11 Amendments of Rosa ESTARÀS FERRAGUT related to 2009/2156(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Takes the view that the fight against the depopulation of rural areas should form part of the strategy to support disadvantaged areas in the EU; considers it necessary to take a 'depopulation' criterion into account in the ‘fine-tuning’ that the Member States are to carry out when drawing up the map of intermediate disadvantaged areas; observes that increased depopulation is aggravating the natural disadvantages faced by farming communities, thereby accentuating the agronomic difficulties with which they are confronted;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the socio-economic criteria used prior to the 2005 reform by some Member States may no longer be used as the main criteria to delimit areas with 'natural handicaps', but may continue to be used to define areas with 'specific handicaps', which are supported pursuant to Article 50(3)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005,
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Maintains that the mapping of intermediate disadvantaged areas can be done on the basis of eight biophysical Community criteria, together with a number of objective national criteria, making it possible to take into account the situation in each country at national and regional level;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that Article 158 of the TEC on the cohesion policy, as reformed in Lisbon, pays particular to regions with natural handicaps; urges the Commission to devise a comprehensive strategy to eliminate the disparities between Member States in dealing with these areas and promote an integrated strategy that takes account of specific national and regional characteristics;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Stresses the need for better coordination of the various Community policies, in particular the common agricultural policy and cohesion policies, in order to bring them more closely into line with each other and achieve the more harmonious development of disadvantaged areas.
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Considers fine tuning of the criteria for support for areas with natural handicaps to be necessary in order to be able to respond appropriately to particular geographical situations and crops grown and to exclude areas in which natural handicaps have been offset by human intervention; proposes that farm data (such as farm income) be used inter alia for this purpose so that aid is not scrapped in regions with low levels of farm income; emphasises, however, that the decision on the criteria to be used for fine tuning must lie with the Member States;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Advocates the need to establish a Community criterion for 'depopulation' in the ‘fine-tuning’ that the Member States are to carry out when drawing up the map of intermediate disadvantaged areas; warns that depopulation is one of the main causes of desertification, often accentuating the natural disadvantages of the land;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Draws attention to the fact that the new intermediate disadvantaged areas scheme could lead to a transfer of aid from some areas to others, making it necessary for places which lose the status of intermediate disadvantaged areas to be given a sufficient transitional period to adapt to the new situation;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Is aware of the implications that the exercise to re-define intermediate disadvantaged areas could have for the future design of CAP aid, so calls on the Commission to take account of all the standpoints expressed during the public consultation by Member States and by regional and local authorities and the farming groups concerned;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Calls on the Commission also to launch a review of the scheme intended for regions confronting specific problems, given that the current definition fails to take into account certain natural disadvantages besetting farming activity, such as the insularity or the remote and outlying location of certain areas of the European Union;