Übersetzung für "Main chain " (Englisch → Deutsch) :

Acknowledges the setting up and development of the SCI, which plays an important role in promoting cultural change and improving business ethics, and which has resulted in the adoption of a set of principles of good practice for vertical relationships in the food supply chain and a voluntary framework for the implementation of those principles which only in the second year of its operation already numbers over one thousand participating companies from across the entire EU, and those mainly SMEs; welcomes the progress made so far, and ...[+++] believes that efforts to promote fair trading practices in the food supply chain should make a real impact but cannot currently be considered sufficient to tackle the problem of UTPs in the food supply chain; stresses, however, that the effectiveness of the SCI, as recognised by both the recent Commission report and external evaluation, is undermined by a broad range of shortcomings, such as weaknesses in governance, limitations in transparency, no enforcement measures or penalties, a lack of effective deterrents against UTPs, and not allowing for individual anonymous complaints by potential victims of UTPs or own-initiative investigations by an independent body, which consequently leads to under-representation of SMEs and farmers, in particular, who may find the SCI inadequate for its purpose; recommends the setting up of similar supply chain initiatives in other relevant non-food sectors.

At today's meeting the Forum's members will exchange views on its main achievements, its challenges and the priorities for future initiatives to improve the functioning and competitiveness of the food supply chain.

Yesterday, the Standing Committee of Food Chain and Animal Health (SCoFCAH) concluded a two-day meeting in Brussels during which four main topics were discussed in particular: West Nile virus infection in the European Union, co-financing of the eradication of rabies in Italy, poultry meat transit to and from Russia and animal welfare inspections in the laying hen sector.

Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health Summaries of EU legislation: direct access to the main summaries page

10. Considers, without prejudice to the application of the procedure provided for in Article 189b, that the objective of the above Community action programme must be to contribute to the fight against drug dependence, in particular by fostering cooperation between Member States, by supporting their action and by promoting the coordination of their prevention policies and programmes, and must include action aimed in particular at: - improving awareness of the problem of drugs and drug dependence and their consequences and of the means and methods of preventing drug dependence and the associated risks, in particular by using the information supplied by the EDMC and the possibilities offered by existing Community programmes and instruments; - ...[+++] contributing to the improvement of information, education and training with a view to the prevention of drug dependence and the associated risks, especially for young people and particularly vulnerable groups". BLOOD SAFETY AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY - COUNCIL RESOLUTION "THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, RECALLING the Commission communication of 25 May 1993 on blood self- sufficiency in the European Community and its conclusions of 13 December 1993 on that communication; NOTES with interest the Commission communication of 21 December 1994 on blood safety and self-sufficiency in the European Community; REAFFIRMS the need to achieve self-sufficiency in blood and its derivatives in the Member States and in the Community, in particular through cooperation between Member States, in accordance with the principle of voluntary, unpaid blood donations; EMPHASIZES that the efforts to promote the quality and safety of blood collection help to prevent AIDS and other communicable diseases; RECALLS that Directive 89/381/EEC [1] which extends the scope of Directives 65/65/EEC and 75/319/EEC on proprietary medicinal products by laying down special provisions regarding medicines derived from human blood or plasma applies only to these products; ...

Brussels, 29 November 2011: Business-to-business contractual practices, competitiveness in the agro-food industry and the monitoring of food prices will be the main interest of the 2012 work of the High Level Forum for a Better Functioning Food Supply Chain.