6 Amendments of Daniel BUDA related to 2016/2100(INI)
Amendment 15 #
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 as to foster investment, employment and innovation in agricultural markets; points out that coherent, unitary competition legislation at EU level would remove regulatory uncertainties and consolidate the position of agricultural producers in the supply chain;
Amendment 37 #
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 agriculture; stresses that establishing a level playing field is a precondition for the development of rural economies;
Amendment 50 #
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’ in relation to competition, taking into consideration the degree of concentration in sectors downstream, and recommends sanctioning abuses of a 'dominant position';
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that the concept of the ‘relevant market’ needs to evolve and to be understood primarily from an EU-wide perspective so as not to jeopardise efforts to concentrate agricultural supply by narrowly compartmentalising the activities that agricultural undertakings may engage in; stresses the need to implement monitoring and early warning measures in relation to flows of agricultural products that could create bottlenecks on certain agricultural markets;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that the collective activities of producer organisations and their associations, such as production planning and sales negotiation, are necessary for achieving the aims of the CAP and that they should benefit from a presumption of compatibility with Articles 39 and 101 TFEU; calls on the Commission to establish mechanisms to forecast consumption, correlated with agricultural production;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for simplification of the rules on farmers’ organising collectively, with a view to identifying instruments geared to the specific nature of the market that will encourage forms of collective organisation, so as to strengthen their negotiating capacity while safeguarding the principles set out in Article 39 TFEU;