Activities of Jan MULDER related to 2008/2026(BUD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Draft general budget 2009 as modified by the Council (all sections) (debate)
Amendments (9)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2.Welcomes the overall agreement on Budget 2009, reached in the traditional budgetary conciliation meeting with Council on 21 November 2008, especially with regard to the financing of the Food Facility; is extremely concerned, however, about the possible effects of a recession on European citizens and regrets, therefore, that at the conciliation meeting, the Commission was reluctant to disclose any information on the possible budgetary impact of its coming proposal on tackling the economic crisis; invites the Commission and the European Investment Bank to report regularly on its activities to combat the economic crisis and to indicate what implications these activities will have on Budget 2009;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2a (new)
Paragraph 2a (new)
2a. Notes that there is still an available margin of EUR 2 113 billion under the ceiling of heading 2, proving the success of the reforms of the CAP;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3a (new)
Paragraph 3a (new)
3a. Is concerned about the difference in commitment and payment levels for Rural Development which was 25% for 2007, 30% for 2008 and a proposed 30% for 2009; requests, therefore, from the Commission a forecast for decommitments for 2009 and for the whole financial period for 2007-2013 and a forecast for the problems with clearing the build-up of overstatements still to be settled (currently the level of RAL∗ under Rural Development is nearly € 9 billion) at the end of the financial period 2007- 2013 since maximum payment levels under annex I of the Inter Institutional Agreement fall from 1.06% GNI in 2007 to 0.94% GNI in 2013;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that the pilot projects and preparatory actions currently running (PP/PA) in chapters 5, 6, 7 and 17, which were adopted in the 2008 Budget, are at a very early stage of programming and underlines the need for timely and efficient implementation;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines the need for a school fruit program and considers the positive impacts of such an activity on public health and nutrition awareness of children; regrets the fact that the Commission has still not tabled a proposal for such a program; calls on the Commission to present its proposal without any further delay and to introduce a new budget line for that purpose in its amending letter;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls for a pilot project for assessing the costs for farmers which stem from compliance with EU standards in the fields of the environment, animal welfare and food safety, as well as the costs for farmers associated with the provision of public goods such as landscape preservation through farming activities;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls for a significant increase in appropriations for the school fruit scheme;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Reiterates its conviction that climate change measures are still not satisfactorily included in the EU budget and will support all efforts to increase and concentrate adequate financial resources to boost European leadership in dealing with the consequences of climate change; repeats its first reading invitation to the Commission to present, by 15 March 2009, an ambitious plan to improve the budget capability to deal with climate change issues; would like to seriously reflect on whether the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) could not be considered as a potential resource at EU level in the future;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Reminds the Member States of their obligations with regard to national management declarations under Point 44 of the IIA; reminds the Commission also of its responsibilities in that context, especially with regard to the political support it pledged to give to the initiative, but which has so far not materialised;