{"id":135964,"date":"2024-12-11T07:40:14","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T05:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/commission-proposes-measures-to-boost-farmers-leverage-in-food-supply-chain\/"},"modified":"2024-12-11T07:40:14","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T05:40:14","slug":"commission-proposes-measures-to-boost-farmers-leverage-in-food-supply-chain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/news\/commission-proposes-measures-to-boost-farmers-leverage-in-food-supply-chain\/","title":{"rendered":"Commission proposes measures to boost farmers leverage in food supply chain"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\" data-trp-original-action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button\" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135964\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"trp-form-language\" value=\"en\"\/><\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\n<p>The Commission\u2019s initiative is part of a broader effort to ensure farmers receive fair compensation and are no longer forced to sell products below production costs. Mandatory written contracts and a new mediation mechanism are among the measures proposed by the Commission to address long-standing imbalances between farmers and buyers of primary products.<\/p>\n<p>The EU executive unveiled measures on Tuesday to strengthen farmers\u2019 bargaining power along the food supply chain, seeking to even out the bargaining power between farmers and large purchasers. The Commission\u2019s initiative is part of a broader effort to ensure farmers receive fair compensation and are no longer forced to sell products below production costs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFarmers need to be in a stronger bargaining position towards the price makers. Your hard work deserves to be rewarded,\u201d European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in a video message. The proposals reflect recommendations from the Strategic Dialogue on the Future of EU Agriculture called by von der Leyen to address concerns raised during recent farmer protests.<\/p>\n<p>The proposed measures include mandatory written contracts, with which buyers are required to clearly outline terms such as price, quantity, and delivery timelines, reflecting market conditions and cost fluctuations. \u201cIf a farmer has a written contract, he knows exactly what can be expected,\u201d said EU agriculture Commissioner Christophe Hansen. The Luxembourgish said this new requirement won\u2019t add unnecessary bureaucracy to already burdened farmers. \u201cIt does not have to be a ten-page contract. But you have your written proof that you agreed on a time, on a price, and on a quantity,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>The new rules aim to empower farmers by encouraging them to join producer organisations, strengthening their negotiating power with clients who use their products. Additionally, member states will be required to establish mandatory mediation mechanisms to resolve disputes between farmers and buyers. The package also introduces a regulation to enhance enforcement of the Unfair Trading Practices (UTPs) Directive\u2014adopted five years ago, but that remains largely unimplemented.<\/p>\n<p>While it stops short of a full revision of the framework\u2014a key demand of French farmers during recent protests\u2014the measures provide clarifications, particularly for cross-border enforcement. The UTP framework establishes a minimum level of protection, listing 16 prohibited unfair practices at the EU level. Some EU member states have enacted their own, stricter legislation, often covering a broader range of unfair practices.<\/p>\n<p>The Commission\u2019s objective is to ensure consistent implementation across the EU, preventing companies from exploiting regulatory gaps by shifting operations to member states with weaker rules. These proposed tweaks will now proceed to discussions in the European Parliament and the EU Council for formal approval.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2024\/12\/10\/commission-proposes-measures-to-boost-farmers-leverage-in-food-supply-chain\">Euronews<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/csr-news-en\/commission-proposes-measures-to-boost-farmers-leverage-in-food-supply-chain\/\">Commission proposes measures to boost farmers leverage in food supply chain<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[17260,557,555,17261],"class_list":["post-135964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-boost-farmers-leverage","tag-commission","tag-csr-news-en","tag-food-supply-chain"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135964\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}