Articles on Trade related Matters

Please refer to the main Trade Policy page to access Gafta policy positions.

COVID-19

• GPC-Gafta position paper on "Strengthening the Global Food Chain during Covid19 pandemic
• CELCAA - A vision for post-COVID-19
• CELCAA - Recommendations for Economic Recovery post-COVID-19

General Trade Policy

• Statement calling for WTO members to find an interim solution to make progress on current deadlock in Appellate Body
• Electronic Phytosanitary Certificate - industry involvement in ePhyto project
• ePhyto case studies update
• Pesticide MRLs, the SPS Agreement and the Role of the Private Sector - WTO - Nov. 2017
• The lack of harmonised regulation on food safety and security, for Swiss Commodities Magazine, March 2017 page 9
• Promoting International Trade, for Pulse Pod, Global Pulses Confederation, page 14
• Zero Tolerance Policies impede trade, food security and innovation, for Pulse Pod, Global Pulses Confederation November 2016 page 5
• Brexit: When dreams meet realities, for Pulse Pod, Global Pulses Confederation, September 2016 page 4

Food and Feed Safety

• IGTC Policy on Low Level Presence - June 2019
• IGTC policy on Plant Breeding Innovation - May 2019
• 22 European Associations open letter to Member States on the EU Court Ruling on Mutagenesis - April 2019
• Policy position on IPPC and Phytosanitary Measures for Grain - November 2016
• Plant Breeding Innovation - August 2016
• Letter to Mr Juncker on Approval of "3 Soyabean Traits" - June 2016
• GMO Approvals in EU - Letter to DG Santé on EU Approval of Pending GM Products for Import, Food and Feed Processing - March 2016
• IGTC Policy on Cartagena Biosafety Protocol - June 2016
• Low-Level Presence (LLP) Risk Management Polices for Transboundary Movements of Grains and Grain Products for Food, Feed or Processing - September 2013
• EU Organic Farming Legislation - November 2014
• EU Official Food and Feed Controls Legislation - January 2014
• Feed Law Code of Practice Review - UK Food Standards Agency - December 2013

International Agri Food Network Private Sector Mechanism

• FSS PSM Position Paper
• PSM Gender Position Paper
• PSM perspectives on agroecological and other innovative approaches
• IAFN Call to Action - International Year of Plant Health 2020
• Position on Sustainable Development Goals - indicator 2.4.1 (March 2019)
• Position on Sustainable Consumption and Production (March 2019)
• Achieving the SDGs - PSM Position Paper (October 2018)
• Agroecology - IAFN Recommendations (March 2018)
• Agroecology - IAFN Position Paper (March 2018)
• Agroecology - IAFN Definitions (March 2018)
• Coalition for an Enhanced Codex - Case Studies 2017-2018
• Coalition for an Enhanced Codex - 2017 Annual Report
• Nutrition Sensitive Agriculture - PSM Position Paper - January 2017
• Achieving the SDGs - PSM Position Paper - January 2017
• Sustainable Development Goals, Partnership Forum FAO, Final report - October 2016
• Land Tenure - Key Messages - June 2016
• Global Strategic Framework - June 2016
• Trade For Food Security and Nutrition - May 2016
• Livestock - April 2016
• Water for Food Security and Nutrition - October 2015
• Strengthening CFS Reform Outcomes - August 2015
• Improving Smallholder Access to Markets to Enhance Food and Nutrion Security - May 2015
• Sustainable Development Goals - PSM Statement - February 2013

Pesticides

• Codex enhancement - IAFN position paper
• Codex Coalition position paper
• Elevating the Trade function at Codex
• 6 key messages for Codex enhancement
• Gafta response to the EU Refit consultation
• WTO SPS Committee Work on MRLs
• Industry approaches to proactively mitigate missing MRLs
• Missing MRLs in Destination Market - Peruvian
• Economic Impact of Missing MRLs: The Case of Eastern Africa
  
• International workshop on MRLs - agenda
• Letter to DG SANTE on Excessive National Restrictions on Imports from Countries where Authorised PPPs can be used
• Endocrine Disruptors - Gafta's Submission to Public Consultation on Defining Criteria for Identifying Endocrine Disruptors
• Clarification on the IARC Classification of Glyphosate - June 2015
• Coalition for Codex MRL Reform - Supporting Codex Alimentarius to Support Food Security
• WTO Ministerial Statement on MRLs - December 2017
• Gafta Press Release on WTO Ministerial Statement on MRLs
• WTO: 16 countries voice concern over EU implementing non tariff barriers on agricultural products at WTO - July 2019

Trade

• CELCAA calls on EU Ministers to to recognise trade as a key element of a resilient food supply chain
• CELCAA position on EU Trade Policy
• Gafta Position on Free Trade Agreements
• Joint EU statement on proposal to revise Comitology rules
• CELCAA Manifesto: Beyond "Trade for All": Time to promote the benefits of agri-food trade

Transportation

• UNECE - Gafta Position on UN Dust Explosion Hazards - October 2015

Brexit

• Brexit

Mifid II

• EU Mifid II requirements for the grain trade - December 2017
• Presentation on Financial Legislation by Norton Rose Fulbright for Gafta Seminar, Geneva, 8 March 2017
• COCERAL working group questions on Ancillary Activity Exemption to ESMA 9 February 2017
• Supply Chain Joint Letter on RTS 21
• ESMA Consultation on Draft technical standards - trade reply-14 December 2016
• Joint Call for a Functional Capital Test as an Option for Operators in the Agri-Food Chain - June 2016
• COCERAL Letter on RTS Reviews - April 2016
• Gafta Response - ESMA Consultation on EU Financial Regulation - March 2015
• UK Bank of England - The Fair and Effective Markets Review (FEMR) - January 2015
• Gafta Response - ESMA Consultation on EU Financial Regulation (Commodity Derivatives) - July 2014
• Gafta Response - ESMA MiFID II/MiFIR Consultation Paper - May 2014 Answers on pp. 43-48 (Definition of Financial Instrument) 
• Gafta Response - ESMA MiFID II/MiFIR Discussion Paper - May 2014 Answers on pp. 71-81 (Ancillary Exemption/Position Limits)

Refuse Derived Fuel

• Refuse Derived Fuel: Presentation on Concerns on RDF Quality and Storage Across UK - February 2016
• Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) Market in England - Defra Call for Evidence - May 2014