7 Amendments of Luke Ming FLANAGAN related to 2018/2102(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas Article 42 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) allows the agricultural sector given its unique characteristics and importance to derogate from the rules of competition law;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas Article 39 TFEU givessets out the CAP the objective of ensuring a fair standard of living for the agricultural communityobjectives, to increase agricultural productivity by promoting technical progress and by ensuring the rational development of agricultural production, to ensure a fair standard of living for the agricultural community, to stabilise markets, to assure the availability of supplies and to ensure that supplies reach consumers at reasonable prices;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Points out that, generally speaking, European competition policy is applied with the aim of systematically defending consumers at the expense of agricultural producers; considers that these two interests should be placed on an equal footing as in the main farm incomes lag consistently behind other sectors;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Takes the view that the specific characteristics of agricultural activities make it essential to have collective organisations, such as POs & APOs to strengthen the primary producers position in the food chain, so as to enable the objectives of the CAP to be attained and that such organisations must be considered compatible with Article 101 TFEU;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that the inter-branch organisations model is the mostcan be a successful form of organisation, because it provides a structurehowever it must provide equality for all the players in athe sector; within its structure, considers that this model, properly structured, should be promoted by the CAP;
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that the entry of products onto the European market from third countries which do not meet the same social, health and environmental standards faces European producers with unfair competition; calls, therefore, for the protection of vulnerable sectors in trade deals and for the systematic application of the principles of reciprocity and compliance as regards agricultural products in trade negotiations;
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the interests of farmers are protected following the acquisition of Monsanto by the Bayer group, which together control approximately 24% of the world pesticide market and 29% of the world seed market, which could damage competition in the field of access to crop protection products and seeds.