Question 25175 — agri-food

Summary

Ms. Marie Tamarelle-Verhaeghe questions the Minister of Agriculture and Food on compliance with Decree No. 2019-1163 of November 8, 2019 relating to the recognition of producer organizations in the sugar sector for sugar beets. On February 14, 2019, the Saint-Louis Sucre group, a subsidiary of the German giant Südzucker, the leading world and European producer, announced a restructuring plan including the closure of three French sites in Cagny, Eppeville and Marseille. These closures, which affect nearly 2,500 beet growers, have plunged the sector into a climate of uncertainty. In line with the EGALIM bill, which promotes the grouping of farmers via producer organizations to have more influence in commercial negotiations, the aforementioned decree recalls the Government's commitment to supporting producers of beets. According to the testimonies provided to it, it appears that the Saint-Louis group does not respect the terms of the decree. The producers who supply the Etrepagny site are currently under strong pressure from the Saint-Louis group, which is demanding that they return their contracts for the year 2020, refusing to recognize the producers' organization SICA as an interlocutor in these negotiations. The producers thus had until November 30 to return their signed contracts, under penalty of seeing their volume of beets allocated to other producers who are not members of SICA and wish to increase their surface areas. Noting that the terms of Decree No. 2019-1163 are not respected, it would like to know the measures envisaged to remedy this.

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