Provacuno, the Agro-food Inter-professional Organization of the Spanish Beef Industry, consists of national associations that represent companies from the production, industrial and commercial sectors of this product. These associations represent and defend the interests of their members. In addition, Provacuno is where these associations come together and where decisions are adopted with regards to the internal regulation of the sector.
Provacuno was established on 2 December 1997 and officially recognized as an agro-food inter-professional organization by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, on 30 June 1998, in accordance with Law 38/1994 that regulates the agro-food inter-professional organizations.
It represents approximately 85% of the industry in Spain, including both producers and processors.
Provacuno was created in response to the opinion of the majority of the operators who are searching for a joint strategy and joint actions needed to respond to the industry's current situation.
Provacuno also caters to their believe that an Inter-professional organization is a necessary, associative mechanism, both wothin the general EU framework and with regards to the specific circumstances of beef demand in Spain.
In addition, it is obvious that most operators wish to make up for lost time caused by the different economic and heath crises –with a strong media impact– and whose effects and consequences are still largely felt in the form of regulatory costs, closed export markets and loss of competitiveness.
This is how the Agro-food Inter-professional Organization of the Spanish Beef Industry (Provacuno) was established under the Organic Law 1/2002, of 22 March, that regulates the Association Rights, through the Founding Act of 24 September 2014, subscribed by the representatives of the industry's main producers, processors and trade associations:
Producers Branch
- ASAJA (Asociación Agraria de Jóvenes Agricultores / Agro Association of Young Farmers)
- ASOPROVAC (Asociación Española de Productores de Vacuno de Carne / Spanish Association of Beef Producers)
- COAG (Coordinadora de Organizaciones de Agricultores y Ganaderos / Coordinator of the Farmer and Livestock Farmer Organizations)
- Cooperativas Agro-alimentarias de España (Agro-food Cooperatives of Spain)
- UPA (Unión de Pequeños Agricultores / Union of Small Farmers)
Processors/traders Branch
- ANAFRIC (Asociación Nacional de Almacenes Frigoríficos de Carnes y Salas de Despiece / National Association of Refrigerated Warehouses for Meat and Cutting Plants)
- ANICE (Asociación Nacional de Industrias de la Carne de España / National Association of Meat Industries of Spain)
- AGEMCEX (Agrupación de Empresas Cárnicas Exportadoras / Group of Meat Exporting Companies)
- CEDECARNE (Confederación Española de Detallistas de la Carne / Spanish Confederation of Meat Retail Outlets)
- FECIC (Federación Catalana d’Industries de la Carn / Catalan Federation of Meat Industries)
By the signature of the founding act on 24/09/2014, the Articles of Association of Provacuno were also approved. The Articles of Association establish the organization of the Inter-professional Organization, as well as the rights and obligations of all the operators involved. These articles are governed by the current legislation, which in the case of Provacuno is Organic Law 1/2002 (of 22 March) and which establishes the association called “Organización Inteprofesional Agroalimentaria de Carne de Vacuno - Provacuno” (Agro-food Inter-Professional Organization for the Spanish Beef Industry).
Provacuno is officially recognized by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Protection, by Order AAA/2501/2014, of 23 December.
Provacuno was registered in the National Associations Register, which is part of the Ministry of the Interior, in accordance with the Resolution of 19/11/2014, with the following entry data: Registered in the National Associations Register: Group 1 / Section 1 / National number 606608.
On 25 November 2014, Provacuno requested to be officially recognized by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Protection as an Agro-food Inter-professional Organization, providing all the necessary documents for said recognition.
The request was duly processed and the Ministry adopted Order AAA/2501/2014, of 23 December, by which the Inter-professional Organization of the Spanish Beef Industry – Provacuno, is officially recognized as an Agro-food Inter-professional Organization (Official Spanish Gazette (BOE) of 31/12/2014).
Objectives:
The main objective of the inter-professional organization Provacuno is to defend the interests of the beef industry, from production, through processing to trading.
In accordance with the Articles of Association approved by all its members, Provacuno’s objectives are the following:
· To defend the interests of the beef industry, from production, through processing to trading.
· To preserve the functional efficiency of the Beef value chain.
· To promote Best Practices in the relationships between the organization’s members.
· To adapt beef production to market and consumer demand.
· To enhance the industry’s image through its sustainable and environmentally-friendly production processes.
· To promote the responsible consumption of beef, by highlighting its nutritional and health properties, as well as its high levels of quality and food safety.
· To promoting research and development programmes for innovation processes, in order to improve the quality of beef in all the stages of the value chain.
· To support the internationalization process of the industry’s companies into export markets.
· To offer a positive image of Spanish beef meat.
