Summary: Food Law

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• A brief introduction to legal thinking, law and science

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• Which EU institutions exits, and what is their respective role?

  • The European Parliament 
    
  • Voice of the people
  • The European Council 
  • Voice of member states
  • The European Commission
  • Promoting the common interest 

• What are the 3 soucres of EU food law?

  • EU Treaties
    
  • General Food Law
  • Specific Legislation 

• What are the 4 goal of European Counsil?

  
  

  • protecting citizens and freedoms
  • developing a strong and vibrant economic base

  
  

  • promoting European interests and values on the global stage
  • building a climate-neutral, green, fair and social Europe 

• What is EU Green Deal?

  • Strategy for sustainable growth
    
  • Aims:
  • Become climate neutral by 2050
  • Protect life of human, animal and plants, by cutting pollution
  • Help companies to become leader in world in clean products and tech
  • Help ensure a just and inclusive transition 

• What is main message Farm to Fork Strategy?

  
  setting the stage for a truly integrated and effective sustainable food system strategy

• What are big challenges for the Farm to Fork Strategy?

  
  Big Challenges...
  

  • Make sure Europeans have access to healthy, affordable and sustainable food
  • Tackle climate change

  
  

  • Protect the environment and preserve biodiversity

  
  

  • Ensure fair economic return in food chain

  
  

  • Increase organic farming

• What are the objectives of Farm to Fork Strategy?

  
  

  • Reduce the use of chemical and hazardous pesticides in agriculture by 50%

  
  

  • Reduce nutrient losses by at least 50%, while ensuring no deterioration on soil fertility, reduce fertilizer use by at least 20%

  
  

  • Reduce by 50% the sales of antimicrobials for farmed animals and in aquaculture

  
  

  • Enhance the development of EU organic farming (25 % of total farmland)

• What are examples of Farm to fork Strategy?

  • Food labeling 
    
  • Reduce food lost and waste 
  • Ensure sustainable food production
  • Stimulate sustainable food, processing, wholesale, retail, hospitality and food services 

• What is the inconsistency of Farm to fork Strategy?

  
  There is an inconsistency between policy’s objectives and legal proposals
  

  • many sectors have been left out (e.g. biotech)

• Introduction to EU substantive law

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• How does internal market ( trade) law works?

  
  ban on quantitative restrictions and
  customs levies and measures of equivalent effect