7 Amendments of Luke Ming FLANAGAN related to 2015/2154(DEC)
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes however that the competing ideologies of agriculture and the environment have not been addressed within the concept of a multifunctional agriculture, as a result a consistent and joined approach is not being implemented which adds to the error rate;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Points out that 2014 was a transitional year, involving significant payments for the last part of the 2007-2013 funding period and during which the final elements (the implementing and delegated acts) were put in place half way through the year for the CAP 2014-2020 funding period, and believes that the year 2015 should be considered as another transitional year given that many of the multiannual measures in member states Rural Development Plans (RDP) will only begin to be implemented in 2016;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the reduction in error rates compared to 2013 and acknowledges the major efforts and resources devoted to achieving this, particularly through information and technical support from the Commission for member state authorities on implementation, and believes, however, that a simple measure of error is not in itself a measure of performance or delivery, is of the opinion that an incentivised and output driven approach in delivery where an increased rate of compliance would lead to a reduction in inspections would deliver the twin benefits of lower error rate and enhanced results;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes that the European Court of Auditors is exploring how to measure performance in its Annual Report, particularly as the Commission intends its spending to be focused on results, points nevertheless to the difficulty of judging delivery of multiannual funding programmes, which are the preferred method of delivery of environmental measures in pillar II, through a tool which examines a single year and invites the Court to explain its performance orientation specifically in relation to agricultural spending;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Believes that the principle of subsidiarity should be respected and be central in the implementation of both pillars of the CAP however the issue of "gold plating" at national level which has been shown to add complexity and therefore to the error rate, particularly so in pillar II, should be addressed;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Notes the importance of resource efficiency, and a shift towards a low carbon and climate resilient economy in the agri-food and forestry sectors (reduced greenhouse gas and ammonia emissions, more carbon sequestration) and the need to measure the overall achievements related to environmental targets 2014- 2020, this should not put viable food production at riskwhile viable food production remains the central aim the emerging markets in carbon offsets and carbon sequestration should not be used solely to counterbalance intensive agriculture elsewhere with none of the benefits of these new income streams accruing to local populations;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Reminds that the objectives of the 2007-2013 programme period (viable food production, balanced territorial development, enhanced farm viability and promoting food chain organisation) are still important goals, and that the focus is to be put on quality schemes, short supply chains, social cooperatives, local markets strictly in rural areas in new RDPs, and involving reasonable environmental expenditure;