10 Amendments of Pilar AYUSO related to 2015/2154(DEC)
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that coherent performance and delivery is crucial in the CAP which ensures safe and consistent production of our food, operates across the whole EU, with a positive effect at the social, environmental and economic impactslevel, covering production of crops and foodstuffs of all kinds;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Points out that 2014 was a transitional year, involving significant payments for the last part of the 2007-2013 funding period and during which the final elements (the implementing and delegated acts) were put in place half way through the year for the CAP 2014-2020 funding period, and believes that the year 2015 should be considered as another transitional year, where special attention should be paid on new tools introduced under the reform such as greening;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Reminds the Commission that the risk of unintentional errors owing to complex regulation is in the end borne by the beneficiary; calls for a reasonable, proportional and effective policy on sanctions to support this approach, such as avoiding double sanctioning for the same error under both the payment scheme and cross-compliance;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Calls for establishing instruments that will make it possible to distinguish between error and fraud, while ensuring that farmers are still able to deliver the vital food production which is at the heart of the policy; believes that continuing to tackle complexity and that streamlining the CAP is one of the key elements for attracting new entrants to agriculture and also for retaining them and their skills so as to ensure a thriving EU agricultural sector in the future;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Notes the agreement between Commission and Court7 that rural development expenditure is governed by complex rules and eligibility conditions, partly due to the ambitious nature of the policy, notes furthermore that simplification and preventive measures are included in the 2014-2020 rules and calls for that simplification to be delivered at Member State level in the new Rural Development programmes as an important means of reducing error rates; __________________ 7 ECA Annual Report 2014 - Para 7.10
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Expects the Commission to urgently make full use of the process of simplification of the CAP, especially with regard to the burdensome and complex regulations governing cross-compliance and greening which ultimately impacts upon farmers across Europe; stresses that the simplification process should focus on alleviating the administrative burden and should not put at risk the principles and rules agreed under the last CAP reform, which should be kept unchanged; considers that such a simplification should not imply a revision of the CAP expenditure for the period 2013-2020;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Notes that the impact of the Russian import ban on agricultural products, which struck mid-way through 2014, is a major challenge and advocates eliminating the unearned advantagefor a strong support of the sectors affected by the ban as well as an effective control to avoid misuse of EU funds;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Reminds that the objectives of the 2007-2013 programme period (viable food productiStresses that during the current programme period the EU should focus on, enhanced farming the viability and promoting food chain organisation) are still important goals, and that the focus is to be put on quality schemes, short supply chains, social cooperatives,of the agricultural sector and promoting a better balance in the food chain; supporting quality schemes, short supply chains and producers organisations would also boost local markets strictly in rural areas in new RDPs, and involving reasonable environmental expenditure;
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Wishes to be informed about any improvements in terms of compliance, and particularly any feasibility work done on support payments being made conditional on compliance with environmental, animal welfare and food safety rules;