The Austrian Presidency confirmed on Monday 10 September that it wanted agreement between the European Parliament and Council by the end of December on the proposal to strengthen the fight against unfair or disloyal commercial practices (UCP) in the food supply chain (see EUROPE 12058, 12056).
The Austrian Presidency of the Council presented the Special Agriculture Committee (SAC) with a compromise text on the draft directive and identified two blockage points: the text’s scope of...