4 Amendments of Elena Oana ANTONESCU related to 2010/2112(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Points out that food security and safety is essential to the European Union and that continuous joint efforts are needed to guarantee it at CommunityEuropean and world level;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is deeply concerned at the effects of the recent economic and financial crisis, which, despite shrinking financial resources in all economic sectors, should not result in reduced vigilance over the safety of food products; calls for improvement of the measures for combating the extreme price volatility of agri-food products and of measures for combating speculation; calls on the Commission to strengthen existing programmes to guarantee agri-food safety in the Member States;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that food products must be affordable for consumers, while producers should be paid fittingly for the work they do, thereby creating a balance; condemns the agreements entered into by large-scale retailers and calls for measures to be taken to end such practices and ensure transparency in the way in which final consumer prices for food products are formed;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. The common agricultural policy (CAP) needs to accord far more substantial support to local and regional famers, thereby encouraging biodiversity and organic farming, which afford many benefits both to the consumer and to the environment;