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Presentation Madrid June 2007

The Product Boards for Livestock, Meat and Eggs

(PVE)

Alfred van LentheHead Market Development &

Communication

Topics• Economic significance of Dutch

Agriculture


• Statutory Trade Organisations• Organisation of The Product Boards for

Livestock, Meat and Eggs (PVE)• Tasks and Activities PVE• Budget• Developments• Opportunities for Spain

Economic Significance Dutch Agriculture

• Agri-sector: 10% of prosperity10% of employment


• Export accounts for 2/3 of income andemployment

• Trade surplus: NL: € 31 billionAgri-sector: € 22,6 billion!

Relative importence of sub-sectors of Dutch agriculture


0

10

20

30

40

50

Arable farming Glasshousehorticulture

Open-fieldhorticulture

Land-usinglivestockfarming

Intensivelivestockfarming

added value 2005 employment 2005

Percentage of livestock, meat and eggs

Total 4,83 billion


13,7%

17,7%

5,2%7,1%

45,0%

11,3%

beef veal pork poultry meat eggs other

Self-sufficiency degree


299

174

234

711

64

194

0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800

total

beef

veal

pork

poultry meat

eggs

Position of Dutch Meat Industry

• Product Boards (vertical):

for organisations in various stages in the

chain of production/marketing for the

same product (e.g. from farmer to retailer)

Product Boards


• Handling the interests of specific sectors within government limits;


Basic Law Principles

• Sector itself regulates collective affairs (with binding rules and regulation by Product Board);

• Instituted on demand of the sector itself! • Management of Product Boards: representatives

from all the links in the production chain; chairman appointed by Crown.

Product Boards


Meat / LivestockPoultry

FishArable CropsHorticulture

Cereals / GrainsDairy

DrinksPats / Oils

Animal FeedAnimal FeedWineWine


GovernmentGovernment OrganisationsOrganisations

‘Statutory trade Organisations’

Product BoardProduct BoardPVEPVE


RetailWholesale

Processing IndustrySlaughter

TradeFarm

From shop to farm


Product Board Livestock and Meat

Product Board Poultry and Eggs

Sector committees

Sectorcommittees

Sectorcommittees

Management board

Sectorcommittees

Joint Joint Secretariat Secretariat Product Boards Product Boards for Livestockfor Livestock, , MeatMeat and and Eggs Eggs (PVE)(PVE)

Management board

PVE


Tasks PVE

1. Joint Management

2. Autonomous Tasks


Joint management• Requested by Dutch government and

EU to handle certain tasks• Examples EU: export refunds,

recognising studbooks, slaughter premiums, hygienecodes

• Examples NL: handle outbreaks of Aujeszky disease

• Participation in Management committees in Brussels


Autonomous tasks• Animal health

• Foodsafety/quality systems• Fair trade (uniform weighing and

classification)

• Preventive animal health care

• Promotion• Defending the interest of the industry

- (Inter)national Government - NGO’s -Trade to third countries

• Financing research


Developments• Changing structure industry

changing role PVE- Process of enlargement - Concentration- Integrations - Internationalisation


Budget PVE

1. Government payment for joint management (executing the national EU- agricultural legislation)

2. Levies for autonomous tasks (all organisations in the production chain contribute)

Output PVE 2007 € 31,8 mln.



Conclusions

1. The Product Boards have played an important role in the defence of competition

2. The Product Boards will play the same role in the future


Possibilities Spain

1. Practical Research programs

2. Uniform weighing and classification

3. Exchange information in the chain

4. Promotion

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