VERNOF

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Vereniging van Nederlandse Manufacturers of Eetbare Oliën en Vetten
(VERNOF)
purpose Representation of the interests of the Dutch oil and fat producers, traders and processors
Chair: Henk Kant
Establishment date: 1979
Number of members: 7th
Number of employees: 1
Seat : Zoetermeer
Website: www.vernof.nl

VERNOF ( Vereniging van Nederlandse Fabrikanten van Eetbare Oliën en Vetten , KvK number 40409397) is the association of Dutch producers of edible oils and fats. The association was founded in 1979 through the merger of the Association of Dutch Oil Producers, founded in 1912, and the Association of Dutch Oil and Fat Processors, founded in 1940. According to Jan Willem van Gelder from 2005 and based on official information from the tax authorities, there are 14 companies in this area in the Netherlands.

Activities and memberships

In by the American Oil Chemists' Society oriented World Conference on Oilseed and Vegetable Oil Processing Technology (1 to 5 March 1976 Amsterdam) worked VERNOF as co-organizer. VERNOF also takes an active part in other conferences, for example in Cannes (1985).

In 1992 the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization documents VERNOF as the only Dutch organization representing the interests of the oil producing and processing industry. Due to the increasing criticism of the unsustainable methods in palm oil cultivation , VERNOF is involved in the task force of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RTRS).

VERNOF is the Dutch member of FEDIOL , the federation of the European vegetable oil and oil cake industry. According to its own statements, FEDIOL represents 85% of the turnover with oils and fats in Europe.

effect

The Netherlands has been a major importer of these goods since the early days of international trade in oils and fats. This can be seen, among other things, from the fact that Van den Bergh & Jurgens introduced improved production methods as early as the 1930s and thus laid the foundation for Unilever , one of the largest companies in this sector.

Due to the important trade position of the Dutch ports at the mouth of the Rhine, VERNOF's predominant trading practices in the Netherlands also have an impact far across Europe, where buyers of oilseeds are subject to the Dutch contractual conditions. From the global annual production of 46.6 million tons of palm oil in 2012, around 2 million tons are imported into Europe through the Netherlands. The trade in the raw product and processed components thus continues to have an effect in other countries where the VERNOF conditions and arbitration awards are recognized by local courts.

Analogous to the standard conditions in the German grain trade , the VERNOF usages for the trade in oil fruits , fatty oils , fats and oils define commercial law . Usages also compete with the contracts of the Federation of Oils, Seeds and Fats Associations (FOSFA), which are mainly used in world trade . The first version of the VERNOF contractual conditions was presented in 1981, the current version is the 2004 conditions.

As a lobby group, VERNOF is involved in analyzes and evaluations of the trade in oil fruits and also represents the controversial import of palm oil to Europe or supports research, the results of which are beneficial to the members.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f VERNOF's self-presentation on its own website, accessed on August 15, 2013
  2. ↑ a b Offer of a first edition of the VERNOF conditions from 1981, accessed on August 17, 2013
  3. ↑ Bedrijfsgegevens ( Memento of the original from June 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed August 17, 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nationalebedrijvengids.nl
  4. ↑ Jan Willem van Gelder cites the following as the source: Advies van de Bestuurskamer van de Sociaal-Economische Raad tot instelling van een productschap op het gebied van de bereiding van, been verwerking van en de handel in vetten en oliën, Sociaal-Economische Raad (SER), The Hague, October 2, 2002
  5. ↑ World Conference on Oilseed and Vegetable Oil Processing Technology In: Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society , 1975, Volume 52: 623
  6. ↑ CJM Meershoek (1985) World Report: The European Community , in AR Baldwin (Editor) World Conference on Emerging Technologies in the Fats and Oils Industry - Proceedings of the World Conference on Emerging Technologies in the Fats and Oils Industry (1985, Cannes ); American Oil Chemists' Society; ISBN 0935315136
  7. ↑ Document archive of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, accessed on August 17, 2013
  8. ↑ INTERVIEW: Building national commitments to sustainable palm oil in Belgium, the Netherlands and the UK on the World-Wildlife Fund website, published on June 21, 2013
  9. ↑ a b List of members of FEDIOL, accessed on August 15, 2013
  10. ↑ Entry about FEDIOL in the transparency register of the European Parliament, accessed on August 15, 2013
  11. ↑ a b Market study by the Malaysian Ministry of Economic Affairs (MATRADE), December 2004, PRODUCT MARKET STUDY: PALM OIL IN THE NETHERLANDS , accessed on August 17, 2013
  12. ↑ Arjen Rinzema (1988) Anaerobic Treatment of Wastewater with High Concentrations of Lipids or Sulfate ; Doctoral thesis in agricultural sciences, Landbouwuniversiteit te Wageningen