Market observatories are fulfilling their role effectively by helping to improve transparency in the food supply chain, informing the choices made by economic operators and public authorities, and making it easier to monitor market developments and threats of market disruption, according to a European Commission report published on Tuesday 31 October.
To date, six market observatories have been set up: milk (April 2014), meat (beef and pork) (July 2016), sugar (July 2017), crops (grain, oilseeds and protein crops) (July 2017), fruit and vegetables (July 2019) and wine (November 2019).
On the whole, the range of data and information analysed seems adequate, but could still be improved for certain sectors, the report states.
At this stage, there appears to be no particular call for the creation of a new market observatory in a sector that is not yet covered, apart from the ongoing creation of an olive oil market observatory, concludes the European Commission.
Link to the report: https://aeur.eu/f/9cs (Original version in French by Lionel Changeur)