8 Amendments of Momchil NEKOV related to 2017/2052(INI)
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
(1a) Notes with concern that uncertainty about the future of the CAP in the context of the MFF is already having negative repercussions in rural areas, with a dispiriting effect on people working in agriculture, creating a situation that could lead to crises in the EU, for the sector and in terms of food supply;
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to keep direct payments intact as they help to avoid distortions of competition between Member States, and to maintain them without any national co-financing; urges the Commission to continue the process of convergencepropose the standardisation of direct payments between Member States;
Amendment 93 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Notes that, because of discrepancies in the extent of coupled support, producers do not enjoy a level playing field in the EU single market and that this situation not only threatens their livelihoods but also heightens the risk of rural areas becoming further depopulated;
Amendment 97 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. considers that the future CAP must provide for divergence from the historical criteria for the allocation of direct-payment resources; considers that, in those Member States which joined the EU after 2004, application of the single area payment scheme (SAPS) should continue to be possible in the future;
Amendment 107 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for continued support for those most in need, including family farms and small and medium-sized farms, as well asnd, through targeted, practical measures, for the most disadvantaged, mountain and outermost regions; calls on the Commission to envisage increasing the envelope for programmes of options specific to isolation and insularity (POSEI), as called for by Parliament;
Amendment 124 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 а. Calls for the inclusion of new direct subsidies for beekeeping, reflecting its vital importance to agriculture;
Amendment 126 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Notes the growing role and potential of new technologies in agriculture, but points out that for a large proportion of farmers they remain unaffordable;
Amendment 127 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6 c. Notes producer interest in EU product-promotion programmes, and calls on the Commission to sustain the current trend of strengthening the resources for such programmes while also, however, conducting an evaluation of the associated administrative requirements and conditions, which often present difficulties, especially for small and medium-sized and new producers and the associations representing them;