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CIBE - CEFS on the cumulative impacts of sugar imports - 18 Sep 2023

CIBE and CEFS give to the European Trade Committee the bill of the sugar quantity entering the EU territory, that European farmers

and food industry are paying as well as consumers and the planet.


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CIBE- CEFS Statement - 07 Jul 2023

Reaction to the European Commission's proposal for a Regulation on plants obtained by certain NGTs.


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CIBE-CEFS Open Letter - 09 Jun 2023

EU sugar sector calls on Member States to reject any opening of the EU sugar market to Australia.


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CIBE-CEFS Press Statement - 26 Apr 2023

UNFIT FOR PURPOSE : The European Commission's proposal for a SUR


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CIBE-CEFS Infographic on the Regulation for a SUR - 20 Feb 2023

What's wrong with the Commission's proposal?


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Why mirror measures are needed for the EU sugar sector's sustainability? - 20 Feb 2023

Joint letter on NGTs - 15 Nov 2022

The Food and Feed Chain addressed a letter to VP Timmermans and Commissioner Kyriakides in support of an ambitious NGTs policy proposal that could empower EU farmers, the whole food chain and the consumers & ensure EU food security.


Missed opportunity by the European Parliament to fully address the issue of deforestation - 13 Sep 2022

Today, 13 September 2022, the European Parliament adopted its report on a proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on making available on the Union market as well as export from the Union of certain commodities and products associated with deforestation and forest degradation.


CIBE and CEFS welcome the European Parliament report on EU-India future trade and investment cooperation - 05 Jul 2022

Today, 5 July 2022, the European Parliament plenary adopted its report on EU-India's future trade and investment cooperation. Both CIBE and CEFS, welcome that in this report, the European Parliament noted that Indian sugar has long been produced under inadequate social and environmental conditions. 


CIBE PRESS RELEASE ON THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION PROPOSAL FOR A REGULATION ON THE SUSTAINABLE USE OF PESTICIDES (SUR) - 24 Jun 2022

On 22nd of June 2022, the European Commission issued the Sustainable Use Regulation (SUR) on the use of pesticides, CIBE calls for responsibility, pragmatism and above all solutions: the proposal as it stands is a denial of the reality experienced by sugar beet growers



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