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CIAA e-newsletter - Issue 1 - 7/07/2006

Inside this issue

	Editorial
	Highlight European food and drink industries recommend EU-wide nutrition labelling
	CIAA presents Benchmarking Report on Competitiveness to the incoming Finnish Presidency of the EU
	Joint EU/US summit: Food and Drink Industries highlight action and encouraging results in Fight Against Obesity
	CIAA calls on Commissioner Kyprianou to publicly support the Platform
	European Technology Platform publishes draft SSRA
	CIAA Congress, 26-27 October 2006
	EFSA publishes opinion on Aspartame study
	Revision of the Waste Framework Directive
	CIAA Annual Report
	New CIAA EU Food Law website

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CIAA presents Benchmarking Report on Competitiveness to the incoming Finnish Presidency of the EU

On 1 June Harry Salonaho, President of the Finnish Food and Drink Federation and CEO of Valio and CIAA President Jean Martin met with Mauri Pekkarinen � the Finnish Minister of Trade and Industry. The meeting, aimed at presenting the main priorities and objectives of the EU food and drink industry over the months ahead � was an opportunity for CIAA to meet with the incoming Finnish Presidency and to present the case of industry. The meeting also marked a welcome opportunity to formally present both the CIAA Benchmarking report on competitiveness and the CIAA Memorandum to the Finnish EU Presidency highlighting findings, challenges and the priorities of each.

Minister Pekkarinen welcomed the food and drink industry activity on the competitiveness issue and the focus on key issues, such as R&D, trade and better law making. He shared in particular the concerns as regards the participation of SMEs in research activity and expressed keen interest for the innovation capacity of the food and drink sector.

CIAA is the voice of the European food and drink industry - the leading industrial sector and major EU employer and exporter. CIAA's role is to represent the food and drink industries' interests, at the level of both European and international institutions. Membership of CIAA is made up of 25 national federations, including 3 observers, 32 European sector associations and 22 major food and drink companies.

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