Activities of Dennis de JONG related to 2015/2065(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on unfair trading practices in the food supply chain PDF (350 KB) DOC (143 KB)
Amendments (18)
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas unfair trading practices do not only take place in the food supply chain, but just as often in the non-food supply chain like the garment industry or the automotive industry;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas the 'fear factor' means that small suppliers will not be able to effectively use their right, if created, to go to court, and that other, cheap and accessible mechanisms such as mediation by an independent adjudicator will better serve their interests;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the setting up of the Supply Chain Initiative, which has resulted in the adoption of a set of principles of good practice in B2B relations in the food supply chain and a voluntary framework for the implementation of those principles; believes that efforts to promote fair trading practices in the food supply chain can make a real impact; recommends the setting up of similar supply chain initiatives in other relevant non-food sectors;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the setting up of national platforms of organisations and businesses in the food and non-food supply chain to promote fair trading practices and seek to put an end to UTPs;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Acknowledges, nonetheless, that voluntary and self-regulatory schemes are not enough to put an end to UTPs once and for all, owing to the lack of effective enforcement mechanismsrequire independent and effective enforcement mechanisms to put an end to UTPs once and for all;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. UrgeSupports the Commission to submit specific proposals for EU legislation banning UTPs in the s efforts in assessing the effectiveness and credibility of available mechanisms for the enforcement of rules against UTPs in Member States; urges the Commission to take up its facilitating role drawing on best practices in Member States, like for example the UK Groceries Adjudicator, to make sure all Member States have credible and effective enforcement mechanisms against UTPs in both the food and non-food supply chain that will enable markets to operate as they should and fair and transparent relations to be maintained between food producers, suppliers and distributors;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Regrets that the Commission has so far refused to make available to the European Parliament the results of its own studies on UTPs; urges the Commission to make available all material from Member States, own research and other sources that it has at its disposal now, or in the future in the context of its facilitating role as described above;
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Suggests that work should begin on EU rules on the establishment or recognition of national public agencieswith the facilitation at EU level of effective cooperation of national public agencies or dedicated bodies like an adjudicator, with responsibility for enforcing laws to combat unfair practices in the food supply chain; takes the view that public agencies of this kind should be empowered to conduct investigations on their own initiative and on the basis of informal information and complaints dealt with on a confidential basis (thus overcoming the fear factor), as well as to impose penalties;
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Believes strongly that a single, clear, precise and bindinggenerally accepted and clear definition of UTPs should be drawn up, so as to allow effective rulesaction to be laid dowtaken with a view to combating such practices; notes however that this definition can never be exhaustive, as unfair practices can take new forms over time;
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls for due account to be taken, when draftconsidering rules in this area, of the specific features of each market and the legal requirements obtaining on it, the different situations and approaches in individual Member States, the degree of consolidation or fragmentation of individual markets, and other significant factors; takes the view that such regulatory efforts should ensure that there is relatively broad discretion to tailor the measures to be taken to the specific features of each market and should be based on the general principle of improving enforcement by involving the relevant public agencies;
Amendment 262 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission to assess the voluntary and self-regulatory schemes put in place to date and the effectiveness of the regulatory action taken at national and EU level; calls for an assessment of the likely impact of the various types of EU regulatory action that have been proposed, with due account being taken of all the possible implications for the various stakeholders and for consumer welfare;
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
- having regard to the report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on unfair business-to- business trading practises in the food supply chain (COM (2016) 32),
Amendment 288 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas unfair trading practices (UTPs) are a problem attested to by all entities in the food supply chain and by many national competition authorities; whereas the Commission's report of 29 January 2016 on unfair business-to-business trading practices in the food supply chain confirms that those practices can occur at every stage of the food supply chain; whereas the Commission and Parliament have repeatedly drawn attention to the problem of UTPs;
Amendment 304 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Welcomes the report by the Commission on unfair business-to- business trading practices in the food supply chain, as well as the long-expected accompanying study on the monitoring of the implementation of principles of good practices in vertical relationship in the food supply chain;
Amendment 352 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Acknowledges, nonetheless, that voluntary and self-regulatory schemes are not enough to put an end to UTPs once and for all, owing to the lack of effective enforcement mechanisms; require independent and effective enforcement mechanisms, as well as appropriate and impartial governance structures, in order to put an end to UTPs once and for all;
Amendment 354 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Urges the Commission to follow-up its recommendations from its report of 29 January 2016 on unfair business-to- business trading practices in the food supply chain, to increase the credibility and effectiveness of the Supply Chain Initiative (SCI) by requiring the relevant stakeholders to: a. improve awareness of the SCI, especially among SMEs, b. ensure the impartiality of the SCI's governance structure, c. allow alleged victims of UTPs to complain confidentially, and d. grant investigatory and sanctioning power to independent bodies;
Amendment 369 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. UrgeSupports the Commission to submit specific proposals for EU legislation banning UTPs in the food supply chain that will enable markets to oper's efforts in assessing the effectiveness and credibility of available mechanisms for the enforcement of rules against UTPs in Member States; agrees with the Commission thate as they should and fair and transparent relations to be maintained between food producers, suppliers and distributort this stage, there is no added value of a specific harmonized regulatory approach at EU level, given the fact that the large majority of Member States have introduced regulatory measures and public enforcement mechanisms;
Amendment 391 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission to assesscontinue to assess closely the effectiveness of the voluntary and self-regulatory schemes put in place to date and the effectivenessand of the regulatory action taken at national and EU level; calls for an assessment of the likely impact of the various types of EU regulatory action that have been proposed, with due account being taken of all the possible implications for the various stakeholders and for consumer welfarelevel to combat unfair trading practices; expects the results of the review to be communicated before 2019, focusing in particular on the creation of national platforms and follow-up to the recommendations made in the report of 29 January 2016 (COM (2016) 32) by the various stakeholders, particularly the SCIs;