Impact in the EU and third countries of EU measures on animal cloning for food production

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1 Impact in the EU and third countries of EU measures on animal cloning for food production

2 Our core task is to examine the impacts of a set of policy measures defined by the Commission that would govern animal cloning and the presence of derived products in the EU food system The study terms of reference require consideration of various interventions: Suspension Traceability Traceability + labelling Premarket approval + traceability + labelling The study is required to consider: Cows (beef/dairy), pigs, sheep, goats, horses,

3 Our core task is to examine the impacts of a set of potential interventions that would govern animal cloning and the presence of derived products in the EU food system Suspension Traceability 1 Suspension of cloning technique for all food production animals and use of 2 Suspension of the marketing of food from 3 The marketing of reproductive of from 3rd countries or generated in the EU 4 Marketing of live offspring from 1st generation 5 Marketing of live offspring from of all generations 6 Marketing of food from offpsring from from 1st generation 7 Marketing of food from offspring of food from all generations 1 Live i) imported ii) from EU. 2 Food from i) imported ii) from EU. 3 Reproductive of (semen / embryos / ova) i) imported ii) from EU 4 Live offspring from first generation imported i) imported ii) from EU. 5 Live offspring from all generations i) imported ii) from EU. 6 Food from offspring from first generation i) imported ii) from EU. 7 Food from offspring from all generations i) imported ii) from EU. Labelling Premarket approval 1 Food from i) imported ii) from EU. 2 Food from offspring from first generation i) imported ii) from EU. 3 Food from offspring from all generations i) imported ii) from EU. 1 Premarket approval with traceability for ; reproductive from and the food derived and the labelling of food from. 2 Premarket approval with traceability for offspring; reproductive from and the food derived and the labelling of food from.

4 The individual elements are bundled together in potential measures that reach progressively further down the supply chain, from the cloning sector to the consumer Suspension Cloning activity Reproductive material from [whether from Live offspring from (first generation) Live offspring from (first generation) [EU bred] Live offspring from (all generations) Live offspring from (all generations) [EU bred] Food from [EU material] Food from [imported material] Food derived from offspring from (first generation) (i) imported Food derived from offspring from (first generation) (ii) EU bred Food derived from offspring from (all generations) (i) imported Food derived from offspring from (all generations) (ii) EU bred S A 1 S B 1+3 S C S D : S E S F S G

5 We will be building the analysis around a model of the market that captures the EU market, imports and exports.. EU MARKET Clones Imported IMPORTS Exported EXPORTS Exported reproductive Exported offspring of Reproductive Exported food products Offspring of Imported reproductive Food products EU Consumers Imported offspring of Imported food products

6 .and a simplified schematic representation of the various supply chains so as to be able to show how far each measure reaches and the entities affected Cloning company Breeding operation Multiplier Clones & offspring Reproductive from CP Beef farm CP Slaughter CP Offspring from Food from offspring of Mapping out the supply chain for each food system under study will help to identify the critical points for assessing impacts of the policy interventions Cutting Retail Retail with cutting Ready to eat and catering Consumers

7 The framework is helpful in thinking strategically about how different packages of measures will play in EU, import and export markets Exported R EU bred could be identified by reference to an EU Exported registry reproductive EXPORTS EU MARKET Clones Reproductive Downstream Exported, the tracking offspring derived of livestock and products would require new traceability systems Exported food products Imported Upstream and downstream IMPORTS systems in the EU would be compromised if countries Imported exporting to the EU lack reproductive equivalent systems (or if systems are not robust) Offspring of Food products Imported offspring of EU Consumers Imported food products

8 To determine the impacts on EU of the given measures we need to define the do-nothing baseline for the market in the EU and beyond The costs of the proposed measures need to be assessed against a baseline of how we expect the world to be up to 2020 without further EU policy action; This baseline needs to cover the development of the market in the EU; the development of the import/export markets; The research needs to consider: Expectations of technological development; Regulatory situation and stability; Supporting (traceability) systems and their compatibility; Evidence on consumer preferences / cultural factors; Private, as well as public, standards Trade flows

9 That analysis will give a sense of the market activity impacted by the proposed measures. Index of presence in EU market Expectations of technological change & costs Consumer preferences Market / trade outlook Private measures etc Time

10 and how preferences and controls in third countries create challenges or opportunities for the EU Allowed e.g. risk of loss of export e.g. markets advantage in 3 rd country markets EU Controlled e.g. incompatible systems e.g. export market advantage e.g. export market advantage e.g. lack of traceability systems on imports Controlled Allowed Third country (import/export market)

11 The research and consultation process will need to cover the full supply chain National Competent Authorities USA Farmers & breeding sector Brazil Argentina Meat industry Milk + milk products industry Traders Uruguay Canada New Zealand Retail/distribution Consumers India Australia China

12 We will be looking for evidence on costs of traceability / labelling systems in the EU and elsewhere to inform the estimate of additional costs of potential measures There are already traceability systems in place for some species/products We are interested in the incremental data requirements and associated costs We will need to give thought to : What those data requirements are Whether the system might impose additional costs on the sector even if there is no clone-derived product on the market Whether systems would be auditable / verifiable The incidence of cost - who would pay How might a label be introduced/positioned and how might consumers (and the market) react? Impacts on market access and competitiveness (distribution/scale/significance)

13 Thank you