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OPINION on a Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally friendly food system
2021/04/16
Committee: IMCO
Dossiers: 2020/2260(INI)
Documents: PDF(144 KB) DOC(76 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Claude GRUFFAT', 'mepid': 204420}]

Amendments (24)

Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the fact that the aim of the Farm to Fork Strategy is to establish a local, sustainable, healthy and resilient food system which benefits consumers in the EU;
2021/01/18
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that promoting healthy and sustainable food consumption calls for changesinvolves paying attention to diets, production systems and, internal trade and promoting public food education campaigns starting from primary schools;
2021/01/18
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes that quality food, fair profits for producers, fair prices for consumers, food sovereignty, environmental protection and high standards of animal welfare are key objectives for a balanced consumption policy;
2021/01/18
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to step up its support for regional food systems and short supply chains, which act as a source of fresh, sustainable and better quality products for consumers; takes the view that legislation on European public procurement should be revised in order to foster local, high-quality food supply systems; underlines the fundamental role of public administrations in the collective catering sector, in which priority should be given to organic, traditional, typical products, products with geographical indication and from a short supply chain;
2021/01/18
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Considers that local, national or European preference in public tenders for food (canteens, hospitals, etc.) should be encouraged;
2021/01/18
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on the Commission to identify practical ways of encouraging short supply chains, such as an exemption from VAT for products sold less than 100 km from their production site, and providing public spaces for the regular or seasonal sale of products from micro- enterprises or regional cooperatives;
2021/01/18
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Urges the Commission to allow Member States that so wish (Bulgaria, Slovakia, etc.) to encourage the creation of special shelves in supermarkets for local or national products;
2021/01/18
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on the Commission to make it easier for quality products from micro- enterprises to access local markets;
2021/01/18
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion
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 health; points out the importance of tackling free-riding throughout the food supply chain in order to ensure a fair price for products and protect the reputation of those products with quality marks;
2021/01/18
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion
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 health; recalls the importance of effective application of the Directive on unfair practices in the agri-food chain;
2021/01/18
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 90 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Points out that, although food prices are soaring for consumers, producers are still receiving too low a share of the value added; calls for the distribution of value added to be rebalanced;
2021/01/18
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 100 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. WelcomAcknowledges the Commission’s initiative to promote healthier diets by introducing nutritional profiles, accompanied by mandatthrough consumer education campaigns and actions that inforym and harmonised labelling of the nutritional vabout the importance of a varied and balanced diet, which does not exclude ofany food as lon the front of packagingg as it is consumed in the right quantities and frequencies and which is accompanied by adequate physical activity;
2021/01/18
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 108 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that the key to pursue the objective of healthier diets should be providing clear and correct information to consumers, not influencing their food choices with distortive claims on nutritional values; it further underlines that nutrition labelling schemes could be detrimental to some products that benefit from an indication of origin;
2021/01/18
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 113 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Supports the Commission's proposal to introduce a harmonized front- pack labelling system (FOP) based on solid scientific evidence and supported by accurate impact assessments, a scheme based on the principles of Article 35 of Regulation (EU) 1169/2011, voluntary, informative and non-discriminatory;
2021/01/18
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 127 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Regards it as essential, further, to keep consumers better informed by introducing mandatory ingredient origin labelling of processed and unprocessed food, which would be broadened to cover animal welfare, sustainability and pesticide residue levels;
2021/01/18
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 134 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Underlines the importance of extending the indication of origin labelling, including that of primary ingredients, to all agricultural supply chains; stresses that the indication of origin requirement should be made uniform throughout the EU internal market in such a way that is sustainable for the entire agri-food chain;
2021/01/18
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 135 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls for mandatory labelling of meat products and processed meat products, indicating the animal’s place of birth, rearing and slaughter, and the animal welfare conditions, including transport and method of slaughter, so that consumers can make an informed choice;
2021/01/18
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 143 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls for the ‘EU and non-EU’ indication of origin to be immediately prohibited for foodstuffs such as honey and jam, because it is often fake and misleads consumers about the European origin of the product;
2021/01/18
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 144 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Calls for a ban on all European public subsidies for slaughterhouses not stunning animals before their slaughter;
2021/01/18
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 145 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 d (new)
7d. Considers that the clear and mandatory origin labelling of food should indicate a precise place of origin in the Member State or third country concerned;
2021/01/18
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 169 #
Draft opinion
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 up and legally define at EU level the concepts of “Fraud and Agri-food Crime” and that of “Sounding”;
2021/01/18
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 175 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Recalls that numerous food scandals have shocked European consumers: processed meat products, such as lasagne, made from horse meat, tainted Brazilian beef, chicken and beef containing hormones and antibiotics, as well as fake honey and fraudulent alcohol and wine; calls for food checks to be increased in order to protect consumers, by setting a minimum number or rate of annual inspections;
2021/01/18
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 183 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Notes that Turkey has engaged in unilateral and provocative activities against the EU, Member States and European leaders; notes, further, that Turkish unilateral and provocative activities in the Eastern Mediterranean are still taking place, including in Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic Zone; calls on the Commission and Member States to temporarily limit the access of Turkish foodstuffs to the internal market and European consumers.
2021/01/18
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 186 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Recalls that the tools of the Farm to Fork Strategy could be profitable for the European market only if environmental and social sustainability are placed at the core of the EU trade policy in relation to agreements with third Countries;
2021/01/18
Committee: IMCO