3 Amendments of Daciana Octavia SÂRBU related to 2009/2105(INI)
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. reaffirms its belief that organic farming offers health benefits to consumers as well as a guarantee that the production process involved avoids environmental damage associated with the use of fertilisers and also offers European farmers a major growth opportunity; supports recent efforts to develop a new EU organic logo, applicable to all EU farmed products;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. takes the view that greater standardisation is needed in the typology of control and certification bodies and procedures for organic products, so that consumers are provided with an assurance of safety and reliability in the form of the new EU logo, guaranteeing comparable production, control and certification criteria at Community level and helping to resolve problems and further promote the internal market, and in this regard, calls for an improved harmonisation of inspection systems between Member States;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Emphasises the potential role of EU funding in this area, especially by means available under the EAFRD (European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development); nonetheless stresses that credit requirements have now become tighter for small producers in the wake of the world financial crisis, and that this drastically limits their access to cofinancing, as provided for under rural development programmes; suggests, in this connection, that the Commission consider harmonising the system of agricultural credits at EU level;