Activities of Sergio Paolo Francesco SILVESTRIS
Plenary speeches (1038)
Maritime spatial planning and integrated coastal management (A7-0379/2013 - Gesine Meissner)
Infringements of competition law (A7-0089/2014 - Andreas Schwab)
Shipments of waste (A7-0069/2014 - Bart Staes)
New psychoactive substances (A7-0172/2014 - Jacek Protasiewicz)
Criminal acts and penalties in the field of illicit drug trafficking (A7-0173/2014 - Teresa Jiménez-Becerril Barrio)
Negotiation of the EU-Japan strategic partnership agreement (A7-0244/2014 - Alojz Peterle)
Religious freedoms and cultural diversity (B7-0365/2014)
Russian pressure on Eastern Partnership countries and in particular destabilisation of eastern Ukraine (B7-0431/2014, B7-0435/2014, RCB7-0436/2014, B7-0436/2014, B7-0437/2014, B7-0441/2014, B7-0444/2014)
EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement negotiations (B7-0367/2014)
Commission follow-up to the 'TOP TEN' Consultation of SMEs on EU Regulation (B7-0415/2014, B7-0434/2014)
Food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health, plant reproductive material and plant protection products (A7-0162/2014 - Mario Pirillo)
Animal health (A7-0129/2014 - Marit Paulsen)
Protective measures against pests of plants (A7-0147/2014 - Hynek Fajmon)
Consumer product safety (A7-0355/2013 - Christel Schaldemose)
Market surveillance of products (A7-0346/2013 - Sirpa Pietikäinen)
Marine equipment (A7-0255/2013 - Dominique Riquet)
Pressure equipment (A7-0008/2014 - Zuzana Roithová)
Judgments in civil and commercial matters (A7-0052/2014 - Tadeusz Zwiefka)
European Maritime Safety Agency and response to pollution (A7-0300/2013 - Keith Taylor)
Hospitable environment for enterprises, businesses and start-ups to create jobs (A7-0101/2014 - Anthea McIntyre)
New technologies and open educational resources (A7-0249/2014 - Cătălin Sorin Ivan)
Protection of species of wild fauna and flora (A7-0087/2014 - Matthias Groote)
Fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the EU-Seychelles Fisheries Partnership Agreement (A7-0201/2014 - Maria do Céu Patrão Neves)
Fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the EU-Comoros Fisheries Partnership Agreement (A7-0177/2014 - Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa)
Fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the EU-Madagascar Fisheries Partnership Agreement (A7-0178/2014 - Crescenzio Rivellini)
EU-Korea Framework Agreement as regards matters related to readmission (A7-0267/2014 - Hubert Pirker)
EU-Korea Framework Agreement with the exception of matters related to readmission (A7-0265/2014 - Norica Nicolai)
EU-Georgia Framework Agreement on the general principles for the participation of Georgia in Union programmes (A7-0191/2014 - Krzysztof Lisek)
Authorisation for Portugal to apply a reduced rate of excise duty in the autonomous regions of Madeira and Azores on certain alcoholic beverages (A7-0262/2014 - Danuta Maria Hübner)
AIEM tax applicable in the Canary Islands (A7-0263/2014 - Danuta Maria Hübner)
Amendment of the period of application of Council Decision[nbsp ]2004/162/EC concerning the dock dues in the French overseas departments (A7-0264/2014 - Danuta Maria Hübner)
Amendment of Parliament's Rules of Procedure with regard to parliamentary questions (A7-0123/2014 - Zita Gurmai)
Amendment of Rule 90 of Parliament's Rules of Procedure on international agreements (A7-0253/2014 - David Martin)
Union action for the European Capitals of Culture for the years 2020 to 2033 (A7-0275/2014 - Marco Scurria)
Incidental catches of cetaceans (A7-0272/2014 - Raül Romeva i Rueda)
Posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services (A7-0249/2013 - Danuta Jazłowiecka)
Return of cultural objects unlawfully removed from the territory of a Member State (A7-0058/2014 - Marie-Christine Vergiat)
Reducing the consumption of lightweight plastic carrier bags (A7-0174/2014 - Margrete Auken)
Surveillance of external sea borders (A7-0461/2013 - Carlos Coelho)
Protection against dumped and subsidised imports from countries not members of the EU (A7-0053/2014 - Christofer Fjellner)
Statute and funding of European political parties and European political foundations (A7-0140/2013 - Marietta Giannakou)
Financing of European political parties (A7-0200/2013 - Ingeborg Gräßle)
Carbon dioxide emissions from maritime transport (A7-0080/2014 - Theodoros Skylakakis)
Invasive alien species (A7-0088/2014 - Pavel Poc)
Fight against fraud to the Union's financial interests by means of criminal law (A7-0251/2014 - Ingeborg Gräßle, Juan Fernando López Aguilar)
European Parliament's right of inquiry (A7-0352/2011 - David Martin)
Implementing measures for the system of own resources (A7-0269/2014 - Anne E. Jensen, Jean-Luc Dehaene)
System of own resources (A7-0271/2014 - Anne E. Jensen, Jean-Luc Dehaene)
Enhanced cooperation between Public employment services (A7-0072/2014 - Frédéric Daerden)
European Union Solidarity Fund (A7-0078/2014 - Rosa Estaràs Ferragut)
European Medicines Agency (conduct of pharmacovigilance activities in respect of medicinal products for human use) (A7-0476/2013 - Linda McAvan)
Macro-financial assistance to the Republic of Tunisia (A7-0110/2014 - Vital Moreira)
Recovery plan for Bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean (A7-0102/2014 - Raül Romeva i Rueda)
Protection of the euro and other currencies against counterfeiting by criminal law (A7-0018/2014 - Anthea McIntyre)
Honey (A7-0440/2013 - Julie Girling)
European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (A7-0282/2013 - Alain Cadec)
European Police College (A7-0146/2014 - Kinga Gál)
Consumer product safety - Market surveillance of products - Protection of consumers in utilities services (debate)
Consumer product safety - Market surveillance of products - Protection of consumers in utilities services (debate)
Protection of consumers in utilities services (A7-0163/2014 - Josef Weidenholzer)
Technical requirements for inland waterway vessels (A7-0145/2014 - Corien Wortmann-Kool)
Correct application of the law on customs and agricultural matters (A7-0241/2014 - António Fernando Correia de Campos)
Accession of Croatia to the 1990 Convention on the elimination of double taxation (A7-0214/2014 - Sławomir Nitras)
Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking (A7-0259/2014 - Josefa Andrés Barea)
Deposit guarantee schemes (A7-0216/2014 - Peter Simon)
Alternative fuels infrastructure (A7-0444/2013 - Carlo Fidanza)
Key information documents for investment products (A7-0368/2013 - Pervenche Berès)
Court of Justice of the European Union: number of judges at the General Court (A7-0252/2013 - Alexandra Thein)
Deployment of the interoperable EU-wide eCall (A7-0482/2013 - Philippe De Backer)
Measures to reduce the cost of deploying high-speed electronic communications networks (A7-0455/2013 - Edit Herczog)
Inland waterway transport (A7-0142/2014 - Corien Wortmann-Kool)
Agricultural products on the internal market and in third countries (A7-0217/2014 - Esther Herranz García)
Active and Assisted Living Research and Development Programme (A7-0076/2014 - Claude Turmes)
European Metrology Programme for Innovation and Research (A7-0063/2014 - Niki Tzavela)
European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership Programme (A7-0064/2014 - Vicky Ford)
European Account Preservation Order (A7-0227/2013 - Raffaele Baldassarre)
Disclosure of non-financial and diversity information by certain large companies and groups (A7-0006/2014 - Raffaele Baldassarre)
Conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals in the framework of an intra-corporate transfer (A7-0170/2014 - Salvatore Iacolino)
Clean Sky 2 Joint Undertaking (A7-0083/2014 - Christian Ehler)
Bio-Based Industries Joint Undertaking (A7-0092/2014 - Lambert van Nistelrooij)
SESAR Joint Undertaking (A7-0062/2014 - Britta Thomsen)
Innovative Medicines Initiative 2 Joint Undertaking (A7-0105/2014 - Teresa Riera Madurell)
ECSEL Joint Undertaking (A7-0074/2014 - Paul Rübig)
Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 2 Joint Undertaking (A7-0094/2014 - Vladko Todorov Panayotov)
Interinstitutional agreement on the transparency register (A7-0258/2014 - Roberto Gualtieri)
Effectiveness of European Social Fund spending on older workers (Court of Auditors Special Report 25/2012) (A7-0151/2014 - Zigmantas Balčytis)
Common visa restrictions for Russian officials involved in the Sergei Magnitsky case (A7-0215/2014 - Kristiina Ojuland)
69th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (A7-0250/2014 - Alexander Graf Lambsdorff)
Role of broadcasting media in projecting the EU and its values (A7-0248/2014 - Graham Watson)
Sound level of motor vehicles (A7-0239/2014 - Miroslav Ouzký)
Computer databases which are part of the surveillance networks in the Member States (A7-0201/2012 - Sophie Auconie)
Application and enforcement of international trade rules (A7-0308/2013 - Niccolò Rinaldi)
In vitro diagnostic medical devices (A7-0327/2013 - Peter Liese)
European environmental economic accounts (A7-0420/2013 - Elena Oana Antonescu)
European Year for Development (2015) (A7-0384/2013 - Charles Goerens)
Space surveillance and tracking support framework (A7-0030/2014 - Amelia Andersdotter)
Management of expenditure relating to the food chain, animal health and animal welfare, and relating to plant health and plant reproductive material (A7-0424/2013 - Agnès Le Brun)
Clinical trials on medicinal products for human use (A7-0208/2013 - Glenis Willmott)
Community framework for the nuclear safety of nuclear installations (A7-0252/2014 - Romana Jordan)
Mid-term review of the Stockholm Programme (A7-0153/2014 - Luigi Berlinguer, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Carlo Casini)
Community regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering and transit of dual-use items (A7-0236/2014 - Christofer Fjellner)
Greenhouse gas emission trading (international aviation emissions) (A7-0079/2014 - Peter Liese)
Interchange fees for card-based payment transactions (A7-0167/2014 - Pablo Zalba Bidegain)
Payment services in the internal market (A7-0169/2014 - Diogo Feio)
European single market for electronic communications (A7-0190/2014 - Pilar del Castillo Vera)
Statutory audit of public-interest entities (A7-0177/2013 - Sajjad Karim)
Reduction or elimination of customs duties on goods originating in Ukraine (A7-0238/2014 - Paweł Zalewski)
EU comprehensive approach and coherence of EU external action (A7-0138/2014 - Arnaud Danjean)
Electronic identification of bovine animals (A7-0199/2012 - Sophie Auconie)
Annual Report 2012 on the protection of the EU's financial interests - Fight against fraud (A7-0195/2014 - Inés Ayala Sender)
Situation in Iran (B7-0279/2014)
Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (A7-0022/2014 - Sylvie Guillaume)
Employment and social aspects of the role and operations of the Troika (A7-0135/2014 - Alejandro Cercas)
Internal Security Fund (Police cooperation, preventing and combating crime and crisis management) (A7-0026/2014 - Salvatore Iacolino)
High common level of network and information security (A7-0103/2014 - Andreas Schwab)
Radio equipment (A7-0316/2013 - Barbara Weiler)
Implementation of the Treaty of Lisbon with respect to the European Parliament (A7-0120/2014 - Paulo Rangel)
Role of property and wealth creation in eradicating poverty and fostering sustainable development (A7-0118/2014 - Nirj Deva)
Policy coherence for development (A7-0161/2014 - Charles Goerens)
Russia: sentencing of demonstrators involved in the Bolotnaya Square events
Launching consultations to suspend Uganda and Nigeria from the Cotonou Agreement in view of recent legislation further criminalising homosexuality
Security and human trafficking in Sinai
Priorities for EU relations with the Eastern partnership countries (A7-0157/2014 - Paweł Robert Kowal) (vote)
Pakistan's regional role and political relations with the EU (A7-0117/2014 - Boris Zala)
Anti-missile shield for Europe (A7-0109/2014 - Sampo Terho)
European gastronomic heritage (A7-0127/2014 - Santiago Fisas Ayxela)
Protection of the euro against counterfeiting (Pericles 2020) (A7-0152/2014 - Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra)
EU-Azerbaijan Agreement on the facilitation of the issuance of visas (A7-0155/2014 - Mariya Gabriel)
Humanitarian engagement of armed non-State actors in child protection (A7-0160/2014 - Judith Sargentini)
Implementation of the Single European Sky (A7-0095/2014 - Marian-Jean Marinescu)
Aerodromes, air traffic management and air navigation services (A7-0098/2014 - David-Maria Sassoli)
Package travel and assisted travel arrangements (A7-0124/2014 - Hans-Peter Mayer)
Fluorinated greenhouse gases (A7-0240/2013 - Bas Eickhout)
Statistics relating to external trade with non-member countries (delegated and implementing powers) (A7-0042/2014 - Vital Moreira)
Copernicus programme (A7-0027/2014 - Vittorio Prodi)
Priorities for EU relations with the Eastern partnership countries (A7-0157/2014 - Paweł Robert Kowal)
US NSA surveillance programme, surveillance bodies in various Member States and impact on EU citizens' fundamental rights (A7-0139/2014 - Claude Moraes)
Evaluation of justice in relation to criminal justice and the rule of law (A7-0122/2014 - Kinga Göncz)
Preparing for a fully converged audiovisual world (A7-0057/2014 - Sabine Verheyen)
EU citizenship report 2013 (A7-0107/2014 - Nikolaos Salavrakos)
European Public Prosecutor's Office (A7-0141/2014 - Salvatore Iacolino)
Statistics of goods transport by inland waterways (delegated and implementing powers) (A7-0003/2014 - Eva Lichtenberger)
Statistics for the macroeconomic imbalances procedure (A7-0143/2014 - Derk Jan Eppink)
Nagoya Protocol on Access to genetic resources (A7-0061/2014 - Sandrine Bélier)
European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority and European Securities and Markets Authority (A7-0077/2012 - Burkhard Balz)
Information accompanying transfers of funds (A7-0140/2014 - Mojca Kleva Kekuš, Timothy Kirkhope)
Prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering and terrorist financing (A7-0150/2014 - Krišjānis Kariņš, Judith Sargentini)
EU guarantee to EIB against losses under financing operations supporting investment projects outside the Union (A7-0392/2013 - Ivailo Kalfin)
Genetic resources (A7-0263/2013 - Sandrine Bélier)
Roadworthiness tests for motor vehicles and their trailers (A7-0210/2013 - Werner Kuhn)
Registration documents for vehicles (A7-0199/2013 - Vilja Savisaar-Toomast)
Roadworthiness of commercial vehicles (A7-0207/2013 - Olga Sehnalová)
Rail transport statistics (A7-0002/2014 - Michael Cramer)
Electronic invoicing in public procurement (A7-0004/2014 - Birgit Collin-Langen)
Goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products (A7-0260/2013 - Paolo De Castro)
European Investment Bank annual report 2012 (A7-0137/2014 - Marian-Jean Marinescu)
Equality between women and men in 2012 (A7-0073/2014 - Inês Cristina Zuber)
Public access to documents 2011-2013 (A7-0148/2014 - Sophia in 't Veld)
Eradication of torture in the world (A7-0100/2014 - Véronique De Keyser)
Saudi Arabia (A7-0125/2014 - Ana Gomes)
Equality between women and men in 2012 (debate)
Production and making available on the market of plant reproductive material (plant reproductive material law) (debate)
Production and making available on the market of plant reproductive material (plant reproductive material law) (debate)
SOLVIT (A7-0059/2014 - Morten Løkkegaard)
European Investigation Order (A7-0477/2013 - Nuno Melo)
Visa requirements for third-countries nationals (A7-0104/2014 - Tanja Fajon)
EU-Indonesia voluntary partnership agreement on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber products to the EU (A7-0043/2014 - Yannick Jadot)
Third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders of Member States and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement (A7-0373/2013 - Mariya Gabriel)
Situation in Ukraine (RCB7-0219/2014, B7-0219/2014, B7-0220/2014, B7-0221/2014, B7-0222/2014, B7-0223/2014, B7-0224/2014)
Use of armed drones (RCB7-0201/2014, B7-0201/2014, B7-0202/2014, B7-0203/2014, B7-0204/2014, B7-0205/2014, B7-0206/2014)
Fundamental rights in the European Union (2012) (A7-0051/2014 - Louis Michel)
European Arrest Warrant (A7-0039/2014 - Sarah Ludford)
Situation in Venezuela (RCB7-0207/2014, B7-0207/2014, B7-0212/2014, B7-0215/2014, B7-0216/2014, B7-0217/2014, B7-0218/2014)
Future of EU visa policy (B7-0194/2014)
Specific actions in the Common Fisheries Policy for developing the role of women (A7-0070/2014 - Dolores García-Hierro Caraballo, Raül Romeva i Rueda)
Private copying levies (A7-0114/2014 - Françoise Castex)
Single market governance (A7-0066/2014 - Sergio Gaetano Cofferati)
Cohesion Policy (A7-0081/2014 - Vilja Savisaar-Toomast)
Optimising the potential of outermost regions (A7-0121/2014 - Younous Omarjee)
Deployment of the interoperable EU-wide eCall (A7-0482/2013 - Philippe De Backer)
EC-Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama Political dialogue and cooperation agreement, with the exception of Article 49(3) thereof (A7-0463/2013 - José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra)
EC-Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama Political dialogue and cooperation agreement, as regards Article 49(3) thereof (A7-0119/2014 - Renate Weber)
Common system of value added tax (A7-0090/2014 - Ivo Strejček)
Amendment of decision 2009/831/EC as regards its period of application (A7-0113/2014 - Danuta Maria Hübner)
EC-Indonesia framework agreement on comprehensive partnership and cooperation, as regards matters related to readmission (A7-0115/2014 - Ana Gomes)
EU-Turkey agreement on the readmission of persons residing without authorisation (A7-0097/2014 - Renate Sommer)
Single European railway area (A7-0037/2014 - Saïd El Khadraoui)
Domestic passenger transport services by rail (A7-0034/2014 - Mathieu Grosch)
Interoperability of the rail system (A7-0033/2014 - Izaskun Bilbao Barandica)
Railway safety (A7-0015/2014 - Michael Cramer)
European Union Agency for Railways (A7-0016/2014 - Roberts Zīle)
Normalisation of the accounts of railway undertakings (A7-0472/2013 - Jaromír Kohlíček)
Occurrence reporting in civil aviation (A7-0317/2013 - Christine De Veyrac)
Deployment of the eCall in-vehicle system (A7-0106/2014 - Olga Sehnalová)
Insurance mediation (A7-0085/2014 - Werner Langen)
Third programme for the Union's action if the field of health (2014-2020) (A7-0224/2012 - Françoise Grossetête)
Trans-European telecommunications networks (A7-0272/2013 - Evžen Tošenovský)
Accessibility of public sector bodies' websites (A7-0460/2013 - Jorgo Chatzimarkakis)
Long-term financing of the European economy (A7-0065/2014 - Wolf Klinz)
Sexual exploitation and prostitution and its impact on gender equality (A7-0071/2014 - Mary Honeyball)
Promoting development through responsible business practices (A7-0132/2014 - Judith Sargentini)
Member States experiencing or threatened with serious difficulties with respect to their financial stability (A7-0046/2014 - Maria do Céu Patrão Neves)
Adapting legal acts providing for the use of the regulatory procedure with scrutiny (Articles 290 and 291 TFEU) (A7-0011/2014 - József Szájer)
Amendment of Rule 136 of the Rules of Procedure on the attendance of Members at sittings (A7-0038/2014 - Gerald Häfner)
2020 target to reduce CO2 emissions from new passenger cars (A7-0151/2013 - Thomas Ulmer)
Community trade mark (A7-0031/2014 - Cecilia Wikström)
Freezing and confiscation of proceeds of crime (A7-0178/2013 - Monica Luisa Macovei)
Laws of the Member States relating to trade marks (A7-0032/2014 - Cecilia Wikström)
European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation and Training (Europol) (A7-0096/2014 - Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra)
Conditions of entry and residence[nbsp ]of third-country nationals (A7-0377/2013 - Cecilia Wikström)
European Voluntary Humanitarian Aid Corps (A7-0158/2013 - Michèle Striffler)
Fund for European aid to the most deprived (A7-0183/2013 - Emer Costello)
Biocidal products (A7-0354/2013 - Matthias Groote)
Combating violence against women (A7-0075/2014 - Antonyia Parvanova)
Delegation of legislative powers and the Commission's exercise of implementing powers (A7-0435/2013 - József Szájer)
European Semester for economic policy coordination: annual growth survey 2014 (A7-0084/2014 - Philippe De Backer)
European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social aspects (A7-0091/2014 - Sergio Gutiérrez Prieto)
Plant breeding (A7-0044/2014 - Marit Paulsen)
A 2030 framework for climate and energy policies (A7-0047/2014 - Anne Delvaux, Konrad Szymański)
Resolution of credit institutions and certain investment firms in the framework of a Single Resolution Mechanism and a Single Bank Resolution Fund (A7-0478/2013 - Elisa Ferreira)
Recommendation for a decision, pursuant to Rule 88(2) and (3) of the Rules of Procedure, on the draft Commission regulation concerning the country of origin or place of provenance for fresh, chilled, and frozen meat of swine, sheep, goats and poultry (B7-0087/2014)
Recommendation for a decision, pursuant to Rule 87a(4) of the Rules of Procedure, on Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No …/..of 28.8.2013 establishing Annex III to Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences (B7-0089/2014)
Recommendation for a decision, pursuant to Rules 88(4)(d) and 87a(6) of the Rules of Procedure, to raise no objections to draft Commission Regulation (EU) No.../...amending Regulation (EU) No 1031/2010 in particular to determine the volumes of greenhouse gas emission allowances to be auctioned in 2013-2020 (B7-0090/2014)
Situation in Ukraine (RCB7-0138/2014, B7-0138/2014, B7-0139/2014, B7-0140/2014, B7-0158/2014, B7-0161/2014, B7-0163/2014, B7-0164/2014)
Situation in Syria (RCB7-0141/2014, B7-0141/2014, B7-0142/2014, B7-0143/2014, B7-0144/2014, B7-0155/2014, B7-0157/2014, B7-0160/2014)
Situation in Egypt (RCB7-0145/2014, B7-0145/2014, B7-0146/2014, B7-0147/2014, B7-0148/2014, B7-0153/2014, B7-0154/2014, B7-0162/2014)
EU-Russia summit (B7-0149/2014, RCB7-0150/2014, B7-0150/2014, B7-0151/2014, B7-0152/2014, B7-0156/2014, B7-0159/2014)
2013 progress report on the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (B7-0073/2014)
Elimination of female genital mutilation (B7-0091/2014)
NAIADES II: An action programme to support inland waterway transport (B7-0094/2014)
Undocumented women migrants in the European Union (A7-0001/2014 - Norica Nicolai)
Conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purposes of seasonal employment (A7-0428/2013 - Claude Moraes)
Imports of Atlantic bigeye tuna (A7-0475/2013 - Raül Romeva i Rueda)
EU-Gabon protocol setting out fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement (A7-0049/2014 - João Ferreira)
Relations between the EU on the one hand, and Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark on the other (A7-0054/2014 - Ricardo Cortés Lastra)
Insurance of natural and man-made disasters (A7-0005/2014 - Sampo Terho)
Agreement between the European Union and the Swiss Confederation concerning cooperation on the application of their competition laws (A7-0060/2014 - George Sabin Cutaş)
EU cooperation agreements on competition policy enforcement – the way forward (B7-0088/2014)
Authorising Member States to ratify, in the interests of the European Union, the Arms Trade Treaty (A7-0041/2014 - David Martin)
Protection against dumped and subsidised imports from countries not members of the EU (A7-0053/2014 - Christofer Fjellner)
Compliance with the rules of the Common Fisheries Policy (A7-0468/2013 - Isabelle Thomas)
Equipment and protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres (A7-0255/2012 - Zuzana Roithová)
Non-automatic weighing instruments (A7-0257/2012 - Zuzana Roithová)
Compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delay of flights (A7-0020/2014 - Georges Bach)
Insolvency proceedings (A7-0481/2013 - Klaus-Heiner Lehne)
Inclusion of Greenland in implementing the Kimberley Process certification scheme (A7-0467/2013 - Vital Moreira)
Cape Town Agreement of 2012 on the Implementation of the provisions of the 1993 Protocol relating to the Torremolinos International Convention of 1977 for the Safety of Fishing Vessels (A7-0040/2014 - Werner Kuhn)
29th annual report on monitoring the application of EU law (2011) (A7-0055/2014 - Eva Lichtenberger)
Promoting free movement by simplifying the acceptance of certain public documents (A7-0017/2014 - Bernhard Rapkay)
Classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (A7-0319/2013 - Sari Essayah)
Copyright and related rights and multi-territorial licensing of rights in musical works for online uses (A7-0281/2013 - Marielle Gallo)
Investment projects in energy infrastructure (A7-0323/2013 - Adina-Ioana Vălean)
EU regulatory fitness and subsidiarity and proportionality - better lawmaking (A7-0056/2014 - Sajjad Karim)
Implementation of Unfair Commercial Practices Directive (A7-0474/2013 - Robert Rochefort)
EU justice scoreboard (A7-0442/2013 - Tadeusz Zwiefka)
Local and regional consequences of the development of smart grids (A7-0019/2014 - Elisabeth Schroedter)
Small agricultural holdings (A7-0029/2014 - Czesław Adam Siekierski)
Integrated parcel delivery market for the growth of e-commerce (A7-0024/2014 - Pablo Arias Echeverría)
Steel industry in Europe (A7-0028/2014 - András Gyürk)
Reindustrialising Europe to promote competitiveness and sustainability (A7-0464/2013 - Reinhard Bütikofer)
Authorising France to apply a reduced rate of certain indirect taxes on ‘traditional’ rum produced in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique and Réunion (A7-0013/2014 - Danuta Maria Hübner)
Placing on the market, for cultivation, of a genetically modified maize product (B7-0007/2014)ЍЍ
Respect for the fundamental right of free movement in the EU (RCB7-0016/2014, B7-0016/2014, B7-0023/2014, B7-0024/2014, B7-0025/2014, B7-0026/2014, B7-0027/2014)
EU citizenship for sale (RCB7-0015/2014, B7-0015/2014, B7-0017/2014, B7-0028/2014, B7-0029/2014, B7-0030/2014, B7-0031/2014)
2013 progress report on Serbia (B7-0006/2014)
European integration process of Kosovo (B7-0004/2014)
2012 progress report on Iceland and post-election perspectives (B7-0005/2014)
Situation in South Sudan (RCB7-0018/2014, B7-0018/2014, B7-0019/2014, B7-0020/2014, B7-0021/2014, B7-0022/2014, B7-0032/2014)
EU homelessness strategy (RCB7-0008/2014, B7-0008/2014, B7-0009/2014, B7-0010/2014, B7-0011/2014, B7-0012/2014)
Renewal of the EU-Russia agreement on cooperation in science and technology (A7-0473/2013 - Amalia Sartori)
Future of EU-ASEAN relations (A7-0441/2013 - Reinhard Bütikofer)
Tachographs and social legislation relating to road transport (A7-0471/2013 - Silvia-Adriana Ţicău)
Award of concession contracts (A7-0030/2013 - Philippe Juvin)
Public procurement (A7-0007/2013 - Marc Tarabella)
Procurement by entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors (A7-0034/2013 - Marc Tarabella)
Access of goods and services to public procurement markets (A7-0454/2013 - Daniel Caspary)
Honey (A7-0440/2013 - Julie Girling)
Hercule III programme and protection of the European Union's financial interests (A7-0385/2012 - Monica Luisa Macovei)
Hercule III programme and protection of the European Union's financial interests (A7-0385/2012 - Monica Luisa Macovei)
Statistics relating to trading of goods between Member States (A7-0457/2013 - Hans-Peter Martin)
Combating wildlife crime (B7-0013/2014)
Voting time
Smart specialisation: networking excellence for a sound Cohesion Policy (A7-0462/2013 - Hermann Winkler)
CO2 emissions from new light commercial vehicles (A7-0168/2013 - Holger Krahmer)
Consumer programme 2014-2020 (A7-0214/2012 - Robert Rochefort)
Community tariff quotas for high-quality beef, and for pigmeat, poultrymeat, wheat and meslin, and brans, sharps and other residues (A7-0212/2012 - Vital Moreira)
Imports of olive oil and other agricultural products from Turkey (A7-0209/2012 - Vital Moreira)
eHealth Action Plan 2012-2020 (A7-0443/2013 - Pilar Ayuso)
Financial participation of employees in companies' proceeds (A7-0465/2013 - Phil Bennion)
New Cohesion Policy programming period (A7-0007/2014 - Derek Vaughan)
Plastic waste in the environment (A7-0453/2013 - Vittorio Prodi)
European Central Bank annual report for 2012 (debate)
ILO Convention concerning decent work for domestic workers (A7-0394/2013 - Inês Cristina Zuber)
Milk production in mountain areas, disadvantaged areas and outermost regions (A7-0383/2013 - Herbert Dorfmann)
EU-Morocco Fisheries Partnership Agreement: protocol setting out fishing opportunities and financial contributions (A7-0417/2013 - Carmen Fraga Estévez)
Illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, their parts and components and ammunition (A7-0359/2013 - Véronique Mathieu Houillon)
Cloud computing (A7-0353/2013 - Pilar del Castillo Vera)
Sexual and reproductive health and rights (A7-0426/2013 - Edite Estrela)
Strategic innovation agenda of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (A7-0422/2012 - Marisa Matias)
European Institute of Innovation and Technology (A7-0403/2012 - Philippe Lamberts)
Competitiveness of enterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises (2014 - 2020) (A7-0420/2012 - Jürgen Creutzmann)
Specific programme implementing Horizon 2020 (A7-0002/2013 - Maria Da Graça Carvalho)
Financing, management and monitoring of the CAP - European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development - Common organisation of the markets in agricultural products - Direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the CAP - Transitional provisions on support for rural development (debate)
European satellite navigation systems (A7-0321/2013 - Marian-Jean Marinescu)
Macro-financial assistance to Jordan (A7-0335/2013 - Vital Moreira)
EU-Russia agreement on drug precursors (A7-0342/2013 - Franck Proust)
Common provisions on European funds (A7-0274/2013 - Lambert van Nistelrooij, Constanze Angela Krehl)
European Social Fund (A7-0250/2012 - Elisabeth Morin-Chartier)
European Regional Development Fund and the 'investment for growth and jobs' goal (A7-0268/2013 - Jan Olbrycht)
Cohesion Fund (A7-0270/2013 - Victor Boştinaru)
Gender balance among non-executive directors of companies listed on stock exchanges (A7-0340/2013 - Evelyn Regner, Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou)
Direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the CAP (A7-0362/2013 - Luis Manuel Capoulas Santos)
EC-Kiribati fisheries partnership agreement (A7-0345/2013 - Isabella Lövin)
Location of the seats of the European Union's institutions (A7-0350/2013 - Ashley Fox, Gerald Häfner)
Erasmus for all programme (A7-0405/2012 - Doris Pack)
Creative Europe programme (A7-0011/2013 - Silvia Costa)
Europe for Citizens programme (A7-0424/2012 - Hannu Takkula)
Connecting Europe Facility (A7-0021/2013 - Adina-Ioana Vălean, Dominique Riquet, Inés Ayala Sender)
Trans-European transport network (A7-0012/2013 - Georgios Koumoutsakos, Ismail Ertug)
European Atomic Energy Community research and training programme (A7-0407/2012 - Peter Skinner)
Nuclear decommissioning assistance programmes in Bulgaria, Lithuania and Slovakia (A7-0119/2013 - Giles Chichester)
Marine knowledge 2020 (A7-0295/2013 - Maria do Céu Patrão Neves)
Application and enforcement of international trade rules (A7-0308/2013 - Niccolò Rinaldi)
European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (A7-0282/2013 - Alain Cadec)
Climate change conference (B7-0482/2013)
Organised crime, corruption, and money laundering (A7-0307/2013 - Salvatore Iacolino)
European Semester for economic policy coordination (A7-0322/2013 - Elisa Ferreira)
General Union environment action programme to 2020 (A7-0166/2013 - Gaston Franco)
Electronic communications (A7-0313/2013 - Catherine Trautmann)
Znanje o moru 2020. (A7-0295/2013 - Maria do Céu Patrão Neves) HR
Primjena i provedba međunarodnih trgovinskih pravila (A7-0308/2013 - Niccolò Rinaldi) HR
Europski fond za pomorstvo i ribarstvo (A7-0282/2013 - Alain Cadec) HR
Konferencija o klimatskim promjenama (B7-0482/2013) HR
Organizirani kriminal, korupcija i pranje novca (A7-0307/2013 - Salvatore Iacolino) HR
Europski semestar za usklađivanje ekonomske politike (A7-0322/2013 - Elisa Ferreira) HR
Opći akcijski program Unije za okoliš do 2020. (A7-0166/2013 - Gaston Franco) HR
Elektroničke komunikacije (A7-0313/2013 - Catherine Trautmann) HR
Trade between the Community and third countries in drug precursors (A7-0167/2013 - Franck Proust)
Drug precursors (A7-0153/2013 - Anna Hedh)
e-justice Action Plan 2014-2018 (B7-0465/2013)
Sexual and reproductive health and rights (A7-0306/2013 - Edite Estrela) (vote)
Tariff quotas for wine (A7-0293/2013 - Iuliu Winkler)
In vitro diagnostic medical devices (A7-0327/2013 - Peter Liese)
Medical devices (A7-0324/2013 - Dagmar Roth-Behrendt)
Ship recycling (A7-0132/2013 - Carl Schlyter)
Sexual and reproductive health and rights (A7-0306/2013 - Edite Estrela)
Human rights in the Sahel region (A7-0325/2013 - Charles Tannock)
Local authorities and civil society (A7-0296/2013 - Corina Creţu)
Rethinking education (A7-0314/2013 - Katarína Neveďalová)
EU pre-accession funds: judicial systems and the fight against corruption (A7-0318/2013 - Monica Luisa Macovei)
Patient safety (A7-0320/2013 - Oreste Rossi)
Misleading advertisement practices (A7-0311/2013 - Cornelis de Jong)
Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament and the ECB on cooperation on procedures related to the Single Supervisory Mechanism (A7-0302/2013 - Carlo Casini)
Assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment (A7-0277/2013 - Andrea Zanoni)
Recreational craft and personal watercraft (A7-0213/2012 - Malcolm Harbour)
Recognition of professional qualifications and administrative cooperation through the Internal Market Information System (A7-0038/2013 - Bernadette Vergnaud)
EU-Armenia agreement on the facilitation of the issuance of visas (A7-0290/2013 - Edit Bauer)
EU-Armenia agreement on the readmission of persons residing without authorisation (A7-0289/2013 - Edit Bauer)
Permitted health claims made on foods (B7-0437/2013)
Food and products of animal origin (B7-0438/2013)
Migratory flows in the Mediterranean, with particular attention to the tragic events off Lampedusa (debate)
Manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco and related products (debate)
EC-Ukraine cooperation agreement on a civil Global Navigation Satellite System (A7-0298/2013 - Amalia Sartori)
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2011/025 IT/Lombardy - Italy (A7-0294/2013 - Salvador Garriga Polledo)
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2012/008 IT/De Tomaso Automobili - Italy (A7-0292/2013 - Dominique Riquet)
Corruption in the public and private sectors: the impact on human rights in third countries (A7-0250/2013 - Ana Gomes)
Forward policy planning: budgetary implications for capacity-building (A7-0265/2013 - James Elles)
Private international law and employment (A7-0291/2013 - Evelyn Regner)
Flag State responsibilities for the enforcement of Council Directive 2009/13/EC implementing the Agreement on the Maritime Labour Convention (A7-0037/2013 - Pervenche Berès)
EU-Mauritania fishing opportunities and financial contribution protocol (A7-0184/2013 - Gabriel Mato Adrover)
Gendercide: the missing women? (A7-0245/2013 - Antigoni Papadopoulou)
Budgetary constraints for regional and local authorities regarding the EU's Structural Funds (A7-0269/2013 - Erminia Mazzoni)
Comprehensive EU fishery strategy in the Pacific region (A7-0297/2013 - Carmen Fraga Estévez)
Fisheries restrictions and jurisdictional waters in the Mediterranean and Black Sea - conflict resolution (A7-0288/2013 - Nikolaos Salavrakos)
Activities of the European Ombudsman in 2012 (debate)
Single European Electronic Communications Market (documents received)
Further macro-financial assistance for Georgia (A7-0244/2013 - Vital Moreira)
Attacks against information systems (A7-0224/2013 - Monika Hohlmeier)
US NSA surveillance programme, surveillance bodies in various Member States and impact on EU citizens' privacy (RCB7-0336/2013, B7-0336/2013, B7-0337/2013, B7-0338/2013, B7-0341/2013, B7-0342/2013, B7-0343/2013)
Practical arrangements for the holding of the European elections in 2014 (A7-0219/2013 - Andrew Duff)
Arms exports: implementation of Council Common Position 2008/944/CFSP (RCB7-0258/2013, B7-0258/2013, RCB7-0260/2013, B7-0260/2013, B7-0262/2013, B7-0263/2013, B7-0264/2013, B7-0267/2013)
Opening of negotiations on a plurilateral agreement on services (B7-0314/2013, B7-0317/2013)
Completing the digital single market (B7-0331/2013)
Impact of the crisis on access to care for vulnerable groups (A7-0221/2013 - Jean Lambert)
Connected TV (A7-0212/2013 - Petra Kammerevert)
Situation in Egypt (RCB7-0362/2013, B7-0362/2013, B7-0363/2013, B7-0364/2013, B7-0365/2013, B7-0366/2013, B7-0367/2013)
Review of the Irish Presidency, including the MFF agreement (B7-0332/2013, RCB7-0334/2013, B7-0334/2013, B7-0335/2013, B7-0339/2013, B7-0340/2013)
Wheeled vehicules (Amendment of Decision 97/836/EC ('revised 1958 Agreement')) (A7-0192/2013 - Vital Moreira)
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2013/000 TA 2013 - technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission (A7-0243/2013 - Alda Sousa)
Timing of auctions of greenhouse gas allowances (A7-0046/2013 - Matthias Groote)
Serious cross-border threats to health (A7-0337/2012 - Gilles Pargneaux)
Implementing enhanced cooperation in the area of financial transaction tax (A7-0230/2013 - Anni Podimata)
Adoption by Latvia of the euro on 1 January 2014 (A7-0237/2013 - Burkhard Balz)
Road safety (B7-0318/2013)
Recent floods in Europe (RCB7-0319/2013, B7-0319/2013, B7-0320/2013, B7-0321/2013, B7-0322/2013, B7-0323/2013, B7-0324/2013)
Reforming the structure of the EU banking sector (A7-0231/2013 - Arlene McCarthy)
Protection of the EU's financial interests - fight against fraud (A7-0197/2013 - Derek Vaughan)
Integrated internal control framework (A7-0189/2013 - Andrea Češková)
Staff Regulations of officials and Conditions of employment of other servants of the EU (A7-0156/2012 - Dagmar Roth-Behrendt)
Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage (A7-0198/2013 - Alajos Mészáros)
Application of Article 93 of the EC Treaty (A7-0180/2013 - Sirpa Pietikäinen)
External aviation policy (A7-0172/2013 - Marian-Jean Marinescu)
Member States' export credit agencies (A7-0193/2013 - Yannick Jadot)
Statute for a European Foundation (A7-0223/2013 - Evelyn Regner)
Port State control (A7-0394/2012 - Brian Simpson)
Inspection of the roadworthiness of commercial vehicles (A7-0207/2013 - Olga Sehnalová)
Priority substances in the field of water policy (A7-0397/2012 - Richard Seeber)
Certain categories of horizontal State aid and public passenger transport services by rail and by road (A7-0179/2013 - Herbert Dorfmann)
Blue growth - enhancing sustainable growth in the marine, maritime transport and tourism sectors (A7-0209/2013 - Spyros Danellis)
Contribution of cooperatives to overcoming the crisis (A7-0222/2013 - Patrizia Toia)
A bioeconomy for Europe (A7-0201/2013 - Paolo Bartolozzi)
Stepping-stone Economic Partnership Agreement between the EC and Central Africa (A7-0190/2013 - David Martin)
Second amendment to the Cotonou Agreement of 23 June 2000 (A7-0110/2013 - Michael Cashman)
Millennium development goals (A7-0165/2013 - Filip Kaczmarek)
Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (A7-0144/2013 - Raül Romeva i Rueda)
Fund for European aid to the most deprived (A7-0183/2013 - Emer Costello)
Establishment of 'Eurodac' for the comparison of fingerprints (A7-0432/2012 - Monica Luisa Macovei)
Adjustment rate to direct payments provided for in Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 in respect of calendar year 2013 (A7-0186/2013 - Luis Manuel Capoulas Santos)
Draft decision of the European Council establishing the composition of the European Parliament (A7-0213/2013 - Rafał Trzaskowski, Roberto Gualtieri)
A new agenda for European consumer policy (A7-0163/2013 - Vicente Miguel Garcés Ramón)
Legal aid in cross-border civil and commercial disputes (A7-0161/2013 - Tadeusz Zwiefka)
Customs enforcement of intellectual property rights (A7-0185/2013 - Jürgen Creutzmann)
Long-term plan for cod stocks and the fisheries exploiting those stocks - 2 (A7-0146/2013 - Diane Dodds)
Organised crime, corruption and money laundering (A7-0175/2013 - Salvatore Iacolino)
Social housing in the European Union (A7-0155/2013 - Karima Delli)
Educational and occupational mobility of women (A7-0164/2013 - Licia Ronzulli)
Asset recovery to Arab Spring countries in transition (RCB7-0188/2013, B7-0188/2013, B7-0189/2013, B7-0191/2013, B7-0192/2013, B7-0193/2013, B7-0194/2013)
EU trade and investment agreement negotiations with the US (B7-0187/2013, B7-0195/2013)
A macro-regional strategy for the Alps (B7-0190/2013, B7-0190/2013, B7-0196/2013, B7-0197/2013, B7-0229/2013)
Fight against tax fraud, tax evasion and tax havens (A7-0162/2013 - Mojca Kleva Kekuš)
Pyrotechnic articles (A7-0375/2012 - Zuzana Roithová)
Implementation of the audiovisual media services directive (A7-0055/2013 - Piotr Borys)
EU-Sri Lanka Agreement on certain aspects of air services (A7-0169/2013 - Petri Sarvamaa)
Enhanced cooperation between the European Union and the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation (A7-0157/2013 - Jaromír Kohlíček)
Amendment of Regulation (EEC/Euratom) No 354/83, as regards the deposit of the historical archives of the institutions at the European University Institute in Florence (A7-0156/2013 - Doris Pack)
Period for the eighth election of representatives to the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage (A7-0138/2013 - Carlo Casini)
Takeover bids (A7-0089/2013 - Klaus-Heiner Lehne)
Regional strategies for industrial areas in the European Union (A7-0145/2013 - Jens Geier)
Offshore oil and gas prospection, exploration and production activities (A7-0121/2013 - Ivo Belet)
Renewable energy in the European internal energy market (A7-0135/2013 - Herbert Reul)
Women's rights in the Balkan accession countries (A7-0136/2013 - Marije Cornelissen)
EU Charter: standard settings for media freedom across the EU (A7-0117/2013 - Renate Weber)
Adequate, safe and sustainable pensions (A7-0137/2013 - Ria Oomen-Ruijten)
Impact of the financial and economic crisis on human rights (A7-0057/2013 - Inese Vaidere)
European statistics on demography (A7-0050/2013 - Csaba Sógor)
Ship recycling (A7-0132/2013 - Carl Schlyter)
2012 comprehensive monitoring report on Croatia (B7-0160/2013)
2012 progress report on Turkey (B7-0162/2013)
Completing the scoreboard for the Macroeconomic Imbalance Procedure (B7-0165/2013)
Estimates of revenue and expenditure for 2014 - Section I - Parliament (A7-0112/2013 - Monika Hohlmeier)
Financial assistance for Member States whose currency is not the euro (A7-0129/2013 - Danuta Maria Hübner)
European Central Bank annual report (2011) (A7-0031/2013 - Marisa Matias)
Common system of value added tax as regards the treatment of vouchers (A7-0058/2013 - Ildikó Gáll-Pelcz)
International recovery of child support and other forms of family maintenance (A7-0091/2013 - Antonio López-Istúriz White)
European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) (A7-0056/2013 - Giles Chichester)
Incidental catches of cetaceans (A7-0042/2013 - Raül Romeva i Rueda)
Fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for by the EU-Mauritius Fisheries Partnership Agreement (A7-0127/2013 - Antolín Sánchez Presedo)
Request for waiver of the parliamentary immunity of Hans-Peter Martin (A7-0106/2013 - Tadeusz Zwiefka)
Request for waiver of the parliamentary immunity of Jürgen Creutzmann (A7-0107/2013 - Francesco Enrico Speroni)
Request for the waiver of the parliamentary immunity of Ewald Stadler (A7-0120/2013 - Tadeusz Zwiefka)
European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2012/023 IT/Antonio Merloni SpA (A7-0111/2013 - Frédéric Daerden)
European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2011/016 IT/Agile (A7-0133/2013 - Angelika Werthmann)
European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2011/010 AT/Austria Tabak (A7-0134/2013 - Frédéric Daerden)
EU/ACP countries' Economic Partnership Agreements: exclusion of certain countries from trade preferences (A7-0123/2013 - David Martin)
Timing of auctions of greenhouse gas allowances (A7-0046/2013 - Matthias Groote)
Scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading (A7-0060/2013 - Peter Liese)
Credit institutions and prudential supervision (A7-0170/2012 - Othmar Karas)
Prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms (A7-0171/2012 - Othmar Karas)
Groundhandling services at European Union airports (A7-0364/2012 - Artur Zasada)
Technical and control measures in the Skagerrak (A7-0051/2013 - Werner Kuhn)
Equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services (A7-0044/2013 - Zita Gurmai)
Advancing development through trade (A7-0054/2013 - Alf Svensson)
Trade and investment-driven growth for developing countries (A7-0053/2013 - Tokia Saïfi)
Situation of women in North Africa (A7-0047/2013 - Silvia Costa)
Financing of EU cooperation for African, Caribbean and Pacific States and overseas countries and territories for 2014-2020 (A7-0049/2013 - Patrice Tirolien)
Motion for a resolution - European Council conclusions of 7-8 February concerning the Multiannual Financial Framework
System of national and regional accounts (A7-0076/2012 - Sharon Bowles)
Flag State responsibilities for the enforcement of Council Directive 2009/13/EC implementing the Agreement concluded by the European Community Shipowners’ Associations and the European Transport Workers’ Federation on the Maritime Labour Convention (A7-0037/2013 - Pervenche Berès)
Guidelines for the 2014 budget - Section III (A7-0043/2013 - Anne E. Jensen)
Composition of the European Parliament with a view to the 2014 elections (A7-0041/2013 - Rafał Trzaskowski, Roberto Gualtieri)
Definition, description, presentation, labelling and protection of geographical indications of spirit drinks
Energy roadmap 2050 (A7-0035/2013 - Niki Tzavela)
Risk and safety assessments of nuclear power plants in the European Union ("stress tests") (B7-0086/2013)
Strengthening the fight against racism, xenophobia and hate crime (B7-0121/2013, B7-0122/2013, B7-0123/2013, B7-0124/2013, B7-0125/2013)
Protection of public health from endocrine disrupters (A7-0027/2013 - Åsa Westlund)
Integration of migrants, its effects on the labour market and the external dimension of social security coordination (A7-0040/2013 - Nadja Hirsch)
Asbestos-related occupational health threats and prospects for abolishing all existing asbestos (A7-0025/2013 - Stephen Hughes)
Statute for a European mutual society (A7-0018/2013 - Luigi Berlinguer)
Nuclear threats and human rights in North Korea (B7-0132/2013, B7-0134/2013, B7-0135/2013, B7-0136/2013, B7-0137/2013, B7-0138/2013)
EU-China relations (A7-0434/2012 - Bastiaan Belder)
Match-fixing and corruption in sport (B7-0130/2013, B7-0131/2013, B7-0139/2013, B7-0140/2013, B7-0141/2013)
Case of Arafat Jaradat and situation of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails
Decision on the opening of, and mandate for, interinstitutional negotiations on common organisation of the markets in agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) - 2011/0281(COD) (B7-0080/2013) (vote)
Trans-European energy infrastructure guidelines (A7-0036/2013 - António Fernando Correia de Campos)
European Ombudsman special report (Vienna airport) (A7-0022/2013 - Margrete Auken)
Accounting rules and action plans on greenhouse gas emissions and removals resulting from activities related to land use (A7-0317/2012 - Kriton Arsenis)
Mechanism for monitoring and reporting greenhouse gas emissions and other information relevant to climate change (A7-0191/2012 - Bas Eickhout)
Online consumer dispute resolution (A7-0236/2012 - Róża Gräfin von Thun und Hohenstein)
Alternative consumer dispute resolution (A7-0280/2012 - Louis Grech)
Association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Union (A7-0052/2013 - Patrice Tirolien)
Radioactive substances in water intended for human consumption (A7-0033/2013 - Michèle Rivasi)
Economic and budgetary surveillance of Member States with serious difficulties with respect to their financial stability in the euro area (A7-0172/2012 - Jean-Paul Gauzès)
Monitoring and assessing draft budgetary plans and ensuring the correction of excessive deficit of the Member States in the euro area (A7-0173/2012 - Elisa Ferreira)
European venture capital funds (A7-0193/2012 - Philippe Lamberts)
European social entrepreneurship funds (A7-0194/2012 - Sophie Auconie)
Impact of the economic crisis on gender equality and women's rights (A7-0048/2013 - Elisabeth Morin-Chartier)
Eliminating gender stereotypes in the EU (A7-0401/2012 - Kartika Tamara Liotard)
Improving the delivery of benefits from EU environment measures (A7-0028/2013 - Oreste Rossi)
Decision on the opening of, and mandate for, interinstitutional negotiations on direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the CAP - 2011/0280(COD) - Decision on the opening of, and mandate for, interinstitutional negotiations on common organisation of the markets in agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) - 2011/0281(COD) - Decision on the opening of, and mandate for, interinstitutional negotiations on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) - 2011/0282(COD) - Decision on the opening of, and mandate for, interinstitutional negotiations on financing, management and monitoring of the CAP - 2011/0288(COD) (debate)
European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing (A7-0029/2013 - Kartika Tamara Liotard)
Guidelines for the 2014 budget - sections other than the Commission (A7-0020/2013 - Monika Hohlmeier)
Transparency of measures regulating the prices of medicinal products for human use (A7-0015/2013 - Antonyia Parvanova)
External Borders Fund (A7-0433/2012 - Nils Torvalds)
Conservation of fishery resources (A7-0342/2012 - Pat the Cope Gallagher)
Elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls (B7-0049/2013)
Use of traditional designations for wines from the USA (debate)
Specific measures in favour of agriculture in the smaller Aegean islands (A7-0319/2011 - Georgios Papastamkos)
Specific measures for agriculture in the outermost regions of the Union (A7-0321/2011 - Gabriel Mato Adrover)
Improving access to finance for SMEs (A7-0001/2013 - Philippe De Backer)
Regulation on mandatory marking of origin for certain products imported from third countries (debate)
Regulation on mandatory marking of origin for certain products imported from third countries (debate)
EU-Iraq partnership and cooperation agreement (A7-0411/2012 - Mario Mauro)
Implementation of IEPA between the European Community and Eastern and Southern Africa States in light of the current situation in Zimbabwe (B7-0025/2013, B7-0026/2013, B7-0027/2013)
State aid modernisation (B7-0024/2013)
Regulation on mandatory marking of origin for certain products imported from third countries (B7-0013/2013, B7-0013/2013, B7-0014/2013, B7-0015/2013, B7-0016/2013)
Sustainable exploitation of fishery resources in the Mediterranean Sea (A7-0180/2012 - Anna Rosbach)
Youth guarantee (B7-0007/2013)
Role of EU cohesion policy in implementing the new European energy policy (A7-0437/2012 - Lena Kolarska-Bobińska)
Feasibility of introducing stability bonds (A7-0402/2012 - Sylvie Goulard)
Urban redevelopment as contribution to economic growth (A7-0406/2012 - Andrea Cozzolino)
Role of territorial development in cohesion policy (A7-0421/2012 - Derek Vaughan)
European Union Solidarity Fund, implementation and application (A7-0398/2012 - Rosa Estaràs Ferragut)
Administrative procedure law (A7-0369/2012 - Luigi Berlinguer)
EU strategy for the Horn of Africa (A7-0408/2012 - Charles Tannock)
Development aspects of intellectual property rights on genetic resources (A7-0423/2012 - Catherine Grèze)
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Conclusions of the European Council meeting (18-19 October 2012) (debate)
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Violence against lesbians and LGBT rights in Africa (debate)
Freedom of expression in Belarus, in particular, the case of Andrzej Poczobut (debate)
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Human rights and the security situation in the Sahel region (debate)
Cases of impunity in the Philippines (debate)
Situation of ethnic minorities in Iran (debate)
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Delimitation of Less-Favoured Areas in the context of the reform of the CAP (debate)
What is 'locally produced' food? (debate)
Human rights in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter (A7-0086/2012 - Richard Howitt) (vote)
Human rights in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter (A7-0086/2012 - Richard Howitt) (vote)
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Human rights in the world and the European Union's policy on the matter (debate)
Food distribution to the most deprived persons in the Union (debate)
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Enlargement report for Kosovo (debate)
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Outcome of the presidential elections in Russia (debate)
Maritime piracy (debate)
Equality between women and men in the European Union - 2011 (A7-0041/2012 - Sophia in ’t Veld) (vote)
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Guidelines for the 2013 budget - sections other than the Commission (debate)
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Agreement between the EU and Morocco concerning reciprocal liberalisation measures on agricultural products and fishery products (debate)
Interconnection of central, commercial and companies registers (debate)
Technical requirements for credit transfers and direct debits in euros (debate)
Budgetary control of EU humanitarian aid (short presentation)
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Farm input supply chain - Imbalances in the food supply chain (debate)
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Election of the Quaestors of Parliament
Recent political developments in Hungary (debate)
Election of the Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament (continuation)
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Presentation of the Court of Auditors’ annual report - 2010 (debate)
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Tibet, in particular self-immolation by nuns and monks
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Bahrain
Parliament's position on the 2012 draft budget as modified by the Council - Mobilisation of the flexibility instrument (debate)
Financial rules applicable to the annual budget (continuation of debate)
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5th cohesion report and strategy for the post-2013 cohesion policy (A7-0222/2011 - Markus Pieper) (vote)
The CAP towards 2020: Meeting the food, natural resources and territorial challenges of the future (debate)
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Madagascar (debate)
Guantánamo: imminent death penalty decision (debate)
Ukraine: the cases of Yulia Tymoshenko and other members of the former government (debate)
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Small Business Act review (debate)
Defence of the parliamentary immunity of Mr Luigi de Magistris (A7-0152/2011, Bernhard Rapkay) (vote)
Request for the defence of parliamentary immunity
EU response to the migration flows in North Africa and the Southern Mediterranean, in particular, in Lampedusa - Migration flows arising from instability: scope and role of EU foreign policy (debate)
Equality between women and men - 2010 (A7-0029/2011, Mariya Nedelcheva) (vote)
Yemen: death penalty against juvenile offenders, notably the case of Muhammed Taher Thabet Samoum
Uganda: murder of David Kato
Rising food prices (debate)
State of European asylum system, after the recent decision of the European Court of Human Rights (debate)
Immediate EU measures in support of Italy and other Member States affected by exceptional migratory flows (debate)
Pakistan: murder of the Governor of Punjab, Salmaan Taseer
Welfare of laying hens (debate)
Human rights in the world 2009 and EU policy on the matter (A7-0339/2010, Laima Liucija Andrikienė) (vote)
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Iraq - in particular, the death penalty (including the case of Tariq Aziz) and attacks against Christian communities
Tibet - plans to make Chinese the main language of instruction
Burma - conduct of elections and the release of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi
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Natural disasters in the European Union
Aid for Pakistan and possible implication for the European industrial sector (debate)
Indication of the country of origin of certain products imported from third countries (debate)
Situation of the Roma people in Europe (debate)
Freedom of expression and press freedom in the European Union (debate)
Future of the CAP after 2013 (debate)
Novel foods (debate)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (debate)
Progress towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals: mid-term review in preparation of the UN high-level meeting in September 2010 (debate)
Situation in Thailand
Textile names and related labelling of textile products (debate)
Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate)
Coordination of humanitarian aid and reconstruction in Haiti (debate)
Question Hour with the President of the Commission
The EU strategy for relations with Latin America (debate)
Kyrgyzstan (debate)
EU - Canada Summit (debate)
Establishment of a European Asylum Support Office (debate)
General provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund as regards simplification of certain requirements and as regards certain provisions relating to financial management (debate)
Specific measures for agricultural markets (debate)
Community guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network (recast) (debate)
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Crisis in agricultural sectors other than the dairy sector (debate)
‘made in’ (origin marking) (debate)
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Freedom of information in Italy (debate)
Inaugural address by the President of the European Parliament
Election of Quaestors of Parliament (first, second and third ballots)
Reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the production and making available on the market of plant reproductive material (plant reproductive material law) PDF (156 KB) DOC (77 KB)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on Trade for Change: the EU Trade and Investment Strategy for the Southern Mediterranean following the Arab Spring revolution
Written declarations (7)
Amendments (391)
Amendment 1 #
2013/2184(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Express its deepest regret at the recent tragedy in Lampedusa in which over 350 migrants lost their lives; calls on the EU and Member States to establish a single European immigration strategy and to facilitate access to protection in Europe in accordance with the laws applicable in this respect for people fleeing war, internal conflicts and persecution; highlights the fact that expulsions can have irreparable consequences if people are returned to countries where their lives or freedom would be at risk;
Amendment 3 #
2013/2184(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the importance of enhancing tailored approaches to assisted voluntary return programmes, which should explicitly and primarily answer reintegration needs at economic, social and psycho-social levels; calls on the EU and Member States to improve all dimensions of return management through use of the concept of integrated management based on common standards showing solidarity and shared by all Member States, allowing persons to be returned in a humane manner, fully respecting their fundamental rights and paying special attention to vulnerable groups such as women, children and disabled persons;
Amendment 3 #
2013/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the European Union already coordinates its action through comprehensive policies in the field of equality and non-discrimination through the ‘Framework strategy for non- discrimination and equal opportunities for all’, in the field of gender equality through the ‘Strategy for equality between women and men 2010- 2015’, in the field of disability through the ‘European Disability Strategy 2010-2020’, and in the field of equality for Roma persons through the ‘EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies up to 2020’;
Amendment 6 #
2013/2179(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Demands that imports of canned tuna and other fish products from Thailand be subject to the greatest possible extent to the same competitive conditions as those for EU fish products; this implies in particular that an ambitious trade and sustainable development chapter must be part of the Agreement, whereby Thailand undertakes to respect, promote and implement internationally recognised labour standards, as embodied in the fundamental ILO conventions, including those on forced labour and child exploitation;
Amendment 8 #
2013/2179(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls, in the case of sensitive fish products, for both human and animal food, for strict rules of origin to be maintained, and for cumulation to be strictly limited in that of products such as canned tuna, for which Thailand is mainly a processing country rather than a fishing country;
Amendment 5 #
2013/2134(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Regrets, however, that despite the strong evidence on the importance of the Single Market in overcoming the crisis, the 2013 country-specific recommendations do not address the growth, consumer confidence and jobs potential of the proper implementation and enforcement of the Single Market rules to a sufficient extent;
Amendment 14 #
2013/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas despite being the world’s second-largest producer, the EU is also the second-largest importer of F&V and whereas demand in this sector is growing and currently exceeds supply;
Amendment 39 #
2013/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the importance of promoting the EU horticulture sector andthrough innovation and internationalisation, thus enabling it to compete in the global marketplace;
Amendment 51 #
2013/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Encourages the promotion of F&V consumption in Member States through educational activities such as the oil in schools scheme and the Grow Your Own Potato and Cook Your Own Potato industry schemes in the UK;
Amendment 60 #
2013/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes the measures in the EU F&V regime which are intended to increase market orientation among EU growers, encourage innovation and increase growers’ competitiveness through the provision of support to POs and inter- branch organisations; promoting the formation of clusters on which to focus resources and tax incentives that will generate new income streams to be channelled into new investments;
Amendment 143 #
2013/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the renewed emphasis on apprenticeships in workforce training but notes with concern that the numbers of people completing horticulture apprenticeships in some Member States remains worryingly low, restricting the openings for young people with an interest in this sector;
Amendment 63 #
2013/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Expresses its concernNotes that, as things stand, the global plant-breeding market is dominated by just a few large multinational undertakings which invest only in a limited number of varieties, with the aim of promoting the use of their own chemicals, while in Europe seed and PRM companies remain highly diversified, according to their size, crops portfolio, geographical area covered and activities carried out;
Amendment 97 #
2013/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States to establish appropriate financial instruments, for example in the shape of microcredits, subsidised interest rates on loans, financial leasing, first instalment repayments or credit guarantees; takes the view, furthermore, that regional and local authorities should be involved in the process of providing such support;
Amendment 102 #
2013/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for: free advice to be better tailored to the needs of smallholdings; procedures relating to information, training, risk assessment and health surveillance to be simplified; information campaigns to be mounted; the sharing of best practices where the short food supply chain is concerned; and technical assistance to be provided to help those applying for EU funding;
Amendment 119 #
2013/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers that the monetary policy tools that the ECB has used since the beginning of the crisis, while providing a welcome relief in distressed financial markets, have revealed their limits as regards stimulating growth and improving the situation on the labour market; considers, therefore, that the ECB could investigate the possibilities of implementing new unconventional measures aimed at participating in a large, EU-wide pro-growth programme, including soft loans aimed directly at small and medium-sized enterprises or the use of the Emergency Liquidity Assistance facility to undertake an ‘overt money financing’ of government debt in order to finance tax cuts targeted on low-income households and/or new spending programmes focused on the Europe 2020 objectives;
Amendment 81 #
2013/2045(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on Member States, in agreement with the Commission, to establish a tax incentive scheme to promote youth employment and support under-35 undertakings, by means of incentives for undertakings, particularly SMEs, to recruit young people on permanent contracts; to this end, proposes that, as suggested by the Commission in the employment package, the Member States could use the instrument of employment subsidies and reduction of the tax wedge, particularly to meet the cost to employers of social security and health insurance contributions;
Amendment 82 #
2013/2045(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls on Member States, in agreement with the Commission, to establish measures and concessions for apprenticeship contracts and bonuses for business start-ups by young people aged under 35; considers, in particular, that Member States should provide greater and better support services for start-ups, organise awareness-raising campaigns concerning the opportunities and prospects involved in self-employment, arrange more cooperation between employment services, and provide support for businesses, including with the aid of (micro-) financing;
Amendment 2 #
2013/2024(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines the fact that the principle of universality applies to fundamental rights and equal treatment; urges the Council therefore to adopt the Anti-Discrimination Directive proposal1; Given especially that women are often the victims of multiple discrimination, we need to strengthen all fundamental rights through the adoption of joint strategies for the protection of victims and the criminal prosecution of offenders, while promoting equality between men and women; ; 1 Or. it COM (2008)426 final
Amendment 37 #
2013/2020(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Special Representatives of the EU for the Sahel and for human rights to develop joint actions to ensure women’s rights in the region more effectively; urges that the European Commission, the EEAS and partner states make women’s rights and gender equality a priority for bilateral aid programmes. and express particular condemnation of violence as the principal obstacle to enjoyment by women of social and economic freedom;
Amendment 54 #
2013/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2a (new)
Recital 2a (new)
(2a) In addition to information on the intrinsic features of Union's agricultural and food products, the eligible measures should not exclude communication on consumers-friendly messages, such as those focusing on nutrition, taste, tradition and culture, notably in third countries.
Amendment 80 #
2013/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) In order to guarantee the impact of the information provision and promotion measures that are implemented, these should be developed in the context of information and promotion programmes. Such programmes have hitherto been submitted by professional or inter- professional organisations representing the sector(s) concerned. In order to increase the number and raise the quality of the measures proposed, the range of beneficiaries should be widened to include producer organisations. Moreover, the Commission must be able to supplement programmes by implementing measures at its own initiative, particularly with a view to contributing to the opening-up of new markets.
Amendment 133 #
2013/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 - point b a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 - point b a (new)
(ba) Measures to guarantee the protection and authenticity of protected designation of origin, protected geographical indication and traditional specialities guaranteed.
Amendment 218 #
2013/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Proposing organizations shall be, whenever possible, representative of the relevant sector in one or more Member States.
Amendment 233 #
2013/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) for simple programmes, of atwo calls for proposals indicating, notably the conditions for participation and the main assessment criteria;
Amendment 234 #
2013/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) for multi programmes, of atwo calls for proposals in accordance with Title VI of Part I of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/201223. __________________ 23 Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union and repealing Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 (OJ L 298, 26.10.2012, p. 1).
Amendment 247 #
2013/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. The Union's financial contribution to simple programmes shall not exceed 560 % of the eligible expenditure. Member States may finance up to 20% of the costs. The remaining expenditure shall be borne exclusively by proposing organisations.
Amendment 267 #
2013/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The percentage referred to in paragraph 1 shall be increased to 670 % for:
Amendment 283 #
2013/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) information and promotion measures on fruit and, vegetables and olive oil specifically targeting children in Union educational establishments,.
Amendment 304 #
2013/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18
Article 18
The maximum rate of co-financing shall be set at 670 % of the total eligible costs for the multi programmes, including the multi programmes targeting third countries. The remaining expenditure shall be borne exclusively by proposing organisations.
Amendment 11 #
2013/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Financing for projects, regarding transport infrastructure,, communications and sustainable energy generation or distribution infrastructure, social infrastructure (housing or hospitals), roll- out of new technologies and systems that reduce use of resources and energy or the further growth of non-listed companies, especially SMEs, can be scarce. As the financial crisis has shown, complementing bank financing with a wider variety of financing sources that better mobilise capital markets could help tackle financing gaps. ELTIFs can play a crucial role in this respect.
Amendment 44 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. The minimum requirements shall be transparent, non-discriminatory, objective and relevant to the category and nature of port services concerned and must not be used implicitly to introduce market barriers.
Amendment 140 #
2013/0141(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 98, amending Section 1 of Annex IV on measures to manage the risks of quarantine pests, as regards the measures targeting prevention and elimination of infestation of cultivated and wild plants, measures targeting consignments of plants, plant products and other objects, measures targeting other pathways for quarantine pests, and amending Section 2 of that Annex on principles for the management of the risks of pests, as regards principles for the management of the risks of pests, taking into account the developments of technical and scientific knowledge, as well as International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPMs), issued under the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC).
Amendment 246 #
2013/0141(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 1
Article 48 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 98, amending Annex III on elements to identify plants for planting which pose phytosanitary risks for the Union territory, as regards the characteristics and origin of those plants for planting, to adapt to the developments of technical and scientific knowledge., as well as to adapt to new or amended international standards for phytosanitary measures (ISPMs)
Amendment 268 #
2013/0141(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 67 – paragraph 2
Article 67 – paragraph 2
2. Where applicable, the phytosanitary certificate shall specify under the heading ‘Additional Declaration’, and in accordance with the implementing acts adopted pursuant to Articles 41(1) and (2) and 50(1) and (2), which specific requirement is fulfilled, where there is a choice between several options. This specification shall include the text of, or a reference to the relevant option provided in those acts.
Amendment 213 #
2013/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) uniform specific requirements for the performance of official controls having regard, in addition to the criteria referred to in Article 8(1), to the risks to the health, identity, quality and traceability of certainall categories of plant reproductive material or of specific genera or species;
Amendment 250 #
2013/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. By derogation from point (e) of Article 36(4), competent authorities may designate the following as official laboratories, or laboratories acting under official supervision, irrespective of whether they fulfil the condition provided for in that point:
Amendment 251 #
2013/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) laboratories carrying out analyses or tests to verify compliance with the rules on pests of plants as referred to in point (g) of Article 1 (2) and plant reproductive material referred to in point (h) of Article 1(2);
Amendment 324 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – point 2
Article 10 – point 2
(2) '‘official description'’ means a variety description that has been produced by a competent authority, includes the specific characteristics of the variety and makes the variety identifiable by examination of its distinctiveness, uniformity and stability, identified further to the technical examination referred to in Article 71.1;
Amendment 343 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – point 9
Article 10 – point 9
(9) 'standard material' means plant reproductive material other than pre-basic, basic or certified material; (According to the reclassification in Mr Silvestris’s report,, provided that one or more of the following conditions are met: - it belongs to a variety having an officially recognised description pursuant to Article 57; - it is heterogeneous material pursuant to Article 15b4.3; - it is niche market material pursuant to Article 15a.)36.1; Or. it
Amendment 370 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3
Article 11 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 140may submit legislative proposals in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure, amending Annex I in order to adapt it to the developments of technical knowledge, scientific knowledge and economic data, with the exception of scientific reclassification, for which the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts pursuant to Article 140.
Amendment 569 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) it meets the requirements of proper agronomic practice;
Amendment 579 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – title
Article 34 – title
Plant reproductive material of varieties whose registration is pendingin the process of being registered
Amendment 582 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1
Article 34 – paragraph 1
1. By way of derogation from Article 14(1), competent authorities may authorise professional operators, for a specified period of time, to make available on the market for tests and trials, on farms or other production premises, maximum quantities of plant reproductive material belonging to a variety notin the process of being registered in a national variety register pursuant to Article 79 or the Union variety register pursuant to Article 94(1).
Amendment 912 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 67 – paragraph 2
Article 67 – paragraph 2
Amendment 935 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 71 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
In order to carry out the technical examination referred to in paragraph 1, the applicant shall provide a sample of sufficient quality and quantity of the variety, as specified by the competent authority.
Amendment 973 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 74 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 74 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Those delegated acts shall take into account the available technical and scientific protocols, including international ones.
Amendment 979 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 76 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 76 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The provisional examination report, where requested, shall be incorporated into the assessment of the value for cultivation and use.
Amendment 1047 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 90 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 90 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 1052 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 92 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 92 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) the name and address of the breeder;
Amendment 1060 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 94 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 94 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 1062 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 94 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 94 – paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 1089 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 – paragraph 2
Article 103 – paragraph 2
2. By 31 March of each year, each competent authority shall notify to the other competent authorities, the Agency and the Commission any amendments of the respective national variety registers which took place during the preceding year.
Amendment 263 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Operators, farmers, animal professionals and pet keepers shall:
Amendment 269 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
b) take appropriate biosecurity measures, bearing in mind the differences in health statuses among countries and regions and in the distribution of the disease, while safeguarding traditional forms of animal husbandry, and taking into account the risks involved, to ensure the health of those kept animals and products and to prevent the introduction into, development and multiplication within and spread between and from such kept animals and products under their responsibility of diseases, except where that is specifically authorised for scientific purposes, as appropriate for:
Amendment 317 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. In order to ensure the competent authority for animal health, be it European or national, has the capability to take the necessary and appropriate measures, and carry out the activities, required by this Regulation, the Member States shall ensure that it has:
Amendment 3 #
2013/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Pending the entry into force of ICCAT Recommendation 12-03 and its comprehensive implementation, which provides for a plan to monitor the phenomenon of incidental catches, possibly considering the use of observers on vessels; in order to ensure effective conservation of the bluefin tuna stock, to provide legal certainty as to the fishing seasons concerned and, finally, to allow Member States to properly define their fishing, capacity and inspection plans and other reporting obligations, it is necessary to modify the provisions on fishing seasons in Regulation (EC) No 302/2009 as soon as possible and to apply those modifications from the beginning of 2013.
Amendment 4 #
2013/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) Considering the possibility of providing for an increase in the quota for incidental catches of bluefin tuna and the exceeding of the quota for each year, in which any excess quantity should be deducted the following year, in addition to the development of an appropriate system for the marketing of any bluefin tuna caught accidentally.
Amendment 32 #
2013/0023(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) To ensure the success of investigations and prosecution of currency counterfeiting offences, those responsible for investigating and prosecuting such offences should have access to the investigative tools used in combating organised crime or other serious crime. Such tools include, for example, the interception of communications, covert surveillance including electronic surveillance, the monitoring of bank accounts and other financial investigations, taking into account, inter alia, the principle of proportionality and the nature and seriousness of the offences under investigation, in addition to the right to protection of personal data.
Amendment 112 #
2012/2043(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that the Commission, and in particular the Food and Veterinary Office, must be given increased resources to adequately control animal welfare inspections carried out by the Member States and to address breaches, a proportion of which should be unannounced checks; Calls on the Member States to ensure that there are sufficient animal welfare inspectors who are adequately trained, with harmonised performance measures in place to ensure consistent checks across all Member States;
Amendment 130 #
2012/2043(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Considers that harmonised guidelines should accompany EU animal welfare legislation to explain how the rules should be interpreted and applied for example covering issues such as fitness for transport and the provision of water before and during transport, at rest stops and at destination;
Amendment 178 #
2012/2043(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 – point c
Paragraph 20 – point c
c. Harmonised, species-specific guidelines for staff from public authorities, including social services and healthcare personnel, on how to and private premises dealing with animals, on how to identify and deal with ill or injured animals in the course of their duty;
Amendment 2 #
2012/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 1
Section 1 – paragraph 1
1. Notes that, although the Commission’s action plan goes in the right direction, it does not go far enough to contain the rising global threat from antimicrobial resistance;
Amendment 49 #
2012/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 10 a (new)
Section 1 – paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Commission to take all the actions to ensure a broad and effective diagnostic system at Member State level which can ensure the timely delivery of results in case bacteriological examinations are performed;
Amendment 169 #
2012/2031(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Insists on a reconsideration of the issue of limiting the transport time of animals destined for slaughter to eight hours, with some exceptions based on geographic conditions, and the option of longer transport of some animal species confirmed by scientific research results, provided that the r. This travel time could possibly be increased or reduced, depending on the species or the physiological state of the animal, in accordance with resulets on animal welfare are complied withf scientific research, validated by EFSA;
Amendment 273 #
2012/2031(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Stresses the key role to be played by retailers, food service companies, or food manufacturers to ensure that in their private standards, meat is originating from animals which have been reared and slaughtered locally and have been transported in conditions respecting their welfare;
Amendment 11 #
2012/2016(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Voices its concern about the continuing problems in the fruit and vegetable sector owing to adverse weather conditions, and points, therefore, to the need to earmark additional resources for PO-led crisis prevention and management measures; notes that this sector has already faced severe problems in certain Member States since 2011 as a result of the handling of the EHEC outbreak; points out the important role that promotion measures can play in improving the sector’s health;
Amendment 30 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) In relation to the fixing of maximum yields, it might be necessary and appropriate at a later date to adapt the yields fixed or to fix maximum thresholds for emissions, taking into consideration scientific developments and international standards when assessing their toxicity or addictiveness.
Amendment 50 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) In order to ensure the integrity and the visibility of health warnings and maximise their efficacy, provisions should be made regarding the dimension of the warnings as well as regarding certain aspects of the appearance of the tobacco package, including the opening mechanism. The package and the products may mislead consumers, in particular young people, suggesting that products are less harmful. For instance, this is the case with certain texts or features, such as ‘low-tar’, ‘light’, ‘ultra-light’, ‘mild’, ‘natural’, ‘organic’, ‘without additives’, ‘without flavours’, ‘slim’, names, pictures, and figurative or other signs. Likewise, the size and appearance of individual cigarettes can mislead consumers by creating the impression that they are less harmful. A recent study has also shown that smokers of slim cigarettes were more likely to believe that their own brand might be less harmful. This should be addressed.
Amendment 71 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) In order to make this Directive fully operational and to keep up with technical, scientific and international developments in tobacco manufacture, consumption and regulation, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission, in particular in respect of adopting and adapting maximum yields for emissions and their measurement methods for emissions, setting maximum levels for ingredients that increase toxicity, addictiveness or attraddictiveness, the use of health warnings, unique identifiers and security features in the labelling and packaging, defining key elements for contracts on data storage with independent third parties, reviewing certain exemptions granted to tobacco products other than cigarettes, roll-your-own tobacco and smokeless tobacco products and reviewing the nicotine levels for nicotine containing products. It is of particular importance that the Commission carries out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level. The Commission, when preparing and drawing up delegated acts, should ensure a simultaneous, timely and appropriate transmission of relevant documents to the European Parliament and Council.
Amendment 81 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
(2) '‘additive'’ means a substance contained in a tobacco product, its unit packet or any outside packaging with the exception of tobacco leaves and other natural or unprocessed parts of tobacco plants;
Amendment 102 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 19
(19) '‘maximum level' or 'maximum yield'’ means the maximum content or emission, including 0, of a substance in a tobacco product measured in grams;
Amendment 198 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) cover 750 % of the external area of both the front and back surface of the unit packet and any outside packaging;
Amendment 204 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) be positioned at the bottopm edge of the unit packet and any outside packaging, and in the same direction as any other information appearing on the packaging;
Amendment 212 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point g
Amendment 222 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point c
Amendment 228 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point d
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point d
Amendment 252 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. Prohibited elements and features may include but are not limited to texts, symbols, names, trade marks, figurative or other signs, misleading colours, inserts or other additional material such as adhesive labels, stickers, onserts, scratch-offs and sleeves or relate to the shape of the tobacco product itself. Cigarettes with a diameter of less than 7.5 mm shall be deemed to be misleading.
Amendment 24 #
2012/0337(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – paragraph 19
Annex 1 – paragraph 19
19. Protecting, conserving and enhancing the EU’s natural capital therefore also requires tackling problems at source through, inter alia, better integration of natural capital objectives into other policies, ensuring that policies are coherent and deliver co-benefits. The greening elements set out in the Commission’s reform proposals, notably for EU agriculture, fisheries and cohesion policy, are backed by the proposals for greening the EU budget under the Multi-Annual Financial Framework 2014-2020 (MFF) are designed, which will therefore have to make provision for a budget that is sufficient to support these objectivesm. For instance, aquatic ecosystems in rural areas should benefit from the linking of farm payments to compliance with relevant requirements of the WFD as set out in the Commission's proposals for the reform of the CAP. Greening of the CAP will also promote the environmentally beneficial agricultural practices of crop diversification, the protection of permanent grassland, and permanent crops and the establishment and maintenance of ecologically valuable farmland and forest areas.
Amendment 56 #
2012/0337(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – paragraph 50
Annex 1 – paragraph 50
50. Climate change will further aggravate environment problems by causing prolonged droughts and heat waves, floods, storms and forest fires, and new or more virulent forms of human, animal or plant disease. Dedicated action should be taken to ensure that the EU is adequately prepared to face the pressures and changes resulting from climate change, strengthening its environmental, economic and societal resilience. Since many sectors are and will be increasingly subject to climate change impacts, adaptation and disaster risk management considerations need to be further integrated into EU policies. At the same time it is important to provide businesses in the most affected sectors, such as farmers, with more accurate information on the climate risks resulting from bad practices, in addition to workable adaptation solutions.
Amendment 96 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 12
Article 5 – paragraph 12
(12) Member States and beneficiaries shall choose the food products and the goods on the basis of objective criteria. The selection criteria for the food products, and where appropriate for goods, shall also take into consideration climatic and, environmental aspects, in particular with a view to reduction of food wastend nutritional aspects, through a wider basket of products. With a view to reduction of food waste it would be desirable to increase support also through measures to recover food that is still perfectly edible but can no longer be sold by the industry, retailers and catering outlets.
Amendment 50 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Based on forecasts of biofuel demand provided by the Member States and estimates of indirect land-use change emissions for different biofuel feedstocks it is likely that greenhouse gas emissions linked to indirect land use change are significant, and couldwill negate some or all of the greenhouse gas savings of individual biofuels. This is because almost the entire biofuel production in 2020 is expected to come from crops grown on land that could be used to satisfy food and feed markets. In order to reduce such emissions, it is appropriaFurthermore, increased use of biofuels produced from food crops contributes to distinguish between crop groups such as oil crops, cereals, sugars and other starchfood price volatility and could have negative impacts on for global food security. This has had significant negative social impacts on livelihoods and the ability to realise human rights incl. the right to food or access to land for local communities living in poverty in countaining crops accordinglyries outside the European Union In order to reduce such emissions and such negative social impacts, it is appropriate to in particular, focus on reducing the projected use of biofuels grown on land..
Amendment 54 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Liquid renewable fuels are likely to be required by the transport sector in order to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. Advanced biofuels, such as those made from wastes and algae, provide high greenhouse gas savings with lowno risk of causing indirect land use change and do not compete directly for agricultural land for the food and feed markets. After prior scientific assessment about their merits and their true sustainability. It is appropriate, therefore, to encourage greater production of such advanced biofuels as these are currently not commercially available in large quantities, in part due to competition for public subsidies with established food crop based biofuel technologies. Further incentives should be provided by increasing the weighting of advanced biofuels towards 10% target for transport set in Directive 2009/28/EC compared to conventional biofuels. In this context, only advanced biofuels with lowhich meet sustainability criteria, which do not compete with food for land, water or other resources and which have no estimated indirect land use change impacts and high overall greenhouse gas savings should be supported as part of the post 2020 renewable energy policy framework.
Amendment 85 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 1 – subpoint b a (new)
Article 1 – point 1 – subpoint b a (new)
Directive 98/70/CE
Article 7a – paragraph 6a new
Article 7a – paragraph 6a new
(6a) Member States shall ensure that the maximum contribution of biofuels produced from cereal and other starch rich crops, sugars and oil crops or dedicated energy crops for the purpose of compliance with the target referred to in the first subparagraph shall not exceed an energy quantity corresponding to 5%, the estimated share at the end of 2011, of the final consumption of energy in transport in 2020.
Amendment 131 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 5 – subpoint -a new
Article 2 – point 5 – subpoint -a new
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1
(- a) in paragraph 1, the following subparagraph is added after the last subparagraph: "Energy from biofuels and bioliquids produced from cereal and other starch rich crops, sugars and oil crops or dedicated energy crops taken into account for the purposes referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) shall be no more than 5%, the estimated share at the end of 2011, of the final consumption of energy in transport in 2020."
Amendment 39 #
2012/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) It is important to define, in accordance with the Nagoya Protocol, that the use of genetic resources refers to research and development on the genetic or biochemical composition of samples of genetic material, which includes research and development on isolated compounds extracted from genetic material that was accessed in a Party to the Nagoya Protocolgenetic resources.
Amendment 43 #
2012/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) With a view to ensuring an effective implementation of the Nagoya Protocol, all users of genetic resources and traditional knowledge associated with such resources should have to exercise due diligence to ascertain that the genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge used were accessed in accordance with applicable legal requirements and to ensure that, where relevant, benefits are shared. However, given the diversity of users within the Union it is not appropriate to oblige all users to take the same measures for exercising due diligence. Therefore, only minimum features of due diligence measures should be set out. The specific choices taken by users on the tools and measures applied for exercising due diligence should be supported through the recognition of best practiis is the case in particular for subsequent users where the due diligence obligation should only apply in the case such users access as well as complementary measnd use genetic resources in support of sectoral codes of conduct, model contractual clauses, and guidelines with a view to increasing legal certainty and reducing coststhe form as originally accessed by the initial user. The obligation on users to keep information relevant for access and benefit-sharing should be limited in time, consistent with the time-span for an eventual innovation.
Amendment 47 #
2012/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
This Regulation establishes rules governing compliance with access and benefit-sharing for genetic resources and traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources, in accordance with the provisions of the Nagoya Protocol on access to genetic resources and the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from their utilisation to the Convention on Biological Diversity (the Nagoya Protocol).
Amendment 50 #
2012/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a – subpoint 3
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a – subpoint 3
(3) the source from which the resources or the knowledge were directly obtained as well as subsequent users of genetic resources or traditional knowledge associated with such resources;
Amendment 54 #
2012/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – point e a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – point e a (new)
(e a) The obligation referred to in paragraphs (1) to (3) of this Article shall only apply to subsequent users in case such users access and use genetic resources in the form as originally accessed by the initial user.
Amendment 59 #
2012/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. The competent authorities shall exchange information on the organization of their checking system for monitoring user compliance with this Regulation and on serious shortcomings detected through checks referred to in Article 9(1) and on the types of penalties imposed in accordance with Article 11 with the competent authorities of other Member States and with the Commission.
Amendment 60 #
2012/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. A Union platform on access to genetic resources and traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources is hereby established. Member States which envisage adopting access rules as regards their genetic resources shall first conduct an impact assessment of these rules and submit the result of this assessment to the Union platform for consideration pursuant to the procedure laid down in paragraph 5 of this Article.
Amendment 22 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Within the context of the World Trade Organisation and through its bilateral relations the Union advocates an ambitious opening of international public procurement markets of the Union and its trading partners, in a spirit of reciprocity and mutual benefit, by broadening the outlook of the common market, which is becoming more competitive, and thus achieving the aims of the EU economic policy.
Amendment 5 #
2011/2307(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that our natural heritage is a major ecological asset which contributes to human wellbeing; takes the view that all EU Member States should cooperate and coordinate their efforts to ensure a more effective use of natural resources and limit damage to the biodiversity both of rural and of urbanised areas;
Amendment 47 #
2011/2307(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to support initiatives by European citizens, NGOs and the academic world to protect biodiversity and encourage their participation, e.g. through the introduction of a civilian biodiversity and environmental volunteering scheme to identify basis procedures and good practices which could be subsequently applied at European level;
Amendment 97 #
2011/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Considers that full and effective respect for the freedom of religion (at individual, collective, public, private and institutional level) should be identified as a priority, particularly for all religious minorities present in the region, together with the need to provide specific assistance for these groups;
Amendment 1 #
2011/2113(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the ongoing process of transformation of the Southern Mediterranean, triggered by the ‘Arab Spring’, holds an uncertain outcome for the countries involved and unknown repercussions for the wider region and the EU; underlines that the promotion of and support for sustainable and inclusive economic growth in the region would be decisive in securing democracy and bringing about political stability; points to the importance of agriculture, which employs over a third of the active population in the countries of the southern shore of the Mediterranean, and rural development in the stabilisation process, given that they contribute, especially under conditions of increased volatility in the world markets, to the advancement of food security, more equitable income generation and distribution, job creation, and the integration of women and smallholders in the economy;
Amendment 7 #
2011/2113(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the EU to support both the development of healthy agricultural production and rural development in the region, in the fight against poverty, a persistent evil in the countryside, and in order to strengthen the stabilisation process; stresses, to that end, the importance of institutional and infrastructural (e.g. irrigation, handling, storage, packaging, transportation, marketing systems and access to services) improvements, in addition to the technological ones, as well as the significance of education and training programmes, especially for women, includingsituations where producers are poorly organised and civil society is weak, which also slow down the development of an efficient agri-food system; emphasises the role of extension services in facilitating diffusion of knowledge; underlines that global environmental and climate change concerns should direct the support to the promotion of sustainable uses of natural resources and energy, and compatible methods of production;
Amendment 54 #
2011/2108(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to increase the level of support for honeybee-health- related research under the next financial framework (FP8) and to focus the research on technological developments, disease prevention and control, particularly the impact of environmental factors on bee colony immune systems, defining sustainable agricultural practices and, increasing non-chemical alternatives and further supporting integrated pest management techniques, and the development of veterinary medical products for current EU honeybee-disease- causing agents, especially Varroa destructor mites, Nosema ceranae endoparasites and other opportunistic diseases; calls on the Commission to rule out overlaps in the use of funds and to create new financial opportunities where needed;
Amendment 72 #
2011/2108(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 2 – point 1 (new)
(1) Calls on the European Commission to support a European Network of "reference hives" to monitor bee health in relation with environmental conditions and beekeeping and agricultural practices;
Amendment 91 #
2011/2108(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission actively to encourage a greater degree of information- sharing among Member States, laboratories, the plant protection industry and beekeepers on ecotoxicological studies and other factors affecting honeybee health so as to make possible informed, independent scientific scrutiny;
Amendment 135 #
2011/2108(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. CStresses the importance of sustainable farming for the healthy development of honeybee colonies and calls on the Member States to transpose and fully implement, as soon as possible, Directive 2009/128/EC on the sustainable use of pesticides and, in particular, to promote low-pesticide-inputintegrated pest management and integrated pest management; and bee-friendly practices;
Amendment 145 #
2011/2108(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission to consider chronic, larval and sub-lethal toxicity, and substance-pathogen and substance- substance synergies in the risk assessment of pesticidesensure correct implementation of the Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 on the placing on the market of plant protection products in application since 14 June 2011 introducing chronic, larval and sub-lethal toxicity in the risk of assessment of pesticides; invites the Commission to promote research on the potential interactions between substance-pathogen and substance-substance; calls on the Commission to pay special attention to the use of specific pesticides, such as those of the family of the neonicotinoide family (Clothianidin, Thiacloprid, Imidacloprid, Thiamethoxam), phenyl-pyrazoles (Fipronil) and pyrethroids, or active substances such as Chlorpyrifos or Dimethoat, as these active substances in pesticides have a provencould have adverse effect on bee and colony health; application methods such as seed coating should also be considered;
Amendment 22 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas a sustainable, productive and competitive European agriculture makes a significant contribution to the EU 2020 Strategy and to meeting new political challenges such as security of supply of food, energy and industrial raw materials, climate change, the environment and biodiversity, health and demographic change in the EU and whereas in this context the situation brought about by the Lisbon Treaty must be taken into account,
Amendment 28 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas a strong CAP is crucial for the preservation, environmental sustainability and economic development of the EU rural areas against the threat of land abandonment and rural depopulation,
Amendment 45 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the CAP reform of 2003 and the Health Check of the Common Agricultural Policy of 2008 have substantially increased the transparency and efficiency of the CAP and farmers’ own responsibility and market orientation; whereas this process must be continued and, as a counterpart, the administration of the CAPCAP instruments and procedures must be significantly further simplified in order to reduce the burden on farmers and administrations,
Amendment 70 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the European Union must still have sufficient instruments to be prepared for market and supply crises and market and price fluctuations in the agricultural sector in the future;future, given the importance of the agricultural sector in terms of both economic growth and employment,
Amendment 79 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the incorporation of general objectives into the CAP, particularly relating to the production of public goods by farmers who are not remunerated by the market, consumer protection, environmental protection, climate protection, animal welfare and regional cohesion, is in principle to be welcomed but this must not jeopardise the competitiveness of European farmers; having regard to the upgrading of the role of farmers as food producers,
Amendment 85 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
G a. having regard to farmers' input in improving traditional production methods and to their contributions to the adjustments provided for in the CAP, which increases the quality, competitiveness and sustainability of European agriculture,
Amendment 96 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas according to the latest Eurobarometer poll, 90% of EU citizens surveyed consider agriculture and rural areas to be important for Europe's future, 83% of EU citizens surveyed are in favour of financial support to farmers and, on average, they believe that agricultural policy should continue to be decided upon at European level,
Amendment 101 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas the European Parliament has often expressed its opposition to a renationalisation of the CAP and an increase in cofinancing, which could detract from fair competition on the EU internal market, and therefore advocates that direct payments be wholly financed by the EU budget, looking ahead to the forthcoming reform, once again rejects any attempt to renationalise the CAP by means of the co-financing of direct payments or a transfer of funds to the second pillar,
Amendment 105 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas the first pillar has to remain the core of the CAP as it is the main tool to help farmers be competitive in an open market,
Amendment 114 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
Amendment 133 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas effective measures should be taken to ensure a fair and equitable distribution of profits in the food chain and legal conditions need to be established to enable farmers to manage short, transparent supply chains,
Amendment 134 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas effective measures should be taken to ensure a fair and equitable distribution of profits in the food chain, with supply chain integration measures to foster competitiveness on the markets and the promotion of exports,
Amendment 139 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission have identified an imbalance between the powers of the various operators in the food chain, and whereas a number of reports and resolutions have recommended measures to foster greater concentration among producers in an effort to increase their share of the added value generated by the food chain and strengthen their position vis-à-vis other actors; whereas cooperatives and other producer groupings can play a key role in achieving these objectives,
Amendment 204 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Insists that the costs of supporting a strong CAP are more than justified if compared to the costs to society of not supporting European agriculture;
Amendment 418 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. In the case of direct farm payments, advocates moving away from historical and individual reference values and calls for a transition tointroducing a uniform area-based regional or national premium for decoupled payments, on a gradual basis, in the next financing period; recognises, however, that the situations in the individual Member States are very disparate, requiring special measures per region or per sector;
Amendment 425 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. In the case of direct farm payments, advocates moving away from historical and individual reference values and calls for a transition to a uniformbasic area-based regional or national premium for decoupled payments, tied to agricultural land in use, plus an additional premium based on other criteria (for example, gross saleable production per hectare, the permanent and casual labour used, and purchasing power in each Member State) in the next financing period; recognises, however, that the situations in the individual Member States are very disparate, requiring special measures per region;
Amendment 440 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Considers that single farm payment entitlements should be increased for all young people setting up in farming and joining bodies involved in the grouping of supply (cooperatives, producer organisations, companies), on condition that they increase the size of the farm by merging with or acquiring other farms; takes the view that this instrument should apply during the first few years spent in farming;
Amendment 446 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 484 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls for a further simplification of the direct payment system, for example simplified transfer rules for payment entitlements in the event of non-activation, merging of minimum payment entitlements, simplification of the rules governing the national reserve and changes to gear them more to young farmers or reduce them, depending on the transition to the regional/national single area payment, abolition of handwritten cattle registries, an effective and unbureaucratic monitoring system for both pillars and uniform penaltierocedures for establishing reductions and exclusions; considers that administrative systems which can be proven to be operating well should be looked upon favourably in the light of the scale of monitoring prescribed;
Amendment 489 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Notes that measures to target generational renewal in the agricultural sector are needed given that only 6% of European farmers are younger than 35, and at the same time 4.5 million will retire in the next 10 years; Recognizes that young farmers have obstacles to start up such as high investment costs, access to land and credit. The measures for young farmers contained in pillar II have proved to be insufficient in stopping rapid ageing in the agricultural sector. Thus, it is necessary to call for the possibilities of increasing the amount of direct payments for young farmers within pillar I in order to attract young people to the farming sector and support them in the first years of business, when they are the most vulnerable;
Amendment 492 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls, with a view to simplifying the CAP, for Member States to be given the option of not making payments in respect of claims smaller than a given overall amount, to be set by the Member States; takes the view that that amount should not be higher than a threshold set in the Council regulation;
Amendment 512 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Considers that decoupling has essentially proved its worth, given the increased effect on income and greater autonomy in decision-making on the part of farmers and the associated simplification of the CAP, and calls for this also, in general, to apply to suckler cow and sheep premiums; recognises, however, that in certain sectors and regions such as mountain regions, where there are no alternatives to relatively labour-intensive livestock farming,; recognises, however, that in certain sectors and regions there may be considerable economic and environmental drawbacks which cannot be reconciled with the aims of the Treaty; acknowledges, therefore, that production-based premiums might be defensible within a narrowly defined framework for a limited period even after 2013;
Amendment 521 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Considers that decoupling has essentially proved its worth, given the increased effect on income and greater autonomy in decision-making on the part of farmers and the associated simplification of the CAP, and calls for this also, in general, to apply to suckler cow and sheep premiums; recognises, however, that in certain sectors and regions such as mountain regions, where there are no alternatives to relatively labour-intensive livestock farming, or regions where ancient-growth plants are still used in farming, there may be considerable economic and environmental drawbacks which cannot be reconciled with the aims of the Treaty; acknowledges, therefore, that production-based premiums might be defensible within a narrowly defined framework for a limited period even after 2013;
Amendment 537 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls – without casting any doubt on the results of the 2008 Health Check of the CAP – for appropriations under Article 68 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 primarily to be allocated for measures to promote territorial coherence and boost key sectors (e.g. the dairy and sheep sectors and suckler cows)mitigate the impact of decoupling in specific areas and sector that are economically, environmentally and socially sensitive, for action to promote territorial coherence and boost key sectors, for area-based environmental measures (e.g. organic farming) which to date have not been included in the second pillar, and for quality improvement measures; considers that the budget for Article 68 could – subject to contrary results of an impact assessment – cover up to 10% of direct payments;
Amendment 538 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls – without casting any doubt on the results of the 2008 Health Check of the CAP – for appropriations under Article 68 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 primarily to be allocated for measures to promote territorial coherence and boost certain key sectors (e.g. the dairy and sheep sectors and suckler cows), identified as such by the Member State concerned, for area-based environmental measures (e.g. rotation, organic farming) which to date have not been included in the second pillar; considers that the budget for Article 68 could – subject to contrary results of an impact assessment – cover up to 10% of direct payments;
Amendment 546 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls – without casting any doubt on the results of the 2008 Health Check of the CAP – for appropriations under Article 68 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 primarily to be allocated for measures to promote territorial coherence and boost key sectors (e.g. the dairy and sheep sectors and, suckler cows, olive oil, durum wheat, table and wine grapes), for area-based environmental measures (e.g. organic farming) or environmental measures relating to support for the use of ancient-growth plants which to date have not been included in the second pillar; considers that the budget for Article 68 could – subject to contrary results of an impact assessment – cover up to 10% of direct payments;
Amendment 564 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Observes that, for historical reasons, farms in the European Union have a very diverse structure as regards size, employment arrangements and legal form; is aware that direct payments are moving away from a historical basis to area-based payments and that the provision of public goods is independent of farm size; rejects, therefore, measures which discriminate against particular types of farm, but endorses the Commission’s proposal to introduce different support arrangements for labour-intensive farms, with reference to employment volumes;
Amendment 573 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 578 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission to submit by 30 June 2016 a report setting out comprehensively how livestock farming in Europe and the growing of olives, durum wheat and table and wine grapes can be safeguarded in the long term with regard to multifunctionality and regional aspects (such as mountain areas, Nordic regions and extremely remote areas) and also dealing with the question of how far the aims of the CAP can be realised in a more efficient, targeted way by means of decoupled, indirect support, e.g. premiums for extensive grassland or pasture land;
Amendment 600 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Considers that direct payments should be made only to active farmers; realises that, under the system of decoupled direct payments, each farmer who uses, i.e. to farms that are market-oriented and operate through faormland for production or who tes of concentration ands it in order to maintain GAEC should receive direct payments; calls on the Commission therefore to devise a definition of ‘active farmer’ which the Member States can administer without additional administrative effort, while it should be ensured that traditional farming activities (full-time and various degrees of part- time) are classified as active farmingntegration, and which, through their activities, create income and produce food, having a positive impact on society; realises that, under the system of decoupled direct payments, each farmer who uses farmland for production or who tends it in order to maintain GAEC should receive direct payments;
Amendment 632 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Considers that better resource protection is an central element in sustainable farming, which should involve separate support for environmental measures going beyond the requirements of Cross Compliance (CC), which already entail many environmental measures, and being geared to multiannual applications, as a result of which greater environmental benefits can be attainedjustifies, within the framework of the new challenges and objectives of the EU 2020 strategy, special support for environmental measures going beyond the requirements of Cross Compliance (CC) and beyond the already existing agri-environmental programs; welcomes in this regard the proposed greening of the CAP, which meets this goal by effectively recognizing the environmental services delivered by farmers; considers that this greening should be applied through simple measures, widespread and accessible to as many farmers as possible, as a result of which greater environmental benefits can be attained; demands that the implementation of such measures is accompanied by a simplification of the cross-compliance rules; considers that farmers already participating to a great extent in agri-environmental programs should not be discriminated under the new system;
Amendment 652 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Considers therefore that resource protection should be directly linked to the granting of direct payments in order to attain these environmental objectives to the maximum without the need to introduce new, bureaucratic environmental conditions into the first pillar; considers thatas far as possible, should simplify the SPS scheme, avoid duplication of controls and the introduction of additional administrative procedures; also considers that the possibility of a flat- rate income payment, as envisaged in a top-up model in the first pillar, must cover costs and income losseunder the greening component, should be studied; stresses that these measures will have to balance environmental and economic performance, be relevant from an agronomic point of view and provide appropriate incentives for farmers;
Amendment 660 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Considers that resource protection should be directly linked to the granting of direct payments in order to attain these environmental objectives to the maximum without the need to introduce new, bureaucratic environmental conditions into the first pillar; considers that a flat-rate income payment, as envisaged in a top-up model in the first pillar, must cover costs and income losses;
Amendment 672 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Consideralls therefore that any environmental advantages can be attained more effectively and directly by means of second-pillar measures adopted by the Member States, which should ideally build on existing agrienvironmental measures or should supplement measures which take into account climatic and geographical differences in the Member States; observes that resource protection programmes should be pursued everywhereon the Commission to submit, as soon as possible, both the details of its proposed new scheme of direct payments as well as an impact assessment of the administrative and bureaucratic conditions related to the implementation of the greening component; observes that the greening should be pursued across Member States by means of a priority catalogue of area- based measures in the second pillar which are subject to basic requirements, particularly in the fields of climate, environment and innovation (Annex I), and are 100% EU-financed; regards the greening of direct payments in the first pillar as lying in the fact that any recipient of direct payments in the EU must implement at least two priority area- based resource protection programmes in order to be eligible for the complete farm payment; believes that the administration involved in these measures can be minimised by managing them in accordance with the system of the existing agrienvironmental programmes, thus avoiding duplication of monitoring and additional application and administration proceduresthat are 100% EU- financed; considers that any recipient of these particular payments must implement a certain number of greening measures, chosen from a national or a regional list established by the Member State on the basis of a broader EU list; demands, in order to streamline the administrative procedures associated with these measures that all agricultural controls are, as far as possible, operated concomitantly;
Amendment 682 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Considers therefore that anyat the environmental advantages can be attained more effectively and directly by means of second-pillar measures adopted by the Member States, which should ideally build on existing agrienvironmental measures or should supplement measures which take into account climatic and geographical differences in the Member States; observes that resource protection programmes should be pursued everywhere by means of a priority catalogue of area-based measures in the second pillar which are subject to basic requirements, particularly in the fields of climate, environment and innovation (Annex I), and are 100% EU-financed; regards the greening of direct payments in the first pillar as lying in the fact that any recipient of direct payments in the EU must implement at least two priority area- based resource protection programmes in order to be eligible for the complete farm payment; believes that the administration involved in these measures can be minimised by managing them in accordance with the system of the existing agrienvironmental programmes, thus avoiding duplication of monitoring and additional application and administration proceduresof the CAP can be better attained through specific measures under the second pillar;
Amendment 691 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Considers therefore that any environmental advantages can be attained more effectively and directly by means of second-pillar measures adopted by the Member States, which should ideally build on existing agrienvironmental measures or should supplement measures which take into account climatic and geographical differences in the Member States; observes that resource protection programmes should be pursued everywhere by means of a priority catalogue of area-based measures in the second pillar which are subject to basic requirements, particularly in the fields of climate, environment, energy production from renewable sources in sufficient quantities to meet farm requirements, a more rational use of water by encouraging the greatest possible re-use of waste water purified through systems that take account of the crop water balance, and innovation (Annex I), and are 100% EU- financed; regards the greening of direct payments in the first pillar as lying in the fact that any recipient of direct payments in the EU must implement at least two priority area-based resource protection programmes in order to be eligible for the complete farm payment; believes that the administration involved in these measures can be minimised by managing them in accordance with the system of the existing agrienvironmental programmes, thus avoiding duplication of monitoring and additional application and administration procedures;
Amendment 705 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
Amendment 707 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls foronsiders that the resources allocated to greening to be reserved for recipients of direct payments and only disbursed in connection with greeningwill be inextricably linked to the level of budgetary resources allocated to the CAP as a whole;
Amendment 719 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
Amendment 731 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Regards this model as making a substantial contribution to the simplification of the direct payments system and to the attainment of new compulsory environmental objectives and the achievement of energy self-sufficiency for farms which produce energy from renewable sources; observes that, under this model, there is no need to step up the current rate of monitoring and the current monitoring capacities, as existing checks can be used, and that checks in the second pillar can be combined in the basic and regeneration programme; considers also that no new systems of payments or penalties need be introduced;
Amendment 734 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
Amendment 739 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
Amendment 816 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Could envisage a modest adaptation of the requirements to maintain GAEC with regard to altered environmental and production conditions (for example,climate change, biomass, etc.), if the introduction of the new requirements in a comparable way throughout Europe were guaranteed;
Amendment 825 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Considers that the general market orien, owing to the limitations of the CAP should be maintained and that the general structure of market management instruments should likewise be retained; existing instruments, which have proved inadequate in dealing with the continual market crises, the general structure of market management instruments needs to be reviewed so that they may provide an effective safety net capable of meeting a number of new farming-sector requirements, and first and foremost the need for income stability;
Amendment 826 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Considers that the general market orientation of the CAP should be maintained and that the general structure of market management instruments should likewise be retmarket instruments need to be restructured, not least in order to give producer organisations a more prominent role in order to ensure that farmers receive a fairer share of the added value generated along the food chained;
Amendment 840 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Considers that the health check approach should be pursued further, as, owing to the limitations of these existing market instruments have also demonstrated their value as a safety net; takes the view that these market measures, and in particular intervention, should only be used as a safety net in case of price crises and potential market disruptio, which have proved inadequate in dealing with the now continual market crises, measures which provide an effective safety net without creating distortions need to be laid down;
Amendment 844 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Considers that the health check approach should be pursued further, as these existse market measures, and in particular intervention, should be suitably adjusted, with due account being taken of, above all, the specific features of the farming mcarket instruments have also demonstrated their value as a safety net; takes the view that these market measures, and in particular intervention, should only be used as a safety net inried out in the Member States, and used as a safety net in case of price crises and potential market disruption; takes the view that, unless a satisfactory arrangement is arrived at in this matter, alternative instruments providing adequate compensation for the damage cause of pricd by the criseis and potential market disruptionwill need to be called for;
Amendment 850 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33a. With a view to giving farmers a stronger contractual position in the food chain, instruments that will help farmers to run short production chains that are transparent and efficient and ensure a low environmental impact, quality and information for consumers, fewer intermediaries and fair and transparent price formation mechanisms need to be introduced;
Amendment 860 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Considers that, in view of the anticipated environmental and climate dangers and the risk of epidemics and considerable price fluctuations on agricultural markets, additional risk prevention is of vital importance, particularly at individual farm level, more effective risk prevention aimed at guaranteeing and protecting incomes is of vital importance (for example, measures to improve marketing on domestic markets and market penetration in non-EU countries, with a view to providing new outlets for EU products);
Amendment 878 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Recalls that market-orientated production and direct payments are at the heart of any insurance against risk, and that it is farmers who are responsible for risk prevention; supports the Member States, in this context, in making national risk insurance instruments available to bodies involved in the sector’s economic organisation (cooperatives, limited liability companies controlled by farmers, producer organisations, inter-branch organisations and, in general, all bodies involved in the grouping of supply) and to farmers;
Amendment 886 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Considers that a multi-stage safety net comprising private storage, supply planning and management, measures to promote the consumption of products of which there is temporarily a surplus, non- primary uses of crops (for example, for biomass energy purposes, targeted distribution of goods in places such as schools and hostels, public intervention, market disruption instruments and an emergency clause would confer the greatest possible benefit; calls for private storage and public intervention to be permitted for specific sectors where market disruptions are of limited duration; calls furthermore for a market disruption instrument and an emergency clause to be established for all sectors in common, making it possible for the Commission, under certain circumstances, in the event of crises to take action over a limited period which goes beyond the existing instruments;
Amendment 907 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Considers that the use of these instruments which have been described should be triggered only by a political assessment by the EU legislatureafter careful monitoring of the market by the Commission;
Amendment 916 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Considers that, in view of the completely different conditions which exist in the individual sectors, differentiatedas well as the need for comprehensive cover for risks of damage to agricultural products, both sectoral solutions are preferable tond across- the-board approaches are possible, as currently provided for in Articles 70 and 71 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009;
Amendment 924 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
Amendment 940 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Considers that private-sector insurance schemes, such as multi-hazard insurance (covering incomes and natural disasters), must be developed and subsidised in view of increasing risks; is aware of the fact that, without public contributions to the financing (from the EU and Member States), this would be difficult; supports the adoption of an EU- wide and WTO- compliant environment to ensure that no distortions of competition occur among Member States; rejects, however, the introduction of EU-wide insurance systems;
Amendment 959 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Considers rather that these measures should be promoted optionally, by decision of the Member State, in the first pillar (now Article 69) within the existing financing ceiling of the Member State concerned and that Member States should be allowed, initially, on the basis of national and regional needs, to use up to 2% of direct paymentthe necessary and appropriate resources for risk management, stabilisation and prevention measures; considers, furthermore, that, in justified cases, Member States should be allowed to make additional resources available from national funds;
Amendment 964 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41 b (new)
Paragraph 41 b (new)
41b. Considers that, with a view to diminishing price volatility and achieving a better balance between supply and demand, a properly financed 'crisis fund' for all sectors, based on common European measurement parameters and methods and involving supply management instruments, should be set up,
Amendment 978 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
42. Calls on the Commission to examine the extent to which producer groups or sectoral associations can be extended to all production sectors and incorporated into the risk prevention schemes, with additional support being provided for the taking out of collective insurance policies;
Amendment 979 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42 a (new)
Paragraph 42 a (new)
42a. Considers it appropriate, in this connection, to extend the operational programme approach (fruit and vegetables CMO model), which focuses on producer organisations, quality and operational programmes co-funded by the beneficiaries;
Amendment 980 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42 a (new)
Paragraph 42 a (new)
42a. Calls on the Commission to propose, as part of the CAP reform, specific measures to encourage the establishment of new producer organisations and the concentration and merging of existing organisations, in order to strengthen their market position;
Amendment 982 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42 a (new)
Paragraph 42 a (new)
42 a. Considers also that legislative initiatives are needed to promote efficient contractual relationships between the different operators in the food chain to avoid the abuse of power and to ensure better functioning of the food chain;
Amendment 990 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
43. Takes the view, therefore, that the Commission should devise common rules on support from Member States for risk management systems, possibly by creating common rules in the common market organisation, in order to keep to a minimum any distortion of competition and trade; calls, furthermore, on the Commission to notify all measures to introduce risk management and to submit an appropriate impact assessment with the legislative proposal; points out that mutual funds, which were already provided for in Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, provide another means of sharing risks; takes the view that, given that climate and financial risks are systemic risks whose management requires large amounts of capital, a network of capital and/or reassurance providers should be established and developed at European level in order to provide agricultural operators with the security and continuity they require when an adverse event occurs;
Amendment 1035 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 a (new)
Paragraph 46 a (new)
46 a. Considers that management systems should be reinforced in fruit and vegetables (citrus and all the products concerned), wine and olive oil; a more efficient crisis fund in fruits and vegetables, better crises management in the wine sector, and an updated private storage system for olive oil are needed;
Amendment 1074 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48
Paragraph 48
48. Is aware of the importance of the second pillar, in view of its environmental, modernisation and structural improvement achievements, but also for attaining political objectives, which should also benefit farmers; calls therefore for second- pillar measures to be better suited to their objectives, so that the effectiveness of growth, employment and climate measures and measures for the benefit of rural areas can be increased; considers that, in this context, particular attention should be devoted to assisting young farmers; in face of the rapid ageing farming population in Europe, attractive measures for young farmers are urgent; as a supply to pillar I it is necessary to strengthen and improve existing supportive measures for young farmers in pillar II, in particular support for innovation and modernizing investments on the farm; encourages educational and training programmes to be developed for young farmers.
Amendment 1118 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49
Paragraph 49
49. Advocates therefore introducing targeted measures, to be decided by the Member States in the second pillar, to attain priority objectives of the EU (2020 « Strategy); observes that these measures should be applied in addition to the basic programmes for greening of direct payments in the first pillar and that and applying a reduced national cofinancing rate of 25% should apply;
Amendment 1125 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49 a (new)
Paragraph 49 a (new)
49a. Observes that the adoption of targeted measures requires more flexible rural development policies to take account of the different conditions applying to specific regions and Member States regarding innovation, competitiveness, response to major challenges and the diversification of production; calls on the Commission to make every effort simplify as far as possible the administrative formalities to be completed by the recipient undertakings;
Amendment 1239 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56 a (new)
Paragraph 56 a (new)
56a. Stresses that rural development must promote commercial investments, the prime objective being the introduction of technological and organisational innovations and measures designed to consolidate, promote and enhance production quality, seeking also to achieve improvements in these sectors in terms of speed, efficiency and transparency;
Amendment 1248 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57
Paragraph 57
Amendment 1260 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57 a (new)
Paragraph 57 a (new)
57a Calls for the adoption of a European regulatory framework encompassing issues such as contractual transparency and upstream and downstream competition rules, particularly regarding organised distribution;
Amendment 7 #
2011/2033(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for unbiased and successful prosecutions and court rulings in combating corruption, including in high- profile cases, in order to enhance citizens’ trust in the rule of law and public institutions; invites the relevant authorities to improve interinstitutional cooperation, raise public awareness and develop capacities for planning, enforcing and monitoring anti-corruption rules and activities, as well as to cooperate closely with the Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) and to engage closely with state independent bodies, such as anti-corruption agencies; calls for the implementation of strategies to prevent and combat corruption nationally and internationally, by determining and promoting appropriate methods for developing such strategies;
Amendment 14 #
2011/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point 1 – point 1.2. – paragraph 2
Annex I – point 1 – point 1.2. – paragraph 2
Social sciences and humanities are also mainstreamed as an essential element of the activities needed to tackle each of the societal challenges to enhance their impact as well as to contribute to solutions through more participative research. This includes: understanding the determinants of health and optimising the effectiveness of healthcare systems, support to policies empowering rural areas and promoting informed consumer choices, robust decision making on energy policy and in ensuring a consumer friendly European electricity grid, supporting evidence based transport policy and foresight, support to climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies, resource efficiency and sufficiency initiatives and measures towards a green and sustainable economy.
Amendment 44 #
2011/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – Part III – point 2 – point 2.1 – point 2.1.2
Annex I – Part III – point 2 – point 2.1 – point 2.1.2
Agriculture and forestry are unique systems delivering commercial products but also wider societal public goods (including cultural and recreational value and landscape aesthetics) and important ecological services such as functional and in-situ biodiversity, pollination, water regulation, landscape, erosion reduction and carbon sequestration / GHG mitigation. Research activities will support the provisions of these public goods and services, through the delivery of management solutions, decision- and policy support tools and the assessment and impact measurement of their non- market value. Specific issues to be dealt with include the identification ofand development of diverse farming/forest systems and landscape patterns likely to achieve these goals. Shifts in the active management of agricultural systems - including the use of technologies and change of practices - will increase GHG mitigation and the adaptive capacity of the agriculture sector to the adverse effects of climate change.
Amendment 22 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part II – point 1 – point 1.2.3 – point c
Annex I – Part II – point 1 – point 1.2.3 – point c
Focusing on governance of nanotechnology for societal benefit taking into account the precautionary principle. Assessing the social acceptability of specific different applications of nanotechnology in addition to risk assessment.
Amendment 53 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part III – point 2 – point 2.3 – point b
Annex I – Part III – point 2 – point 2.3 – point b
The aim is to meet the requirements of citizens for safe, healthy and affordable food, and to make food and feed processing and distribution as well as food consumption more sustainable and the food sector more competitive. The activities shall focus on healtha broad diversity of healthy, authentic, high quality and safe foods for all, informed consumer choices, and competitive food processing methods that use less resources and additives and produce less by-products, waste and green- house gases.
Amendment 58 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part IV – point 3 – point 3.3 – point e – introductory part
Annex I – Part IV – point 3 – point 3.3 – point e – introductory part
(e) Climate action, resource efficiency and conservation, and sustainable use of raw materials
Amendment 79 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) To ensure the sustainable development of rural areas, it is necessary to focus on a limited number of core priorities relating to knowledge transfer and innovation in agriculture, forestry and rural areas, the competitiveness of all types of agriculture and farm viability, food chain organisation, short supply chains and risk management in agriculture, restoring, preserving and enhancing ecosystems dependant on agriculture and forestry, resource efficiency and the shift towards a low carbon economy in the agricultural, food and forestry sectors, and promoting social inclusion, poverty reduction and the economic development of rural areas. In doing so account must be taken of the diversity of situations that affect rural areas with different characteristics or different categories of potential beneficiaries and the cross-cutting objectives of innovation, environment and climate change mitigation and adaptation. Mitigation action should relate to both limiting emissions in agriculture and forestry from key activities such as livestock production, fertilizer use and to preserving the carbon sinks and enhancing carbon sequestration with regard to land use, land use change and the forestry sector, rewarding farmers and forest holders for the service they provide and the public interest which they serve. The Union priority for rural development relating to knowledge transfer and innovation in agriculture, forestry and rural areas should apply horizontally in relation to the other Union priorities for rural development.
Amendment 83 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The Union's priorities for rural development should be pursued in the framework of sustainable development and the Union's promotion of the aim of protecting and improving the environment as set out in Articles 11 and 19 of the Treaty, taking into account the polluter pays principle and the principle that whoever contributes to improvements should be rewarded. The Member States should provide information on the support for climate change objectives in line with the ambition to devote at least 20% of the Union budget to this end, using a methodology adopted by the Commission.
Amendment 101 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The evolution and specialisation of agriculture and forestry and the particular challenges faced by micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises (hereinafter "SMEs") in rural areas require an appropriate level of technical and economic training as well as an increased capacity to access and exchange knowledge and information including in the form of diffusion of best agricultural and forestry production practices. Knowledge transfer and information actions should take not only the form of traditional training courses but be adapted to the needs of rural actors. Workshops, coaching, demonstration activities, information actions but also short-term farm exchange or visit schemes should therefore also be supported. Knowledge and information acquired should enable farmers, forest holders, persons engaged in the food sector and rural SMEs – provided that they can be directly linked to farming, food production or forestry with a positive economic impact on farming and forestry – to enhance in particular their competitiveness and resource efficiency and improve their environmental performance while at the same time contributing to the sustainability of the rural economy. In order to ensure that knowledge transfer and information actions are effective in delivering these results it should be required that the providers of knowledge transfer services have all the appropriate capabilities.
Amendment 108 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Farm advisory services help farmers, forest holders and agricultural and agro- food SMEs in rural areas to improve the sustainable management and overall performance of their holding or business. Therefore both the setting up of such services and the use of advice by farmers, forest holders and SMEs should be encouragedagricultural and agro- food SMEs should be encouraged in order derive positive benefit from them. In order to enhance the quality and effectiveness of the advice offered, provision should be made for the minimum qualifications and regular training of advisors. Farm advisory services, as provided for in Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council (EU) No HR/2012 of […] should help farmers assess the performance of their agricultural holding and identify the necessary improvements as regards the statutory management requirements, good agricultural and environmental conditions, agricultural practices beneficial to the climate and the environment set out in Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council (EU) No DP/2012 of […], requirements or actions related to climate change mitigation and adaptation, biodiversity, protection of water, animal disease notification and innovation at least as laid down in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No HR/2012. Where relevant, advice should also cover occupational safety standards. Advice mayust also cover issues linked to the economic, agricultural and environmental performance of the holding or enterprise. Farm management and farm relief services should help farmers improve and facilitate management of their holding.
Amendment 182 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
Recital 37
(37) Farmers are exposed today to increasing economic and environmental risks as a consequence of climate change and increased price volatility. In this context, effective management of risks has an increased importance for farmers. For this reason a risk management measure should be set up to assist farmers in addressing the most common risks faced by them. This measure should therefore support farmers or groups of farmers to cover the premiums they pay for crop, animal and plant insurance as well as the setting up of mutual funds and the compensation paid by such funds to farmers for losses suffered as a result of the outbreak of animal or plant diseases or environmental incidents or adverse climatic events. It should also cover an income stabilisation tool in the form of a mutual fund or insurance contract to support farmers facing a severe drop in their income. In order to ensure that there is equal treatment among farmers across the Union, that competition is not distorted and that the international obligations of the Union are respected, specific conditions should be provided for the granting of support under these measures. In order to ensure the efficient use of EAFRD budgetary resources the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission in respect of defining the minimum and maximum duration of commercial loans to mutual funds.
Amendment 238 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point t
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point t
(t) "short supply chain": a supply chain involving a limited number of economic operators, who have direct relations with consumers or are committed to co- operation, local economic development, and close geographical and social relations between producers and consumers;
Amendment 247 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point u
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point u
(u) "young farmer": farmer who is less than 40 years of age at the moment of submitting the application, possesses adequate occupational skills and competence and is setting up for the first time in an agricultural holding as head of the holding and/or who possesses adequate occupational skills and competence;
Amendment 299 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 3
(3) a balanced territorial development of rural areas based on achieving growth in the agricultural and forestry sectors through business development.
Amendment 412 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a a (new)
(a a) Secure and improve the income in some areas by favouring the access at the water ´s resource and irrigation;
Amendment 417 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b
(b) increasing efficiency in water and energy use in agriculture and food processing;
Amendment 469 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. Member States with regional programmes may also submit for approval a national framework containing common elements for these programmes without a separateingle national budgetary allocation.
Amendment 477 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
(a a) EU quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs and quality schemes recognised by Member States as referred to in Articles 17 (1)a and 17(1)b.
Amendment 492 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)
(c a) irrigators in Mediterranean area;
Amendment 540 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. The support rates laid down in Annex I may be increased by 120 percentage points for operations supported in the framework of thematic sub-programmes concerning small farms and short supply chains. In the case of young farmers and mountain areas, the maximum support rates may be increased in accordance with Annex I. However, the maximum combined support rate shall not exceed 90%.
Amendment 559 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph -1 (new)
Article 9 – paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Member States shall implement the rural development measures through programmes set up at national or local level.
Amendment 560 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph -1 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph -1 a (new)
–1a. The ‘Risk management’ measure referred to in Articles 37, 38, 39 and 40 of this Regulation shall be implemented solely through national programmes.
Amendment 661 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The national organisations representing agricultural businesses and the training or other knowledge transfer and information action provider shall be the beneficiaryies of the support.
Amendment 681 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) help farmers, and forest holders and SMEs in rural areas benefit from the use of advisory services for the improvement of the economic and environmental performance as well as the climate friendliness and resilience of their holding, enterprise and/or investment;
Amendment 682 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) help farmers, forest holders and agricultural and agro-food SMEs in rural areas benefit from the use of advisory services for the improvement of the economic and environmental performance as well as the climate friendliness and resilience of their holding, enterprise and/or investment;. The advice provided for SMEs should be geared towards securing positive economic benefits for the agricultural and agro- food sector.
Amendment 694 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 701 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. The beneficiaryies of support provided in paragraph 1(a) and (c) shall be the provider of advice or trainingfarmer and silviculturist. Support under paragraph 1(bc) shall be granted to the authority or body selected to set up the farm management, farm relief, farm advisory or forestry advisory serviceprovider of services, advice or training.
Amendment 703 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. The beneficiary of support provided in paragraph 1(a) and (c) shall be the providerfarmer, silviculturist ofr advice or traininggricultural or agri-food SME. Support under paragraph 1(b) shall be granted to the authority or body selected to set up the farm management, farm relief, farm advisory or forestry advisory service.
Amendment 710 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
The authorities or bodies selected to provide advice shall have the appropriate resources in the form of regularly trained and qualified staff and advisory experience and reliability with respect to the fields they advise inat least in all business consultancy fields referred to in Articles 12, 13 and 14 of Regulation (EU) No HR/2012. The beneficiaries shall be chosen through calls for proposals. The selection procedure shall be objective and be open to public as well as to private bodies.
Amendment 793 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Support shall be granted as an annual incentive payment, the level of which shall be determined according to the level of the fixed costs arising from participation in supported schemes, for a maximum duration of five years. Payments are granted annually upon presentation of due documentation, but the validity of the application of the beneficiary is multiannual.
Amendment 807 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 a (new)
Article 17 a (new)
Article 17a 1. Support under Article 20(c)(i) shall offset some of the costs in terms of lost profits to farmers required to implement environmental protection, public health, animal and plant health, animal welfare and occupational safety standards. These standards must have been recently introduced under national legislation for the implementation of EU law and impose fresh obligations or requirements in respect of farm practices with a significant impact on operating costs and affecting a significant number of farmers. 2. Support shall be granted in the form of uniform temporary and degressive payments on an annual basis for a maximum period of five years from the date on which the provision becomes compulsory under EU law. Support shall be limited to the maximum amount set out in the annex.
Amendment 878 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Article 18 – paragraph 2
2. Support under paragraph 1(a) shall be granted exclusively to agricultural holdings. In the case of investments to support farm restructur, including combined holdings. Support under paragraphs 1(b), (c) and (d) shall as a rule be granted to agricultural holdings, only farms not exceeding a certain size, to be defined by the Member States in the programme based on the SWOT analysis carried out in relation to the Union priority for rural development “enhancing competitiveness of all types of agriculture and enhancing farm viability”, shall be eligibleincluding combined holdings. Regarding beneficiaries other than farmers, the Member State authorities shall make the granting of support conditional on quantitative and other verifications of the benefits to the holdings generated by the investment requiring support.
Amendment 909 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) investments for the restoration of agricultural land and production potential damaged by natural disasters, adverse ambient conditions and catastrophic events.
Amendment 952 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) pension entitlements for farmers who permanently transfer their holding to a young farmer.
Amendment 1000 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 5 a (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 5 a (new)
Support under paragraph 1(ca) shall be granted to farmers who have practised farming for at least 10 years, are not less than 65 years old and commit to permanently transfer their entire holding with the corresponding payment entitlements to a young farmer and to stop all commercial farming activity definitively.
Amendment 1139 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 2
Article 23 – paragraph 2
2. Both agricultural and non-agricultural land shall be eligible; however, with regard to agricultural land, provision shall be made for set-aside for a maximum period of one year between two successive plantings on the same land. Species planted shall be adapted to the environmental and climatic conditions of the area and answer to minimum environmental requirements. No support shall be granted for the planting of short rotation coppice, Christmas trees or fast growing trees for energy production. In areas where afforestation is made difficult by severe pedo-climatic conditions support may be provided for planting other perennial woody species such as shrubs or bushes suitable to the local conditions.
Amendment 1164 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – title
Article 25 – title
Prevention and restoration of damage to forests from forest fires and natural disasters and catastrophic eventof forest fire risks
Amendment 1184 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) restoring forest potential damaged or destroyed from fires and other natural disasters including pests, diseases as well as catastrophic events and climate change related events.
Amendment 1207 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 4
Article 25 – paragraph 4
Amendment 1208 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – title
Article 26 – title
Amendment 1219 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2
Article 26 – paragraph 2
2. Investments shall be aimed atin particular at: (a) restoring forest potential damaged by fires and other natural disasters, including those caused by pests, diseases and climate change, and catastrophic events; (b) the achievement of commitments undertaken for environmental aims or providing ecosystem services and/or which enhance the public amenity value of forest and wooded land in the area concerned or improve the climate change mitigation potential of ecosystems, without excluding economic benefits in the long term.
Amendment 1223 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 26 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Support under paragraph 2(a) shall be subject to the formal recognition by the competent public authorities of Member States that a natural disaster has occurred and that this disaster, or measures adopted in accordance with Directive 2000/29/EC to eradicate or contain a plant disease or pest, has caused the destruction of at least 30% of the relevant forest potential. This percentage shall be determined on the basis of either the average existing forest potential in the three-year period immediately preceding the disaster or of the average of the five- year period immediately preceding the disaster, excluding the highest and the lowest entry.
Amendment 1269 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 28 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Support shall be granted to producer groups which are officially recognised, under Article 106 of the Single CMO Regulation, by the Member States' competent authority on the basis of a business plan. It shall be limited to producer groups coming under the definition of SMEs.
Amendment 1279 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 28 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Member States shall verify that the objectives of the business plan have been reached within fiveten years after recognition of the producer group.
Amendment 1375 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 3
Article 31 – paragraph 3
3. Support to farmers, linked to Directives 92/43/EEC and 2009/147/EC, shall only be granted in relation to all disadvantages resulting from requirements that go beyond the good agricultural and environmental condition provided for in Article 94 and Annex II of Council Regulation (EU) No HR/2012the implementation of those Directives.
Amendment 1381 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 31 – paragraph 4 – point b
Amendment 1395 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 a (new)
Article 31 a (new)
Article 31a Permanent crops Without prejudice to ordinary requirements relating to investment and renovation of facilities, farmers shall ensure that they maintain permanent crops.
Amendment 1456 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 33 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Areas other than those referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 shall be eligible for payments under Article 32 if they are affected by specific constraints and where land management should be continued in order to conserve or improve the environment, maintain the countryside or wetlands, conserve water resources, and preserve the tourist potential of the area or in order to protect the coastline.
Amendment 1509 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 36 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) horizontal and vertical co-operation among supply chain actors for the establishment of logistic platforms to promote short supply chains and local markets, especially for quality products as referred to in Articles 17 (1)a and 17(1)b;
Amendment 1512 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 36 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) promotion activities in a local context relating to the development of short supply chains and local markets, especially for quality products as referred to in Articles 17(1)a and 17(1)b;
Amendment 1554 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) financial contributions, paid directly to farmers, and producers of forestry products to premiums for crop, animal and pl, plant and forest stantd insurance against economic losses caused by adverse climatic events, fires and animal or plant diseases or pest infestation or costs of reforestation;
Amendment 1573 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) an income stabilisation tool, in the form of contributions for the payment of insurance premiums and/or of financial contributions to mutual funds, providing compensation to farmers who experience a severe drop in their income.
Amendment 1578 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) an income stabilisation tool, in the form of financial contributions to mutual funds or insurance premiums, providing compensation to farmers who experience a severe drop in their income.
Amendment 1579 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) an income stabilisation tool, in the form of financial contributions to mutual funds, providing compensation to farmers who experience a severe drop in their income or of financial contributions paid directly to farmers for the payment of insurance premiums to cover the risk of a severe drop in income.
Amendment 1618 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 39 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) the amounts paid by the mutual fund as financial compensation to farmers. In addition, the financial contribution may relate to capital or interest on commercial loans taken out by the mutual fund for the purpose of paying the financial compensation to farmers in case of crisis.
Amendment 1634 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 1
Article 40 – paragraph 1
1. Support under Article 37(1)(c) may only be granted where the drop of income exceeds 30% of the average annual income of the individual farmer in the preceding three-year period or a three-year average based on the preceding five-year period excluding the highest and lowest entry. Income for the purposes of Article 37(1)(c) shall refer to the sum of revenues the farmer receives from the market, including for any form of production relating to activities connected with agriculture and any form of public support, deducting input costs. Payments to farmers by the mutual fund to farmersor under insurance claims or arising from the insurance contract taken out by the fund shall compensate for not more than 70 % of the income lost.
Amendment 1635 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 1
Article 40 – paragraph 1
1. Support under Article 37(1)(c) may only be granted where the drop of income exceeds 30% of the average annual income of the individual farmer in the preceding three-year period or a three-year average based on the preceding five-year period excluding the highest and lowest entry. Income for the purposes of Article 37(1)(c) shall refer to the sum of revenues the farmer receives from the market, including for any form of production relating to activities connected with agriculture and any form of public support, deducting input costs. Payments to farmers by the mutual fund to farmeror under insurance claims shall compensate for not more than 70% of the income lost.
Amendment 1645 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 3
Article 40 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall define the rules for the constitution and management of the mutual funds and of the insurance contracts, in particular for the granting of compensation payments to farmers in the event of crisis and for the administration and monitoring of compliance with these rules.
Amendment 1651 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 40 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
The financial contributions referred to in Article 37(1)(c) may only relate to the amounts paid by the mutual fund to farmers as financial compensation tor as a share of the cost of insurance policies that may be taken out by farmers. In addition, the financial contribution may relate to interest on commercial loans taken out by the mutual fund for the purpose of paying the financial compensation to farmers in case of crisis. or to the insurance premiums for the policies taken out by the mutual fund. As an alternative to those amounts, the financial contributions may be used as capital stock for mutual funds, up to a maximum level of 65% of the contributions paid by the farmers.
Amendment 1652 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 40 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
The financial contributions referred to in Article 37(1)(c) shall only be granted for insurance policies covering the losses of income referred to in paragraph 1 or, alternatively, may only relate to the amounts paid by the mutual fund as financial compensation to farmers. In addition, the financial contribution may relate to interest on commercial loans taken out by the mutual fund for the purpose of paying the financial compensation to farmers in case of crisis.
Amendment 1660 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 40 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
No contribution by public funds shall be made to initial capital stock of the mutual fund.
Amendment 1687 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 1
Article 46 – paragraph 1
Amendment 1697 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 46 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) Member States shall guarantee priority access to investment incentives and a 20% higher contribution to financing to farms which, through farmland consolidation, become larger-scale production units.
Amendment 1714 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 3
Article 46 – paragraph 3
3. In the case of irrigation, onlynew investments that lead to a reduction of previous water use by at least 25%, including the modernisation of existing systems for the improvement of water use efficiency, shall be considered as eligible expenditure. By way of derogation, in the Member States tshat adhered to the Union from 2004 onwards investments in new irrigation installations can be considered eligible expenditure in cases wherell establish minimum requirements for water use efficiency and environmental analysis provides evidence that the investment concerned is sustainable and has no negative environmental impacperformance of irrigation equipment.
Amendment 1721 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 4
Article 46 – paragraph 4
4. In the case of agricultural investments, the purchase of agricultural production rights, payment entitlements, animals, annual plants and their planting shall not be eligible for investment support. However, in case of restoration of agricultural production potential damaged by natural disasters and adverse climatic events in accordance with Article 19(1)(b), expenditure for the purchase of animals may be eligible expenditure.
Amendment 1952 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 65 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) 80% for the measures referred to in Articles 15, 28 and 36, for the LEADER local development referred to in Article 28 of Regulation (EU) No [CSF/2012] and for operations under Article 20(1)(a)(i) and for operations receiving assistance through thematic sub-programmes. It may be increased to 90% for the programmes of less developed regions, the outermost regions and the smaller Aegean islands within the meaning of Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93;
Amendment 2003 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
Article 68 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(fa) non-recoverable VAT, when it is genuinely and definitively borne by the ultimate beneficiaries.
Amendment 2004 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 3
Article 68 – paragraph 3
3. ContribWork carried outi ons in kind in the form of provision of works, goods, services, land and real estate for which no cash payment supported by invoices or documents of a ‘time and materials’ basis as part of rural development measures by the ultimate beneficiaries using the manpower, materials and equivalpment probative value has been made, may be eligible for support provided that the conditions of Article 59 of Regulation (EU) No [CSF/2012] are fulfillwhich a firm has to hand shall be eligible for an EAFRD contribution; in such cases, the amount of expenditure eligible for a EAFRD contribution shall be calculated on the basis of a price list for the various works performed.
Amendment 2105 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
ANNEX III – Thematic sub-programme 1– point 1 a (new)
ANNEX III – Thematic sub-programme 1– point 1 a (new)
- Participation in quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (articles 17(1)a and 17(1)b)
Amendment 2121 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
ANNEX III – Thematic sub-programme 4 a (new)
ANNEX III – Thematic sub-programme 4 a (new)
Agricultural products quality schemes (art. 17(1)a and 17(1)b) Business start-up aid for farmers committing to quality schemes Investments in physical assets Knowledge transfer and information actions Advisory services, farm management and farm relief services Co-operation Investments in non-agricultural activities Setting-up of producers groups Leader
Amendment 530 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 94 a (new)
Recital 94 a (new)
(94a) However, the implementation of international agreements should not depart from the principle of reciprocity, particularly with regard to tariffs, plant health and the environment, and it should be carried out so as to ensure strict compliance with the mechanisms for entry prices, specific additional duties and compensatory levies.
Amendment 623 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(fa) as regards the olive oil sector: (i) EUR 2540/tonne for extra virgin olive oil; (ii) EUR 2330/tonne for virgin olive oil; (iii) EUR 1524/tonne for lampante olive oil having two degrees of free acidity; this amount shall be reduced by EUR 36.70/tonne for each additional degree of acidity.
Amendment 643 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 a (new)
Article 7 a (new)
Article 7 a Prices, production costs and margins reporting systems The Commission shall, by means of implementing acts, set up an information system on prices, production costs and margins in the commodities market, including a system for the publication of price levels, production cost and margin indicators for the commodities market. The system shall be based on information submitted by operators involved in the commodities trade. This information shall be treated with confidentiality. The Commission shall ensure that the information published does not permit the identification of individual operators.
Amendment 834 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 4
Article 17 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission may, by means of implementing acts, restrict the granting of private storage aid or fix the private storage aid per Member State or region of a Member State on the basis of recorded average market prices. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 162(2). As regards the olive oil sector, the activation price for private storage for each category of olive oil shall reflect the real market situation, in particular taking into account the production costs. A periodic review should also be put in place. The aid provided must cover all storage costs as well as the financial implications of production being left in storage. The Commission shall automatically activate the private storage when all the conditions are fulfilled.
Amendment 889 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 f (new)
Article 20 f (new)
Article 20f Target group Aid programmes aimed at improving access to food and improving children’s eating habits are intended for children who regularly attend primary or secondary-level educational establishments and nurseries, pre-school or other establishments offering extracurricular activities which are managed or approved by Member States’ competent authorities. Products shall be supplied exclusively by local farms or their associates (at the most, in the area of the region in question) and shall be supported by measures to inform and promote products and local areas, to be taken by the authorities responsible.
Amendment 955 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 j (new)
Article 26 j (new)
Article 26 j The European Commission is urged to design, within one year after the entry into force of this Regulation, a similar program to the ones promoting consumption of dairy and fruit and vegetable products in schools. Member States will be able to decide voluntarily to join this program, and thus benefit from EU financing of the same order that the above-mentioned existing programs.
Amendment 967 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) the dissemination of information on measures carried out by operators’ organisations and on traceability and certification systems to improve the quality of olive oil and table olives;
Amendment 970 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) the commercial promotion of products;
Amendment 973 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point c b (new)
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point c b (new)
(cb) the modernisation and restructuring of production systems;
Amendment 985 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 a (new)
Article 27 a (new)
Article 27 a National programmes to support olive oil and table olives 1. The European Union will finance national programmes in the field of olive oil and table olives with the following objectives: a) improve the competitiveness of the sector through the modernization of the productive potential; b) increase consumption of olive oil and olives in and outside the European Union. c) improve the quality of the production systems of olive oil and table olives;
Amendment 1104 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 1124 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 a (new)
Article 43 a (new)
Article 43a A support system similar to existing one for the wine sector should be implemented for the olive sector, on the basis of national programmes financed through the single CMO. This urges the Commission to design, within one year after the entry into force of this Regulation, the scheme that would frame the National Support Programme in the olive sector, measures that could be included and need for co-financing.
Amendment 1240 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 58 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Fruit and vegetables that are intended to be sold to consumers as fresh products may be marketed only if they are of sound, fair and marketable quality and if the country of origin is indicated.
Amendment 1274 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 59 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) the interest of consumers to receive adequate and transparent product information, including the place of farming to be determined on a case by case approach at the appropriate geographical levelby providing for the indication of the place of production;
Amendment 1650 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 1 – point c – point vii b (new)
Article 106 – paragraph 1 – point c – point vii b (new)
(viib) implementing policies designed to strengthen producer organisations and associations of producer organisations from an organisational, commercial and financial point of view.
Amendment 175 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 a (new)
Recital 18 a (new)
(18a) In order to evaluate the new CAP, a review of the reforms and their impact on the environment and agricultural production should be carried out by the Commission by the end of 2017.
Amendment 179 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) Due to the successive integration of various sectors into the single payment scheme and the ensuing period of adjustment granted to farmers, it has become increasingly difficult to justify the presence of significant individual differences in the level of support per hectare resulting from use of historical references. Therefore direct income support should be more equitably distributed between Member States, by reducing the link to historical references and having regard to the overall context of the Union budget. To ensure a more equal distribution of direct support, while taking account of the differences that still exist in wage levels and input costs, the levels of direct support per hectare should be progressively adjusted. Member States with direct payments below the level of 90 % of the average should close one third of the gap between their current level and this level. This convergence should be financed proportionally by all Member States with direct payments above the UnThe redistribution of direct payments should comply with the basic principles of Europa 2020, while highlighting the need to use Union resources for economic growth. To that end, direct payments should be redistributed on the basis of appropriate, objective and non-discriminatory criteria such as the value of agricultural production, averagedded value, labour and purchasing power. In addition, all payment entitlements activated in 201922 in a Member State or in a region should haveapproximate to or reach a uniform unit value following a convergence towards this value that should take place during the transition period in linear steps. However, in order to avoid disruptive financial consequences for farmeproductive sectors, Member States having used the single payment scheme, and in particular the historical model, should be allowed to partially take historical factors into account when calculating the value of payment entitlements in the first year of application of the new scheme. The debate on the next Multiannual Financial Framework for the period starting in 2021 should also focus on the objective of complete convergence through the equal distributionmay retain an element of differentiation in relation to direct support in order to take account of differecnt support across the European Union during that periodtypes of land use.
Amendment 232 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
Amendment 270 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) In order to promote the sustainable development of agriculture in areas with specific natural constraints and abandoned areas, Member States should be able to use part of their national ceilings for direct payments to grant an annual area-based paymentpayment based on new criteria such as gross marketable output, added value or the number of workers employed, on top of the basic payment, to all farmers operating in such areas. That payment should not replace the support given under rural development programs and should not be granted to farmers in areas which were designated in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 of 20 September 2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) but have not been designated in accordance with Article 46(1) of Regulation (EU) No […] of the European Parliament and of the Council of …. on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) [RDR].
Amendment 274 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) The creation and development of new economic activityIn order to address the challenge of inter-generational renewal in the agriculturale sector by young farmers is financially challenging and constitutes an element that should be considered in the allocation and targeting of direct payments. This development is essential for the competitiveness of the agricultural sector in the Union and, for that reason, where only 7% of the population is aged under 35 years of age, an income support to young farmers commencing their agricultural activities should be established in order to facilitate the initial establishment of young farmers and the structural adjustment of their holdings after the initial setting up. Member States should be able to use part of their national ceilings for direct payments to grant an annual area-based payment, on top of the basic payment, to young farmers. That payment should only be granted during a period of maximum five years, since it should only cover the initial period of the life of the business and should not become an operating aid.
Amendment 329 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
(ii) a scheme that is compulsory for Member States and voluntary for farmers and involves a payment for farmers observing agricultural practisces beneficial for the climate and the environment;
Amendment 414 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) "“permanent grassland" and permanent pastures” means land used to grow grassfor forage herbaceous plants, shrubs and/or trees or any other herbaceous foragespecies suitable for grazing, naturally (self-seeded) or through cultivation (sown), and that hais not been included in the crop rotation of the holding for five years or longer; it may include other species suitable for grazing provided that the grasses and other herbaceous forage remain predominant;
Amendment 536 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. The adjustment rate determined in accordance with Article 25 of Regulation (EU) No […] [HZR] shall only apply to all direct payments in excess of EUR 5 000 to be granted to farmers in the corresponding calendar year.
Amendment 647 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. Paragraph 1 shall not apply to farmers who received less than EUR 51 000 of direct payments for the previous year.
Amendment 661 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States shall establish appropriate objective and non- discriminatory criteria to ensure that no direct payments are granted to a natural or legal person: (a) whose agricultural activities form only an insignificant part of its overall economic activities. Checks on whether or not agricultural activity is predominant shall be made by assessing the tax returns of the previous two years; and (b) whose principal business or company objects do not consist of exercising an agricultural activity. Entities such as transport companies, airports, real estate companies, companies managing sport grounds, campsite operators and mining companies may not, a priori, be regarded as active farmers or be the beneficiaries of any direct payments whatsoever unless they can prove that they are not covered by the criteria set out in the first subparagraph, points (a) and (b). After having duly notified the Commission, the Member States may decide to add other types of entity to those listed in the second subparagraph.
Amendment 688 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) where the total amount of direct payments claimed or due to be granted before the reductions and exclusions provided for in Article 65 of Regulation (EU) No […] [HZR] in a given calendar year is less than EUR 1500;
Amendment 692 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) where the eligible area of the holding for which direct payments are claimed or due to be granted before the reductions and exclusions provided for in Article 65 of Regulation (EU) No […] [HZR] is less than onetwo hectares.
Amendment 703 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11
Article 11
Amendment 793 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. All amounts deducted by way of implementation of this Article shall remain in the Member State or region where it was deducted, and may, at the discretion of the Member State or region, be used for the purpose of the national reserve or for rural development programming. Where a Member State or region chooses to allocate funds from capping to rural development programming, co-financing rules shall apply.
Amendment 829 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Before 1 August 2013, Member States may decide to make available as additional direct support under this Regulation up to 10 % of their annual national ceilings for rural development. As a result, the corresponding amount shall no longer be available for measures under rural development programming financed under the EAFRD as specified in Regulation (EU) No […] [RDR].
Amendment 870 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph -1 (new)
Article 15 – paragraph -1 (new)
- 1. In order to evaluate the new CAP, a review of the implementation of the reforms and their impact on the environment and agricultural production should be carried out by the Commission by the end of 2017.
Amendment 1308 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to have three different crops on their arable land where the arable land of the farmer covers more than 3 hectares and is not entirely used for grass production (sown or natural), entirely left fallow or entirely cultivwhere in excess of 70% of the land is not dedicated withto crops under waterthat can be submerged for a significant part of the yearir cultivation cycle;
Amendment 1420 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 29 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Farmers shall be entitled ipso facto to the payment referred to in this Chapter when they come within the following categories: – farmers complying with the requirements laid down in Article 29(1) of Regulation (EC) No° 834/2007 as regards organic farming shall be entitled ipso facto to the payment referred to in this Chapter, or – beneficiaries of agri-environment- climate payments established pursuant to Article 29 of Regulation (EU) No [...] [RDR], or – farmers with crops of particular environmental and landscape importance.
Amendment 1545 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Article 30 – paragraph 1
1. Where the arable land of the farmer covers more than 3 hectares and is not entirely used for grass production (sown or natural), entirely left fallow or entirely cultivin excess of 70% of the land is not dedicated withto crops under waterthat can be submerged for a significant part of the yearir cultivation cycle, cultivation on the arable land shall consist of at least three different crops. None of those three crops shall cover less than 5 % of the arable land and the main one shall not exceed 70 % of the arable land.
Amendment 1557 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 30 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The first paragraph shall not apply to farms: – where the arable land is mainly used for grass production or other forage, mainly left fallow, mainly cultivated with crops under water for a significant part of the growing cycle, or a combination of these, or – where the arable land of the farmer covers up to 50 hectares and more than 80% of the eligible agricultural area of the holding is covered by permanent grassland and historical pastures, or by permanent crops.
Amendment 1681 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 a (new)
Article 31 a (new)
Article 31a Permanent crops Without prejudice to routine investment and equipment replacement needs, farmers shall ensure that the permanent crops on their holdings are retained.
Amendment 1706 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1
Article 32 – paragraph 1
1. FWhere the eligible agricultural area covers more than 5 hectares, farmers shall ensure that at least 73 % of their eligible hectares as defined in Article 25(2), excluding areas under permanent grassland and historical pastures, crops under water and permanent crops, is ecological focus area such as land left fallow, terraces, landscape features, buffer stri such as hedges or stone walls, buffer strips, land planted with nitrogen-fixing crops and afforested areas as referred to in article 25(2)(b)(ii).
Amendment 1977 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Article 36 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
When applying the first subparagraph, Member States shall respect the following maximum limits in the number of activated payment entitlements that are to be taken into account:fix a limit which may be up to a minimum of 50 hectares, granting flexibility to Member States to increase it above this, to reach at least 2% of the national envelope.
Amendment 2023 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Coupled support may be granted to the following sectors and productions: cereals, oilseeds, protein crops, grain legumes, flax, hemp, rice, nuts, starch potato, milk and milk products, seeds, sheepmeat and goatmeat, beef and veal, olive oil, silk worms, dried fodder, hops, sugar beet, cane and chicory, fruit and vegetables and short rotation coppice. to be determined by each Member State among those listed in Annex I of the Treaty ;
Amendment 2065 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 2
Article 38 – paragraph 2
2. Coupled support may only be granted to sectors or to regions of a Member State where specific types of farming or specific agricultural sectors undergo certain difficulties and are particularly important for economic and/or social and/or environmental reasons. Member States shall pay particular attention to those sectors vulnerable due to the suppression of past EU coupled or specific payments.
Amendment 30 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
Recital 33
(33) In order to improve the quality and design of each programme, and verify that objectives and targets can be reached and are consistent in terms of programme aims and financial allocations, an ex ante evaluation of each programme should be carried out that draws on prior experiences.
Amendment 35 #
2011/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In compliance with the Communication on ‘A Budget for Europe 2020’, and given that the Commission should refrain from making concessions which might adversely affect European agriculture, the scope of the EGF should be broadened to facilitate the adaptation of farmers to a new market situation resulting from international trade agreements in the agricultural sector and leading to a change or a significant adjustment in the agricultural activities of the affected farmers so as to assist them to become structurally more competitive or to facilitate their transition to non-agricultural activities.
Amendment 64 #
2011/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 — paragraph 3
Article 4 — paragraph 3
3. As regards farmers, when, after a trade agreement is initialled (this being a measure to be taken in the last resort where asymmetric negotiations with non- member countries have proved impossible to bring about) and on the basis of the information, data and analyses available to it, the Commission considers that the conditions for support in accordance with Article 2(c) are likely to be met for a significant number of farmers, it shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 24 designating the eligible sectors or products, defining the affected geographical areas where appropriate, setting a maximum amount for potential support at Union level, setting reference periods and eligibility conditions for farmers and eligibility dates for expenditure as well as establishing the deadline by which applications must be submitted and, if necessary, the content of these applications in accordance with Article 8(2).
Amendment 24 #
2011/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point 2 – subpoint c a (new)
Article 2 – point 2 – subpoint c a (new)
(ca) which may have been the object of alcohol addition, colouring and/or sweetening under the conditions laid down in Annex I;
Amendment 27 #
2011/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point 3 – subpoint c a (new)
Article 2 – point 3 – subpoint c a (new)
(ca) which may have been the object of colouring and/or sweetening under the conditions laid down in Annex I;
Amendment 29 #
2011/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point 4 – subpoint d a (new)
Article 2 – point 4 – subpoint d a (new)
(da) which may have been the object of colouring and/or sweetening under the conditions laid down in Annex I;
Amendment 37 #
2011/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) indication of the area of production;
Amendment 17 #
2011/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
Amendment 22 #
2011/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) In order to ensure that the necessary rules for the proper functioning of the identification, registration and traceability of bovine animals and beef are applied, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission in respect of requirements for alternative means of identification of bovine animals, special circumstances in which Member States may extend the maximum periods for the application of the means of identification, data to be exchanged between the computerised databases of the Member States, the maximum period for certain reporting obligations, the requirements for means of identification, the information to be included in the passports and in the individual registers to be kept on each holding, the minimum level of official controls, the identification and registration of movements of bovine animals when put out to summer grazing in different mountain areas, rules for labelling certain products which should be equivalent to the rules laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000, the definitions of minced beef, beef trimmings or cut beef, the specific indications that may be put on labels, the labelling provisions related to the simplification of the indication of origin, the maximum size and composition of certain groups of animals, the approval procedures related to labelling conditions on packaging of cut meat It is of particular limportance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level. The Commission, when preparing and drawing-up such delegated acts, should ensure a simultaneous, timely and appropriate transmission of relevant documents to the European Parliament and to the Council.
Amendment 52 #
2011/0229(COD)
Amendment 54 #
2011/0229(COD)
Amendment 56 #
2011/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 — paragraph 1 — point 15
Article 1 — paragraph 1 — point 15
Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000
Article 19 — letter c
Article 19 — letter c
Amendment 2 #
2011/0209(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The unprecedented global financial crisis and economic downturn have seriously damanged economic growth and financial stability and provoked a strong deterioration of financial and economic conditions of several Member States. In particular, certain Member States experience serious difficulties or are threatened with such difficulties, notably with problems in their economic growth and financial stability and with a deterioration in their deficit and debt position and increasing problems for governments in raising loans on the markets, also due to the international economic and financial environment.
Amendment 3 #
2011/0209(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The unprecedented global financial crisis and economic downturn have seriously damanged economic growth and financial stability and provoked a strong deterioration of financial and economic conditions of several Member States. In particular, certain Member States experience serious difficulties or are threatened with such difficulties, notably with problems in their economic growth and financial stability and with a deterioration in their deficit and debt position, as well as with the undeniably painful task of reducing the debt itself, also due to the international economic and financial environment.
Amendment 10 #
2011/0092(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Therefore, provision should be made for energy taxation to consist of two components, CO2-related taxation and general energy consumption taxation. In order for energy taxation to adapt to the operation of the Union scheme under Directive 2003/87/EC Member States should be required to explicitly distinguish between those two components. This would also allow distinct treatment of fuels that are biomass or made from biomass in view of the advantages they offer as a source of renewable energy that is cheap and almost greenhouse-gas neutral.
Amendment 174 #
2010/2112(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Stresses the need for fairness in the CAP, which should ensure a balanced distribution of support to farmers from all Member States, greater territorial cohesion, and the phasing-out of export subsidies, in full parallelism with the phasing out of all forms of export subsidies by the EU's trading partners and the imposition of disciplines on all export measures with equivalent effect;
Amendment 17 #
2010/2110(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas the 4th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the WHO's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control will be held in November 2010; whereas a public consultation has been launched on the possible revision of the Tobacco Products Directive (Directive 2001/37/EC1); whereas several WTO Members have raised the issue of the conformity with the TBT Agreement of the Canadian Bill C-32, which essentially leads to the ban of all traditional blended tobacco products, except the ones using solely Virginia tobacco, the single variety produced in Canada and used in the manufacturing of Canadian tobacco products,
Amendment 124 #
2010/2110(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Stresses that, while tobacco products must be governed by a strict regulatory framework, the regulation of ingredients in tobacco products at the EU and at the international level must follow a proportionate, risk-based approach on the basis of scientific evidence; warns against any non-science based ban on all ingredients, leading essentially to the ban of European traditional blended tobacco products, which would have severe socioeconomic repercussions for EU tobacco growers (of oriental and burley varieties), without a benefit for public health;
Amendment 1 #
2010/2106(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Advocates the creation of a genuine forest policy designed to improve the management and conservation of forests, taking into account the fundamental role that they play in combating climate change, which is having an increasing impact in natural disasters; considers that such a policy should be directed towards both forest protection and the sustainable use of timber resources;
Amendment 10 #
2010/2106(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Points out that forests represent the main carbon sink and therefore play a crucial role in the fight against climate change; therefore considers it vitally important for the European Union to launch a common strategy to combat factors that cause forest deterioration, such as fires and air pollution;
Amendment 18 #
2010/2106(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that agriculture is vulnerable to climate change, the manifestations of which have been increasing in number, frequency and intensity, deforestation having been taking place in numerous regions of Europe; forests also play an important role in terms of watercourse regulation, water quality standards and the protection of vital springs, contributing indirectly to prevent forest fires as well as drought, desertification and soil erosion, all of which are of relevance to agriculture; ,
Amendment 38 #
2010/2106(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that agriculture and forestry can be made to function as an integrated whole; while the aspects relating to production are essential, they are not inconsistent with the protection of forests or the other benefits deriving from them; it is necessary to strike the correct balance between the two and ensure interaction between them, for example through the more efficient allocation of available funding; European forestry policy, particularly under the second pillar of the CAP, must be continued with an adequate level of funding under the post-2013 CAPpoints out that forestry protection goes beyond the CAP, serving multiple policy objectives, and that therefore EU funding, currently insufficient under the second pillar of the CAP, should also be sought through other instruments;
Amendment 44 #
2010/2106(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Stresses the need for an adequate EU financial framework in order to strengthen actions towards preventing and combating forest fires; calls for enhanced flexibility and effectiveness in the mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund;
Amendment 50 #
2010/2106(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Highlights, likewise, the crucial role played by farmers in preventing fires; therefore considers it necessary to ensure that farming remains a viable activity in order to curb the cessation of production and depopulation of rural areas, given that this would considerably aggravate the situation with regard to fires;
Amendment 80 #
2010/2106(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 109 #
2010/2106(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14 c (new)
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14c. Draws attention to the added difficulties faced by islands and the outermost regions in tackling fires; asks for special treatment to be provided for those regions through the various financial instruments available, including the Solidarity Fund;
Amendment 2 #
2010/2100(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission communication on an EU policy framework to assist developing countries in addressing food security challenges; considers, however, that the world food crisis represents not only a humanitarian disaster on an unprecedented scale but also a major threat to peace and security worldwide, and that, even though credit should be given to the Commission's commitment to seeking out solutions that could lift a billion people out of extreme poverty, the Member States must, as a matter of urgency, raise their awareness at once with a view to making new investments in agriculture and rural development, guaranteeabove all in view of the new CAP text, introducing dedicated mechanisms for building sufficient levels ofly large world stocks of basic foodstuffs, removing their own barriers to trade, and reducing the debt of the countries most affected;
Amendment 17 #
2010/2100(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that agricultural development must be grounded in the right to nourishment and the right to produce food; stresses that the simple fact that food is available does not guarantee equal access to it, and that food security therefore cannot be ensured solely by stepping up production; insists that the EU must recognise and defend the developing countries' right to food sovereignty;
Amendment 29 #
2010/2100(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Takes the view that, in the light of FAO population projections indicating that, by 2025, more than half of the developing world’s population (some 3.5 million people) will be living in urban areas, a policy of support for urban horticulture could offer a pathway out of poverty, given the low start-up costs, short production cycles and high yields per unit of time, land and water, and could make the new cities greener;
Amendment 32 #
2010/2100(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Considers, furthermore, that in order to foster a form of subsistence farming that can provide sustainable livelihoods and development, aid should focus primarily on setting up new farming systems with facilities for generating energy from renewable sources such as wind and sun, so as to guarantee the autonomy and self-sufficiency of those systems, even in areas where there is as yet no electricity supply or where energy supply costs would prohibit or hamper the use of advanced technological systems;
Amendment 40 #
2010/2100(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Points out that, in developing countries, there are major disparities in terms of food security between urban and rural areas, with the latter accounting for the vast bulk of food production yet still suffering from the greatest nutritional problems;
Amendment 60 #
2010/2100(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers it essential to establish more sustainable and less energy-hungry forms of production at world level by channelling aid to developing countries into measures to create new farming capacity that has its own facilities for generating energy from renewable sources and is therefore energy self- sufficient;
Amendment 71 #
2010/2100(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Believes it is not desirable to over- emphasise non-food uses of agricultural products (e.g. biofuels), to avoid a situation of competition between food supplies and the current fashion for renewable energy production, which should be based exclusively on the use of crop residues (post-harvest waste, processing industry waste, animal manure), and under no circumstances on the use of primary agricultural products;
Amendment 83 #
2010/2100(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Points out that the development of the farming sector requires long-term investment throughout the entire value chain, from producer to consumer, which means providing the necessary infrastructure, such as roads, market linkages and information on the markets themselves and on the scope for product diversification;
Amendment 94 #
2010/2100(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Insists on the need to reinforce research on a basis of public funding and to transmit know-how in the field of sustainable agriculture, which, among other things, must be characterised by energy self- sufficiency achieved by building facilities for generating energy from renewable sources such as wind and sun, for use in all agricultural production systems.
Amendment 14 #
2010/2004(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that youth is tremendously important both now and for the future of the EU, and that it should be given particular attention in the course of defining our mid-and long-term priorities; points out that youth, in all its related aspects, represents a key resource for EU and should be seen as a cross-policon which the EU should focus and which should be seen as a cross-sectoral and multidisciplinary theme;
Amendment 17 #
2010/2004(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses that youth policyies must be defined broadly, encompassing the ability of individuals to cha and take the following concerns into account: a) mobility, in the form of freedom of movement for young people throughout the European Union and the possibility of varyinge positions and status several times throughout their lives, switching without restriction amongbetween different settings such as apprenticeships, and academic or professional environand working environments; b) formal, non-formal and peer learning, including via agreed methodologies for the assessments and vocational trainingalidation of these tools; c) the development of new professional skills, and particularly those linked to research and technological innovation;
Amendment 20 #
2010/2004(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11a new
Paragraph 11a new
11a. Believes that instruments promoting the study of languages and intercultural dialogue must be introduced and form the centrepiece of public sector youth measures; these could generate an increase in awareness of European issues among the public, aimed at the acquisition of an increasingly rooted European identity;
Amendment 33 #
2010/2004(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Underlines that mobility, as a freedom enshrined in the treaties and an essential condition for the functioning of a genuine internal market within the EU, must be regarded as aone of the prerequisites for all support actions in favour of youth; considers innovation and research to be empty shells if mobility is not fully granted, and is determined to shape the EU budget as a lever for increasedstresses, therefore, the importance of structuring the EU budget to reflect, inter alia, the increase in youth mobility;
Amendment 35 #
2010/2004(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Is of the opinion that support for entrepreneurship and SMEs is a cornerstone of EU policy on youth and innovation; recalls that it has put forward; moreover, despite recalling the relevance of the several pilot projects and preparatory actions in recent yearsconducted with the aim of supporting young entrepreneurs, promotingbelieves that suitable budgetary resources must be channelled towards further projects in support of youth enterprise start-ups and entrepreneurial creativity, developing in particular the culture of entrepreneurship, not least in view of the change in the global economic environment, encourages interconnections between SMEs and, calls for enhancinged worker mobility, and underlines that it will closely monitor the legislative proposals to be presented following the completion of these projects and actions;
Amendment 79 #
2010/2004(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a new
Paragraph 32 a new
32a. Emphasises that the continuing process of ageing in agriculture dictates that efforts be made towards generational turnover, with a view to keeping agriculture competitive and able to meet the new environmental challenges post-Copenhagen;
Amendment 89 #
2010/2004(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a new
Paragraph 35 a new
35a. Believes it essential, as part of furthering an Area of Freedom, Security and Justice, to strengthen the policy on immigration and support for the integration of immigrants. To that end, considers that action to harmonise the immigration policies of individual Member States must be viewed as a political priority for EU action, with a view to firmly balancing security demands and the defence of fundamental human rights;
Amendment 98 #
2010/2002(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Takes note, in this respect, of the Commission's communication on an Action Plan to implement the Stockholm Programme, and welcomes, in the field of immigration and support for the integration of immigrants, the proposed increase in CA for the External Borders Fund (254 million, +22 %) and the European Return Fund (114 million, + 29 %); this requires the Commission to reinforce all programmes aimed at dealing with migration issues in the countries of origin;
Amendment 126 #
2010/2002(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50 a new
Paragraph 50 a new
50a. Stresses the need to increase the Community budget for funding measures designed to address migration phenomena, with a view to improving the management of legal migration, slowing down illegal migration and optimising the impact of migration on development;
Amendment 16 #
2010/0364(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No 834/2007
Article 9 – paragraph 4
Article 9 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall, by means of delegated acts pursuant to Article 38a(1), decide on measures implementing the prohibition on the use of GMOs and products produced from or by GMOsFor the purpose of the prohibition referred to in paragraph 1, the vendor declaration confirming that the products supplied have not been produced from or by GMOs shall be drawn up using the model established by the Commission, by means of delegated acts pursuant to Article 38a(1).
Amendment 19 #
2010/0364(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 27
Article 1 – point 27
Regulation (EC) No 834/2007
Article 38a – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 38a – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. In order to better take account of the expectations of consumers regarding the quality of organic products and to ensure the adequate application of rules by the authorities, bodies and operators concerned and the proper functioning of the single market and trade, the Commission shall, by means of delegated acts, adopt specific rules, measures and conditions necessary for the application of this Regulation, including the specific definitions related to its scope, subject to the objectives and principles laid down in Title II, for the following:
Amendment 127 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1 a (new)
Article 1 – point 1 a (new)
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 113d a (new)
Article 113d a (new)
Amendment 140 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 123 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 123 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) are made up of representatives of economic activities linked to the production of, trade in, or processing ofand the processing of and the trade in products of the milk and milk products sector. Member States shall take the measures necessary to involve all interested economic groups, from dairy farmers, processors to traders;
Amendment 155 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 123 – paragraph 4 – point c – subpoint iii
Article 123 – paragraph 4 – point c – subpoint iii
(iii) drawing up standard forms of contract compatible with Union rules; for the sale of raw milk to dairies and the supply of processed products to distributors and retailers in an integrated approach, taking into account the need to achieve fair competitive conditions and to avoid market distortions, in the interests of all members of the industry, Member States agreeing on the modalities of use of standard contracts in transaction within the sector;
Amendment 160 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 123 – paragraph 4 – point c – subpoint vi
Article 123 – paragraph 4 – point c – subpoint vi
(vi) developing methods and instruments for improving product quality at all stages of production and marketing;, with particular reference to products of protected denomination of origin, and also through the adoption of tools to manage supply and economic participation by the producers in programmes which aim to improve quality in accordance with market demands.
Amendment 181 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 – point 4
Article 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 126 a – paragraph 1
Article 126 a – paragraph 1
1. Contracts for the delivery of raw milk by a farmer to a processor of raw milk, or to a collector within the meaning of the second subparagraph of Article 185f(1), may be negotiated by a producer organisation in the milk and milk products sector which is recognised under Article 122, on behalf of its farmer members for part or all of their joint production, provided that the proportion in question is not less than 75%..
Amendment 183 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 – point 4
Article 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 126 a – paragraph 2 – point (a)
Article 126 a – paragraph 2 – point (a)
(a) whether or noprovided that there is a transfer of ownership of the raw milk by the farmers to the producer organisation,
Amendment 250 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 – point 9
Article 1 – point 9
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 185 f – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 185 f – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. If a Member State decides that eEvery delivery of raw milk by a farmer to a processor of raw milk must be covered by a written contract between the parties, such contract shall fulfil the conditions laid down in paragraph 2.
Amendment 256 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 – point 9
Article 1 – point 9
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 185 f – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 185 f – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
In the case described in the first subparagraph, the Member State concerned shall also decide that if the delivery of raw milk is made through one or more collectors, each stage of the delivery must be covered by such a contract between the parties. To this end, a “"collector”" means an undertaking which transports raw milk from a farmer or another collector to a processor of raw milk or another collector, where the ownership of the raw milk is transferred in each case.
Amendment 270 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 – point 9
Article 1 – point 9
Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007
Article 185 f – paragraph 2 – point c – subpoint i – indent 2
Article 185 f – paragraph 2 – point c – subpoint i – indent 2
– vary only on factors which are set out in the contract, in particular the production cost trend and the development of the market situation based on market indicators, the volume delivered and the quality or composition of the raw milk delivered,
Amendment 17 #
2010/0354(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 - point 2
Article 1 - point 2
Regulation (EC) No. 1234/2007
Article 112 b - paragraph 3
Article 112 b - paragraph 3
Amendment 20 #
2010/0354(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 - point 2
Article 1 - point 2
Regulation (EC) No. 1234/2007
Article 112 c
Article 112 c
In order to address changes in the market situation, taking into account the specificity of each sector, the Commission may, by means of delegated acts, adopt, modify and derogate from requirements related to the general marketing standard referred to in Article 112b(1), and rules concerning the conformity referred to in paragraph 3 of that Article , only for a limited period and in exceptional cases, or in response to market crises.
Amendment 23 #
2010/0354(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 - point 2
Article 1 - point 2
Regulation (EC) No. 1234/2007
Article 112 e - paragraph 1
Article 112 e - paragraph 1
1. In order to take account of the expectations of consumers and to contribute to the improvement of the economic conditions for the production and marketing of agricultural products as well as to their quality, the Commission may, by means of delegated acts, adopt marketing standards by sector or product referred to in Article 112a, at all stages of the marketing, as well as derogations and exemptions from the application of such standards in order to adapt to the constantly changing market conditions, to the evolving consumer demands, as well as in order to take account of developments in relevant international standards and avoid creating obstacles to product innovation, only for a limited period and in exceptional cases, or in response to market crises.
Amendment 63 #
2010/0354(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 - point 2
Article 1 - point 2
Regulation (EC) No. 1234/2007
Article 112 e - paragraph 3 - point c
Article 112 e - paragraph 3 - point c
(c) the interest of consumers to receive adequate and transparent product information, includingwhich specifies the place of farming to be determined on a case by case approach at the appropriate geographical level;
Amendment 68 #
2010/0354(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 - point 2
Article 1 - point 2
Regulation (EC) No. 1234/2007
Article 112 e - paragraph 3 - point e a (new)
Article 112 e - paragraph 3 - point e a (new)
(ea) fair distribution of added value throughout the agri-food industry;
Amendment 72 #
2010/0354(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 - point 2
Article 1 - point 2
Regulation (EC) No. 1234/2007
Article 112 e - paragraph 3 - subparagraph 1a (new)
Article 112 e - paragraph 3 - subparagraph 1a (new)
The place of farming, as referred to in point (c) of the first subparagraph, means the place of cultivation or rearing, namely the country of provenance of the agricultural product, whether unprocessed or for use in preparing or producing a foodstuff.
Amendment 79 #
2010/0354(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 - point 2
Article 1 - point 2
Regulation (EC) No. 1234/2007
Article 112g
Article 112g
In order to take into account the specificity of each sector, the Commission may, by means of delegated acts, adopt a tolerance for each standard beyond which the entire batch of products will be considered as not respecting the standard may be adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure.
Amendment 85 #
2010/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – point 6 a (new)
Article 3 – point 6 a (new)
(6a) 'production step' means one of the following: production, processing or preparation and labelling;
Amendment 88 #
2010/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a – subpoint iii
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a – subpoint iii
(iii) the production, processing and preparation steps of which all take place in the same defined geographical area;
Amendment 104 #
2010/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 a (new)
Article 5 a (new)
Article 5a With a view to ensuring that consumers are properly informed, in respect of protected geographical indication products the place of provenance of the agricultural product shall be specified, at least in cases where the place of provenance is not the same as the place in which processing took place.
Amendment 119 #
2010/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. Designations of origin and geographical indications pertaining to products of third countries that are protected in the Union under an international agreement to which the Union is a contracting partyChapter IV of Title V of this Regulation may be entered in the register. Unless specifically identified in the said agreement as protected designations of origin under this Regulation, such names shall be entered in the register as protected geographical indications.
Amendment 128 #
2010/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3
Article 12 – paragraph 3
3. In the case of products originating in the Union, marketed under a protected designation of origin or a protected geographical indication registered in accordance with the procedures laid down in this Regulation, the indications ‘protected designation of origin’ or ‘protected geographical indication’ or the Union symbols associated with them shall appear on the labelling. In addition, the corresponding abbreviations "PDO" or "PGI" may appear on the labelling. The name or business name or registered trade mark of the producer or at least one of the persons subject to official controls shall also appear on the labelling.
Amendment 130 #
2010/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4
Article 12 – paragraph 4
4. In the case of products originating in third countries marketed under a name entered in the register in accordance with Chapter IV of Title V of this Regulation, the indications referred to in paragraph 3 or the Union symbols associated with them may appear on the labelling.
Amendment 134 #
2010/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) any direct or indirect commercial use of a registered name in respect of products not covered by the registration insofar as those products are comparable to the products registered under that name or insofar as using the name exploits the reputation of the protected name, including in cases where they are used as ingredients;
Amendment 135 #
2010/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) any misuse, imitation or evocation, even if the true origin of the product or service is indicated or if the protected name is translated or accompanied by an expression such as ‘style’, ‘type’, ‘method’, ‘as produced in’, ‘imitation’ or similar, in so far as those products or services are comparable to the products registered under that name or in so far as the misuse, imitation or evocation of the name exploits the reputation of the protected name, including when used as an ingredient;
Amendment 139 #
2010/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Article 13 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall take the appropriate administrative and judicial steps to prevent or stop the unlawful use of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications, as referred to in paragraph 1, in particularas a matter of regular procedure as well as at the request of a producer group as provided for in point (a) of Article 42.
Amendment 198 #
2010/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The costs of such verification of compliance with the specifications mayshall be borne by the operators subject to those controls. The Member States may also contribute to the costs.
Amendment 219 #
2010/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) take measures to enhance the value of products and, where necessary, take steps to prevent or counter any measures which tarnish, or are likely to tarnish the image of those products.
Amendment 230 #
2010/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 2
Article 43 – paragraph 2
2. Operators preparing and storing a traditional speciality, protected designation of origin or protected geographical indication or who places such traditional speciality guaranteed, protected designation of origin and protected geographical indication on the market for the first time shall also be subject to the system of controls as referred to in Chapter I of this Title.
Amendment 29 #
2010/0267(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 2 a (new)
Article 1 – point 2 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 73/2009
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
2a. In the second subparagraph of Article 6(1), the introductory phrase is replaced by the following: "The standards listed in the third column of Annex III shall be optional except where national rules addressing the standard are applied in a Member State".
Amendment 30 #
2010/0267(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 73/2009
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. In order to ensure that measures are taken to maintain the land under permanent pasture at the level of farmers, the Commission shall, by means of delegated acts, adopt provisions including individual obligations at the level of farmers to be respected where it is established that the share of land under permanent pasture is decreasing."
Amendment 32 #
2010/0267(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Article 1 – point 8
Regulation (EC) No 73/2009
Article 12 – paragraph 5
Article 12 – paragraph 5
Amendment 36 #
2010/0267(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 14
Article 1 – point 14
Regulation (EC) No 73/2009
Article 27 a – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 27 a – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) rules on any further measurwhich enable the Member States to be taken by the Member Stat any further measures for the proper application of this Chapter as well as arrangements for any mutual assistance needed between Member States.
Amendment 38 #
2010/0267(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 15 a (new)
Article 1 – point 15 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 73/2009
Article 29 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 29 – paragraph 3 a (new)
(15a) The following paragraph is added after Article 29(3): 3a. The Commission may, by means of implementing acts, adopt rules relating to the payment of advances.
Amendment 39 #
2010/0267(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 16
Article 1 – point 16
Regulation (EC) No 73/2009
Article 29 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 29 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 40 #
2010/0267(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 28
Article 1 – point 28
Regulation (EC) No 73/2009
Article 45 a – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 45 a – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) rules on the definition given in the national legislation for ‘inheritance’ and ‘anticipated inheritance';
Amendment 42 #
2010/0267(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 35 a (new)
Article 1 – point 35 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 73/2009
Article 64 – paragraph 2
Article 64 – paragraph 2
(35a) In Article 64, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: "However, where a farmer in a sector concerned does not hold any payment entitlement, he shall be allocated payment entitlements: (a) the number of which shall be equal to the number of hectares he declares in accordance with Article 35(1) in respect of the year of integration of the coupled support scheme into the single payment scheme, and in any case not higher than the number of hectares for which the coupled aid was received; (b) the value of which shall be established by dividing the amount resulting from the application of paragraph 1 by the number established in accordance with point (a) of this subparagraph."
Amendment 43 #
2010/0267(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 38 – point a a (new)
Article 1 – point 38 – point a a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 73/2009
Article 68 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 68 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Amendment 44 #
2010/0267(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 38 – point d
Article 1 – point 38 – point d
Regulation (EC) No 73/2009
Article 68 – paragraph 9 – point b
Article 68 – paragraph 9 – point b
(b) rules on the calculation of the destruction of the average annual production of a farmer in accordance with Article 70(2) for the support referred to in paragraph 1(d) of this Article, including rules on the obligation for farmers to inform the Member State of their insurance policy;
Amendment 48 #
2010/0267(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 76 a (new)
Article 1 – point 76 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 73/2009
Article 149 – point c
Article 149 – point c
76a. In Article 149, point (c) is replaced by the following: "(c) the standard on establishment of buffer strips along water courses, as provided for in Annex III, shall apply from 1 January 2010 at the earliest and by 1 January 2014 at the latest."
Amendment 13 #
2010/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 29 – point b a (new)
Article 1 – point 29 – point b a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005
Article 71 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
Article 71 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
(ba) The following paragraph is added after paragraph 3: ‘3a. Work done on a time and materials basis as part of rural development measures by the ultimate beneficiaries using manpower, materials and equipment which a firm has to hand shall be eligible for an EAFRD contribution; in such cases, the eligibility of expenditure shall be calculated on the basis of a price list for the various works performed.’
Amendment 8 #
2009/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the share of agricultural value added from the food supply chain has dropped from 31% in 1995 to 24% in 2005 in the EU-25, and whereas preliminary figures for the following years show a further decrease of the share returning to farmers, against a constant increase of profits by processors and retailers, retailers and economic operators outside the food supply chain,
Amendment 14 #
2009/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the food supply chain involves farmers, food processing industries, wholesalers, retailers, catering, restaurants, direct supply from subsistence and private production, but also economic operators from outside the food supply chain, such as communications and promotions companies, suppliers of transport and logistics, energy and utilities, packaging, technical resources, additives, technologies and suppliers of consultancy services; whereas this complexity and high diversity must be taken into account in order to improve the sustainability of the whole chain,
Amendment 36 #
2009/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission and Member states to urgently address the problem of unfair distribution of profits within the food chain, including the profits of operators from outside the food supply chain, especially with regard to fair incomes for farmers;
Amendment 68 #
2009/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to submit a legislative proposal for introducing mandatory annual reporting by the top 20 traders, processors, wholesalers and retailers on their market shares (with data on private labels) for key food items and on, retailers and operators from outside the food supply chain on their market shares (with data on private labels) in relation to key food items and to the labour costs borne by those involved in the food supply chain, the external costs paid for transport, logistics, packaging, energy and technical resources, taxes, social security charges and insurance costs, the cost of red tape, volumes and prices of imports of food products from third countries; the report should also include their monthly sales volumes, so as to allow all market partners to estimate trends in demand, supply and price developments in the food chain;
Amendment 124 #
2009/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to amend European competition law so as to prevent damage caused by concentration and resultant buyer power abuse in the food chain, for example through late payments to farmers, forced discounts, resale at loss, high volume requirements and unjustified listing fees, not to mention dominant positions stemming from the abnormal functioning of labour markets, of transport and logistics, energy and utilities, packaging, technical resources, additives, technologies and consultancy services;
Amendment 163 #
2009/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission to strengthen the competences of European commodity exchange authorities so as to limit and prevent speculation on food commodities and to work towards the implementation of adequate EU measures preventing speculation on non-agricultural commodities to influence agricultural futures; calls on the Commission, furthermore, to facilitate the creation of specific product organisations by extending membership opportunities also to persons other than farmers, also by overcoming the concept of 'minimum commitment to supply a product';
Amendment 165 #
2009/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Urges the Commission, likewise, to develop decisions and measures to enable the quota of commodities that are imported to and processed in EU countries to be reduced, to guarantee genuine price regulation for agricultural commodities and greater severity with regard to compliance with health and hygiene standards by third countries exporting to the EU, to draw up agreements for international consignments at reduced rates and with improved services and to implement a specific public intervention policy to improve infrastructure; calls on the Commission, moreover, genuinely to facilitate agricultural investments in the wind-energy and solar-energy sectors and to promote Community policies which encourage the opening up of the markets in technical resources and the formation of collective purchasing groups;
Amendment 196 #
2009/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to adapt EU hygiene standardrules on hygiene and health protection, on the fight against adulteration and price support for farms which voluntarily comply with production rules in relation to local or distance marketing and the shelf life of products, to decentralise and simplify certification and control systems, and to promote direct producer-consumer relations and short food supply chains, the sustainability benefits of which have been documented by EC research projects; urges the Commission, moreover, to adopt appropriate rules for the selection of a list of products of excellence to be protected by specific labels and recognised by the WTO, and to provide for indications of origin of the agricultural commodity on labels;
Amendment 157 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the recognition of the multi- functional role of farmers in delivering public goods such as preserving our environment, high-quality food production, good animal husbandry, shaping and improving the diversity and quality of valued landscapes in the EU, and the move to more sustainable farming practices by not only meeting the basic requirements for maintenance of the land in a Good Agricultural and Environmental Condition (GAEC) but also achieving even higher standards through agri-environmental schemes, precision farming and, organic production and all other forms of sustainable agricultural practices;
Amendment 334 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Recalls, therefore, that unless farming activity is preserved and economically viable across the EU, no provision of social nor environmental public goods will be possible;
Amendment 343 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Points out that, through measures such as active ecosystem management, farmers have the potential to deliver additional environmental benefits that match societal demands, in particular soil preservation and restoration, sound water management and quality improvement and farmland biodiversity preservation, and that they must be encouraged to do so;
Amendment 414 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Believes that there has to be a minimum safety netmechanisms contributing to the stability of farm incomes should remain in place within the future framework of the CAP in order to manage extreme market price volatility and provide rapid and efficient responses to economic crises arising in the sector;
Amendment 465 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 a (new)
Paragraph 40 a (new)
40 a. Considers CAP should encourage the diffusion of knowledge and good agricultural practices to further increase the efficiency and sustainability of European agriculture;
Amendment 467 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 b (new)
Paragraph 40 b (new)
40 b. Recommends to this end the active presence of agronomic advisors in the regions to guide farmers in their attempts to deliver environmental public goods;
Amendment 493 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44
Paragraph 44
44. Believes that the new CAP must be simple to administer and reduce red tape and administrative burdens on farmers by moving towards the use of delivery tools such as outcome agreements and simple contractsetting the goals and empowering farmers to choose their own farming systems to meet the objectives;
Amendment 621 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54
Paragraph 54
54. Considers that there should be no return to coupled payments as a guiding principle of the CAP; however, given the move from a historical to an area support model, takes the view that a limited margin for flexibility should be left to Member States to respond to the specific needs of their territory, in the form of capped coupled payments for vulnerable grassland livestock areacontinued agricultural activity in economically vulnerable or environmentally sensitive sectors, in compliance with WTO requirements;
Amendment 701 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 59
Paragraph 59
59. Believes that the CAP needs to further incentivise biodiversity and environmental protection measures by providing the opportunity for the vast majority of agricultural land to be covered by agri- environmental schemes to reward farmers for the delivery of additional eco-system services, while other measures beneficial to the environment such as organic farming projects, development of high natural value farming, the sustainable use of forests, water and soil, and the development of high natural value farmingall other forms of sustainable intensive agricultural practices should also be encouraged; considers that all these rural development measures should remain co- financed, with an increased budget if necessary;
Amendment 11 #
2009/2155(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the objective should be to reduce the costs of the CAP, both direct and indirect, by facilitating the work of the administrative authorities, but above all by enabling farmers to spend more time working their land,
Amendment 100 #
2009/2155(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Believes that yearly CC controls for statutory management requirements (SMR) should be reduced, or even abolishedreplaced by random checks, if there have only been a few infringements in recent years;
Amendment 125 #
2009/2155(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Considers that the number of CC requirements should not steadily increase where there is no need for them to do so and that, on the contrary, the requirements in question should be clearly defined in a single regulatory framework;
Amendment 145 #
2009/2155(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses that in the first year of application the farmer needs to state the codes for the land used; that if the application is for the whole area, no further information regarding area is required; if the application is for part of the area, the farmer needs to specify the areause to which each part of the area is put; and for the second and subsequent years the farmer need only specify changes in the use of his land;
Amendment 177 #
2009/2155(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Believes that the lack of transparency regarding penalties and obligations on farmers should be eliminated, and that there is a need for more precise and readily comprehensible obligations for farmers;
Amendment 275 #
2008/0028(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) the amounts of fat, saturates, carbohydrates, sugars, natural antioxidants (i.e. those found in the original raw material), protein and salt.
Amendment 369 #
2008/0028(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex VI – point 1
Annex VI – point 1
1. The name of the food shall include or be accompanied by particulars as to the physical condition of the food or the specific treatment which it has undergone (for example, powdered, freeze-dried, quick-frozen, concentrated, smoked, deodorised) in all cases where omission of such information could mislead the purchaser.