14 Amendments of Diane DODDS related to 2011/2051(INI)
Amendment 419 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. In the case of direct farm payments, advocates moving away from historical and individual reference values and calls for a transition to a uniformn area based area-based regional or national premium for decoupled payments in the next financing period; recognises, however, that the situations in the individual Member States are very disparate, requiring special measures per regfferent, therefore regional flexibility is required along with an adequate transitional periond;
Amendment 530 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls – without casting any doubt on the results of the 2008 Health Check of the CAP – for appropriations under Article 68 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 primarily to be allocated for measures to promote territorial coherence and boost key sectors (e.g. the dairy and sheep sectors and suckler cows), for area-based environmental measures (e.g. organic farming) which to date have not been included in the second pillar; considers that the budget for Article 68 could – subject to contrary results of an impact assessment – cover up to 10% of direct payments; strictly used to help preserve sensitive production in specific locations (e.g. the dairy and sheep sectors and suckler cows); considers that the budget for Article 68 could – subject to contrary results of an impact assessment – cover up to 10% of direct payments; and that any coupled support payments be limited to a maximum of 3.5% of the national or regional envelope for direct payments; furthermore, calls for any measures submitted by Member States to be subject to approval by the Commission under delegated acts to ensure that they do not distort production and markets within the single market;
Amendment 630 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Considers that better resourceenvironmental protection is an key element in sustainable farming, which should involve separate support for environmental measures going beyond the requirements and that previous reforms of the CAP have increased the environmental sustainability of the CAP notably through the introduction of Ccross C-compliance (CC), which already entail many environmental meato ensures, and being geared to multiannual applications, as a result of which greater environmental benefits can be attained; adequate baseline and through the development of agri-environmental measures under pillar 2.
Amendment 649 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Considers that resource protection should be directly linked to any further granteening of direct payments in order to attain these environmental objectives to the maximum without the need to introduce new, bureaucratic environmental conditions into the first pillar; considers that a flat- rate income payment, as envisaged in a top-up model in the first pillar, must cover costs and income lossesthe CAP must be based on voluntary incentives, should reinforce, rather than damage participation in existing agri- environmental measures and other voluntary programmes and should be positive (i.e. should seek out win-wins or measures that improve the environment and farming competitiveness);
Amendment 680 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Considers therefore that any environmental advantages can be attained more effectively and directly by means of second-pillar measures adopted by the Member States, which should ideally build on existing agri-environmental measures or should supplement measures which take into account climatic and geographical differences in the Member States; observes that resource protection programmdifference and environmental priorities in the Member States and across regions; observes that environmental measures should be pursued everywhere by means of a priority catalogue of area-based measures in the second pillar which are subject to basic requirements, particularly in the fields of climate, environment and innovation (Annex I), and are 100% EU- financed; regards the greening of direct payments in the first pillar as lying in the fact that any recipient of direct payments in the EU must implement at least two priority area-based resource protection programmes in order to be eligible for the complete farm payment; believes that the administration involved in these measures can be minimised by managing them in accordance with the system of the existing agri-environmental programmes, thus avoiding duplication of monitoring and additional application and administration procedures;
Amendment 726 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Regards this model as making a substantial contribution to the simplification of the direct payments system and to the attainment of new compulsory environmental objectivesimproving the environmental performance of farming; observes that, under this model, there is no need to step up the current rate of monitoring and the current monitoring capacities, as existing checks can be used, and that checks in the second pillar can be combined in the basic and regeneration programme; considers also that no new systems of payments or penalties need be introduced;
Amendment 755 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Advocates compensation for natural disadvantages in the second pillar and rejects a. Furthermore, calls for any complementary payment in the first pillar on account of the additional administrative work involvedsubmitted by Member States to be subject to approval by the Commission under delegated acts to ensure that they do not distort production and markets within the single market;
Amendment 795 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls, in view of the greater concentration of direct payments on resource protection and environmental measures, for a substantial reduction of the scope of CC; calls on the Commission to make significant progress in simplifying and harmonising rules on monitoring; calls on the Commission to consider the introduction of tolerance levels and the application of proportionality within any penalty system;
Amendment 813 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Could eEnvisages a modest adaptation of theto GAEC requirements to maintain GAEC with regard to altered environmental and production conditions (climate change, biomass), if the introduction of the new requirements in a comparable way throughout Europe were guaranteedremove the optional GAEC measures that were introduced as part of the CAP Health Check agreement;
Amendment 972 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
42. Calls on the Commission to examine the extent to which producer groups or sectoral associations can be extended to allother production sectors and incorporated into the risk prevention schemes; calls on the Commission to examine the extent to which specific contractual arrangements should be laid out in the single CMO regulation to strengthen the position of farmers and promote fair competition; calls on the Commission to examine what steps are needed across the EU to regulate against the abuse of power by dominant market players so that farmers can achieve a fairer share of value added from the supply chain;
Amendment 1041 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47
Paragraph 47
47. Observes that excessive speculation in agriculturale commodities should be combated; recognises the role that market support have played in the past to combat excessive price fluctuations; advocates the retention of market support mechanisms including intervention storage, export refunds and import tariffs; advocates a worldwide notification system for agriculturale stocks; and observes that consideration should be given to maintaining stocks of vital agriculturale commodities;
Amendment 1110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49
Paragraph 49
49. Advocates therefore introducing targeted measures, to be decided by the Member States in the second pillar, to attain priority objectives of the EU (2020 Strategy); observes that these measures should be applied in addition to the basic programmes for greening of direct payments in the first pillar and that a reduced national cofinancing rate of 25% should apply of inclusive, smart and green growth; observes that these measures may qualify for a reduced national cofinancing rate where they promote objectives that have genuine European added value;
Amendment 1186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52
Paragraph 52
52. Advocates that, in the case of measures which are of particular importance to Member States, an optional increase of 25% in national financing in the second pillar (top-up) should be possible; Commission should come forward with proposals to review income foregone calculations in a way that is compatible with the WTO agreement on agriculture yet allows for compensation to reflect true costs and income foregone and thereby offer proper incentives to participate in environmental programmes;
Amendment 1235 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56 a (new)
Paragraph 56 a (new)
56 a. Declares that the next financial framework for the European Union must ensure that adequate resources are made available to fund measures under both pillar 1 and pillar 2; as a consequence calls for the abolition of compulsory and voluntary national modulation;