3 Amendments of Juozas IMBRASAS related to 2011/2051(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Takes the view that, as a result of growing concerns about food security in the European Union and the world, globalisation and rising food prices, Europe and its regions need a new, strong CAP that will bofoster balanced and sustainable development and improve competitiveness on the international market, will be more market-oriented while at the same time protecting agricultural protection throughout the Union and will take account of public goods including food security, biodiversity and soil conservation, sound water and forest management and sustainable development based on education and knowledge, as well as driving cohesion; advocates a more sustainable, balanced, target-oriented, simple and efficient CAP that is better able to satisfy the needs and live up to the expectations of EU citizens;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the direct payments scheme should be retained in order to continue to ensure competitiveness, economic stability, decent farm incomes and the sustainable development of the EU farm sector, as well as EU food and environmental security, thus ensuring that other policies and strategies, including the Europe 2020 strategy, may be properly implemented; considers, in this connection, that objective and transparent criteria need to be drawn up to ensure the provision of an appropriate, harmonised and balanced level of direct support throughout the EU, to reduce the differences between the newer and the more established EU Member States and to move away from the inefficient criteria used to date for allocating funding under the direct payments scheme;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. CEmphasises that the implementation procedures of the CAP should be further simplified, its control requirements should be tightened and the administrative burden on its beneficiaries should be reduced, and considers that the CAP should take greater account of the potential, problems and needs of small family holdings; stresses the need to diversify the incomes of such holdings and to develop entrepreneurial skills and create new jobs in rural areas;