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CIBE POSITION: EU AGRI COUNCIL TO DISCUSS TRADE-RELATED ISSUES - 06 Nov 2017

 

Agriculture Council 6th November 2017 and trade-related agricultural issues. Read our position.

JOINT PRESS RELEASE: ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE’S VOTE ON RED II WRONGLY PENALISES BIOFUELS - 24 Oct 2017

The European Parliament Environment Committee’s vote to   phase-out  the use of  biofuels by 2030 seriously undermines the EU’s climate and sustainability objectives. It diverges sharply from the latest draft proposal from the EU Council, which safeguards the role of  biofuels in the renewable energy framework.

CIBE-CEFS FACT SHEET: MOLASSES AS A FEEDSTOCK FOR APPLICATIONS FROM FEED TO ENERGY - 13 Nov 2017

Ahead of the vote in EP Committee for Agriculture and EP Committee of Environment on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources, CIBE and CEFS would like to react to the arguments of molasses users, notably by the chemical industry, which have been lobbying hard to convince MEPS that there is and there will be a supply issue if beet molasses is used to produce biofuels. This is absolutely not true and there is no evidence for such misinformation.

BRAZILIAN SUPPORT MEASURES FOR SUGAR-ETHANOL SECTOR: CIBE, CEFS & EFFAT RESPOND TO UNICA - 22 Aug 2017

Joint CIBE-CEFS-EFFAT response to UNICA (Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association) related to EU-Mercosur negotiations.

CIBE POSITION ON SUGAR MARKET OBSERVATORY - 11 Jul 2017

 

CIBE welcomes the initiative by Commissioner P. Hogan to set up a Sugar Market Observatory. Ahead of the observatory’s kick-off meeting, CIBE would like to reiterate its position regarding the transparency on the EU sugar market post-2017.

 

CIBE-CEFS-EPURE-EFFAT PRESS RELEASE: EU-MERCOSUR NEGOTIATIONS: STAND UP FOR EU SUGAR AND ETHANOL! - 03 Jul 2017

 

EU sugar and renewable ethanol producers, sugar beet farmers, and workers call for no concessions on sugar and ethanol in the context of the EU-Mercosur trade negotiations.

 

PRESS RELEASE - EUROPEAN SUGAR BEET GROWERS ARE FACING BIG CHALLENGES AND INCREASING RISKS - 18 May 2017

 

At their annual General Assembly today in Newmarket, UK, European beet growers discussed the extremely challenging context they have to cope with and the higher risks they have to face as from this marketing year.

 

PRESS RELEASE - TEMPORARY MEASURES: A RECKLESS GAMBLE - 27 Apr 2017

 

The EU sugar sector faces its biggest change in decades. On 1 October 2017 EU sugar production quotas will end. At this sensitive and uncertain time, the European Commission has proposed to vote in the Management Committee of 27 April 2017 on the introduction of 'temporary' measures (tenders for imports at reduced duties) to increase the supply of sugar on the EU market.

EUROPE’S BIOFUELS VALUE CHAIN SENDS MESSAGE TO EU ENERGY MINISTERS: SET HIGHER AMBITIONS FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY USE IN TRANSPORT - 28 Feb 2017

 

A  letter was sent on Friday 24th, February 2017 by 7 partners representing Europe’s Biofuels Value Chain (FEDIOL, EBB, ePURE, EOA, CIBE, CEPM MAIZ EUROP' and CEFS) on the key principles for the discussion on the post-2020 EU Renewable Energy Directive (RED II).

 

AGROCYCLE - BARRIERS AND OPPORTUNITIES TO VALORISING AGRI-FOOD WASTES, CO-PRODUCTS AND BY-PRODUCTS (AWCBS) WORKSHOP - 24 Jan 2017

On January 26, 2017, CIBE participated in a workshop entitled “Barriers and Opportunities to Valorising Agri-food wastes, co-products and by-products (AWCBs)” in Brussels, Belgium. The workshop brought together key players to identify important resources, constraints and opportunities to developing novel value chains and creating sustainable business models.