4 Amendments of James NICHOLSON related to 2010/2112(INI)
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that food products must be affordable for consumers, condemns the agreements entered into by large-scale retailers and calls for measures to be taken to end such practices and ensure transparency in the way in which final consumer prices for food products are formedan important element of food security is that consumers are able to afford food products. Acknowledges growing concerns and unease within the EU regarding transparency and fairness in the food supply chain. Points out that a well functioning food supply chain is best secured by a free and competitive market in which all actors act in a commercially sensible manner in order to achieve fair profits and pricing; therefore benefiting producers, retailers and consumers alike;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for food safety controls in the Union to be improved and strengthened and endorses the conclusions of the report from the Commission to the European Parliament and to the Council on the overall operation of official controls in the Member States on food safety, animal health and animal welfare and plant health (COM(2010)0441), which calls for consideration to be given to implementing a series of measures, in close cooperation with the Member States, to make the compiling, analysis and presentation of information on controls more efficient and comprehensive, so as to enable the national authorities and the Commission to give EU citizens every assurance that control systems are effectiveNotes that EU standards regarding food safety, animal welfare and animal and plant health are among the highest in the world. Points out that the EU's continued emphasis on achieving these standards ensures that it is a global leader in this regard. Warns, however, that overregulation in this field could have a negative impact on food production. Stresses that the EU should not accept imports of food which do not meet the standards imposed upon its own producers;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Stresses that an important element of food security is that consumers are able to afford food products. Acknowledges growing concerns and unease within the EU regarding transparency and fairness in the food supply chain. Points out that a well functioning food supply chain is best secured by a free and competitive market in which all actors act in a commercially sensible manner in order to achieve fair profits and pricing; therefore benefiting producers, retailers and consumers alike;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Notes that EU standards regarding food safety, animal welfare and animal and plant health are among the highest in the world. Points out that the EU's continued emphasis on achieving these standards ensures that it is a global leader in this regard. Warns, however, that over regulation in this field could have a negative impact on food production. Stresses that the EU should not accept imports of food which do not meet the standards imposed upon its own producers;