1. Enterprise and Industry A better functioning food supply chain in the EU? The interplay between the food industry and the primary production. Can the right choice of raw materials strengthen the competitiveness and create opportunities in the food chain? Benjamin Vallin, Policy Officer Stockholm, 16 Jan. 2013

2. Enterprise and Industry Food and beverages in the EU A complex supply chain 17 million companies and agricultural holdings 6% of EU GDP Biggest manufacturing sector in value added in employment Many EU policy fields Agriculture, fisheries, environment, climate, food safety, internal market, trade, etc. Highly integrated internal market Harmonised at 98% 20% of EU production traded cross borders EU = No. 1 on global agri-food markets Exporter (19% of total export flows) Importer

3. Enterprise and Industry A roadmap to improve competitiveness across the supply chain

4. Enterprise and Industry High Level Forum - Timeline 2009 High Level Group on Competitiveness – recommendations Commission Communication – policy initiatives 2010 High Level Forum for a Better Functioning Food Supply Chain Roadmap 2012 Report on roadmap implementation Recommendations for further action 2014 …

5. Enterprise and Industry High Level Forum - Membership European Commission Member States Companies Trade associations Civil society

6. Enterprise and Industry High Level Forum – 2012 report Voluntary code of conduct Business-to- business relations EU food prices monitoring tool Price monitoring 80% of initial roadmap achieved or well under way Competitiveness

7. Enterprise and Industry High Level Forum – B2B relations 2011 Unanimous Principles of Good Practice 2012 Voluntary implementation framework Some members call for EU legislation 2013 Launch of the voluntary code of conduct Commission impact assessment

8. Enterprise and Industry High Level Forum – Price monitoring "Transfop" projectAMIS project Price and margins observatories EU Food prices monitoring tool Analysis on agricultural markets Commis- sion Member States Research G20 FAO

9. Enterprise and Industry High Level Forum - Competitiveness Smart regu- lation Competitiveness proofing, SME test Fitness check, behavioural economics… Inno- vation Legal framework Innovation partnerships Food4Future Resource efficiency Supply CAP reform Financial markets regulation Trade Trade agreements Regulatory dialogues Missions for growth Promotion

10. Enterprise and Industry High Level Forum – Work ahead Review the membership (by March 2013) B2B trading practices Food & the EU 2020 strategy Fitness check New challenges

11. Enterprise and Industry Boosting external trade  Trade agreement in place  Trade agreement in negotiation  Trade negotiation considered

12. Enterprise and Industry Bilateral trade negotiations Recent successful deals South Korea (in force July 2011) Morocco (in force Oct. 2012) Columbia, Peru, Central America (final approval phase) Ukraine (technical steps needed before signature) Singapore (political deal) On-going talks (examples) Canada: decisive progress expected soon USA: exploratory talks Japan: mandate with 1 “test” year India, Vietnam Russia: Negotiations to improve cooperation agreement Iceland: Trade negotiations in parallel to accession Moldova, Armenia, Georgia …

13. Enterprise and Industry Missions for Growth High level missions involving business representatives To help EU industries (in particular SMEs) go international and benefit from growth regions To reinforce industrial cooperation Areas covered in 2011-2012: Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay USA, Mexico, Columbia Morocco, Tunisia Target areas: India, China, Vietnam Enterprises or business associations are encouraged to accompany Vice President Tajani during his visits.

14. Enterprise and Industry A broader perspective: the EU industrial policy

15. Enterprise and Industry Industrial policy – Commission proposals Market conditions Entrepre- neurship Intellectual property rights protection International markets Access to finance Public funds Private capital Innovation Priority areas: Key enabling technologies Bio-based products Clean production… Human capital Better anticipate skill needs Target: 20% of EU GDP from industry by 2020

16. Enterprise and Industry Thank you for your attention! More information? High Level Forum: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/sectors/food Trade negotiations: http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2006/dece mber/tradoc_118238.pdf