Activities of Michela GIUFFRIDA related to 2016/2100(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Annual report on EU competition policy (A8-0001/2017 - Tibor Szanyi) IT
Amendments (17)
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
Citation 10 a (new)
– having regard to the European Parliament Resolution of 4 February 2016 on the special situation of islands (2015/3014(RSP)),
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Calls for binding action in the food supply chain against retailers harming farmers and consumers;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Calls for the establishment of a European observatory for food and agricultural prices at origin and at destination; draws attention to the Spanish origin-destination price index IPOD as a possible model for monitoring potential abuses by retailers of farmers and consumers;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Deplores the major differences arising on the market between producer prices and final prices, which are penalising both farmers and producers;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that producer organisations, in all their various forms, and European quality certification schemes are of key importance in giving farmers the wherewithal to face up to competition; calls on the Commission to improve the support arrangements for producer organisations and to ensure the continued recognition of quality certification schemes;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Believes that the unique nature of the olive oil sector calls for measures to strengthen the bargaining power of producers so as it results in a fairer distribution of the added value along the supply chain.
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Underlines the opportunities deriving from the provisions of the CMO Regulation concerning the contractual negotiations in the olive oil sector;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6 c. Calls on the Commission to identify new means aimed at increasing the dimension of producer organisations and encouraging the creation of APOs in the olive oil sector, as preconditions to strengthen their bargaining power;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6 d. Believes that the market of olive oil for consumers should be considered as a single market, and that a relevant- market categorisation based on the geographical origin, commercial use and type of the product, does not suit the current situation of the sector.
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)
Paragraph 6 e (new)
6 e. Believes that, given the variations in the olive oil production due mostly to weather conditions, and in order to guarantee the objectives of the PO or APO's members, cases where POs are forced to purchase olive oil from non- members should be taken into consideration, while guaranteeing the ancillary nature of this activity to the marketing of the products of their own members.
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls for further simplification of rules affecting the competitiveness of the farming industry, in keeping with the Horizon 2020 approach, with a view to fostering the emergence of innovative projects establishing links between the various stakeholders - from farmers to high-calibre researchers - in the process of modernising the industry as a whole;
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Believes rules on the traceability and origin of raw materials and on food labelling to be of the utmost importance with a view to establishing a system that can ensure there is no unfair competition;
Amendment 104 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Is particularly concerned by the situation in the dairy sector, where retailers have been imposing prices well below costs following the end of the quota system;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Reminds the Commission that for the EU's single market to function smoothly, it is imperative to allow national and regional authorities to intervene in situations which emanate from geographical handicaps that impede on the market's ability to flourish in both its economic and social dimension;
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)
Paragraph 12 c (new)
12c. Considers that isolated and/or peripheral regions and islands should be allowed wider margins for the implementation of state aid provisions than is currently being done, not least under conditions of double isolation or insularity, especially when such provisions would have limited to minimal effect on the wider European market, and when they are intended to help stimulate economic activity and social cohesion in ways that would not otherwise be feasible in the short to medium term;
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 d (new)
Paragraph 12 d (new)
12d. Stresses that state aid is sometimes necessary in order to assure the delivery of services of general economic interest (SGEI) including energy, transport and telecommunication; Emphasises that state intervention is often the best possible policy tool to assure services crucial for the support of economic and social conditions in isolated, remote or peripheral regions and islands in the Union;
Amendment 234 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 e (new)
Paragraph 12 e (new)
12e. Welcomes the inclusion of social aid for transport residents of remote regions in the GBER where the problem of connectivity is being recognised; Stresses that the connectivity of peripheral island regions is also essential for sustaining and developing acceptable levels of economic and social initiative by maintaining vital business connections;