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It is to note that food services are responsible for only 12% of the total food waste produced in the EU. In fact, hospitality represents only a small share of this percentage, as food services include sectors not covered by our sector (e.g. party catering; contract catering in hospitals, schools, public institutions). Therefore, our fair share of responsibility is limited.

On the issue of material reciprocity with third countries in relation to the remuneration rights applicable to performers and phonogram producers, HOTREC argues that the current framework, particularly following the CJEUs RAAP judgment, has led to fragmentation across Member States and created structural imbalances in neighbouring rights remuneration.

HOTREC feedback on Single Use Plastics Directive (SUPD) HOTREC is the umbrella organisation representing Europes hotels, restaurants, bars and cafés, bringing together 47 national associations from 36 countries. The hospitality industry is made of 2 million businesses, 90% of which are micro-enterprises employing fewer than 10 people. Profit margins are tight in the current economic context.

D-0618-160-DM June 2018 HOTREC position on the proposal for a Regulation on promoting fairness and transparency for business users of online intermediation services HOTREC welcomes the proposal for a Regulation on promoting fairness and transparency for business users in online intermediation services (COM(2018)238 final). As highlighted in the Commission proposal, online intermediated services (e.g.

Opening of the attached position paper · the full paper is on the Commission’s record (source link above)

HOTREC thanks for the possibility to comment on the Inception Impact Assessment related to the Fairness in platform-to-business relations initiative. HOTREC, representing hotels, restaurants and cafes in Europe, welcomes the Commission’s plans to take action to balance the European Single Market regarding platform and business relationships.

HOTREC is the umbrella Association of hotels, restaurants, bars and cafés in Europe, which brings together 45 national associations in 33 European countries. Please find in the document enclosed HOTREC's contribution to the Commission roadmap on the inception Impact Assessment on "Strengthening the principle of equal pay between men and women on pay transparency"

HOTREC considers that building an EU Talent Pool, connecting the EU employers with third-country nationals willing to work in the hospitality sector, can be part of the solution to the labour and skills shortages existing in the sector. First of all, HOTREC would recommend that lessons learned from the EU talent pool pilot with Ukraine would be taken into consideration.

HOTREC, the voice of European hospitality, welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the call for evidence on guidelines on exclusionary abuses by dominant undertakings. For over a decade, HOTREC has been paying particular attention to the role of online travel agencies (OTAs) and the treatment of the hotel businesses of which the majority of them are small and medium-sized enterprises.