19 Amendments of Francesca BARRACCIU related to 2013/2097(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
Citation 3 a (new)
– having regard to the report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council entitled ‘Evolution of the market situation and the consequent conditions for smoothly phasing-out the milk quota system – second “soft landing” report’ (COM(2012)0741),
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas expiry of the milk quotas will affect the entire European milk market, in particular dairy farmers in mountain areas, and, all the more so, those in upland parts of island areas, and outermost regions where it will not be possible to take advantage of the growth opportunities generated by deregulation;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas expiry of the quotas may also place parts of othersome less favoured areas at a, such as islands – in particular upland parts of islands – at an ever greater competitive disadvantage;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas expiry of the quotas could place milk and dairy producers in less favoured areas located in island regions at a major competitive disadvantage, owing to the high transport costs resulting from isolation and geographical dispersion;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas milk production and collection costs and the cost of transporting inputs and dairy products in these areas are substantially higher than in more favourable locations, and whereas the introduction of decentralised milk collection systems could help to bring down those costs;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the formation of producer associations can help to cut production costs and give dairy farmers greater bargaining power, in particular as regards the setting of milk prices;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas in many of these areas milk production is the most important branch of agricultural activity and is key to the production of high-quality dairy products with EU-recognised designations, some of which are already under threat and could well disappear under the new milk regime;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the development and promotion of high-quality dairy products is one possible way of addressing market challenges arising as a result of milk quota overruns;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas, in these areas, agriculture frequently contributes to landscape conservation, biodiversity and the containment of natural hazards, making it a cornerstone of successful regional development, without which other sectors such as tourism are unable to grow, and whereas the abandonment of farming in such areas is likely to have a severe knock-on effect on those sectors;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Takes the view that permanent grassland and pastureland, which can generally be used for no other purpose than cattle, sheep and goat breeding in these areas, must be treated in the same way as other types of farmland for the purpose of calculating direct payments from the first pillar, and that proper account must be taken of the specific needs of less-favoured areas located in island regions when such calculations are made;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the need for CAP provisions to focus on small farms in these areas, given that they are structurally more labour intensive, are obliged to pay higher prices for inputs and make a valuable contribution to sustained employment levels and rural development;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States and regions to formulate a specific rural development programme for milk production in these areas, focusing in particular on young farmers, as encouraging them to remain in such areas can help to guard against depopulation;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Member States and the competent authorities to provide dairy farmers with assistance in securing insurance cover for the risks that they incur, with a view to securing greater income stability in the sector;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Points out that, given the substantial logistical problems arising with regard to transport and the generally small quantities of milk produced on individual farms, collection costs and finished product transport costs in mountain areas and outermost regions are particularly high, placing them at a major geographical and competitive disadvantage, and that those costs are still higher in less-favoured and upland parts of island areas, which are faced with additional logistical problems resulting from the high cost of energy and of transport to the mainland; calls on the Member States and regions accordingly to earmark state subsidies for processing plant, so as to offset the higher costs of collection and of transporting finished products compared with those in more favourable locations;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Points out that in-situ processing and marketing on farms or alpine pastures means greater added value for smallholdings and micro farms in mountain areas and enhances the tourist potential of these locations; stresses that such initiatives should be funded under the second CAP pillar;(Does not affect English version.)
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Considers it regrettable that Regulation (EU) No 261/2012 failed to make written contracts between parties in the milk and dairy products sector compulsory throughout the EU, thus potentially placing farmers in Member States in which such contracts are not required at a disadvantage;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Points out that, in line with arrangements under the CMO for fruit and vegetables, producer organisations should be given the opportunity of realising EU- funded operational programmes; observes that, in this connection, producer organizations should be given the opportunity of promoting market development, quality control, product innovation and advertising initiatives, particularly in respect of the new ‘mountain produce’ designation and protected designations of origin and other quality marks, as well as fostering the development of skills and crisis management measures.
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Commission to include in the report on the concrete operation of the Milk Package provisions which, in the second ‘soft landing’ report, it undertook to submit to Parliament and the Council by 30 June 2014, an assessment of Regulation (EU) No 261/2012 on contractual relations in the milk and milk products sector and, where appropriate, proposals for its amendment;