Activities of Sofia RIBEIRO related to 2014/2146(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Review of the implementation of the Dairy package (debate) PT
Amendments (27)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
Citation 3 a (new)
- having regard to Article 349 relating to the outermost regions, from the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
- having regard to Regulation (EU) No 247/2006 which establishes specific measures in the field of agriculture in favour of the outermost regions of the European Union,
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the global dairy market is increasingly volatile, with the highest ever price since records began noted in January 2014, followed by substantial drops in prices throughout the rest of 2014, preventing farmers from creating financial reserves to withstand the end of quotas because of the impact of the unexpected Russian embargo;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the Russian ban on European dairy products since August 2014 has had a significant impact on the EU internal market, limiting the income of farmers who needed it to withstand the end of this regime with greater security, and demonstrated the importance of securing diverse export markets for EU products;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas a large number of dairy farms are located in disadvantaged, outermost, remote or mountainous areas, where the costs of production, collection and marketing milk and dairy products outside their production area are much higher than in other areas;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. Whereas one of the main objectives of the CAP is balanced territorial development, in economic, social and environmental terms; this presupposes that agriculture will continue to be productive and sustainable in disadvantaged, outermost, remote or mountainous areas;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas the end of quotas will have a considerable negative impact on the outermost regions, particularly in the Azores, where dairy farming is the main economic activity, representing around 46 % of the regional economy;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights that dairy farmers are particularly vulnerable to income variations and risks owing to high capital costs, volatile dairy commodity prices, input and energy costs, and that a sustainable livelihood from dairy farming is an ongoing challenge as production costs are frequently close to or above farm gate prices, an issue which frequently occurs in the outermost regions;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. These potentially positive market prospects are part of a global perspective, and do not consider the impact that a regime without quotas will have on the outermost regions, mountain areas or disadvantaged areas, and could even lead to production being abandoned in these regions;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Acknowledges the important socio- economic contribution dairy farming makes across the EU and its particular importance in disadvantaged and outermost regions, where it is often the only type of farming possible. Adds that for the outermost regions, this sector is responsible for the subsistence of many families, the typical landscape, the organisation, occupation and protection of the territory and the maintenance of cultural and traditional practices, among other things;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Reminds that dairy production in disadvantaged, outermost, remote or mountainous areas requires a specific approach in terms of the Investment Plan and financial subsidies to preserve or rebuild the conditions necessary for farming activities, and for the processing and marketing of this production;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Urges the Commission to closely monitor the evolution of dairy production in disadvantaged, outermost, remote or mountainous areas and to assess the economic impact of the end of quotas on dairy farms;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Underlines that the suppression of the milk quotas system and the greater openness of markets will led to stronger competition between the production areas at a European level, which might endanger the objective of territorial equilibrium across the EU;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recommends that, in order to prevent further market instability, previous decisions on milk quotas should be maintained, namely the super levy;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Considers it necessary to foresee calling into question a quotas system to control supply in the dairy sector due to the unavailability of a mechanism with an equivalent effect on the market;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Urges the Commission and the Member States to improve and strengthen the milk distribution regimes in schools, favouring short supply chains and thereby enabling the distribution of production, especially in the outermost regions, mountain areas or disadvantaged areas;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. It is important to provide POSEI with an adequate financial reinforcement to enable it, together with farmers, to mitigate the additional difficulties that the dairy sector is already facing in the outermost regions, particularly in the Azores, and an expected deterioration in the situation.
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Highlights that implementation of the Milk Package is still at an early stage; expresses disappointment, nevertheless, with the low levels of implementation, with this situation being even more pronounced in the outermost regions, mountain areas or disadvantaged areas;
Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Requests that assistance for the establishment and activities of producer organisations (POs) is tailored to the realities of disadvantaged, outlying, isolated and mountainous areas;
Amendment 307 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Requests that the Commission anticipates for 2017 the report on the development of the situation of the milk and dairy products markets, assessing in particular the effects of the ‘milk package’ on producers and on milk production in the disadvantaged, outlying, isolated and mountainous areas, in line with the general objective to preserve production in these areas, and encompassing potential incentives seeking to encourage the farmers to conclude joint production agreements; this report must be accompanied by any relevant proposals within the scope of these objectives;
Amendment 310 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Believes that it is necessary to allocate additional resources to the POSEI programme so as to assist milk producers in adapting to the effects resulting from the deregulation of the markets and enabling them to maintain a viable and competitive business relative to the rest of the European area;
Amendment 330 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. The aforementioned growth in demand refers to the European market as a whole, which could increase the concentration of production in a small number of more competitive Member States/Regions, leading the other farmers to abandon the sector;
Amendment 388 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Stresses the need for the sector to move away from unprocessed bulk production; considers that full use should be made of research measures to develop innovative high-value dairy products in high growth markets such as medicinal nutritional products and nutritional products for infants, athletes and athletese elderly;
Amendment 400 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Notes that the sector has not engaged with the Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) and Protected Geographical Indications (PGI) schemes in a meaningful manner; calls on the Commission to simplify access to these schemes, while retaining them as the quality benchmark for European products, unquestioned among EU export markets;
Amendment 427 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. It is essential to create a transition mechanism in the outermost regions between the elimination of quotas and the liberalisation of the markets, which makes it possible to protect farmers and the sector in these regions;
Amendment 481 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. In the outermost regions this chain is highly imbalanced, since farmers depend directly and exclusively on a small number of companies and distributors because of their geographic isolation. The Commission must therefore be able to encourage the use of short supply chains, giving preference to local production in these specific cases, in order to ensure continued production in these regions.