UECBV

UECBV welcomes the European Commissions initiative to simplify the ESRS and calls for appropriate recognition of carbon removals in climate target-setting. UECBV acknowledges and welcomes several important improvements introduced by this proposal.

UECBV shares the general concern about climate change and welcomes the Commission’s proposal for a European climate law which was published on 4 March. The enshrinement of the 2050 climate neutrality goal in legislation and the holistic view taken by the Commission in the context of the European Green Deal will help engage all economic actors collectively in a common trajectory and encourage the swifter development…

[Attached the full detailed UECBV feedback with technical and scientific references] The EU livestock value chain welcomes the European Green Deal commitments for Europe's economy and society to become climate-neutral by 2050. Since the beginning of the 90' the sector has continuously researched for solutions aiming at improving its environmental performances (i.e.

UECBV supports the Commission's efforts to reduce food waste in the European Union and is dedicated to helping reach the targets proposed, thereby mitigating the climate impact and lowering emissions. Our members have undertaken multiple initiatives to decrease the food waste in the meat sector and show daily commitment to the goals proposed with initiatives targeting food companies and stakeholders in the food…

UECBV - the European Livestock and Meat Trades Union - supports the Commission’s initiative to reduce food waste and contribute to sustainable food systems. We would like to remind the Commission about the efforts made by the slaughterhouses, turning bio-waste, residues, and discards into valuable resources, and bring the most value of the carcases to support the nutritional circulations which is vital for both…

UECBV welcomes the proposal for the Directive on Green Claims from the European Commission 22 March 2023. Our sector, livestock and meat traders and producers, wishes to further strive towards environmental criteria and information and is happy to continue working on it. We have the following comments at this stage: 1.

UECBV sees the upcoming legislative proposal on substantiating green claims as the basement for allowing businesses to go to carbon neutrality. It is of the utmost importance to go towards scientifically based, fair and “harmonised claims” so that efforts are comparable, looking for the same goals and no one is left behind but creating incentive to move forward.

The European Livestock and Meat Trades Union (UECBV), is the EU voice of national federations representing livestock markets, livestock traders (cattle, horses, sheep, pigs), meat traders (beef, horsemeat, sheep meat, pig meat), and meat industry (slaughterhouses, cutting plants and meat preparation plants).

UECBV supports the overall ambition to act on climate change and finds it essential that the agricultural and forestry sector contributes to the debate on climate action. It profoundly supports the initiative to significantly raise the sustainability standards in the EU in a harmonized way.

The Commission proposals aim to strengthen the position of farmers in the EU and restore trust between actors in the agri-food supply chain. These are relevant to the whole supply chain, and the European livestock and meat traders (UECBV) are the first partner to farmers and represent the whole middle of the chain.

UECBV supports the EU-Commission’s objective to help counter deforestation, loss of biodiversity violations to human rights and greenhouse gas emissions. We realize that part of the soy production might take place in areas with non-negligible deforestation risk, placing soy as a forest risk commodity.

UECBV welcomes the European Commissions initiative on animal by-products. The European Livestock and Meat Trades Union (UECBV) welcomes the European Commissions initiative to include certain Animal By-Products (ABPs) as component materials in EU fertilising products, through the amendment of Annex II and Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2019/1009, CMC 10, and thanks the Commission for the opportunity to be consulted and…

UECBV welcomes and supports the Commissions efforts to adapt the ante- and post-mortem inspections to the logistical challenges faced by slaughterhouses. At the same time, UECBV calls for a further extension of these measures while ensuring the economic and operational sustainability of the meat industry sector through transparency, coordination and proportionate costs for operators.

UECBV supports the Commissions efforts to facilitate inspections through the integration of data generated by computer-based technologies. UECBV also encourages further progress in this area, for example by extending the use of computer-based technologies to a broader range of applications, such as animal welfare controls, while ensuring the economic and practical sustainability of the meat industry.

UECBV welcomes the revision of the marketing standards for poultry products as it is an opportunity to align these standards with the current reality of market and technology. In this context, UECBV would like to highlight some elements on this draft that need to be revised, in particular the standards on the water content of poultry meat imported from third countries, as this draft does not foresee any changes on…

UECBV welcomes the Commissions proposal to amend Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 regarding the storage conditions of fresh meat of domestic ungulates before freezing. The proposed changes provide greater legal certainty, recognise food business operators primary responsibility for ensuring food safety and determining appropriate shelf life, and better reflect current industry practices.