5 Amendments of Krisztina MORVAI related to 2010/0362(COD)
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) There is a problem of price transmission along the chain, in particular as regards farm-gate prices. Conversely, during 2009 the supply of milk did not react to lower demand. Indeed, in some large producer Member States, in reaction to lower prices, farmers produced more than in the previous year and deposited most of the surplus in the less-developed, more volatile markets of the new Member States, the situation of whose producers thereby became increasingly difficult. Value-added in the chain has become increasingalmost exclusively concentrated in the downstream sectors, notably with dairieretail chains, and to a lesser extent in the downstream sectors, whilst producers have been unable to cover their production costs from returns from sales, thereby rendering them helpless.
Amendment 81 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The use of formalised, written contracts even containing basic elements made in advance of delivery is not widespread in a number of Member States. However, they could increase awareness and reinforce the responsibility of the operators in the dairy chain to better take into account the signals of the market, improve price transmission and adapt supply to demand, as well as help avoid certain unfair commercial practices. In a number of new Member States, in addition to the existing, above- board agreements between processors and producers, retail chains take advantage of their dominant position to demand refunds from suppliers/processors which, in the form of slotting allowances and advertising costs, for example, can amount to 25%; the greater part of these costs is then passed to the most vulnerable players, the producers.
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) In order to ensure the rational development of production and so to ensure a fair standard of living for dairy farmers, their bargaining power vis-à-vis processors should be strengthened which should result in a fairer distribution of value-added along the supply chain. The final-distributor retail chains must also be involved in transparent pricing and the proportionate distribution of burden sharing. Therefore, in order to realise these objectives of the common agricultural policy, a provision should be adopted pursuant to Articles 42 and 43(2) TFEU to allow producer organisations constituted by dairy farmers or their associations to negotiate contract terms, including price, jointly for some or all of its members' production with a dairy. However, this is only possible if, when negotiating with retail chains, dairies have similar opportunities to recoup their costs and make a fair profit, thus enabling them to set a price which will cover the producers’ costs and guarantee them an honest livelihood. In order to maintain effective competition on the dairy market, this possibility should be subject to appropriate quantitative limits. Such producer organisations should therefore also be eligible for recognition under Article 122 of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007. The Commission should be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU in respect of the conditions for approval of associations of producer organisations.
Amendment 109 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) In order to follow developments in the market, the Commission needs timely information on volumes of raw milk delivered and on the volumes distributed by the retail chains, to ensure that the information system is complete. Only in this way can the VAT fraud observable in distribution between Member States be avoided. Article 192 of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 provides a basis for the exchange of information between the Member States and the Commission. However, provision should be made to ensure that processors deliver such information to the Member States on a regular basis. The Commission should be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU in respect of the scope, content, format and timing of such declarconditions for approval of associations of producer organisations.
Amendment 239 #
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 – point 9
Article 1 – point 9
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 185 e – paragraph 1
Article 185 e – paragraph 1
(1) Processors of raw milk and the retail chains shall declare to the competent national authority the quantity of raw milk that has been delivered to them each month– and of milk and milk products sold – each month, with an indication of the place of origin, fat content and precise details of the supplier, thereby creating a closed chain of accountability with the aim of ensuring precise data processing and avoiding VAT fraud in trade between the Member States.