9 Amendments of Vladimir URUTCHEV related to 2017/2117(INI)
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. takes into account the development of subsidies in the sector, which is of the utmost importance to increase efficiency and competitiveness in production, improve product quality and hoist self- sufficiency of EU sheep meat supply - all of which are consistent with EU’s efficiency development and quality improvement objectives;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. suggests, however, to separate the coupled aid between hobby animal breeders having less than 15 animal units (irrespective of whether they have sheep or goats or both) who could be granted lump sum payment and larger livestock keepers who need to receive increased aid to enable them to better target the market and to improve the quality of product;
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the agreement reached in negotiations for the Omnibus regulation recognising the specific nature of Mediterranean grasslands, such as dehesa pasturelands, with a view to finding fairer arrangements governing the land eligible for direct payments; advocates authorising grazing in areas of ecological interest and completing EFA types by dry, poor quality grasslands found in less favoured areas or other disadvantaged areas in Central and Eastern-European Member States;
Amendment 269 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on Member States to extend agri-environmental payments to pastures used for sheep and goat grazing and to provide animal welfare national aid also for sheep and goats in addition to other ruminants;
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls on Member States to extend Milk Package financial support to sheep and goat milk;
Amendment 289 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Urges the Commission to exercise caution in negotiating the new free-trade agreement with New Zealand, pending its analysis of impact of Brexit on the EU sheep-farming sector; takes the view that this new agreement should split New Zealand’s quota for lamb meat exports into the EU so as to separate fresh or chilled and frozen meat; recalls that in the European Union lambs may be marketed only at the age of 6 or 9 months, but in New Zealand a higher age – 12 months – is permitted; reminds the European Commission that the future agreement between New-Zealand and the EU has to set a 6 or 9 month age limit for the legal sale in the EU internal market of any lamb from outside the EU;
Amendment 356 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. calls on the European Commission and the Member States to develop specific programmes enabling women to find their place in addition to men in this particular sector, which could deeply contribute to the necessary generational renewal in the sector and to assisting sheep and goats keepers in establishing their families;
Amendment 374 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. In order to improve the employment situation in the sector, calls on the European Commission and the Member States to develop programmes which assist better the training of guard and shepherd dogs and their proper application in livestock farms;
Amendment 378 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14c. Reminds that the proliferation of predators is due to the current EU legislation aiming at preserving indigenous wild animal species, therefore, damages caused by wild animals should be compensated by the community and not at the expense of the shepherd’s insurance;