Activities of Philippe JUVIN related to 2009/2237(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Fair revenues for farmers: A better functioning food supply chain in Europe (debate)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on fair revenues for farmers: a better functioning food supply chain in Europe
Amendments (23)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. NotDeplores the imbalance of power in the food supply chain between producers, processors and retailers caused bythe weak bargaining position of producers and the strong bargaining position of traders, wholesalers, mass caterers, processors, retailers and supermarket chains caused inter alia by a lack of efficiency and coordination on the part of producer organisations and differences in economic size, market power and position in the chain; emphasizes that balanced commercial relations will improve the functioning of the food supply chain and benefit consumers and producers;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Calls on the Commission to include, in its analysis of food supply chain problems, the impact of new actors in the chain which specialise in modern forms of catering, in particular the mass catering sector; calls on the Commission to determine the market shares of those new actors across the European Union and to study the differences in market conduct between those actors and the traditional actors in the chain; calls on the Commission to publish a report and, where appropriate, propose measures to foster better compliance by that sector with European competition rules and with good commercial and contractual practices;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that the asymmetric response observed between commodity and consumer food price developments has negative consequences for the food supply chain as it canconstitutes undeniable proof that the market mechanisms within the food supply chain are clearly malfunctioning, not only preventing consumers from benefiting from lower prices, but also demonstrating that farmers receive fair revenues not by comparison with the profits, very large in many instances, made by downstream actors along the food supply chain when commodity prices rise; stresses that increased transparency along the chain is key to improving competition and resilience to price volatility;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission to strengthen the Community tools for intervention in order to lessen price volatility on the agro- food market;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Stresses the importance of the revision of the European CAP food aid programme for the most deprived so as to provide support, along the food supply chain, for the European Union's poorest citizens;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 e (new)
Paragraph 2 e (new)
2e. Notes with satisfaction the publication by the Commission of the first version of the European food prices monitoring tool; calls on the Commission to step up monitoring of price formation with an analyses of costs, processes and added value, in line with competition law and commercial confidentiality, by setting up a European centre for monitoring volumes, prices and margins across all sections of the food supply chain;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 f (new)
Paragraph 2 f (new)
2f. Calls on the Member States, with a view to bringing food supply chain prices more under control, to strengthen the role of multisector organisations, in particular to develop price indicators, and, especially, to make primary producers and SMEs in the processing sector more integrated into the food supply chain;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to put contractual relations throughout the food supply chain on a more secure footing so that all actors will be able to reap the full benefits from the single market, while retaining their freedom to contract, by proposing voluntary codes of good contractual practices and by identifying and banning unfair contractual practices; also stresses the importance of shortening payment periods along the food supply chain as part of the ongoing revision of Directive 2000/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on combating late payment in commercial transactions; calls on the Commission to prepare voluntary standard contracts for the agro-food sector;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the Commission's decision to expand the remit and membership of the High Level Group on the competitiveness of the agro-food industry; calls on the Commission to invite consumer groups to participate and asks for the different platforms within the forum to promote, across the European Union, information sharing, best practice and to develop voluntary Codes of Good Commercial Practices for all actors in the food supply chain;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to draw up, within the High- Level Group on the Competitiveness Of the Agri-Food Industry, a single European voluntary code of good commercial practices for the food supply chain;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Considers that a European voluntary code of good commercial practices could include a participatory guarantee label, intended for consumers, for products supplied on markets in accordance with those good practices; states that voluntary adherence to a European code by the various actors in the chain that are down stream from basic production could make it possible for supply chain actors to certify their contracts, and the products they process, distribute and place on the market under those contracts, by means of a participatory guarantee label in order to ensure greater transparency for consumers as regards good commercial practices within the supply chain;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Stresses that that label would attest to the compatibility of contracts, and the products purchased under them, with food chain sustainability, and in particular to the fairness of farmers' revenue; states that an actor purchasing a product with no such single European participatory guarantee label would not be in a position to award it subsequently to the processed, packaged, distributed or marketed product concerned;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Encourages the establishment in all Member States of Ombudsmen to arbitrate disputes between retailers and supplieall the various food supply chain actors, investigate complaints and make recommendations on how to improve compliance with legislation and voluntary codes;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. 6. Stresses that a better awareness of contractual rights and stronger action against unfair contractual practiceand commercial practices and abuses of dominant positions will contribute to preventing them; requests an information campaign informing all actors, especially farmers, within the food supply chain of their rights as well as of the most common unfair commercial practices.;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6d. Calls on the Commission to carry out an impact assessment - backed, if necessary, by a legislative proposal - of the benefits of a better legal framework for private quality and distributor labels, so as to limit the number thereof and simplify the criteria, and in order to improve market access for producers and transparency for consumers;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 h (new)
Paragraph 6 h (new)
6h. Calls on the Commission to supplement existing CAP market management tools with tools to remedy the effects of a crisis with greater efficiency, in particular by means of an across-the-board clause for exceptional measures so that, in the event of a major crisis, the European Union can intervene promptly on the markets for all the various agricultural products;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 i (new)
Paragraph 6 i (new)
6i. Calls on the Commission to clarify, for public purchasers in the food supply chain, application of the environmental and social criteria of Directive 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on the coordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts1 and to supplement them with innovation-fostering criteria, in particular to encourage: (a) fair trade for local producers and local products, (b) sustainable European farming, (c) selection of bids offering the best value for money rather than the cheapest bids, and (d) a return to innovative investment in European farms; calls on the Commission to include these proposals in the interpretive communication which has been announced on the legal framework for helping awarding authorities to take better account of the objectives of promoting innovation, sustainable development and combating social exclusion; _____________ 1 OJ L 134, 30.4.2004, p. 114.
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 j (new)
Paragraph 6 j (new)
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to put contractual relations throughout the food supply chain on a more secure footing so that all actors will be able to reap the full benefits from the single market while retaining their freedom to contract, by proposing voluntary codes of good contractual practices and by identifying and banning unfair contractual practices; also stresses the importance of shortening payment periods along the food supply chain as part of the ongoing revision of Directive 2000/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on combating late payment in commercial transactions; calls on the Commission to prepare voluntary standard contracts for the agro- food sector;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Calls on the Commission to step up its efforts to prevent the discrimination to which European agro-food SMEs are subjected on international markets calls on the Commission, in particular, to propose a measure enabling the European Union's awarding authorities to give public procurement preference to European SMEs in the food supply chain along the lines of the measures already applied by some parties to the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA);
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls on the Commission to include, in its analysis of food supply chain problems, the impact of new actors in the chain which specialise in modern forms of catering, in particular the mass catering sector; calls on the Commission to determine the market shares of those new actors across the European Union and to study the differences in market conduct between those actors and the traditional actors in the chain; calls on the Commission to publish a report and, where appropriate, propose measures to foster better compliance by that sector with European competition rules and with good commercial and contractual practices;