Activities of Daciana Octavia SÂRBU related to 2018/2037(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
The future of food and farming (debate) RO
Amendments (39)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Citation -1 (new)
Citation -1 (new)
– having regard to the European Court of Auditors Special reports Nos 4/2014 entitled "Integration of EU water policy objectives with the CAP: a partial success" and 21/2017 entitled "Greening: a more complex income support scheme, not yet environmentally effective",
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Citation -1 a (new)
Citation -1 a (new)
– having regard to the Commission's staff working document (SWD(2017)153 final) on "Agriculture and Sustainable Water Management in the EU",
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Citation -1 a (new)
Citation -1 a (new)
– having regard to Directive 2009/128/EC on the sustainable use of pesticides and the report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on Member State National Action Plans and on progress in the implementation of Directive 2009/128/EC on the sustainable use of pesticides,
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Citation -1 a (new)
Citation -1 a (new)
– having regard to the European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) "Ban glyphosate and protect people and the environment from toxic pesticides",
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Citation -1 a (new)
Citation -1 a (new)
– having regard to the Environmental Implementation Review (EIR), announced in 2016 (COM(2016)316 final), which is a tool to help deliver the benefits of EU environmental law and policies for businesses and citizens through better implementation,
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas it is essential to ensure a fair standard of living across regions and Member States, affordable prices for citizens and consumers, and access to quality food and healthy diets, while delivering on the commitments for environmental care, climate action, and animal and plant health and welfare;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas the European agriculture is highly impacted by climate change, but can also contribute to climate change mitigation by reducing greenhouse gas emission and by sequestering carbon;
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the greening measures are complex and inefficientin the current CAP did not reach their full potential;
Amendment 93 #
Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas the European Court of Auditors has underlined the fact that the green payments introduced as part of the 2013 reform create added complexity and bureaucracy, are difficult to understand, and fail to significantly enhance the CAP’s environmental and climate performance;
Amendment 145 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Recognises that agro-ecological practices such as agroforestry can play an important role in this regard;
Amendment 147 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Calls on the Commission to introduce a new and comprehensive legal framework which allows a coherent implementation of environmental and climate actions such as greening, cross- compliance (which includes the good agricultural and environmental conditions –GAECs – and statutory management requirements – SMRs), as well as agri-environment-climate measures – AECMs – for rural development, so that farmers can deliver more efficiently and in a simpler and more targeted manner on environmental care, biodiversity and climate action, while ensuring that Member States have adequate control and taking into account local conditions; stresses the need to ensure a clear separation of measures under Pillar I and Pillar II;
Amendment 154 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Amendment 169 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Strongly believes that the conditionality between direct payments and greening measures needs to be maintained in order to ensure a more sustainable European agricultural sector, and calls for a new voluntary incentive scheme for farmers willing to go beyond the current agro-environmental measures;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas the scarcity of labour force in agriculture is a limiting factor for the development of the agricultural sector;
Amendment 202 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Recalls that the future CAP needs to encourage farmers to serve society as a whole by introducing or continuing to apply agricultural production methods that are compatible with environment protection and presevation of landscapes, soils, natural ressources and genetic diversity;
Amendment 219 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Underlines the importance of pollination and of biodiversity preservation; calls on the Commission and on Member States to set aside pesticide free areas in order to prevent bee mortality related to pesticides use;
Amendment 234 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas while the focus on research and development for both product and process innovation is to be welcomed, more must be done to develop the research capacity and infrastructure necessary to translate the results of research into farming practice, facilitated by EU-wide agricultural extension services;
Amendment 237 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Stresses the importance of short supply chains and local food markets and calls on the Commission to incentivise local food marketing as it involves less emissions and guarantees better traceability;
Amendment 241 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Recalls the strategic importance of research and innovation and calls for better synergy between CAP objectives and Horizon 2020 objectives in the areas of food production, sustainable management of resources and climate action;
Amendment 254 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Stresses that respect for sustainable agricultural production, the precautionary principle on which EU food safety regulations are based, the farm-to- fork approach, reciprocity and the strict preservation of EU sanitary and phytosanitary standards and procedures on human and animal health and food safety, as defined under EU legislation, are fundamental and unshakable tenets of all EU Free Trade Agreements' negotiations for European agriculture;
Amendment 315 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas it is essential to ensure fair competition within the single market within the sector and with other players in the food chain, both up and downstream, and to further strengthen the position of farmers and incentives to prevent crises with active management tools to be deployed at sectoral level and by public authorities;
Amendment 432 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. calls on the Commission to provide tools aiming to increase the use of synergies between CAP and cohesion policy funding
Amendment 450 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the efforts of the Commission to establish programme design, implementation and control of an output-based approach in order to foster performance rather than compliance; calls on the Commission to provide a single and simplified programme, while ensuring adequate monitoring via clearly defined, solid and measurable indicators at EU level, including an appropriate system of quality control and penalties;
Amendment 484 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission to make steps against the phenomenon of the food related VAT fraud by analysing the possible the introduction of a harmonised, common, and super reduced (maximum 5%) VAT percentage on food articles and agriculture related recreational activities in the Member;
Amendment 496 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to grant more flexibility to Member States and regions within the framework of the agricultural de minimis rules, while avoiding single market distortions;
Amendment 672 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for the existing system for calculating direct payments in Pillar I, which is often based on historic entitlements, and it is too complicated, to be replaced by an EU-wide uniform method of calculating payments, in order to make the system simpler and more transparent;
Amendment 703 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Underlines the efficiency of the SAPS payment system and calls for the prolongation of its use after 2020;
Amendment 731 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses the need for a fair and equal distribution of direct payments between Member States, which must take into account socio-economic differences, different production costs and the amounts received by Member States under Pillar IIis essential for the functioning of the Single market;
Amendment 852 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Notes worryingly that the lack of labour force in several agricultural sectors leads to the cessation of farming activities and calls for support for attracting workers in agriculture;
Amendment 855 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Stresses on sharing the successful models from Member States which gather young and old farmers for generational renewal objectives;
Amendment 890 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Underlines the importance of rural development, including thesuccessful LEADER initiative, in supporting multi- functional agriculture that leads to a dynamic and innovative rural development and in fostering additional entrepreneurial activities and opportunities, in order to generate income from agri- tourism, and to secure community- supported agriculture and the provision of social services in rural areas;
Amendment 903 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission to introduce a multi-funded, investment approach in the post 2020 legislative period to ensure the smooth implementation of the integrated rural development tools, such as the smart villages initiative;
Amendment 920 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Calls for the integration of the different networks in the rural area, such as the ENRD and the EIP under the Smart villages approach and with the help of the Leader method;
Amendment 923 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16c. Calls on the Commission to set up the smart villages initiative measures and to create the smart villages as priority of the next rural development policy;
Amendment 924 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 d (new)
Paragraph 16 d (new)
16d. Urges the Commission to keep in mind the possibility of a cross-fund integration during the preparation of the new legislation;
Amendment 1048 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls on the Commission to focus on the quality of life in rural areas, to make the living attractive for all people, especially for the young generation;
Amendment 1074 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Urges the Commission and the Member States to give more emphasis on the entrepreneur-opportunities for services to- and from the villages;
Amendment 1179 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Insists on the necessity of strengthening the position of producers as the main actors within the food supply chain, in particular by guaranteeing them a fair share of the added value, by fostering inter-sectoral cooperation, and strengthening transparency in the markets and crisis prevention;
Amendment 1189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Calls for enhanced support and promotion of local markets and short food supply chains. Stresses the need to develop local services related to short supply chains;