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FEFAC Contributions to European Commission public initiatives
2026
2 June: FEFAC response call for evidence legal framework for renewable energy production post 2030
FEFAC supports a post-2030 renewable energy framework that strengthens energy security and decarbonisation while preserving feed and food security, highlighting the importance of biofuel co-products for EU protein supply and promoting balanced biomass use across food, feed and energy sectors.
1 June: FEFAC input for European Commission consultation on EUDR Annex I
FEFAC raises concerns on the proposed EUDR Annex I scope review, highlighting the need for a clearer, science-based and proportionate approach that accurately reflects supply chain realities for feed materials such as palm kernel expeller and avoids unintended impacts on the EU compound feed sector.
28 May: FEFAC contribution to the Call for Evidence regarding the EU Biotech Act II
FEFAC supports the EU Biotech Act II as a key framework to strengthen EU feed and biotech competitiveness, improve access to fermentation-based vitamins and amino acids, and enable innovation in plant breeding and feed solutions while addressing structural cost and regulatory barriers.
20 March: FEFAC updated position on the EU Commission proposal for an omnibus on food and feed safety legislation COM(2025) 1030 final / 2025/0410 (COD)
FEFAC supports the EU Omnibus on food and feed safety simplification, endorsing reduced administrative burdens for feed additives and GM feed rules, while calling for further legal clarity, proportionality in pesticide residue import rules, and safeguards for supply chain resilience and competitiveness.
10 April: FEFAC Contribution to the Call for Evidence regarding the EU Livestock Strategy
FEFAC supports the EU Livestock Strategy as a framework to strengthen competitiveness, resilience and food security through feed innovation, circular biomass use, and modernised regulatory and investment tools across the livestock value chain.
24 March: FEFAC Contribution to the Call for Evidence regarding the Vision 2040 for Fisheries and Aquaculture
FEFAC highlights the strategic role of innovative fish nutrition and circular feed solutions in supporting sustainable aquaculture, improving fish health and environmental performance, and calls for better regulatory support and access to feed additives to unlock sector growth under the Vision 2040.
2025
17 November: FEFAC contribution to call for evidence for a targeted amendment of Organic Production Rules
FEFAC supports targeted simplification of EU organic production rules, highlighting opportunities to reduce administrative burden in feed-related provisions, including derogation renewals, labelling requirements, and authorisation procedures, while maintaining regulatory clarity and coherence within the organic framework.
6 November: FEFAC contribution to the call for evidence on the Circular Economy Act
FEFAC calls for the Circular Economy Act to explicitly integrate nutrient circularity, ensuring safe use of food-chain co-products in feed as a priority pathway for EU competitiveness, resource efficiency, and reduced dependency on imported feed materials.
6 October: FEFAC comments on the call for evidence for a simplification of administrative burden in food and feed safety legislation
FEFAC supports EU efforts to simplify food and feed safety legislation, promoting modernised, risk-based rules that reduce administrative burden while maintaining high safety standards, and highlights priorities including updated feed additive regulation, streamlined labelling, and greater legal clarity for innovation and trade.
10 September: FEFAC comments on the call for evidence for a simplification of administrative burden in environmental legislation
FEFAC supports EU efforts to simplify environmental legislation and reduce administrative burden through harmonised, digital, and risk-based compliance tools, while highlighting the need for practical implementation of frameworks such as the EUDR to safeguard supply chain continuity, competitiveness, and food security.
11 July: FEFAC input Call for Evidence on Animal Welfare
FEFAC underlines the importance of science-based, practicable animal welfare standards, highlighting the role of nutrition, biosecurity, and robust indicators, while supporting balanced implementation that safeguards animal health, farm viability, and coherence of welfare requirements across EU production and imports.
23 June: FEFAC input for the EU Bioeconomy Strategy
FEFAC outlines livestock and feed as central pillars of the EU bioeconomy, emphasizing circular use of biomass, prioritisation of feed-safe co-products under science-based rules, and a balanced policy approach to ensure efficient nutrient recovery while maintaining biomass availability between feed, food, and energy uses.
6 June: FEFAC contribution to the Call for Evidence regarding the EU Biotech Act
FEFAC highlights the strategic role of biotechnology in strengthening EU feed security, supporting access to fermentation-based vitamins and amino acids, improving agricultural productivity, and enhancing competitiveness by reducing import dependency and enabling more resilient, innovative supply chains.
8 May: FEFAC feedback to Delegated Act amending Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 as regards the list of relevant commodities and relevant products
FEFAC recommends clarifying EUDR product scope to ensure that key residual by-products used in animal feed, such as cocoa shells, palm kernel expeller, and fatty acid distillates, remain enabled within circular, resource-efficient EU supply chains.
25 February: FEFAC Contribution to the Call for Evidence regarding the Critical Medicines Act
FEFAC highlights the importance of considering both human and animal health within the EU’s One Health approach, as well as the need to strengthen Europe’s resilience by supporting domestic production of essential feed additives, such as vitamins and amino acids, helping to secure supply chains for the livestock sector and reducing external dependencies.