10 Amendments of Bronis ROPĖ related to 2018/2008(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas the varying content of products diminishes the consumers' trust in the product, thus undermining the reputation of the whole European food chain – from agricultural workers, producers and processors, up to retailers and advertisers, as well as the overall EU regulatory framework;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas analyses of product content and labelling have recently been carried out in approved laboratories in a number of EU countries, including Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary and Slovakia;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the analyses show that certain products contain less meat, or less of other, often higher-quality, ingredients, in certain countries, in most cases those countries which joined the EU in 2004, 2007 and 2013; whereas the analyses found instances of the same products being sold at considerably higher prices in those countries than in the so- called ‘old Member States’;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas the varying quality of products causes concern that some Member States are treated differently from others;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the allocation of EUR 2 million to develop a methodology for, and conduct, comparative testing of food products in different Member States; expects the testing to be completed at the earliest possible date, preferably in 2018; calls on the Member States' relevant authorities to actively take part in this testing and integrate this methodology into their working practices
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Firmly believes that, in response to European citizens’ concerns about different products being sold under the same brand in different Member States, and considering the detrimental effect of this practice on the functioning of the Single Market, the practice of ‘one brand, one product, different content and proportional composition’ needs to be stopped immediately by means of an amendment to Directive 2005/29/EC of 11 May 2005 concerning unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices; recalls that business operators are permitted to market and sell goods with different composition or characteristics, provided that they fully respect EU legislation, but stresses that such differences should be fully justified by the sourcing of local ingredients, by locally-adapted taste preferences or by efforts to improve public health through nutrient reformulation, and that such differences must be made clear to the consumer;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that, until that practice is stopped, and in order to raise the profile of manufacturers’ initiatives on the use of local recipes, a system should be introduced for indicating, in a way that respects the consumer’s right of informed choice and consumer preferences, the local recipes used in the preparation of specific products of international brands; Stresses that, under this system, the geographical scope of marketing of the locally-adapted product should also be indicated; calls on the Commission to further develop the concept of a 'product of reference,' against which locally- or regionally- adapted recipes may be compared and the differences made explicit to the consumer;
Amendment 100 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for the establishment of anan existing agency or othernew specialised unit to monitorat EU level to be vested with the task of monitoring the consistency of composition and proportional use of ingredients in identically branded and packaged food products.
Amendment 112 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Underlines the importance of civil society in bringing producers' unfair practices into public awareness and calls for more support for civic activity, institutional and individual whistle- blowers in the field of food safety and consumers' rights;
Amendment 115 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Calls on producers - first and foremost large multinationals, marketing their brands in different countries and markets both within and outside the EU - to take immediate measures to ensure transparency on the composition of their products, differences in composition and reasons behind such differences, and make this information easily available to all consumers.