“A minimum price means that the players have agreed not to fall below a certain threshold. This is a matter of agreement and normally, it is contrary to competition law. This is what questions us, because for the moment we do not have a framework for working on these subjects.”
Two days after President Emmanuel Macron's announcement of the plan to work on floor prices to protect farmers' remuneration, Carole Humbert, director of dairy cooperation at Agricultural Cooperation, like many observers present at the Agricultural Show, remains circumspect.
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I will have to be given instructions
,” adds Dominique Chargé, the president of Agricultural Cooperation, which represents 40% of the French agri-food industry and three out of four farmers.
On paper, prohibiting the resale of crops and animals at a price lower than their cost of production seems laudable.
This is also the principle of certain initiatives…
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