15 Amendments of Gabriel MATO related to 2021/2079(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. Whereas many of Europe's outermost islands are also volcanic islands, which adds to their geographical handicaps a high risk of natural disasters and serious damage to agricultural production.
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. Da. whereas for outermost regions, being in their large majority islands, according to Article349 of the Treaty, the EU shall adopt specific measures aimed, in particular, at laying down the conditions of application of EU common policies to those regions, in particular in areas such as customs and trade policies, fiscal policy, free zones, agriculture and fisheries policies, conditions for supply of raw materials and essential consumer goods, State aids and conditions of access to structural funds and to horizontal Union programmes; whereas specific measures in all those areas contribute to strengthening economic, social and territorial cohesion in the EU.
Amendment 40 #
1a. Insularity is a constant disadvantage for geographical reasons. This is why strategies for integration need to be developed to enable islands to confront the challenges and overcome the barriers their insularity causes;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls on the European Commission to make the management and implementation of the Programme of options specifically relating to remoteness and insularity (POSEI) more flexible so that farmers in the outermost regions can receive 100% of aid without being required to reach 70% of production in situations of force majeure and natural disasters, such as the recent volcanic eruption on the island of La Palma.
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. 9a.Specifically with regard to the outermost regions, the EU cohesion should be pursued through, in particular: - reinforcing article 349 of the TFEU, notably by consolidating the “EU acquis” applicable in those regions; - maintaining and reinforcing the Programme of Options Specifically Relating to Remoteness and Insularity (POSEI) and its budget, notably by transposing it to other sectors than agriculture such as fisheries, transport, tourism, etc.; - assuring a differentiated treatment of outermost regions’ products in all Economic Partnership Agreements’ and Free Trade Agreements’ renegotiations and fully protecting sensitive agricultural products, such as banana, tomatoes, sugar, milk, etc., in those negotiations;
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Calls on the European Commission to study the options available for earmarking POSEI funding and EAFRD rural development aid for agricultural and livestock farmers affected by natural disasters in the outermost regions.
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Calls for specific mechanisms to be strengthened within the framework of the CAP through the POSEI in order to reduce the dependence of the outermost regions on agricultural and agri-food supplies, and to strengthen food security and the capacity of these regions to access their markets, whether they be within their territory or the Union; to this end, calls for an increase in the POSEI budget from 2027 to meet the growing needs of these remote and island regions and to develop their local production, since they are saddled with significant additional production costs.
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5 d. Points out, however, that since the Farm to Fork Strategy further restricts the use of plant protection agents in the Union, it should also take into account the specificities of tropical and subtropical crops in the ORs and limit access to Union markets for products that do not meet Union standards.
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 e (new)
Paragraph 5 e (new)
5 e. Calls for a specific regulation for the ORs on the common organisation of the markets so that the particular environmental, geographical and social circumstances of those territories falling under Article 349 TFEU can be taken into account.
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 f (new)
Paragraph 5 f (new)
5 f. Calls for the utmost vigilance by the Commission in the liberalisation of the European market and the multiplication of trade agreements between the EU and third countries that produce the same agricultural products for export as the ORs, but under different social and environmental conditions, which distort competition; calls on the Commission to take effective action to ensure that trade agreements do not jeopardise measures supporting the ORs, particularly under the POSEI programme; calls on the Commission to reserve specific preferential treatment for products from the ORs, both on their local markets and on the EU market, and to fully protect sensitive agricultural products such as bananas, tomatoes, sugar, etc.; calls for the creation within the Commission of a working group on trade agreements.
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 g (new)
Paragraph 5 g (new)
5 g. Calls for strict compliance with European environmental and social standards applicable to tropical goods from third countries and for systematic import quotas for tropical products from such countries, based on existing trade flows; considers that specific surveillance and sanction mechanisms should be introduced to check compliance with these conditions; recommends imposing the principle of 'conformity' for imports from third countries, in particular for organic products;
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 h (new)
Paragraph 5 h (new)
5 h. Recalls the joint declaration of the three institutions attached to the Regulation on the revised stabilisation mechanism on the occasion of the accession of Ecuador to the Agreement between the European Union and Colombia and Peru: 'The Commission will continue to carry out regular analyses of the state of the market and the situation of Union banana producers after expiry of the stabilisation mechanism. If a serious deterioration in the state of the market or the situation of Union banana producers is found to have occurred, given the importance of the banana sector for outermost regions, the Commission will examine the situation, together with the Member States and the stakeholders, and decide whether appropriate measures should be considered. The Commission could also convene regular monitoring meetings with the Member States and the stakeholders'.
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses the need for increased support for sustainable island agriculture and aquaculture, sustainable fisheries, crafts and the blue economy, including through European cooperation programmes; calls on the Commission to draw up a regulation laying down specific measures in the area of agriculture for all NUTS 2 and NUTS 3 level islands with a view to achieving food autonomy and increasing the competitiveness of their products;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. The current de minimis rule restricts competitiveness. The European Union's islands should all be exempted from application of the de minimis rule so that they are at less of a disadvantage. Subsidies to remedy insularity ought not to be considered as state aid but as compensation to put island regions on an equal footing with their continental counterparts;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 b (new)
Paragraph 30 b (new)
3b. The distance criterion (150 km) used to classify islands as border regions eligible for financing under cross-border cooperation programmes coming under the cohesion policy's territorial cooperation objective or the European Neighbourhood Policy needs to be dropped. If some kind of limit has to be established, it would be more appropriate, in the case of island regions, for the cross- border territory condition to be applied at maritime basin level;