Brexit was among the key topics of the 66th European Livestock and Meat Trades Union (UECBV) AGM, which took place in Bucharest on 20th October.
UECBV president, Philippe Borremans, urged the negotiators to decide soon on transitionary agreements protecting businesses, noting that “while heads of state and chiefs of Government are assessing the progress of the Brexit procedure, the business is facing great uncertainty”.
According to UECBV, the EU food industry that delivers to the UK suffered “significant losses”, higher than €500 million, to the impact of sterling, which affected many member states.
The union is set to release a report on the impact of a cliff-edge scenario for the European meat sector, demonstrating that “now is the time for constructive decision making by negotiators, if the EU wants to avoid a much more severe crisis than the one provoked by the Russian political embargo on EU agricultural goods.”
Looking at animal welfare, the EU Commissioner for Heath and Food Safety, Vytenis Andriukaitis, stressed the importance to ensure better implementation of the existing legislation and full accomplishment of previous commitments.
He also announced the setting up of a sub-group on animal welfare during transport.
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