To the attention of the Members of the ECN Joint Working Team on

EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Competition DG
Directorate E - Basic Industries, Manufacturing and Agriculture
Task Force Food
Conference on antitrust guidelines in agricultural sector
4 March 2015
CHARLEMAGNE BUILDING, Rue de la Loi 170, Brussels
Conference Room Jenkins
9:30 – 17:30
9:30 – 9:35
Introductory remarks on the Conference
Paul Csiszár, Director, DG Competition/Jens Schaps, Director, DG Agriculture
9:35 – 10:00
Keynote speech
Alexander Italianer, Director General DG Competition
10:00 – 10:15
Draft Guidelines: Description of the new Derogation from competition rules contained
in Articles 169, 170 and 171 of the CMO Regulation (c.f. Point 2.2 of the Guidelines)
Presentation and discussion with the Participants of each issue presented.
10:15 – 10:30
Draft Guidelines: Relation between the new Derogation and other rules (c.f. Point 2.3
of the Guidelines)
10:30 – 10:45
Discussion with Participants on this point and the previous one
10:45 – 11:00
Coffee Break
11:00– 11:45
Draft Guidelines: Conditions of the new Derogation (c.f. Point 2.4 of the Guidelines)
Discussion with Participants
11:45– 12:15
Draft Guidelines: Safeguard clause (c.f. Point 2.5 of the Guidelines)
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Competition DG
Directorate E - Basic Industries, Manufacturing and Agriculture
Task Force Food
12:15 – 12:30
Discussion with Participants
12:30 – 13:45
Lunch
13:45 – 14:15
Draft Guidelines: Presentation of the "Significant Efficiency Test" ( c.f. Point 2.4.3 of
the Guidelines)
• The two methods: simplified method, alternative method
Discussion with Participants
14:15 – 15:30
Draft Guidelines: List of activities carried out by the POs in the three sectors
• Joint distribution
• Joint organising of quality control
• Joint use of equipment or storage facilities
• Joint procurement of inputs
• Joint packaging, labelling or promotion
• Joint management of waste directly related to the sectors of i) beef and veal
and ii) olive oil
• Joint processing of olive oil
15:30 – 15:45
Coffee Break
15:45 – 17:00
Draft Guidelines: List of activities carried out by the POs (Continuation)
Discussion with Participants
17:00 – 17:15
Closing Remarks

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