34 Amendments of Maria do Céu PATRÃO NEVES related to 2013/0398(COD)
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The aim of these measures is to enhance the competitiveness of European agriculture and help to make products more profitable, bring about greater competitive equity in both the internal market and third countries byand increasinge consumers' awareness of the merits of the Union's agricultural products and food products based on agricultural products and developing and opening up new markets. They usefully complement and reinforce the measures implemented by the Member States, while always guaranteeing equal access for all the Member States and promoting positive discrimination in favour of the outermost regions in accordance with Article 349 TFEU.
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) These information and promotion policies are not confined simply to restoring consumer confidence following crises but extend to making products more profitable, boosting employment, bringing about greater competitive equity in external markets and providing more and better information for consumers.
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) One of the Union’s strengths in food production lies in the diversity and specificity of its products, which are linked to different geographical areas and different traditional methods and provide unique tastes, with the variety and authenticity that consumers increasingly look for, both in the EU and outside.
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Over the period 2001-11, barely 30 % of the budget earmarked for information provision and promotion measures under Regulation (EC) No 3/2008 was spent on measures targeting third-country markets, even though these markets offer major growth potential. With the aim of reaching 75 % of estimated expenditure, sSpecific arrangements are therefore required to encourage a larger number of information provision and promotion measures for Union agricultural products in third countries, in particular through increased financial support.
Amendment 78 #
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. 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, and provision should also be made for consulting the Member States. 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 81 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The information provision and promotion measures co-financed by the Union should endow them with a specific European dimension and pay the same attention to the internal and external market, recognising in equal measure the importance of the local and regional levels in internal terms and of expanding world markets in external terms. To that end, and in order to avoid a dispersion of resources and increase Europe's visibility through these information provision and promotion measures for agricultural products, it is necessary to establish a work programme which defines the strategic priorities for these measures in terms of populations, products, themes or markets to be targeted and the nature of the information and promotion messages to be imparted. The Commission will take particular account of national strategic interests, the predominant position of small and medium-enterprises in the agri-food sector, a sector which benefits from the exceptional measures provided for in Articles 154, 155 and 156 of Regulation (EU) XXX/20... [of the European Parliament and of the Council of ... establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (COM(2011)626)] and from free-trade agreements coming under the commercial policy of the European Union for measures targeting third countries, and their foreseeable impact on local and regional economies.
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) This information provision and promotion policy should be based on four main objectives: creating more European added value in the food sector; being more appealing and assertive; simpler management; greater synergy between the different promotion instruments.
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Over and above the information provision and promotion measures, the Commission needs to develop and coordinate technical and support services at European level, taking account of the specific characteristics of each country, with the aim of helping operators take part in co-financed programmes, conduct effective campaigns or develop their export activities. It would also be desirable for the Commission to produce a simple and comprehensive manual that would help potential beneficiaries to comply with the rules and procedures associated with this policy.
Amendment 89 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) Attention is also drawn to the need to allocate a larger budget to these policies and to make programmes more flexible, so that they can be adjusted to fluctuating market conditions during the implementation phase. The level of detail required when presenting programmes should also be reduced.
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The Union is keen to simplify the regulatory environment of the CAP. This approach should also be applied to the Regulation on information provision and promotion measures for agricultural products. In particular, the principles of administrative management of information and promotion programmes should be reviewed with the aim of simplifying them and enabling the Commission to establish the rules and procedures applicable to the submission and selection of proposals for programmes, after considering the specific interests of the Member States.
Amendment 97 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 a (new)
Recital 16 a (new)
(16a) Consideration should be given to the possibility of promoting the origin of products that are not covered by quality denominations, highlighting their characteristics and qualities.
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) In order to ensure the coherence, effectiveness and sound management of the measures provided for in this Regulation as well as the efficient use of Union funding, the Commission should be delegated the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty as regards the specific conditions of brand visibility and the indication of product origin, the criteria for determining the eligibility of proposing organisations, the conditions governing competitive tendering between implementing organisations and the conditions according to which the proposing organisation may be authorised to implement certain parts of the programme itself and, finally, the specific conditions determining the eligibility of the costs of information provision and promotion measures for simple programmes. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including the Member States, inter alia, and also using external experts. When preparing and drawing-up delegated acts, the Commission will ensure a simultaneous, timely and appropriate transmission of relevant documents to the European Parliament and to the Council.
Amendment 105 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) In order to ensure that uniform implementing conditions apply under this Regulation, the Commission should be granted implementing powers for the purposes of adopting implementing acts concerning work programmes laying down strategic priorities, on the basis of the information provided by the Member States, the selection of simple programmes, the implementing, monitoring and control arrangements of simple programmes, the rules concerning the conclusion of contracts for the implementation of simple programmes selected in accordance with this Regulation, and the common impact assessment framework for programmes. These powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council17. __________________ 17 Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13).
Amendment 106 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Information provision and promotion measures for agricultural products and certain food products based on agricultural products (hereinafter referred to as ‘information provision and promotion measures’) implemented on the internal market or in third countriesshould receive the same attention whether they are implemented on the internal market, at European, national, regional or local level, or in third countries, including expanding world markets, and may be fully or partially financed from the Union budget under the conditions set out in this Regulation.
Amendment 117 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 - point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 - point a
(a) information measures aimed at stressing the specific features of agricultural productions methods in the Union, particularly in terms of food safety, authenticity – the 'European production model', particularly in terms of production methods, geographical origins, specific cultural traditions or contexts, food safety, authenticity, the possibility of identifying the origin of products, nutritional and health aspects, working conditions, animal welfare or respect for the environment;
Amendment 127 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 - point b a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 - point b a (new)
(ba) promotion measures aimed at boosting sales of agricultural and food products from local and regional European production, as well as stressing the specific features of agricultural production methods in the Union – the 'European production model'. Promotion measures should also be carried out to promote the potential of local farming and short-chain distribution.
Amendment 136 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b b (new)
(bb) promotion measures aimed at increasing sales of agricultural and food products from the ORs, taking into account the constraints affecting them as regards market access, provided that the products to be promoted are not given a competitive advantage over mainland products.
Amendment 139 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b c (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b c (new)
(bc) information provision and promotion measures for agricultural products and certain food products based on agricultural products within a short food supply chain, the object being to favour local markets and local production.
Amendment 150 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. Information measures shall not encourage the consumption of any product on grounds of its origin. Nevertheless, tThe origin of products may be visible on information and promotional material subject to compliance with specific conditions to be adopted pursuant to Article 6(b).
Amendment 162 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the agricultural products listed in Annex I to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Treaty’) and preserved fish, excluding the fishery and aquaculture products listed in Annex 1 to Regulation (EU) No [COM(2011)416] of the European Parliament and of the Council19 and tobacco; __________________ 19 Regulation (EC) No [COM(2011/416] of Regulation (EC) No [COM(2011/416] of ... on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products (OJ ...).
Amendment 178 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) spirit drinks with a protected geographical indication pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council20. __________________ 20 Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 of the Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2008 on the definition, description, presentation, labelling and the protection of geographical indications of spirit drinks and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1576/89 (OJ L 39, 13.2.2008, p. 16).
Amendment 227 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The Commission shall, by means of an implementing act, adopt a work programme in line with national strategic interests, setting out the objectives pursued, the priorities, the expected results, the implementing arrangements and the total amount of the financing plan. It shall also contain the main evaluation criteria, a description of the measures to be financed, an indication of the amounts allocated to each type of measure and an indicative implementation timetable and, in the case of grants, the maximum rate of co- financing.
Amendment 229 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
When devising that programme, the Commission shall take into account the specific natural handicaps of the upland, island and outermost areas.
Amendment 235 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 3 a (new)
(3a) The calls for proposals referred to in points (a) and (b) above shall take account of the specific natural handicaps of the upland, island and outermost areas.
Amendment 236 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Commission may also authorise information and promotion measures as described in Articles 2 and 3 to be implemented jointly by the Member State concerned and the organisations referred to in Article 7 of this Regulation. These measures may in particular take the form of participation in trade fairs and exhibitions of international importance by means of stands or operations aimed at enhancing the image of Union products.
Amendment 237 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall develop technical support services, in particular with a view to encouraging awareness of different markets, including the financing of exploratory business meetings, maintaining a dynamic professional network around information and promotion policy and improving knowledge of legislative provisions concerning programme development and implementation. The Commission shall also produce a simple comprehensive manual to help potential beneficiaries comply with the rules and procedures related to this policy.
Amendment 240 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Commission shall encourage Member States and regions to make the local origin of production a selection criterion when supplying agricultural products and certain food products based on agricultural products to schools, homes for young people and the elderly, private social solidarity institutions, public bodies, and so forth. The above consideration is becoming manifestly more relevant, given that these products are fresh and that chemicals, preservatives, and other substances are being used, needlessly, to prolong their shelf-life, and, moreover, it is conducive to short food supply chains.
Amendment 266 #
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 6075% for:
Amendment 282 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) information and promotion measures on milk, fruit, and vegetables specifically targeting children in Union educational establishments,.
Amendment 284 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) information and promotion measures implemented by the outermost regions of the Union.
Amendment 287 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The percentage referred to in paragraph 1 may be raised to 80% for countries receiving financial assistance or for not more than two years after that external aid procedure has ended.
Amendment 289 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The percentage contributed by the Union shall rise to 75% for programmes hold by the outermost regions of the Union.
Amendment 315 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The rate of co-financing by the Union shall rise to 75% for programmes hold by the outermost regions.