9 Amendments of Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK related to 2016/2141(INI)
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas EU policies and subsidies encourage concentration phenomena, as direct area payments disproportionateincreasingly benefit large farms, and the use of these funds leads to a rise in land prices, which tends to exclude small and medium-sized undertakings from the land marmeans that, not uncommonly, European agricultural funds, which are also intended for medium-sized and small farms, end up in the wrong pockets;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recommends that the Member States give farmers priority in the purchase of farmland, particularly at a time when non-farmers are increasingly interested in purchasing agricultural plots, taking into account the consequences of the Basel 3 Agreement with regard to the limitations which the agreement entails for the provision of credit to farmers; calls, in this connection, therefore, for better use to be made of the available EFSI funding to make it possible to provide sufficient credit to farmers;
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Takes the view that land market policy should help make it easier for young people to enter agriculture, over and above the encouragement for young farmers enshrined in the common agricultural policy; calls, therefore, for a comprehensive approach that helps enable qualified young farmers and new entrepreneurs to take over or start farms;
Amendment 259 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member States to shape their land market policy in such a way as to curb the rise in farmland prices and rents; further calls for these prices to be subject to an authorisation procedure which would also apply to mergers, splits and the establishment of foundations; takes the view that there should be stricter checks on lease contracts, a requirement to report irregularities, and the possibility of penalties, since renting is often the first step to purchasing; considers, in this context, that family farms should be protected and their right of self- determination preserved;
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for the implementation by the EU, in the interest of developing a clear EU guiding principle for the structure of farming, of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, which has been ratified by all Member States; calls moreover for the Nitrates Directive to be enforced in such a way as to devote greater attention to the regional cycle and for preparations to be made for amending the guidelines for implementation of the Birds and Habitats Directives;
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 300 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11