{"change_dates":[],"dossier":{"amendments":[{"authors":"Marit Paulsen","changes":{},"committee":["ENVI"],"date":"2010-05-10T00:00:00","id":"PE441.268-1","location":[["Draft opinion","Paragraph 2"]],"meps":[4270],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:29:24"},"new":["2. Regrets the failure to establish a","correlation between high consumer prices","and the prices paid to European farmers,","and stresses the need to achieve a fairer","distribution of value added along the","various links of the chain, from the","primary input markets which precede","farmers in the chain, to the final","consumers at the end of the chain;"],"old":["2. Regrets the failure to establish a","correlation between high consumer prices","and the prices paid to European farmers,","and stresses the need to achieve a fairer","distribution of value added along the","various links of the chain;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE441.268v01-00","reference":"2009/2237(INI)","seq":"1","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-441.268+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Marit Paulsen","changes":{},"committee":["ENVI"],"date":"2010-05-10T00:00:00","id":"PE441.268-2","location":[["Draft opinion","Paragraph 2 a (new)"]],"meps":[4270],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:29:24"},"new":["2a. 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Stresses the need to set maximum","margins for the marketing of food","products, especially in big supermarkets,","in relation to producer prices in the EU","Member States;"],"orig_lang":"pt","peid":"PE441.268v01-00","reference":"2009/2237(INI)","seq":"3","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-441.268+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Jo\u00e3o Ferreira","changes":{},"committee":["ENVI"],"date":"2010-05-10T00:00:00","id":"PE441.268-4","location":[[" Draft opinion","Paragraph 2 b (new)"]],"meps":[96706],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:29:24"},"new":["2b. Calls for fair minimum guaranteed","prices for farmers to be reinstated, thus","ensuring them a decent income enabling","them to continue their activity in this key","strategic sector;"],"orig_lang":"pt","peid":"PE441.268v01-00","reference":"2009/2237(INI)","seq":"4","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-441.268+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Esther Herranz Garc\u00eda","changes":{},"committee":["ENVI"],"date":"2010-05-10T00:00:00","id":"PE441.268-5","location":[[" Draft opinion","Paragraph 3 a (new)"]],"meps":[22418],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:29:24"},"new":["3a. Notes that power imbalances represent","a strong disincentive for the continuation","of farming in the European Union;","highlights the need to strengthen the","Community measures focused on the","concentration of supply in the various","sectors of production by doing more to","encourage producer groups, with the aim","of boosting their negotiating power in","relation to the remaining links in the food","supply chain;"],"old":["",""],"orig_lang":"es","peid":"PE441.268v01-00","reference":"2009/2237(INI)","seq":"5","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-441.268+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Mairead McGuinness","changes":{},"committee":["ENVI"],"date":"2010-05-10T00:00:00","id":"PE441.268-6","location":[["Draft opinion","Paragraph 3 a (new)"]],"meps":[28115],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:29:24"},"new":["3a. Urges the Commission to examine the","consequences in all Member States of","significant market penetration by a single","retail entity; urges the Commission to","consider placing an appropriate upper","limit on market penetration;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE441.268v01-00","reference":"2009/2237(INI)","seq":"6","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-441.268+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Jo\u00e3o Ferreira","changes":{},"committee":["ENVI"],"date":"2010-05-10T00:00:00","id":"PE441.268-7","location":[["Draft opinion","Paragraph 3 a (new)"]],"meps":[96706],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:29:24"},"new":["3a. Calls for support to be provided for the","creation and operation of national","systems to monitor price formation and","evolution in the retail sector and the big","supermarkets;"],"orig_lang":"pt","peid":"PE441.268v01-00","reference":"2009/2237(INI)","seq":"7","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-441.268+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Jo\u00e3o Ferreira","changes":{},"committee":["ENVI"],"date":"2010-05-10T00:00:00","id":"PE441.268-8","location":[[" Draft opinion","Paragraph 4 a (new)"]],"meps":[96706],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:29:24"},"new":["4a. Denounces price manipulation and","cartelisation by large-scale distribution","sectors and calls for urgent measures to","end these practices and achieve","transparency in the price formation","process for food products from the","viewpoint of the end-consumer;"],"orig_lang":"pt","peid":"PE441.268v01-00","reference":"2009/2237(INI)","seq":"8","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-441.268+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Rovana Plumb","changes":{},"committee":["ENVI"],"date":"2010-05-10T00:00:00","id":"PE441.268-9","location":[[" Draft opinion","Paragraph 4 a (new)"]],"meps":[38595],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:29:24"},"new":["4a. Points out that requiring","environmentally friendly farming","practices would lead to significant","increases in employment and income in","the sustainable agriculture sector;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE441.268v01-00","reference":"2009/2237(INI)","seq":"9","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-441.268+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Esther Herranz Garc\u00eda","changes":{},"committee":["ENVI"],"date":"2010-05-10T00:00:00","id":"PE441.268-10","location":[[" Draft opinion","Paragraph 5 a (new)"]],"meps":[22418],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:29:24"},"new":["5a. Highlights the need to promote an","increase in the added value of European","agri-food production and launch","information campaigns for consumers on","the efforts made by farmers and the","industry in relation to the environment,","food safety and animal welfare;"],"old":[""],"orig_lang":"es","peid":"PE441.268v01-00","reference":"2009/2237(INI)","seq":"10","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-441.268+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Mairead McGuinness","changes":{},"committee":["ENVI"],"date":"2010-05-10T00:00:00","id":"PE441.268-11","location":[["Draft opinion","Paragraph 5 a (new)"]],"meps":[28115],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:29:25"},"new":["5a. Notes the emergence in some Member","States of voluntary codes of practice and","/or the establishment of an Ombudsman","for the food retail sector; urges the","Commission to examine the experiences","of the Member States in this regard with a","view to the establishment of a European-","wide code of practice and food retail","Ombudsman;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE441.268v01-00","reference":"2009/2237(INI)","seq":"11","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-441.268+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Christa Kla\u00df","changes":{},"committee":["ENVI"],"date":"2010-05-10T00:00:00","id":"PE441.268-12","location":[["Draft opinion","Paragraph 6"]],"meps":[1929],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:29:25"},"new":["6. Considers that recognised producers\u2019","associations under the CMO for fruit and","vegetables should have their position in","competition law strengthened and that","pricing measures should be permitted","where they prevent a collapse in prices","and reduce quantities on offer which","exceed sales potential;"],"old":["6. 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Calls on the Member States to","introduce arbitration mechanisms that","will guarantee compliance with","contractual agreements;"],"orig_lang":"es","peid":"PE441.268v01-00","reference":"2009/2237(INI)","seq":"13","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-441.268+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Rovana Plumb","changes":{},"committee":["ENVI"],"date":"2010-05-10T00:00:00","id":"PE441.268-14","location":[[" Draft opinion","Paragraph 6 a (new)"]],"meps":[38595],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:29:25"},"new":["6a. underlines the link between stable","incomes for farmers and their capacity to","invest in environmental protection","measures for sustainable agriculture;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE441.268v01-00","reference":"2009/2237(INI)","seq":"14","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-441.268+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Jo\u00e3o Ferreira","changes":{},"committee":["ENVI"],"date":"2010-05-10T00:00:00","id":"PE441.268-15","location":[[" Draft opinion","Paragraph 6 a (new)"]],"meps":[96706],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:29:25"},"new":["6a. Takes the view that ensuring a secure","food supply, preserving ecosystems and","strengthening the economic and social","fabric in the primary sector in the various","EU countries require that international","trade should be geared to the principle of","complementarity rather than competition","between producers and products;"],"old":[""],"orig_lang":"pt","peid":"PE441.268v01-00","reference":"2009/2237(INI)","seq":"15","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-441.268+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Csaba S\u00e1ndor Tabajdi","changes":{},"committee":["ENVI"],"date":"2010-05-10T00:00:00","id":"PE441.268-16","location":[["Draft opinion","Paragraph 6 a (new)"]],"meps":[23808],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:29:25"},"new":["6a. Recalls that farmers' income","determines their capability to invest in","green technologies, climate mitigation","and renewable energy sources, and in","addition that farmers are required to meet","high environmental standards, and that","moreover these requirements will be","further strengthened in the post-2013","Common Agricultural Policy;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE441.268v01-00","reference":"2009/2237(INI)","seq":"16","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-441.268+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Csaba S\u00e1ndor Tabajdi","changes":{},"committee":["ENVI"],"date":"2010-05-10T00:00:00","id":"PE441.268-17","location":[["Draft opinion","Paragraph 6 b (new)"]],"meps":[23808],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:29:25"},"new":["6b. Calls on the Commission to improve","the European Price Monitoring Tool and","develop a user-friendly, transparent and","multilingual interface allowing","consumers and stakeholders to compare","prices of basic foodstuffs in each link in","the food supply chain within a certain","Member State and between different","Member States;"],"old":[""],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE441.268v01-00","reference":"2009/2237(INI)","seq":"17","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-441.268+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Csaba S\u00e1ndor Tabajdi","changes":{},"committee":["ENVI"],"date":"2010-05-10T00:00:00","id":"PE441.268-18","location":[[" Draft opinion","Paragraph 6 c (new)"]],"meps":[23808],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:29:25"},"new":["6c. Considers it essential to improve the","organisation of and further rationalise the","food-supply chain in order to reduce the","environmental impact of food-","transportation (food miles) and promote","the marketing of local foodstuffs;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE441.268v01-00","reference":"2009/2237(INI)","seq":"18","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-441.268+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Philippe Juvin, Andreas Schwab, Anna Maria Corazza Bildt","changes":{},"committee":["IMCO"],"date":"2010-05-11T00:00:00","id":"PE441.249-1","location":[["Draft opinion","Paragraph 1"]],"meps":[96884,28223,96674],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:38:08"},"new":["1. Deplores the imbalance of power in the","food supply chain between the 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;"],"old":["1. Notes the imbalance of power in the","food supply chain between producers,","processors and retailers caused by","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;"],"orig_lang":"fr","peid":"PE441.249v01-00","reference":"2009/2237(INI)","seq":"1","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-441.249+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"George Lyon","changes":{},"committee":["IMCO"],"date":"2010-05-11T00:00:00","id":"PE441.249-2","location":[["Draft opinion","Paragraph 1"]],"meps":[96959],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:38:08"},"new":["1. Notes the significant imbalances in","bargaining power between producers,","processors and retailers in the food supply","chain due to a number of factors","including 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 all economic actors,","including consumers;"],"old":["1. Notes the imbalance of power in the","food supply chain between producers,","processors and retailers caused by","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;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE441.249v01-00","reference":"2009/2237(INI)","seq":"2","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-441.249+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Olle Schmidt, Marit Paulsen","changes":{},"committee":["IMCO"],"date":"2010-05-11T00:00:00","id":"PE441.249-3","location":[[" Draft opinion","Paragraph 1"]],"meps":[4274,4270],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:38:08"},"new":["1. Notes the imbalance of power in the","whole food supply chain between the","primary input market actors, the primary","producers, processors and retailers caused","by 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;"],"old":["1. Notes the imbalance of power in the","food supply chain between producers,","processors and retailers caused by","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;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE441.249v01-00","reference":"2009/2237(INI)","seq":"3","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-441.249+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Philippe Juvin","changes":{},"committee":["IMCO"],"date":"2010-05-11T00:00:00","id":"PE441.249-4","location":[[" Draft opinion","Paragraph 1 a (new)"]],"meps":[96884],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:38:08"},"new":["1a. Calls on each Member State to set up","a monitoring committee at national level,","chaired by the competent minister, to","study revenues and competitiveness within","the food supply chain, markets and the","constraints specific to each major section","of the chain; states that the ultimate","objective of these national committees will","be to provide producers with better","information and draw up proposals to","consolidate the number of organisations","representing producers' interests, so as to","improve their organisational set-up and","effectiveness in commercial bargaining,","and provide support for training farmers","in the area of strategic planning;"],"old":["",""],"orig_lang":"fr","peid":"PE441.249v01-00","reference":"2009/2237(INI)","seq":"4","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-441.249+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Ashley Fox","changes":{},"committee":["IMCO"],"date":"2010-05-11T00:00:00","id":"PE441.249-5","location":[["Draft opinion","Paragraph 1 b (new)"]],"meps":[96957],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:38:09"},"new":["1b. Encourages suppliers, particularly","farmers, to become more effective actors","within the supply chain by organising","themselves into cooperatives, so that their","bargaining power is increased;","encourages them to invest upstream in the","supply chain so they benefit from the","added value to their products;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE441.249v01-00","reference":"2009/2237(INI)","seq":"5","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-441.249+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Philippe Juvin, Andreas Schwab, Anna Maria Corazza Bildt","changes":{},"committee":["IMCO"],"date":"2010-05-11T00:00:00","id":"PE441.249-6","location":[["Draft opinion","Paragraph 1 c (new)"]],"meps":[96884,28223,96674],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:38:09"},"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;"],"old":[""],"orig_lang":"fr","peid":"PE441.249v01-00","reference":"2009/2237(INI)","seq":"6","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-441.249+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Philippe Juvin","changes":{},"committee":["IMCO"],"date":"2010-05-11T00:00:00","id":"PE441.249-7","location":[[" Draft opinion","Paragraph 2"]],"meps":[96884],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:38:09"},"new":["2. Considers that the asymmetric response","observed between commodity and","consumer food price developments","constitutes 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;"],"old":["2. 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Considers that the asymmetric response","observed between commodity and","consumer food price developments has","negative consequences for the food supply","chain, for example, it can prevent","consumers from benefiting from lower","prices; stresses that increased transparency","along the chain is key to improving","competition and resilience to price","volatility;"],"old":["2. 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Calls on the Commission to strengthen","the Community tools for intervention in","order to lessen price volatility on the agro-","food market;"],"old":[""],"orig_lang":"fr","peid":"PE441.249v01-00","reference":"2009/2237(INI)","seq":"10","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-441.249+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Ashley Fox","changes":{},"committee":["IMCO"],"date":"2010-05-11T00:00:00","id":"PE441.249-11","location":[[" Draft opinion","Paragraph 2 b (new)"]],"meps":[96957],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:38:09"},"new":["2b. Notes that higher food consumer","prices put pressure on household","incomes, in particular the most vulnerable","households who spend a considerably","greater proportion of their income on","food; recognises the important role that","competition between the different actors","within the supply chain plays in delivering","choice and lower prices to all consumers,","especially the most vulnerable, and","emphasises that any reforms to the food","supply chain must neither harm","competition nor prejudice consumers;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE441.249v01-00","reference":"2009/2237(INI)","seq":"11","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-441.249+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Philippe Juvin","changes":{},"committee":["IMCO"],"date":"2010-05-11T00:00:00","id":"PE441.249-12","location":[[" Draft opinion","Paragraph 2 c (new)"]],"meps":[96884],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:38:09"},"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;"],"orig_lang":"fr","peid":"PE441.249v01-00","reference":"2009/2237(INI)","seq":"12","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-441.249+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Ashley Fox","changes":{},"committee":["IMCO"],"date":"2010-05-11T00:00:00","id":"PE441.249-13","location":[["Draft opinion","Paragraph 2 d (new)"]],"meps":[96957],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:38:09"},"new":["2d. Notes that the second Consumer","Markets Scoreboard shows satisfaction","amongst consumers with the services","offered by food retailers, but reveals a","lack of satisfaction on the comparability","of food prices; stresses the necessity to","tracking consumer price levels of food","products across Member States; welcomes","the first edition of the European Food","Prices Monitoring tool published by the","Commission as well as similar initiatives","taken by Member States; asks for the","further development of such tools in order","to improve price transparency for","consumers;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE441.249v01-00","reference":"2009/2237(INI)","seq":"13","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-441.249+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Philippe Juvin","changes":{},"committee":["IMCO"],"date":"2010-05-11T00:00:00","id":"PE441.249-14","location":[["Draft opinion","Paragraph 2 e (new)"]],"meps":[96884],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:38:09"},"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;"],"orig_lang":"fr","peid":"PE441.249v01-00","reference":"2009/2237(INI)","seq":"14","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-441.249+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Philippe Juvin","changes":{},"committee":["IMCO"],"date":"2010-05-11T00:00:00","id":"PE441.249-15","location":[[" Draft opinion","Paragraph 2 f (new)"]],"meps":[96884],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:38:09"},"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;"],"orig_lang":"fr","peid":"PE441.249v01-00","reference":"2009/2237(INI)","seq":"15","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-441.249+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Philippe Juvin","changes":{},"committee":["IMCO"],"date":"2010-05-11T00:00:00","id":"PE441.249-16","location":[[" Draft opinion","Paragraph 3"]],"meps":[96884],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:38:09"},"new":["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;"],"old":["3. 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Calls on the Commission and the","Member States to put contractual relations","on a more secure footing, inter alia","through written form requirements for","contracts concluded, so that all actors will","be able to reap the full benefits from the","single market while retaining their freedom","to contract; calls on the Commission to","prepare voluntary standard contracts for the","agro-food sector;"],"old":["3. 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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;"],"orig_lang":"fr","peid":"PE441.249v01-00","reference":"2009/2237(INI)","seq":"21","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-441.249+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Philippe Juvin","changes":{},"committee":["IMCO"],"date":"2010-05-11T00:00:00","id":"PE441.249-22","location":[["Draft opinion","Paragraph 4 b (new)"]],"meps":[96884],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:38:10"},"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;"],"old":[""],"orig_lang":"fr","peid":"PE441.249v01-00","reference":"2009/2237(INI)","seq":"22","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-441.249+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Philippe Juvin","changes":{},"committee":["IMCO"],"date":"2010-05-11T00:00:00","id":"PE441.249-23","location":[[" Draft opinion","Paragraph 4 c (new)"]],"meps":[96884],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:38:10"},"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;"],"orig_lang":"fr","peid":"PE441.249v01-00","reference":"2009/2237(INI)","seq":"23","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-441.249+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" George Lyon","changes":{},"committee":["IMCO"],"date":"2010-05-11T00:00:00","id":"PE441.249-24","location":[[" Draft opinion","Paragraph 5"]],"meps":[96959],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:38:10"},"new":["5. Encourages the establishment in all","Member States of Ombudsmen to arbitrate","disputes between all economic actors,","investigate complaints and make","recommendations on how to improve","compliance with legislation and voluntary","codes; encourages these national","Ombudsmen to exchange best practice","and coordinate their actions;"],"old":["5. 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Encourages the establishment in all","Member States of Ombudsmen to arbitrate","disputes between all the various food","supply chain actors, investigate complaints","and make recommendations on how to","improve compliance with legislation and","voluntary codes;"],"old":["5. Encourages the establishment in all","Member States of Ombudsmen to arbitrate","disputes between retailers and suppliers,","investigate complaints and make","recommendations on how to improve","compliance with legislation and voluntary","codes;"],"orig_lang":"fr","peid":"PE441.249v01-00","reference":"2009/2237(INI)","seq":"25","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-441.249+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"George Lyon","changes":{},"committee":["IMCO"],"date":"2010-05-11T00:00:00","id":"PE441.249-26","location":[["Draft opinion","Paragraph 6"]],"meps":[96959],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:38:10"},"new":["6. Calls on the Commission to assess and,","where necessary, address unfair","commercial and contractual practices,","including late payments, unilateral","changes to contractual terms, exclusivity","clauses, upfront payments as entry fees to","negotiations, resale price maintenance,","tying and bundling, joint purchasing","agreements and listing/de-listing fees;","stresses that a better awareness of","contractual rights will contribute to","preventing these practices; requests an","information campaign informing all actors,","especially farmers, within the food supply","chain of their rights;"],"old":["6. 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Stresses that a better awareness of","contractual rights and stronger action","against unfair contractual and 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;"],"old":["6. 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Is of the opinion that an effective","European regulatory framework for","markets is needed in order to create an","environment of fair competition for","farmers; calls, in this connection, for the","retention of existing instruments under","the single COM which have demonstrated","their effectiveness in recent months;"],"orig_lang":"fr","peid":"PE441.277v01-00","reference":"2009/2237(INI)","seq":"107","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-441.277+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Esther De Lange, Mairead McGuinness","changes":{},"committee":["AGRI"],"date":"2010-05-20T00:00:00","id":"PE441.277-108","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 7 a (new)"]],"meps":[38398,28115],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:45:55"},"new":["7a. 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Urges the Commission to provide for","legislative diversification for products","with a strong territorial basis, which are","marked by their specific, distinctive, local","or regional nature, in comparison with","standardised products;"],"orig_lang":"it","peid":"PE441.277v01-00","reference":"2009/2237(INI)","seq":"109","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-441.277+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Sari Essayah","changes":{},"committee":["AGRI"],"date":"2010-05-20T00:00:00","id":"PE441.277-110","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 7 a (new)"]],"meps":[96682],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:45:56"},"new":["7a. 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Asks the Commission legally to","prohibit contracts being forced on","producers by food outlet chains which will","restrict sales to third parties;"],"orig_lang":"hu","peid":"PE441.277v01-00","reference":"2009/2237(INI)","seq":"112","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-441.277+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Michel Dantin","changes":{},"committee":["AGRI"],"date":"2010-05-20T00:00:00","id":"PE441.277-113","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 7 a (new)"]],"meps":[97296],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:45:56"},"new":["7a. Takes the view that these regulatory","instruments were not designed to cope","with the erratic volatility farmers have","faced in recent years, and consequently","calls for the development of new","regulatory instruments able to mitigate","the impact of this volatility on farmers, for","example by means of counter-cyclical","insurance mechanisms or an across-the-","board clause on market crises;"],"orig_lang":"fr","peid":"PE441.277v01-00","reference":"2009/2237(INI)","seq":"113","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-441.277+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Giovanni La Via","changes":{},"committee":["AGRI"],"date":"2010-05-20T00:00:00","id":"PE441.277-114","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 7 a (new)"]],"meps":[96816],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:45:56"},"new":["7a. Calls on the Commission to submit","measures to ensure the survival of various","nutritional, environmental and","health-related characteristics and to","ensure that such diversity is matched by","suitable prices; essentially, competition","should be developed also on the basis of","various quality characteristics which","should be duly measurable;"],"orig_lang":"it","peid":"PE441.277v01-00","reference":"2009/2237(INI)","seq":"114","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-441.277+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Sari Essayah","changes":{},"committee":["AGRI"],"date":"2010-05-20T00:00:00","id":"PE441.277-115","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 7 a (new)"]],"meps":[96682],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:45:56"},"new":["7a. Considers that a \u201cfood Trading","Ombudsman\u201d that adjudicates on","disputes, similar to initiatives at Member","State level, should be implemented at","European level. The enforcement of","contracts or any other voluntary","agreements in case of disputes is of","particular relevance and in this respect","the European Ombudsman again is of","paramount importance;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE441.277v01-00","reference":"2009/2237(INI)","seq":"115","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-441.277+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Csaba S\u00e1ndor Tabajdi, Marc Tarabella","changes":{},"committee":["AGRI"],"date":"2010-05-20T00:00:00","id":"PE441.277-116","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 7 a (new)"]],"meps":[23808,29579],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:45:56"},"new":["7a. 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Calls on the Commission to propose","legislation on a specific mandatory","maximum time limit for payments of","30 days from the date of delivery or","transfer, applicable to all foodstuffs and","all operators right along the food supply","chain to the retail trade;"],"orig_lang":"de","peid":"PE441.277v01-00","reference":"2009/2237(INI)","seq":"125","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-441.277+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Maria Do C\u00e9u Patr\u00e3o Neves","changes":{},"committee":["AGRI"],"date":"2010-05-20T00:00:00","id":"PE441.277-126","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 8a (new)"]],"meps":[96902],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:45:57"},"new":["8a. Notes that, according to a Commission","study, late payments to farmers on the","part of retailers and supermarket chains","account for as much as EUR 23.6 billion","per annum; urges the Commission to","propose legislation on the matter with a","view to preventing these unjustifiable","practices, especially in the case of highly","perishable agricultural products such as","fruit and vegetables, for which there is no","rational justification whatever for late","payment;"],"orig_lang":"pt","peid":"PE441.277v01-00","reference":"2009/2237(INI)","seq":"126","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-441.277+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Philippe Juvin","changes":{},"committee":["AGRI"],"date":"2010-05-20T00:00:00","id":"PE441.277-127","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 8 a (new)"]],"meps":[96884],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:45:57"},"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;"],"orig_lang":"fr","peid":"PE441.277v01-00","reference":"2009/2237(INI)","seq":"127","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-441.277+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Mairead McGuinness","changes":{},"committee":["AGRI"],"date":"2010-05-20T00:00:00","id":"PE441.277-128","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 8 a (new)"]],"meps":[28115],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:45:57"},"new":["8a. 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Calls on the Commission to examine","whether requirements imposed by","individual distribution chains, over and","above statutory stipulations, in relation to","vegetable-growing and fruit-growing","practices and pesticide residues are liable","to impede free trade and unfairly to","strengthen the position of distributors in","the food supply chain;"],"orig_lang":"de","peid":"PE441.277v01-00","reference":"2009/2237(INI)","seq":"129","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-441.277+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Esther Herranz Garc\u00eda, Gabriel Mato Adrover","changes":{},"committee":["AGRI"],"date":"2010-05-20T00:00:00","id":"PE441.277-130","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 8 a (new)"]],"meps":[22418],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:45:57"},"new":["8a. 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PURPOSE: to\n propose concrete actions to improve functioning of the food supply chain in\n the EU.
CONTEXT: the\n Commission has been following developments in food prices as part of a market\n monitoring exercise launched within the context of the November 2007 Single\n Market Review. In December 2008, the Commission published an interim report\n on \"Food prices in Europe\" and set out a roadmap\n identifying the key directions for policy actions. The food supply chain\n connects three important sectors of the European economy – agriculture, the\n food processing industry and the distribution sectors – that together make\n more than 5% of European value-added and 7% of employment. Moreover, its\n performance has direct consequences for all European citizens, since food\n represents 16% of European households' expenditures. It is thus essential\n that the food supply chain functions well to provide quality and safe food\n products at affordable prices. Over the past couple of years, prices along\n the food supply chain have fluctuated widely. From mid-2007 to mid-2008,\n agricultural commodity prices rose sharply, which resulted in increased\n consumer food prices and higher inflation levels overall. Since then, prices\n of many commodities have come down to levels comparable to or even lower than\n those reached before the start of the price surge. These changes have caused\n considerable hardship for agricultural producers and imply that consumers are\n not getting a fair deal. Looking into the future, it should not come as a\n great surprise that agricultural commodity prices may increase again rapidly\n as the world climbs out of recession. If the identified market malfunctioning\n is not addressed soon, there is a risk that consumer food prices will\n increase in turn disproportionately, leading to a drop in purchasing power\n and consumer confidence, and possibly slowing the emerging recovery of the\n European economy. It is therefore of the utmost importance to exert constant\n vigilance in order to identify and remove market distortions that have\n contributed to the observed asymmetries in price transmission along the food\n supply chain.
CONTENT: the\n Communication identifies significant tensions in contractual relations\n between actors of the chain, stemming from their diversity and differences in\n bargaining power. It also highlights the lack of transparency of prices along\n the food chain as well as the increased volatility of commodity prices.\n Lastly, it shows that the internal market for food is still fragmented across\n products and Member States. The Communication proposes concrete policy\n actions at Member States and EU levels to improve the functioning of the food\n supply chain in Europe. It describes the link between agricultural\n commodity prices and changes in consumer food prices. It identifies the main\n challenges faced by the food supply chain and presents a number of policy\n initiatives aimed at overcoming them. Lastly, it presents the next steps the\n Commission will take to implement these initiatives.
In order to\n improve the functioning of the chain, the Commission proposes:
(1) to\n promote sustainable and market-based relationships between stakeholders of\n the food supply chain:
(2) to\n increase transparency in the food supply chain to improve the oversight of\n agricultural commodity derivatives market with the view to contain volatility\n and speculation:
(3) to\n foster the integration and competitiveness of the European food supply chain\n across Member States:
The increase\n in transparency along the food supply chain and the promotion of sustainable\n and market-based relationships between stakeholders have the potential to\n facilitate European recovery and should thus be undertaken as a priority\n before the end of 2010. The other initiatives address structural issues of\n the chain, with the aim of improving integration and competitiveness in the\n longer term. They will be complemented by proposals to strengthen the\n competitiveness of Europe's retail sector in the forthcoming Communication on\n the Retail Market Monitoring exercise. The Commission will issue by\n November 2010 a report on the follow-up to the actions proposed, on the\n basis of on-going discussions with EU Institutions and relevant stakeholders.\n To that effect, the Commission plans to broaden the scope and mandate of the\n existing High Level Group on the Competitiveness of the Agro-Food Industry,\n as well as its membership.
\nThe Council\n held an exchange of views on ways to improve the functioning of the\n food supply chain. It instructed its preparatory bodies to continue\n examination of this issue with a view to preparing a set of conclusions to be\n submitted to the Council for approval in a forthcoming meeting.
The debate was\n conducted by means of a questionnaire elaborated by the Presidency on the\n basis of the Commission communication \"A\n better functioning food supply chain in Europe\".
The debate\n identified a clear need for further work on initiatives targeting the three\n cross-cutting priorities identified by the Commission in order to improve the\n food supply chain: (i) promote sustainable and market-based relationships\n between stakeholders in the supply chain; (ii) increase transparency along\n the chain to encourage competition and improve its resilience to price\n volatility; and (iii) foster the integration and competitiveness of the\n European food supply chain across EU member states.
The Commission\n communication is a follow-up to the December 2008 report on food\n prices in Europe, which sets out five key guidelines (roadmap) dealing\n with competitiveness, competition and consumer protection,\n integration/internal market, monitoring of food prices and speculation.
The market\n monitoring exercise revealed that, while on several dimensions of the supply\n chain performs well, important challenges remain ahead with a view to its\n improvement.
In the second\n half of 2007, agricultural commodity price increases accelerated and had\n reached exceptional levels by early 2008. The European Council of June 2008\n asked the Commission to report back on these issues by December 2008. In\n response, the Commission proposed to better monitor developments in\n agricultural commodity and food prices, to analyse the impact of speculation\n on agricultural commodity prices and to investigate the functioning of the\n food supply chain.
The food\n supply chain connects three important sectors of the European economy:\n agriculture, the food processing industry and the distribution sectors. Its\n performance has direct consequences for citizens since food represents 16% of\n European households' expenditures and is increasingly important on the path\n towards recovery from the current economic crisis.
\nThe Council\n noted that the draft Council conclusions on how to improve the functioning of\n the food supply chain had been finalised as presidency conclusions with the\n support of a large majority of delegations. The conclusions reflect the\n outcome of the exchange of views held at the Council on 18 January 2010 on the Commission's communication \"A better functioning food supply chain in Europe\",\n a follow-up to the December 2008 report on food prices in Europe. The food\n supply chain connects three important sectors of the European economy:\n agriculture, the food processing industry and the distribution sectors. Its\n performance has direct consequences for citizens since food represents 16% of\n European households' expenditure and is increasingly important on the path\n towards recovery from the current economic crisis.
In the second\n half of 2007, agricultural commodity price increases accelerated and had\n reached exceptional levels by early 2008. The European Council of June 2008\n asked the Commission to report back on these issues by December 2008. In response, the Commission proposed better to monitor developments in agricultural commodity\n and food prices, to analyse the impact of speculation on agricultural\n commodity prices and to investigate the functioning of the food supply chain.
\nThe Committee\n on Agriculture and Rural Development adopted the own-initiative report by José BOVÉ (Greens/ALE, FR) on fair revenues for\n farmers: A better functioning food supply chain in Europe, in response to the\n Commission Communication on the subject.
It welcomes\n the Communication since it recognises the existence of major power imbalances\n among operators, but believes that the measures suggested in that\n Communication are not sufficient to deal with the problems involved. Members\n note that although food prices have risen by 3.3% per year since 1996, the\n prices farmers receive have only risen by 2.1% whilst operational costs have\n increased by 3.6%, proving that the food supply chain is not functioning\n properly. The average farmer’s income decreased by more than 12% in the EU-27\n in 2009, meaning that farmers can no longer generate a fair income from their\n work, and despite this, farmers and the agri-food sector still have to\n produce food products that meet extremely demanding quality standards at\n prices that are affordable to consumers, in line with the objectives defined\n under the CAP. The report calls on the Commission and Member states to\n urgently address the problem of unfair distribution of profits within the\n food chain, especially with regard to adequate incomes for farmers. Members\n recall that the Commission communication identifies serious problems such as\n abuse of dominant buyer power, unfair practices in contracting (including\n late payments), unilateral contractual modifications, advance payments for\n access to negotiations, restricted market access, lack of information on\n price building and the distribution of profit margins throughout the food\n chain, closely linked to increased concentration in the input, wholesale and\n retail sectors, and they address these issues in the report.
Price\n transparency: the committee deplores the\n reluctance of the European Commission to carry out a study of the\n distribution of profit margins throughout the supply chains as agreed with\n regard to the 2009 budget procedure. It calls on the Commission to swiftly\n carry out the pilot project on the creation of a European farm prices and\n margins observatory (supplemented by data on prices, margins and volumes) for\n which Parliament and Council adopted a EUR 1.5 million appropriation under\n the 2010 budget, to establish it within the Commission and to include a\n comparison of sustainable production costs and farm gate prices for\n conventional and ethical product differentiae in key farming sectors of\n Member States and social-economic situations. Furthermore, the Commission is\n urged to:
- maintain the\n high-level group on the food distribution chain as a permanent forum for\n discussion, as it has proved a significant instrument for identifying\n problems, making recommendations and adopting strategies with a view to\n remedying the current situation of imbalance;
- propose\n mandatory annual reporting by the top European traders, processors,\n wholesalers and retailers on their market shares (with data on private\n labels) for key food items and on their monthly sales volumes so as to allow\n all market partners to estimate trends in demand, supply and price\n developments in the food chain;
- ensure that\n the processing industry in particular is monitored and investigated in order\n to guarantee price transparency, since in some countries the food processing\n industry has the largest margin in the food chain;
- make it\n obligatory to provide clear proof in the transaction document of the value of\n what the supplier is selling, as well as the net real price attaching to the\n transaction;
- carry out an\n impact assessment on the benefits of an improved legal framework covering\n private quality and distributor labels, with a view to avoiding their\n multiplication, in order to provide consumers with greater transparency and\n market access for producers.
Competition: Members call on national and European competition authorities,\n and other regulating authorities involved in production and commerce, to\n robustly address the dominant position and significant market share of\n agribusiness traders, input companies, processors and retailers operating in\n the food supply chain; urges these authorities to take action against abusive\n buyer practices of all actors which put farmers in a very unequal bargaining\n position.
They call on\n the Commission to:
Members feel\n that there is a need to prohibit selling below purchase price at Community\n level.
Abuse of\n buyer power and contracting: the report calls on\n the Commission and Member States to promote fair contracting between all the\n actors of the food supply chain based on terms negotiated with farmers’ and\n producers’ organisations, including sectoral and interbranch organisations,\n so as to enhance sustainable farming practices and ensure best product\n quality, to reduce purchase prices for inputs and to guarantee fair prices,\n and to provide for an easily accessible system to guard against breach of\n contract by buyers. Standard contracts could be useful tools, the\n implementation of which should be made compulsory in some sectors.
Members also\n ask the Commission to:
Members\n believe that the Commission needs to promote a large-scale information\n campaign at European level in order to raise farmers’ awareness concerning\n their rights, the abusive practices of which they may be the targets, and the\n means available to them.
Speculation: the report calls on the EU to press for the creation of an\n independent global regulatory agency setting rules on commodity futures and\n options exchange and implementing strict regulatory measures against global\n speculation on food commodities. It calls on the Commission:
Sustainable\n food systems, food quality: Members deplore the\n fact that the Commission does not place more emphasis on the importance of agriculture\n in the food-supply and food-industry economic value chain. They stress the\n correlations between low farm gate prices and structural surplus production\n and their consequences for sustainability, food quality, animal welfare,\n agricultural innovation and employment in disadvantaged regions. They calls\n on the Commission to propose the adoption of instruments to support and\n promote farmer-managed food supply chains, short supply chains and farmers’\n markets, in order to establish a direct relationship with consumers and to\n enable farmers to obtain a fairer share of the value of the final sale price\n by reducing the number of middlemen and of stages in the process. They also\n call on the Commission to:
Self\n supply, public catering, food waste: the\n committee calls on the Commission to:
Lastly,\n Members consider that measures should be taken to encourage agricultural\n markets directly administered by farmers, the creation of marketing outlets\n for producers to offer their products directly to consumers and the\n introduction of programmes to encourage the sale of products on local\n markets.
\nThe European\n Parliament adopted a resolution on the issue of fair revenues for farmers: A\n better functioning food supply chain in Europe, in response to the Commission\n Communication on the subject.
Members\n welcome the Communication since it recognises the existence of major power\n imbalances among operators, but believe that the measures suggested in that\n Communication are not sufficient to deal with the problems involved.
They note that\n although food prices have risen by 3.3% per year since 1996, the prices\n farmers receive have only risen by 2.1% whilst operational costs have\n increased by 3.6%, proving that the food supply chain is not functioning\n properly. The average farmer’s income decreased by more than 12% in the EU-27\n in 2009, meaning that farmers can no longer generate a fair income from their\n work, and despite this, farmers and the agri-food sector still have to\n produce food products that meet extremely demanding quality standards at\n prices that are affordable to consumers, in line with the objectives defined\n under the CAP. The resolution calls on the Commission and Member states to\n urgently address the problem of unfair distribution of profits within the\n food chain, especially with regard to adequate incomes for farmers. Members\n recall that the Commission communication identifies serious problems such as\n abuse of dominant buyer power, unfair practices in contracting (including\n late payments), unilateral contractual modifications, advance payments for\n access to negotiations, restricted market access, lack of information on\n price building and the distribution of profit margins throughout the food\n chain, closely linked to increased concentration in the input, wholesale and\n retail sectors, and they address these issues in the resolution.
Price\n transparency: Parliament deplores the reluctance\n of the European Commission to carry out a study of the distribution of profit\n margins throughout the supply chains as agreed with regard to the 2009 budget\n procedure. It calls on the Commission to swiftly carry out the pilot project\n on the creation of a European farm prices and margins observatory\n (supplemented by data on prices, margins and volumes) for which Parliament\n and Council adopted a EUR 1.5 million appropriation under the 2010 budget.
Furthermore,\n the Commission is urged to:
It should be\n noted that plenary rejected the proposal from the committee responsible\n aiming to make it obligatory to provide clear proof in the transaction\n document of the value of what the supplier is selling, as well as the net\n real price attaching to the transaction.
Competition: Members call on national and European competition authorities,\n and other regulating authorities involved in production and commerce, to\n robustly address the dominant position and significant market share of\n agribusiness traders, input companies, processors and retailers operating in\n the food supply chain; urges these authorities to take action against abusive\n buyer practices of all actors which put farmers in a very unequal bargaining\n position.
They call on\n the Commission to:
Members feel\n that there is a need to prohibit selling below purchase price at Community\n level.
Abuse of\n buyer power and contracting: the resolution calls\n on the Commission and Member States to promote fair contracting between all\n the actors of the food supply chain based on terms negotiated with farmers’\n and producers’ organisations, including sectoral and interbranch\n organisations, so as to enhance sustainable farming practices and ensure best\n product quality, to reduce purchase prices for inputs and to guarantee fair\n prices, and to provide for an easily accessible system to guard against\n breach of contract by buyers. Standard contracts could be useful tools, the\n implementation of which should be made compulsory in some sectors.
Members also\n ask the Commission to:
Members ask in\n particular that payment periods along the food supply chain should be\n shortened to a maximum of 30 days for all foodstuffs and less for highly\n perishable agricultural products, as part of the ongoing revision of\n Directive 2000/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on\n combating late payment in commercial transactions (exceptions should be\n considered in the case of producer organisations and cooperatives).
Speculation: the resolution calls on the EU to press for the creation of\n an independent global regulatory agency setting rules on commodity\n futures and options exchange and implementing strict regulatory measures\n against global speculation on food commodities. It calls on the Commission:
Self-regulation: Parliament encourages Member States to draft codes of good\n commercial practices for the food chain, including complaint mechanisms\n and penalties for unfair practices. The Commission is called upon to propose\n a common code, to apply throughout the EU, in order to rebalance relations in\n the food supply chain.
Sustainable\n food systems, food quality: Members deplore the\n fact that the Commission does not place more emphasis on the importance of\n agriculture in the food-supply and food-industry economic value chain. They\n stress the correlations between low farm gate prices and structural surplus\n production and their consequences for sustainability, food quality, animal\n welfare, agricultural innovation and employment in disadvantaged regions.\n They call on the Commission to propose the adoption of instruments to\n support and promote farmer-managed food supply chains, short supply chains\n and farmers’ markets, in order to establish a direct relationship with\n consumers and to enable farmers to obtain a fairer share of the value of the\n final sale price by reducing the number of middlemen and of stages in the\n process.
Plenary is\n against the idea of suggesting preferential treatment for producer\n organisations, farmers’ cooperatives and SMEs when awarding public\n procurement contracts in the food supply chain.
Self\n supply, public catering, food waste: the\n Parliament calls on the Commission to:
Lastly, the\n resolution considers that measures should be taken to encourage agricultural\n markets directly administered by farmers, the creation of marketing outlets\n for producers to offer their products directly to consumers and the\n introduction of programmes to encourage the sale of products on local\n markets.
\nPURPOSE: to\n propose concrete actions to improve functioning of the food supply chain in\n the EU.
CONTEXT: the\n Commission has been following developments in food prices as part of a market\n monitoring exercise launched within the context of the November 2007 Single\n Market Review. In December 2008, the Commission published an interim report\n on \"Food prices in Europe\" and set out a roadmap\n identifying the key directions for policy actions. The food supply chain\n connects three important sectors of the European economy – agriculture, the\n food processing industry and the distribution sectors – that together make\n more than 5% of European value-added and 7% of employment. Moreover, its\n performance has direct consequences for all European citizens, since food\n represents 16% of European households' expenditures. It is thus essential\n that the food supply chain functions well to provide quality and safe food\n products at affordable prices. Over the past couple of years, prices along\n the food supply chain have fluctuated widely. From mid-2007 to mid-2008,\n agricultural commodity prices rose sharply, which resulted in increased\n consumer food prices and higher inflation levels overall. Since then, prices\n of many commodities have come down to levels comparable to or even lower than\n those reached before the start of the price surge. These changes have caused\n considerable hardship for agricultural producers and imply that consumers are\n not getting a fair deal. Looking into the future, it should not come as a\n great surprise that agricultural commodity prices may increase again rapidly\n as the world climbs out of recession. If the identified market malfunctioning\n is not addressed soon, there is a risk that consumer food prices will\n increase in turn disproportionately, leading to a drop in purchasing power\n and consumer confidence, and possibly slowing the emerging recovery of the\n European economy. It is therefore of the utmost importance to exert constant\n vigilance in order to identify and remove market distortions that have\n contributed to the observed asymmetries in price transmission along the food\n supply chain.
CONTENT: the\n Communication identifies significant tensions in contractual relations\n between actors of the chain, stemming from their diversity and differences in\n bargaining power. It also highlights the lack of transparency of prices along\n the food chain as well as the increased volatility of commodity prices.\n Lastly, it shows that the internal market for food is still fragmented across\n products and Member States. The Communication proposes concrete policy\n actions at Member States and EU levels to improve the functioning of the food\n supply chain in Europe. It describes the link between agricultural\n commodity prices and changes in consumer food prices. It identifies the main\n challenges faced by the food supply chain and presents a number of policy\n initiatives aimed at overcoming them. Lastly, it presents the next steps the\n Commission will take to implement these initiatives.
In order to\n improve the functioning of the chain, the Commission proposes:
(1) to\n promote sustainable and market-based relationships between stakeholders of\n the food supply chain:
(2) to\n increase transparency in the food supply chain to improve the oversight of\n agricultural commodity derivatives market with the view to contain volatility\n and speculation:
(3) to\n foster the integration and competitiveness of the European food supply chain\n across Member States:
The increase\n in transparency along the food supply chain and the promotion of sustainable\n and market-based relationships between stakeholders have the potential to\n facilitate European recovery and should thus be undertaken as a priority\n before the end of 2010. The other initiatives address structural issues of\n the chain, with the aim of improving integration and competitiveness in the\n longer term. They will be complemented by proposals to strengthen the\n competitiveness of Europe's retail sector in the forthcoming Communication on\n the Retail Market Monitoring exercise. The Commission will issue by\n November 2010 a report on the follow-up to the actions proposed, on the\n basis of on-going discussions with EU Institutions and relevant stakeholders.\n To that effect, the Commission plans to broaden the scope and mandate of the\n existing High Level Group on the Competitiveness of the Agro-Food Industry,\n as well as its membership.
\nThe Council\n held an exchange of views on ways to improve the functioning of the\n food supply chain. It instructed its preparatory bodies to continue\n examination of this issue with a view to preparing a set of conclusions to be\n submitted to the Council for approval in a forthcoming meeting.
The debate was\n conducted by means of a questionnaire elaborated by the Presidency on the\n basis of the Commission communication \"A\n better functioning food supply chain in Europe\".
The debate\n identified a clear need for further work on initiatives targeting the three\n cross-cutting priorities identified by the Commission in order to improve the\n food supply chain: (i) promote sustainable and market-based relationships\n between stakeholders in the supply chain; (ii) increase transparency along\n the chain to encourage competition and improve its resilience to price\n volatility; and (iii) foster the integration and competitiveness of the\n European food supply chain across EU member states.
The Commission\n communication is a follow-up to the December 2008 report on food\n prices in Europe, which sets out five key guidelines (roadmap) dealing\n with competitiveness, competition and consumer protection,\n integration/internal market, monitoring of food prices and speculation.
The market\n monitoring exercise revealed that, while on several dimensions of the supply\n chain performs well, important challenges remain ahead with a view to its\n improvement.
In the second\n half of 2007, agricultural commodity price increases accelerated and had\n reached exceptional levels by early 2008. The European Council of June 2008\n asked the Commission to report back on these issues by December 2008. In\n response, the Commission proposed to better monitor developments in\n agricultural commodity and food prices, to analyse the impact of speculation\n on agricultural commodity prices and to investigate the functioning of the\n food supply chain.
The food\n supply chain connects three important sectors of the European economy:\n agriculture, the food processing industry and the distribution sectors. Its\n performance has direct consequences for citizens since food represents 16% of\n European households' expenditures and is increasingly important on the path\n towards recovery from the current economic crisis.
\nThe Council\n noted that the draft Council conclusions on how to improve the functioning of\n the food supply chain had been finalised as presidency conclusions with the\n support of a large majority of delegations. The conclusions reflect the\n outcome of the exchange of views held at the Council on 18 January 2010 on the Commission's communication \"A better functioning food supply chain in Europe\",\n a follow-up to the December 2008 report on food prices in Europe. The food\n supply chain connects three important sectors of the European economy:\n agriculture, the food processing industry and the distribution sectors. Its\n performance has direct consequences for citizens since food represents 16% of\n European households' expenditure and is increasingly important on the path\n towards recovery from the current economic crisis.
In the second\n half of 2007, agricultural commodity price increases accelerated and had\n reached exceptional levels by early 2008. The European Council of June 2008\n asked the Commission to report back on these issues by December 2008. In response, the Commission proposed better to monitor developments in agricultural commodity\n and food prices, to analyse the impact of speculation on agricultural\n commodity prices and to investigate the functioning of the food supply chain.
\nThe Committee\n on Agriculture and Rural Development adopted the own-initiative report by José BOVÉ (Greens/ALE, FR) on fair revenues for\n farmers: A better functioning food supply chain in Europe, in response to the\n Commission Communication on the subject.
It welcomes\n the Communication since it recognises the existence of major power imbalances\n among operators, but believes that the measures suggested in that\n Communication are not sufficient to deal with the problems involved. Members\n note that although food prices have risen by 3.3% per year since 1996, the\n prices farmers receive have only risen by 2.1% whilst operational costs have\n increased by 3.6%, proving that the food supply chain is not functioning\n properly. The average farmer’s income decreased by more than 12% in the EU-27\n in 2009, meaning that farmers can no longer generate a fair income from their\n work, and despite this, farmers and the agri-food sector still have to\n produce food products that meet extremely demanding quality standards at\n prices that are affordable to consumers, in line with the objectives defined\n under the CAP. The report calls on the Commission and Member states to\n urgently address the problem of unfair distribution of profits within the\n food chain, especially with regard to adequate incomes for farmers. Members\n recall that the Commission communication identifies serious problems such as\n abuse of dominant buyer power, unfair practices in contracting (including\n late payments), unilateral contractual modifications, advance payments for\n access to negotiations, restricted market access, lack of information on\n price building and the distribution of profit margins throughout the food\n chain, closely linked to increased concentration in the input, wholesale and\n retail sectors, and they address these issues in the report.
Price\n transparency: the committee deplores the\n reluctance of the European Commission to carry out a study of the\n distribution of profit margins throughout the supply chains as agreed with\n regard to the 2009 budget procedure. It calls on the Commission to swiftly\n carry out the pilot project on the creation of a European farm prices and\n margins observatory (supplemented by data on prices, margins and volumes) for\n which Parliament and Council adopted a EUR 1.5 million appropriation under\n the 2010 budget, to establish it within the Commission and to include a\n comparison of sustainable production costs and farm gate prices for\n conventional and ethical product differentiae in key farming sectors of\n Member States and social-economic situations. Furthermore, the Commission is\n urged to:
- maintain the\n high-level group on the food distribution chain as a permanent forum for\n discussion, as it has proved a significant instrument for identifying\n problems, making recommendations and adopting strategies with a view to\n remedying the current situation of imbalance;
- propose\n mandatory annual reporting by the top European traders, processors,\n wholesalers and retailers on their market shares (with data on private\n labels) for key food items and on their monthly sales volumes so as to allow\n all market partners to estimate trends in demand, supply and price\n developments in the food chain;
- ensure that\n the processing industry in particular is monitored and investigated in order\n to guarantee price transparency, since in some countries the food processing\n industry has the largest margin in the food chain;
- make it\n obligatory to provide clear proof in the transaction document of the value of\n what the supplier is selling, as well as the net real price attaching to the\n transaction;
- carry out an\n impact assessment on the benefits of an improved legal framework covering\n private quality and distributor labels, with a view to avoiding their\n multiplication, in order to provide consumers with greater transparency and\n market access for producers.
Competition: Members call on national and European competition authorities,\n and other regulating authorities involved in production and commerce, to\n robustly address the dominant position and significant market share of\n agribusiness traders, input companies, processors and retailers operating in\n the food supply chain; urges these authorities to take action against abusive\n buyer practices of all actors which put farmers in a very unequal bargaining\n position.
They call on\n the Commission to:
Members feel\n that there is a need to prohibit selling below purchase price at Community\n level.
Abuse of\n buyer power and contracting: the report calls on\n the Commission and Member States to promote fair contracting between all the\n actors of the food supply chain based on terms negotiated with farmers’ and\n producers’ organisations, including sectoral and interbranch organisations,\n so as to enhance sustainable farming practices and ensure best product\n quality, to reduce purchase prices for inputs and to guarantee fair prices,\n and to provide for an easily accessible system to guard against breach of\n contract by buyers. Standard contracts could be useful tools, the\n implementation of which should be made compulsory in some sectors.
Members also\n ask the Commission to:
Members\n believe that the Commission needs to promote a large-scale information\n campaign at European level in order to raise farmers’ awareness concerning\n their rights, the abusive practices of which they may be the targets, and the\n means available to them.
Speculation: the report calls on the EU to press for the creation of an\n independent global regulatory agency setting rules on commodity futures and\n options exchange and implementing strict regulatory measures against global\n speculation on food commodities. It calls on the Commission:
Sustainable\n food systems, food quality: Members deplore the\n fact that the Commission does not place more emphasis on the importance of agriculture\n in the food-supply and food-industry economic value chain. They stress the\n correlations between low farm gate prices and structural surplus production\n and their consequences for sustainability, food quality, animal welfare,\n agricultural innovation and employment in disadvantaged regions. They calls\n on the Commission to propose the adoption of instruments to support and\n promote farmer-managed food supply chains, short supply chains and farmers’\n markets, in order to establish a direct relationship with consumers and to\n enable farmers to obtain a fairer share of the value of the final sale price\n by reducing the number of middlemen and of stages in the process. They also\n call on the Commission to:
Self\n supply, public catering, food waste: the\n committee calls on the Commission to:
Lastly,\n Members consider that measures should be taken to encourage agricultural\n markets directly administered by farmers, the creation of marketing outlets\n for producers to offer their products directly to consumers and the\n introduction of programmes to encourage the sale of products on local\n markets.
\nThe European\n Parliament adopted a resolution on the issue of fair revenues for farmers: A\n better functioning food supply chain in Europe, in response to the Commission\n Communication on the subject.
Members\n welcome the Communication since it recognises the existence of major power\n imbalances among operators, but believe that the measures suggested in that\n Communication are not sufficient to deal with the problems involved.
They note that\n although food prices have risen by 3.3% per year since 1996, the prices\n farmers receive have only risen by 2.1% whilst operational costs have\n increased by 3.6%, proving that the food supply chain is not functioning\n properly. The average farmer’s income decreased by more than 12% in the EU-27\n in 2009, meaning that farmers can no longer generate a fair income from their\n work, and despite this, farmers and the agri-food sector still have to\n produce food products that meet extremely demanding quality standards at\n prices that are affordable to consumers, in line with the objectives defined\n under the CAP. The resolution calls on the Commission and Member states to\n urgently address the problem of unfair distribution of profits within the\n food chain, especially with regard to adequate incomes for farmers. Members\n recall that the Commission communication identifies serious problems such as\n abuse of dominant buyer power, unfair practices in contracting (including\n late payments), unilateral contractual modifications, advance payments for\n access to negotiations, restricted market access, lack of information on\n price building and the distribution of profit margins throughout the food\n chain, closely linked to increased concentration in the input, wholesale and\n retail sectors, and they address these issues in the resolution.
Price\n transparency: Parliament deplores the reluctance\n of the European Commission to carry out a study of the distribution of profit\n margins throughout the supply chains as agreed with regard to the 2009 budget\n procedure. It calls on the Commission to swiftly carry out the pilot project\n on the creation of a European farm prices and margins observatory\n (supplemented by data on prices, margins and volumes) for which Parliament\n and Council adopted a EUR 1.5 million appropriation under the 2010 budget.
Furthermore,\n the Commission is urged to:
It should be\n noted that plenary rejected the proposal from the committee responsible\n aiming to make it obligatory to provide clear proof in the transaction\n document of the value of what the supplier is selling, as well as the net\n real price attaching to the transaction.
Competition: Members call on national and European competition authorities,\n and other regulating authorities involved in production and commerce, to\n robustly address the dominant position and significant market share of\n agribusiness traders, input companies, processors and retailers operating in\n the food supply chain; urges these authorities to take action against abusive\n buyer practices of all actors which put farmers in a very unequal bargaining\n position.
They call on\n the Commission to:
Members feel\n that there is a need to prohibit selling below purchase price at Community\n level.
Abuse of\n buyer power and contracting: the resolution calls\n on the Commission and Member States to promote fair contracting between all\n the actors of the food supply chain based on terms negotiated with farmers’\n and producers’ organisations, including sectoral and interbranch\n organisations, so as to enhance sustainable farming practices and ensure best\n product quality, to reduce purchase prices for inputs and to guarantee fair\n prices, and to provide for an easily accessible system to guard against\n breach of contract by buyers. Standard contracts could be useful tools, the\n implementation of which should be made compulsory in some sectors.
Members also\n ask the Commission to:
Members ask in\n particular that payment periods along the food supply chain should be\n shortened to a maximum of 30 days for all foodstuffs and less for highly\n perishable agricultural products, as part of the ongoing revision of\n Directive 2000/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on\n combating late payment in commercial transactions (exceptions should be\n considered in the case of producer organisations and cooperatives).
Speculation: the resolution calls on the EU to press for the creation of\n an independent global regulatory agency setting rules on commodity\n futures and options exchange and implementing strict regulatory measures\n against global speculation on food commodities. It calls on the Commission:
Self-regulation: Parliament encourages Member States to draft codes of good\n commercial practices for the food chain, including complaint mechanisms\n and penalties for unfair practices. The Commission is called upon to propose\n a common code, to apply throughout the EU, in order to rebalance relations in\n the food supply chain.
Sustainable\n food systems, food quality: Members deplore the\n fact that the Commission does not place more emphasis on the importance of\n agriculture in the food-supply and food-industry economic value chain. They\n stress the correlations between low farm gate prices and structural surplus\n production and their consequences for sustainability, food quality, animal\n welfare, agricultural innovation and employment in disadvantaged regions.\n They call on the Commission to propose the adoption of instruments to\n support and promote farmer-managed food supply chains, short supply chains\n and farmers’ markets, in order to establish a direct relationship with\n consumers and to enable farmers to obtain a fairer share of the value of the\n final sale price by reducing the number of middlemen and of stages in the\n process.
Plenary is\n against the idea of suggesting preferential treatment for producer\n organisations, farmers’ cooperatives and SMEs when awarding public\n procurement contracts in the food supply chain.
Self\n supply, public catering, food waste: the\n Parliament calls on the Commission to:
Lastly, the\n resolution considers that measures should be taken to encourage agricultural\n markets directly administered by farmers, the creation of marketing outlets\n for producers to offer their products directly to consumers and the\n introduction of programmes to encourage the sale of products on local\n markets.
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