2 Amendments of George LYON related to 2011/2113(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the EU to support both the development of healthy agricultural production and rural development in the region, in order to strengthen the stabilisation process; stresses, to that end, the importance of institutional and infrastructural (e.g. irrigation, handling, storage, packaging, transportation, marketing systems) improvements, in addition to the technological ones, as well as the significance of education and training programmes, especially for women; emphasises the role of extension services in facilitating diffusion of knowledge; underlines that global environmental and climate change concerns should direct the support to the promotion of sustainable uses of natural resources and energy, and compatible methods of production; stresses that diversification of production to increase resilience during market fluctuations and environmental crisis should be encouraged in face of an increasing global demand for food;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls, furthermore, on the Commission to take the necessary measures to enhance the export potential of the Southern Mediterranean, by helping it achieve regulatory convergence in priority areas for the EU and the region – including competition, investment, and trade related standards and procedures – as well as alignment of production to the EU standards for quality and food safety, environmental protection and animal welfare; underlines, however, the imperative of simultaneously protecting sensitive sectors in EU agriculture from the potential of full liberalisat that, in parallel, the regional trade potential in the Southern Mediterranean should be further encouraged, facilitating an increased access to markets for producers in the region;