Activities of Miguel VIEGAS related to 2017/2191(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on Annual report on Competition Policy
Amendments (4)
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas, due to its intrinsic nature and long production cycles, farming cannot be compared to any other activity as far as elasticity of supply is concerned; whereas, that being so, the logic of the market cannot be applied to this sector in the same way as it is applied in other sectors of economic activity;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas farmers’ low and insufficient income is the result of the low prices paid for production, and these prices are in many cases the consequence of the dominant position of large distribution chains in the retail sector;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that, in general, competition policy only defends consumers’ interests, but does not take account of agricultural producers’ specific interests and difficulties, and it has also not provided a response to the problems already identified with regard to abusive practices by large distribution chains in the retail sector;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4