6 Amendments of Esther DE LANGE related to 2008/2026(BUD)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Points to the importance of setting up and strengthening European programmes directed towards good nutrition, such as the school milk and school fruit scheme;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Stresses the importance of transparency in production and distribution chains in the agriculture and food sectors, and calls on the Commission to set up a monitoring system for these;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines the need for a school fruit program and considers the positive impacts of such an activity on public health and nutrition awareness of children; encourages the Commission to present a proposal as soon as possible;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8a (new)
Paragraph 8a (new)
8a. Calls for the elaboration of a pilot project to facilitate an exchange programme between young farmers in developing countries and young farmers in the EU to enable them to gain first- hand understanding of the functioning of their respective markets, of their respective use of technology and their solutions for adapting to climatic conditions;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8b (new)
Paragraph 8b (new)
8b. Urges the Commission and Council to increase the budget for young farmers as this group is facing considerable new challenges (for example combating climate change and maintaining food production in Europe) and has been diminishing for years, for example by strengthening the means for education, training networks and exchange programmes for young farmers or by strengthening the policy tools for young farmers in the Rural Development programme;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Deplores the fact that, for the second consecutive year, the Council has rejected Parliament's proposal for an amendment concerning the creation of a new line 05 02 08 12 - School fruit scheme; welcomes, however, the political agreement of the Council on the legal base for such a programme; had expecteds the programme to start as soon as the legal base is adopted and in time for the 2009/2010 school year 2009/2010 and, as demanded by the European Parliament and agreed by the Council in its political agreement; regrets, therefore, that the Council did not accept the Commission's proposal to create already a token entry ("p.m.") in the budget, which would have allowed for a flexible start of the programme as appropriate during the budget year 2009;