Question 786 — treaties and conventions

Summary

Ms. Sabine Thillaye draws the attention of the Secretary of State to the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, responsible for Europe, to the free trade agreement concluded between New Zealand and the European Union on June 30, 2022. This agreement will allow a 30% increase in bilateral trade between these two zones and could allow the Union to reach 4.5 billion euros of annual exports. Furthermore, it is presented by the European Commission as a model of sustainability, including compliance with the Paris climate agreement. However, this new free trade agreement raises some concerns among professionals in the sheep industry. In fact, it grants a quota of 38,000 tonnes of carcass equivalents (tec) which are added to the historic quotas already granted to New Zealand (228,254 tec for the EU 28 and 114,184 téc from the EU to 27 in 2021.) New Zealand exports, largely frozen in the 1990s, are increasingly produced fresh and pose risks of unfair competition towards French producers, whether in terms of price or compliance with social and environmental standards. Breeders and farmers particularly regret the absence of “mirror clauses” on animal welfare, traceability, the use of veterinary medicines and phytosanitary products in the free trade agreement concluded. Also, she would like to know the measures that the Government is considering to protect breeders and farmers, and thereby the country's food sovereignty.

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