Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chain

1.10.2025 A10-0161/127

Amendment 127

Norbert Lins, Christine Singer, Niclas Herbst, Pascal Arimont, Angelika Niebler, Sabine Verheyen, Jens Gieseke, Ralf Seekatz, Charles Goerens, Christine Schneider, Stefan Berger, Verena Mertens, Marion Walsmann, Sven Simon, Stefan Köhler, Moritz Körner, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Svenja Hahn, Monika Hohlmeier, Barry Cowen, Nina Carberry, David McAllister, Benoit Cassart, Alexander Bernhuber, Peter Liese, Martine Kemp, Andreas Glück, Daniel Caspary, Ciaran Mullooly, Lena Düpont, Seán Kelly, Markus Ferber, Christian Doleschal, Dennis Radtke, Axel Voss, Michael Gahler, Oliver Schenk, Alexandra Mehnert, Hildegard Bentele, Sophia Kircher, Andrea Wechsler, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Henrik Dahl, Niels Flemming Hansen

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Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chain

(COM(2024)0577 – C10-0209/2024 – 2024/0319(COD))

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 15

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(15) Certain Member States have decided that all deliveries of agricultural products in their territory are to be covered by written contracts between the parties. Where the Member States do not make use of this possibility, farmers, producer organisations or associations of producer organisations can request the use of written contracts. However, due to the weaker bargaining position of farmers and the fear of commercial retaliation by purchasers, it can be difficult for farmers and their associations to make such a request. To increase trust, transparency, and efficiency within the supply chain and to enable all farmers, producer organisations and associations of producer organisations to benefit from the use of written contracts, deliveries of agricultural products in the Union by a farmer, a producer organisation or an association of producer organisations to a processor, distributor or retailer should be covered by a written contract.

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1.10.2025 A10-0161/128

Amendment 128

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Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chain

(COM(2024)0577 – C10-0209/2024 – 2024/0319(COD))

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 16

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(16) To better take into account the signals of the market and to improve price transmission, Member States should be able to require the use of written contracts for the delivery of agricultural products by producers other than farmers, by producer organisations or associations of producer organisations, and to require that purchasers make use of written offers for contracts for the delivery of agricultural products. In the interests of simplicity and reduction of transaction costs, this Regulation should lay down certain exceptions to the required use of written contracts or written offers for contracts and allow Member States to exempt certain deliveries from the required use of written contracts or written offers, while leaving farmers and their associations the possibility of requesting the use of written contracts or written offers when there is no such obligation.

(16) To better take into account the signals of the market and to improve price transmission, Member States should be able to require the use of written contracts for the delivery of agricultural products by producers other than farmers, by producer organisations or associations of producer organisations, and to require that purchasers make use of written offers for contracts for the delivery of agricultural products. Where Member States opt to require the use of written contracts, in the interests of simplicity and reduction of transaction costs, this Regulation should lay down certain exceptions to the use of written contracts or written offers for contracts and allow Member States to exempt certain deliveries from the required use of written contracts or written offers, while leaving farmers and their associations the possibility of requesting the use of written contracts or written offers when there is no such obligation.

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1.10.2025 A10-0161/129

Amendment 129

Report A10-0161/2025

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Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chain

(COM(2024)0577 – C10-0209/2024 – 2024/0319(COD))

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 17

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(17) The required use of written contracts for the delivery of agricultural products and the basic conditions for their use should be laid down at Union level, while ensuring that the right of the parties to negotiate all elements of their contracts is not restricted beyond what is strictly necessary.

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