9 Amendments of Herbert DORFMANN related to 2011/2307(INI)
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the new EU biodiversity strategy and notes the Commission recommendations for CAP reform, including clearly formulated measures under both the first and second pillars seeking to conserve and improve biodiversity; stresses in this connection the particular role played by farming, which has already made a great contribution to preserving the diversity of species and biotopes and will also make a crucial contribution to the success of the European biodiversity strategy;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Is convinced that the so-called 'greening' of the CAP should be implemented efficiently and unbureaucratically, without leading to discrimination against existing agri- environmental measures; calls, with regard to the necessary reduction in the administrative burden, for, inter alia, all CAP payments to continue to be underpinned by robust cross-compliance rules after 2014, which should be both transparent and as easy as possible to implement and monitor;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Stresses that only functioning, sustainable, broad-based and productive agriculture is in a position to provide the additional services demanded by society in the form of public assets; is therefore in favour of an approach that balances and integrates the introduction of additional environmental protection measures and the key role of the CAP in safeguarding efficient production;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Recalls the key role played by the CAP in guaranteeing a secure supply of high- quality and affordable food for consumers; points out in this connection that the Commission proposal for the mandatory across-the-board designation of 7% of farmland as environmental focus areas is considered to be inappropriate and impracticable, particularly where these areas would no longer be available to produce food in productive regions;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Points out that the 'greening' of the CAP must take account of tasks already fulfilled within the framework of the second pillar;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls forUrges that the greening of Pillar Ithe CAP in order to make income support for farmers legitimate by ensuring the conservation of biodiversity in the wider farmed landscape, improving connectivity and adapting to the effects of climatprotect natural resources should be a significant element in sustainable agriculture and therefore calls for the introduction of an EU-wide incentive schange; welcomes the Commission’s CAP reform proposal that provides foreme with the help of a ‘greening’ of the CAP through the allocation of 30 % of Pillar I payments to a package of worthwhile, basic good practices applied at farm level, which should include crop rotation and diversification, permanent pasture and a minimum ‘ecological focus area’; takes the view, however, that the minimum ‘ecological focus area’ should be 10 % of farmland, and not the 7 % proposed by the Commission component the aims of which are to ensure the sustainability of businesses and long-term food security through the effective management of scarce resources (water, energy, land);
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls for all CAP payments, including those made after 2014, to be underpinned by robust cross-compliance rules,; covering the Water Framework Directive, pesticides legislation and the Birds and Habitats Directivesalls for simple and transparent rules for those affected;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for a strengthening of Pillar II in all EU Member States and for drastic improvements to the environmental focus of that pillar and the effectiveness of its agro-environmental measures, including through minimum mandatory spending on environmental measures; calls for the introduction of genuine incentive components with the aim of rewarding services to the ecosystem in agriculture;