Activities of Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA related to 2011/2114(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Farm input supply chain - Imbalances in the food supply chain (debate)
Amendments (14)
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas higher production costs and difficulties in passing them down the food distribution chain are liable in the short term to jeopardise certain enterprises' survival while undermining the productive structure in certain Member States, thus worsening the trade balance in terms of imports and dependence on volatile external markets;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas the consumer is currently also being disadvantaged in the sense that producers are unable to pass on the exponential rise in the cost of factors of production to the big retailers, who in their case pass that rise on to the consumer with their huge profit margins;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the present price volatility has a European and world dimension, and it is therefore necessary to seek a specific solution at Community level for the agri-food chain, given its strategic role in the Union, while concerted action is already required at G-20 level;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas the EU is ever more dependent on the factors of production that are required if agriculture is to be preserved in Europe; whereas it is therefore necessary to call for rapid action to reduce that dependence, by means of investments and decisions at a purely political level, so as to ensure greater self-sufficiency in food for the EU;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas, especially in the livestock sector, costs are also rising due to phytosanitary, hygiene and, food security and animal welfare requirements;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas consumers, faced with a reduction in their purchasing power, are increasingly opting for products whose quality and safety standards are lower than those for products originating in the EU, and which are not traceable, especially in the case of meat;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas on average 42 % of total water supply in Europe is used by agriculture (Greece 88 %, Spain 72 %, Portugal 59 %) and, whereas costs of irrigation and drainage have substantially increased as a result of freshwater depletion and are expected to rise further due to climincreased in order to make irrigation technologies more efficient, and whereas some of the water used by agriculture returns to the natural water changycle;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the market concentration of farm input suppliers is very high, with six companies controlling nearly 75 % of the agrochemicals market and three companies controlling over 45 % of the seeds market; whereas this concentration contributes to maintaining high seed prices and has a substantial negative impact on crop diversity, and whereas the involvement of farmers in the development of price trends is limited;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. Whereas the viability and competitiveness of small-scale production (minor crops) are disproportionately affected by legislative and structural changes in the input industries, and whereas more needs to be known about the impact of these changes;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. whereas all action in this field requires a prior definition, which must conceptually objective and rigorous, of abusive, unfair and anti-competitive practices, so as to enable the necessary specific forms of regulation and monitoring;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Believes it is necessary to introduce a system for the effective control of such practices, either by administrative or by legal means, and to create a mechanism for the assessment and monitoring of Member States by the Commission, while also introducing penalties of a sufficiently deterrent and timely nature;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission to consider ways of guaranteeing the future viability of minor crops and minor uses whilst ensuring complete compatibility and coherence with the common agricultural policy and involving all those associated with the food supply chain;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls in particular on the Commission to impropose the withdrawal of restrictions on the use of farm saved seed as laid downve and simplify the legal framework for farm seed provided for in Article 14(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 on Community plant variety rights, in the context of the forthcoming revision of this regulation;
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls upon the Commission to work, as part of the CAP reform and the Water Framework Directive, towards better irrigation and water storage systems for agriculture, to that use water more efficiently and that include both improving water storage capacities in soils and water harvesting in dry areas, as a way of reducing the use of fresh water and also as a precaution against changes in rainfall patterns due to climate change;