EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PUSHES FOR EU ACTION ON UNFAIR TRADING PRACTICES HARMING MEAT AND LIVESTOCK PRODUCERS
June 1st, 2016
THE EUROPEAN Parliament has urged the European Commission to propose European Union (EU) policies and legislation preventing the exploitation of comparatively small meat and livestock producers by larger retailers and wholesalers. Unfair trading practices highlighted in a detailed resolution adopted yesterday (June 7), for instance include delaying payments, restricting access to the market, unilateral or retroactive changes to contract terms, sudden and unjustified cancellation of contracts, unfair transfers of commercial risk and transferring transport and ...
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