The ministers called upon the European Commission to provide a regulatory framework by the end of 2015 that would prevent supermarket chains from abusing their market position and pressuring farmers to lower their prices, savings which are often not passed on to the consumer, according to Hungarian farm minister Sándor Fazekas. The meeting participants also discussed how to simplify the EU’s common agricultural policy and addressed a draft agreement on sustainable forestry management.
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