8 Amendments of Sandra KALNIETE related to 2009/2236(INI)
Amendment 259 #
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 all EU farmers enjoy fair treatment which ensures equal competition in the internal market and remain competitive on the world market against well subsidised trading partners; believes that 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 312 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Points out, most importantly, that in the future European agricultural policy must remain a common policy and that only a harmonised level of support across the EU with a common set of objectives and rules can deliver the appropriate level playing field for farmers and a properly functioning Single Market with fair competitive conditions for farmers and agricultural products within the EU;
Amendment 372 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Insists that EU agriculture must remain competitive against fierce competition from well-subsidised trade partners; therefore believes that external competitiveness and equal competition in the internal market should still be a fundamental objective of the CAP post- 2013 to ensure that the EU has the raw materials to produce high- value European food products and they continue to win a greater share of the world market, as well as ensuring fair trade for farmers;
Amendment 424 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Calls for a fairermore equality in the distribution of CAP payments and insists that it should be fair to farmers in both new and old Member States8 ;
Amendment 577 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 – point 2
Paragraph 48 – point 2
(2) Calls for fair and objective criteria such as GDP per capita, income per individual employed in agriculture, the gross added value in agriculture on a farm, the agriculture area, the forest area, the number of small farms, and the unemployment level in rural areas to be clearly defined for the allocation of funds for rural development objectives;
Amendment 590 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51
Paragraph 51
51. Believes that direct support should move to an area basis in all Member States by 2020, allowing those that are still using the historical payments system the flexibility to phase in the difficult changes at their own speed9 ;
Amendment 616 #
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 awithin rural development measureas, in compliance with WTO requirements;
Amendment 726 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 60 – subparagraph a (new)
Paragraph 60 – subparagraph a (new)
a) 60a. Believes that a rural development strategy should include measures that promote sustainable development of rural economics, particularly in the EU convergence regions, through: support of increased competiveness, productivity, modernization, diversification of rural enterprises, the promotion of cooperation of small enterprises and producers, and the creation of added value innovations.