The EU Vegetable Oil and Proteinmeal Industry
Budget
€700 — €0
EP Access
4
accredited persons
Staff
8
6 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
FEDIOL is the federation representing the interests of the European Vegetable Oil and Proteinmeal Industry. Its mission consists in formulating and voicing common positions to contribute to a conducive regulatory framework within the EU, in developing professional principles and good manufacturing practices ensuring the quality and safety of our products, in helping the industry to understand and implement appropriately European legislation and in working at strengthening the sustainability and the competitiveness of the EU oilseed and vegetable oil processing industry.
EU Legislative Interests
Vision for Agriculture and Food; Regulation on deforestation-free supply chains; Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive; ETS; Effort Sharing; Energy Taxation; Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM); Industrial Emissions Directive; RED 2030; EU Taxonomy; New Genomic Techniques; Front of Pack Nutrition Labelling; Country of Origin Labelling; Nutrient Profiles; legislation on food contaminants; legislation on pesticides MRLs; EU protein strategy; EU bioeconomy strategy; trade negotiations; Forced Labour Regulation; Common Market Organisation regulation; Omnibus proposals
Communication Activities
Distribution of sector's informative material (1st generation biofuels factsheet). Campaigns and social media outreach. FEDIOL General Assembly event "Level-playing field in agri-food processing" with participation of MEP and COM officials.
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
FEDIOL is a member of PFP Primary Food Processors Roundtable for Responsible Soy EFISC-GTP European Feed and Food Ingredients Safety Certification aisbl Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (Associate member) European Bioeconomy Alliance (EUBA) Federation of European and International Associations established in Belgium (FAIB) Other networks : Food & Feed Chain Coalition Agrifood Chain Roundtable on Pesticides Industrial Emissions Alliance
Organisation Members
The members of FEDIOL, the oilseed crushers and oils and fats processors, are represented through their respective national associations in various EU countries: www.fediol.eu/web/members/1011306087/list1187970090/f1.html DE : OVID - Verband der ölsaatenverarbeitenden Industrie in Deutschland e.V. BE : LIPROBEL DK : ADOP - The Association of Danish Oil and Oilseed Processors ES: AFOEX -Asociación Nacional de Empresas para el Fomento de las Oleaginosas, su Extracción y su Refino FI : FOPA - Finnish Oilseed Product Association FR: Huileries et Margarineries de France IT: ASSITOL Associazione Italiana dell' Industria Olearia NL: VERNOF Vereniging van Nederlandse Fabrikanten van Eetbare Olien en Vetten PL : PSPO Polskie Stowarzyszenie Producentów Oleju UK : SCOPA Seed Crushers' and Oil Processors' Association
Additional Information
The FEDIOL budget is financed by its member associations. The estimate of costs referred to under this point are taking into account: • An identified percentage of total staff time spent on direct lobbying activities in terms of salaries • Specific amounts for events organized linked to direct lobbying activity • Publications intended for lobbying activity
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.