FoodServiceEurope

EU Legislative Interests

1.VAT: rates and rules applicable to the public sector and exemptions in the public interest. Responded to public consultation on VAT rates. 2. Public Procurement Package and follow-up on implementation measures to be adopted by Member States, including update of social partners guide on the best price/quality ratio award criteria. Responded to consultations on public procurement for innovation and socially responsible public procurement. Actively engaging on the 2025 revision of the rules. 3. Food Information to Consumers Regulation and implementing measures: monitoring of developments. 4. Revision of GPP criteria for food and catering services. 5. Members of the Food Losses and Food Waste platform. 6. Promotion of Healthy Diets and commitment to the EU Platform on Action for Diet, Physical Activity and Health. 7. Unfair Trading Practices Directive and impact on the rules applicable to late payments and consequences in practice. 8. Farm to Fork Strategy and monitoring and engagement where relevant on other food law issues, such as reform of organics regulation, acrylamide, revision of the General Food Law and the proposal on a Sustainable Food Systems Framework 9. Social Dialogue. 10. Apprenticeships: joint pledge with our social partners to the European Alliance for Apprenticeships. 11.Food Waste package. 12. Single-Use Plastics Directive and implementation at national level that is following. 13. PPWR proposal 14. Late Payments Directive revision 15. Green Claims 16. UTP evaluation

Communication Activities

Response to evaluation and consultation on the revision of the Public Procurement Directive Appointed member of the European Board on Agriculture and Food Participated in the Strategic Dialogue on the Future of EU Agriculture Position paper on UTPs Position paper on PPWR proposal Position paper on Late Payments Position paper on Green Claims Response to the consultation on the proposal for a review of the Late Payments Directive Response to the consultation on a proposal for Sustainable Food Systems Framework Response to the initial impact assessment on a proposal for Sustainable Food Systems Framework Response to the consultation on Food Information to Consumers Response to the consultation of social partners on the review of the EU sectoral social dialogue Signing the Code of Conduct for Responsible Business and Marketing Practices and annual reporting Comments to the European Commission’s Inception Impact Assessment (IIA) on the Proposal for a revision of the Food Information to Consumers Regulation Response to the survey ‘The role, operations and deliverables of the current Food Loss and Food Waste Platform’ Publication of FoodServiceEurope's Call to Action: For the Strategic Deployment of Contract Catering in the Aftermath of COVID-19 Response to consultation on the draft Guidelines on Single Use Plastic directive definitions Response to consultation on the revision of Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 on food hygiene Response to consultation on Organic farming - action plan for the development of EU organic production Position paper on with HOTREC and FoodDrinkEurope calling on the EU to introduce temporary reduced VAT rates in the hospitality sector in order to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 crisis Granted observer status in the newly established Expert Group concerning aspects falling under the single CMO Regulation: Contingency plan for ensuring food supply and food security and DG MARE Incentivising healthy lunches for employees through appropriate fiscal policy on fringe benefits: position of the Contract Catering Sector Launch of updated Best Value Guide for contracting food services in September 2019. This was jointly prepared with EFFAT, with funding from the European Commission. A FoodServiceEurope Model School Food Standard was adopted in May 2017 as part of our commitment to the EU Platform on Action for Diet, Physical Activity and Health. Position on Unfair Trading Practices Directive. Response to consultations on public procurement for innovation and socially responsible public procurement. Position on a Circular Economy. Position Paper on the reform of the EU Public Procurement Directive. Revised Agreement on Corporate Social Responsibility in the Contract Catering sector adopted in October 2014. FoodServiceEurope’s compilation of good practices to reduce food waste published on Commission website.

Interests Represented

Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members

Member Of

FoodServiceEurope also takes part in the European Employers Network, led by BusinessEurope.

Organisation Members

Full members - National Associations: - AHRESP (www.ahresp.com) - PT - ANGEM (http://www.angem.it/it/) - IT - FoodService Espana (http://www.foodserviceespana.com) - ES - GV-Austria (www.gv-austria.at) - AU - VIMOSZ (http://www.vimosz.org) - HU - SNRC (http://www.snrc.fr/) - FR - UBC (http://www.ubcatering.be/) - BE - VISITA (http://www.visita.se/) - SE - FEDIL (https://www.fedil.lu/en/) - LU - NHO Service og Handel (https://www.nhosh.no/) - NO - MaRa (https://www.mara.fi/) - FI Associate Members - Food Service Round Table - Companies: - Compass Group - Elior - Sodexo - Trivalor