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Two new market observatories are being created to provide the European Commission with advice and expertise on the economic factors affecting developments in the sugar market and the crops (cereals, oilseeds, proteins) market.
The aim of these EU market observatories is to bring more transparency to their respective sectors by sharing market data and short-term analysis.
The decision to create the observatories is a response to requests from the sectors concerned for more timely information on the evolution of their markets.
Both the new observatories are expected to begin work before summer 2017 and will bring together economic experts from both sectors with officials from the Commission's agriculture and rural development department to provide first-hand information about the situation on their respective markets.
The Commission has just launched a call for experts to select members of the economic boards of each market observatory, targeting economic experts from the sugar and crops sectors, including producers, processors, traders, distributors and retailers. The deadline for submitting applications to join these economic boards is 10 April 2017.
Wednesday March 15, 2017/ DG Agri/ European Union.
http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture
