COPA-COGECA, the umbrella organisation for the European Union's farming unions and farm co-operatives, expressed its disappointment yesterday about the lack of an agreement on implementation and enforcement of a code of good practice along the food supply chain.
COPA-COGECA, the umbrella organisation for the European Union's farming unions and farm co-operatives, expressed its disappointment yesterday about the lack of an agreement on implementation and enforcement of a code of good practice along the food supply chain.
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An agreement would have helped in combating unfair and abusive practices in the food chain.
Such practices include cases where contracting parties refuse to put essential terms in writing in agreements, or unilateral retrospective changes to contract clauses.
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