64. Is concerned at the fact that the negotiating strength of food producers at the expense of retailers, due to a strong brand name or product differentiation, acquires a disproportionately negative significance in the above-mentioned Commission Communication on food prices in Europe, compared to other very much more important factors such as imperfect competition or oligopolistic/monopolistic practices; takes the view that the creation of a strong brand name or product differentiation are legitimate practices and that it is only th ...[+++]e abuse of the position which these practices may confer that constitutes unfair practice;

64. Is concerned at the fact that the negotiating strength of food producers at the expense of retailers, due to a strong brand name or product differentiation, acquires a disproportionately negative significance in the abovementioned Commission Communication on Food Prices in Europe, compared to other very much more important factors such as imperfect competition or oligopolistic/monopolistic practices; takes the view that the creation of a strong brand name or product differentiation are legitimate practices and that it is only the abuse of the position which these practices may confer that constitutes unfair practice;

64. Is concerned at the fact that the negotiating strength of food producers at the expense of retailers, due to a strong brand name or product differentiation, acquires a disproportionately negative significance in the above-mentioned Commission Communication on food prices in Europe, compared to other very much more important factors such as imperfect competition or oligopolistic/monopolistic practices; takes the view that the creation of a strong brand name or product differentiation are legitimate practices and that it is only th ...[+++]e abuse of the position which these practices may confer that constitutes unfair practice;

For example, price differentiation based on the size of a car engine in the field of motor insurance should remain possible, even if statistically men drive cars with more powerful engines.

(13) The use of actuarial factors related to sex is widespread in the provision of insurance services, in the supply of goods or services, the use of sex as a criterion in the differentiation of prices does not constitute discrimination on the grounds of sex if this differentiation is legitimate and justified on objective grounds and if this requirement is proportionate, e.g. reflecting differences in the underlying costs or expenses.

Because they are one reason why prices differ, which is one reason why smuggling and tax fraud are on the rise.