8 Amendments of Matt CARTHY related to 2016/2100(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the most recent reform of the common agricultural policy (CAP) sought to strengthen the position of farmers in the food supply chain through a series of derogations and exemptions from the provisions of Article 101 TFEU, not withstanding this, the reform failed to address the anti competitive elements of the Common Agricultural Policy inherent in itself where farmers receive vastly differing levels of payments based on historic criteria which are no longer justified;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that competition policy must attach the same importance to defending the interests of agricultural producers as it does to defending consumers’ interests, ensuring that the conditions for competition are fair so asbelieves that "own brand" labelling leads to less competition in the market place and in the long term acts as a disincentive to fostering investment, employment and innovation in agricultural markets;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that the current crisis situation in farming calls for fresh initiatives to ensure that competition policy takes better account of the specific nature of agriculturea better understanding of agricultural markets, acknowledging that the overarching EU policy of "cheap food" coupled with direct income supports resulting in below cost production where farmers are not remunerated from the market place creates a situation unlike other sectors of the economy, which must be taken into consideration by competition policy;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Finds it regrettable that the scope of the current derogations is unclear and that national competition authoriare not maximized by the Member States in order to strength the position of the primary producer, further regrets that the Commission is unwilling to take regulatory action to combat the clearly identified and recognized unfair trading practices do not apply them in a uniform wayin the food chain, calls on the Commission to now act on the parliaments call for binding regulatory action in this area;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to broaden its approach in terms of criteria for determining whether an agricultural undertaking, or a number of such undertakings linked by a horizontal agreement, is deemed to be in a ‘dominant position’, taking into consideration the degree of concentbelieves that market share at input, processing and retail level must be capped to allow competition to develop, is also of the opinion that the final beneficial ownership of companies operationg in the sectors downstream must be scrutinized to ensure that there is adequate genuine competition;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for simplification of the rules on farmers’ organising collectively, so as to strengthen their negotiating capacity while safeguarding the principles set out in Article 39 TFEUbelieves that farmers and Member States must fully engage with, and exploit the potential of producer groups so as to strengthen their negotiating capacity while safeguarding the principles set out in Article 39 TFEU; is of the opinion that producer groups must focus on quality and regional specialties to differentiate themselves from their opposition and not to engage in a "race to the bottom" by focusing on cost alone;
Amendment 97 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Believes that full and satisfactory implementation of the ‘Milk Package’ is essential in order to strengthen the dairy sector; asks the Commission to propose that the ‘Milk Package’ should continue to apply beyond mid-2020, and to examine whether its rules could be extended to other sectors of agriculturelso believes that dairy producers should be encouraged and incentivized to act in a more commercial manner to market movements by creating linkages with the Milk Market Observatory which would enable them the react to price fluctuations by reducing output to match demand;
Amendment 121 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Believes that the cumulative effect of trade deals such as TTIP, CETA and Mercosur will further undermine the position of the EU primary producer and will encourage additional uncompetitive practices by providing the retail sector with the tool of cheaper imports.