Schuttelaar & Partners

EU Legislative Interests

The client base of Schuttelaar & Partners includes public authorities, private companies, associations, and non-profit organisations. We advise a wide range of clients across the agri-food, health and life sciences, and sustainability sectors, with expertise in areas such as EU public affairs, communication, and stakeholder engagement. In this capacity, we engage on EU policies and legislative proposals, including: Agriculture and food - European Green Deal and Farm to Fork Strategy - Vision for Agriculture and Food - Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) - Common Market Organization (CMO) Regulation - Cross-border enforcement of UTP Directive - New Genomic Techniques Regulation (NGTs) - Soil Monitoring and Resilience Directive (Soil Monitoring Law) - Legislation on Plant Protection Products (PPPs) - Fertilising Products Regulation (FPR) - EU Organic Regulation - Decarbonisation, ETS, Carbon Removals and Carbon Farming Regulation, Carbon Removals Certification Framework - Generational Renewal Strategy - Sustainable use of pesticides Regulation - Accelerating access to biopesticides - EU Digital Strategy for Agriculture - Unfair trading practices Directive revision - EU action plan for plant-based foods - EU protein strategy - Food labelling and Food safety legislation - Novel food legislation Climate - European Climate Law Amendment (2040 target) - European Water Resilience Strategy and related policies - EU Deforestation Regulation - Bioeconomy Strategy Health and life sciences - Critical Medicines Act - EU pharmaceutical legislation - European Health Data Space (EHDS) - Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan - Strategy for European Life Sciences - EU Cardiovascular Health Plan - Biotech Act Sustainability - Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) - Regulation on classification, labelling and packaging of chemicals (CLP) - Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) - Regulation on the EU Ecolabel - EU's Directive on Empowering Consumers for the Green Transition (ECGT) - Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) - Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) - Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) - Nature Restoration Regulation - Waste Framework Directive (WFD) - Green Claims Directive - Circular Economy Act In addition: - Competitiveness Compass - Clean Industrial Deal - Omnibus packages, in particular: Omnibus I on sustainability (CSRD, CSDDD, Taxonomy Regulation and CBAM), Omnibus III on agriculture, Omnibus IV on simplification, Omnibus VI on chemicals, part 1. Upcoming Omnibus packages such as Environmental Omnibus and Food & Feed Safety Omnibus. - Gender equality - Research and Innovation - Multiannual Financial Framework 2028-2034

Communication Activities

Schuttelaar & Partners organises, both independently and on behalf of clients, and participates in a wide range of events in Brussels and across Europe, bringing together EU and national policymakers, the private sector, trade associations, NGOs, and other key stakeholders. Recent examples include Synergy Days on digital innovation in the European agri-food sector. In addition to our expertise in EU public affairs, we support clients with strategic communications, stakeholder engagement, media and digital outreach, and sustainability-focused campaigns.

Interests Represented

Advances interests of their clients

Member Of

The Shift - https://www.theshift.be/ Gender Alliance for Innovation in Agriculture - www.genderalliance.eu Official Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Belgium and Luxembourg - https://e-camara.com/web/en/official-spanish-chamber-of-commerce-in-belgium-and-luxembourg/