Late September 2014, the Finnish Government announced that it will not be putting to action the raise of the tax on sweets for 2015 agreed upon earlier in budget negotiations. The tax raise had been re-evaluated after the frame decision and the autumn budget negotiations. The Government also said that the preconditions for the possible implementation of a sugar tax would be re-evaluated. In 2013, a Government-appointed working group found that there were no grounds for the adoption of a sugar tax until the obligation to report sugars content (naturally present sugars as well as added sugars treated in the same way) comes into effect after the transition period of the EU regulation (1169/2011) in December 2016.
ENSA reactive statement – Farm to Fork Strategy
20 May 2020
The European Plant-based Foods Association (ENSA) warmly welcomes the publication of the Commission’s Farm to Fork and Biodiversity…
ENSA’s perspective on the European Commission’s Farm to Fork Strategy
17 March 2020
The European Plant-based Foods Association (ENSA) strongly supports the objectives of the European Commission’s Farm to Fork strategy to…
ENSA statement – labelling of plant-based alternatives to meat
30 April 2018
ENSA, the European Plant-Based Foods Association, represents the manufacturers of vegetarian and vegan alternatives to dairy and meat…
ENSA’s Sugars Reduction Commitment for 2020
20 March 2017
The growing threat of obesity and associated diseases In February 2016 a Roadmap on Food Product Improvement was adopted by 22 EU Member…
ENSA position on WHO guidelines on free sugars intake
28 April 2015
On 4 March 2015, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has published a new report entitled ‘Guideline: sugars intake for adult and children’,…
ENSA position on FAO report on the evaluation of dietary protein quality
11 March 2015
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has just published a new report entitled ‘Research approaches and methods…