26 Amendments of Elisabeth JEGGLE related to 2009/2237(INI)
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas the European Union is integrated in, and bound by treaty to, world trade,
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas the European Union is the world’s largest agricultural importer and exporter, with the EU’s agricultural imports rising in 2008 by some 10% to EUR 98 600 million and agricultural exports rising by nearly 11% to EUR 75 200 million,
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission and Member states to urgently address the problem of unfair distribution of profits within the food chain, especially with regard to fairadequate incomes for farmers;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that all the agriculture-related objectives referred to in the Treaties of Rome (increased productivity, adequate food supply, reasonable consumer prices, market stabilisation) have been attained, with the exception of the objective of fair income in agriculture; calls on the Commission therefore to take proper account of this in all budgetary proposals;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the recently created European food price monitoring tool is very complex and is a long way from meeting consumers’ and farmers’ need for more transparency on food price buildingthat it should be tested to what extent, using available data, more transparency on food price building can be achieved, and efforts should also be made towards this;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Points out that an imbalance in business transparency between agricultural undertakings and up- and downstream actors in the food chain may have negative consequences for farmers’ and producer groups’ negotiating position;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to swiftly carry out the pilot project on the creation of a European farm prices and margins observatory and to establish it within the Commission, for which Parliament and Council adopted a EUR 1.5 million appropriation under the 2010 budget, and to include a comparison of production costs and farm gate prices in key farming sectors of different territories and social- economic situations;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Notes that the distribution of margins in the food chain is unequal; calls on the Commission to adapt the price transparency of agricultural enterprises to that of other actors in the food chain;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Notes that in some countries the food processing industry has the largest margin in the food chain, as has also been confirmed by the Commission; calls for the processing industry in particular therefore to be monitored and investigated in order to guarantee price transparency;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes that, to their detriment, farmers and producer groups have a weaker negotiating position than the downstream industry and other parts of the food chain; calls on the Commission therefore to make changes to competition and/or market organisation law in order to make the negotiating position fairer;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission to identify the parts of the food supply chain in which competition is distorted and not balanced; calls for those parts to be made more balanced;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to submit a legislative proposal on better implementation ofmore targeted application of, and, if necessary, amendments to, competition rules in the food chain so as to effectively limit the development of dominant market positions and strengthen farmers’ bargaining power through efficient producer organisations and SMEs;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to review and, if necessary, to amend European competition law so as to prevent possible damage caused by concentration and resultant buyer power abuse in the food chain, for example through late payments to farmers or processors, forced discounts, resale at loss, excessively high volume requirements and unjustified listing fees;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission to propose legislation on a specific mandatory maximum time limit for payments of 30 days from the date of delivery or transfer, applicable to all foodstuffs and all operators right along the food supply chain to the retail trade;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission to examine whether requirements imposed by individual distribution chains, over and above statutory stipulations, in relation to vegetable-growing and fruit-growing practices and pesticide residues are liable to impede free trade and unfairly to strengthen the position of distributors in the food supply chain;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to take action against the misuse of private labels through the imposition of contracting standards which limit farmers’ market access and the systematic reduction of producer prices, and against examine whether and to what extent the imposition of contracting standards and other practices of buying alliances by supermarket chains may lead to unjustified pressure of competition on agricultural producers;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Warns that the increasing use of private labels and the associated dominance and market power of distributors can cause problems in relation to price building; calls, therefore, for farmers and producer groups to be treated fairly in the process of price building, specifically in relation to private labels;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Warns that contract farming, vertical integration and futures could weaken competition, especially between buyers, and can further weaken farmers’ bargaining positionsare playing an increasingly important role, and therefore calls on the Commission to examine the effects of contractual arrangements of this type more closely;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls on the Commission to uncover unfair practices in relation to listing fees and other market entry fees and to examine them under competition law; calls on the Commission to lay down uniform rules on the use of listing fees and market entry fees and, in particular, to take action against excessive fees demanded by distributors;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the Commission to propose legislation for a safety-net-type instrument, covering both the upper and lower levels of the market, to curb speculation and price volatility;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Urges the Council to further encourage self-regulation initiatives so as to strengthen farmers’ bargaining positions, especially through support to producer organisations in all segments of the market;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Suggests that Member States make provision for voluntary codes of good commercial practices in the food chain compulsory;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to adaptreview EU hygiene standards in relation to local or distance marketing and the shelf life of products, to decentralise and simplify certification and control systems, and to promote direct producer-consumer relations and short food supply chains, the sustainability benefits of which have been documented by EC research projects;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission to modify rules on public procurement practices for catering services so as to enhance sustainable farming practices, and develop seasonal food and reduce dependence on fossil agricultural inputs;
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. UrgesCalls on the Commission to take action againstanalyse the huge waste of food in the food chain, which in most Member States comprises up to 30% of produced food, and to submit a report on the subject;