Position on the revision of the Unfair Trading Practices Directive

FoodServiceEurope believes that fostering fair contractual relations amongst all actors in the supply chain is essential to provide high-quality, safe and affordable food to consumers. The contract catering sector therefore supports balanced and proportionate initiatives aimed at preventing unfair trading practices and strengthening legal certainty across the agri-food chain.

The ongoing revision of Directive (EU) 2019/633 on unfair trading practices in the agricultural and food supply chain (UTP Directive) provides a timely opportunity to address these objectives, to update current rules in line with today’s market realities and in particular to close the structural regulatory gap that leaves contract catering operators subject to the Directive’s obligations while excluded from its protection.