4 Amendments of Neil PARISH related to 2008/2175(INI)
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Ba (new)
Recital Ba (new)
Ba. whereas the entire supply chain must be taken into account when analysing prices and their evolution; whereas the food sector is fragmented and the supply chain highly complex, comprising many intermediaries,
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. affirms that largely due to imperfections in the food marketncreased consumer demand for more value added products, a widening gap between producer and consumer prices has ensued; is extremely concerned bytakes note of the further widening of producer-consumer price spread in most of the supply chains analysed;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. wis concerned by marketing practices such as below the cost selling of goods, in order to generate higher numbers of supermarket visits; is in support of banning below the cost selling of food and supports Member States that have already introduced such measures; wishes to see more European action taken against such aggressive pricing measures, as well as other anti-competitive practices in the EUhes to see European action taken against anti-competitive practices such as product tying or any other abuse of dominant position;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. calls for measures in support of cooperation between small agricultural producers so that they are able to compete with large producers, and processors and retailers; considers that Member States and the European Union need to ensure the existence of various forms of commerce and avoid a total liberalisation of the food market, that would lead to further concentration; calls on the European Commission to launch a Green Paper on the issue of the market power of large retailerscompetitiveness of the supply chain and competition throughout the supply chain;