17. Calls on the Commission better to coordin
ate the work of its various services, so as to be able to play a more effective role
in price monitoring throughout the food chain and in monitoring retail dynamics and relative market shares throughout the EU; calls for the creation of an independent Food Trading Ombudsman to liaise with the relevant trade and competition authorities and with national food trading Ombudsmen in each Member State, in order to coordinate and share information; considers, furthermore, that the European Ombud
...[+++]sman and the various national Ombudsmen should be responsible for ensuring compliance with the relevant legislation and recommending timely and appropriate sanctions;