7 Amendments of Sarah WIENER related to 2019/2131(INI)
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the adoption of the Directive on unfair trade practices4 in the agricultural and food supply chain and calls on the Commission to monitor closely progress on transposition thereof; Recalls that this is a minimum harmonisation Directive and that therefore Member States may list further practices as unfair, or set higher standards; calls on Member States to include resale at loss as an unfair trading practice; _________________ 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 80 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to launch ancontinue its in-depth analysis on the extent and effect of buying alliances on the economic functioning of the agricultural and food supply chain, taking particular account of the effects on small suppliers;
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Expresses concern for unsustainable downward pressure on farm prices resulting from excessive processor or buyer power downstream in agricultural supply chains; encourages the Commission to revise its approach in assessing the abuse of dominant market positions, to include cases which place unsustainable downward pressure on farm prices, whether or not they result in higher consumer prices; considers that broader consumer interest includes their support for fair incomes for farmers by securing their fair part of the value along the food supply chain, to ensure an economically as well as environmentally sustainable agricultural sector
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Considers that the costs of production must be taken fully into account when agreeing prices in contracts between producers and retailers/processors, and prices should also provide a fair remuneration to farmers; stresses the need for greater market transparency to contribute to fairer price transmission along the supply chain; calls on the Commission to improve Market Observatory data on volumes, prices and margins, particularly in the organic sector; calls on the Commission to develop indicators for production costs and margins, to function as references in contracts that better take into account cost of production and remuneration; requests that the Commission ensure clear guidelines on value sharing along the supply chain to enable price transmission at levels fair for consumer and producer;
Amendment 94 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that the public demand for more sustainable food systems needs to be addressed, and that competition policy should better integrate the value of public good’ in food pricing; calls for EU competition policy to consider broader consumers' interests, beyond the factor of price alone; calls on the Commission to clarify the conditions under which sustainable agreements can be exempted from competition law, namely in the framework of the current review of the Horizontal Block Exemption Regulations and related guidelines;
Amendment 104 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Stresses that the concept of a ‘fair price’ should not be equated with the lowest consumer price possible, but instead should be reasonable and enable the fair remuneration of all actors along the food supply chain; considers that a focus on lowest-possible consumer prices ignores the negative externalities associated with certain types of production; stresses that consumers have interests beyond low prices alone, such as quality and nutritional value of food, animal welfare standards, environmental sustainability, and initiatives to combat antimicrobial resistance;
Amendment 109 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Recalls that significant horizontal and vertical restructuring has taken place, which has led to further consolidation in the already concentrated seed, agro- chemical, fertiliser, animal genetics and farm machinery sectors, as well as in processing and retailing; when assessing mergers in these sectors, calls on the Commission to consider impacts beyond consumer prices; stresses that the interests of EU farmers, citizens and the environment are protected, by comprehensively and holistically assessing the impact, at farm level, of mergers and acquisitions amongst agricultural input suppliers, including producers of plant protection products;