AREPO AREFLH European event of the fruit, vegetables and products of quality

AREFLH and AREPO, networks of the European regions producing of fruit, vegetables and products of origin and quality, organize in Brussels on March 25th, 2015 the European event of the fruit, vegetables and products of quality.  

This event will be articulated in two sections: a conference in the afternoon and a tasting of farmers products from our regions in the evening. During this 2015 edition, the conference will be focused on promotion and the new European regulation, on the market access through the new CAP and its device of crisis management and on innovation around the Horizon 2020 programme. 

The President of AREPO, Vincent Labarthe, Vice-President in charge of agriculture of the Regional Council of Midi-Pyrénées, and the President of AREFLH, Josep Maria Peligri i Aixut, Minister of Agriculture of Catalonia, will have the pleasure of hosting the Commissioner for agriculture Phil Hogan at the conference that they are jointly organizing on March 25 at the headquarters of the regions Hessen – Aquitaine – Emilia Romagna. Commissioner Hogan will close the conference together with the MEP Eric Andrieu, First Vice-President of the Comagri in the European Parliament. They will open the sampling of regional quality products, fruit and vegetables from AREPO and AREFLH member regions.

The MEPs Herbert Dorfmann, President of the Intergroup on wine, spirits and quality foodstuffs, and Paolo De Castro, will also participate together with the Director of multilateral relations and quality policy of DG Agri, Diego Canga Fano. The conference will be focused on the following issues: promotion policy, market access and innovation.

As for the tasting, it will be a great opportunity for demonstrating the large diversity and the good quality of European agriculture.

Please click here to read the PRESS RELEASE of the event.