14 Amendments of Svenja HAHN related to 2020/2260(INI)
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Underlines that the objectives and development of the Farm to Fork Strategy should be built on a science-based approach focused on coherent and evidence-based policy instruments; ; notes in this regard that its implementation must take into account the needs of the outermost regions1a to allow them to compete in a level-playing field; __________________ 1a Article 349 TFEU
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Urges the Commission to promote alternative and existing business models, such as consumer-friendly cooperative schemes; that are able to advance sustainability and compete in the most efficient manner according to market realities, in full respect of the freedom of association of producers1a; acknowledges the role that producers associations and organisations in the form of partnerships, agricultural processing companies or agri-food cooperatives may play in ensuring a sustainable food chain, a fair share for farmers and fostering the competitiveness of rural areas; __________________ 1aRegulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Recalls that the EU food sector is characterised by a very high presence of SMEs, which despite their efforts face many barriers to improve their sustainability performance, such as lack of information, access to financial resources or technical skills; calls therefore on the Commission to ensure that all actions in the Farm to Fork Strategy enable a transition that creates real opportunities and a level playing- field, gives enough flexibility and further reduces and simplifies administrative burdens for micro and small food businesses, as well as for social economy enterprises; stresses in this regard the utmost importance of providing concrete measures for the just transition, such as further support in the management of EU funding, improving capacity building and delivering significant resources for the effective use of innovative and digital solutions, in order to strengthen their competitive position in the EU food system;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Welcomes the work on agri-food research, innovation and education made by the European Commission through initiatives such as the EIT Food, established by the European Institute of Innovation & Technology, which helps to identify promising and innovative solutions for a more sustainable food products and bring together a food community with the diverse food sectors partners, entrepreneurs, SMEs and consumers, which drive innovation across Europe;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Supports the establishment of a governance framework and a code of conduct for food and retail businesses, in order to make them accountable and aware of the importance of sustainability and healthresponsible business and marketing practices for food and retail businesses, in order to raise awareness of the importance of sustainability and health; considers that these initiatives should be sufficiently and properly defined, adjusted to the size and type of businesses and recognise the existing best practices and commitments already achieved by European companies; welcomes the Commission’s steps to particularly support the implementation of sustainable business practices by SMEs and develop both initiatives with all relevant stakeholders;
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Recognizes in this regard the role that consumers can play in the implementation of the Farm to Fork Strategy and how innovation can help them; underlines that the strategy should remain inclusive for consumers in order for them to support the improvement for more healthy and sustainable food products;
Amendment 96 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the Commission’s initiative to promote healthier diets by introducing nutritional profiles, accompanied by mandatory and harmonised labelling of the nutritional value of foods on the front of packaging; considers that any such measure has to take into account the impacts on the Single Market and especially avoid any burden for micro, small and medium enterprises, by devising appropriate consumer-friendly schemes and product and sector-tailored, based on the most up-to-date scientific research data, with the aim of securing and promoting the competitiveness of all actors involved;
Amendment 118 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Regards it as essential, further, to keep consumers better informed by introducing mandatory origin labelling of foodabout healthy and sustainable food dietary choices; calls on the Commission to further investigate and carefully assess the impact, needs and options for the harmonisation and extension of mandatory origin and provenance indications to certain products, which wshould be broadened to cover animal welfare, sustainability and pesticide residue leclear, easily understandable, verifiable, traceable and not result in trade barriers within the Single Market; asks therefore the Commission to work in close cooperation with the European Food Safety Authority for this purpose and thoroughly analyse the economic, environmental and social impact on the Single Market, consumer benefits, price aspects and the associated consumer behaviour changes of these initiativels;
Amendment 140 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Stresses the key role that research, digitalisation, artificial intelligence and secured access to the most advanced technologies play in the global transition towards a more sustainable food system, while ensuring the competitiveness, profitability and food production in the EU; urges the Commission to create an encouraging policy and regulatory environment that fosters further investment in innovation, the development and usage of technologies and the improvement of existing ones, including a common agriculture data space and the promotion of precision farming and knowledge-based farming, with a view to bringing benefits to consumers, workers and society as a whole;
Amendment 148 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls, with a view to protecting consumers, for full enforcement of the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union of 25 July 2018 in Case C-528/16, Confédération paysanne, which stipulates that food crops modified by genome editing armay be subject to the requirements of GMO legislation, including risk assessment, traceability and labelling; calls on the European Commission to take note of the latest developments in this regard and study the feasibility of a new legislative framework of new genetic modification techniques, based on scientific evidence, that provides sufficient predictability, flexibility and proportionality to respond to rapid technological and scientific developments in this field; acknowledges in this context the importance to build on the scientific advice of the European Food and Safe Authority and underlines its continuous contribution to ensuring the safety of the EU food chain and a high level of consumer protection;
Amendment 162 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to clarify and further harmonise the current legislation on use-by dates, in order to reduce food waste and provide more clarity, consistency and understanding among consumers, in order to reduce food waste; notes that measures envisaged for this purpose and waste management should not entail disproportionate costs and administrative burdens that smaller businesses are not able to comply with;
Amendment 166 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Supports the Commission in its efforts to combat food fraud, which misleads consumers and distorts competition in the internal market, and regards it as essential to make the penalties imposed on fraudsters more dissuasive and, to earmark sufficient resources so that checks can be stepped upeffective and efficient checks can be stepped up, to properly staff market surveillance and customs authorities and to continue strengthening exchanges of information in the Single Market;
Amendment 176 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Insists that the Commission ensures that custom controls throughout the EU follow the same standards, by means of a direct unified customs control mechanism, in coordination with Member States and in full compliance with the principle of subsidiarity; furthermore, urges the Commission to increase, at EU and international level, cooperation between consumer protection, market surveillance and customs authorities and other relevant competent authorities so as to guarantee harmonised and uniform controls at all points of entry into the Union and thus secure the traceability of all food products;
Amendment 178 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Member States for more effective implementation of Directive 2005/29/EC1 , in order to better address the problem of misleading environmental claims in food.and the timely and correct transposition of Directive 2019/633/EC2a, as well as to better address the problem of misleading environmental claims in food; believes that when clarifying competition rules, the Commission must create the conditions for a more efficient food market that enables consumers to benefit from a wide range of quality products at competitive prices, while ensuring that primary producers have the incentives to invest and innovate; __________________ 1 Directive 2005/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2005 concerning unfair business-to- consumer commercial practices in the internal market and amending Council Directive 84/450/EEC, Directives 97/7/EC, 98/27/EC and 2002/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, OJ L 149, 11.6.2005, p. 22. 2aDirective (EU) No 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.