The EU facilitates the continued strengthening of its single market. The objectives of the EU single market are to protect and empower EU citizens, to ease doing business, to create jobs and stimulate growth.
To contribute to these objectives, in 2021 the EU adopted the Regulation (EU) 2021/690. This new SMP brings together the Union actions in the fields of competitiveness of enterprises, especially SMEs, consumer protection, customers and end-users in financial services, policymaking in financial services and in the plant, animal, food and feed areas.
From 2021 to 2027, with a budget of €1.68 billion, the SMP Food strand contributes to the following:
- Prevention, control and eradication of certain animal diseases and plant pests;
- Fight against antimicrobial resistance;
- Improving animal welfare across the EU;
- Prevention of food waste and combatting fraud;
- Sustainable and resilient production of food;
- Effectiveness and reliability of official controls along the food chain;
- EU 'Farm to Fork' targets.
HaDEA coordinates and manages the delivery of the programme actions as defined in the Annual Work Programmes for SMP – Food.
Funding areas
Veterinary Programmes
Reducing the negative impact of animal diseases on health and food safety
Phytosanitary Programmes
Reducing the negative impact of plant diseases on agriculture and forestry
Antimicrobial resistance programmes
Contributing to assessing trends in antimicrobial resistance & making the EU a best practice region
EU Reference Laboratories and Reference Centres
High-quality & reliable results of controls along the agri-food chain
‘Farm to Fork’ support activities
Contributing to the actions of the EU Farm to Fork Strategy
Better Training for Safer Food initiative
Training of official control staff for safer food in the EU and beyond
News
Tentative planning for calls under EU4Health, Horizon Europe Health and Single Market Programme Food
Are you interested in applying for calls under the EU4Health programme, Horizon Europe ‘Health’ or the food strand of the Single Market Programme? Check out the work programmes and indicative planning for 2023-2024*!
Call for tenders: training for farmers and veterinarians working with food-producing animals
HaDEA has launched the call for tenders ‘Training Targeted to Farmers and Veterinarians Working with Food-producing Animals to Support the ‘Farm to Fork’ Strategy Target and an Efficient Implementation on the Ground of the New Measures to Fight AMR’ under the Single Market programme - Food strand.
HaDEA has signed three service contracts under the Better Training for Safer Food initiative
HaDEA has signed three service contracts for the organisation and implementation of training activities under the ‘Better Training for Safer Food’ initiative (BTSF) of the European Union.
HaDEA signs a grant agreement with PigStun consortium for the development of non-aversive stunning methods for pigs
HaDEA has signed a grant agreement under the Single Market Programme – Food strand, with the aim to improve pig welfare.