Activities of Marijana PETIR related to 2018/2037(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
The future of food and farming (debate) HR
Amendments (114)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
– having regard to Articles 40 and 42 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) establishing a Common Market Organisation in agricultural products and the extent to which rules on competition apply to production of and trade in agricultural products,
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
– having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 1 March 2018 on prospects and challenges for the EU apiculture sector,
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 b (new)
Citation 6 b (new)
– having regard to European Parliament resolution of 28 April 2015 on ‘A new EU Forest Strategy: for forests and the forest-based sector’,
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
Citation 10 a (new)
– having regard to the Commission communication of 20 September 2013 to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions entitled ‘A new EU Forest Strategy: for forests and the forest-based sector’,
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
Citation 10 a (new)
– having regard to the report XXX of the European Parliament on the current situation and future prospects for the sheep and goat sectors in the EU,
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 b (new)
Citation 10 b (new)
– having regard to the recommendations of the EU Sheep Meat Forum, held in 2015 and 2016, under the aegis of the European Commission,
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
B b. whereas water and agriculture are intrinsically linked and that the sustainable management of water in the agricultural sector is essential to guarantee good quality and sufficient food production and ensure the preservation of water resources;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas such a new delivery model should ensure a direct relationship between the EU and European farmers;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas direct payments provide the first substantial layer of stability and a safety net to farm incomes as they represent from a tangible portion of annual farming incomes to as much as 100% of farm revenues in certain regions and should continue to allow farmers to compete on a level playing field with third countries;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas direct payments must be more targeted to farmers, as those who contribute to the stability and the future of our rural regions and who face economic market risks;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas specific tools for Mediterranean sectors should remain in the first pillar;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas it is essential to provide flexible and responsive tools to help sensitive and strategic sectors cope with structural changes, such as the potential impacts of Brexit or of approved bilateral trade agreements with the EU’s main partners;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas sectorial strategies for fruits and vegetables, wine and apiculture should remain compulsory for the producing countries and the specificities of these tools and rules should be kept;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas it is essential to ensure a fair standard of living for farmers 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, and animal and plant health and welfare;
Amendment 188 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for a renovated second pillar that is, less complex and more efficient, focused on truly incentive territorial and sector development policies that place agro-environmental initiatives,, putting investment, training, research and innovation at the core of local issuesits core while allowing Member States to adopt specific approaches to reflect local conditions and needs, including the compensation of extra-costs related to natural handicaps and of more ambitious agro-environmental-climate scheme;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas average farm incomes are lower than average incomes for other sectors and activities in the EU;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Recital H b (new)
Hb. whereas European law recognises the concepts of ‘young farmers’ and ‘farmers commencing their agricultural activity’;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H c (new)
Recital H c (new)
Hc. whereas thematic sub-programmes on ‘Women in rural areas’ have not been created so far and women’s participation in the use of the instruments available under rural development programmes until 2014 was regrettably low;
Amendment 201 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Calls for strengthening the promotion of resource efficiency in the future CAP, including water and encourages the empowerment of farmers to take informed decision on water and nutrients requirements thanks to smart technologies, adequate practices and direct access to information, such as satellite data;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H d (new)
Recital H d (new)
Hd. whereas the current CAP lacks the instruments necessary to ensure decent incomes conducive to a dignified life for older farmers;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H e (new)
Recital H e (new)
He. whereas there are no adequate instruments to encourage the transfer of businesses from the older generation of farmers to the younger generation;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H f (new)
Recital H f (new)
Hf. whereas of the 6.1 million participants in training measures, only 28% were women;
Amendment 204 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Considers that any new obligation for farmers under the first pillar or any new program under the second pillar of the CAP should be adequately supported by additional budget;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H g (new)
Recital H g (new)
Hg. whereas only 19% of the beneficiaries of physical investment in farm holdings for modernisation and 33% of the beneficiaries of diversification measures were women;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H h (new)
Recital H h (new)
Hh. whereas with regard to jobs created as a result of axis 3 measures (diversification of the economy in rural areas), only 38% of the beneficiaries were women;
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the emergence of new challenges, such as increasing global trade, is necessitating a common level playing field based on fair and sustainable conditions for the global exchange of goods and services as well as renewed and efficient trade defence mechanisms, within the framework of the WTO and in accordance with existing EU social, economic and environmental standards, which should be promoted;
Amendment 228 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas direct investment support should be better targeted to the dual demands of economic and environmental performance and consider the needs of the farms themselves;
Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas the agriculture and food sector must be incentivised toshould continue to contribute to the environmental care and climate action objectives of the EU set out in international agreements such as the Paris Agreement and the UN SDGs;
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas the CAP must develop a real ambition to reconcile environmental and climate objectives and the economic sustainability of the farming sector as only economically healthy farms will be capable to deliver on EU environmental and climate objectives;
Amendment 288 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas the objectives of the Cork 2.0 Declaration for a Better Life in Rural Areas stipulate vibrant rural areas, multi- functionality, biodiversity in and outside agriculture and forestry, rare animal breeds and conservation crops, as well as organic agriculture, less-favoured areas and commitments in the context of Natura 2000, the role of young people and women in rural development;
Amendment 301 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas the CAP should give due recognition to the strong environmental benefits provided by certain sectors, like sheep and goat or protein crops;
Amendment 304 #
Ma. whereas the beekeeping sector is vital for the EU and contributes significantly to society, both economically and environmentally;
Amendment 307 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M b (new)
Recital M b (new)
Mb. whereas in the framework of the global EU strategy on forest, special attention should be paid to the Mediterranean forests, which suffer more from climate change and fires, putting at risk potential for agricultural production and biodiversity;
Amendment 319 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N a (new)
Recital N a (new)
Na. whereas farmers in the EU produce and place their products on the single European market while respecting common rules on cross-compliance, yet they do not enjoy the same access to financing in all Member States;
Amendment 337 #
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, the financial stability of agricultural producers and the modernisation of agricultural practices;
Amendment 370 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Suggests that a notification of strategic plans by the Member States should not entail a formal approval by the Commission, rather a compliance check against the pre-defined objectives should be performed;
Amendment 377 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 388 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Believes that any renationalisation attempts of the CAP, via co-financing of the first pillar or disproportionate use of the subsidiary principle, must be avoided as it would lead to much worst imbalances for competition in the single market;
Amendment 390 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that rules need to be framed carefully in order to maintain the degree of flexibility necessary to enable Member States and regions to choose the options best suited to situations on the ground, but without distorting competition within the single market;
Amendment 402 #
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 ensure, in particular, a European approach in Pillar I and thus a level playing field;
Amendment 413 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that subsidiarity for Member States should only be granted within a strong 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 ensure, in particular, a European approach in Pillar I and thus a level playing field;
Amendment 422 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Amendment 429 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. In CAP Pillar II the strict rules for irrigation should be mitigated in order to extend the irrigation especially in those Member States, where the irrigated area is less than the EU average;
Amendment 447 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. WelcomeUnderstands the efforts of the Commission to establish programme design, implementation and control of an output-based approach in order to foster performance rather than compliance, while ensuring adequate monitoring via clearly defined, solid and measurable indicators at EU level, including an appropriate system of quality control and penalties;
Amendment 461 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Emphasizes that the new system should bring substantial simplification and reduction of administrative burden for both beneficiaries and national / regional administrations;
Amendment 462 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Considers that targets and indicators need to be clearly laid down at EU level for the purpose of monitoring compliance with objectives in order to facilitate programming, whether at Member State or regional level, under the proposed new aid model;
Amendment 465 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes, however, that a potential delay in adoption of CAP Strategic Plans may lead to late payments which has to be avoided;
Amendment 467 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Highlights that the CAP indicators should be simple, realistic, easily quantifiable and controllable;
Amendment 470 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Calls for simple framework-type CAP Strategic Plans, allowing appropriate flexibility;
Amendment 471 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Considers that the collection of information should rely on satellite images and Integrated Administration and Control System databases rather than individual farmers’ data submission;
Amendment 472 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 e (new)
Paragraph 5 e (new)
5e. Stresses that missing out on output targets should not lead to a financial correction;
Amendment 473 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 f (new)
Paragraph 5 f (new)
5f. Proposes for due consideration to introduce the following two simple indicators: - a 2 % premium to animal breeders after each 0,1 animal unit / hectare registered in the Integrated Identification and Registration System for Animals which would be called "environmental economic animal breeder premium"; This would incentivise farmers to breed animals on their land which would re-balance European agriculture; - a 20 % premium per farm to those farmers producing on small watershed basins having a nitrate output result - in groundwater and surface-water - measured by the relevant authorities on pre-defined points on the given basin below the threshold limit which would be called "environmental economic nitrate premium"; This latter would incentivise farmers pursuing a reasonable nutrient management determined by the results of soil analysis in order to use the optimal quantity of nitrogen;
Amendment 474 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 g (new)
Paragraph 5 g (new)
5g. Requests preserving the simplified Small Farmers Scheme; Believes that farmers having a land less than 5 hectares should have the opportunity to voluntarily step into this system;
Amendment 475 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 h (new)
Paragraph 5 h (new)
5h. Believes that farmers having a land less than 5 hectares should have the opportunity to voluntarily step into this system;
Amendment 476 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 i (new)
Paragraph 5 i (new)
5i. Proposes to grant direct payments only to those animal (equino, sheep, goat, beef cattle) breeders farming on permanent pastures who keep ruminants at least 0,2 animal unit per hectare on that pasture where they apply for direct payments;
Amendment 481 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls for guarantees that implementing and delegated acts and guidelines as well (serving as “soft laws”) are kept to the absolute minimum;
Amendment 490 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Believes that these acts must not cover any important legal provision which has to be in the basic acts;
Amendment 491 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Considers that these shall not reverse the spirit of subsidiarity and simplification of the basic acts to be;
Amendment 534 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Considers it necessary to maintain the current two-pillared architecture, particularly Pillar I, which is dedicated to income support for farmers; considers it necessary, at the same time, to compensate for the provision of public goods on the basis of uniform criteria, while allowing Member States to take specific approaches to reflect local and sectoral conditions;
Amendment 574 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Is of the opinion that administrative burden in the Rural Development programs should be eliminated, and the current long approval procedure should be reviewed to avoid delaying the application of those programs in each multiannual financial framework.
Amendment 585 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Considers that the development of new EU policies and objectives must not be done to the detriment of a successful CAP;
Amendment 594 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Considers that those delays strongly reduce the effectiveness of the programs and create huge uncertainty to European farmers;
Amendment 595 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 d (new)
Paragraph 9 d (new)
9d. Considers that New rural Development lines, which are not matched with extra funds, should be avoided;
Amendment 629 #
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 compulsovoluntary 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;
Amendment 671 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls forBelieves that the existing systbasic payment scheme for calculating direct payments in Pillar I, which is often based on historic entitlements, to be replaced by an EU- wide uniform method of calculating payments, in order to make the system simpler and more transparent is too complicated;
Amendment 688 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Welcomes the simple, justified, transparent and easily executable Single Area Payment Scheme (SAPS) successfully applied in many Member States and, therefore, asks for the preservation of the SAPS after 2020 and suggests to let it used in any Member State or by any farmer in the EU;
Amendment 692 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Considers it necessary to abide by the current terms for granting Pillar I direct payments in Member States to which transitional periods still apply following accession to the EU;
Amendment 724 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 745 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses the need for a fairmore even distribution of direct payments between Member States, which must take into account socio-economic differences, differences in farmers’ incomes, different production costs and the amounts received by Member States under Pillar II;
Amendment 769 #
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 principal tool to counteract specific difficulties, 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 775 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Believes that, provided that a level playing field in the single market can be guaranteed, the existing level of allocations for voluntary coupled support (VCS) payments should be maintained, as a tool to counteract specific difficulties, 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 791 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Also believes that coupled support should be maintained in sensitive sectors when the problems involved do not arise solely from geographical constraints and that its use should therefore also be allowable in other situations to be accounted for by Member States in their national strategies;
Amendment 792 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Believes that the Single Common Market Organisation’s sectorial schemes, especially the operational programmes in the Fruits and Vegetable sector, have proven their effectiveness in enhancing the competitiveness and the structuration of the targeted sectors as well as improving their sustainability;
Amendment 800 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Confirms that these payments are contributing to the fulfilment of CAP objectives and those of the European Commission related to job preservation;
Amendment 803 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Believes that the new CAP should provide for appropriate schemes to encourage earlier transfers of farm ownership from older to younger generations, thereby giving further encouragement to generational renewal in rural areas;
Amendment 804 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Calls on the Commission to allow Member States to design similar sectorial and/or territorial schemes to support sectors facing difficulties arising from structural changes in international trade or in the socioeconomic conditions within the Member State (Brexit for example);
Amendment 807 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Asks for lifting sectorial limitations because the concept of “sectors being in difficulty” dropped and Member States should be able to dedicate a sufficient share of the national envelope to these payments, while respecting World Trade Organisation rules;
Amendment 811 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14c. Considers that the new EU legislation should at all events maintain, but substantially improve, the thematic subprogrammes for women in rural areas, as these subprogrammes can play a major role in improving the general position of women and opening up job opportunities for them in rural areas;
Amendment 812 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14c. Considers that generational renewal is one of the key challenges of the farming sector in the EU and should be one of the main crosscutting objectives of the next reform;
Amendment 815 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 d (new)
Paragraph 14 d (new)
14d. Believes that Pillar II financing for bee-keeping should be better targeted and made more effective and that the new legislative framework should provide for a new Pillar I support scheme for bee- keepers, including direct support per bee community;
Amendment 820 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recalls that generational renewal is a challenge faced by famers in many Member States and that each national strategy must therefore address this issue through a comprehensive approach, including top-ups in Pillar I and targeted measures 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 operation promoting succession planning, facilitating and encouraging collaborative arrangements —such as partnerships, shared farming, contract rearing and leasing between old and young farmers;
Amendment 838 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Believes that the new legislation needs to make a more clear-cut distinction between the criteria forming the basis of incentives for ‘young farmers’ and for ‘new entrants setting up in farming’ (young farmers being defined according to their age, and new entrants, according to the number of years since their farms were established) in order to boost the potential for the two groups to bring about generational renewal and improve life in rural areas;
Amendment 841 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Besides the generational renewal the vitality of the rural areas should be maintained by supporting the development of rural areas in an integrated manner, through a wide range of actions (investments, connectivity and broadband, basic services, preservation of life and nature, renewal of villages, digitalisation etc.) mostly in the form of non-refundable supports;
Amendment 849 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Considers that in order to effectively reach the objective of generational renewal, the European Commission should reintroduce an exit scheme, allowing old farmers to retire and young farmers to enter the sector;
Amendment 856 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Stresses that better support should be given to young farmers since the current second-pillar start up support is not always efficient and does not encompass investment support;
Amendment 860 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Considers that measures for young farmers should be linked to their age and not restricted by the number of years since the farms that they are running were set up;
Amendment 866 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Considers that financial instruments of the second pillar should also be further mobilised to support the entry of young farmers in the sector;
Amendment 900 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Believes that the development of bio-industry in rural areas, including advanced biorefineries, for example, might provide new business models that could help farmers and forest owners to find new markets for their products and for new job creation; calls on the Commission and the Member States, therefore, to provide the necessary support to the agricultural and forestry sector with a view to making a greater contribution to further development of the bioeconomy in the EU;
Amendment 911 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Believes that within the Leader initiative, additional attention should be paid to the needs and projects of micro- scale family farms, over and above providing for the necessary financial assistance;
Amendment 918 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Highlights, moreover, that the implementation of financial instruments in rural development should be done on voluntary basis, while investments in rural areas should be strengthened;
Amendment 947 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission to introduce a new and comprehensive legal framework which allows the integration of the various types of environmental actions at present, such as cross compliance, greening and the good agricultural and environmental conditions (GAEC) standards, as well as agri-environment measures (AEMs) for rural development, so that farmers can deliver effectively and with less bureaucracy on environmental care, biodiversity and climate action, while ensuring that Member States have adequate control and taking into account local conditions;
Amendment 958 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Considers it necessary to further encourage environmentally positive farm management practices constituting voluntary additions to cross-compliance obligations which should be confirmed by means of recognised certificates;
Amendment 991 #
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 in Pillar II to AEMs, including organic agriculture, support for biodiversity and genetic diversity in animals and plants;
Amendment 1007 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Recalls that some challenges, such as climate change, biodiversity and water management, go beyond the CAP and serve other policy objectives;
Amendment 1015 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Recalls that their funding should also be ensured by other instruments;
Amendment 1018 #
18c. Considers that the greater use of field residues as a renewable, efficient and sustainable source of energy for rural areas should be supported and promoted;
Amendment 1034 #
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 andto help an effective implementation in all Member States, while fostering the transfer of know-how and the exchange of best practice models between Member States;
Amendment 1040 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Considers that support to direct investment, training and innovation should be better targeted to the dual demands of economic and environmental performance, and increased via national top-ups if farmers engage in this approach;
Amendment 1041 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls on the Commission to provide under the new EU legislation for the possibility of implementing education programmes for farmers, including the exchange of knowledge and best practice among farmers with a view to increasing, and guaranteeing the continuity of, agri- tourism revenue in Member States and encouraging continued cooperation among farmers within the EU, which in the long term should make for more uniform development of farms;
Amendment 1069 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Stresses that the CAP should promote the use of financial instruments and the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) to all farms and used to provide access to finance for bigger investments and projects;
Amendment 1098 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls on the Member States, when continuing to implement the EU school fruit, vegetable, and milk programmes, to make use of thematic educational measures, occasionally including agricultural products other than the main products listed above, for example yogurt, processed fruit and vegetable products, honey, olive oil, and the like, giving preference, in so doing, to local producers;
Amendment 1112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Recalls that management systems should be reinforced, mainly in fruits and vegetables, wine and olive oil;
Amendment 1116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 c (new)
Paragraph 20 c (new)
20c. Calls for the introduction of a new self-help management tool for olive oil that would allow storage action in those years where there is an overproduction, to release it in the market when the production is below the demand;
Amendment 1139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Insists on the critical need for the future CAP to support farmers more efficiently in order to cope with price and income volatility due to climate, health and market risks, by creating additional incentives for flexible risk management and stabilisation tools while ensuring broad access;
Amendment 1150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls for better support to be given to increase the leguminous plant productions in the EU and for specific aids for extensive sheep and goat breeders, taking into consideration the positive impact on the environment of those sectors and the need to reduce the EU dependency on imports of proteins for feed;
Amendment 1181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Insists on the necessity of strengthening the position of producers within the food supply chain, in particular by guaranteeing them a fair share of the added value, by fostering inter-sectoral cooperation, and strengthening transparency in the markets and crisis prevention, as well as further clarify the legal relationship between the provisions on the Common Market Organisations (CMO) and EU competition rules;
Amendment 1183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Considers that supply management measures for cheeses and ham with a protected designation of origin or a protected geographical indication or for wine have proven their efficiency in improving the sustainability, the competitiveness and the quality of the targeted products and should therefore be maintained and, if appropriate extended to cover all quality-labelled products in line with the CAP objectives;
Amendment 1195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 d (new)
Paragraph 22 d (new)
22d. Considers that, based on the lessons drawn on the functioning of the diverse EU Market observatories (Milk, Meat, Sugar & Crops), such tools should be extended to the sectors that are not already covered and further developed to offer reliable data and forecasts to the market operators in order to deliver early warning in case of market disturbances;
Amendment 1222 #
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 outside the agriculture budget and 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 safety, as well as those unrelated to crises in the agricultural sector but which have an impact on agriculture;
Amendment 1227 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls for establishing a new mechanism totally independent from direct payments and financed primarily from unspent margins of Heading 2 in the EU budget;
Amendment 1245 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Believes that while trade agreements are beneficial to the EU agricultural sector overalleconomy as a whole, and necessary for strengthening the EU’s position on the global agricultural market,market, in relation to EU agriculture they also pose a number of challengethreats that require reinforced safeguard mechanisms to ensure a level playing field between farmers in the EU and in the rest of the world;
Amendment 1279 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls for initiatives to promotereinforce the promotion of EU production, safety and environmental standards and quality production schemes, through both labelling and marketing activities on internal and third-country markets;
Amendment 1333 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Calls on the Commission to propose, before the application of the NDMintroduction of a totally new system, a transitional period long enough to ensure a soft landing and to avoid any delay in farmers’ annual payments and in the implementation of rural development programmes;