Fairtrade International welcomes the review of the Directive on Unfair Trading Practices (UTP Directive) in the agricultural and food supply chain. The Directive is an important instrument but needs strengthening to better mitigate the negative effects of power imbalances within the agri-food supply chains. Below is our feedback: 1.
FI
Fairtrade International
NGO · Germany · EU Transparency Register 863831437888-12
2
positions filed
in the 326 files tracked
2
legislative files
of 326 tracked
0
with a full position paper
attached to a submission
Counts here are a floor, never a total: they cover the 326 consultation files tracked so far (29,503 submissions, mostly 2025–26), so an organization's real filing history is larger, not smaller.
Who they are
Among the 784 non-governmental organisations on this site, they rank #348 by legislative files engaged — a count of participation, not a measure of influence.
1.2
declared lobbying FTE
self-declared
€100K+
declared costs / yr (floor)
0
EP accreditations
as declared to the register
2020
in the register since
Declares membership of
- https://www.fairtrade.net/en/about/about-fairtrade-international.html
- The website contains the full global geographical scope the Fairtrade system member represents
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 30 Aug 2026).
- Register category
- Non-governmental organisations
- Registered as
- Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International e.V. (FI)
- Head office
- Bonn, Germany
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 30 Aug 2026); cost bands are floors, not audited totals. Reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.
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Their record over time
Fairtrade International filed 2 positions between 29 Sept 2023 and 26 Feb 2026, across 2 of the 326 legislative files tracked here.
2023 · 1 filed2026 · 1 filed
What they argued
Today, the majority of the fashion and textile sector is opaque, leaving its impacts on the environment and on the people who make our clothes largely unseen from the European consumer, and making it harder to address and remediate them.
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Turns up on the same files
Organizations that also filed on at least two of the same consultations. A shared interest in the same dossiers — not evidence of coordination, and we do not suggest any.
- IFOAM Organics Europe · 2 files in common
- Fair Trade Advocacy Office · 2 files in common
- Europe India Centre for Business & Industry · 2 files in common
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