6 Amendments of Jan MULDER related to 2008/2055(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. having regard to Declaration No 9 by the European Parliament, in which Parliament considers it useful to assess the issue of cofinancing of agriculture in the context of the 2008 - 2009 review and requests the Commission to outline the advantages and disadvantages of compulsory cofinancing of income support in the European Union,
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that the ceilings for the common agricultural policy (CAP) are fixed until 2013 and that the reliability of the agricultural budget until 2013 was a basic requirement for accepting the far-reaching CAP reform in 2003 and the subsequent health check in 2008 by the majority of Member States, as long-term planning and security of investment is essential to the agricultural sector;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Warns, however, that the current large margin within the agriculture budget is likely to be a temporary phenomenon, as the phasing-in of the EU-12 Member States, declining prices with additional pressure for market expenditure, the agreed reform in the fruit and vegetables sector, the introduction of the school fruit scheme and the increase in the most deprived persons programme will make increasing demands on the budget, as a result of which this margin is expected to disappear towards the end of this planning period, which could lead to a reduction of direct income support for farmers in the old Member States; notes furthermore that a possible outbreak of an infectious animal disease could eliminate that margin more rapidly, which could lead to an even earlier and greater reduction in income support for farmers in the old Member States; calls therefore for a review of the way in which outbreaks of infectious animal diseases are financed; stresses, therefore, that no structural use can be made of the current margin;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Warns against the threats posed by a possible introduction of co-financing for the first pillar, since its compulsory character can most likely not be guaranteed if one of the national parliaments, is unwilling to authorise the funds for nationalDraws attention to Declaration No 9 by the European Parliament concerning voluntary modulation annexed to the Interinstitutional Agreement on budgetary discipline and sound financial management of 17 May 2006, in which Parliament expresses the view that it would be useful to assess the issue of co-financing, resulting in considerable distortion of competition and a de-facto dismantling of the CAP, as of agriculture in the context of the 2008-09 review; urges the Commission, therefore, to formulate the advantages and disadvantages of cofinancing and its practical implementationed in the letter of the European Commission of 9 June 2008 as objectively as possible and inform the budgetary authority of these findings.
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Reminds the Member States of their obligations with regard to the Annual Summaries under Point 44 of the IIA; calls upon the Commission to investigate the possibilities to publish the Annual Summaries of the Member States and the reaction of the Commission; requests the Commission to undertake efforts for upgrading the Annual Summaries to the political level of the national management declaration;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Recalls the commitments made by the Member States in 2005 in view of reaching the target of 0,7 % of EU GNI for the official development assistance (ODA) in 2015; believes that the support of the EU budget can be a useful incentive to help the Member States to keep to this goal; stresses the need for the EDF to be a part of the EU budget, so as to enhance transparency;