30 December 2015 News

Seminar “Added value of the EU quality policy”

Programme
“Added value of the EU quality policy for agricultural goods and foodstuffs – location determination and need for action”
Saturday, 16th January 2016, from 10:00 to approx. 12:30 hours,
Berlin, IGW Messegelände (trade fair site),
Großer Stern, Room VIP1

10:00 hrs Start and welcome Wolfgang Reimer, Department Head of the Ministerium für Ländlichen Raum und Verbraucherschutz (Ministry for Rural Affairs and Consumer Protection) Baden-Württemberg (MLR)

EU quality policy for agricultural goods and foodstuffs – location determination and perspectives from the point of view of the EU Commission
Branca Tome, Deputy Head of the Quality Policy Division, GD Agri, European Commission
EU quality policy – experiences from Austria Dr. Michael Blass, Managing Director of Agrarmarkt Austria (AMA)
EU projects with quality products from South Tyrol – progress report Dr. Paul Zandanel (Head of Division Projects and Event Management IDM South Tyrol) and Alexandra Cembran (Representative EU projects, Division Projects and Event Management IDM South Tyrol)
Opportunities and challenges of the quality programmes for the meat sector in southern Germany Martin Müller, Managing Director of Müller Fleisch GmbH, Birkenfeld

Discussion with panel and audience – Quality policy need for action
Branca Tome; Wolfgang Reimer; Hubert Bittlmayer; Dr. Michael Blass;
Dr. Martin Pazeller, Head of the Agricultural Department, autonomous province Bolzano – South Tyrol

Summary
Hubert Bittlmayer, Department Head of the Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Forsten (Bavarian State Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Forestry)  (StMELF)

12:15 hrs Close of the event, with specialities from the regions

Moderation: Bruno Krieglstein (MLR) and Prof. Dr. Richard Balling (StMELF)

Organisational information
Registration is required. The number of participants is limited. We kindly request registration
using the enclosed feedback form via email to qualitaetspolitik@mlr.bwl.de