89 Amendments of Eric ANDRIEU related to 2018/2037(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Commission study of December 2016 entitled ‘Impacts of EU trade agreements on the agricultural sector’ shows that EU agreements with Mexico, South Korea and Switzerland have increased EU agri-food exports by more than EUR 1 billion and value added in the agri-food sector by EUR 600 million; whereas since the application of the EU free trade agreement with Peru and Columbia (March 2013 and August 2013 respectively), EU exports of agricultural products to both countries have increased considerably (by 73 % to Peru and by 82 % to Colombia); whereas, at the same time, this incomplete study fails to point out that the Union is the world's largest importer of agri-food products and that trade agreements sometimes give rise to problems for certain sectors in the form of stiffer external competition, because although some sectors may be able to take advantage of new markets, others may be undermined or even have their future jeopardised by the combined weight of the concessions granted under all these agreements, and whereas this constitutes a genuine threat to European food security, to farm incomes and to the rural economy in some territories, many of which are among the least prosperous in the EU;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the EU has been the single largest exporter of agri-food products since 2013 and has run an export surplus since 2010; whereas EU agri-food exports to third countries have been increasing, reaching a record value of EUR 137.9 billion in 2017; whereas the EU is also the largest importer of agricultural products from developing countries; whereas it also exports agri-food products to those countries on unequal competitive terms which penalise the importing countries and their farming industries at a time when large sections of the population in those countries are suffering from malnutrition stemming from a lack of agricultural development and food autonomy and are therefore being forced to leave the land and emigrate in search of a better future;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that EU trade policy can contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the common agricultural policy (CAP), notably ensuring a fair standard of living for the agricultural community and that supplies reach consumers at reasonable prices; stresses that the EU agri-food sector should take advantage of the opportunities for growth offered by exports, given that an estimated 90 % of additional global demand for agri- food products over the next decade will come from outside Europe; emphasises that the CAP must first meet the food-, environment- and climate-related needs of European society before focusing on production for sale on the international agricultural market, which remains a rump market which is often very unstable and dependent on many unpredictable factors;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Takes the view that the requirements of international trade and the WTO have had a very significant bearing on the series of revisions of the CAP which have been carried out since the 1990s; considers that these revisions have made European agricultural products and the European agri-food sector more competitive, but that they have also undermined large sections of the agricultural sector by exposing them to the instability of world markets; takes the view that it is now time, as the Commission Communication on the Future of Farming and Food in Europe suggests, to focus on other CAP objectives, such as farmers' living standards and matters concerning health, employment, the environment and climate;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Affirms that EUnion trade and agriculture policies are closely intertwined and will remain so in the future, given and that the former must not take precedence over the latter; points out that this link highlights the important role of agriculture in the context of negotiations both bilaterally for EU free trade agreements and multilaterally at the World Trade Organisation (WTO), on issues such as market access for agricultural products, domestic support, export subsidies, the protection of geographical indications, sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) rules, harmonisation of labour, environmental and animal welfare stand other standards,ards, the precautionary principle and the simplification of import procedures;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 14 December 2016 on CAP tools to reduce price volatility in agricultural markets,
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 b (new)
Citation 6 b (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 1 March 2018 on prospects and challenges for the EU apiculture sector,
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 c (new)
Citation 6 c (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 27 October 2016 on how the CAP can improve job creation in rural areas,
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission, in the context of completed, ongoing and future bilateral trade negotiations with third countries, to take account of all the concessions which have been or are likely to be granted and to approach with the utmost care the liberalisation of market access in sensitive agricultural sectors and to consider transition periods, tariff-rate quotas, appropriate safeguarding measures and, the exclusion of the most sensitive products and compliance with reciprocity rules; notes that this predominantly concerns beef, other meat, rice, wheat, other cereals, sugar, and dairy products;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 d (new)
Citation 6 d (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 7 June 2016 on enhancing innovation and economic development in future European farm management,
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 e (new)
Citation 6 e (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 7 July 2015 on prospects for the EU dairy sector – review of the implementation of the Dairy Package,
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 b (new)
Citation 10 b (new)
– having regard to own-initiative report 2017/2116 on a European strategy for the promotion of protein crops,
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 c (new)
Citation 10 c (new)
– having regard to the own-initiative report (2017/2117) on the current situation and future prospects for the sheep and goat sectors,
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Commission’s communication on the Future of Food and Farming acknowledges that the common agricultural policy (CAP) is the most integrated policy in the EU and is designed to enablinge the EU farming sector to respond to citizens’ demands regarding not only food security, safety, quality and sustainability, but also environmental care, climate change action and high animal welfare standards;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Commission’s communication on the Future of Food and Farming acknowledges that the common agricultural policy (CAP) is the most integrated policy in the EU and isthat has gradually been liberalised; whereas it ought to enablinge the EU farming sector to respond to citizens’ demands regarding not only food security, safety, quality and sustainability, but also environmental care, climate change action and high animal welfare standards;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the fact is that the CAP must now be reformed so that it more satisfactorily meets the needs both of those to whom it is primarily addressed - farmers - and of citizens as a whole;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas, in conjunction with services of general interest, the CAP can ensure that rural and mountainous areas become more dynamic;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the European Union’s overarching objective of a multifunctional agriculture, driven by family farms, that creates jobs, is fair and sustainable and is driven by family farms that are viable and can be acquired and handed down from generation to generation remains key to delivering the positive externalities and public goods that European citizens demand (food and non- food products and services);
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas over the, for more than 25 years, the CAP has undergone regular re-programming in line with new challengesform dictated by the opening up of European agriculture to international markets and by the emergence of new challenges, such as the environment and climate change, but another step is now necessary in this continuous process of modernisation and simplification, building on previous reforms, is now necessaryadjustment in order to simplify, modernise and reorientate the CAP so that it secures farmers’ incomes and more effectively meets the expectations of society as a whole, in particular as regards food quality and security, climate change, public health and employment;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas over the years the CAP has undergone regular re-programming in line with new challenges, but another step in this continuous process of modernisation and, simplification and greening, building on previous reforms, is now necessary;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas successive CAP reforms since 1992 have made the European agrifood industry more competitive by allowing it to buy agricultural commodities at low, affordable prices, and the time has come to focus on other CAP objectives, such as farmers’ living standards, the environment, climate change and public health;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the new delivery model (NDM) which is at the core of the Commission’s communication on the Future of Food and Farming, and is to be welcomed, provided that it is not very precise but constitutes a working basis - albeit incomplete - for undertaking a genuine political reform of the CAP; whereas this model should not only ensures a genuine simplification, not only at EU level but also at for the Union, the Member States and regional level, and flexibility for farmers, without adding new constraints on Member States and thus a new layer of complexitythe Regions, but also provide farmers with greater flexibility and freedom in their capacity to adapt to future changes with a view to embarking on the pathways of a model of sustainable development;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the new delivery model (NDM) is, at the core of the Commission’s communication on the Future of Food and Farming, andinvolves many uncertainties regarding its implementation and mighto be welcomed, provided that it does not lead to the renationalization of the CAP, does not damage the proper functioning of the single market and ensures genuine simplification, not only at EU level but also at Member State and regional level, and flexibility for farmers, without adding new constraints on Member States and thus a new layer of complexity;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the CAP must play an important role in overcoming stagnation and volatprice volatility and the instability of farm incomes which, despite the concentration, specialisation and intensification of production and despite increasing productivity, are still lower than in the rest of the economy in particular because of the capture of the added value created by the rest of the food chain; but, more fundamentally, this situation tends to show that the productivist model is no longer appropriate today because it produces poor economic results, including in terms of employment, and does not contribute enough to the preservation of natural resources and the fight against global warming;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas over the last few years farmers have been confronted with increasing price volatility, which has reflected price fluctuations on global markets and uncertainty caused by macroeconomic developments, external policieresulting from a greater openness to international markets, the dismantling of the tools regulating the CMOs, sanitary crises and morthe frequentcurrence of extreme weather events lin the EUked to climate change;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas over the last few years farmers have been confronted with increasing price volatility, which has reflected price fluctuations on global markets and uncertainty caused by macroeconomic developments, external policies, sanitary crises and more frequent extreme weather events lin the EU; ked to climate change; this extreme instability requires the introduction of counter-cyclical arrangements;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas it is essential to ensure a fair standard of living across regions and Member States, affordable prices for citizens and consumers, and access to quality food and healthy diets, while delivering on the commitments for environmental care, climate action, andhealth, animal and plant health and welfwelfare and the balanced development of rural areas;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas it is essential to ensure a fair standard of living to all farmers across EU regions and Member States, affordable prices for citizens and consumers, and access to quality food and healthy diets, while delivering on the commitments for environmental care, climate action, and animal and plant health and welfare;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas there is a need for an updated and fairergreater equity and legitimacy in the current system of payments, as in many Member States the current system of entitlements is based on historic benchmarks which are now almost 20 years old and which constitute an obstacle to generational renewal and hinder young farmers’ access to farmland, as new entrants do not possess entitlements and are thus at a disadvantage;
Amendment 207 #
I. whereas the emergence of new challenges, such as increasing global trade, is necessitatingincreasing global trade in the context of the emergence of global environmental and climate challenges requires an adjustment of the rules of international trade so as to allow the establishment of fair and sustainable conditions for the global exchange of goods and services, within the framework of the WTO and in accordance with existing EU social, economic and, environmental and health standards,; which should be promotedereas these standards need to be promoted globally, particularly within the framework of the WTO;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas, in the face of the stalemate in the Doha Round negotiations, the European Union would be well advised to examine the real causes of this failure of multilateralism and to consider whether the idea of decoupling direct payments - which the EU is alone in respecting - is still a good option;
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)
Recital I b (new)
Ib. whereas the task force launched by the Commission on rural areas in Africa can give the EU an opportunity to reflect on the real causes of migration and ways to boost agricultural development and food self-sufficiency in the countries that cannot feed part of their population, who are therefore required to leave and look for a better future elsewhere;
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas while the focus on research and development for both product and process innovation is to be welcomed, more must be done to promote a multi- actors approach and to translate the results of research into farming practice, facilitated by EU-wide agricultural extension services, as well as advisory and training programs;
Amendment 279 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas the European Court of Auditors has underlined the fact that the way the green payments introducwere conceived as part of the 2013 reform creates added complexity and bureaucracy, are difficult to understand, and fail to significantly enhance the CAP’s environmental and climate performance;
Amendment 285 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas the objectives of the Cork 2.0 Ddeclaration for aA Better Life in Rural Areas stipulate vibrant rural areas, multi- functionality, biodiversity in and outside agriculture, rare animal breeds and conservation crops, as well as organic agriculture, less-favouredrequire a better use of endogenous resources in rural areas through the implementation of integrated strategies and multi-sectorial approaches that strengthen the bottom-up approach and the synergy between stakeholders, and require investment in the viability of rural areas, preservation and better management of natural resources, climate action incentives, the stimulation of knowledge and innovation, a stepping-up of governance in rural areas, and commitments in the context of Natura 2000; a simplification of rural development policy and its implementation;
Amendment 310 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas it is essential to ensure fair competition within the single market withinusing rules that take account of the spector and with other players inific nature of agriculture in relations between production and other parts of the food chain, both up and downstream, and to further strengthen incentives to prevent crises with active management tools to be deployed at sectoral level and by public authorities;
Amendment 318 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N a (new)
Recital N a (new)
Amendment 323 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas the new challenges for European agriculture within the EU’s political priorities, as stated in the Commission’s reflection paper on the future of EU finances, require the next multiannual financial framework (MFF) to cover the costs of Brexit and provide sufficient public funds to cover both existing and new challenges by bringing about greater synergies between agricultural and migratory policies;
Amendment 324 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas the new food security and independence challenges for European agriculture within the EU’s political priorities, as stated in the Commission’s reflection paper on the future of EU finances, require the next multiannual financial framework (MFF) to provide sufficient public fundkeep the agricultural budget stable in constant euros to cover both existing and new challenges;
Amendment 338 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Recital Q
Q. whereas Parliament must play a comprehensive role in setting a clear policy framework to maintain common ambition at European level and democratic debate on the strategic issues which have an impact on the everyday lives of all citizens when it comes to the use of natural resources, the quality of our food, food safety and the modernisation of agricultural and hygiene practices;
Amendment 364 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the intention to simplify and modernise the CAP, but emphasises that the integrity of the single market and a truly common policy, including regulatory tools, must be the overriding priorities of reform;
Amendment 374 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses the need for the CAP to maintain the essential relationship between EU legislators, farmers and citizens;
Amendment 393 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Underlines the need to find adequate and efficient solutions in order to minimise any risk of distortion of competition within the Single Market;
Amendment 400 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that subsidiarity for Member States should only be granted within a common set of rules and tools agreed at EU level as part of a uniform approach to all programming efforts and eligibility criteria, should cover both of the CAP’s pillars and ensureTakes the view that Member States may be granted this additional subsidiarity margin only if the objectives of the CAP remain European and that a common set of rules continue to apply to the main types of intervention tool available, the criteria for selecting the measures which Member States may incorporate into their national strategic plan, which also includes a national operational plan, and the assessment indicators, in order to ensure that a uniform approach is taken under the two pillars of the CAP throughout the EU, in particular, a European approach in Pillar I and thus a level playing fields regards all the Pillar I provisions designed to guarantee fair conditions of competition;
Amendment 401 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that subsidiarity for Member States should only be granted within a common set of rules and tools agreed at EU level as part of a uniform approach to all programming efforts and eligibility criteria, should cover botBelieves that the additional subsidiarity should be granted only on condition that there are: a strong common set of rules, objectives and indicators concerning the main types of possible intervention tools and the criteria for the selection of measures Member States will be able to apply in their national operational plans, in order to ensure a uniform approach of the CAP’stwo pillars and ensure, in particular, a European approach in Pillar I and thus a level playing field;of the CAP throughout the Union, and for Pillar I in particular to guarantee the respect of conditions of fair competition.
Amendment 421 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Welcomes the Member States’ increased responsibility in the implementation of CAP aid so as to make it more efficient and better adapted to the realities of the different types of agriculture in Europe, on the condition that this public policy continues to be EU- wide and thereby continues to avoid distortions of competition between the Member States;
Amendment 570 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers that the current CAP architecture can onlyCAP can deliver its objectives only if sufficiently funded; calls, therefore, for the CAP budget to be maintained in the next MFF at and thus calls for maintaining in constant euros the CAP budget in the MFF at least athe current levels in order to achieve the ambitions of a revised and efficient CAP beyondafter 2020;
Amendment 582 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Warns against any possible national co-financing of direct payments, as this would lead to a disruption of the common nature of the CAP;
Amendment 603 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Believes that more targeted support for family farms is necessary and can be achieved by introducing a compulsory higher support rate for small farms; considers, moreover, that support for larger farms should be digressive, reflecting economies of scale, with the possibility for capping to be decided by the Member States; is necessary for diverse agricultural systems, especially family farms, to strengthen regional economies through a performant agriculture in economic, environmental and social terms; considers that this can be achieved by introducing a compulsory higher support rate for farmers managing sustainably productive farms which have the capacity provide employment and retain people in rural territories; stresses that, reflecting economies of scale, support for larger farms should be digressive, with mandatory capping to be decided at European level, with flexibility criteria to take into account employment levels generated by the farm or the co-operative it belongs to;
Amendment 633 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Points out that public support should be granted only to active farmers – those who own the majority of the capital of their farm, who derive most of their income from it, who work effectively on that farm and who have not yet reached the statutory age for retirement, when they would have to free up their land for young people to establish themselves.
Amendment 645 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 749 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses the need for a fair distribution of direct payments between Member States, which must take into account employment and socio-economic differences, different production costs and the amounts received by Member States under Pillar II;
Amendment 754 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Welcomes the results of the most recent Commission report on the POSEI implementation and reiterates that the POSEI must be maintained as a specific regime, distinct from CAP direct payments, in order to ensure a balanced territorial development by preventing the risk of abandonment of production due to challenges related with remoteness, insularity, small-size, difficult topography, and climate or economic dependence on few products;
Amendment 767 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Believes that, provided that a level playing field in the sSingle mMarket can beis guaranteed, vVoluntary cCoupled sSupport (VCS) payments should be maintained, as a tool to counteract specific difficulties, particularly those arising from the structural competitive disadvantage of less-favoured and mountainond reinforced, not only to prevent the loss of certain sectors on areas with specific difficulties but also as a tool to promote strategic productions, as protein crops, in the future, and with an yearly review to determine which sectors and productions should continue to receive support, as provided for in the Omnibus rRegulations, as well as thosein order to counter impacts which are more temporary in nature, and ariserising, for example, from a shift away from the oldcurrent entitlement scheme, for example or to compensate for the effects of Free Trade Agreements;
Amendment 779 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Believes that, provided that a level playing field in the single market can be guaranteed, voluntary coupled support (VCS) payments should be maintained, as a tool to counteract specific difficultie and the possibility of recoupling specific crops considered, as a tool to counteract specific difficulties or to promote crops that are beneficial for the environment but unprofitable such as leguminous plants, particularly those arising from the structural competitive disadvantage of less- favoured and mountainous regions, as well as those which are more temporary in nature and arise from a shift away from the old entitlement scheme, for example;
Amendment 794 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Takes the view that voluntary coupled support payments can also be used to promote environmentally-friendly production and the fight against global warming and that the amount can also be adapted to market conditions;
Amendment 816 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recalls that generational renewal is a challenge faced bying farmers in many Member States and that each national strategy must be therefore address this issue throughtackled as part of a comprehensive approach, including top-ups in Pillar I and targeted measmobilizing all the financial resources in Pillar II, as well as by means of new financial instruments and national measures, in order to incentivise famers to pass on their farming operationof CAP: the additional payment of young farmers in the first pillar, the measures to help young second-pillar farmers set up, which should be made mandatory for the Member States, and the support from new financial instruments;
Amendment 823 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recalls that generational renewal is aand the fight against the concentration of land are challenges faced by famers in many Member States and that each national strategy must therefore address this issue through a comprehensive approach, including backed by a clear strategy of intervention by the European Union, including through a combination of top- ups in Pillar I and mandatory targeted measures in Pillar II, as well as by means of new financial instruments and national measures, such as the regulation of farmland in order to incentivise famers to pass on their farming operations and prevent the disappearance of family farming;
Amendment 853 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Considers that this global approach must be consistent with all national competence systems in fields as diverse as taxation, social law, inheritance law, land law;
Amendment 880 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Underlines the importance of rural development, including particular the LEADER initiative, in their supporting for sustainable and multi-functional agriculture and in fostering additional entrepreneurial activities and opportunities, in order to generproducing food and non-food goods and services and for forestry, which generate added value and jobs which very often cannot be relocated, income from the agri-tourism, and to secure community-supported agriculture and the provision of social services in rural areabio-economy and renewable energies sectors, all of which ensure a ‘presential’ economy in the regions;
Amendment 905 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission to address the inequality between women and men in the rural environment – which is at the root of much of the rural exodus – ensuring the implementation of mandatory, positive-action corrective measures in all the Member States;
Amendment 912 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Underlines the importance of the CAP to support the transition towards a circular economy model by facilitating the creation and further development of new and existing value chains linked to the creation of jobs and growth in rural areas;
Amendment 930 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission, in view of the limited results of the current greening measures, to introduce a new and comprehensive legal framework which allowsallowing for the integration of the variousdifferent types of environmental actions at present, such as cross compliance, greening and the good agricultural and environmental conditions (GAEC) standards,currently existing under Pillar I (cross compliance, greening payments) as well as agrio-environmental measures (AEMs) for rural development, so that farmerunder Pillar II, in order to improve the greening results can deliver effectively and with less bureaucracy on environmental care, biodiversity and climate actiod help all farmers more effectively in the adaptation of their farming systems, as imposed by the environmental and climatic challenges and citizens demands , without having to bear excessive administrative burden, while ensuring that Member States have adequate control andmaintain a level of action to takinge into account local agricultural conditions;
Amendment 953 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Considers that the Commission’s first option would allow support for all farmers, as well as many innovative environmental practices that have already been tested by the farmers themselves;
Amendment 961 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Considers that the Commission's future legislative proposals should be able to support the largest number of farmers in their efforts to modernize towards more sustainable agricultural development;
Amendment 969 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Considers that this ambition for the CAP must be based on a first level corresponding to a simplified and reinforced conditionality and constituting a common base applicable to all farms, and on a second level to go beyond conditionality and including both the current climate and environmental measures of the second pillar and a new European incentive scheme in the first pillar;
Amendment 970 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Amendment 978 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 c (new)
Paragraph 17 c (new)
17c. Takes the view that, in the second level of greening, there would be, on the one hand, agri-environmental measures which would continue to offset the additional costs and shortfalls associated with the voluntary establishment, by farmers located in limited areas, of environmentally and climate-friendly practices, but these agri-environmental measures should also be designed to cover risk-taking for farmers who are considering adopting new sustainable farming systems; and that, on the other hand, it would be desirable that the new eco-scheme should be mandatory at the level of each Member State, in order to encourage the maximum number of farmers throughout Europe to adopt virtuous practices for the environment and the climate, through aid in the form of annual payments for environmental services; the level of remuneration possibly being dependent on the level of ambition of each practice, or group of practices, which should be determined at European level, in various environmental domains (organic farming, agroforestry, good agronomic soil management, low pesticide use, presence of EFAs...);
Amendment 979 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 c (new)
Paragraph 17 c (new)
17c. Considers that the Commission must present an improved system, determined at European level, with mandatory enhanced conditionality applicable in all Member States, additional agri-environmental tools, along with a mandatory new European incentive scheme, to be settled by each Member State for farmers who can voluntarily participate and for which payment levels would reflect the level of ambition of the different environmental practices;
Amendment 981 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 d (new)
Paragraph 17 d (new)
17d. Proposes that this new form of greening should be accompanied by significant, coordinated and more efficient means in Pillar II through targeted tangible and intangible investments (knowledge transfer, training, advice, exchange of know-how, networking, EIP innovation) as another driver of change;
Amendment 990 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Believes that this new framework should be underpinned by the possible allocation of a minimum amount of the total available budget to AEMs, including organic agriculture, support for biodiversity, agroforestry, and genetic diversity in animals and plants;
Amendment 1027 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to foster innovation, research and modernisation in agriculture by supporting traininga strong advisory system, better adapted to beneficiaries 'needs and agricultural extension as a pre- condition in programme design and implementation in all Member States, while fostering targeted training, the transfer of know-how and the exchange of best practice models between Member States, with a general focus on new technologies and digitalization;
Amendment 1028 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to foster innovation and modernisation in agriculture by supporting training and agricultural extension as a pre-condition in programme design and implementation in all Member States, while fostering the transfer of know-how, for which cooperatives and other producer organizations have been identified as having a crucial role, and the exchange of best practice models between Member States;
Amendment 1046 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Stresses the importance of making available to all farmers the new spatial and digital technologies for the development of precision farming, which will help them in the technical and economic management of their holding in order to be more efficient both economically and in terms of sustainability;
Amendment 1076 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Calls on the Commission to foster a regulatory and policy framework that creates incentives for research and development for the agricultural sector;
Amendment 1078 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 c (new)
Paragraph 19 c (new)
19c. Underlines the need of accelerating the knowledge transfer from research to farm level with the aim to improve resilience, resource efficiency and sustainability of agriculture in Europe;
Amendment 1089 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission to maintain the current common market organisation (Single CMO) framework, including the specific policy instruments and the individual sector plans (wine, andolive oil, apiculture, fruit and vegetables) and the EU school fruit, vegetables and milk scheme, with the ultimate aim of strengthening the sustainability and competiveness of each sector while enabling access for all farmers;
Amendment 1090 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission to maintain the current single common market organisation (Single CMO) framework, inclu regarding the individual sector plans (wine, apiculture, and fruit and vegetables) and the EU school fruit, vegetables and milk scheme, within the first pillar and with the ultimate aim of strengthening the sustainability and competiveness of each sector while enabling access for all farmers;
Amendment 1144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Reminds the Commission that risk management strategies, only based on insurance systems and income stabilization tools, are not sufficiently effective when price volatility is significantly fluctuating compared to production cost levels, which is the case for agricultural markets;
Amendment 1149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Reminds the Commission that in terms of risk management, aid for insurance schemes and income- stabilisation tools is not effective unless price volatility is regular and close to the level of production costs, which sadly is rarely the case with agricultural markets;
Amendment 1185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Underlines the importance of the role of interbranch organisations for producers when faced by the cornering of added value for high-quality products by the rest of the sector; such organisations can take action to increase price levels while safeguarding the reputation of products;
Amendment 1204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Commission to allow and indeed encourage – particularly in the dairy sector – active crisis management instruments, such as voluntary sector agreements to manage supply in quantitative terms among producers, producers organisations and processors, and to examine the possibility of extending such instruments and of contracting to other sectors;
Amendment 1213 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Calls on the Commission to encourage the Member States to put together training programmes on the available risk management tools to enable farmers to learn more about the various instruments;
Amendment 1216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Asks the Commission to introduce an integrated, coherent approach to speed up decisions to use the current crisis management tools;
Amendment 1220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls for an in-depth review of the current crisis reserve mechanism in order to create an independent financial instrument exempt from the budgetary principle of annuality, so as to permit budgetary transfers from one year to the next, thereby enabling quick and effective responses to crisis situations, including those involving animal and plant health, disease-related issues and food safenot subject to the principle of annuality of the budget so as to allow transfers from one year to the next, especially when market prices are sufficiently high, and will increase the speed and effectiveness of crisis responses, including animal health issues, plant diseases, food safety and security;
Amendment 1235 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Believes that while tradehey agreements are generally beneficial to the EUfor some agricultural sector overall,s and necessary forto strengthening the EUnion’s position on the globalworld agricultural market, theyrade agreements also pose a number of challenges that require reinforced safeguard mechanismdifficulties which require coherence between trade policy and certain objectives of the CAP concerning family farm income, the future of certain rural territories, which in practice implies the establishment of safeguard mechanisms or even exclusion of the most sensitive sectors from the negotiations and the application of the principle of reciprocity in production conditions, so as to ensure a level playing field between farmers in the EU and in the rest of the worlduropean Union their foreign competitors;
Amendment 1284 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls for initiatives to further promote EU production, safety and environmental standards and quality production schemes, through both labelling anEuropean origin labelling schemes and reinforced marketing activitiprogrammes on internal and third-country markets, as well as the maintenance and improvement of specific policy instruments for certain productions;
Amendment 1328 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Underlines, however, that as much progress must be made before the end of the current term as possible and that this issue must be highlighted during campaigning for the EP elections;