Forum for a Better Functioning Food Supply Chain

Mandate

Acting as a tool for competitiveness activities, the Forum's mandate is to follow :

• the recommendations of the High Level Group  on the Competitiveness of the Agro-Food Industry
• the implementation of the initiatives proposed by the Commission in its Communication "A better functioning food supply chain in Europe" (COM (2009) 591) 
     

Reports

• 05/12/2012     Third Meeting : Report [2 MB] - Press release
• 29/11/2011     Second Meeting : Mid-term report [30 KB]

 

B2B Platform

Mid-term report [23 KB]  

Vertical relationships in the Food Supply Chain : Principles of Good Practices [89 KB]

Expert Platform on the competitiveness of the agro-food industry

Mid-term report [23 KB]

A sectoral approach to CSR to tackle societal issues in the food supply chain [42 KB]

Report on Food Labelling Practices [36 KB]

Expert Platform on the European Food Prices Monitoring Tool

Mid-term report [78 KB]

 

• 16/11/2010 Minutes of the launch meeting [58 KB]  

Membership

The Forum is composed of representatives of selected Member States, European companies dealing with food production, processing or distribution, professional associations and non-governmental organisations representing the citizens' expectations. The Commission is currently reviewing the membership of the forum on the basis of an open call for applications . The work of the Forum has been put on hold and will resume once the membership review is completed. The list of selected members will be published in the Commission's register of expert groups.

Activities

For meeting dates and relevant documents (agendas, agreed minutes…), we invite you to consult the CIRCAbc dedicated pages.

Legal basis

Commission Decision 2010/C 210/03   of 30 July 2010, amended by Commission Decision 2012/C 396/06  of 19 December 2012.