Europatat calls for urgent recovery of EU-UK seed potato trade

Published 2022년 3월 18일

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The European Parliament's Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development held a discussion on the impact of the lack of a trade agreement between the EU and Great Britain on the European potato supply chain, with a focus on the ban on seed potato imports from Britain due to EU plant health regulations. Europatat, an umbrella organization representing various potato sector entities, emphasized the significant repercussions for the EU, including limited access to certain potato varieties and reduced export opportunities. The organization urged for a swift agreement on a transitional arrangement and a long-term solution to restore bilateral trade, emphasizing the need to prevent regulatory divergences and ensure food security, biodiversity, and climate change mitigation efforts are not compromised.

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On Wednesday 16 March, the European Parliament's Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development held an "exchange of views on the disruption of trade in seed potatoes between the EU and Great Britain". Europatat was invited to speak there. The umbrella organization took the opportunity to highlight the impact of the lack of an agreement on the European potato supply chain. In his introductory speech, Romans Vorss, technical director of Europatat, said: "As of 1 January 2021, the European Union no longer allows the import of seed potatoes from Great Britain due to EU plant health regulations and the lack of an agreement on equivalence conditions. The UK Government has restricted the sale of EU seed potatoes in Britain. This deadlock has major implications for the European potato supply chain, as the EU sector is denied access to certain varieties available only in Britain and the Export opportunities from the EU to Great Britain will be limited, many EU companies, including ...

Source: AGF