7 Amendments of Herbert DORFMANN related to 2015/2065(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1a. Believes that European competition law must permit consumers to benefit from a wide range of quality products at competitive prices, but also ensure that primary producers and undertakings have an incentive to invest and innovate by giving them a fair chance to promote their products without destroying their freedom of choice as to how they produce them and without being forced out of the market by unfair trading practices;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recognises that CAP reform and the new single common market organisation introduced measures aimed at addressing the bargaining power gap between farmers and other stakeholders in the food supply chain by supporting, in particular, the establishment and expansion of producer organisations; calls on the Commission and Member States, via those producer organisations, to step up stakeholder dialogue;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that there are only a few measures left in the CAP that promote cooperation between farmers, e.g. in the form of producers’ organisations in the fruit and vegetables sector; takes the view that efficient producers’ organisations are a tried and tested instrument to support the market position of producers and thus strengthen their role in the food supply chain; calls therefore for the relevant measures in the CAP to be retained and extended to other sectors in which the concentration of supply is particularly important, e.g. in the marketing of milk from mountainous and peripheral areas of the EU;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Reminds the Commission that the European Parliament's own initiative report adopted in December 2013 called on the Commission to examine the need and possibility of independent enforcement to address the so-called 'fear factor' among primary producers in the supply chain; urges the Commission to consider this in its own report;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Doubts whether voluntary initiatives are adequate for addressing UTPs and the acknowledged ‘fear factor’ in the supply chain arising from the imbalance of power between farmers and retailers, but recognises that purely voluntary codes are useful for identifying issues, despite their suffering from methodological problems such as lack of representativeness, conflicts of interest and the absence of any real penalties to ensure they are applied;
Amendment 108 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission to assess the SCI in terms of effectiveness, taking into account concerns cited by the farming community; cautions the Commission to avoid assessing the voluntary initiative based solely on the number of registered participants;
Amendment 130 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that several Member States have initiated actions in national lawvoluntary codes and legislative measures to address the concerns of primary producers regarding the negative impact of UTPs; asks the Commission to assess these national efforts with a view to selecting best practices for application at EU level; notes in particular the Groceries Code Adjudicator in the UK as aone potential model for adaptation at EU level;