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Activities of Lorenzo FONTANA related to 2010/0362(COD)

Plenary speeches (3)

Explanations of vote
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2010/0362(COD)
Explanations of vote
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2010/0362(COD)
Contractual relations in the milk and milk products sector (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2010/0362(COD)

Amendments (8)

Amendment 127 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1 a (new)
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 113d a (new)
1a) The following Article 113da is inserted: Article 113da Rules seeking to improve and stabilise the operation of the common market in milk products 1. In order to improve and stabilise the operation of the market in dairy products with a protected designation of origin or a protected geographical indication in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, producer Member States may lay down marketing rules to regulate supply, particularly by way of implementing decisions taken by the inter- branch organisations referred to in Article 123 or decisions taken by the groups of operators managing the PDOs or PGIs referred to in Regulation (EC) No 510/2006. 2. Such rules shall be proportionate to the objective pursued and: (a) may only cover the regulation of supply and shall aim to bring the supply of the product in line with demand; (b) shall not be made binding for more than a (renewable) period of five years of marketing; (c) shall not relate to any transaction after the first marketing of the product concerned; (d) shall not allow for price fixing, including where prices are set for guidance or recommendation; (e) shall not render unavailable an excessive proportion of the product concerned that would otherwise be available; (f) shall not have the effect of preventing an operator from starting production of the product concerned; 2. The rules referred to in paragraph 1 must be brought to the attention of operators by publication in extenso in an official publication of the Member State concerned. 3. 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. 4. The Commission may ask a Member State to withdraw its decision if it finds that that decision excludes competition in a substantial part of the internal market, compromises the free movement of goods or contravenes the objectives of Article 39 of the TFEU.
2011/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 140 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 123 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) are made up of representatives of economic activities linked to the production of, trade in, or processing ofand the processing of and the trade in products of the milk and milk products sector. Member States shall take the measures necessary to involve all interested economic groups, from dairy farmers, processors to traders;
2011/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 155 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 123 – paragraph 4 – point c – subpoint iii
(iii) drawing up standard forms of contract compatible with Union rules; for the sale of raw milk to dairies and the supply of processed products to distributors and retailers in an integrated approach, taking into account the need to achieve fair competitive conditions and to avoid market distortions, in the interests of all members of the industry, Member States agreeing on the modalities of use of standard contracts in transaction within the sector;
2011/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 160 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 123 – paragraph 4 – point c – subpoint vi
(vi) developing methods and instruments for improving product quality at all stages of production and marketing;, with particular reference to products of protected denomination of origin, and also through the adoption of tools to manage supply and economic participation by the producers in programmes which aim to improve quality in accordance with market demands.
2011/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 181 #
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
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, provided that the proportion in question is not less than 75%..
2011/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 183 #
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 126 a – paragraph 2 – point (a)
(a) whether or noprovided that there is a transfer of ownership of the raw milk by the farmers to the producer organisation,
2011/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 250 #
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 – point 9
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 185 f – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. If a Member State decides that eEvery delivery of raw milk by a farmer to a processor of raw milk must be covered by a written contract between the parties, such contract shall fulfil the conditions laid down in paragraph 2.
2011/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 256 #
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 – point 9
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 185 f – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
In the case described in the first subparagraph, the Member State concerned shall also decide that if the delivery of raw milk is made through one or more collectors, each stage of the delivery must be covered by such a contract between the parties. To this end, a "collector" means an undertaking which transports raw milk from a farmer or another collector to a processor of raw milk or another collector, where the ownership of the raw milk is transferred in each case.
2011/03/28
Committee: AGRI