11 Amendments of Paolo DE CASTRO related to 2009/2236(INI)
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas, since 7% of farmers in Europe are under 35 years old, while four and a half million farmers who are over 65 years old will have stopped working by 2020, the future of the agricultural sector may be at risk if the number of farmers continues to decline,
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that rural development is now an integral part of the CAP architecture with its focus on rural communities, improving the environment, modernising and restructuring agriculture and improving product marketing and competitiveness, as well as on the new challenges addressed by the Health Check, namely global warming, renewable energies, water management and biodiversity;
Amendment 249 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Is of the opinion that a strong European Common Agricultural Policy is needed to ensure that EU farmers remainthat serves the interests of all European farmers is essential; takes the view that that policy should ensure that European farming is sustainable and should enable it to play it part in the European economy and competitive on the world market against well subsidised trading partners; believes thattrading partners who are well subsidised and/or not necessarily subject to the same production conditions as regards social, environmental and animal-welfare requirements; believes that, for strategic reasons, the EU cannot afford to rely on other parts of the world to provide for European food security in the context of climate change, political instability in certain regions of the world and potential outbreaks of diseases or other events potentially detrimental to production capacity;
Amendment 282 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Considers that the Common Agricultural Policy should help maintain jobs, encourage the creation of new jobs and promote the concept of high-quality employment, while paying greater attention to the value of agricultural work in a sector which has already undergone radical restructuring in the past and shed hundreds of thousands of jobs;
Amendment 365 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Insists that EU agriculture must remain competitive against fierce competition from trade partners who are well- subsidised trade partnerand/or not always subject to the same production conditions, in particular as regards social, environmental and animal welfare standards; therefore believes that competitivenessproductivity enhancement should still be a fundamental objective of the CAP post- 2013 to ensure that the EU has the raw materials to produce high- value diversified European food products and they continue to win a greater share of the world market, as well as ensuring fair traderemuneration for farmers;
Amendment 389 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Insists that the maintenance of farming activity across the whole of Europe is fundamental to maintain diverse and local food production and prevent the threat of land abandonment across EU territoryjobs and social and economic conditions in rural areas, diverse and local food production and the preservation of the environment, the rural space and landscapes;
Amendment 401 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Calls for measures based on public-law rules to be taken to strengthen producers' and producer organisations' bargaining power vis-à-vis downstream industries in order to better adapt supply to demand, create and more evenly distribute added value and improve the functioning of the food supply-chain with greater transparency of food prices and action to address unfair commercial practices; considers it important, in this connection, to strengthen inter-branch organisations;
Amendment 418 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)
Paragraph 36 a (new)
36 a. Considers that, to enable the market to be managed more efficiently and avoid crises of overproduction, the specific instruments for the management of production potential which are available in some sectors should be retained, based on the principles of fairness and non- discrimination;
Amendment 449 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Believes that agriculture has a leading role to play in tackling climate change by reducing GHG emissions, increasing carbon sequestration capacity and developing and using more renewable energy sources and bio-based materials; believes that climate considerations should be integrated across CAP measures where appropriate;
Amendment 621 #
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 748 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 62
Paragraph 62
62. Insists that, to complement market measures, there is an urgent need to strengthen producers'the position in the food chain through a range of actions to addressof producers and their trade organisations, including multi-sector organisations, through a range of actions, some of which must be taken by the public authorities and seek to enhance producers' negotiating power, transparency, contractual relationships and commercial practices; takes the view that possible adjustments to competition rules should also be investigated to allow producer organisations to grow in scale and size, equipping them with the power to stand up to major retailers and processors;