2 Amendments of Stefan GEHROLD related to 2018/0218(COD)
Amendment 12 #
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, forestry and rural areas, to contribute to enhancing global food security and to help reducing the Union legislation- related administrative burden for beneficiaries. The Communication also stresses the global dimension of the CAP and states the Union’s commitment to enhance Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development (PCSD).
Amendment 14 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) In order to address the global dimension and implications of the CAP, coherence and continuity with other Union’s external policies and instruments, in particular in the development cooperation and trade, should be ensured. The Union’s commitment to policy coherence for development requires taking account of development objectives and principles when designing agricultural policies, especially to ensure that they are in line with the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement.