Towards a Fair Food Supply Chain - Related Opinions

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Improving the food supply chain

Pieņemtie on 19/09/2018
Atsauce: 
NAT/734-EESC-2018-02438
Referral: 
COM(2018) 173 final 2018/0082 COD
Rapporteur: 
Peter SCHMIDT (Workers - GR II / Germany)

The Commission's initiative follows one of the recommendations of the Agricultural Markets Task Force that the EU should legislate in the areas of UTPs for agricultural products, and responds to some of the conclusions of the 2016 EESC opinion on "A fairer food supply chain".

EESK atzinums: Improving the food supply chain

Civil society's contribution to the development of a comprehensive food policy in the EU (own-initiative opinion)

Pieņemtie on 06/12/2017
Atsauce: 
NAT/711-EESC-2017-02234-00-00-AC-TRA
Rapporteur: 
Peter SCHMIDT (Workers - GR II / Germany)

The own-initiative opinion, prepared by the EESC Permanent Study Group on Sustainable Food Systems, will aim to identify existing challenges, policy inconsistencies and obstacles to a more coherent food policy approach at EU level; to provide examples of ongoing transitions to more sustainable food policies at local/regional/national level; to highlight the role of civil society in building partnerships among stakeholders across the food supply chain; and to define how a comprehensive food policy for the EU should look, including an indicative roadmap.

EESK atzinums: Civil society's contribution to the development of a comprehensive food policy in the EU (own-initiative opinion)

Promoting a fairer agro-food supply chain

Pieņemtie on 19/10/2016
Atsauce: 
NAT/680-EESC-2016-01870-00-00-ac-tra
Referral: 
COM(2016) 32 final
Rapporteur: 
Peter SCHMIDT (Workers - GR II / Germany)

Over recent years, there has been a shift in bargaining power in the food supply chain, mostly to the advantage of the retail sector and some transnational companies and to the detriment of suppliers, in particular primary producers. The concentration of bargaining power has led to the abuse of positions of dominance causing weaker operators to become increasingly vulnerable to Unfair Trading Practices (UTPs). The opinion takes stock of the impact of UTPs, stresses the difficult position of the most vulnerable actors along the chain and calls for action at EU level to stop UTPs and promote a fairer food supply chain.

EESK atzinums: Promoting a fairer agro-food supply chain

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