8 Amendments of Mairead McGUINNESS related to 2019/2131(INI)
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the study on producer organisations and their activities in the olive oil, beef and veal, and arable crops sectors, which reaffirms the importance of these organisations and their associations in strengthening the position of primary producers in the food chain; encourages more establishment of POs in the beef sector as a way for farmers to effectively negotiate on price and tackle the imbalances in power between farmers and factories;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the adoption of the Directive on unfair tradeing practices4 in the agricultural and food supply chain; encourages Member States to transpose the Directive without delay and calls on the Commission to monitor closelyclosely monitor progress on transposition thereof; recalls that the Directive includes a review clause set at 4 years; _________________ 4Directive (EU) 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 (OJ L 111, 25.4.2019, p. 59.
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Highlights that the Directive on unfair trading practices in the agricultural and food supply chain is a welcome first step in ensuring fairness between operators in the chain;
Amendment 95 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. ConsiderNotes that the public demand for more sustainable food systems needs to be addressed, andis not matched by the capacity of the food supply chain to deliver sustainable prices/incomes to farmers, an issue that needs to be addressed in the Farm to Fork (F2F) strategy; calls on the Commission to clarify the conditions under which sustainable agreements can be exempted from competition law, namely in the framework of the current review of the Horizontal Block Exemption Regulations and related guidelines;
Amendment 108 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Highlights that the Farm to Fork (F2F) strategy and EU competition law must recognise the important contribution made by primary producers in the supply of high quality food and delivering public goods to society, for which they are currently not rewarded sufficiently;
Amendment 112 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Notes that the F2F strategy must take account of the impact of climate change on the functioning and sustainability of the food supply chain and on food security;
Amendment 116 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Is concerned about the cumulative impact of free trade agreements on the EU's agri- food sector; in that regard, questions whether FTAs leave EU agri-food producers at a competitive disadvantage given differences in production standards in third countries and in turn differences in prices;
Amendment 117 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Notes that the European Green Deal must ensure policy coherence between agriculture, climate action, environment and trade policy;