Organisation Chart
Praesidium
The Praesidium is composed of the President (Patrick Vanden Avenne), the Vice-President (Aurelio Sebastia Aguilar), the Treasurer (Alain Guillaume) and the Praesidium members (Ad Hectors, Marek Kumprecht, Helen Raine, Giordano Veronesi). The Praesidium fulfils the role of a steering committee meeting frequently to discuss all major ongoing issues in order to recommend specific FEFAC initiatives to the Council and to ensure an efficient implementation of the Council decisions.
Council
The Council, composed of the President and 20 elected Administrators has the executive authority with regard to the political decisions on FEFAC's position taking. It meets two times a year. The Annual General Assembly is the statutory body to give discharge to the Council and to amend the statutes and by-laws of the association.
Directors' General College
The Directors' General College meets 4 weeks before each Council meeting to prepare the Council's decisions. It advises the Council on matters affecting the governance of the association.
Animal Nutrition Committee
This Committee advises the Council about the EU legislation covering animal nutrition and feed/food safety. It also provides scientific expertise for the EFSA Risk assessment process relating to opinions on animal nutrition.
Industrial Compound Feed Production Committee
This Committee advises the Council on all EU policy and market developments that impact the economic performance and competitiveness of complete feed production. This includes raw material market issues and livestock market developments, as well as all regulatory issues affecting the production management of complete feeds (for example environmental legislation).
Milk Replacers Committee
This Committee is responsible for the follow-up of the EU legislation linked to public health (safety of by-products from dairy origin and safety of animal fats) and addresses issues affecting the economic performance of EU veal production from a feed perspective due to the increasing vertical integration in the main producer countries.
Premix & Mineral Feed Committee
This Committee advises the Council on all EU policy linked to production assurance of premixes and feed minerals, analytical methods, labelling of premixes and feed minerals, authorisation of feed additives, safety aspects with regard to home mixtures and use of complementary feed.
Fishfeed Committee
This Committee is responsible for the follow-up of the DG Fisheries policy on aquaculture linked to fishfeed, EU legislation linked to public health (safety of fishmeal and fish oil) and addresses issues affecting economic performance of EU aquaculture from a feed perspective including support to EU funded research projects.
European Feed Manufacturers' Guide (EFMC) Committee
This Committee is responsible for reviewing the code on an annual basis in accordance with the Feed Hygiene Regulation, the partnership relations with supplier and customer groups at European level and monitoring the implementation of the EFMC at national level.
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