4 Amendments of Luke Ming FLANAGAN related to 2017/2191(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas Article 39(1)(b) TFEU sets as one of the objectives of the common agricultural policy (CAP) that of ensuring a fair standard of living for the agricultural community, in particular by increasing the individual earnings of persons engaged in agriculture, believes that EU policy in respect of FTAs which include agricultural products is a contradiction of that;
Amendment 10 #
C. whereas, due to economic hazards in the farming sector, a solely market- oriented CAP needs to provide support to farmers and grant additional time-limited exemptions from competition ruleshas demonstrated its inability to provide farmers a fair return from the market place and needs to recognize the inherent inequality of asking famers in the EU to compete against others producing to lower standards with a lower cost base;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that, in general, competition policy only defends consumers’ interests, but does not take account of agricultural producers’ specific interests and difficulties, also believes to have credibility in addressing producers interests the inequality within the CAP payment structure must be addressed as a first step;
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Reiterates the need for the progressive development of the EU competition framework to include the mregulatory actioni toring of combat the inequality in the food supply chain, the evolutions in the position of primary producers and the Sustainability Assessment of Food and Agriculture systems (SAFA) indicators.