On Monday 13 January, the EU Member States’ delegations to the Special Committee on Agriculture (SCA) generally welcomed recent proposals to strengthen the role of farmers in the food supply chain (see EUROPE B13542A6).
On the proposal relating to the common market organisation (CMO), some Member States requested exceptions to the generalisation of written contracts (others felt that the decision should be taken by the Member States). Some delegations expressed doubts about the idea of...