Ramy legislacyjne dotyczące zrównoważonych systemów żywnościowych
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Opinion number:
CDR-5930-2022
Status:
Przyjęte
Objective
*Feed into the upcoming legislative proposal on sustainable food systems, expected in September 2023
*Pleading to establishing a multi-stakeholder platform on sustainable food systems, involving the European Committee of the Regions together with other relevant stakeholders and civil society, thus creating a supporting network that would facilitate the transition to more sustainable food systems for European regions and cities while taking into account regional differences and areas' specialisations and traditions
*Pleading to establishing a multi-stakeholder platform on sustainable food systems, involving the European Committee of the Regions together with other relevant stakeholders and civil society, thus creating a supporting network that would facilitate the transition to more sustainable food systems for European regions and cities while taking into account regional differences and areas' specialisations and traditions
Impact
The opinion calles for the framework law to look into clarifying responsibilities for all food-system actors by setting up multi-level cooperation, engaging participation at EU, Member State, regional and local level.
The Commission is currently considering different governance mechanisms in the FSFS to foster collaboration among food system actors and to support engagement with stakeholders and the wider society in the transition towards a sustainable food system at different levels (EU, national, regional/local).
These governance mechanisms are on top of the current consultation platforms (e.g. Advisory Group on Sustainability of Food Systems, Civil Dialogue Groups on Agricultural and Rural Development, etc.) that are currently used by the different Commission’s Services to consult and interact with all relevant stakeholders in the
implementation of the Farm to Fork Strategy.
In addition, in her 2023 State of the Union address the EC President announced the launch of a “strategic dialogue” on the future of agriculture in the EU meant to foster “more dialogue and less polarisation”.
Moreover, the opinion reiterates a call to eliminate existing constraints within its public procurement rules to apply sustainability criteria.
Sustainable public procurement of food is one of the policy measures that the Commission is considering in the context of the preparation of the FSFS to incentivise the uptake of sustainable practices by food system actors.
Finally, the rapporteur actively participated in many events linked to the sustainable food systems, highlighting the need to publish the framework law well before the end of mandate. The final impact will be assessed when the law is published, hopefully later this year.
The Commission is currently considering different governance mechanisms in the FSFS to foster collaboration among food system actors and to support engagement with stakeholders and the wider society in the transition towards a sustainable food system at different levels (EU, national, regional/local).
These governance mechanisms are on top of the current consultation platforms (e.g. Advisory Group on Sustainability of Food Systems, Civil Dialogue Groups on Agricultural and Rural Development, etc.) that are currently used by the different Commission’s Services to consult and interact with all relevant stakeholders in the
implementation of the Farm to Fork Strategy.
In addition, in her 2023 State of the Union address the EC President announced the launch of a “strategic dialogue” on the future of agriculture in the EU meant to foster “more dialogue and less polarisation”.
Moreover, the opinion reiterates a call to eliminate existing constraints within its public procurement rules to apply sustainability criteria.
Sustainable public procurement of food is one of the policy measures that the Commission is considering in the context of the preparation of the FSFS to incentivise the uptake of sustainable practices by food system actors.
Finally, the rapporteur actively participated in many events linked to the sustainable food systems, highlighting the need to publish the framework law well before the end of mandate. The final impact will be assessed when the law is published, hopefully later this year.
Essential points
THE EUROPEAN COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS
calls on the European Commission to ensure that horizontal and sectoral policies linked to food and food systems are in line with the objectives and targets set by the future FSFS, the farm-to-fork strategy, the biodiversity strategy and zero pollution targets, with proper evaluation and regular monitoring in place;
urges EU, national, local and regional authorities to ensure that sustainability is mainstreamed in all food-related policies. The framework law should look into clarifying responsibilities for all food system actors by setting up multi-level cooperation, engaging participation at EU, Member State, regional and local level.
reiterates its call to establish a multi-stakeholder platform on sustainable food systems, involving the European Committee of the Regions together with other relevant stakeholders and civil society, thus creating a supporting network that would facilitate the transition to more sustainable food systems for European regions and cities while taking into account regional differences and areas' specialisations and traditions;
reiterates its call to eliminate existing constraints within its public procurement rules to apply sustainability criteria. EU competition legislation prohibits territorial preferences (such as local foods) being specified in public purchasing contracts.