Agri-food regulator set to protect farmers against unfair trading practices

The new regulations voted in by the European Parliament earlier this year will allow the Agri-Food regulator to co-ordinate enforcement actions on unfair trading

Cases of cross-border unfair trading practices damaging farmers and small producers of agricultural products will, as a result, be prevented, investigated, and punished. File picture

The Agri-food regulator will assist in protecting farmers against unfair trading practices.

The European Parliament on February 12 adopted new measures to protect European farmers from unfair trading practices (UTPs) by buyers of agricultural and food products. On March 5, the European Council adopted this regulation.