Press Releases: Europatat

	Europatat wants to strengthen voice of potato trade sector During the Europatat congress from 27-29 May 2010 in the Scottish capital Edinburgh the general assembly has approved new statutes and internal rules, which aim to create a modern and efficient structure for the European seed and consumption potato trade to strengthen the voice of the sector in Europe. At the workshop in the framework of this congress the secrets of the success of the integrated British potato have been revealed. On the other hand the association concluded that free trade is essential to assure the future of the complete potato chain, from the farmer till the consumer, and this without supplementary subsidies or interventions.
	May 31, 2010
	Programma Europatat 2010 congres in Edinburgh bekend Het programma van het Europatat congres 2010 is rond. Het congres vindt dit jaar tussen 27 en 29 mei plaats in de Schotse hoofdstad Edinburgh. Er zijn drie congreslocaties: het Barcelo Carlton Hotel, het Royal College of Surgeons en de Signet-bibliotheek. Tijdens het congres zal de nieuwe secretaris generaal gepresenteerd worden en afscheid worden genomen van de huidige secretaris generaal.
	May 12, 2010
	Europatat Congress to be held for the first time in Britain The Europatat Annual Congress is the premier event for the European Potato Trade. The British Potato Trade Association (BPTA) is proud to host the 2010 Congress in Edinburgh from 27-29th May, the first time that this event has been held in Britain. The Congress presents the UK potato industry with a unique opportunity to promote the industry to the rest of Europe. It will also allow the BPTA to showcase the activities of Europatat to our industry and national authorities.
	November 3, 2009
	Europatats neuer Präsident Kees van Arendonk möchte die europäische Stimme des Kartoffelhandels starker von sich hören lassen Während des jährlichen Europatat Kongresses in Angers (France) hat der neu gewählte Europatat Präsident Kees van Arendonk (Niederlande) den Vorschlag der Europatat 2010 Arbeitsgruppe erläutert. Ziel ist in ein stärkeres Sekretariat zu investieren mit der Absicht die Stimme des europäischen Saatgut- und Lagerkartoffelhandels in Brüssel besser von sich hören zu lassen. Dies wird als eine Notwendigkeit betrachtet, da die meisten Gesetze für den Kartoffelbereich zur Zeit in Brüssel gemacht werden.
	June 15, 2009
	Europatat new president Kees van Arendonk wants to strengthen the European voice of the potato trade sector At its yearly congress in Angers (France), the new elected Europatat president Kees van Arendonk (Netherlands) has presented the proposal of the Europatat 2010 working group to invest in a stronger secretariat in order to strengthen the voice of the European seed and ware potato trade in Brussels. This is considered a necessity as most of the legislation the sector has to cope with is currently made in Brussels. As different issues such as the revision of the plant health policy and the availability of plant protection products, or sustainability and the agricultural policy have a large impact on the potato sector, it is considered essential for trade companies and their national associations to have more intensive interaction on  European level.
	June 15, 2009
	Europatat Congress 2009: How to prepare the European potato trade sector for a new era ? The congress of Europatat, the Union of the European potato trade, has evolved over the latest years to a meeting of the potato professionals, covering the complete potato chain. After a number of internal meetings on Thursday, an open workshop on Friday deals with a number of actual issues related to the potato sector. The yearly congress sticks to its tradition to rotate in the member states in order to enable local potato professionals to get to know representatives and themes of the European potato chain. This year the Europatat congress is hosted by the French potato trade federation Fedepom, which is linking its national general assembly to it.
	March 12, 2009
	Europatat states: 'The UN International year of the potato doesn’t finish on 31 December 2008' Europatat, the European Union of the potato trade, has made an internal evaluation of the activities of the UN International year of the potato 2008. The overview of the activities in Europe shows that in most countries which are represented in Europatat a number of actions in the framework of the IYP2008 have been taken. Most of them included promotion of the potato as a modern and healthy staple food towards specific target groups. Some countries (Belgium, Ireland, United Kingdom) have focused on the school children with actions to help the children to grow and harvest their own potatoes and potato oriented lesson packages, others involved the consumers in their campaigns to illustrate the culinary richness of the potato and its history. Competitions, websites, brochures, exhibitions - all attracted the modern consumer to the traditional potato.
	December 15, 2008