3rd December 2013; 12:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
EP, Paul-Henri Spaak, room P7C050
Programme
12:30 p.m. Sandwich lunch and networking
1:00 p.m. Opening remarks
Maria do Céu Patrão Neves, MEP (EPP, PT)
Paulo Gouveia, COPA-COGECA
1:15 p.m. How to have fair food chains in the EU?
Marc Rosiers, COPA-COGECA
The UK experience and the GSCOP
Christine Tacon, UK Adjudicator
The Portuguese initiatives to curb unfair trading practices
David Gouveia,GPP, Portuguese Government
The Norwegian proposal for an Act on the food supply chain
Erling Hjelmeng, University of Oslo, Faculty of Law
Unfair trading practices and its impact on farming
Miguel Minguet, Spanish farmer
Fair supply chains: relationship between competition law and sustainable farming”
Mairead McGuiness, MEP (EPP, IE)
2:20 p.m Debate
2:50 p.m. Conclusions and key remarks
Maria do Céu Patrão Neves, MEP(EPP, PT)