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THE INTER-PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATIONS. THE GOAL : Is to ensure a decent income for farmers (1960 Agricultural Policy Law) THE MEANS : Economic market management
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THE GOAL: Is to ensure a decent income for farmers (1960 Agricultural Policy Law) • THE MEANS: Economic market management • FRAMEWORK FOR ACTION: The 1975 Law amended by the 1980 Agricultural Policy Law is the reference legislation governing inter-professional organisations
Features of the Inter-professional Organisations • Private organisations (associations or unions) bringing together the partners upstream and downstream of an agri-food network dealing with a product or a group of products • The organisation of the professional organisations that best represent agricultural production and/or processing and distribution
The Goals of the Inter-Professional Organisations The signing of inter-professional agreements whose goals are to: • Define and promote contracting policies between members • Contribute to market management (improved product adaptation and promotion) • Reinforce food safety (traceability, and so on)
The Aims • Knowledge of supply and demand • Adaptation and regularisation of supply • Implementation of rules on marketing, pricing and payment terms • Product Quality • Product promotional policy
Financing - Mandatory Voluntary Levies The Voluntary Levies of the agri-food network operators, provided for in the inter-professional agreement are made Mandatory by the Public Authorities (the acronym CVO now used for the levies)
1 Honey 27 Beverages and Wine 1 Livestock breeding 8 Meat-based products 4 Overseas Departments & Territories 59 recognised IPO 4 Fruit- vegetables 8 Crops 4 Dairy products 2 Shellfish Aquaculture
The extension of inter-professional agreements... …make them mandatory for all the agri-food industry operators, whether they belong to the inter-professional organisation or not
FARM CROPS • AIBS: association interprofessionnelle de la betterave et du sucre • CIHEF: comité interprofessionnel des huiles essentielles françaises • CIPALIN: comité interprofessionnel de la production agricole du lin • GNIS: groupement national interprofessionnel des semences et des plants • ICF: interprofession de la chicorée française • UNIP: union nationale interprofessionnelle des protéagineux • ONIDOL: organisation nationale interprofessionnelle des oléagineux • VAL'HOR: association pour la valorisation produits de l'horticulture et du paysage
Presentation by: • Ministère de l'agriculture, de l'alimentation, de la pêche et des affaires rurales (Ministry of Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and Rural Affairs) 78 rue de Varenne 75349 Paris 07 SP Phone: 01 49 55 49 55 www.agriculture.gouv.fr With help from: • L’Association pour de Développement des Echanges Internationaux de Produits et Techniques Agro-alimentaires (ADEPTA) (Association for the Development of the International Trade of Agri-food • Products and Technologies) 41 rue de Bourgogne 75007 Paris Phone: 01 44 18 08 88 www.adepta.com