Quality Policy Conference

Date: 12.3.2009 — 13.3.2009
Venue: Prague - Czech Republic
Category: Conferences and Seminars
Theme: Agriculture and Fisheries

The conference, organised by the Presidency under the aegis of Czech Agriculture Minister Gandalovič and EU Agriculture and Rural Development Commissioner Fischer Boel, will be held on 12–13 March at the Marriott Hotel, Prague.

The discussion will be based on the Green Paper on quality policy published by the European Commission in October 2008 and will take place in three parallel workshops:

Farming requirements and marketing standards,
EU quality programmes,
Certification programmes and organic farming.

The conference will bring together Agriculture Ministers from the EU Member States, representatives of the European Commission and the Federation of the Food and Drink Industries of the Czech Republic and other experts on the quality of agricultural products. The conclusions of the conference and the results of the public consultation will help the Commission draw up and publish the Communication on Agricultural Product Quality Policy, scheduled for May 2009. The conference will offer a forum for discussions that will not only contribute to the drafting of the Communication but, given the extraordinary extent and level of expert knowledge required, will represent a significant contribution by the Czech Presidency to this policy area and, in the long run, to reinforcing the competitiveness of European farming.

Website: www.qpc.cz

Contact:

Tereza M. Dvořáčková, spokesperson of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic for the Presidency
tel.: +420 221 813 063, mobile: +420 737 213 030; e-mail: [email protected]