Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 29 June 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Photo of Jackie CahillJackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail)
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Head 39 allows the Minister, following consultation with the European Commission, to "prohibit certain trading practices in business-to-business relationships in the agricultural and food supply chain (referred to as an “unfair trading practice”)", by way of regulation. This head prohibits engagement in UTPs. The general scheme states, "This Head also reflects the existing UTPs in the Directive and provides for regulations to be made with regard to such UTPs."