5 Amendments of Vicky FORD related to 2011/0281(COD)
Amendment 487 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 83 a (new)
Recital 83 a (new)
(83 a) European Sugar production markets are affected by both the quota regime for sugar beet production and tariffs on sugar cane imports, and recent developments in production entail both increases in crop yields of sugar beet as well as cost and price increases in sugar cane markets. This implies that beet is rapidly becoming a globally competitive commodity. Therefore the ending of the sugar beet quota regime must be coupled with a reform and removal of import tariffs on sugar cane. Furthermore, the monopolistic nature of processing capacity in certain member states can create market distortions and barriers for growers. However, investment in processing capacity is of a long term nature and therefore the removal of the sugar beet quota should include a suitable transitional period to ensure a soft landing for the sugar sector in general and to help to give investment certainty to support processing capacity increase. Any removal of sugar beet quotas must be coupled with a removal of tariff structures on cane imports. In this regard, whilst welcoming the European Commission's ambition of a 2015 date for removal of the sugar beet quota, this must be accompanied by a full and ongoing impact assessment encompassing global as well as single market implications. In order to ensure certainty of supply to European consumers, changes to the sugar beet quota should be accompanied by the removal of tariff barriers on sugar cane imports. Therefore a delay to the 2015 end date of sugar beet quotas may be necessary however this delay must not extend the regime beyond 2020.
Amendment 593 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 146
Recital 146
(146) Pursuant to Regulation (EU) No [COM(2010)799] several sectoral measures, including on milk quotas, sugar quotas and other sugar measures and the restrictions on the planting of vines, as well as certain state aids, will expire within a reasonable period following the entry in force of this Regulation. Sugar quotas and other sugar measures should fully expire before the end of 2020. After the repeal of Regulation (EU) No [COM(2010)799], the relevant provisions should continue to apply until the end of the schemes concerned.
Amendment 1424 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 101 – paragraph 1
Article 101 – paragraph 1
Amendment 1434 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 101 – paragraph 2
Article 101 – paragraph 2
Amendment 2161 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 163 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Article 163 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) as regards the sugar sector, subject to an impact assessment which takes into account both global sugar cane and sugar beet markets from the European Commission, Title I of Part II, Articles 248, 260 to 262 and Part II of Annex III until the end of the 2014/2015 marketing year for sugar on 30 September 2015, or in the need of exceptional circumstances highlighted by the impact assessment, until no later than the end of 2020 and should be accompanied by an ending of import tariffs on sugar cane;