14 Amendments of Giovanni LA VIA related to 2018/2037(INI)
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the CAP, as a sectorial and common policy, should encourage and strengthen the contribution each farmer makes towards meeting environmental challenges, and should promote the transition towards an agriculture combining economic with environmental performance standards; whereas the link between the CAP and Directive 2009/128/EC “Establishing a framework for community action to achieve the sustainable use of pesticides” should be established; whereas, based on Art. 191 paragraph 2 TFEU, the CAP should guarantee the respect of the “polluter should pay” principle, in order to avoid a competition disadvantage for the most virtuose companies;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas Mediterranean EU regions are more vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, such as drought, fires and desertification, so greater efforts will be required by farmers in these areas to adapt their activities to the altered environment; whereas such efforts should be reflected and supported in the CAP policy framework;
Amendment 139 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Warns against the risks deriving from the possibility for Member States to independently define their national plans and to yearly review their decisions, without a strongly common set of rules, objectives and measures defined at EU level; highlights how such a possibility would expose farmers to a great degree of uncertainty deriving from political decisions taken at national level and could negatively impact on environmental challenges;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas specific tools for Mediterranean sectors should remain in the first pillar;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas sectorial strategies for fruits and vegetables, wine and apiculture should remain compulsory for the producing countries and the specificities of these tools and rules should be kept;
Amendment 166 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for the integrity of the first pillar to be maintained, built as it is on enhanced cross-compliance of support measures calibrated to maximise the results expected for each farmer; warns against any possible national co-financing of direct payments, as this would lead to a disruption of the common nature of the CAP;
Amendment 190 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for a renovated second pillar that is less complex and more efficient, focused on truly incentive territorial and sector development policies that place agro-environmental initiatives, investment, training, research and innovation at the core of local issues; underlines how a flexible, national programming approach should continue to be granted to Pillar II, while common rules and standards should be at the core of Pillar I, in order to provide all farmers in the EU with an efficient level playing field;
Amendment 218 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Believes that, when risk management tools are not sufficient to cope with massive market disturbances, the future CAP should be able to better, more efficiently and quickly react to market crises, via European crisis management measures aiming at restoring balanced market conditions;
Amendment 231 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that the CAP must include an ambitious European green energy strategy promoting highly sustainable biofuels based on the co- production of plant protein and intermediate crops such as catch crops and cover crops;
Amendment 247 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Asks the Commission to ensure that each imported agricultural product meets the same sanitary and social standards that EU products are held to by introducing reciprocity clauses in each trade agreement; asks the Commission to conduct a systematic impact assessment of the provisions regarding the agricultural sector in each trade agreement, and to offer specific strategies to ensure that no agricultural sector will suffer as a result of a trade agreement concluded with a third country.
Amendment 301 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas the CAP should give due recognition to the strong environmental benefits provided by certain sectors, like sheep and goat or protein crops;
Amendment 307 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M b (new)
Recital M b (new)
Mb. whereas in the framework of the global EU strategy on forest, special attention should be paid to the Mediterranean forests, which suffer more from climate change and fires, putting at risk potential for agricultural production and biodiversity;
Amendment 856 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Stresses that better support should be given to young farmers since the current second-pillar start up support is not always efficient and does not encompass investment support;
Amendment 957 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Underlines that Mediterranean EU regions are more vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, such as drought, fires and desertification, so greater efforts will be required by farmers in these areas to adapt their activities to the altered environment;