Activities of José BOVÉ related to 2010/0362(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Contractual relations in the milk and milk products sector (debate)
Amendments (20)
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) A number of comments by the HLG concern the difficulties of adjusting the milk supply to demand, with the extreme difficulties they have caused producers. This shows that, alongside the measures laid down in the present Regulation, the Commission should also propose maintaining a system for controlled regulation of the volume of milk produced, for which public management by the Community institutions and the Member States remains necessary;
Amendment 134 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 123 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 123 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. Member States may also recognise inter-branch organisationsAn inter-branch organisation shall be established in each Member State which:
Amendment 136 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 123 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 123 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) areis made up of representatives of reconomic activities linked to the production of, trade in, or processing of products of the milk and milk products secgnised agricultural organisations, the processing industry, cooperatives, distributors and consumers, with the public authorities acting as arbiter and administrator;.
Amendment 144 #
(a) a is required to open and conclude negotiations held under its auspices to set milk producer prices for a given period on the basis of the average production costs of a sustainable milk production process.
Amendment 145 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 123 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 123 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) areis formed on the initiative of all or some of the representatives referred to in point (a);
Amendment 172 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 3 a (new)
Article 1 – point 3 a (new)
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 123 a (new)
Article 123 a (new)
3(a) A new Article 123a is inserted: Article 123a Regulation of the supply of milk products with a protected designation of origin or a protected geographical indication 1. In order to improve and stabilise the operation of the market in milk products with a protected designation of origin or a protected geographical indication in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, the Member State in question may lay down rules to bring volumes in line with demand, particularly by way of implementing decisions taken by inter-branch organisations. 2. The decisions and measures taken by the Member States in year n in accordance with this article shall be notified to the Commission before 1 March of year n+1.
Amendment 175 #
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 – point 4
Article 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 126 a – paragraph 1
Article 126 a – paragraph 1
1. Contracts for the delivery of raw milk by a farmer to a processor of raw milk, or to a collector within the meaning of the second subparagraph of Article 185f(1), may be negotiated by a producer organisation in the milk and milk products sector which is recognised under Article 122, on behalf of its farmer members for part or all of their joint production. This article shall also apply to cooperatives if their statutes or related agreements or agreements deriving from those statutes contain provisions which produce effects similar to those of the provisions of paragraph 2(a).
Amendment 182 #
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 – point 4
Article 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 126 a – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 126 a – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The negotiation by thea producer organisation may take place:
Amendment 184 #
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 – point 4
Article 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 126 a – paragraph 2 – point (b)
Article 126 a – paragraph 2 – point (b)
b) whether or noso that the price negotiated covers at least the production costs and is the same as regards the joint production of some or all of the farmer members, and be consistent with the negotiation by the inter-branch organisation. The contract must have the same price schedule and duration for all the producers which supply a single dairy, whether it is privately owned or a cooperative.
Amendment 190 #
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 – point 4
Article 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 126 a – paragraph 2 – point (c) – subpoint ii
Article 126 a – paragraph 2 – point (c) – subpoint ii
ii) 3375% of the total national production of any particular Member State covered by such negotiations by that producer organisation, and
Amendment 217 #
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 – point 4
Article 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 126 a – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 126 a – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
5. By way of derogation from paragraph 2(c)(ii) and (iii), even where the threshold of 3375% is not exceeded, the competition authority referred to in the second subparagraph may decide in an individual case that the negotiation by the producer organisation may not take place if it considers that this is necessary in order to prevent competition being excluded or in order to avoid serious prejudice to SME processors of raw milk in its territory.
Amendment 226 #
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 – point 4
Article 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 126 a – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 126 a – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
The decision referred to in the first subparagraph shall be taken by the Commission by means of implementing acts and without the assistance of the Committee referred to in Article 195(1) for negotiations covering the production of more than one Member State. In other cases it shall be taken by the national competition authority of the Member State the production of which is covered by the negotiations.
Amendment 234 #
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 – point 6
Article 1 – point 6
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 177 a – paragraph 4 -– point d
Article 177 a – paragraph 4 -– point d
d) agreements, decisions and concerted practices which entail the fixing of prices;deleted
Amendment 242 #
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 shall declare to the competent national authority the quantity of raw milk that has been delivered to them each month with a view to accurately ascertaining global EU milk production and supply, thereby improving transparency throughout the dairy supply chain for the benefit of all actors operating within it.
Amendment 264 #
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 – point 9
Article 1 – point 9
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 185 f – paragraph 2 – point c – subpoint i – introductory part
Article 185 f – paragraph 2 – point c – subpoint i – introductory part
i) the price payable for the delivery, based on the average production costs of sustainable milk production over a given period, which shall:
Amendment 268 #
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 – point 9
Article 1 – point 9
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 185 f – paragraph 2 – point c – subpoint i – indent 1
Article 185 f – paragraph 2 – point c – subpoint i – indent 1
– be static and be set out in the contract, and/or
Amendment 283 #
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 – point 9
Article 1 – point 9
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 185 f – paragraph 2 – point c – subpoint iii
Article 185 f – paragraph 2 – point c – subpoint iii
(iii) the duration of the contract, which may include an indefinite duration with renegotiation and termination clauses.
Amendment 284 #
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 – point 9
Article 1 – point 9
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 185 f – paragraph 2 – point c – subpoint iii a (new)
Article 185 f – paragraph 2 – point c – subpoint iii a (new)
(iiia) a price indexation clause based on changes in the cost of livestock feed
Amendment 297 #
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 – point 9
Article 1 – point 9
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 185 f – paragraph 3
Article 185 f – paragraph 3
3. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, a contract shall not be required where raw milk is delivered by a farmer to a processor of raw milk where the processor is a co- operative of which the farmer is a member if itsthe statutes contain provisionof the co-operative, which is deemed to be a producer organisation, contain provisions or related agreements having similar effects as those set out in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 2.
Amendment 305 #
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 – point 10
Article 1 – point 10
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 196a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 196a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2