Luis Planas exposes to the European Commission the difficulties that the Spanish beekeeping sector is going through

Published 2023년 3월 20일

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Spanish Minister of Agriculture, Luis Planas, has brought attention to the challenges facing Spain's beekeeping sector due to increased honey imports from third countries at the European Commission. He highlighted the sector's importance for rural areas and agriculture. Planas also discussed the impact of inflationary pressures on agricultural markets and the need to diversify foreign markets. During the Council of Ministers for Agriculture and Fisheries in Brussels, he also addressed issues such as tariffs on black olives in the US, compliance with EU court rulings, and the need for labeling clarity on honey. For the future, he emphasized the necessity for a profitable and sustainable fishing sector to ensure food security in the EU.

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The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas, today exposed to the European Commission (EC) the difficulties that the beekeeping sector is going through in Spain, which have been aggravated by the significant increase in imports of honey from third countries, for which reason it has considered it appropriate to adopt support measures for this sector. At the Council of Ministers for Agriculture and Fisheries held in Brussels, Luis Planas has shown that the beekeeping sector is strategic for many rural areas and essential for the development of agriculture due to the pollinating work of bees. The minister has hoped that the next proposal from the Commission on the Breakfast Directives, which includes honey, will consider a review of the labeling, and thus when imported honeys are mixed with those from the EU, the country of origin will be indicated and specify the percentage of each. During the Council of Ministers, the Member States have also reviewed the situation ...

Source: Cuaderno Agrario