Activities of Daniel BUDA related to 2019/2131(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on) competition policy – annual report 2019
Amendments (6)
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the study on producer organisations and their activities in the olive oil, beef and veal, and arable crops sectors, which reaffirms the importance of these organisations and their associations in strengthening the position of primary producers in the food chain; regrets that producer groups are not organised to the same degree in the different Member States;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Reiterates that CAP support is designed inter alia to ensure the sustainability of farms and encourage farmers to produce quality food at reasonable prices; expresses its concern about the ever-widening disparity between the production price and sale price in the food sector; calls on the European Commission to identify and implement effective market measures that will narrow this gap and establish a balanced and sustainable correlation between the two;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers it essential to clarify the provisions governing producer associations and interbranch organisations in Regulation (EU) No 1308/20131, particularly as regards competition policy, and to consolidate the progress made by Regulation (EU) No 2017/23932( the ‘Omnibus Regulation’), supplemented by the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union of 14 November 2017 (‘the Endives Case’)3, thereby providing greater legal certainty and improving the position of farmers in the food chain; _________________ 1 OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671. 2 OJ L 350, 29.12.2017, p. 15. 3 Judgment of the Court of Justice of 14 November 2017, President de l’Autorité de la concurrence v Association des producteurs vendeurs d’endives (APVE)stresses the need to implement market measures that maintain a constant relationship between farm-gate and Others. shelf prices;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the adoption of the Directive on unfair trade practices4 in the agricultural and food supply chain and calls on the Commission to monitor closely progress on transposition thereof; _________________ 4Directive (EU) 2019/633 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on unfair trading practices in business-to-business relationships in the agricultural and food supply chain (OJ L 111, 25.4.2019, p. 59.stresses that implementation of the directive will eliminate any imbalances that may arise between operators, regardless of their size and will create a level playing field;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to launch an in-depth analysis on the extent and effect of buying alliances on the economic functioning of the agricultural and food supply chain and, in particular, their possible impact on producers;
Amendment 97 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that the public demand for more sustainable food systems needs to be addressed, and calls on the Commission to clarify the conditions under which sustainable agreements can be exempted from competition law, namely in the framework of the current review of the Horizontal Block Exemption Regulations and related guidelines; calls for price calculations to factor in also considerations such as quality, innovation and social impact;