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Workshop on technical assistance and institutional capacity
in the State commitee of fisheries
Kiev, 23 June 2010
28 avril 2015
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FranceAgriMer, the national authority for agriculture and sea
products, is a public administrative establishment under
State supervision.
FranceAgriMer provides the means for discussion and
arbitration between France’s agricultural and fishing
industries, brought together in a single establishment which
replaces the former agricultural offices.
FranceAgriMer
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1. The missions of FranceAgriMer
Considering the challenges in terms of food, economy, environment and energy, FranceAgriMer was
entitled with the following missions :
> IN THE MARKETS
• to provide economic monitoring and knowledge of the markets;
• to manage EU market regulation measures;
• to generate alerts in the event of a crisis.
> WITH PRODUCERS AND OPERATORS IN THE INDUSTRIES
• to encourage inter-professional dialogue and cooperation ;
• to assist in the organisation of producers;
• to contribute to technical cooperation actions, including on an international level.
> FOR OPERATORS PROJECTS
• to strengthen the economic efficiency of industries;
• to assist in setting up a sustainable development and quality policy;
• to prevent risks that could jeopardise the industries.
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Focus on : Economic monitoring of agricultural markets
FranceAgriMer develops a knowledge of the agricultural markets , expertise
and market monitoring at national and international level
In this field, FranceAgriMer has developed numerous tools : observatory,
databases, price reporting, balances making, forecasts…
FranceAgriMer is then able to :
• provide a public (and neutral) analysis on agricultural markets
• communicate on markets (publications, meetings, seminars…)
• support French producers (tools for decision support)
• provide warning signals to public authorities on crisis risk
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Focus on : international cooperation
FranceAgriMer has developed international cooperation programs,
aiming at :
• reinforce its global market knowledge
• share best practices with sister institutions
• train other agencies in its field of knowledge
• for EU provide assistance to candidate States to implement the “acquis
communautaire”;
• facilitate promotion and trade with third countries.
Cooperation programmes with New Member States (Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania,
Poland…), candidates (Serbia, Turkey…), North African countries or others
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Focus on : Support producers organisation and
“interprofessions”
FranceAgriMer is the place where producers, users, operators and
public authorities exchange and work together, in each sector
FranceAgriMer has set up 11 specialized councils ( for each sector /
industry : sugar, wine, fisheries, cereals, fruits,…), with 19 to 42
members, appointed for 3 years, representatives of the State, the
industry and the agricultural producers …
FranceAgriMer is providing support to producers to organize
themselves into professional associations, federations and
interprofessions
The purpose is to define the main stakes and contribute to build a single
French position and if possible a common strategy for each sector.
