On Monday 19 December, the European Commission launched its third annual survey to assess the effectiveness of EU measures against unfair trade practices in the agri-food supply chain. The survey is aimed at farmers, self-employed people and companies active in the production, distribution, processing or wholesale sections of the agri-food supply chain.
The responses will provide relevant evidence for EU policy-making after the implementation of the Unfair Trading Practices Directive in 2021 and 2022. The survey is open until 15 March 2023 and the results will then be shared online.
The first two surveys were concluded in 2021 and 2022 and the results are also available online (https://aeur.eu/f/4q5 ).
The food supply chain is vulnerable to unfair trade practices because of the gross imbalances between small and large operators. Farmers and small operators in the food supply chain often do not have sufficient bargaining power to defend themselves against them. To better protect them, the Unfair Trading Practices Directive prohibits 16 unfair trading practices.
Link to the annual survey: https://aeur.eu/f/4q4 (Original version in French by Lionel Changeur)