Text tabled : A7-0262/2012

  Crescenzio Rivellini (PPE), in writing. – (IT) Today, during the plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, we voted on the report by Mr Nicholson, which strengthens the bargaining power of dairy producers. The legislation will allow dairy producer organisations to negotiate the price of raw milk so as to get the best possible price for their milk.

The producer organisations should help farmers to better organise themselves, thereby strengthening their position in the food supply chain, especially in those Member States where such a system is limited or non-existent. This bargaining power does not, however, come at the expense of competition. Indeed, in order to avoid unfair competition, the volume of raw milk may not exceed 3.5% of total Union production.