[ParlTrack]

2015/2353(INI)

Zbigniew KUŹMIUK, Stanisław OŻÓG, Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA, Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Insists also that the amounts for direct payments in Heading 2 should be left untouched; points out that this is crucial for the income situation of many farmers, particularly in times of crises, and that the absorption rate per year is almost 100 %; also stresses that the process of levelling direct payments between Member States, begun in the current financial perspective, must be completed as soon as possible; differences in production size and intensity from several decades ago cannot decide the level of support for realising current and future CAP objectives; levelling direct payment rates is essential for ensuring equal competition conditions in the EU’s single market, as well as for the sustainable exploitation of agricultural resources at EU level.

2016/05/04
Committee: AGRI

2015/2353(INI)

Zbigniew KUŹMIUK, Stanisław OŻÓG, Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA, Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Notes that in other EU policies, significant changes which influence agriculture, the food production sector and rural areas are currently being planned and introduced; those changes concern, among others, trade policy and environment and climate policy; emphasises that the new requirements for the agri-food sector for meeting non- agricultural EU objectives should, in the future, be appropriately reflected in an increased CAP budget.

2016/05/04
Committee: AGRI

2015/2227(INI)

Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, Beata GOSIEWSKA, Zbigniew KUŹMIUK, Stanisław OŻÓG, Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA

Motion for a resolution
Recital K

K. whereas the agricultural sector has been subject to frequent cycles of change aimed at enhancing agricultural productivity, which have contributed significantly to the economic development of agriculture to its current level; whereas the incorporation of the latest technologies into farming practices will bring significant benefits ~~for all farm sizes~~;

2016/01/21
Committee: AGRI

2015/2227(INI)

Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, Beata GOSIEWSKA, Zbigniew KUŹMIUK, Stanisław OŻÓG, Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Highlights that a sizeable proportion of bio~~tic~~ waste is~~treams are~~ already used as, for example, animal feed or base material for biofuels; considers, however, that these materials should generate even higher outputs by aiming for the most added value and by using new technologies such as biorefining, insect breeding, solid state fermentation, biogas extraction and the extraction of minerals from manure; notes the lack of economies of scale for agricultural by-products and waste streams, and encourages the Commission to support their reuse by facilitating EU-wide recognition systems and special rural development programmes, to ~~facilitat~~carry out a review of trade rules with a view to introducing solutions to rationalise the cross-border circulation of goods and services, and to improve synergy and coherence with other EU policies;

2016/01/21
Committee: AGRI

2015/2227(INI)

Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, Beata GOSIEWSKA, Zbigniew KUŹMIUK, Stanisław OŻÓG, Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Considers soil quality to be of economic and ecological importance since a depletion of the ecological state would result in less productive soil, lower nutrient availability, increases in susceptibility of plants to pests and diseases, lower water holding capacity and diminished biodiversity; calls on the Commission to support innovative practices and the sharing of best practices such as crop rotation systems or fertilising with green legumes, as well as rational water management, to avoid further soil degradation; believes that the interplay between organic matter and production needs to be better understood; welcomes research into innovative practices such as the use of microbial interventions and plant-soil interactions which could lower the environmental impact and reduce the use of chemical fertilisers and pesticides; recognises the importance of a sustainable soil use that takes account of site-specific needs;

2016/01/21
Committee: AGRI

2015/2227(INI)

Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, Beata GOSIEWSKA, Zbigniew KUŹMIUK, Stanisław OŻÓG, Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Calls for more ~~efforts~~action to be ~~made~~taken to develop ansystems of integrated p~~est~~lant protection management ~~system~~ by supporting ~~research in~~scientific research that gives particular preference to non- chemical ~~alternatives and low-risk measures and pesticides which are more environment-friendly~~methods that limit the risk associated with the use of plant protection products; calls on the Commission to come forward with an action plan and to ~~set up~~appoint an expert group in order to work towards a ~~more~~ sustainable ~~pest~~and integrated plant protection management system; highlights the ~~potential of a pest management~~importance of research into all available plant protection methods that aimproves the interaction between plant breeding efforts, natural combat systems and pesticide use; notes that biological control mechanisms relating to pests and diseases could reduce the use of pesticides and may contribute to better plant resilience to discourage the development of the populations of harmful organisms and keep the use of plant protection products and other forms of intervention to levels that are economically and ecologically justified; notes that the use of all available plant protection methods can discourage the development of populations of harmful organisms, reduce the use of chemical plant protection products and minimise the dangers to human health and the environment arising from the use of pesticides;

2016/01/21
Committee: AGRI

2015/2132(BUD)

Zbigniew KUŹMIUK, Stanisław OŻÓG, Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA, Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Regrets the fact that, given the ceiling imposed by the 2014-2020 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for Heading 2, major categories of common agricultural policy (CAP) spending are likely, in practice, to be cut in 2016, including direct payments and market measures, despite overall commitments and payments being up by 2.4% and 1.6% respectively;

2015/07/27
Committee: AGRI

2015/2132(BUD)

Zbigniew KUŹMIUK, Stanisław OŻÓG, Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA, Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Regrets the cuts made to the budget for intervention in the agricultural markets compared with 2015; disagrees with the Commission that emergency measures related to the Russian embargo on imports from the EU of certain agricultural products be limited to 2015 only, given Russia’s expressed intention to extend the ban on imports until early 2016; is concerned that further market interventions will be necessary in 2016 as a consequence, to support EU farmers hit by the embargo, in particular in the countries adjoining Russia;

2015/07/27
Committee: AGRI

2015/2132(BUD)

Zbigniew KUŹMIUK, Stanisław OŻÓG, Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA, Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Regrets the proposed cuts of EUR 2 million for the school milk programme from EUR 77 million in the 2015 appropriation to EUR 75 million in the DB for 2016; recalls Parliament’s request for an increase of EUR 20 million a year for this scheme; welcomes the small increase in the school fruit scheme to EUR 150 million; stresses that both programmes have proven to be useful and efficient within the Member States, in particular because they teach children healthy eating habits, and underlines their importance given the current crisis and levels of child malnutrition in the Union;

2015/07/27
Committee: AGRI

2015/2132(BUD)

Zbigniew KUŹMIUK, Stanisław OŻÓG, Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA, Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11

11. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that any funds allocated to the reserve for crises in the agricultural sector in the 2016 budget, which are ~~subsequently~~ left unspent, remain in full under Heading 2 for the following budget year for direct payments to farmers, as provided for in Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013;

2015/07/27
Committee: AGRI

2015/2065(INI)

Beata GOSIEWSKA, Zbigniew KUŹMIUK, Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, Stanisław OŻÓG

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Feels that the introduction of rules at EU level would provide greater stability to producers and distributors, who are increasingly frequent actors on several markets in the Member States; feels that preparing general rules for all Member States on counteracting unfair trade practices would provide a guarantee of equal protection to producers, both in countries where effective provisions are already in force and in countries which are just at the stage of introducing appropriate legal systems;

2015/09/23
Committee: AGRI

2015/0009(COD)

Beata GOSIEWSKA, Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, Zbigniew KUŹMIUK, Stanisław OŻÓG

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12

(12) Many small and medium enterprises, as well as mid-cap companies, across the Union require assistance to attract market financing, especially as regards investments that carry a greater degree of risk. This concerns, in particular, enterprises operating in rural areas and in areas where agricultural processing is predominant, where there is an urgent need to ensure economic growth and maintain jobs in order to prevent depopulation. The EFSI should help these businesses to overcome capital shortages by allowing the EIB and the European Investment Fund ('EIF') to provide direct and indirect equity injections, as well as to provide guarantees for high-quality securitisation of loans, and other products that are granted in pursuit of the aims of the EFSI.

2015/03/27
Committee: AGRI

2015/0009(COD)

Beata GOSIEWSKA, Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, Zbigniew KUŹMIUK, Stanisław OŻÓG

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13

(13) The EFSI should be established within the EIB in order to benefit from its experience and proven track record and in order for its operations to start to have a positive impact as quickly as possible. The work of the EFSI on providing finance to small and medium enterprises, in particular, to enterprises operating in rural areas and in areas where agricultural processing is predominant and small mid-cap companies should be channelled through the European Investment Fund ('EIF') to benefit from its experience in these activities.

2015/03/27
Committee: AGRI

2015/0009(COD)

Beata GOSIEWSKA, Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, Zbigniew KUŹMIUK, Stanisław OŻÓG

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14

(14) The EFSI should target projects delivering high societal and economic value. In particular, the EFSI should target projects that promote job creation, long- term growth, innovation and competitiveness, especially infrastructure measures (digital and transport). The EFSI should support a wide range of financial products, including equity, debt or guarantees, to best accommodate the needs of the individual project. This wide range of products should allow the EFSI to adapt to market needs whilst encouraging private investment in the projects. The EFSI should not be a substitute for private market finance but should instead catalyse private finance by addressing market failures ~~so as to ensure the most effective and strategic use of public money~~, without adding to administrative burden or creating additional payment systems, which would undermine the efficiency of the EFSI’s objectives, so as to ensure the most effective and strategic use of public money, without introducing additional bureaucracy or payment systems that have a negative impact on the effective attainment of EFSI’s objectives. The requirement for consistency with State aid principles should contribute to such effective and strategic use.

2015/03/27
Committee: AGRI

2015/0009(COD)

Beata GOSIEWSKA, Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, Zbigniew KUŹMIUK, Stanisław OŻÓG

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15

(15) The EFSI should target projects with a higher risk-return profile than existing EIB and Union instruments to ensure additionality over existing operations. The EFSI should finance projects across the Union, including in the countries most affected by the financial crisis, as well as in the many disadvantaged areas of Europe which are rural and areas in extremely peripheral locations in which agricultural processing is predominant. The EFSI should only be used where financing is not available from other sources on reasonable terms.

2015/03/27
Committee: AGRI

2015/0009(COD)

Beata GOSIEWSKA, Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, Zbigniew KUŹMIUK, Stanisław OŻÓG

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22

(22) In accordance with the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Infrastructure, research and development, and project investments supported under EFSI should be consistent with State aid rules. To that end, the Commission has announced that it will formulate a set of core principles, for the purpose of State aid assessments, which a project will have to meet to be eligible for support under the EFSI. If a project meets these criteria and receives support from the EFSI, the Commission has announced that any national complementary support, will be assessed under a simplified and accelerated State aid assessment whereby the only additional issue to be verified by the Commission will be the proportionality of public support (absence of overcompensation). The Commission has also announced that it will provide further guidance on the set of core principles with a view to ensuring an efficient use of public funds.

2015/03/27
Committee: AGRI

2014/2254(INI)

Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA, Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, Zbigniew KUŹMIUK, Stanisław OŻÓG

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)

– having regard to Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly Resolution 2036 (2015) entitled ‘Tackling intolerance and discrimination in Europe with a special focus on Christians’,

2015/05/18
Committee: LIBE

2014/2254(INI)

Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA, Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, Zbigniew KUŹMIUK, Stanisław OŻÓG

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)

– having regard to paragraphs 129-130 of the report on the Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World 2013 and the European Union’s policy on the matter (2014/2216(INI)), in which Parliament ‘Strongly condemns attacks against Christians in several countries around the world and expresses solidarity with the victims’ families; is deeply concerned about the growing number of episodes of repression, discrimination, intolerance and violent attacks against Christian communities’,

2015/05/18
Committee: LIBE

2014/2254(INI)

Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA, Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, Zbigniew KUŹMIUK, Stanisław OŻÓG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Deplores recent instances of anti- Semitic ~~and~~, anti-Islamic and anti-Christian discrimination and violence; calls on Member States to protect freedom of religion or belief and to promote tolerance;

2015/05/12
Committee: LIBE

2014/2254(INI)

Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA, Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, Zbigniew KUŹMIUK, Stanisław OŻÓG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Notes that the right of parents to raise their children in accordance with their own convictions is founded in EU and international law and should be respected by the EU and the Member States in accordance with Article 14(3) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union;

2015/05/12
Committee: LIBE

2014/2254(INI)

Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA, Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, Zbigniew KUŹMIUK, Stanisław OŻÓG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Notes that all women have the right to make decisions about their work and career, including the decision to devote themselves to family and motherhood; condemns all forms of discrimination against mothers and calls on the EU and the Member States to take specific action to improve the situation of mothers in Europe;

2015/05/12
Committee: LIBE

2014/2254(INI)

Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA, Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, Zbigniew KUŹMIUK, Stanisław OŻÓG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. ~~Strongly deplores the fac~~Points out that negotiations within the Council on the proposal for an anti- discrimination directive have stalled~~, and reiterates its~~ in the face of strong opposition at local level in many Member States, and call tos on the Co~~uncil to adopt the proposal as soon as possible~~mmission to withdraw the proposal;

2015/05/12
Committee: LIBE

2014/2254(INI)

Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA, Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, Zbigniew KUŹMIUK, Stanisław OŻÓG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Urges the EU and the Member States to ban all discrimination on grounds of gender ~~identity~~ and to combat and prosecute all forms of violence and discrimination against women;

2015/05/12
Committee: LIBE

2014/2254(INI)

Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA, Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, Zbigniew KUŹMIUK, Stanisław OŻÓG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Condemns discrimination and violence on EU territory against lesbian, gay, transsexual, bisexual and intersex people (LGBTI), fostered by laws and policies that restrict the fundamental rights of those people; invites the Commission and Member States to adopt laws and policies to combat homophobia and transphobia;deleted

2015/05/12
Committee: LIBE

2014/2234(INI)

Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, Zbigniew KUŹMIUK, Stanisław OŻÓG, Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Notes that the burden of controls is in proportion to the complexity of the CAP; calls, therefore, for ~~complexity to be reduced~~its simplification in order to cut error rates, reduce the cost to the taxpayer and at the same time ensure that the budget is correctly spent;

2015/05/13
Committee: AGRI

2014/2234(INI)

Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, Zbigniew KUŹMIUK, Stanisław OŻÓG, Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for a ~~less bureaucratic CAP~~simplification of CAP rules with a view to reducing the error rate;

2015/05/13
Committee: AGRI

2014/2234(INI)

Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, Zbigniew KUŹMIUK, Stanisław OŻÓG, Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Favours an integrated approach to controls, whereby all the controls required on a given farm are carried out at the same time, so that the number of testing visits is kept lower and the concomitant cost for ~~administrations and agriculture~~paying agencies and farmers reduced;

2015/05/13
Committee: AGRI

2014/2234(INI)

Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, Zbigniew KUŹMIUK, Stanisław OŻÓG, Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Supports the approach of reducing controls in Member States where error rates have been extremely low over a given period; ~~calls at the same time, however, for controls to be stepped up in Member States where the error rate is high or increasing;~~

2015/05/13
Committee: AGRI

2014/2234(INI)

Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, Zbigniew KUŹMIUK, Stanisław OŻÓG, Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls for it to be made possible to reduce the sample size for on-the-spot checks to 3% for all direct payments, as otherwise ~~potential savings in~~it would not be possible to reduce the cost of controls ~~would be lost~~;

2015/05/13
Committee: AGRI

2014/2228(INI)

Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, Beata GOSIEWSKA, Zbigniew KUŹMIUK, Stanisław OŻÓG, Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA

Draft opinion
Recital C

C. whereas respect for food safety , humand h~~uman~~ealth and animal ~~health~~welfare standards will be a fundamental tenet of the negotiations for European agriculture;

2015/03/03
Committee: AGRI

2014/2228(INI)

Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, Beata GOSIEWSKA, Zbigniew KUŹMIUK, Stanisław OŻÓG, Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point b

b. firmly commit to the strict preservation of standards on food safety , humand h~~uman and animal health~~ealth, animal welfare and environmental protection, as defined under EU legislation, and ensure that fundamental values of the EU such as the precautionary principle are not undermined;

2015/03/03
Committee: AGRI

2014/2228(INI)

Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, Beata GOSIEWSKA, Zbigniew KUŹMIUK, Stanisław OŻÓG, Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point d

d. secure a level playing field, treating as particularly important the question of sensitive ~~those~~ products for which direct competition would expose EU agricultural producers to excessive pressure, for example in cases where regulatory conditions and related costs of production in the EU diverge from those in the US;

2015/03/03
Committee: AGRI

2014/2228(INI)

Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, Beata GOSIEWSKA, Zbigniew KUŹMIUK, Stanisław OŻÓG, Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point d a (new)

da. exclude from the agreement those sensitive agricultural products for which it would be impossible to secure a level playing field;

2015/03/03
Committee: AGRI

2014/2223(INI)

Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, Beata GOSIEWSKA, Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA, Zbigniew KUŹMIUK, Stanisław OŻÓG

Motion for a resolution
Citation -1 a (new)

- having regard to the responsibilities of the EU states under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) and the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)

2015/01/30
Committee: AGRI

2014/2223(INI)

Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, Beata GOSIEWSKA, Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA, Zbigniew KUŹMIUK, Stanisław OŻÓG

Motion for a resolution
Citation -1 b (new)

- having regard to the Europe 2020 strategy including the Innovation Union and the Resource Efficient Europe

2015/01/30
Committee: AGRI

2014/2223(INI)

Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, Beata GOSIEWSKA, Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA, Zbigniew KUŹMIUK, Stanisław OŻÓG

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

C a. whereas timber should be used as a CO2 binding material for dozens of years, and forests as a CO2 retention eco-system for thousands of years;

2015/01/30
Committee: AGRI

2014/2223(INI)

Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, Beata GOSIEWSKA, Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA, Zbigniew KUŹMIUK, Stanisław OŻÓG

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)

C b. whereas forests are a source of unique flora, fauna and fungi;

2015/01/30
Committee: AGRI

2014/2223(INI)

Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, Beata GOSIEWSKA, Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA, Zbigniew KUŹMIUK, Stanisław OŻÓG

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas European forestry is characterised by sustainable management and long-term planning, and whereas the principle of sustainability should be even more strongly emphasised in a global context in order to create jobs, protect biodiversity, mitigate climate change and combat desertification;

2015/01/30
Committee: AGRI

2014/2223(INI)

Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, Beata GOSIEWSKA, Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA, Zbigniew KUŹMIUK, Stanisław OŻÓG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. stresses in this connection that any attempt to make forestry a matter of EU policy should be resisted and that the sector’s regional basis and the competence of the Member States in this area must be respected, whereas there are states where the developed sustainable forestry models may be an example for many Member States;

2015/01/30
Committee: AGRI

2014/2223(INI)

Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, Beata GOSIEWSKA, Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA, Zbigniew KUŹMIUK, Stanisław OŻÓG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Gives its full support to the Commission’s efforts to promote forest- related employment and the generation of prosperity in Europe, and stresses in this connection the important role of the sustainable production of timber and other materials, such as cork, for the development of sustainable economic models and the creation of green jobs, monitoring these processes through the incidence of species important to the Natura 2000 networks;

2015/01/30
Committee: AGRI

Activities of Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI

Plenary speeches (194)