12 Amendments of Ulrike MÜLLER related to 2016/2034(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas, since 2007, extreme price fluctuation has been a more common feature of world agricultural markets, with increasingly frequent and marked economic shocks;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas price volatility is the measure of how substantially, how swiftly and how often the price of an agricultural product changes over a given period; highlights that price volatility also is part of the normal functioning of the market;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. highlights that the sector must be encouraged to set up initiatives to improve their management and entrepreneurial skills by foreseeing future liquidity flows and the impact of possible change in their business strategy in order to combat volatility and make themselves more competitive and strengthen their common bargaining power;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Considers it important to retain farm subsidies to allow future planning certainty and thus a secure income to farmers in times of price volatilities;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Recommends strengthening the organisational capability of the weakest links, especially the negotiation position of primary producers, in the various agricultural sectors and strengthening contractual systems;
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Farmers should be encouraged to increase their level of cooperation in order to limit market risks and to strengthen their negotiation position in the food supply chain vis-à-vis retailers; Notes that competition authorities should provide farmers enough room and encouragement to set up this type of private sector initiatives;
Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Recommends that the tools for risk management, particularly the various types of insurance and mutual funds, be further developed;
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. points out that the last CAP reform introduced three new types of risk management instruments; notes that the uptake of these tools in the programming period 2014–2020 by Member States had been limited;
Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16 b. notes that agricultural production is highly subjected to extern influences such as natural disasters; calls on the Commission and Member States to enhance research and development on resistance mechanisms to prevent production and income losses to farmers;
Amendment 271 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16 c. calls on the Commission to eliminate implementation difficulties in order to enhance the use of these risk management tools and thus increase farmer's ability to better cope with price volatilities;
Amendment 324 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Considers that, as farmers cannot control the factors that determine their turnover and gross margins, they should be encouraged to develop tools for coping with market volatility, especially mutual funds, such tools being better suited to that purpose than direct payments;