8 Amendments of Eric ANDRIEU related to 2014/2147(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Ac (new)
Recital Ac (new)
Ac. whereas it is essential to support the fruit and vegetables sector throughout the entire territory of the Union, given its importance in terms of added value and employment, and given the health benefits that it presents through healthy and balanced diets;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas these figures for the Union as a whole are averages reflecting highly divergent situations between Member States, whichor even situations within an individual Member State that are quite different; these situations are attributable on the one hand to historical factors and reflect different starting points in the drive towards setting up PObased on the greater or lesser degree of willingness shown by farmers in setting up POs, and on the other hand to the inadequate support currently being provided to certain producers who do not all have the same marketing system or who live on very small holdings;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
Recital P
P. whereas the Commission’s report recognises that the F&V regime’s crisis prevention instruments have been little used since the 2007 reform; whilst the crises suffered by the fruit and vegetables sector have been fairly frequent (whether relating to health issues, climate change, embargoes, etc.);
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5a (new)
Paragraph 5a (new)
5a. Considers it vital to contemplate putting instruments in place for managing crises, and the successful initiatives launched by certain POs in that respect need to be clearly identifiable so that they can be replicated elsewhere whenever it is possible; to this end, calls on the Commission to facilitate the awareness and knowledge of those pioneering POs;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses in this context that it is important to increase the overall level of support to POs and to provide stronger incentives both for the merging of existing POs and the creation of new onesPOs that are more suited to the requirements of the many small producers seeking to better organise themselves collectively;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers that associations of producer organisations (AOPs) could play an important role in increasing the bargaining power of farmers and urges the Commission to reinforce incentives for setting up APOs and envisage a greater role for them in the future; in this respect, it is absolutely vital to adapt the rules of the competition policy, in order to rebalance the powers of producers with the rest of the sector.
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Considers that interbranch organisations need to be encouraged in order to ensure better organisation of the fruit and vegetables sector; such organisations can play an important role in creating added value and sharing it between the different parts of the sector, and also as regards quality, sustainable enhancement of production, and market and crisis management.
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Considers it crucial to improve the effectiveness of the Community regulations currently in place for protecting plants against the introduction of harmful organisms originating from outside the EU; such organisms are becoming increasingly common in the EU due to rising levels of trade, and are very often having a detrimental effect on the fruit and vegetables sector.