Documentation

Final Report, Recommendations and Roadmap

A second meeting of the High Level Group took place on 17th March 2009. The members of the High Level Group endorsed the 30 Recommendations as contained in the Final Report of the High Level Group. A third meeting of the High Level Group took place on 6th July 2009 during which the members endorsed the Roadmap of Key Initiatives containing implementing actions for the 30 recommendations approved on 17th March 2009.

Final Report pdf - 416 KB [416 KB]

Recommendations pdf - 58 KB [58 KB]

Roadmap pdf - 151 KB [151 KB]

Progress reports

This report is a temporary working document that aims to give an overview of the main issues discussed during the various sessions that took place between July and September 2008 in the framework of the High Level Group on the competitiveness of the agro-food industry.

Progress Report pdf - 70 KB [70 KB]

Key speeches

Speeches delivered at the launch of the High Level Group on the Competitiveness of the Agro-Food Industry

Vice President G Verheugen pdf - 23 KB [23 KB] 12/06/08

Commissioner A Vassiliou pdf - 31 KB [31 KB] 12/06/08

Working group presentations

High level group presentations delivered during the working groups.

Prices and the food chain pdf - 179 KB [179 KB] - Mrs Fabienne Ilzkovitz, DG ECFIN, 16/07/08

Human capital and Employment pdf - 415 KB [415 KB] - Mr Egbert Holthuis, DG EMPL, 17/07/08

Innovation and Research pdf - 1022 KB [1022 KB] - Mr Antonio Di Giulio (DG Research), 04/09/08

Business Services to the Food Chain pdf - 44 KB [44 KB] - Mrs Lucie Wassink, Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, 4/09/08

Background documents - Mr Peter Droell (DG ENTR) on the following subjects :

Contributions

This page contains the contributions received as a follow-up of the first meeting of the working groups organised in the framework of the High Level Group on the competitiveness of the agro-food industry. All contributions are published complete and unedited.

General contribution to the working groups pdf - 134 KB [134 KB] (Assica)

Dairy Market Situation pdf - 45 KB [45 KB] (Caobisco)

Comments to Inward Processing Arrangements pdf - 94 KB [94 KB] (Caobisco)

CAP Health Check Consultation pdf - 53 KB [53 KB] (Caobisco)

CAP Health Check Questionnaire - Dairy Quotas pdf - 67 KB [67 KB] (Caobisco)

Arguments on Facilitated IPR pdf - 69 KB [69 KB] (Caobisco)

WTO Negotiations in Agriculture pdf - 73 KB [73 KB] (Caobisco)

Promotion of Renewable Energy Sources pdf - 216 KB [216 KB] (Caobisco and others)

Trade Issues pdf - 56 KB [56 KB] (CIAA)

Access to Raw Materials pdf - 54 KB [54 KB] (CIAA)

Environmental Policy pdf - 64 KB [64 KB] (CIAA)

Customs pdf - 61 KB [61 KB] (CIAA)