2 Amendments of Diane DODDS related to 2011/0269(COD)
Amendment 32 #
(5) In compliance with the Communication on ‘A Budget for Europe 2020’, the scope of the EGF should be broadened to facilitate the adaptation of farmers to a new market sThis Regulation is currently unable to adequately respond to farmers needs when the Union concludes international trade agreements in the agricultural sector or as regards their problems that result from globalization. Therefore the EGF should not be applicable to the agricultural sector and farmers. The necessary measures that facilituation resulting from international trade agreements in the agricultural sector and leading to a change or a significant adjustment in the agricultural activities of the affected farmers so as to assist them to become structurally more competitive or to facilitate their transition to non- agricultural activitie an effective response to specific farmers needs arising from trade agreements and/or globalization are laid down in the common agricultural policy (CAP) instruments which must be adequately funded for an appropriate treatment of these issues. The financial allocation to farmers proposed in the Communication on 'A Budget for Europe 2020' should be included in the CAP in order to provide for sufficient funding regarding those measures.
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 — paragraph 1 — point a a (new)
Article 2 — paragraph 1 — point a a (new)
(a a) This Regulation shall not apply to the agricultural sector. The necessary measures that facilitate an effective response to specific farmers needs arising from trade agreements and/or globalization are laid down in the common agricultural policy instruments which must be adequately funded for an appropriate treatment of these issues.