Activities of Michela GIUFFRIDA related to 2018/0082(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Unfair trading practices in business-to-business relationships in the food supply chain (debate) IT
Amendments (6)
Amendment 362 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) a supplier pays for the wastage of food products that occursunsuitable storage or marketing conditions of food products that can endanger consumer safety and that occur on the buyer's premises and that isare not caused by the negligence or fault of the supplier.
Amendment 384 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) a buyer carries out communication or promotional activities or implements commercial policies which - also on account of their duration - damage, or are liable to damage, the image of products bearing a geographical indication pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 or Regulation (EU) No 251/2014;
Amendment 455 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States shall ensure that unnaturally low transfer prices are prohibited. Production costs should be used as a basis for setting prices in contracts between a supplier and a buyer so that the transfer price cannot be lower than the supplier's production costs. Member States shall lay down the procedures for determining the production costs of agricultural products and food products. This shall also apply to private label food products.
Amendment 457 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Member States shall ensure that the abusive exploitation by a purchaser or a group of buyers of the state of economic dependence in which a supplier finds itself is prohibited.
Amendment 540 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. A supplier shall address aComplaints shall be addressed to the enforcement authority of the Member State in which the buyer suspected to have engaged in a prohibited trading practice is established. If a supplier, or the supplier's representative, is unable to submit a complaint to the enforcement authority of the Member State where the buyer is established, he or she may submit a complaint to the enforcement authority of the Member State where he or she is established. The latter authority shall forward the complaint to the enforcement authority of the Member State in which the buyer suspected to have engaged in a prohibited trading practice is established.
Amendment 646 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Member States may provide for rules designed to combat unfair trading practices going beyond those set out in Articles 3, 5, 6 and 7, provided that such national rules are compatible with the rules on the functioning of the internal marketshall not under this Directive be precluded from adopting and applying in their territory stricter national laws, which prohibit or sanction trading practices by undertakings.