34 Amendments of Hilde VAUTMANS related to 2018/0216(COD)
Amendment 459 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions entitled ‘The Future of Food and Farming’ of 29 November 2017 sets out the challenges, objectives and orientations for the future Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) after 2020. These objectives include, inter alia, the need for the CAP to be more result-driven, to boost modernisation and sustainability, including the economic, social, environmental and climate sustainability of the agricultural, horticultural, forestry and rural areas, and to help reducing the Union legislation- related administrative burden for beneficiaries.
Amendment 553 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) A smarter, modernised and more sustainable CAP needs to embrace research and innovation, in order to serve the multi- functionality of Union agriculture, forestry and food systems, investing in technological development and digitalisation, as well as improving the access to impartial, sound, relevant and new knowledge and promoting the exchange of existing farmers' knowledge and expertise between farmers, including best practices to boost competitiveness and enhance the performance towards environmental and climate objectives.
Amendment 566 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) A smarter, modernised and more sustainable CAP needs to embrace research and innovation, in order to serve the multi- functionality of Union agriculture, horticulture, forestry and food systems, investing in technological development and digitalisation, as well as improving the access to impartial, sound, relevant and new knowledge.
Amendment 594 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 – introductory part
Recital 16 – introductory part
(16) Bolstering environmental care and climate action and contributing to the achievement of Union environmental- and climate-related objectives is a very high priority in the future of Union agriculture, horticulture and forestry. The architecture of the CAP should therefore reflect greater ambition with respect to these objectives. By virtue of the delivery model, action taken to tackle environmental degradation and climate change should be result-driven and Article 11 TFEU should, for this purpose, be considered as an obligation of result.
Amendment 720 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) Small farms and family farms remain a cornerstone of Union agriculture as they play a vital role in supporting rural employment and contribute to territorial development. In order to promote a more balanced distribution of support and to reduce administrative burden for beneficiaries of small amounts, Member States should have the option of offering to small farmers the possibility of replacing the other direct payments by providing a round some payment for small farmers.
Amendment 837 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41
Recital 41
(41) The objectives of the CAP should also be pursued through support for investments, productive as well as non- productive, on farm as well as off-farm. Such investments may concern, inter alia, infrastructures related to the development, modernisation or adaptation to climate change of agriculture, horticulture and forestry, including access to farm and forest land, land consolidation and improvement, agro- forestry practices and the supply and saving of energy and water. In order to better ensure the consistency of the CAP Strategic Plans with Union objectives, as well as a level playing field between Member States, a negative list of investment topics is included in this Regulation.
Amendment 866 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43 a (new)
Recital 43 a (new)
(43 a) The role and position of women in the agricultural sector must be empowered. To achieve more gender equality in the agricultural sector, female entrepreneurship and the participation of women must be encouraged. A framework must be created to improve and safeguard the legal and social status of women in the agricultural sector, both for female entrepreneurs as cooperating partners.
Amendment 878 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 45
Recital 45
(45) Support should enable the establishment and implementation of cooperation between at least two entities in view of achieving CAP objectives. Support can entail all aspects of such cooperation, such as the setting up of quality schemes; collective environmental and climate action; the promotion of short supply chain and local markets; pilot projects; Operational Group projects within the EIP for agricultural productivity and sustainability local development projects, Smart Villages, buyers' clubs and machinery rings; farm partnerships; forest management plans; networks and clusters; social farming; community supported agriculture; actions within the scope of LEADER; and the setting up of producer groups and producer organisations, as well as other forms of cooperation deemed necessary to achieve the specific objectives of the CAP. Where producer organisations are a good instrument to defend the rights of producers in the food supply chain and as they are entitled to receive support, it must be ensured that producers do not have to take the fight with the administration of producer organisations in order to ensure their rights. A distinction must also be made in the financing of economic producer organisations (who aim to sell the products of their members) and service producer organisations (who only aim to collect and disseminate knowledge to strengthen the market position of its members). The latter can hardly be financed by a percentage of marketed production.
Amendment 1075 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) types of interventions and common requirements for Member States to pursue these objectives, including ensuring an European level playing field, as well as the related financial arrangements;
Amendment 1106 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point h – point i
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point h – point i
(i) a public or private law body, an entity with or without legal personality or a natural person, as well as collectives of the aforementioned, responsible for initiating or both initiating and implementing operations;
Amendment 1308 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to foster a smart, resilient and diversified agricultural sector ensuring food security, independent, diversified and competitive agricultural sector;
Amendment 1314 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to bolster environmental care and climate action and to contribute to the environmental- and climate-related objectives of the Union and to ensure future food security;
Amendment 1337 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Those objectives shall be complemented by the cross-cutting objective of enhancing competitiveness by modernising the sector bythrough fostering and sharing of knowledge, innovation and digitalisation in agriculture and rural areas, and encouraging their uptake.
Amendment 1356 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) support viable farm income and resilience across the Union to enhance food securitybusiness development;
Amendment 1378 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) enhance market orientation and increase competitiveness, including greater focus on research, innovation, technology and digitalisation;
Amendment 1397 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation, as well as sustainable energy to ensure food security for the future;
Amendment 1422 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) contribute to the protection of biodiversity, improve animal health and welfare, enhance ecosystem services and preserve habitats and landscapes;
Amendment 1434 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) attract young farmers, ensure gender equality and facilitate business development in rural areas;
Amendment 1440 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) attract young farmers and women and facilitate business development in rural areas;
Amendment 1459 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) promote employment, gender equality, growth, social inclusion and local development in rural areas, including bio- economy and sustainable forestry;
Amendment 1461 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) promote employment, growth, social inclusion, gender equality and local development in rural areas, including bio- economy and sustainable forestry;
Amendment 1710 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall include in the CAP Strategic Plan a system providing public or private services for advising farmers and other beneficiaries of CAP support on land management and farm management ('farm advisory services').
Amendment 1760 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point f a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point f a (new)
(f a) equal rights and opportunities for all farmers and beneficiaries, including the promotion of equality between men and women in farming.
Amendment 2366 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 4
Article 28 – paragraph 4
4. Those practices shall be designed to meet one or more of the specific animal welfare-, environmental- and climate- related objectives laid down in points (d), (e) and (f) of Article 6(1).
Amendment 2580 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) fruit and vegetables sector, as referred to in point (i) of Article 1(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, including fruit and vegetables for processing;
Amendment 2648 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) promotion and marketing of the products of the fruit and vegetables sector in order to increase their consumption, whether in a fresh or processed form; those objectives relate to the specific objectives set out in points (b), (c) and (ci) of Article 6(1);
Amendment 2804 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Article 44 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. operational programmes approved before the entry into force of the present regulation should be governed in accordance to the regulations under which they were approved until their completion unless the producer association or association of producer organizations voluntarily decides to adopt this regulation
Amendment 3127 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
Article 59 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
(ha) prevention of tropical and zoonotic diseases as well as antimicrobial resistance, those objectives relate to the specific objectives set out in point (f) of Article 6(1);
Amendment 3247 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 63 – paragraph 2
Article 63 – paragraph 2
2. The Union financial assistance shall be limited to 5% of the value of marketed production of each producer organisation or association of producer organisations. In case of a service producer organisation (who only aims to collect and disseminate knowledge to strengthen the market position of its members, without selling products of its members), the Union financial assistance shall be limited to 5% of the value of by its members marketed production;
Amendment 3275 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) installation of young farmers and rural business start-up and development;
Amendment 3308 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 1
Article 65 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may grant payments for environmental, climate, animal health and welfare and other management commitments under the conditions set out in this Article and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans.
Amendment 3611 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – title
Article 69 – title
69 Installation of young farmers and rural business start-up and development
Amendment 3619 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 1
Article 69 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may grant support for the installation of young farmers and rural business start-up and development activities under the conditions set out in this Article and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans with the view of contributing to the achievement of the specific objectives set out in Article 6.
Amendment 4672 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 114 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 114 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) identify farming practices and innovations in farming equipment that can increase the number of women in farming.