17 Amendments of Angélique DELAHAYE related to 2017/2117(INI)
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas it is impossible to establish and maintain sheep and goat production without guaranteed stable incomes for farmers;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas the goatmeat market in Europe is unique in that production is concentrated largely in Greece, Spain and France while consumption is particularly significant in Portugal, Italy and Greece;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the limited presence of goatmeat in points of sale entails a loss of visibility and hence a decrease in consumption by consumers;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the amount of sheepmeat produced in the EU fails to cover around 13% of needs, and imports from third countries, chiefly New Zealand, eat into the competitiveness of EU products in the most sensitive times of the year (Easter and Christmas), but also during the rest of the year, given that New Zealand and Australia are major exporters of sheepmeat;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas the sheep and goat sectors, being sensitive sectors, should be protected in the ongoing negotiations on trade agreements between the European Union and New Zealand and Australia, or be excluded altogether from these trade agreements;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Endorses the recommendations published by the 2016 EU Sheepmeat Forum, held under the aegis of the Commission, in particular the need to compensate the sector for the environmental role it playsestablish an environmental payment in recognition of the role played by the sheep and goat sectors as regards land improvement, biodiversity, ecosystems, maintenance of the countryside, the environment and employment; takes the view that these recommendations are equally valid for the sectors of goatmeat and ewe’s and goat’s milk products;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission to acknowledge the important role played by sheep and goat farming as regards the environment, notably the preservation of sensitive ecosystems, the beauty of the landscape, water quality as well as preventing climate change, erosion, flooding, avalanches and forest fires;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to step up support for research, innovation and the promotion of sheep- and goatmeat, principally in the internal market, emphasising not only traditional products, but also newer cuts marketed to younger consumermarket, through the launching of a new communication and promotion programme for sheep- and goatmeat, emphasising not only traditional products, but also newer cuts marketed to younger consumers and to encourage more regular consumption by publicising cooking and preparation methods suited to new consumer habits;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission to promote the quality of products exported by the European Union, notably through strict sanitary standards and traceability, which guarantee sheep- and goatmeat of a higher quality than that exported by New Zealand and Australia; this European particularity in the area of quality being something that should be promoted in order to encourage the consumption of European sheep- and goatmeat;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Commends the Commission on its intention to set up a dedicated budget line for those products in the next promotion campaigns co-financed by the Union, and advocates the need to include wool and skins among the beneficiary products;
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes it necessary to offer greater support to young peoplefarmers to set up, via both direct aid, incentives to set up or take over sheep and goat holdings and rural development policy, given the high average age of workers in the livestock- raising sectors, exceeding even that in other agricultural professions;
Amendment 292 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Urges the Commission to exercise caution in negotiating the new free-trade agreement with Australia and New Zealand, pending its analysis of the impact of Brexit on the EU sheep-farming and goat-farming sector; takes the view that this new agreement should split New Zealand’s quota for lamb meat exports into the EU so as to separate fresh or chilled and frozen meat;
Amendment 293 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Commission to exclude sensitive products from future negotiations between the EU and Australia and between the EU and New Zealand, particularly as regards sheepmeat and goatmeat, in view of the extreme sensitivity of these sectors, and, in this connection, calls on the Commission to take into account Parliament’s recommendations set out in the Caspary reports of 26 October 2017;
Amendment 298 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Considers that the UK leaving the EU should be an opportunity to further develop the European sheep and goat sectors in order to make the EU less dependent on imports of sheepmeat and goatmeat from New Zealand;
Amendment 304 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for consideration to be given to the precarious situation of sheep and goat farmers when entering into further trade agreements with third countries by including their products among sensitive sectors, and excluding any provisions that might compromise the European model of production in any way, particularly as the production costs and standards of the main sheepmeat and goatmeat exporting countries are significantly lower than those in Europe;
Amendment 308 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls on the Commission to consider an increase in EU exports to North Africa, which is a growing market that appreciates the quality and food safety guaranteed by the European Union;
Amendment 338 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Invites the Commission and Member States to consider rural development measures to protect herds from attack from predators and look into reviewing the Habitats Directive, with the aim of controlling the spread ofregulating large predators in certain grazing areas, and, in this regard, calls on the Commission to take into account the recommendations made by Parliament in its resolution on the Action Plan for nature, people and the economy of 15 November 2017;