5 Amendments of Joëlle MÉLIN related to 2019/2131(INI)
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the study on producer organisations and their activities in the olive oil, beef and veal, and arable crops sectors, which reaffirms the importance of these organisations and their associations in strengthening the position of primary producers in the food chain; points out that despite those promising results, producers are still finding it hard to earn a sufficient income;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the adoption of the Directive on unfair trade practices4 in the agricultural and food supply chain4 and calls on the Commission to monitor closely progress on transposition thereof, and to inform Parliament accordingly; _________________ 4Directive (EU) 2019/633 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on unfair trading practices in business-to-business relationships in the agricultural and food supply chain (OJ L 111, 25.4.2019, p. 59).
Amendment 103 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes that European farmers are obliged to comply with production arrangements, standards, traceability rules and objectives that are sustainable, and that they are unfortunately faced with increasing competition from products from third countries that do not comply with those arrangements, standards, traceability rules or objectives; points out that it is therefore absolutely clear that all the EU’s free trade agreements with third countries are disadvantageous to European products and that competition law should take account of this in order to combat unfair competition;
Amendment 110 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls on the Commission to monitor any increase in third-country supplies to the main European retailers, in order to check that those supplies are not being delivered for the purpose of destabilising pricing policies put in place by European producers, in particular in the context of producer organisations;
Amendment 113 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Regrets the fact that the proliferation of trade agreements with third countries that do not comply with EU standards is pushing the Commission constantly to review the maximum residue levels in imported products to fit in with third-country standards, rather than blocking imports of the products concerned;