20 Amendments of Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK related to 2016/2034(INI)
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas price fluctuations are due to the rapid succession of shocks in demand, supply and prices, and whereas agricultural markets are characterised by low elasticity of prices and supply, which further aggravates price fluctuations;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas climate change, animal or plant diseases or an epidemic, or an environmental accident, or the arrival of invasive species affects agricultural and horticultural output levels;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas, in recent decades, market opening and, economic globalisation and increased speculation on agricultural markets have accentuated price volatility;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the European Union has a responsibility in this area, given its role in ensuring food security in Europeto contribute to food security in Europe and to the competitive position of European farmers and market gardeners on the world market;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas price volatility creates a climate of uncertainty,the uncertain times due to an imbalance between supply and demand in farming have led to price fluctuations and puts a brake on investment, in farming and repayment of recent investments in the sector;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas greater market transparency and farmers' knowledge of the market may limit price volatilityfluctuations;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas the CAP as reformed in 2013 includes tools for risk management within the framework of rural development policy, particularly insurance of harvests, livestock and crops, mutual funds for unfavourable weather and animal and plant diseases and the income stabilisation tool;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that volatility must be accepted as a given and that those operators who are most exposed must be supportedarises from various causes, such as market distortions, outbreaks of disease, natural disasters, etc., and that the EU must pursue a coherent policy providing farmers with support and risk management tools suited to the various risks in order to prevent or lessen itsthe negative effects;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the Union’s competitotrading partners make considerable sums of public money available fornd various risk policy models available with a view to protecting their farmers from the effects of price volatility;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that the objectives of the CAP include ensuring a fair standard of living for the agricultural community, stabilising markets and guaranteeing viable food production, with an emphasis on farmers’ incomes andboth on decent incomes for farmers and on price stability;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers that viable food production cannot be achieved without securing the continued existence of European family farms and that doing must be a long-term aim for the future CAP;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Recommends increasing farmers' knowledge of the advantages and disadvantages of contractualisation;
Amendment 249 #
16. Recommends that the tools for risk management, particularly the various types of insurance and, mutual funds, be and the income stabilisation tool, be further elaborated and developed;
Amendment 293 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Considers that the CAP must seek to put farmers at the heart of strategies for coping with volatility, supporting the decisions they take in an anticipatory approach to managing and covering the associated risks, but taking account of risks, in which context the factor of force majeure plays a decisive role;
Amendment 311 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Considers that sectoral mutual funds, established at the initiative of working farmers, and through which farmers’ incomes can be stabilised to some extent as the profit margins on their produce fluctuate, and also insurance of harvests, livestock and crops and the income stabilisation tool, may offer an effective ways to limit the effects of price volatility;
Amendment 325 #
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, and that mutual funds and insurance schemes are used and managed at sectoral level;
Amendment 356 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Sees it as part of the Union’s role to facilitate transparency in the European market and promote balance between supply of, and demand for, agricultural products in order to be able to guarantee the economic viability of family farms ;
Amendment 363 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Emphasises that it is an advantagecrucial for farmers, in their negotiations with other stakeholders in the food chain, to be aware of price movements and trends in supply in the various market segments;
Amendment 369 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Recommends that European agricultural price observatories be established to monitor supply and demand relating to both input and output prices for the various sectors of the industryfarming, to provide ongoing, segment-by- segment analysis of agricultural markets, with the involvement of economic stakeholders, and to make relevant data and forecasts available at regular intervalscontinuously;
Amendment 381 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Stresses that training and knowledge to enable farmers to deal with market data are essential and that they can further reinforce their position in negotiations with other market operators;