Activities of Michel DANTIN related to 2009/2237(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Fair revenues for farmers: A better functioning food supply chain in Europe (debate)
Amendments (14)
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes thatWelcomes the recently creation of thed European food price monitoring tool is very complex and is a long way from, the purpose of which is to meeting consumers’ and farmers’ need for more transparency on food price building; calls for further simplification of this instrument wherever necessary;
Amendment 54 #
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 (supplemented by data on prices, margins and volumes), 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 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to submit a legislative proposal for introducing mandatory annual reporting by the top 20 traders, processors, wholesalers and retailers on their market shares (with data on private labels) for the key food items and on their monthly sales volumes so as to allow all market partners to estimate trends in demand, supply and price developments in the food chain;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to submit a legislative proposal on better implementation of 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 SME, sectoral organisations and SMEs; takes the view that the single CMO must therefore be revised as a matter of urgency in order to strengthen such organisations;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Is of the opinion that an effective European regulatory framework for markets is needed in order to create an environment of fair competition for farmers; calls, in this connection, for the retention of existing instruments under the single COM which have demonstrated their effectiveness in recent months;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Takes the view that these regulatory instruments were not designed to cope with the erratic volatility farmers have faced in recent years, and consequently calls for the development of new regulatory instruments able to mitigate the impact of this volatility on farmers, for example by means of counter-cyclical insurance mechanisms or an across-the- board clause on market crises;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Warns that contract farming imposed by buyers, vertical integration and futures could weaken competition, especially between buyers, and can further weaken farmers’ bargaining positions;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission and Member states to promote fair contracting based on terms negotiated with farmers’ and producers’ organisations or within sectoral organisations so as to ensure best product quality and fair prices, and to provide for an easily accessible system to guard against breach of contracts by buyers; takes the view that standard contracts stipulating prices and volumes are useful tools, which could be made mandatory in some sectors by those Member States that wish to do so;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Urges the Council to further encourage self-regulation initiatives and the possibility of setting up mutual funds to cope with economic risks, so as to strengthen farmers’ bargaining positions, especially through support to producer organisations and sectoral organisations;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to adapt 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 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. affirms the importance of, and need for, robust regulations on the quality of agricultural products; recalls, in this connection, the European Parliament resolution of 25 March 2010 on agricultural product quality policy, and affirms the imperative need for imported products to comply with all quality and manufacturing standards so as to guard against unfair competition with European products;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Deplores the fact that the Commission has ignored food chains which are not or only partially integrated into the market economy, such as subsistence or semi- subsistence production;
Amendment 211 #
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 221 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. affirms the need to develop food programmes for those EU citizens who need them, such as the most disadvantaged, the elderly and young people;