12 Amendments of Carmen FRAGA ESTÉVEZ related to 2008/0149(COD)
Amendment 2 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) The measures adopted with this facility should help developing countries to boost agricultural productivity in the next seasons, to respond rapidly to immediate needs of the countries and their population and to take initial steps needed to prevent as far as possible further food insecurity situations, and also contribute to mitigating the effects of the high food prices globally, to the benefit of the poorest people but also of the European consumers and farmers. It will only be possible to mitigate the effects of high global food prices if all the countries in the world - and the rich countries having a major responsibility - consider together the planet’s food balance and act to stabilise global prices so that all the world’s regions are able to develop their agriculture and meet the needs of their populations. This objective requires intelligent regulation of the agricultural economy and the compiling of security food stocks to deal with emergencies (natural disasters, etc.). Furthermore, the Union should promote regional integration among developing countries, which, over and above any geopolitical interest, has the advantage of taking a first step towards the emergence of agricultural policies along the lines of what the Community undertook over fifty years ago. Community assistance should, finally, be made dependent on fulfilment of minimum environmental conditions and compliance with the basic Conventions of the International Labour Organisation (ILO).
Amendment 17 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Those instruments, however, have already been mobilised or re-programmed in 2008 to the fullest possible extent to address the negative effects of the high food prices situation in developing countries. To a very limited extent the same could be done in 2009; however, that would be far from being sufficient to respond to the needs. Faced with the current world food supply shortage and the steep increase in prices, which could continue in the years to come, the development assistance instruments financed under heading 4 of the Community budget should be strengthened, without this jeopardising the European Union’s agricultural interests.
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) In the current situation whereof high food prices lead to lower CAP expenditure, the Commission proposes to redirect parts of those savings to, the Commission proposes to step up measures to promote agricultural production in developing countries.
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) The new development assistance should be managed in such a way as to guarantee the supply of foodstuffs to local populations and to avoid encouraging the appearance of agriculture geared solely to the export of raw materials to the developed countries, which would run counter to the objectives pursued by this measure by omitting to attend to local needs and engendering the risk of unfair competition with European products.
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) As a consequence, it is necessary to adopt a specific financing facility, under heading 4 of the Community budget, complementary to existing development instruments and the Humanitarian Aid Instrument, and to adopt urgent and supplementary measures that address rapidly the consequences in developing countries of the present soaring food prices situation.
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) The measures adopted with this facility should help developing countries to boost agricultural productivity in the next seasons, to respond rapidly to immediate needs of the countries and their population and to take initial steps needed to prevent as far as possible further food insecurity situations, and also contribute to mitigating the effects of the high food prices globally, to the benefit of the poorest people but also of the European consumers and farmers. Community assistance should be made dependent on fulfilment of certain minimum environmental conditions and compliance with the basic Conventions of the International Labour Organisation (ILO).
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. The primary objectives of the assistance and cooperation under this Regulation shall be to encourage a positive supply response of agricultural sector in target countries and regions in the context of their sustainable development and to support activities to respond rapidly and directly to the food needs of local populations to mitigate the negative effects of high food prices in line with food security objectives.
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point (b a) (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point (b a) (new)
(ba) technical consultancy and training measures on fulfilling the environmental standards required by European Union legislation.
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Community assistance shall be conditional on compliance with certain minimum environmental requirements and the basic Conventions of the International Labour Organisation (ILO).
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4
Article 10 – paragraph 4
4. The amount committed shall, for each year, leave a margin be financed under heading 24 of the financial framework of at least EUR 600 million, based on the forecast of the most recent early warning system report as established in Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005. Should that not be the case for a particular year, the maximum amount which can be committed for that year pursuant to this Regulation shall be reduced in order to restore such a margin under headingCommunity budget in a manner not entailing a review of the decision on the financial perspectives for the current programming period.
Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Within the framework of the forthcoming review of the Community budget, the European Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council assessing the need to strengthen development assistance through an increase in resources under heading 4, in order to cope with the rise in agricultural prices in poor countries and the food shortages suffered by local populations. That increase must not be to the detriment of the budgetary needs of European farmers.