They call for an urgent solution to restore EU-UK trade in seed potatoes

Published 2022년 3월 21일

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The Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development of the European Parliament recently held a discussion on the impact of the lack of an agreement between the EU and GB on the EU potato supply chain, with Europatat, the European Potato Traders Association, highlighting the issues. The main issue is the EU's refusal to import seed potatoes from GB due to health regulations and equivalence requirements, leading to a loss of access to certain potato varieties and limiting EU export opportunities to GB. This situation is causing significant problems for various EU businesses, including breeders, seed traders, seed growers, and ware potato growers, across countries such as Spain, France, Denmark, Poland, Finland, Slovenia, and the Czech Republic. Europatat is urging for a resolution to this deadlock to prevent regulatory divergence between the EU and UK markets and to maintain fair competition and market balance.

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Today, the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development of the European Parliament held an “Exchange of views on the disruption of EU-GB trade in seed potatoes” to which Europatat was invited to speak. Europatat, the European Potato Traders Association took this opportunity to highlight the impact of not having an agreement on the European potato supply chain. As of January 1, 2021, the European Union no longer allows the import of seed potatoes from Great Britain due to existing EU Plant Health Regulations and a lack of agreement on equivalence requirements. The UK Government has restricted the marketing of EU seed potatoes within the UK territory. This impasse is seriously affecting the European potato supply chain, according to Europatat, the European Association of Potato Traders. The lack of agreement prevents the EU industry's access to certain varieties that are only available in Great Britain and limits the EU's export opportunities to that country. Many businesses ...

Source: Agrodigital