Council Directive 91/676/EEC of 12 December 1991 concerning the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources

7 Mar 2024

Meeting with Norbert Lins (Member of the European Parliament)

9 Nov 2023 · Panel discussion on future of dairy

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

Response to COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... amending Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards specific hygiene requirements for certain fresh meat, fishery products, dairy products and eggs

25 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 establishing a Union certification framework for carbon removals

21 Mar 2023

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

10 Oct 2022 · electricity prices

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on European Union geographical indications for wine, spirit drinks and agricultural products, and quality schemes for agricultural products, amending Regulations (EU) No 1308/2013, (EU) 2017/1001 and (EU) 2019/787 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012

27 Jun 2022

Response to Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control) and Council Directive 1999/31/EC of 26 April 1999 on the landfill of waste

22 Jun 2022

Response to A European Union Regulatory Framework for the Certification of Carbon Removals

29 Apr 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) 2019/625 as regards Combined Nomenclature and Harmonised System codes and import conditions of certain composite products, amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2122 as regards certain samples and pet birds exempted from official controls at border control posts and amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/630 as regards requirements for composite products exempted from official controls at border control posts

18 Nov 2021

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulations (EU) 2018/841 as regards the scope, simplifying the compliance rules, setting out the targets of the Member States for 2030 and committing to the collective achievement of climate neutrality by 2035 in the land use, forestry and agriculture sector, and (EU) 2018/1999 as regards improvement in monitoring, reporting, tracking of progress and review

5 Nov 2021

Response to Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Directive 2003/87/EC establishing a system for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Union, Decision (EU) 2015/1814 concerning the establishment and operation of a market stability reserve for the Union greenhouse gas emission trading scheme and Regulation (EU) 2015/757

5 Nov 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

22 Oct 2021

Response to Restoring a Sustainable Carbon Cycle Communication on the Carbon Removal Certification Initiative and the Carbon Farming Initiative

7 Oct 2021

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

1 Oct 2021 · Speech on sustainable food systems

Response to Commission proposal for a revision of the EU legislation on the welfare of animals

23 Aug 2021

Response to Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EU) No 1370/2013 determining measures on fixing certain aids and refunds related to the common organisation of the markets in agricultural products as regards the aid scheme for the supply of fruit and vegetables, bananas and milk in educational establishments (EU school scheme)

26 Jul 2021

Response to COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2122 as regards certain categories of goods posing low risk, goods that form part of passengers’ personal luggage and pet animals exempted from official controls at border control posts and amending that Delegated Regulation and Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2074 as regards references to certain repealed legislation

17 Jun 2021

Meeting with Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President) and 11 other interest representatives

31 May 2021 · Exchange on Farm to Fork Strategy with European Livestock Voice

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

27 Apr 2021 · VTC Meeting on Farm to Fork Strategy and labelling initiatives

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 COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the cases and conditions under which competent authorities may designate official laboratories which do not fulfil the conditions in relation to all the methods they use for official controls or other official activities

16 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)

8 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

10 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

2 Feb 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

11 Jan 2021

Response to Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council regulating the schemes for protection of geographical indications for agricultural products and foodstuffs, wine and spirit drinks, and of traditional specialities guaranteed for agricultural products and foodstuffs

25 Nov 2020

Response to COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/... laying down rules for uniform application of issuance, signature and guarantees of reliability of official certificates and establishing model official certificates and model declarations for movements of consignments of certain categories of animals and goods within the Union and entry into the Union

3 Nov 2020

Response to COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... amending Annex IV to Regulation (EU) 2018/841 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the forest reference levels to be applied by the Member States for the period 2021-2025

14 Sept 2020

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

27 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 - An EU strategy to reduce methane emissions

4 Aug 2020

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality and amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 (European Climate Law)

30 Apr 2020

Response to Commission proposal for the revision of Directive 2010/75/EU on industrial emissions

21 Apr 2020

Response to Commission Communication outlining a comprehensive plan to increase the EU 2030 climate target

14 Apr 2020

Meeting with Wolfgang Burtscher (Director-General Agriculture and Rural Development)

7 Apr 2020 · Exchange of views on the dairy sector

Response to Proposal for a Carbon Border Adjustment mechanism (CBAM)

31 Mar 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

13 Mar 2020

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

4 Mar 2020 · Sustainable food systems

Response to Minimising the risk of deforestation and forest degradation associated with products placed on the EU market

3 Mar 2020

Response to Commission Communication on Europe’s Beating Cancer Action Plan

3 Mar 2020

Response to Climate Law (Legislative proposal)

6 Feb 2020

Meeting with Annukka Ojala (Cabinet of Commissioner Stella Kyriakides)

23 Jan 2020 · FARM TO FORK

Response to EU 2030 Biodiversity Strategy

17 Jan 2020

Response to Communication on a new Circular Economy Action Plan

17 Jan 2020

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

2 Aug 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

23 May 2019

Meeting with Risto Artjoki (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen)

9 Apr 2019 · EU dairy policy

Meeting with Phil Hogan (Commissioner)

16 Nov 2018 · Address Annual Convention

Response to COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) …/… amending Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards trans fat, other than trans fat naturally occurring in animal fat, in foods intended for the final consumer

26 Oct 2018

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulations (EU) No 1308/2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products, (EU) No 1151/2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs, (EU) No 251/2014 on the definition, description, presentation, labelling and the protection of geographical indications of aromatised wine products, (EU) No 228/2013 laying down specific measures for agriculture in the outermost regions of the Union and (EU) No 229/2013 laying down specific measures for agriculture in favour of the smaller Aegean islands

1 Aug 2018

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing rules on support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States under the Common agricultural policy (CAP Strategic Plans) and financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council

1 Aug 2018

Response to Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment

23 Jul 2018

Response to Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the quality of water intended for human consumption (recast)

30 Mar 2018

Response to COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/... laying down rules for the application of Article 26(3) of Regulation (EU) N° 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the provision of food information to consumers, as regards the rules for indicating the country of origin or place of provenance of the primary ingredient of a food where different to that given for that food

1 Feb 2018

Response to Fitness Check (evaluation) of the Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC) and the Floods Directive (2007/60/EC)

17 Nov 2017

Response to Commission initiative to improve the governance of the food supply chain with regard to unfair trading practices, one rule regarding producer cooperation and market transparency

21 Aug 2017

Response to Evaluation of marketing standards (contained in the CMO Regulation, the "breakfast directives" and CMO secondary legislation)

24 Jul 2017

Meeting with Tom Tynan (Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan)

6 Jul 2017 · Business discussion

Response to COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... supplementing Regulation (EU) No 609/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the specific compositional and information requirements for total diet replacement for weight control

17 Mar 2017

Meeting with Tom Tynan (Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan)

2 Dec 2016 · EDA Conference

Meeting with Phil Hogan (Commissioner)

2 Dec 2016 · Addressing Annual Convention

Meeting with Christiane Canenbley (Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan)

10 Oct 2016 · Topics related to the milk & dairy processing sector

Meeting with Nils Behrndt (Cabinet of Vice-President Neven Mimica)

22 Sept 2016 · Dairy in development cooperation and European External Investment Plan

Meeting with Cecilia Malmström (Commissioner)

6 Sept 2016 · Trade for all strategy

Meeting with Tom Tynan (Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan)

19 Jul 2016 · AGRI Issues

Meeting with Phil Hogan (Commissioner)

19 Jul 2016 · Agri Matters

Meeting with Rolf Carsten Bermig (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska)

15 Jun 2016 · situation of dairy industry

Meeting with Christian Burgsmueller (Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström), Miguel Ceballos Baron (Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström)

13 Jun 2016 · Diary sector in FTAs

Meeting with Marco Valletta (Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis)

1 Jun 2016 · Animal welfare, Food waste, Origin labelling

Meeting with Nathalie Chaze (Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis)

30 May 2016 · Nutritional benefits

Meeting with Tom Tynan (Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan)

2 Dec 2015 · Business discussion

Meeting with Phil Hogan (Commissioner)

2 Dec 2015 · Dairy matters

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

10 Nov 2015 · Dairy in international markets

Meeting with Heidi Jern (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen)

25 Feb 2015 · Agriculture policy and investments

Meeting with Tom Tynan (Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan)

18 Feb 2015 · Exchange on milk market situation; EDA commitment to transparency and cooperation : economic board of MMO, presidium of the CDG MILK & beyond; Dairy Policy & EDA dairy policy recommendations; “Dairy Policy for the 21st Century” – up-date on the EDA Conference of 18 March 2015; “2015 – A New Start for the European Dairy” – EDA Annual Convention 15 October 2015 in Edinburgh / UK

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

22 Jan 2015 · EU Dairy Sector in trade agreements

Meeting with Vytenis Andriukaitis (Commissioner) and 2 other attendees

9 Jan 2015 · NUTRITION AND HEALTH CLAIMS, FOOD INFORMATION TO CONSUMERS – GENERAL OVERVIEW, ORIGIN LABELLING, TRANS FATTY ACIDS, NATIONAL APPROACHES AND SINGLE MARKET, FOOD WASTE REDUCTION, ANIMAL HEALTH AND WELFARE,