7 Amendments of Ivan DAVID related to 2021/2043(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the importance of enhancing the resilience of regional and local food systems, as well as of short supply chains, as set out in the Farm to Fork Strategy, and calls on the governments of the Member States to use legislative, tax and fiscal instruments to help local food and agricultural production to become more widely available on the retail market; stresses, however, that the strategy should not lead to additional barriers and greater fragmentation within the single market;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls on the Commission to adjust expenditure in the annual budgets of the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021- 2021 so that agricultural subsidies in all Member States are equalised to the same level by 2027, so as not to distort fair competition in the internal market, as the Commission undertook to do in the Accession Treaties for Eastern European countries;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Calls on the Commission to withdraw its signature from the EU- MERCOSUR Trade Agreement;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Calls on the Commission not to negotiate trade or other agreements that would allow for increased imports of agricultural commodities and food from third countries into the EU;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5 d. Calls on the Commission to carry out an impact assessment of the various pieces of EU legislation on the marketability of Member States' farmers' produce in the single market, in particular with regard to the obstacles to the greater marketability of local production on local markets; calls on the Commission, following this analysis, to submit amendments to the relevant legislation without delay to the European Parliament and the Council for approval;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 e (new)
Paragraph 5 e (new)
5 e. Calls on the Commission to submit to the European Parliament and the Council a legislative proposal to enable Member States to force retail chains to increase sales of local agricultural production at fair prices;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 f (new)
Paragraph 5 f (new)
5 f. Calls on the Commission to submit for approval by the European Parliament and the Council a legislative proposal to enable Member States to regulate the margins of retail chains so that farm gate prices guarantee farmers and food processors a reasonable profit, thus enabling them to continue their agricultural production and food processing, and to ensure that consumers pay fair prices for high-quality food of European and, in particular, local origin;