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FEATURE: BERNARD VALLUIS NAMED NEW EFM PRESIDENT

motion activity on the internal market because, at that time, as cereals were subject
to subsidies for exports, they considered
that they were out of the list of the products to be promoted," he said.
Now, without any subsidies for export and transportation, for the internal
market as well as outside the European
Union, they are considering subsidies for
promotional action at the level of 70% or
80%, according to different kind of conditions. He quoted an external study that
had shown that consumption of bread in
many E.U. countries is lower than the
level recommended by National Health
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the action, not only the idea," he said.
The association works closely with
the Commission's Directorate General
for Health and Food Safety, known as
DG Santé.
"We had discussions on ergot and
we are talking about different unintentional allergen labeling as well," he
said. "We have a good team of experts
within the technical committee in EFM
working on it."
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issue.
"We would like to make sure the
Commission adopts a solution for the low
level of presence in foodstuffs and we are
defending that because it is very urgent,"
he said, pointing out that there have been
reports of low-level presence of GMOs
in wheat in the U.S. Cases so far have involved white wheat.
"Japan and South Korea had been very
concerned about it and stopped their imports," he said. "Fortunately, in the E.U.
we are not importing white wheat, but it's
urgent just to get regulation on low-level
presence for authorized GM materials.
We have in mind that one day, perhaps in
the medium term, GMOs are coming to
the world market. But, clearly, the E.U.
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wheat that has not been approved by the

E.U. safety authorities and we are to be
convinced of its public acceptability and
its practical advantages for the consumer."
He raised a further concern about trade.
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"Following the current discussions on
Turkey's subsidies on exports at the WTO

level, we see that the U.S. is also concerned
about the TMO's action of subsidizing the
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our concerns as well."
BREXIT'S IMPACT
Asked to consider the potential effect
of the U.K. vote to leave the E.U., Valluis

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