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The European Commission must fulfil its role as “Guardian of the Treaties”
The German food sector's expectation of the EU Institutions from 2019 to 2024
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Example: mandatory origin labelling
A large number of Member States have adopted regulations in recent years for a mandatory labelling of origin for different food such as milk, meat or wheat, which are manifestly incompatible with EU law. The Commission “failed” to object to this. Member States may only take measures regarding the mandatory indication of the place of origin of foodstuffs if there is a proven link between certain qualities of the food and its origin or provenance, which has not been proven in one single case. Rather, the regulations on mandatory origin labelling were and are above all protectionist-motivated. Therefore, it would have been the task of the Commission to prevent the entry into force of all these provisions.
What else does the German food sector expect from the Institutions and the Member States of the European Union in the legislative period until 2024? Click here for the overview.
The German Federation for Food Law and Food Science (BLL) will change its name to Food Federation Germany (Lebensmittelverband Deutschland). Philipp Hengstenberg was elected the association's new president.
