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

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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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CIBE CONGRESS RESOLUTIONS 2022 - 07 Jun 2022

The International Confederation of European Beet Growers (CIBE), representing over 110 000 sugar beet growers from 18 Western & Central European Countries, the main sugar bette growing region in the world and 13% of world sugar production held its 46th Congress in Gdansk (Poland) from 1st to 3rd June 2022. 


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CIBE PRESS RELEASE: EUROPEAN SUGAR BEET GROWERS AT A TURNING POINT - NEW CIBE PRESIDENT ELECTED - 07 Jun 2022

European Sugar Beet Growers held their 46th Congress in Gdańsk from 1st to 3rd June 2022. They examined the main economic and political issues currently facing sugar beet growing in Europe, with a special focus on the management of risks, the trade policy, the issues of the European Green Deal and the consequences of the war in Ukraine.


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CIBE PRESS RELEASE: ON THE CONSEQUENCES OT THE RUSSIAN INVASION IN UKRAINE - 16 Mar 2022

European sugar beet growers express their solidarity with the Ukrainian people, farmers and sugar beet industry suffering from the war. In this situation, Europe has to reaffirm its ambition on food and energy sovereignty and its role in the global food balance.


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CIBE STATEMENT ON THE ADAPTION STRATEGIES OF THE SUGAR SUPPLY CHAIN AFTER THE END OF THE SUGAR QUOTAS - 24 Feb 2022