17. Calls on the Commission better to coordinate 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 a
uthorities and with national food trading Ombudsmen in each Member State, in order to coordinate and share information; considers, furthermore, that the European Ombudsman and the various national Ombudsmen should be responsible for ensuring compliance with the relevant l
...[+++]egislation and recommending timely and appropriate sanctions;