Activities of Marian HARKIN related to 2009/2155(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Explanations of vote
Amendments (7)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas a new CAP should allow farmers to concentrate on the core objective of providing safe, quality and traceable food while also supporting them to deliver non market public goods,
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas a new CAP should be sustainably competitive,
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the distribution of the single farm payment should ensure fairness,
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the need for the CAP to be simpler, and more transparent and more equitable; in this respect a single flat rate payment would be preferableto deliver a fair outcome for all farmers, and in this context single farm payments need to take into account the wide diversity between Member States in terms of land use, land values, productivity, costs and incomes;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Believes that the basic aim of inspections is to give advice to farmers and put them on the right track in order to better comply with the legislative requirements; re is a need to simplify cross-compliance but also to recognise that the basic aim of inspections is to check compliance with legally based instruments and in this context, while there needs to be a minimum threshold for applying penalties, financial controls and accountability are core to ensuring that CAP expenditure delivers for everybody from producer to consumer;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Believes that, in order to simplify the rules for the single payment scheme, the provision of the same detailed information on an annual basis should be abolished if there is no material change in the information;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20