17 Amendments of Miguel Angel MARTÍNEZ MARTÍNEZ related to 2009/2105(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3a (new)
Paragraph 3a (new)
3a. Advocates greater monitoring and coordination between the Commission and the Member States so as to ensure that imported food products meet the EU's quality and food safety standards, as well as its environmental and social standards;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4a (new)
Paragraph 4a (new)
4a. Stresses that as things stand the private certification systems do not provide more information on the quality of the products concerned: rather, they are in many cases becoming a financial and administrative burden as regards farmers' access to the market;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls in this respect on the Commission to conduct a study on the various options available for giving European producers the possibility of displaying on their products their commitment to quality, food safety and respect of all European standards of production, including through the option of a European Union quality logo, which should be made available onexclusively to agricultural goods resulting entirely from European production; production in the EU, and which, since it would certify compliance with the legislation subject to official controls, should in no circumstances involve any additional cost to operators or any financial or administrative burden on the Member States exercising the controls;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that sectoral marketing standards still retainplay an important role in the production chain, and consequently they should be kept; they render transparent the changes on the market and allow purchasers to compare prices, sizes and quality of products and ensure a level playing-field in European competition and a common language for operators;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7a (new)
Paragraph 7a (new)
7a. Calls for the restoration of marketing rules for fruit and vegetables that can supply uniform standardisation parameters and objectives which, at all stages of the food chain, can strengthen the transparency of commercial operations and establish consumer- friendly quality criteria;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Supports the introduction of additional optional reserved terms, especially in terms of the provision of a clear definition and usage of the terms "mountain products" and "low carboncal products"; further expresses support for the harmonisation at Community level of the term "mountain products", which is currently regulated in only a few Member States;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Is in support of providing the consumer with the maximuma suitable amount of information available; is in favour of the introduction of comprehensive and compulsory legislationexamining the possibilities which could be offered by new Community rules for "place of farming"- labelling in certain agri-food sectors; considers that this mayshould be done in a manner that takes into account the costs of such a Europe-wide operation, as well as the specificities of particular sectors, such as that of processed agricultural good while also examining viability on a sector-by-sector basis;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for the mandatory provision ofit to be permitted to provide information through labelling (and all other means available) with regard to the "place of farming" of raw materials, where this is different from the place indicated by the geographical indication and to the name of the producer when the product is marketed under the private trade name of a retailer;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Further demands thorough ex-officio protection of geographical indications, as an obligation for authorities in all Member States; wishes to see this specifically addressed through a revision of Regulation (EC) 510/2006 of 20 March 2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs12 and through a better definition of the control procedures applicable at all stages, both 'before' and 'after', of the marketing of products; _________________________ 1 OJ L 93, 31.3.2006, p. 12.
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4
Subheading 4
Organic farming and integrated production
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Reaffirms its belief that organic farming and integrated production offers European farmers a major growth opportunity; supports recent efforts to develop a new EU organic logo, applicable to all EU farmed products;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Takes the view that greathere standardisation is needed in the typology of control and certification bodies and procedures for organic products, sohould be a genuine single market in organic products, towards which goal the introduction of a compulsory Community logo represents a major contribution; in thatis consumers are provided with an assurance of safety and reliability in the form of the new EU logo, guaranteeing comparable production, control and certification criteria at Community level and helping to resolve problems and further promote the internal market;nection, expresses its support for the framework established in Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 of 28 June 2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2092//911, and hopes that, even though it has recently come into force, it will fulfil all of its legislative potential as soon as possible; _______________________________ 1 OJ L 189, 20.7.2007, p. 1.
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27a (new)
Paragraph 27a (new)
27a. Supports promoting systems for producing quality food products using sustainable criteria, as in the case of integrated production; calls for the Community regulation of this area, with a view to unifying the criteria existing in the different Member States, to be backed up by a suitable promotion campaign informing the consumer of the main features of integrated production in Europe;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4 a (new)
Subheading 4 a (new)
Private certification regimes
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27a (new)
Paragraph 27a (new)
27a. Supports the drawing-up of European guidelines for best practice for the operation of the private certification systems concerned with agricultural product quality; these guidelines should be met by all operators and should include a set of concepts aimed at helping the productive sector develop the value added of its products, encouraging the mutual recognition of certification systems and the participation of producers in drawing up those systems, and applying those systems through producers' associations with a view to reducing the costs of certification and implementation;