This is the first ever directive to specifically improve the protection and status of farmers and primary producers.
AgricultureEuropean Union
- Error detected
- The claim incorrectly states this is the 'first ever directive' to protect farmers and primary producers, when the UTP Directive (2019/633) already existed with this specific purpose
- Omissions
- The claim fails to acknowledge the existence of the 2019 Unfair Trading Practices Directive which already provided specific protections for farmers and primary producers in the agri-food supply chain
- The 2026 measures appear to be an expansion or strengthening of existing protections rather than the first-ever legislative instrument
- Sources
- AcademicOxford Journal of European Competition Law & PracticeThe UTP Directive covers fifteen unfair trading practices in the context of power imbalances in vertical relationships, protecting agricultural suppliers
- SecondaryEuroCommerceThe European Commission published its implementation report on the Directive on Unfair Trading Practices in the agri-food supply chain, indicating the directive was already in force and being reviewed
- SecondaryOrganic EuropeThe Unfair Trading Practices Directive (Directive (EU) 2019/633) establishes minimum rules to protect suppliers of agricultural products against unfair trading practices