8 Amendments of Jan MULDER related to 2008/2175(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Visa 3a (new)
Visa 3a (new)
- having regard to the Commission Communication "Food prices in Europe" COM (2008) 821/4,
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas considerable price differences have been identified across Europe with regards to the spread between consumer and producer prices, which in some cases cannot be explained by the costs involved in the processing, distribution and selling of products,
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Ea (new)
Recital Ea (new)
Ea. whereas the imbalance in bargaining power between agricultural producers and the rest of the supply chain has resulted in strong pressure being kept on producer margins in the agricultural sector,
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. considers that it is in the European public interest in accordance with the Treaties to maintain an adequate level of prices and ensure fair competition, especially with regards to strategic merchandise such as agricultural and food products;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. is worriedbelieves that, in light of the CAP reform and in particular decoupling, farmer decisions on what to produce will be more market-orientated and more influenced more by signals coming from the retail sector in terms of prices and demand; believes that the increase of Community food imports of food that does not comply with EU standards is likely to reduce prices at the farm;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. calls on the Commission to analyse, in its annual reports, on the gap between producer and consumer prices, differences between prices in the Member States and differences in price between various agricultural products;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23 calls for the introduction of mechanisms to combat speculation with agricultural commodities and financial instruments based on them; further calls for adaptation of the rules of participation in futures markets and a better regulation of these markets in generalsupports the Commission's intention to examine what measures could be taken to contribute to a reduction in price volatility in agricultural commodity markets;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. calls for measures in support of cooperation between small agricultural producers so that they are able to compete with large producers, processors and retailers; considers that Member States and the European Union need to ensure the existence of varnotes that cooperation between farmers are a good way for them to increase their bargaining power; calls on the Commission to consider extending the support measures given to cooperatiouns forms of commerce and avoid a total liberalisation of the food market, that would lead to further concentrationin the fruit and vegetable sectors to other agricultural sectors as well; calls on the European Commission to launch a Green Paper on the issue of the market power of large retailers;