scholarly journals Policy assessment methodology : D3.2 Unfair Trading Practice Regulation and Voluntary Agreements targeting food waste: a policy assessment in select EU Member States

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Piras Simone ◽  
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Laura García Herrero ◽  
Stephanie Burgos ◽  
Flavien Colin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Waste ◽  
Assessment Methodology ◽  
Voluntary Agreements ◽  
Policy Assessment ◽  
Member States ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Practice Regulation

scholarly journals Regulation of the food waste measuring in the EU in the light of the need of counteracting the food wastage

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Sylwia Łaba ◽  
Mikołaj Niedek ◽  
Krystian Szczepański ◽  
Robert Łaba ◽  
Anna Kamińska-Dwórznicka
Keyword(s):  
Food Waste ◽  
Current Data ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Member States ◽  
Uniform System ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
The Common ◽  
Different Characteristics ◽  
The Eu

Abstract The paper presents the analysis of the guidelines of the European Union, adopted in May, 2019, on the common methodology and quality requirements for the uniform system of measuring the food waste levels in the EU Member States. The Waste Framework Directive obliges the Member States to monitor the generation of food waste and to take measures to limit their production; however, a lack of uniform, reliable method for measuring the food waste levels in the EU causes that it is difficult to evaluate the scale of the problem, its sources and the related tendencies in time. The food waste is generated across the whole food supply chain; so, it is especially troublesome to determine the level of the discussed waste. The food waste with different characteristics, different source and different reasons for its generation is produced in each stage of the chain. The current data on the food wastes do not specify their quantities. In connection with this fact, a separate legal act was developed, that is, the Commission Delegated Decision (EU) dated 3 May 2019, focusing on the measuring of food waste, which is harmonized with the existing systems of data collection and provides a framework for further measures of the Member States in respect of the quantitative determination of the food waste that is generated.

scholarly journals Food Waste Loss Trend Index (FWLTI), A New Tool to Enable Management Decisions

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
János Zachár
Keyword(s):  
Food Waste ◽  
Food Industry ◽  
Individual Case ◽  
Member States ◽  
Global Food Security ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Innovative Tool ◽  
Food Losses ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Global Food

The main purpose of this research is to work out a new, innovative tool to describe trends of food waste and loss (FWL) in the food industry. The result can help evaluate efforts for lowering wastes. FWL prevention recently gained much attention and priority among governments and international organizations as a major means to achieve global food security and sustainability; this led to the very ambitious UN goal SDG 12.3, which aims to halve global food losses by 2030. It is an ethical obligation to achieve SDGs by 2030. It is not declared in law and is not required for profitability in the food industry. A new tool is proposed to evaluate efforts to halve food losses in this article, which one may be used in leadership easily and effectively. At first, FWL definitions were analyzed to get a clear picture of the content of FWL data sourced from FAOSTAT and EUROSTAT. These definitions were compared with others from different sources. It is concluded that we have so many different definitions for FWL because of the difference in the purpose of data collecting. The most justified definition – often newly created – is used in each case. FWL data received from FAOSTAT and EUROSTAT in the period of 2010 − 2018 were compared to find the correlation. It is inverse and very weak, so they are not comparable; they must be evaluated separately. The trend of the FWL data is increasing and is not significant on level 95% in EUROSTAT, and decreasing and important on level 95% in FAOSTAT, from 2010 to 2018. FWL data from EUROSTAT are in moderate correlation with GDP and HDI. A new index, Food Waste Loss Trend Index (FWLTI), was created to evaluate FWL in EU member states and analyzed them with cluster analyses and scatterplots. There was no connection among the EU28 member states with FWLTI, so every member state is an individual case; there are no standard rules for FLW generation.

Doing Everything You Can, but Not (yet) Getting it Right: Challenges to Brussels' Great Expectations for Water Quality1

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Franca Angela Buelow
Keyword(s):  
Water Status ◽  
Organizational Structures ◽  
Eu Water Framework Directive ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Member States ◽  
Great Expectations ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
European Water ◽  
Improve Water Quality ◽  
Governance Architecture

To arrive at a good status of all European water bodies is the main objective of the European Union (EU) Water Framework Directive (WFD). Since its adoption in 2000, the policy has fundamentally changed the institutional, procedural and organizational structures of Member States' water management, leading to an Europeanization of national legislation and decision-making structures. The case of WFD implementation in Schleswig-Holstein is an example of the policy's highly innovative governance architecture that unfortunately is not (yet) able to take that one last hurdle: to improve water quality and establish a good water status across EU Member States by 2015 or 2027.

BIOECONOMY DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL BASED ON MORE EFFICIENT LAND USE IN THE EU

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irina PILVERE ◽  
Aleksejs NIPERS ◽  
Bartosz MICKIEWICZ
Keyword(s):  
Green Growth ◽  
Member States ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Growing Stock ◽  
Europe 2020 ◽  
Europe 2020 Strategy ◽  
Analysis And Synthesis ◽  
Key Industries ◽  
The Eu ◽  
Production Resource

Europe 2020 Strategy highlights bioeconomy as a key element for smart and green growth in Europe. Bioeconomy in this case includes agriculture, forestry, fisheries, food and pulp and paper production, parts of chemical, biotechnological and energy industries and plays an important role in the EU’s economy. The growth of key industries of bioeconomy – agriculture and forestry – highly depends on an efficient and productive use of land as a production resource. The overall aim of this paper is to evaluate opportunities for development of the main sectors of bioeconomy (agriculture and forestry) in the EU based on the available resources of land. To achieve this aim, several methods were used – monographic, analysis and synthesis, induction and deduction, statistical analysis methods. The findings show that it is possible to improve the use of land in the EU Member States. If all the Member States reached the average EU level, agricultural products worth EUR 77 bln would be annually additionally produced, which is 19 % more than in 2014, and an extra 5 billion m3 volume of forest growing stock would be gained, which is 20 % more than in 2010.

Vocational Education in the New EU Member States

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Canning ◽  
Martin Godfrey ◽  
Dorota Holzer-Zelazewska
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Education ◽  
Member States ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
New Eu Member States

THE STANDARD OF LIVING OF HOUSEHOLDS IN POLAND COMPARED TO OTHER EU MEMBER STATES

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 634-638
Author(s):  
Joanna Szwacka Mokrzycka
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Economic Condition ◽  
Standard Of Living ◽  
Consumption Expenditure ◽  
Member States ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Financial Condition ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Structure Of Consumption ◽  
The Eu

The objective of this article is to present the standard of living of households in Poland in comparison with other EU member states. The starting point for analysis was the economic condition of Poland against the background of other EU member states. The next step consisted of assessment of the standard of living of inhabitants of individual EU member states on the basis of financial condition of households and the structure of consumption expenditure. It was found that the differences within the EU in terms of economic development and the standard of living of households still remain substantial.

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