Activities of Spyros DANELLIS

Spyros DANELLIS, Gesine MEISSNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Stresses that all maritime activities, including those that take place within the framework of the IMP, should be conducted in accordance with the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS); underscores the need for a common EU approach to the exploration, exploitation, conservation and management of the sea’s natural resources, which ensures the efficient and secure delimitation of exclusive economic zones (EEZ) between EU Member States and third countries in accordance with international law;

2013/05/02
Committee: TRAN

2012/2297(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Research and innovation Notes the EU's world-class research capacity in maritime fields and its importance for substantiated policy- making and innovation-driven business, but also the difficulty experienced by business in commercialising research output;

2013/05/02
Committee: TRAN

2012/2297(INI)

Spyros DANELLIS, Gesine MEISSNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)

16b. Underlines that the Horizon 2020 programme, with simpler procedures and better support for innovation, could provide significant aid for marine and maritime research with a view to enhancing market uptake, building on the experience of 'Ocean of Tomorrow' projects;

2013/05/02
Committee: TRAN

2012/2297(INI)

Spyros DANELLIS, Gesine MEISSNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)

16c. Calls on the Commission to update its European Strategy for Marine and Maritime Research by 2014, proposing concrete measures to improve synergies and knowledge dissemination between EU researchers;

2013/05/02
Committee: TRAN

2012/2297(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls on the Commission to facilitate the implementation of the ‘LeaderSHIP 2020’ strategy, by ~~implementing planned measures~~supporting the actions identified to address the challenges ~~pos~~faced by the European shipbuilding industry, such as access to finance, skills and international competitiveness;

2013/05/02
Committee: TRAN

2012/2297(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Stresses that the cruise industry is an important economic resource for European ports and neighbouring local communities; encourages the planning of attractive tourist programmes designed to enhance the visitor’s experience by highlighting the maritime, cultural and historical importance of port destinations;

2013/05/02
Committee: TRAN

2012/2297(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Underscores the importance of yachting and sailing for maritime tourism; calls upon the Commission to examine, in the context of its forthcoming communication on maritime tourism, the social and economic impact of this sector, the scope for a harmonisation and simplification at EU level of the rules governing the issuing of operating licences, safety requirements and yacht maintenance and repair work and the mutual recognition of professional qualifications in this sector;

2013/05/02
Committee: TRAN

2012/2067(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Welcomes the Commission's decision to continue its information campaign on passenger rights until 2014; recommends that national consumer protection authorities and agencies be involved in the campaign, since they can do a great deal to educate passengers about their rights (for instance by producing literature for travel agencies or web content); maintains meanwhile that key information including passenger rights and eventually operator performance reviews should be accessible from the same source, to facilitate passenger enquiries;

2012/06/04
Committee: TRAN

2012/2067(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Calls on the Commission to enable the current lawegislation on price transparency and unfair commercial practices to be implemented and enforced effectively, in accordance with Directives 2011/83/EC, and 2005/29/EC, to ensure that the headline price corresponds exactly to the final price ~~and that no~~without unreasonable extra costs ~~(e.g. handling charges or a charge for payment by credit card) are added just before a purchase is made~~and that unfair contract terms do not proliferate in the transport sector;

2012/06/04
Committee: TRAN

2012/2067(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Calls on the Commission to produce a standard EU-wide complaint form, to be translated into all EU languages and used for all modes, which should be ~~given to passengers when they make a reservation;~~ easily available to passengers at all terminals and online; believes that a fixed maximum time limit for handling complaints should be laid down for all modes;

2012/06/04
Committee: TRAN

2012/2067(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16 a. Commends the increased use of mobile applications for core services, especially in air transport, such as ticket purchases and check-in and urges industry to speed up the development of similar tools for complaint handling and missing baggage management;

2012/06/04
Committee: TRAN

2012/2067(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Points to the need, as far as all modes are concerned, for a clearer definition of the ~~term~~relevant terms and especially of ‘extraordinary circumstances’, as this would ~~enable carriers and~~reduce the variation that exists in national enforcement, a~~uthorities to apply the rules more consistently and ensure that citizens could be informed to more useful effect about their right~~s well as the scope for legal challenges to compensation rules; calls on the Commission to draw up the necessary legislative proposals, taking note of relevant ECJ rulings;

2012/06/04
Committee: TRAN

2012/2067(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Calls on the Commission to ~~consider what action to take should airlines go bankrupt, and~~ensure the protection of passengers against airline insolvency by proposing the appropriate legislation; draws attention in this connection to its resolution of 25 November 2009;

2012/06/04
Committee: TRAN

2012/2067(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Urges the Commission to continue its efforts to develop a European multimodal travel planner, and calls on ~~the Member States, tog~~it to dether ~~with the Commission, to~~mine the appropriate way of removeing the obstacles to access to public traffic data and data transfer;

2012/06/04
Committee: TRAN

2012/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Notes that maintaining ~~the appropriate~~Europe's consistently high levels of safety and operational conditions is becoming more and more of a challenge;

2012/06/08
Committee: TRAN

2012/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Recalls that national performance targets register the commitment of Member States to achieving the objectives of the SES and therefore considers it of utmost importance that the Commission demands the revision of any national plan that does not contribute adequately to the fulfilment of EU-wide targets;

2012/06/08
Committee: TRAN

2012/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Regrets that despite its considerable social and environmental benefits, the SES project is not sufficiently known or understood by the public and invites the Commission, Member States and stakeholders to increase their efforts at public communication;

2012/06/08
Committee: TRAN

2012/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Acknowledges the critical role of the human factor in delivering SES, especially with regards to safety, and asks for a continued emphasis on open reporting procedures and on the training of ATC staff;

2012/06/08
Committee: TRAN

2012/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Stresses that the creation of FABs must not be understood as a stand-alone requirement, but as a means towards fulfilling the objectives of defragmenting Europe's airspace and improving performance;

2012/06/08
Committee: TRAN

2012/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20a. Emphasises that in order to adequately fulfil their role in the Single European Sky, National Supervisory Authorities must be functionally separate from ANSPs and must exercise their powers impartially, independently and transparently;

2012/06/08
Committee: TRAN

2012/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Understands that, without the SESAR technology, the full benefits of implement~~ation of~~ing the SES would not be ~~possible~~realised and therefore urges the industry to take the deployment phase of this project seriously;

2012/06/08
Committee: TRAN

2012/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)

26a. Acknowledges that the business case for investment in SESAR technologies is stronger in larger and more congested hubs than in smaller regional airports or airports serving seasonal routes; maintains however that the performance of the overall network would be improved by a wider spread of SESAR capabilities, aided by public funding;

2012/06/08
Committee: TRAN

2012/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

31. Supports the public private partnership (PPP) approach as ~~this is~~it can be a win-win situation for all, w~~orking together with incentives and commitment~~hen structured and executed appropriately and effectively;

2012/06/08
Committee: TRAN

2012/2005(INI)

Giommaria UGGIAS, Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Spyros DANELLIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Asks that ~~the SESAR Joint Undertaking body continues its role well into the future~~preparations for a legislative proposal on the future role of the SESAR Joint Undertaking are completed in good time, as it plays a vital part to the success of the SES;

2012/06/08
Committee: TRAN

2011/2179(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)

Ja. whereas, notwithstanding the fact that Article 174 of the TFEU commits the European Union to promoting uniform development by reducing the gap of the least favoured regions, including insular regions, the European institutions have not yet adopted an ad hoc strategy that takes into account the specific needs of the islands;

2012/06/04
Committee: REGI

2011/2179(INI)

Giommaria UGGIAS, Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Spyros DANELLIS

Motion for a resolution
Recital J b (new)

Jb. whereas the full accessibility of Mediterranean insular regions can only be ensured through the allocation of additional resources in the field of maritime and aviation transport;

2012/06/04
Committee: REGI

2011/2179(INI)

Giommaria UGGIAS, Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Spyros DANELLIS

Motion for a resolution
Recital J c (new)

Jc. whereas the economic and social development of the European Union is achieved through a better integration of the insular territories within the European Single Market and to that end, the Commission should adopt an integrated approach on the insularity issue;

2012/06/04
Committee: REGI

2011/2179(INI)

Giommaria UGGIAS, Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Spyros DANELLIS

Motion for a resolution
Recital J d (new)

Jd. whereas the Commission's action towards insularity has been so far lacking despite the fact that the Treaties recognize the long-standing structural disadvantage faced by island populations in terms of cost to be incurred in the fields of energy and transport;

2012/06/04
Committee: REGI

2011/2179(INI)

Giommaria UGGIAS, Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Spyros DANELLIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)

18b. Urges the Commission to take concrete actions aimed at implementing Article 174 of the TFEU and overcoming the handicap of insularity through the promotion of a strategy which guarantees uniform European economic and social development;

2012/06/04
Committee: REGI

2011/2179(INI)

Giommaria UGGIAS, Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Spyros DANELLIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)

18c. Believes that the Mediterranean insular territories should be eligible for additional funding, with particular reference to the transport sector, in order to ensure full accessibility and territorial continuity of these territories with the European continent and their effective integration with the Single Market;

2012/06/04
Committee: REGI

2011/2179(INI)

Giommaria UGGIAS, Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Spyros DANELLIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 d (new)

18 d. Deems a better integration of islands with the European Single Market a key factor in promoting their social cohesion and economic growth within the European Union; to that aim, urges the Commission to adopt ad hoc measures that contribute to making insular territories equally competitive with the mainland territories;

2012/06/04
Committee: REGI

2011/2179(INI)

Giommaria UGGIAS, Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Spyros DANELLIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 e (new)

18 e. Hopes that the Commission may overcome its punitive attitude towards the insular territories whereas it considers state aids those which constitute legitimate compensation with respect to the discriminated condition of insularity;

2012/06/04
Committee: REGI

2011/2179(INI)

Giommaria UGGIAS, Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Spyros DANELLIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 f (new)

18 f. Calls on the Commission to formulate a comprehensive proposal aimed at overcoming the structural handicaps of islands territories;

2012/06/04
Committee: REGI

2011/2179(INI)

Giommaria UGGIAS, Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Spyros DANELLIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 g (new)

18 g. Considers necessary an increase in the threshold of de minimis aid for islands with special reference to the agriculture, transport and fishery sectors, in order to reduce the gap between different levels of development among European regions;

2012/06/04
Committee: REGI

2011/2179(INI)

Giommaria UGGIAS, Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Spyros DANELLIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 k (new)

18 k. Calls on the Commission to adopt an Action Plan for the Mediterranean macroregion strategy by the end of 2013, incorporating specific projects with broad involvement of all relevant stakeholders and regional partners and using all available financial instruments;

2012/06/04
Committee: REGI

2011/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas the evolution of passenger screening methods is leading to wider use of methods such as security scanners and behavioural profiling, new questions are raised regarding passenger protection that concern privacy, non-discrimination and public health.

2012/01/16
Committee: TRAN

2011/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Underlines that even passengers who are aware of their rights may be deterred from seeking redress by laborious complaints procedures; considers that there is a need for EBs to have the resources required to maintain a visible presence in the Union’s larger airports, to offer basic information and mediation services;

2012/01/16
Committee: TRAN

2011/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls on the Commission to ensure effective implementation and enforcement of the existing legislation on price transparency and unfair commercial practices, and to require that the advertised price is a fair reflection of the final price; Or. l>en

2012/01/16
Committee: TRAN

2011/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Calls on the Commission to examine the passenger protection issues related to new screening methods, such as security scanners, hand searches and passenger profiling; considers that existing passenger rights provisions and enforcement bodies could play a role in redressing the problems that may arise.

2012/01/16
Committee: TRAN

2011/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Calls on the Commission to incorporate the European Court of Justice’s interpretations of various definitions and terms, in particular the notion of ‘extraordinary circumstances’ and rules for compensation, in any upcoming revision of the Regulation;propose a clear set of definitions and terms in any upcoming revision of the Regulation, as to reduce the scope that exists for challenges to compensation rules and for variation in national enforcement; any such review must uphold the level of passenger protection provided by European Court of Justice rulings and incorporate the Court’s interpretation of ‘extraordinary circumstances’.

2012/01/16
Committee: TRAN

2011/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. ~~Believes that passengers whose luggage has been lost or delayed should enjoy equivalent rights, in terms of compensation and assistance, to passengers who have been delayed themselves;~~Considers that legislative or awareness-raising promotional action is required at European level with the aim of increasing public awareness of the rights and complaints procedures related to lost and delayed luggage.

2012/01/16
Committee: TRAN

2011/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas upward pressure on input prices is expected to rise further as a result of resource scarcity and growing demand for food in emerging economies;

2011/10/18
Committee: AGRI

2011/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas, ~~especially~~both in the crop and in the livestock sector, costs are also rising due to phytosanitary, hygiene and food security requirements;

2011/10/18
Committee: AGRI

2011/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas increased costs for leased land and land prices also strongly influence the viability of farming ~~and~~, especially in the case of young entrants ~~in farming~~, and should be included in reflections on po~~ssible cuts in input costs; whereas this situation should be improved, especially for young farmers and if needed through better regula~~licies and regulations that improve land access, especially for young farmers, without introducing new distortions;

2011/10/18
Committee: AGRI

2011/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas the market concentration of farm input suppliers is very high, with six companies controlling nearly 75 % of the agrochemicals market and three companies controlling over 45 % of the seeds market; whereas this concentration contributes to maintaining high seed prices and has a substantial negative impact on traditional crop diversity;

2011/10/18
Committee: AGRI

2011/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas certified and patented seeds and royalties for use of these seeds ~~represent the main~~have contributed, along with high energy costs, to the increase in seed costs for farmers;

2011/10/18
Committee: AGRI

2011/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J

J. whereas, ~~in the light of extreme fluctuations in agricultural prices throughout the food chain and related financial speculation, market transparency~~market transparency is essential both downstream and upstream of the food chain i~~s also essential~~n order to improve competition and resilience to price volatility;

2011/10/18
Committee: AGRI

2011/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K

K. whereas long-term investments in better input and resource management (energy, soil and nutrients, water) are needed to respond to the new economic and environmental challenges, including within the context of the Europe 2020 Strategy; whereas ~~farmers should have sufficient returns on their investment so that they are enabled to~~extension services and institutional improvements and innovations affecting the use of inputs, farmers attitudes and skills are critically important for adopting more resource- efficient, sustainable and innovative farming systems;

2011/10/18
Committee: AGRI

2011/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital O

O. whereas production of leguminous protein crops in the EU as well as improved grass-fed production systems would reduce the EU's protein deficit and its dependence on non-grain feed imports and would have major economic benefits for some farmers;

2011/10/18
Committee: AGRI

2011/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital Q

Q. whereas farm saved seeds can offer significant economic and environmental benefits, including less dependence on purchased inputs and cost reductions for some farmers ~~and less commodity dependence~~, thereby responding to specific agronomic conditions in farms; whereas improved infrastructure in this field can significantly reduce animal feed and seed production costs in the long term and improve biodiversity;

2011/10/18
Committee: AGRI

2011/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Calls on the Commission to include in its work programme a revision of legislation to improve the transparency of ~~on-~~farm input prices and ~~the price margins of industries upstream of farm~~guarantee that competition rules apply and be enforced throughout the upstream and downstream food market chaing;

2011/10/18
Committee: AGRI

2011/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses in particular the need for a European Food Prices Monitoring Tool which would deliver better transparency on input price development and allow farmgate prices to be better linked to production costs;

2011/10/18
Committee: AGRI

2011/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on national and European competition authorities to address robustly the abuse of dominant position of agribusiness traders and input companies, if and whenever it takes place, and to consider proposals for anti-trust legislation;

2011/10/18
Committee: AGRI

2011/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls on the Commission to consider setting up a European bank for seeds in order to store and preserve the genetic variety of plants, combat biodiversity loss, and link crop diversity to the cultural heritage of the member states;

2011/10/18
Committee: AGRI

2011/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls on the Commission to analyse energy costs in the various existing farm systems and the associated input providers, processing industry and distribution systems, taking into account energy efficiency and use of sustainable energy sources to respond to the new challenges~~, and the necessary rebalancing of crop and animal production~~;

2011/10/18
Committee: AGRI

2011/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Repeats its call to include crop rotation and crop diversity in an EU-wide list of ‘greening’ measures to be rewarded within the CAP, given the positive effect the former have on climate change mitigation, soil and water quality ~~and farmers' finances (with significantly reduced use of fertilisers, soil improvers, plant protection products and pesticides which will reduce input costs for farmers)~~;

2011/10/18
Committee: AGRI

2011/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Repeats its calls for the Commission to swiftly submit to Parliament and the Council a report on the possibilities and options for increasing domestic protein crop production in the EU ~~by means of new policy instruments~~, thereby reducing the EU's dependence on protein imports and the external input of mineral fertilisers and pesticides, as well as on the effect of such an increase on EU grain and livestock production, and examining the potential effect of these options on farmers' revenues and on EU agricultural trade balance;

2011/10/18
Committee: AGRI

2011/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Stresses again the need to ~~introduc~~promote in the new CAP suitable and WTO "green box" compatible measures and instruments to support those farmers cultivating protein crops in crop rotation systems, thereby reducing the EU's crop protein deficit and price volatility, improving agricultural practices, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving disease control and soil fertility;

2011/10/18
Committee: AGRI

2011/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support efforts to maintain the use of farm saved seed in EU farming in view of its significant economic, cultural and environmental benefits and contribution to agro- biodiversity;

2011/10/18
Committee: AGRI

2011/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Calls in particular on the Commission to propose the withdrawal of restrictions on the use of farm saved seed as laid down in Article 14(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 on Community plant variety rights, in the context of the forthcoming revision of this regulation;deleted

2011/10/18
Committee: AGRI

2011/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20a. Calls on the Commission to promote innovation in and coexistence of both the commercial seed system and in farmers' seed systems so as to ensure that there is adequate balance between the need for innovation on one hand and the preservation and enhancement of crop diversity as well as the improvement of livelihood of small scale farmers on the other;

2011/10/18
Committee: AGRI

2011/2113(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Welcomes, therefore, the Commission's intention to support rural development through the programme "European Neighbourhood Facility for Agriculture and Rural Development" that would integrate investment support and develop administrative capacities by building on EU best practice in developing rural areas, so as to facilitate the modernisation of the agricultural production in alignment with EU quality and food safety standards;

2012/02/02
Committee: AGRI

2011/2113(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1 b. Welcomes also the Commission's commitment stated in its Joint Communication of 25/05/2011 (COM(2011)303) to finance pilot programmes for agricultural, rural, and regional development, drawing on the EU's extensive experience in these fields and making the best possible use of a close cooperation with the FAO, the World Bank and possibly the EIB;

2012/02/02
Committee: AGRI

2011/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 4

– ~~a uniform 30% reduction in carbon dioxide emissions and pollutants in shipping~~regarding shipping, following global agreement in the IMO on energy saving measures (EEDI/SEEMP), further steps to reduce carbon emissions should be decided in the IMO;

2011/09/21
Committee: ITRE

2011/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses that the completion of the European internal transport market should be aimed for, without neglecting its economic, territorial, employment and social aspects, and calls on the Commission to ensure that proposals on liberalising the airport, rail, road, and other markets do not lead to social dumping or private monopolies;

2011/09/21
Committee: ITRE

2011/2096(INI)

Carlo FIDANZA, Spyros DANELLIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Highlights the fact that direct improvements to, and the standardisation of, loading units and the dimensions of transport vehicles would optimise multi- modal transport; at the same time, standard loading units used in global transport should be taken into account;

2011/09/21
Committee: ITRE

2011/2094(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 12

12. Encourages the Commission to ~~promote~~make existing standards which ~~help to further strengthen tourists’ rights and~~protect tourists' rights in various circumstances clearer and more visible; calls on the Commission to further strengthen those rights where necessary and to encourage the competitiveness of the European tourism industry~~, and~~; reiterates in this context its call on the Commission to support the gradual harmonisation of the European accommodation classification system, in close cooperation with the authorities at various levels and the operators in the sector;

2011/09/21
Committee: TRAN

2011/2082(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls on the Commission to align future amendments of Annex III (reduced rate) of the VAT directive with EU transport policy objectives; this could entail, inter alia, a reduced rate for crash helmets in the context of the EU's effort to reduce fatalities among motorcyclists;

2011/08/23
Committee: TRAN

2011/2082(INI)

Carlo FIDANZA, Spyros DANELLIS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Notes with regret that only a small number of Member States currently make use of the reduced VAT rate on bicycles, despite the fact that cycling reduces congestion and emissions, and contributes to public health;

2011/08/23
Committee: TRAN

2011/2082(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Highlights the opportunity this presents for a reduced VAT rate on tourism to be progressively harmonised across the Member States as a necessary condition for transparent competition between tourist companies within the EU and with non-EU countries;

2011/08/23
Committee: TRAN

2011/2082(INI)

Carlo FIDANZA, Spyros DANELLIS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Calls on the Council of the European Union to speed up adoption of the proposal for a directive on modernisation of the special TOMS VAT scheme, providing for an opt-in mechanism able to wipe out the competitive distortion between various categories of operators in the sector, as disparities in national laws currently have serious consequences;

2011/08/23
Committee: TRAN

2011/2051(INI)

Stéphane LE FOLL, Luis Manuel CAPOULAS SANTOS, Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Marc TARABELLA, Csaba Sándor TABAJDI, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Salvatore CARONNA, Luís Paulo ALVES, Ulrike RODUST, Ismail ERTUG, Spyros DANELLIS, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU

Motion for a resolution
Heading I (new) before paragraph 1

I. Challenges facing and objectives of the new CAP

2011/03/21
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Stéphane LE FOLL, Luis Manuel CAPOULAS SANTOS, Marc TARABELLA, Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Csaba Sándor TABAJDI, Luís Paulo ALVES, Salvatore CARONNA, Spyros DANELLIS, Ulrike RODUST, Ismail ERTUG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the communication from the Commission concerning a reform of agricultural policy; ~~calls, however, for the principles set~~ emphasises the need for a thoroughgoing reform of that common policy in order to take account ~~below to be incorporated in the legislative proposal~~of the changed nature of the farming industry in the EU27 and the new international context of globalisation; calls for the continued implementation of a strong and sustainable CAP with a budget commensurate with the ambitious objectives to be pursued in an effort to meet the new challenges;

2011/03/21
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Stéphane LE FOLL, Luis Manuel CAPOULAS SANTOS, Marc TARABELLA, Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Csaba Sándor TABAJDI, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Luís Paulo ALVES, Salvatore CARONNA, Spyros DANELLIS

Motion for a resolution
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 uniform 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 region;deleted

2011/03/21
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Stéphane LE FOLL, Luis Manuel CAPOULAS SANTOS, Marc TARABELLA, Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ, Csaba Sándor TABAJDI, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Luís Paulo ALVES, Salvatore CARONNA, Spyros DANELLIS, Ismail ERTUG, Ulrike RODUST, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Stresses the need for an adequate basic allowance for small farmers, which Member States can optionally determine in those Member States where these farms help to stabilise rural development; calls for theseIs strongly in favour of establishing a specific, simplified aid scheme for the very numerous small farmers in Europe, who help to stabilise rural development and employment; in view of the very considerable diversity of farm structures within the EU, calls for Member States ~~to decide~~, in accordance with subsidiarity, ~~what percentage of the direct payments to be incorporated in the new subsidy system should be made available to their small farmers; stresses, however, that this~~to participate in defining these small farmers, adopting a common criterion: the predominant role of family labour; stresses that having the benefit of this scheme must not hamper the necessary structural change in order to modernise their farms;

2011/03/21
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Stéphane LE FOLL, Luis Manuel CAPOULAS SANTOS, Marc TARABELLA, Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Csaba Sándor TABAJDI, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Luís Paulo ALVES, Salvatore CARONNA, Spyros DANELLIS, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls for a further simplification of the direct payment system, for example simplified transfer rules for payment entitlements in the event of non- activation, merging of minimum payment entitlements, simplification of the rules governing the national reserve and changes to gear them more to young farmers or reduce them, depending on the transition to the regional/national single area payment, abolition of handwritten cattle registries, an effective and unbureaucratic monitoring system for both pillars and uniform penalties; considers that administrative systems which can be proven to be operating well should be looked upon favourably in the light of the scale of monitoring prescribed;deleted

2011/03/21
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Stéphane LE FOLL, Luis Manuel CAPOULAS SANTOS, Marc TARABELLA, Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Csaba Sándor TABAJDI, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Luís Paulo ALVES, Salvatore CARONNA, Spyros DANELLIS, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Paolo DE CASTRO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Considers ~~tha~~it decoupling has essentially proved its worth, given the increased effect on income and greater autonomy in decision-making on the part of farmers and the associated simplification of the CAP, and calls for this also, in general, to apply to suckler cow and sheep premiums; recognises, however, that in certain sectors and regions such as mountain regions, where there are no alternatives to relatively labour-intensive livestock farming, there may be considerable economic and environmental drawbacks which cannot be reconciled with the aims of the Treaty; acknowledges,sirable, within the limits set by the Union’s WTO commitments, not to decouple all aid in support of certain types of production (suckler cow and sheep premiums, etc.) so as to enable Member States to cope with problems specific to their territory and enable the Union to preserve its rich heritage in ther~~efore, that production- based premiums might be defensible within a narrowly defined framework for a limited period even after 2013~~ms of the diversity of types of production;

2011/03/21
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Stéphane LE FOLL, Luis Manuel CAPOULAS SANTOS, Marc TARABELLA, Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Csaba Sándor TABAJDI, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Luís Paulo ALVES, Salvatore CARONNA, Spyros DANELLIS, Ismail ERTUG, Ulrike RODUST, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Paolo DE CASTRO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. ~~Observes~~Is conscious of the fact that, for historical reasons, farms in the European Union have a very diverse structure as regards size, employment arrangements and legal form; is aware that direct payments are moving away from a historical basis to area-based payments and that the provision of public goods is independent of farm size; rejects, therefore, measures which discriminate against particular types of farm, labour productivity and legal form; supports the principles of imposing ceilings and/or degressivity of direct aid in the light of the size of holding, except in the case of agricultural cooperatives or where employment is an important factor; stresses that in this way priority should be assigned to businesses which employ labour;

2011/03/21
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Stéphane LE FOLL, Luis Manuel CAPOULAS SANTOS, Marc TARABELLA, Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Csaba Sándor TABAJDI, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Luís Paulo ALVES, Salvatore CARONNA, Spyros DANELLIS, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Calls on the Commission to submit by 31 December 2016 a report setting out comprehensively how livestock farming in Europe can be safeguarded in the long term with regard to multifunctionality and regional aspects (such as mountain areas, Nordic regions and extremely remote areas) and also dealing with the question of how far the aims of the CAP can be realised in a more efficient, targeted way by means of decoupled, indirect support, e.g. premiums for extensive grassland or pasture landvery practical proposals for helping the livestock farming sectors in the medium and long term to cope with the rising prices of raw materials used in animal feed; calls on the Commission, moreover, in view of the difficulties which certain types of livestock farm focusing on quality and sustainability encounter in gaining access to area-based premiums, to take into account their specific character and to propose a special support scheme to avoid excluding them from the new support system;

2011/03/21
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Stéphane LE FOLL, Luis Manuel CAPOULAS SANTOS, Marc TARABELLA, Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Csaba Sándor TABAJDI, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Luís Paulo ALVES, Salvatore CARONNA, Spyros DANELLIS, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Paolo DE CASTRO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Considers that direct payments should be ~~made~~reserved only tofor active farmers; realises that, under the system of decoupled direct payments, each farmer who uses farmland for production or who tends it in order to maintain GAEC should receive direct payments; calls on the Commission therefore to devise a definition of ‘active farmer’ which the Member States can administer without additional administrative effort, while it should be ensured that traditional farming activities (full-time and various degrees of paonsiders that ‘active farmer’ means any natural or legal person whose principal activity is the exercise of an agricultural activity and/or is linked to an agricultural activity (agro- tourism, forestry, etc.); considers it necessary to specify that the definition of an active farmer should exclude cases in which the administrative costs would previously have been higher than the amount of support- t~~ime) are classified as active farming;~~ hat certain beneficiaries would have been able to receive;

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Stéphane LE FOLL, Luis Manuel CAPOULAS SANTOS, Marc TARABELLA, Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Csaba Sándor TABAJDI, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Luís Paulo ALVES, Salvatore CARONNA, Spyros DANELLIS, Ismail ERTUG, Ulrike RODUST, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Paolo DE CASTRO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Considers it important that the CAP, like all other EU policies, be involved in the 2020 Strategy, and that it seems logical under such circumstances that the redistribution of direct aid take account of factors such as employment, the environment and combating climate change;

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Stéphane LE FOLL, Luis Manuel CAPOULAS SANTOS, Marc TARABELLA, Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Csaba Sándor TABAJDI, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Luís Paulo ALVES, Salvatore CARONNA, Spyros DANELLIS, Ismail ERTUG, Ulrike RODUST, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU

Motion for a resolution
Subheading before paragraph 20

III. Resource protection and environmental policy component

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Stéphane LE FOLL, Luis Manuel CAPOULAS SANTOS, Marc TARABELLA, Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Csaba Sándor TABAJDI, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Luís Paulo ALVES, Salvatore CARONNA, Spyros DANELLIS, Ismail ERTUG, Ulrike RODUST, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Considers that better resource protection is an element in sustainable farming, which should involve separate support for environmental measures going beyond the requirements of Cross Compliance (CC)~~, which already entail many environmental measures, and being geared to multiannual applications, as a result of which greater environmental benefits can be attained~~;

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Stéphane LE FOLL, Luis Manuel CAPOULAS SANTOS, Marc TARABELLA, Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Csaba Sándor TABAJDI, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Luís Paulo ALVES, Salvatore CARONNA, Spyros DANELLIS, Ismail ERTUG, Ulrike RODUST, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Paolo DE CASTRO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Considers that resource protection should be directly linked to the granting of targeted direct payments ~~in order to attain these environmental objectives to the maximum without the need to introduce new, bureau~~that provide incentives to maximise environmental benefits and sustainability, without however creati~~c 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 loss~~ng insurmountable practical hurdles for farmers or additional red tape for administrative authorities;

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Stéphane LE FOLL, Luis Manuel CAPOULAS SANTOS, Marc TARABELLA, Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Csaba Sándor TABAJDI, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Luís Paulo ALVES, Salvatore CARONNA, Spyros DANELLIS, Ismail ERTUG, Ulrike RODUST, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU

Motion for a resolution
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 agrienvironmental measures or should supplement measures which take into account climatic and geographical differences in the Member States; observes that resource protection programmes 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 agrienvironmental programmes, thus avoiding duplication of monitoring and additional application and administration procedures;deleted

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Stéphane LE FOLL, Luis Manuel CAPOULAS SANTOS, Marc TARABELLA, Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Csaba Sándor TABAJDI, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Luís Paulo ALVES, Salvatore CARONNA, Spyros DANELLIS, Ismail ERTUG, Ulrike RODUST, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Paolo DE CASTRO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22a. Rejects the option of a uniform flat- rate direct payment for the whole of the EU and recommends inclusion of the proposals already put forward in the European Parliament's own-initiative report on the future of the CAP after 2013, which provided much of the inspiration for the Commission Communication; considers that this system of direct payments should be applicable to all hectares of farmland and could combine the following three objectives; - the provision of basic aid to ensure not just the socio-economic viability of the competitive and multifunctional model for European agriculture, but also high- quality and wide-scale food safety, the supply of basic public goods, and agricultural activity that provides employment in rural areas, with safety in the workplace criteria obviously governing this employment; - the payment of supplementary aid for enforcing simple, best-practice obligations to protect the environment (protection of soil, water, biodiversity, etc.) and combat global warming adapted to the climate and natural features of each region; some of these already exist through the GAEC, but are not harmonised among Member States, such as mandatory plant cover, environmental set-aside, compulsory rotation, crop diversity (including protein crops), rates of soil organic matter, tillage restrictions, or the presence of hedges, permanent pasture, grazing land and extensively managed crops of great environmental interest; - the provision of specific aid to compensate for natural handicaps in order to maintain agricultural activity in mountain regions, environmentally- sensitive regions, regions within the Natura 2000 network and the outermost regions; this aid would supplement and complement second-pillar aid granted to less-favoured areas;

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Stéphane LE FOLL, Luis Manuel CAPOULAS SANTOS, Marc TARABELLA, Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Csaba Sándor TABAJDI, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Luís Paulo ALVES, Salvatore CARONNA, Spyros DANELLIS, Ismail ERTUG, Ulrike RODUST, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

~~23. Calls for the resources allocated to greening to be reserved for recipients of direct payments and only disbursed in connection with greening;~~deleted

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Stéphane LE FOLL, Luis Manuel CAPOULAS SANTOS, Marc TARABELLA, Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Csaba Sándor TABAJDI, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Luís Paulo ALVES, Salvatore CARONNA, Spyros DANELLIS, Ismail ERTUG, Ulrike RODUST, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU

Motion for a resolution
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 objectives; 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;deleted

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Stéphane LE FOLL, Luis Manuel CAPOULAS SANTOS, Marc TARABELLA, Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Csaba Sándor TABAJDI, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Luís Paulo ALVES, Salvatore CARONNA, Spyros DANELLIS, Ismail ERTUG, Ulrike RODUST, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Realises that resources from the first pillar (as for a top-up model) should be used to pay for this environmental component; believes, however, that Member States where direct payments lie below the EU average should be given the option of making the payment by means of cofinancing from the first pillar or instead by means of financing entirely from the second pillar; observes that the Member States must notify the Commission of their decision on the financing by 31 July 2013; notes that individual Member States’ modulation resources should be used;deleted

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Stéphane LE FOLL, Luis Manuel CAPOULAS SANTOS, Marc TARABELLA, Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Csaba Sándor TABAJDI, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Luís Paulo ALVES, Salvatore CARONNA, Spyros DANELLIS, Ismail ERTUG, Ulrike RODUST, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

~~26. Advocates compensation for natural disadvantages in the second pillar and rejects a complementary payment in the first pillar on account of the additional administrative work involved;~~deleted

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Stéphane LE FOLL, Luis Manuel CAPOULAS SANTOS, Marc TARABELLA, Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Csaba Sándor TABAJDI, Luís Paulo ALVES, Salvatore CARONNA, Spyros DANELLIS, Ismail ERTUG, Ulrike RODUST, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Considers that direct payments are no longer justified without c~~ross compliance (CC) and therefore that the CC system~~onditions and therefore that a cross compliance system that is less complicated in practice and at administrative level (controls) should apply to all recipients of direct payments;

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Stéphane LE FOLL, Luis Manuel CAPOULAS SANTOS, Marc TARABELLA, Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Csaba Sándor TABAJDI, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Luís Paulo ALVES, Salvatore CARONNA, Spyros DANELLIS, Ismail ERTUG, Ulrike RODUST, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU

Motion for a resolution
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 monitoringonsiders that attaching conditions to direct aid was a necessary first step towards the CAP taking the environment, public health, and animal health and welfare into account; considers, however, that this mechanism has raised a whole range of problems relating to administrative issues and acceptance by farmers in their work; thinks that this system should be simplified and adapted to what farmers are actually able to do; considers, finally, that any future response to environmental challenges and combating climate change will require the gradual and voluntary adoption of new technical production methods, the practical arrangements for which will be included in the conditions governing the distribution of first-pillar direct aid;

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Stéphane LE FOLL, Luis Manuel CAPOULAS SANTOS, Marc TARABELLA, Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Csaba Sándor TABAJDI, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Luís Paulo ALVES, Salvatore CARONNA, Spyros DANELLIS, Ismail ERTUG, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Considers that ~~CC should be restricted to monitoring for compliance with fundamental and recognised standards and standards closely related to farming, which lend themselves to systematic monitoring~~the monitoring of CC should be linked more to fundamental evaluation criteria, based on the obligation to achieve results and closely related to farming; believes that farmers themselves should be more involved in this monitoring, given their observation skills and practical experience, and this would have the effect of setting an example and motivating less efficient farmers in particular;

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Stéphane LE FOLL, Luis Manuel CAPOULAS SANTOS, Marc TARABELLA, Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Csaba Sándor TABAJDI, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Luís Paulo ALVES, Salvatore CARONNA, Spyros DANELLIS, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Calls for ~~an end to disproportionate burdens imposed on livestock farming by CC, and particularly for a critical review of certain hygiene and animal marking standards~~CC to be applied in a way that is adapted to the livestock sector which is currently in a very fragile situation as it has already made considerable efforts in terms of investment to upgrade the standards of buildings, installations and equipment;

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Stéphane LE FOLL, Luis Manuel CAPOULAS SANTOS, Marc TARABELLA, Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Csaba Sándor TABAJDI, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Luís Paulo ALVES, Salvatore CARONNA, Spyros DANELLIS, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Paolo DE CASTRO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Considers that the ~~general market orientati~~market policy is one of the CAP ~~should be maintained and that the general structure of market management instruments should likewise be retained;~~ instruments which, through price management, plays an important role in determining farm incomes; acknowledges, however, that by virtue of the specific nature of agricultural supply and demand, agricultural markets, which are inherently very unstable, can cause serious problems for producers, processors and consumers which may go so far as to call into question the ability of agriculture to achieve its primary, strategic objective, food security; considers, therefore, that it is important to be able to take action to counter excessive price volatility in the context of the CAP and on world markets;

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Stéphane LE FOLL, Luis Manuel CAPOULAS SANTOS, Marc TARABELLA, Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Csaba Sándor TABAJDI, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Luís Paulo ALVES, Salvatore CARONNA, Spyros DANELLIS, Ismail ERTUG, Ulrike RODUST, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)

33a. Emphasises that the CAP should incorporate a certain number of flexible and effective market instruments which act as a safety net, fixed at appropriate levels and available in the event of serious market disruption; points out that some of these instruments exist already, but can be adapted, whilst others can be created as needed; considers that, in view of the widely differing conditions in the individual sectors, differentiated sectoral solutions are preferable to across-the- board approaches;

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Stéphane LE FOLL, Luis Manuel CAPOULAS SANTOS, Marc TARABELLA, Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Csaba Sándor TABAJDI, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Luís Paulo ALVES, Salvatore CARONNA, Spyros DANELLIS, Ismail ERTUG, Ulrike RODUST, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Considers that, in view of the ~~anticipated~~increase in environmental and climate dangers and the increased risk of epidemics and ~~considerable price fluctuations on agricultural markets, additional risk prevention is of vital importance, particularly at individual farm level~~health problems, risk management measures must be introduced to complement the range of measures intended to combat excessive price fluctuations; given the multiannual nature of such instruments, endorses the Commission’s proposal to include them among the second-pillar measures;

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Stéphane LE FOLL, Luis Manuel CAPOULAS SANTOS, Marc TARABELLA, Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Csaba Sándor TABAJDI, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Luís Paulo ALVES, Salvatore CARONNA, Spyros DANELLIS, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37

~~37. Considers that the use of these instruments which have been described should be triggered only by a political assessment by the EU legislature;~~deleted

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Stéphane LE FOLL, Luis Manuel CAPOULAS SANTOS, Marc TARABELLA, Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Csaba Sándor TABAJDI, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Luís Paulo ALVES, Salvatore CARONNA, Spyros DANELLIS, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38

~~38. Considers that, in view of the completely different conditions which exist in the individual sectors, differentiated sectoral solutions are preferable to across-the-board approaches;~~deleted

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Stéphane LE FOLL, Luis Manuel CAPOULAS SANTOS, Marc TARABELLA, Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Csaba Sándor TABAJDI, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Luís Paulo ALVES, Salvatore CARONNA, Spyros DANELLIS, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Ulrike RODUST

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39

39. Continues to support the Commission’s proposal to lower the intervention thresholds for market crops to zero, maintaining a – possibly reduced – intervention threshold only in the case of wheat;deleted

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Stéphane LE FOLL, Luis Manuel CAPOULAS SANTOS, Marc TARABELLA, Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Csaba Sándor TABAJDI, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Luís Paulo ALVES, Salvatore CARONNA, Spyros DANELLIS, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41

41. Considers rather that these measures should be promoted optionally, by decision of the Member State, in the first pillar (now Article 69) within the existing financing ceiling of the Member State concerned and that Member States should be allowed, initially, on the basis of national and regional needs, to use up to 2% of direct payments for risk management, stabilisation and prevention measures; considers that, in justified cases, Member States should be allowed to make additional resources available from national funds;deleted

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Stéphane LE FOLL, Luis Manuel CAPOULAS SANTOS, Marc TARABELLA, Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Csaba Sándor TABAJDI, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Luís Paulo ALVES, Salvatore CARONNA, Spyros DANELLIS, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Ulrike RODUST, Ismail ERTUG, Paolo DE CASTRO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42

42. Calls on the Commission to examine the extent to which the role of producer groups or sectoral associations ~~can be extended to all production sectors and incorporated into the risk prevention~~in managing markets and promoting quality can be extended to all production sectors; calls for measures of this kind to take particular account of products covered by quality-label schemes;

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Stéphane LE FOLL, Luis Manuel CAPOULAS SANTOS, Marc TARABELLA, Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Csaba Sándor TABAJDI, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Luís Paulo ALVES, Salvatore CARONNA, Spyros DANELLIS, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Ulrike RODUST, Ismail ERTUG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43

43. Takes the view, therefore, that the Commission should devise common rules on support from Member States for risk management systems, possibly by creating common rules in the common market organisation, in order to keep to a minimum any distortion of competition and trade; calls, furthermore, on the Commission to notify all measures to introduce risk management and to submit an appropriate impact assessrules governing the common market organisation; considers that these public rules must give producers more negotiating power vis-à- vis processors, increase market transparency (as regards production and sales volumes, stocks, etc.) and bring about certain changes in competition policy, which should be accepted, given that these professional market management arrangements wi~~th the legislative proposal~~ll reduce budget expenditure;

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Stéphane LE FOLL, Luis Manuel CAPOULAS SANTOS, Marc TARABELLA, Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Csaba Sándor TABAJDI, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Luís Paulo ALVES, Salvatore CARONNA, Spyros DANELLIS, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Ulrike RODUST, Ismail ERTUG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45

~~45. Advocates that the 2006 sugar market reform be extended to 2020 in its existing form in order to develop a system for the subsequent period which can operate without quotas;~~deleted

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Stéphane LE FOLL, Luis Manuel CAPOULAS SANTOS, Marc TARABELLA, Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Csaba Sándor TABAJDI, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Luís Paulo ALVES, Salvatore CARONNA, Spyros DANELLIS, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Ulrike RODUST, Ismail ERTUG

Motion for a resolution
Subheading before paragraph 48

VI. Rural development

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Stéphane LE FOLL, Luis Manuel CAPOULAS SANTOS, Marc TARABELLA, Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Csaba Sándor TABAJDI, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Luís Paulo ALVES, Salvatore CARONNA, Spyros DANELLIS, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Ismail ERTUG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 a (new)

48a. Takes the view that rural development policy must be complementary to, and consistent with, first pillar support, in order to promote strong and sustainable diversified European agriculture across the EU; considers that this rural development policy must contribute to structural developments and innovation in agriculture throughout the EU, in order to respond to the challenges in the fields of food security, the environment, climate change and employment;

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Stéphane LE FOLL, Luis Manuel CAPOULAS SANTOS, Marc TARABELLA, Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Csaba Sándor TABAJDI, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Luís Paulo ALVES, Salvatore CARONNA, Spyros DANELLIS, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Ismail ERTUG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 b (new)

48b. Points out that this rural development policy under the CAP is also an important link factor between urban and rural areas and that it must, as a component of the CAP, be consistent with the policy of territorial cohesion.

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Paolo DE CASTRO, Stéphane LE FOLL, Luis Manuel CAPOULAS SANTOS, Marc TARABELLA, Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Csaba Sándor TABAJDI, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Luís Paulo ALVES, Salvatore CARONNA, Spyros DANELLIS, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Ismail ERTUG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49 a (new)

49a. Emphasises that rural development policy must enable all the potentials of rural areas to be harnessed, by means of quality agricultural production focusing on direct sales, product promotion, supplying of local markets, diversification of biomass outlets (energy, green chemistry, bio-based materials, etc.), and able to create very place-specific jobs and multiple-service supply (ecotourism, educational farms, agri-tourism, etc.); considers also that this rural policy must serve to increase competitiveness, particularly in the convergence regions, by means of investment in the fields of the production, processing and marketing of agricultural products; believes, lastly, that this rural development policy must contribute to the management of natural resources (watercourses, soil, etc.) and help in the management and restoration of ecosystems, with this simultaneously providing a response to climate change;

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Paolo DE CASTRO, Stéphane LE FOLL, Luis Manuel CAPOULAS SANTOS, Marc TARABELLA, Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Csaba Sándor TABAJDI, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Luís Paulo ALVES, Salvatore CARONNA, Spyros DANELLIS, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Ismail ERTUG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49 b (new)

49b. Insists that the measures under axis 1 of the rural development policy must better address the issues connected with the establishment of young farmers following the retirement of older farmers, with this concerning measures in connection with the establishing and modernisation of agricultural holdings; this approach should also consist of facilitating access to the farming profession for young people who are not from a farming background, and include the concept of gradual establishment, necessitating a review of aid eligibility conditions; believes, lastly, that implementation of this establishment support system should be mandatory in all the Member States;

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Paolo DE CASTRO, Stéphane LE FOLL, Luis Manuel CAPOULAS SANTOS, Marc TARABELLA, Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Csaba Sándor TABAJDI, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Luís Paulo ALVES, Salvatore CARONNA, Spyros DANELLIS, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Ismail ERTUG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49 c (new)

49c. Proposes that agri-environmental measures should include arrangements for a 5 to 7 year ‘conversion’ agreement enabling farmers who themselves decide to move towards more sustainable production models and to innovate, to receive financial support to cover their taking on the financial risk resulting from the agronomic difficulties that could often arise in the years immediately following their change of farming practices; this aim of this incentive mechanism would be to help farmers better comply with the conditions for the granting of level two under the first pillar direct payments system;

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Paolo DE CASTRO, Stéphane LE FOLL, Luis Manuel CAPOULAS SANTOS, Marc TARABELLA, Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Csaba Sándor TABAJDI, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Luís Paulo ALVES, Salvatore CARONNA, Spyros DANELLIS, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Ismail ERTUG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49 d (new)

49d. Suggests that support for consultancy, orchestration and training be incorporated into Axis 1 of the rural development policy to enable the dissemination of knowledge on innovative changes in farming practices towards more sustainable production systems, and to help innovative farmers pass on their experience;

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Paolo DE CASTRO, Stéphane LE FOLL, Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Marc TARABELLA, Csaba Sándor TABAJDI, Luis Manuel CAPOULAS SANTOS, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Luís Paulo ALVES, Salvatore CARONNA, Spyros DANELLIS, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Ismail ERTUG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50

50. Advocates in this connection that the compensatory allowance for disadvantaged areas be retained in the second pillar; c~~onsiders that it should be ascertained what cofinancing r~~alls on the Commission to establish objective criteria for the definition of intermediate apprears ~~to be appropriate; calls on the Commission to reta~~(currently under review) without those criteria leading t~~he existing criteria for demarcation of disadvantaged~~o a new demarcation that could see the abrupt exclusion of currently eligible areas;

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Stéphane LE FOLL, Luis Manuel CAPOULAS SANTOS, Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Marc TARABELLA, Csaba Sándor TABAJDI, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Luís Paulo ALVES, Salvatore CARONNA, Spyros DANELLIS, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Ismail ERTUG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51

51. Stresses at the same time, however, that rural structures differ widely in the Member States and therefore require different measures; calls therefore for flexibility to allow the Member States to adopt voluntary measures, the cofinancing rate for which should be based on the rates current at the time; points out that the cofinancing rate should continue to take account of the specific needs and circumstances of convergence regions in the post-2013 period;

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Stéphane LE FOLL, Luis Manuel CAPOULAS SANTOS, Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Marc TARABELLA, Csaba Sándor TABAJDI, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Luís Paulo ALVES, Salvatore CARONNA, Spyros DANELLIS, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Ismail ERTUG

Motion for a resolution
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;~~Deleted

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Stéphane LE FOLL, Luis Manuel CAPOULAS SANTOS, Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Marc TARABELLA, Csaba Sándor TABAJDI, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Luís Paulo ALVES, Salvatore CARONNA, Spyros DANELLIS, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Ismail ERTUG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54

54. Advocates that it should not be compulsory for national cofinancing to come from public funds; considers that at least 10 percentage points of any national cofinancing should come from public funds;Deleted

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Stéphane LE FOLL, Luis Manuel CAPOULAS SANTOS, Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Marc TARABELLA, Csaba Sándor TABAJDI, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Luís Paulo ALVES, Salvatore CARONNA, Spyros DANELLIS, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Ismail ERTUG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57

~~57. Observes that there is a need for action with regard to national tax law applicable to farms in order to distribute the tax burden more evenly over a period of years;~~Deleted

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2019(BUD)

Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Spyros DANELLIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39

39. Stresses that part of the spending under Heading 2 is instrumental in realising the Europe 2020 goals; emphasises that the priority goals of this strategy – growth and employment – are also accomplished through the rural development programmes; regards climate action and food security as two of the main challenges for the CAP; and calls~~, therefore,~~ for a further greening of the CAP, without compromising the competitiveness of EU farmers, which should also contribute further to meeting the vast environmental challenges the EU faces, including water pollution; in this context, also welcomes the increase for the LIFE+ programme (+4.3% and +1.9% in commitments and payments respectively);

2011/05/24
Committee: BUDG

2011/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28

(28) In a labour-intensive sector such as groundhandling, continuous staff development and training have a strong impact on service quality and airport safety. Minimum training requirements should therefore be set to ensure the quality of operations in terms of reliability, resilience, safety and security, and to create a level playing field among operators. .

2012/10/10
Committee: TRAN

2011/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 2

2. At airports whose annual traffic has been not less than 5 million passenger movements or 100 000 tonnes of freight for at least the previous three years, the managing body of the airport or, where appropriate, the public authority or any other body which controls the airport shall set minimum quality standards for the performance of groundhandling services. The body setting quality standards shall consult the Airport Users Committee for this purpose.

2012/10/10
Committee: TRAN

2011/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 7 α (new)

7α. Without prejudice to paragraphs 1 to 7 of this article, the airport management body shall focus on the question of safety in evaluating compliance by groundhandling services with minimum quality standards and shall take suitable action in accordance with standard procedures if it considers that the safety of the airport is being compromised.

2012/10/10
Committee: TRAN

2011/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – point j

j) safety accidents and incidents involving groundhandling services

2012/10/10
Committee: TRAN

2011/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – point m

m) training features;, including content and regularity;·

2012/10/10
Committee: TRAN

2011/0391(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4

(4) The slot allocation system established in 1993 does not ensure the optimum allocation and use of slots and thus of airport capacity. In the context of growing airport congestion and the limited development of major new airport infrastructure, the slots are a rare resource. Access to such resources is of crucial importance for the provision of air transport services and for the maintenance of effective competition. To this end, the allocation and use of slots could be made more effective by introducing market mechanisms, by ensuring that the unused slots are made available to interested operators as soon as possible and in a transparent manner, and by reinforcing the underlying principles of the system with regard to the allocation, management and use of the slots. At the same time, although the historical slots meet the need for stability in schedules for the airlines, during the future assessment of the application of this Regulation, a gradual introduction of other market mechanisms could be envisaged, such as withdrawing and auctioning historical slotconcerns regarding efficient allocation of slots must continue to be balanced against the need to protect the external benefits of air transport services and in particular the value that they create for European regions.

2012/09/17
Committee: TRAN

2011/0391(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

At a coordinated ~~or schedules facilitated~~ airport, the Member State responsible shall ensure the determination of the coordination parameters twice yearly, while taking account of all relevant technical, operational , performance and environmental constraints as well as any changes thereto. These constraints shall be notified to the Commission. The Commission, if necessary with the aid of the network manager, shall examine the constraints and deliver recommendations which the Member State must take into account before determining the coordination parameters.

2012/09/17
Committee: TRAN

2011/0391(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1

1. ~~At the end of each scheduling period~~On an annual basis, the coordinator or schedules facilitator shall submit to the Member States concerned and to the Commission an activity report describing the general slot allocation and/or schedules facilitation situation, examining, in particular, the application of Article 9(5) and Articles 13 and 18, as well as any complaints regarding the application of Articles 9 and 10 submitted to the coordination committee and the steps taken to resolve them. The report shall also contain the results of a survey conducted among the interested parties on the quality of services provided by the coordinator.

2012/09/17
Committee: TRAN

2011/0391(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 8

8. The coordinator shall also take into account additional guidelines established by the air transport industry Union -wide or world-wide as well as local guidelines proposed by the coordination committee and approved by the Member State or any other competent body responsible for the airport in question~~, provided that s~~. Such guidelines shouldo not affect the independent status of the coordinator, should comply with Union law, should aim at improving the efficient use of airport capacity ~~and have~~taking local circumstances into account, and should been notified in advance to ~~and pre-approved by the Commission~~ the Commission and be pre-approved. The local guidelines may only concern the monitoring of the use of slots allocated or the amendment of the definition of a series of slots to reduce its length below 10 slots for the winter scheduling period or below 15 slots for the summer schedulallocation and monitoring of slots and can be introduced in cases where they can result ing per~~iod, but under no circumstances below 5 slots. The reduction of the length of the series of slots applies only at~~formance improvements, such as in airports where slot demand ~~for air services is highly~~displays strong seasonableility.

2012/09/17
Committee: TRAN

2011/0391(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b

(b) this decision shall not affect the non- discriminatory and transparent character of the slot allocation process and the system of airport charges, and neither shall it create additional net revenues for the airport managing body;

2012/09/17
Committee: TRAN

2011/0391(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c

(c) this decision shall not discourage air carriers from developing services or entering the market ~~and it shall be limited to covering the costs incurred by the airport for reserving the airport capacity corresponding to the slots which remained unused~~;

2012/09/17
Committee: TRAN

2011/0391(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3

For the transfers or exchanges referred to in paragraph 1(b) and (c), the air carriers shall give the coordinator the details of any monetary or any other kind of compensation. The details regarding compensation for the transfers or exchanges are confidential and the coordinator shall only divulge such details to the Member State where the airport is situated or the Commission, upon their request. The transfers or exchanges may not be subject to restrictive conditions intended to limit the possibility for the air carrier wishing to obtain the slots to enter into competition with the air carrier which transfers or exchanges the slots, or with other members of a group of air carriers that it is part of.

2012/09/17
Committee: TRAN

2011/0391(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 a (new)

In order to ensure that slot exchanges or transfers do not have anti-competitive effects or covenants, Coordinators shall where necessary provide relevant data and information to competition authorities.

2012/09/17
Committee: TRAN

2011/0391(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1

1. The Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the operation of this Regulation at the latest ~~four~~three years after its entry into force. The report shall address in particular the functioning of Articles 9, 10 11 and 13.

2012/09/17
Committee: TRAN

2011/0391(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. The Commission will monitor the secondary markets for slots based on the data received from co-ordinators and will report on relevant trends, including those relating to regional and intra-EU connectivity, in its Annual Analysis of Air Transport Markets.

2012/09/17
Committee: TRAN

2011/0294(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20

(20) Intelligent transport systems are necessary to provide the basis for optimising of traffic and transport operations and improving related services. They should be interoperable and must be deployed widely across transport modes, Member States, and regions, in order to maximise benefits for the internal market, sustainable growth and cohesion.

2012/10/04
Committee: TRAN

2011/0294(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21

(21) The guidelines should provide for the development of the comprehensive network in urban nodes, in accordance with Union aims regarding Sustainable Urban Mobility, as those nodes are the starting point or the final destination (‘last mile’) for passengers and freight moving on the trans-European transport network and are points of transfer within or between different transport modes.

2012/10/04
Committee: TRAN

2011/0294(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point e

(e) ‘European added value’ means, in relation to a project, the economic, social and environmental value resulting from Union intervention which is additional to the value that would otherwise have been created by Member State action alone;

2012/10/04
Committee: TRAN

2011/0294(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point r a (new)

(r a) 'isolated network' means the rail network of a Member State, or a part thereof, with a track gauge which is different to that of the European standard nominal track gauge (1435mm), for which certain major infrastructure investments cannot be justified in economic cost-benefit terms by virtue of the specificities of that network arising from its geographic detachment or peripheral location;

2012/10/04
Committee: TRAN

2011/0294(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point r b (new)

(r b) 'climate impact assessment' means an ex-ante evaluation of the absolute and relative greenhouse gas impacts of new, extended or upgraded transport infrastructure on the basis of a harmonised methodology, publicly accessible by citizens in accordance with the Aarhus Convention, comprising: 1. changes in greenhouse gas emissions from traffic; 2. changes in greenhouse gas emissions from infrastructure operation, maintenance and management; 3. greenhouse gas emissions from infrastructure construction, development and end-of-life processes; 4. indirect effects on other sectors;

2012/10/04
Committee: TRAN

2011/0294(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c

(c) promote the most advanced technological and operational concepts broadly across transport modes and Member States;

2012/10/04
Committee: TRAN

2011/0294(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point i

(i) for both passenger and freight traffic, seamless connections between transport infrastructure for long-distance traffic on the one hand, and regional and local traffic on the other, including soft mobility options such as cycling and walking;

2012/10/04
Committee: TRAN

2011/0294(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point j

(j) a transport infrastructure that reflects the specific situations in different parts of the Union and provides for a balanced coverage of European regions, including outermost ~~regions~~, insular and other peripheral regiones;

2012/10/04
Committee: TRAN

2011/0294(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3 –point c – subpoint 1

(1) nominal track gauge for new railway lines: 1 435 mm, except for isolated railway networks;

2012/10/04
Committee: TRAN

2011/0294(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) optimise existing infrastructure by increasing efficiency and sustainability, in particular by facilitating the distribution and uptake of alternative fuels;

2012/10/08
Committee: TRAN

2011/0294(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. ITS shall be deployed as broadly as possible across the Union, as far as possible with the aim of enabling a set of interoperable basic capabilities in all Member States.

2012/10/08
Committee: TRAN

2011/0294(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 2 – point a – introductory part

(a) for railway transport infrastructure, except for isolated railway networks:

2012/10/08
Committee: TRAN

2011/0294(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 54 a (new)

Article 54 a Methodologies for socio-economic cost- benefit analysis, European added value and climate impact assessment Based on the definitions in Article 3, the Commission shall develop detailed methodologies for: - a socio-economic cost-benefit analysis; - the assessment of the European added value; - climate impact assessments. Those methodologies shall be used for the assessment of projects of common interest as set out in Article 7. The Commission shall give particular attention to minimising the administrative burden that the expanded assessment process may present, in particular to smaller projects with low estimated total budgets. Those methodologies shall be adopted by delegated acts by no later than 31 January 2014 in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 56.

2012/10/08
Committee: TRAN

2011/0288(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10

(10) In order to help beneficiaries to become more aware of the relationship between agricultural practices ~~and~~, management, and risk management of farms on the one hand, and standards relating to the environment, climate change, good agricultural condition of land, food safety, public health, animal health, plant health and animal welfare on the other, it is necessary that Member States establish a comprehensive farm advisory system offering advice to beneficiaries. That farm advisory system should in any way not affect the obligation and responsibility of beneficiaries to respect those standards. Also a clear separation between advice and checks should be ensured by the Member States.

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0288(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11

(11) The farm advisory system should cover at least the requirements and standards forming the scope of cross compliance. That system should also cover the requirements to be respected in relation to the agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment for direct payments, as well as the maintenance of the agricultural area under Regulation (EU) No DP/xxx of the European Parliament and of the Council of xxx establishing rules for direct payment to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the common agricultural policy14. TIn addition, that system should ~~finally~~ cover certain elements related to climate change mitigation and adaptation, biodiversity, protection of water, animal and plant disease notification and innovation ~~as well as~~. That system should finally cover the sustainable development of the economical activity of the small farms, as well as the options available for effective management of economic and environmental risks.

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0288(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall establish a system of advising beneficiaries on land, farm, and farm risk management (hereinafter referred to as the ‘farm advisory system’) operated by one or more designated bodies that should be accredited on the basis of minimum qualifications laid down by the Commission by means of delegated acts in accordance with Article 111. The designated bodies may be public or private.

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0288(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)

(ca) the agri-environment-climate measures laid down in Article 29 of Regulation (EU) No xxx/xxxx [RD];

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0288(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point c b (new)

(cb) the environmental performance and the sustainable development of the economic activity of organic farming as a minimum referred to in Regulation (EC) No 834/2007;

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0288(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)

(da) the options available to farmers for effective management of economic and environmental risks.

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0288(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – point a

(a) the environmental performance and the sustainable development of the economical activity, of holdings other than those referred to in paragraph (2)(d);

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0288(COD)

Spyros DANELLIS, Georgios PAPASTAMKOS, Theodoros SKYLAKAKIS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1

1. In order to guarantee the proper functioning of the farm advisory system, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 111 concerning provisions aiming at rendering that system fully operational. Those provisions may relate, amongst others, to the accessibility criteria for farmers, as well as to minimum qualification criteria for Farm Advisory System designated bodies.

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9

(9) Member States should be able to include in their rural development programmes thematic sub-programmes to address specific needs in areas of particular importance to them. Thematic sub- programmes should concern among others young farmers, small farms, High Nature Value Farming systems, organic farming, mountain areas and the creation of short supply chains. Thematic sub-programmes should also be used to provide for the possibility to address restructuring of agricultural sectors which have a strong impact on the development of rural areas. As a means to increase the efficient intervention of such thematic sub- programmes Member States should be allowed to provide for higher support rates for certain operations covered by them.

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16

(16) Farm advisory services help farmers, forest holders and SMEs in rural areas to improve the sustainable management and overall performance of their holding or business. Therefore both the setting up of such services and the use of advice by farmers, forest holders and SMEs should be encouraged. In order to enhance the quality and effectiveness of the advice offered, provision should be made for the minimum qualifications and regular training of advisors. Farm advisory services, as provided for in Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council (EU) No HR/2012 of […]14 should help farmers assess the performance of their agricultural holding and identify the necessary improvements as regards the statutory management requirements, good agricultural and environmental conditions, agricultural practices beneficial to the climate and the environment set out in Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council (EU) No DP/2012 of […]15 , requirements or actions related to climate change mitigation and adaptation, biodiversity, protection of water, animal disease notification and innovation at least as laid down in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No HR/2012. Farm advisory services should also provide information on effective management of risk and on the risk options available to farmers. Where relevant, advice should also cover occupational safety standards. Advice may also cover issues linked to the economic, agricultural and environmental performance of the holding or enterprise. Farm management and farm relief services should help farmers improve and facilitate management of their holding.

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Spyros DANELLIS, Georgios PAPASTAMKOS, Theodoros SKYLAKAKIS

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25

(25) Forestry is an integral part of rural development and support for sustainable and climate friendly land use should encompass forest area development and sustainable management of forests. During the 2007-2013 programming period a variety of measures covered different types of support for forestry investments and management. In the interest of simplification but also of allowing beneficiaries to design and realise integrated projects with increased added value, a single measure should cover all types of support for forestry investments and management. This measure should cover the extension and improvement of forest resources through afforestation of land and creation of agro-forestry systems combining extensive agriculture with forestry systems, restoration of forests damaged by fire or other natural disasters and relevant prevention measures, investments in new forestry technologies and in the processing and marketing of forest products aimed at improving the economic and environmental performance of forest holders and forest workers and non remunerative investments which improve ecosystem and climate resilience and environmental value of forest ecosystems. Support should avoid distorting competition and be market neutral. As a result limitations should be imposed relating to the size and legal status of beneficiaries for the production of wood. These limitations should not apply to support for non-wood forest products or forest investments for environmental reasons. Preventive actions against fires should be in areas classified by Member States as medium or high fire risk. All preventive actions should be part of a forest protection plan. The occurrence of a natural disaster in the case of action for the restoration of damaged forest potential should be subject to the formal recognition by a scientific public organisation. The forestry measure should be adopted in the light of undertakings given by the Union and the Member States at international level, and be based on Member States‘ national or sub-national forest plans or equivalent instruments which should take into account the commitments made in the Ministerial Conferences on the Protection of Forests in Europe. It should contribute to the implementation of the Union Forestry Strategy16 . In order to ensure that afforestation of agricultural land is in line with the aims of environmental policy the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission in respect of the definition of certain minimum environmental requirements.

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point j a (new)

(j a) "High Nature Value Farming" (HNVF) means farming systems that host farming activities and farmland that, because of their characteristics, can be expected to support high levels of biodiversity or species and habitats of conservation concern. These systems are characterized by low intensity farming and high proportions of natural or semi- natural vegetation. It may also be characterized by a high diversity of land cover.

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Spyros DANELLIS, Georgios PAPASTAMKOS, Theodoros SKYLAKAKIS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)

(b a) High Nature Value Farming systems;

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Spyros DANELLIS, Georgios PAPASTAMKOS, Theodoros SKYLAKAKIS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b b (new)

(b b) Organic farming;

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Spyros DANELLIS, Georgios PAPASTAMKOS, Theodoros SKYLAKAKIS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3

3. The support rates laid down in Annex I may be increased by 10 percentage points for operations supported in the framework of thematic sub-programmes concerning small farms, High Nature Value farming, organic farming, and short supply chains. In the case of young farmers and mountain areas, the maximum support rates may be increased in accordance with Annex I. However, the maximum combined support rate shall not exceed 90%.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part

Advice to farmers shall be linked to at least one Union priority for rural development and shall cover a~~s a minimum one~~ll of the following elements:

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Spyros DANELLIS, Georgios PAPASTAMKOS, Theodoros SKYLAKAKIS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point a

(a) ~~one or more of~~ the statutory management requirements and/or standards for good agricultural and environmental conditions provided for in Chapter I of Title VI of Regulation (EU) No HR/2012;

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point d a (new)

(d a) the sustainable development and economic activity of organic farming as a minimum referred to under Regulation (EC) No 834/2007;

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point d b (new)

(d b) effective management of risk and risk management options available to farmers;

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1

Limitations on ownership of forests provided for in Articles 236 to 4027 shall not apply for the tropical or subtropical forests and for the wooded areas of the territories of the Azores, Madeira, the Canary islands, the smaller Aegean islands within the meaning of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2019/9333 and the French overseas departments. Limitations on ownership provided for in Articles 23 to 27 shall not apply to support for environmental reasons, such as protection against erosion or extension of forest resources contributing to climate change mitigation.

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1

1. Support under Article 22(1)(a) shall be granted to private land-owners and tenants, municipalities and their associations, and other land managers and shall cover the costs of establishment and an annual premium per hectare to cover the costs of maintenance, including early and late cleanings, for a maximum period of ten years.

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 3

3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 90 concerning the definition of the minimum environmental requirements referred to in paragraph 2, taking into account the diversity of European forests.

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Spyros DANELLIS, Theodoros SKYLAKAKIS, Georgios PAPASTAMKOS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1

1. Support under Article 22(1)(b) shall be granted to private landowners, tenants, municipalities and their associations, and other land managers and shall cover the costs of establishment or conversion to an agro-forestry system and an annual premium per hectare to cover the costs of maintenance for a maximum period of ~~thre~~five years.

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2

2. ‘Agro-forestry systems’ shall mean land use systems ~~in which trees are grown in combination with extensive agriculture on the same land~~and practices in which woody perennials are deliberately integrated with crops and/or animals on the same land management unit. The trees may be single, in groups or in rows inside parcels (sylvoarable agro-forestry, sylvopastoralism, grazed orchards) or on the limits between parcels (hedges, tree lines). The maximum and minimum number of trees ~~to be planted~~(or cover) per hectare shall be determined by the Member States taking account of local pedo-climatic conditions, forestry species and the need to ensure agricultural or livestock grazing use of the land.

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 3

3. Support for new plantations in agricultural lands and for the establishment and maintenance of agro- forestry practices, including sylvopastoral systems, shall be limited to the maximum support rate laid down in Annex I.

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1

1. Support under Article 22(1)(d) shall be granted to ~~natural persons, private forest owners, private law and semi-public bodie~~private, semi-public and public forest owners, municipalities, state forests and their associations. ~~In the case of state forests s~~Support may also be granted to bodies managing s~~uch forests, which are independent from the state budget~~tate forests.

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1

1. Support under Article 22(1)(e) shall be granted to private forest owners, municipalities and their associations, forest workers and their associations, and to SMEs for investments enhancing forestry potential or relating to processing and marketing adding value to forest products. In the territories of the Azores, Madeira, the Canary islands, the smaller Aegean islands within the meaning of Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93 and the French overseas departments support may also be granted to enterprises that are not SMEs.

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2

2. Support shall be granted to farmers and to private forest owners and associations of forest owners respectively~~. In duly justified cases it may also be granted~~, as well as to other land managers.

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

Support under this measure shall be granted per hectare of forest to forest holders, municipalities and their associations who undertake, on a voluntary basis, to carry out operations consisting of one or more forest-environment commitments. Bodies managing state owned forests may also benefit from support ~~provided they are independent from the state budget~~.

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Spyros DANELLIS, Georgios PAPASTAMKOS, Theodoros SKYLAKAKIS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 4

4. Support may be provided to public and private entities, municipalities and their associations for the conservation and promotion of forest genetic resources for operations not covered under paragraphs 1, 2 and 3.

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
ANNEX III – Thematic sub-programme 4 a (new)

Conservation of High Nature Value farm systems: Knowledge transfer and information actions Advisory services, farm management, and farm relief services Quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs Agri-environment-climate Organic farming Natura 2000 and Water framework directive payments Enhancement of biodiversity in rural areas Co-operation Investment in physical assets

2012/07/26
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Spyros DANELLIS, Georgios PAPASTAMKOS, Theodoros SKYLAKAKIS

Proposal for a regulation
ANNEX III – Thematic sub-programme 4 a (new)

Organic farming: Knowledge transfer and information actions Advisory services, farm management, and farm relief services Agri-environment-climate Animal Welfare Natura 2000 and Water framework directive payments Farm and business development Co-operation Investment in physical assets EIP for agricultural productivity and sustainability

2012/07/26
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9

(9) In order to take into account specific new elements and to guarantee the protection of the rights of beneficiaries, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission for the purpose of laying down further definitions regarding the access to support under this Regulation, establishing the framework within which Member States shall define the minimum activities to be carried out on areas naturally kept in a state suitable for grazing or cultivation as well as the criteria to be met by farmers in order to be deemed to have respected the obligation of maintaining the agricultural area ~~in the state suitable for production and the criteria to determine the predominance of grasses and other herbaceous forage as regards permanent grassland~~, that means any area taken up by arable land, permanent pastures or permanent crops, in the state suitable for production.

2012/07/18
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26

(26) One of the objectives of the new CAP is the enhancement of environmental performance through a mandatory ‘greening’ component of direct payments which will support agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment applicable throughout the Union. For that purpose, Member States should use part of their national ceilings for direct payments to grant an annual payment, on top of the basic payment, for compulsory practices to be followed by farmers addressing, as a priority, both climate and environment policy goals. Those practises should take the form of simple, generalised, non-contractual and annual actions that go beyond cross- compliance and are linked to agriculture such as crop diversification, maintenance of permanent ~~grassland~~pastures and ecological focus areas. The compulsory nature of those practises should also concern farmers whose holdings are fully or partly situated in ‘Natura 2000’ areas covered by Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora and by Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds, as long as these practises are compatible with the objectives of those Directives. Farmers who fulfil the conditions laid down in Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 of 28 June 2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 should benefit from the ‘greening’ component without fulfilling any further obligation, given the recognised environmental benefits of the organic farming systems. Non-respect of the ‘greening’ component should lead to penalties on the basis of Article 65 of Regulation (EU) No […] [HZR].

2012/07/18
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28

(28) In order to ensure that the land under permanent ~~grassland~~pastures is maintained as such by the farmers, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission for the purpose of the adoption of rules concerning the application of the measure.

2012/07/18
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e

(e) ‘agricultural area’ means any area taken up by arable land, permanent ~~grassland~~pastures or permanent crops;

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point g

(g) ‘permanent crops’ means non-rotational crops other than permanent ~~grassland~~pastures that occupy the land for five years or longer and yield repeated harvests, including nurseries, and short rotation coppice;

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Theodoros SKYLAKAKIS, Spyros DANELLIS, Georgios PAPASTAMKOS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point h

(h) ‘permanent ~~grassland~~pasture’ means land used to grow grasses or other ~~herbaceous forage naturally (self-seeded) or through cultivation (sown) and that has not been included in the crop rotation of the holding~~forage, including woody species, and which has not been ploughed or reseeded for five years or longer; ~~it may~~this will include other species suitable for grazing ~~provided that the grasses and other herbaceous forage remain predominant~~;

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)

(b a) they do not bear the economic risk of the agricultural activity carried out on land declared for the benefit of the direct payment.

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Spyros DANELLIS, Theodoros SKYLAKAKIS, Georgios PAPASTAMKOS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point b

(b) to maintain existing permanent ~~grassland~~pastures on their holding; and

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Farmers shall be entitled ipso facto to the payment referred to in this Chapter, when they maintain the existing traditional low-intensity systems for olive groves, vineyards, and orchards, in which the trees are standards or semi-standards, in low density, not irrigated, which make limited use of inputs and in which spontaneous (not sown) under-storey is allowed to develop between autumn and spring.

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – title

Permanent ~~grassland~~pastures

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

Farmers shall maintain as permanent ~~grassland~~pastures the areas of their holdings declared as such in the application made pursuant to Article 74(1) of Regulation (EU) No XXX (HZ) for claim year 2014, hereinafter referred to as ‘reference areas under permanent ~~grassland’~~pastures.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

The reference areas under permanent ~~grassland~~pastures shall be increased in cases where the farmer has an obligation to reconvert areas into permanent ~~grassland~~pastures in 2014 and/or in 2015 as referred to in Article 93 of Regulation (EU) No […] HZR.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2

2. Farmers shall be allowed to convert a maximum of 5 % of their reference areas under permanent ~~grassland~~pastures. That limit shall not apply in the case of force majeure or exceptional circumstances.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 3

3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 55 laying down rules concerning the increase of reference areas under permanent ~~grassland~~pastures as laid down in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1, the renewal of permanent ~~grassland~~pastures, the reconversion of agricultural area into permanent ~~grassland~~pastures in case the authorised decrease referred to in paragraph 2 is exceeded, as well as the modification of the reference areas under permanent ~~grassland~~pastures in case of transfer of land.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Carlo FIDANZA, Spyros DANELLIS, Giommaria UGGIAS, Salvatore TATARELLA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

Coupled support may be granted to the following sectors and productions: cereals, oilseeds, protein crops, grain legumes, flax, hemp, rice, nuts, starch potato, milk and milk products, seeds, sheepmeat and goatmeat, beef and veal, olive oil, silk worms, dried fodder, hops, sugar beet, cane and chicory, fruit and vegetables and short rotation coppice.deleted

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0273(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5

(5) Cross-border cooperation should aim to tackle common challenges identified jointly in the border regions (such as poor accessibility, inappropriate business environment, lack of networks among local and regional administrations, research and innovation and take-up of information and communication technologies, environmental pollution, risk prevention, negative attitudes towards neighbouring country citizens) and exploit the untapped potentials in the border area (development of cross-border research and innovation facilities and clusters, cross-border labour market integration, cooperation among universities or health centres, and development of specific projects in the tourism sector), while enhancing the cooperation process for the purpose of the overall harmonious development of the Union. In the case of any cross-border programme between Northern Ireland and the border counties of Ireland in support of peace and reconciliation, the ERDF shall also contribute to promoting social and economic stability in the regions concerned, notably by actions to promote cohesion between communities.

2012/05/03
Committee: TRAN

2011/0273(COD)

Carlo FIDANZA, Spyros DANELLIS, Giommaria UGGIAS, Salvatore TATARELLA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – point a – point iv a (new)

iv a) carrying out and promoting actions in the tourism sector intended to develop the areas concerned;

2012/05/03
Committee: TRAN

2011/0273(COD)

Carlo FIDANZA, Hubert PIRKER, Spyros DANELLIS, Giommaria UGGIAS, Salvatore TATARELLA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – point b

b) under transnational cooperation: development and implementation of macro-regional and sea-basin strategies (within the thematic objective of enhancing institutional capacity ~~and~~, an efficient public administration and targeted actions in the tourism sector).

2012/05/03
Committee: TRAN

2011/0190(COD)

Georgios KOUMOUTSAKOS, Spyros DANELLIS

Proposal for a directive- amending act
Recital 11 a (new)

(11α) Modal backshift is a major problem for areas highly dependent on marine transport. The Commission must make full use of available resources, such as Marco Polo and transport TENs, so as to provide assistance specifically designed to minimise the risk of modal backshift.

2011/11/30
Committee: TRAN

2011/0190(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 8 a (new)

Directive 1999/32/EC
Article 4e a (new)

(8a) The following article is inserted: "Article 4ea Fuel oil availability Notwithstanding the provision set out in Articles 3 and 4. 1. If a ship is found by a Member State not to be in compliance with the standards for compliant fuel oils set out in this Directive, the competent authority of the Member State is entitled to require the ship to: (a) present a record of the actions taken to attempt to ensure compliance; and (b) provide evidence that it attempted to purchase compliant fuel oil in accordance with its voyage plan and, if it was not made available where planned, that attempts were made to locate alternative sources for such fuel oil and that despite best efforts to obtain compliant fuel oil, no such fuel oil was made available for purchase. 2. The ship shall not be required to deviate from its intended voyage or to delay unduly the voyage in order to ensure compliance. 3. If a ship provides the information set out in paragraph 1 of this article, Member States shall take into account all relevant circumstances and the evidence presented in order to determine the appropriate action to take, including not taking control measures. 4. A ship shall notify its Administration and the competent authority of the relevant port of destination when it cannot purchase compliant fuel oil. 5. Member States shall notify the Commission when a ship has presented evidence of the non-availability of compliant fuel oil."

2011/11/30
Committee: TRAN

2011/0177(APP)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 (new)

10. Welcomes, in this regard, the Commission proposal establishing a Programme for the Competitiveness of Enterprises and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (COSME) (2014-2020); stresses in particular that strong support should be given for the specific allocations of EUR 131 million for the competitiveness of enterprises in the tourism sector;

2012/07/12
Committee: TRAN

2011/0092(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 19 a (new)

(19a) It is necessary to ensure a reduction of emissions in global shipping and to maintain the competitive position of Union companies. It is therefore inadvisable to tax bunker fuel at the Union level, as such taxation would lead to significant carbon leakage. However, taxing bunker fuel at the global level remains a simple mitigation mechanism that would be effective in carbon reduction, without high compliance costs. Therefore Member States should increase efforts in IMO fora towards a bold and effective global bunker levy.

2011/10/21
Committee: TRAN

2010/2208(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)

- having regard to the communication of 16 October 2010 from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on Europe 2020 Flagship Initiative: Innovation Union (COM(2010)546),

2011/02/09
Committee: TRAN

2010/2208(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas the commercial transport applications of EGNOSS represent a growing global market which should be secured as far as is possible for the ~~economic~~ benefit of European ~~busines~~industry and for the creation of skilled jobs,

2011/02/09
Committee: TRAN

2010/2208(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Regrets that ~~all of the European Union is not at this time covered by EGNOS and calls for the EGNOS system~~EGNOS availability is being extended to other parts of the world before some EU Member States and calls for coverage to be extended to southern, eastern and south-eastern Europe as a matter of priority;

2011/02/09
Committee: TRAN

2010/2208(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Calls on the Commission to come forward with a comprehensive funding strategy which in addition to adequate EU and Member State contributions could include, inter alia, co-ordinated tax incentives, simplified grant application procedures, and arrangements that could channel venture capital to SMEs and facilitate the development and marketing of EGNOS and Galileo applications, in co-operation with the European Investment Bank and the European Investment Fund;

2011/02/09
Committee: TRAN

2010/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)

- having regard to the text of the opinion of the Committee of the Regions entitled 'Europe, the World's No. 1 Tourist Destination: a new political framework for tourism in Europe' (CoR 342/2010 fin),

2011/03/31
Committee: TRAN

2010/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)

– having regard to its resolution of 16 February 2011 on practical aspects regarding the revision of EU instruments to support SME finance in the next programming period,

2011/03/31
Committee: TRAN

2010/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the European Union is the world’s No 1 tourist destination in terms of international arrivals and this lead position must be reinforced by tackling the challenges created by, firstly, greater global competition and a market demand that is continually changing and secondly, the need to ensure increased and more lasting sustainability,

2011/03/31
Committee: TRAN

2010/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas tourism in Europe faces many challenges: the global economic crisis, the competitiveness of other destinations outside the EU and the diversity of tourist attractions on offer, the effects of climate change and seasonal fluctuations in tourist activity, demographic developments in Europe, the growing impact of information and communications technologies and many unforeseen events affecting the industry from time to time,

2011/03/31
Committee: TRAN

2010/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)

Cb. whereas Europe's diversity, multifacetedness and multiculturalism offer maximum growth for any form of thematic tourism, and the development and promotion of forms of diversified tourism may be the only effective response to the distortions, the problems and the deterioration to which the model of unregulated and undifferentiated mass tourism is leading,

2011/03/31
Committee: TRAN

2010/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas, under the Lisbon Treaty (Article 195), tourism has become a specific competence of the EU allowing the latter to support and complement actions within the Member States by encouraging the creation of an atmosphere that is conducive to developing tourism enterprises and fostering cooperation between Member States,

2011/03/31
Committee: TRAN

2010/2206(INI)

Giommaria UGGIAS, Spyros DANELLIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Believes that the basis for a EU tourism strategy lies firstly in a packet of specific measures solely concerning the tourism sector, and secondly, in a connection to other complementary sectors in order to achieve a system which genuinely promotes tourism; considers, moreover, that a precise assessment is needed of how measures in other sectors impact tourism;

2011/03/31
Committee: TRAN

2010/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls for the Commission, in implementing the Europe 2020 strategy, to draw up a multiannual tourism plan calling on the Member States and the regions to establish a programming instrument for the same period;

2011/03/31
Committee: TRAN

2010/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Considers that tourism should be regarded as part and parcel of the EU’s industrial policy and asserts once more that reinvigorating tourism ~~provides an important stimulus~~is a strategic and vital objective for employment in the various Member States;

2011/03/31
Committee: TRAN

2010/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls on the Commission to collect and publish good tourism practices each year;

2011/03/31
Committee: TRAN

2010/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Calls on the Commission to promote a specific innovation incubator for businesses in the tourism sector;

2011/03/31
Committee: TRAN

2010/2206(INI)

Georgios KOUMOUTSAKOS, Spyros DANELLIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Agrees with the Commission’s proposal that a ‘European label’ be developed in conjunction with the Member States and with national tourism agencies, under which, while respecting ~~territorial diversit~~and highlighting the specific features of the territory, the concept of Europe as a whole should be promoted worldwide as a tourist destination;

2011/03/31
Committee: TRAN

2010/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Agrees with the Commission’s proposal that a ‘European label’ be developed in conjunction with the Member States and with national tourism agencies, under which, while respecting territorial diversity, the concept of Europe as a whole should be promoted worldwide as a tourist destination; considers that this label should act as a 'branding umbrella' and for this reason clear specifications and criteria for granting it are needed ;

2011/03/31
Committee: TRAN

2010/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Welcomes the ‘European heritage label’ initiative as a tool giving prominence to some of the important sites in the history of European integration; stresses the need for coordination between this initiative and the UNESCO heritage sites in order to avoid overlapping ~~that has no added value~~;

2011/03/31
Committee: TRAN

2010/2206(INI)

Spyros DANELLIS, Carlo FIDANZA, Giommaria UGGIAS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Welcomes the ‘European heritage label’ initiative as a tool giving prominence to some of the important sites in the history of European integration; stresses the need for coordination between this initiative and the UNESCO heritage sites in order to avoid overlapping that has no added value; calls on the Commission to point out to Member States that sites which will receive the 'European heritage label' must always remain open and accessible, even with provision being made for skeleton staff;

2011/03/31
Committee: TRAN

2010/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Considers it advisable, while respecting the EU's rights and duty to control entry across its own borders, for the European institutions' and the Member States' consciousness of these markets to be heightened so that visa procedures are coordinated and simplified, with consideration given to establishing common consular desks across the EU to ensure that visa procedures are implemented on time and bureaucratic costs reduced; to this end, further to the creation of the European External Action Service (EEAS), calls on the Commission to consider the possibility to deploy the EU delegation offices in the world in order to issue touristic visas in collaboration with the National embassies of the Member States;

2011/03/31
Committee: TRAN

2010/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Stresses the need to foster technological development in SMEs so that they may more effectively market their products and promote destinations; urges the Commission to create an ‘ICT and Tourism’ platform, launching a specific pilot project by the end of 2011 to boost the participation of micro-enterprises and SMEs in the digital supply chain, following on from the experience of other sectors such as textiles, transport and logistics and the automobile industry; calls on the Member States, moreover, to develop high-speed internet throughout their territory in order to enable advanced services to be developed and operators to become interoperable;

2011/03/31
Committee: TRAN

2010/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Stresses the need to foster technological development in micro- enterprises and SMEs so that they may more effectively market their products and promote destinations; urges the Commission to create an ‘ICT and Tourism’ platform, launching a specific pilot project by the end of 2011 to boost the participation of micro-enterprises and SMEs in the digital supply chain, following on from the experience of other sectors such as textiles, transport and logistics and the automobile industry;

2011/03/31
Committee: TRAN

2010/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Calls on the Commission to assess, in close collaboration with ~~opera~~national actors in the sector, innovative ways of promoting ad hoc European package holidays during the major international events that Europe will be hosting in the next few years (for example, the 2012 Olympic Games in London, the 2015 Milan Universal Exhibition, etc.) with a view to promoting ‘destination Europe’ with all its rich diversity;

2011/03/31
Committee: TRAN

2010/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Considers that the potential of the European Travel Commission'’s (ETC) web portal www.visiteurope.com should be developed to maximise its availability and full accessibility (information in all EU official languages and the principal non- EU languages, use of formats accessible by people with sensory disabilities) and make it a genuine European tourism platform, with easy access to national, regional and local tourism portals in the individual Member States; considers, moreover, that the portal should give greater visibility to the system of European Quality Tourism Label, to best practices and to initiatives, such as Calypso, NECSTouR and EDEN;

2011/03/31
Committee: TRAN

2010/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Considers that the potential of the European Travel Commission’s (ETC) web portal www.visiteurope.com should be developed to maximise its availability and full accessibility (information in all EU official languages and the principal non- EU languages, use of formats accessible by people with sensory disabilities through all modern technological applications) and make it a genuine European tourism platform, with easy access to national, regional and local tourism portals in the individual Member States;

2011/03/31
Committee: TRAN

2010/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Calls on the Commission to consider introducing two new principles for tourism: 'interregionality' and 'complementarity', in order to promote joint planning and cooperation between tourist services within a single geographical area, i.e. either between neighbouring regions belonging to different Member States or at a specific thematic level between regions linked by common elements;

2011/03/31
Committee: TRAN

2010/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Asks the Commission to promote a specific initiative to harmonise gradually the accommodation (hotels, guesthouses, rented rooms, etc.), classification systems through the identification of common minimum criteria, bearing in mind the positive results of earlier experiments by industry associations and working in close collaboration with standardisation bodies;

2011/03/31
Committee: TRAN

2010/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Considers that the Commission, in collaboration with the tourism industry, should prepare a map of existing skills (Tourism Skill Competence Framework) as a starting point from which practical steps to match market supply and demand can be developed;(Does not affect English version.)

2011/03/31
Committee: TRAN

2010/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Calls on the Commission, in collaboration with the Member States, to exploit and promote vocational and university training schemes already existing in the tourism sector and to network and further encourage them, maintaining close contact with the world of research and business; calls for Member States to be encouraged to develop tourism training at university level; in the same vein, calls on the Commission to examine the possibility of designating a European day of responsible and sustainable tourism, by organising in all Member States information meetings to promote forms of viable tourism and responsible behaviour by tourists;

2011/03/31
Committee: TRAN

2010/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Asks for improved mutual recognition of professional qualifications in the tourist industry so as to allow both those already working in the sector, and those planning to do so, to find the best job opportunities, thereby helping to tackle the problems of the seasonal nature of work in this sector, on the one hand, and undeclared work on the other;

2011/03/31
Committee: TRAN

2010/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Draws attention to the problem with infrastructures whose funding at local level is undertaken on the basis of the permanent population; given that this criterion fails to cater properly for tourist destinations where the permanent population is a fraction of the overall users of these infrastructures at peak periods, calls on the Commission carefully to consider boosting funding for infrastructure projects especially for tourist regions;

2011/03/31
Committee: TRAN

2010/2206(INI)

Carlo FIDANZA, Spyros DANELLIS, Frieda BREPOELS, Giommaria UGGIAS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Urges the Commission to promote the use of more sustainable means of transport and to ~~pay particular attention to~~facilitate connections with islands, rural areas and mountainous areas and, more generally, with less accessible destinations;

2011/03/31
Committee: TRAN

2010/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Welcomes the Commission’s readiness to diversify the types of tourism available; stresses, in particular, the importance of the collaboration already underway with the Council to promote cultural, historical, religious and environmental tourism by means of themed routes which not only exploit our continent’s historical and cultural roots, but also contribute to the development of an alternative style of tourism, one that is sustainable and accessible to all; considers that the use of sustainable means of transport, including cycling and sailing, should be encouraged in connection with several routes;

2011/03/31
Committee: TRAN

2010/2206(INI)

Carlo FIDANZA, Spyros DANELLIS, Frieda BREPOELS, Giommaria UGGIAS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Welcomes the Commission’s readiness to diversify the types of tourism available; stresses, in particular, the importance of the collaboration already underway with the Council to promote cultural, historical, religious ~~and~~, environmental and landscape tourism by means of themed routes which not only exploit our continent’s historical and cultural roots, but also contribute to the development of an alternative style of tourism, one that is sustainable and accessible to all; considers that the use of sustainable means of transport, including cycling, should be encouraged in connection with several routes;

2011/03/31
Committee: TRAN

2010/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)

27a. Takes the view that in order to differentiate European tourism from that of other countries or continents, it is crucial to link the traditional tourism sector with what the territory has to offer in terms of products and services and tangible and intangible assets;

2011/03/31
Committee: TRAN

2010/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Considers that the Commission and the Council of Europe should continue to support the development of routes that highlight the European identity through circuits linking symbolic sites in Europe, such as cathedrals, castles, universities, archaeological sites and industrial settlements;

2011/03/31
Committee: TRAN

2010/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)

28a. Urges the Commission and the Member States to take all appropriate measures to safeguard European heritage;

2011/03/31
Committee: TRAN

2010/2206(INI)

Carlo FIDANZA, Spyros DANELLIS, Frieda BREPOELS, Giommaria UGGIAS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

31. Highlights the way in which nature tourism contributes to the sector’s sustainable development; considers concentrating on nat~~ional park~~ural resorts and protected areas in order to make them more accessible for tourists, including through the development of transnational circuits that respect the environmental heritage, to be important;

2011/03/31
Committee: TRAN

2010/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)

31a. Points out that the development of new inland waterways can contribute to the sustainable development of cultural tourism, nature tourism and recreational tourism;

2011/03/31
Committee: TRAN

2010/2206(INI)

Giommaria UGGIAS, Spyros DANELLIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35

35. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support, under an integrated maritime policy, the development of port infrastructure, an essential factor in ~~cruise ship tourism which, despite the recent~~maritime passenger transport and sports and cruis~~is, is a growth sector and in sports tourism~~e ship tourism, calling on the Member States to lift any restrictions they might have;

2011/03/31
Committee: TRAN

2010/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36

36. Takes note of the continuing growth in health tourism and in spa tourism in particular; calls on the Commission, in view of the fact that there are a variety of Community rules covering spa-tourism issues, to consider the possibility of tabling a single legislative proposal on spa tourism in order to give the sector a controlled organic structure encouraging its competitiveness; stresses the importance of ~~new rules~~the new legislation on cross-border healthcare for the further promotion of health tourism;

2011/03/31
Committee: TRAN

2010/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)

38a. Recommends the progressive opening of the Calypso program to EU citizens who meet all programs’ requirements but live in third countries, stimulating awareness within the countries of residence of European destinations and building bridges with the second and third generations;

2011/03/31
Committee: TRAN

2010/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)

38a. Calls on the Commission to draw up an organic plan to overcome issues relating to the seasonal nature of tourism and to allow economically prosperous areas and less well-known and/or accessible areas to converge;

2011/03/31
Committee: TRAN

2010/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 a (new)

40a. Calls on the Commission to promote also so-called VFR tourism (Visiting Friends and Relatives) as an important way of enhancing integration in European culture;

2011/03/31
Committee: TRAN

2010/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43

43. Asks that a specific tourism programme, targeting ~~SME~~micro, small and medium-sized enterprises in particular, be established in the 2014-2020 financial perspectives, encouraging partnerships between firms and public-private partnerships on pan-European tourism projects;

2011/03/31
Committee: TRAN

2010/2206(INI)

Giommaria UGGIAS, Spyros DANELLIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46

46. Highlights the opportunity this presents for VAT on tourism to be progressively harmonised across the Member States , apart from clearly circumscribed exceptions, as a necessary condition for transparent competition between tourist companies within the EU and with non-EU countries; welcomes in this respect the discussion that started with the publication of the Green Paper on the future of VAT;

2011/03/31
Committee: TRAN

2010/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47 a (new)

47a. Calls on the Commission to submit an integrated tourism strategy by the end of 2012;

2011/03/31
Committee: TRAN

2010/2206(INI)

Carlo FIDANZA, Spyros DANELLIS, Frieda BREPOELS, Giommaria UGGIAS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 a (new)

48a. Encourages the Commission, in the context of the implementation plan, to set as soon as possible specific timings to achieve all the actions and targets; asks Member States to cooperate by assessing the implementation of each strategy;

2011/03/31
Committee: TRAN

2010/2158(INI)

Spyros DANELLIS, Tanja FAJON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Strongly supports the use and promotion of integrated urban mobility plans (urban travel plans); , including plans for the development of soft traffic infrastructure (cycling paths, pedestrian zones, etc.) fully integrated with public transport.

2010/11/11
Committee: TRAN

2010/2154(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Commission to ~~propose adding security scanners to the list of authorised screening methods, together with appropriate rules for their use, as set out in this resolution;~~request the opinion of a scientific committee, for e.g. by drawing on the expertise of SCENIHR on the health effects of electromagnetic fields, with a view to adding security scanners to the list of authorised screening methods in the future, provided that existing health concerns are allayed in a conclusive manner.

2011/03/22
Committee: TRAN

2010/2154(INI)

Georgios PAPASTAMKOS, Spyros DANELLIS, Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU, Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ, Béla GLATTFELDER, Paolo DE CASTRO, Giovanni LA VIA, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, Luis Manuel CAPOULAS SANTOS, Maria do Céu PATRÃO NEVES, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Sergio Paolo Francesco SILVESTRIS, Csaba Sándor TABAJDI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Takes the view that exposure to doses of ionising radiation above the recommended annual limits cannot be acceptable; believes, therefore, that X-ray transmission imaging should not be used in systematic security screening;, and that the health effects of active millimetre and backscatter X-ray scanners need to be examined further.

2011/03/22
Committee: TRAN

2010/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)

Ma. whereas the 4th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the WHO's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control will be held in November 2010; whereas a public consultation has been launched on the possible revision of the Tobacco Products Directive (Directive 2001/37/EC1); whereas several WTO Members have raised the issue of the conformity with the TBT Agreement of the Canadian Bill C-32, which essentially leads to the ban of all traditional blended tobacco products, except the ones using solely Virginia tobacco, the single variety produced in Canada and used in the manufacturing of Canadian tobacco products,

2010/11/12
Committee: AGRI

2010/2110(INI)

Georgios PAPASTAMKOS, Spyros DANELLIS, Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU, Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ, Béla GLATTFELDER, Paolo DE CASTRO, Giovanni LA VIA, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, Luis Manuel CAPOULAS SANTOS, Maria do Céu PATRÃO NEVES, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Sergio Paolo Francesco SILVESTRIS, Csaba Sándor TABAJDI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)

32a. Stresses that, while tobacco products must be governed by a strict regulatory framework, the regulation of ingredients in tobacco products at the EU and at the international level must follow a proportionate, risk-based approach on the basis of scientific evidence; warns against any non-science based ban on all ingredients, leading essentially to the ban of European traditional blended tobacco products, which would have severe socioeconomic repercussions for EU tobacco growers (of oriental and burley varieties), without a benefit for public health;

2010/11/12
Committee: AGRI

2010/2100(INI)

Luis Manuel CAPOULAS SANTOS, Spyros DANELLIS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Recalls the importance of an approach to food security governance which entails a global framework that refocuses on food policy beyond food aid, inter-donor and donor recipient cooperation with enhanced local partnership, as well as the crucial role of recipient country policies in committing to provide basic public goods such as internal peace and investment in rural infrastructure;

2010/10/15
Committee: AGRI

2010/0370(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16

(16) In order to ensure that ~~it can be implemented, the support programme may also contain measures for financing studies, demonstration projects, training and technical assistance~~the support programme can be implemented, it must in future be admissible to link subsidies with production.

2011/07/13
Committee: AGRI

2010/0370(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17

(17) Farmers in the smaller Aegean islands should be encouraged to supply quality products ~~and the marketing of such products should be assisted~~, making the maximum use of local genetic and propagation material and the marketing of such products should be assisted, particularly at local level, making use of the opportunities offered by the development of other sectors such as tourism.

2011/07/13
Committee: AGRI

2010/0370(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20

(20) Since 2007, requirements in essential products have increased in the smaller Aegean islands as a result of the increasing livestock population, abandonment of the primary sector because of exorbitant production costs and tourist and demographic pressure. The proportion of the budget which Greece may use for the specific supply arrangements for the smaller Aegean islands should therefore be increased. The increase should not, however, be at the expense of the budget for strengthening local agricultural production but should be accompanied by an increase in the amounts set aside to support such production.

2011/07/13
Committee: AGRI

2010/0370(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21 a (new)

(21a) The Commission must table to the European Parliament and Council by 31 December 2016 at the latest a general report on the impact of measures taken to implement this regulation accompanied, where appropriate, by suitable recommendations. The Commission must accordingly examine these recommendations to ensure that they include an integrated sustainable development programme taking account of the cultural heritage and environmental importance of the smaller Aegean islands and the issues and problems specifically arising from their particular geographical position and environment, as well as the increase in illegal migration.

2011/07/13
Committee: AGRI

2010/0353(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3 - subparagraph 1 a (new)

In order to prevent the marketing in the Union or the export to third countries of products not labelled in conformity with the Regulation on the protection of PDO and PGI, the Commission may, by means of delegated acts, define the actions to be implemented by the Member States in this respect.

2011/05/11
Committee: AGRI

2010/0353(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 a (new)

Article 29a Island products The Commission is invited to examine and submit proposals in the immediate future for the optional quality terms for ‘island products'.

2011/05/11
Committee: AGRI

2010/0353(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 b (new)

Article 29b Logo for local products The Commission is invited to submit proposals for the creation of a new distinctive Union logo and the establishment of a specific identity for small distribution networks in order to encourage local products in the EU, the activities of small producers and communication between consumers and producers on the one hand, as well as securing environmental benefits on the other.

2011/05/11
Committee: AGRI

2010/0353(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 2

2. Operators preparing ~~and storing a traditional speciality,~~, packaging, storing or placing on the market products with protected designation of origin or(PDO), protected geographical indication ~~or who places such~~(PGI) or traditional speciality guaranteed~~, protected designation of origin and protected geographical indication on the market~~ (TSG), shall also be subject to the system of controls as referred to in Chapter I of this Title.

2011/05/11
Committee: AGRI

2010/0353(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b

(b) no product is placed on the market under the traditional speciality guaranteed, the protected designation of origin or the protected geographical indication for at least ~~five~~ten years.

2011/05/11
Committee: AGRI

2009/2236(INI)

Stéphane LE FOLL, Marc TARABELLA, Csaba Sándor TABAJDI, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Spyros DANELLIS

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)

- having regard to the Commission White Paper ‘Adapting to climate change: Towards a European framework for action’ (COM(2009)147), as well as to the staff working documents entitled ‘Adapting to climate change: the challenge for European agriculture and rural areas’ (SEC(2009)0417) and ‘The role of European agriculture in climate change mitigation’ (SEC(2009)1093),

2010/04/29
Committee: AGRI

2009/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)

- having regard to the report of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (A7-0060/2010) on EU agriculture and climate change,

2010/04/29
Committee: AGRI

2009/2236(INI)

Stéphane LE FOLL, Spyros DANELLIS, Marc TARABELLA, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Csaba Sándor TABAJDI

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas~~, to date,~~ the Common Agricultural Policy's goals, has mset ~~its goals with regard to~~out in Article 39 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, are directed at achieving better productivity in ~~the food chain, contributing to~~agriculture, ensuring a fair standard of living for the agricultural community, ~~market~~ stabilis~~ation~~ing markets and ~~the~~ provi~~sion of~~ding food supplies to EU consumers at reasonable prices,; whereas at present not all these goals are being fully achieved, given that it has not yet been possible to achieve income parity in agriculture or to stabilise agricultural markets which have become extremely volatile, with the result that the food security goal has been jeopardised;

2010/04/29
Committee: AGRI

2009/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

Ha. whereas agriculture is particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, which will be most severely - albeit not exclusively- felt in regions that are already under pressure and at risk of marginalization,

2010/04/29
Committee: AGRI

2009/2236(INI)

Stéphane LE FOLL, Spyros DANELLIS, Marc TARABELLA, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Csaba Sándor TABAJDI

Motion for a resolution
Recital R a (new)

Ra. whereas the Treaty of Lisbon comprises a "social clause", according to which the social issues (promotion of high level employment, adequate social protection, fight against social exclusion etc) must be taken into account, when defining and implementing all policies, including the CAP,

2010/04/29
Committee: AGRI

2009/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Points out that ~~CAP market instruments are now used as safety nets~~, in the latest CAP reforms, market instruments have generally been reduced to mere safety nets set at extremely low levels and supposed to help manage market volatility ~~and~~in order to ensure a certain degree of stability and that, moreover, since the adoption of decoupled Single Farm Payments there has been a resolute move away from trade-distorting measures in line with WTO requirements;

2010/04/29
Committee: AGRI

2009/2236(INI)

Stéphane LE FOLL, Spyros DANELLIS, Marc TARABELLA, Csaba Sándor TABAJDI, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Welcomes the fact~~Notes that the ~~2003~~ CAP reform ~~and the 2008 Health Check have~~s initiated in 1992 and 1999 and, in particular, that initiated in 2003, which was reviewed during the Health Check and introduced the principle of decoupling, were all intended to allowed EU farmers to better respond and react to market signals and conditions;

2010/04/29
Committee: AGRI

2009/2236(INI)

Stéphane LE FOLL, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Marc TARABELLA, Csaba Sándor TABAJDI, Spyros DANELLIS, Paolo DE CASTRO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Points out that rural development is now an integral part of the CAP architecture with its focus on rural communities, improving the environment, modernising and restructuring agriculture and improving product marketing and competitiveness, as well as on the new challenges addressed by the Health Check, namely global warming, renewable energies, water management and biodiversity;

2010/04/29
Committee: AGRI

2009/2236(INI)

Stéphane LE FOLL, Spyros DANELLIS, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Marc TARABELLA, Csaba Sándor TABAJDI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Welcomes the recognition of the multi- functional role of farmers in delivering public goods such as preserving our environment, high-quality food production, good animal husbandry, shaping and improving the diversity and quality of valued landscapes in the EU, and the move to more sustainable farming practices ~~by not only meeting the basic requirements for maintenance of the land in a G~~(organic production, precision farming, etc.); notes that this multi-functional role is reflected in cross-compliance criteria governing the disbursement of first-pillar direct aid, which are based on compliance with statutory requirements and good Aagricultural and Eenvironmental ~~Condition (GAEC) but also achieving even higher standards through~~ practice, but also in second-pillar measures coming mainly under Axis 2 (agri- environmental ~~schemes, precision farming and organic production;~~ measures);

2010/04/29
Committee: AGRI

2009/2236(INI)

Stéphane LE FOLL, Spyros DANELLIS, Marc TARABELLA, Csaba Sándor TABAJDI, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Points out that food security remains the central challenge for EU agriculture in the EU and all around the world, as the world population is predicted to grow from 6 to 9 billion by 2050 and demand for food will double by 2050 according to the FAO (especially in emerging economies such as China or India);

2010/04/29
Committee: AGRI

2009/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Notes that climatic changes are likely to increase both the volatility of markets and the economic disparities between rural areas;

2010/04/29
Committee: AGRI

2009/2236(INI)

Stéphane LE FOLL, Marc TARABELLA, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Spyros DANELLIS, Csaba Sándor TABAJDI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Acknowledges that although climate change is a global process, its local impacts are diverse and that the net impact of climate change on farm activities and on the socio-economic life will vary widely across the EU and within individual Member States, leaving as most vulnerable regions in Europe, Southern Europe, the Mediterranean Basin, Outermost regions and the Arctic; believes, therefore, that the threat of land abandonment, depopulation, and marginalization of such regions constitutes one of the challenges faced by the post 2013 CAP;

2010/04/29
Committee: AGRI

2009/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Recognises th~~e importance of reinforcing the progress already made to preserve biodiversity and protect the environment~~at farming has already made considerable progress in cutting its greenhouse gas emissions and, in general, addressing environmental problems (management of water resources, soil, biodiversity, biomass, etc.), but maintains that those efforts need to be continued in order to gear production methods to a more sustainable form of development that is efficient in environmental and social, as well as economic, terms;

2010/04/29
Committee: AGRI

2009/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)

14b. Brings therefore to the attention the fact that differences in the capacity of Member States to deal with the economic crisis might result in increasing inequalities among rural regions in the EU;

2010/04/29
Committee: AGRI

2009/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Calls for specific consideration of the fact that the economic crisis hinders severely the ability of Member States to take full advantage of the opportunities offered to agriculture and rural development by co-financed measures;

2010/04/29
Committee: AGRI

2009/2236(INI)

Stéphane LE FOLL, Paolo DE CASTRO, Marc TARABELLA, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Csaba Sándor TABAJDI, Spyros DANELLIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Believes that, especially under the circumstances of a market oriented CAP that exposes increasingly farmers to market based processes of price formation, all efforts should be made and actions should be taken, in order to secure that a) the agri-food chain operate in a transparent way and that all power imbalances be eliminated and b) overall oversight of and transparency in the operation of all commodities markets (agriculture, energy, metals/minerals), which affect the cost of production, be enhanced and improved;

2010/04/29
Committee: AGRI

2009/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Is of the opinion that a strong European Common Agricultural Policy ~~is needed to ensure that EU farmers remain~~that serves the interests of all European farmers is essential; takes the view that that policy should ensure that European farming is sustainable and should enable it to play it part in the European economy and compet~~itiv~~e on the world market against ~~well subsidised trading partners; believes that~~trading partners who are well subsidised and/or not necessarily subject to the same production conditions as regards social, environmental and animal-welfare requirements; believes that, for strategic reasons, the EU cannot afford to rely on other parts of the world to provide for European food security in the context of climate change, political instability in certain regions of the world and potential outbreaks of diseases or other events potentially detrimental to production capacity;

2010/04/29
Committee: AGRI

2009/2236(INI)

Stéphane LE FOLL, Marc TARABELLA, Csaba Sándor TABAJDI, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Spyros DANELLIS, Paolo DE CASTRO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

31. Insists that EU agriculture must remain competitive against fierce competition from trade partners who are well- subsidised ~~trade partner~~and/or not always subject to the same production conditions, in particular as regards social, environmental and animal welfare standards; therefore believes that ~~competitiveness~~productivity enhancement should still be a fundamental objective of the CAP post- 2013 to ensure that the EU has the raw materials to produce high- value diversified European food products and they continue to win a greater share of the world market, as well as ensuring fair ~~trade~~remuneration for farmers;

2010/04/30
Committee: AGRI

2009/2236(INI)

Stéphane LE FOLL, Spyros DANELLIS, Paolo DE CASTRO, Marc TARABELLA, Csaba Sándor TABAJDI, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33

33. Insists that the maintenance of farming activity across the whole of Europe is fundamental to maintain diverse and local food production and prevent the threat of land abandonment across EU territory; believes, therefore, that disadvantaged regions and regions most affected by climate change must be given the opportunity to overcome the additional hindrances caused by climate change and to take the measures needed to adapt;

2010/04/30
Committee: AGRI

2009/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33

33. Insists that the maintenance of farming activity across the whole of Europe is fundamental to ~~maintain diverse and local food production and prevent the threat of land abandonment across EU territory~~jobs and social and economic conditions in rural areas, diverse and local food production and the preservation of the environment, the rural space and landscapes;

2010/04/30
Committee: AGRI

2009/2236(INI)

Stéphane LE FOLL, Spyros DANELLIS, Paolo DE CASTRO, Marc TARABELLA, Csaba Sándor TABAJDI, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35

35. Calls for measures based on public-law rules to be taken to strengthen producers' and producer organisations' bargaining power vis-à-vis downstream industries in order to better adapt supply to demand, create and more evenly distribute added value and improve the functioning of the food supply-chain with greater transparency of food prices and action to address unfair commercial practices; considers it important, in this connection, to strengthen inter-branch organisations;

2010/04/30
Committee: AGRI

2009/2236(INI)

Stéphane LE FOLL, Spyros DANELLIS, Marc TARABELLA, Csaba Sándor TABAJDI, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 – point 1

1) Believes that in order to reduce the disparities in the distribution of direct support funds between Member States, the hectare basis alone will not be sufficient ~~and, therefore, calls for~~, that this direct support should be geared more towards the environment and employment and that it is therefore recommended to use additional objective criteria such as a purchasing power coefficient to be used to achieve a~~n overall~~ more balanced distribution between the Member States;

2010/04/30
Committee: AGRI

2009/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51

51. Believes that direct support should move to an area basis in all Member States ~~by 2020~~, allowing those that are still using the historical payments system ~~the flexibility~~ to phase in the difficult changes ~~at their own spee~~within a realistic adjustment period9 ;

2010/04/30
Committee: AGRI

2009/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54 a (new)

54 a. Believes that several challenges currently faced by the EU, such as climate change, water management, biodiversity or other environmental problems are global or cross-border in nature, thus requiring common action and coherent support in providing european solutions, including the undertaking of green infrastructure;

2010/04/30
Committee: AGRI

2009/2236(INI)

Spyros DANELLIS, Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56

56. Believes that there should be a basic EU-funded direct area payment to all EU farmers in order to provide basic food security for European consumers, allow farmers to produce high-quality food competitively in relation to ~~well subsidised trade partners (US)~~trade partners that are either well subsidised (US) and/or are producing agricultural and food products that are not subject to the same quality and safety production standards as in the EU, ensure that farming activity continues across the EU and provide baseline public goods through cross- compliance requirements for Good Agricultural and Environmental Conditions, as well as high quality and animal welfare standards; calls for an absolute requirement of minimum activity to be included in the cross-compliance rules and proportionality to be the key principle applied when enforcing the rules;

2010/04/30
Committee: AGRI

2009/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 58

58. Calls for ~~the continuation of specific measures to compensate farmers produc~~compensation of farming in are~~as with natural handicaps~~gions disadvantaged by natural handicaps and climate change, in order to ensure thate continuation of agricultural activity ~~takes place and local food is produced~~, food production, and land management across the EU, thus reducing the threat of land abandonment and ensuring balanced territorial management across the EU; ~~considers that this support scheme should remain co-financed as it currently is;~~

2010/04/30
Committee: AGRI

2009/2202(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that the vast majority of the measures contained in the current ~~- albeit still none too ambitious -~~ action plan have been implemented satisfactorily;

2010/02/15
Committee: AGRI

2009/2202(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Regrets, nonetheless, that more has not been done to adopt a proposal for new rules on animal transport and the associated issue of developing a satellite system to monitor such transport, and urges the Commission, in the time still remaining before the action plan expires, to take the initiative in this field;deleted

2010/02/15
Committee: AGRI

2009/2202(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Is particularly concerned that, despite the clear recommendations and conclusions issued by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) in this regard, many pig farmers in Europe are violating the provisions of Directive 2008/120/EC of 18 December 2008 laying down minimum standards for the protection of pigs3 , and calls on the Commission, therefore, to devise without delay a strategy to increase compliance with this Directivewith compliance to the existing animal welfare legislation, in accordance with the recommendations and conclusions issued by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA);

2010/02/15
Committee: AGRI

2009/2202(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Recalls that its above-mentioned resolution of 2006 already called for the existing action plan to be followed by a new one, and ~~urge~~asks the Commission therefore to submit ~~without delay~~– based on new scientific evidence and experience – an action plan for animal welfare ~~2011-2015~~ which, in the light of Article 13 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, should cover the fields below, backed by the required funding;

2010/02/15
Committee: AGRI

2009/2202(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Calls on the Commission, in the light of Article 13 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, to submit ~~no later than 2012~~– based on new evidence and experience – a proposal for general animal welfare legislation for the EU which, on the basis of the available science and proven experience, should contribute to a common understanding of the concept of animal welfare and the fundamental conditions applicable;

2010/02/15
Committee: AGRI

2009/2202(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Considers that this general animal welfare legislation, like Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety4 , should establish a common basic level of animal welfare in the European Union, which is the precondition for free and equitable competition within the internal market; ~~considers, however, that it should be possible for any person, region or Member State to introduce voluntary systems which are more far-reaching;~~

2010/02/15
Committee: AGRI

2009/2202(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – introductory part

15. Considers furthermore that, when deemed necessary, further measures ~~and~~or any additional individual legal acts should ~~particularly focus on~~be adopted regarding the following:

2010/02/15
Committee: AGRI

2009/2202(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – indent 2

~~- more stringent~~– monitoring of compliance with the EU directive on pigs,

2010/02/15
Committee: AGRI

2009/2202(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Considers that ~~a European centre for animal welfare and animal health should be established no later than 2012, whose work should be~~upon clarification of the objectives and its financing, a European centre for animal welfare and animal health – based on the general animal welfare legislation proposed above – could be established;

2010/02/15
Committee: AGRI

2009/2202(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Considers furthermore that, having regard to Article 13 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, such a centre should, inter alia, be assigned the tasks of assessing and stating views on future legislative and policy proposals and their impact on animal welfare and animal health, defining and assessing animal welfare standards on the basis of the latest available knowledge, providing training and information about animal welfare and animal health, and coordinating an EU system for testing new techniques, as well as assessing the socioeconomic impact and implications of the above-mentioned activities;

2010/02/15
Committee: AGRI

2009/2202(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Calls on the Commission, in this context, to ass~~ess how the authorities~~ist – in all Member States ~~have been~~– the authorities involved in the work of the European Union on animal welfare in providing more training, where needed, and if necessary to propose specific measures to tackle any problems; calls on the Commission furthermore to seek to ensure that EFSA’s Scientific Panel on Animal Health and Welfare (AHAW) and the working parties attached to it comprise experienced experts from all parts of the European Union;

2010/02/15
Committee: AGRI

2009/2202(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Calls on the Commission ~~as soon as possible to~~to continue performing comprehensive inspections to ascertain how the Member States are applying and enforcing existing animal welfare rules~~, particularly concerning animal transport and pigs,~~ and if necessary to propose ~~in 2012 at the latest~~ recommendations, guidelines and other necessary measures to tackle problems;

2010/02/15
Committee: AGRI

2009/2202(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Stresses that the European Union budget must include sufficient appropriations to enable the Commission to ~~monitor~~assist the Member States more effectively and comprehensively in this regard;

2010/02/15
Committee: AGRI

2009/2202(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Calls for an assessment and further development of the Animal Welfare Quality Project, particularly as regards incentives for farmers and producers to use the new indicators, as much work remains to be done to prepare the new indicators – based on new scientific evidence – for practical application;

2010/02/15
Committee: AGRI

2009/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas agriculture, pastureland and forestry are the main economic sectors able to capture the CO2 produced by human activities, to accumulate and store carbon in the soil by acting as sinks, and to fix carbon in plants through photosynthesis; whereas these sectors consequently have considerable potential to make a positive contribution to global warming mitigation efforts,

2010/02/05
Committee: AGRI

2009/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas climate change has already had adverse effects on EU agriculture (including declining water resources, brackishness, frequent drought, soil erosion and more frequent ~~drought~~forest fires in the south, a significant increase in winter rainfall and flooding in the north, storms and the proliferation of insect pests and animal and plant diseases), and whereas the expected acceleration of such problems will have serious economic, social and environmental repercussions for the agricultural, forestry and tourism sectors and for rural development,

2010/02/05
Committee: AGRI

2009/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas the agricultural sector is capable both of adapting and of mitigating climate change with the help of farmers’ know-how, a strong CAP and research and innovation developments,

2010/02/05
Committee: AGRI

2009/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Takes the view that organic ~~farming~~and integrated pest management farming, extensive grazing and practices are among the integrated pest management ecologically effective systems practices are among the needing further development; ecologically effective systems emphasises, however, the need to needing further development; find ways to facilitate a transition to emphasises, however, the need to more sustainable agriculture in the find ways to facilitate a transition to case of the other systems used on more sustainable agriculture in the most farmland; case of the other systems used on most farmland;

2010/02/05
Committee: AGRI

2009/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Emphasises that, as well as being more environmentally friendly, such farming practices have a positive impact in terms of improved biodiversity and soil quality, water retention and efforts to combat erosion and pollution and that mitigating the effects of farming activity on climate change is another of the ‘public goods’ provided by agriculture;

2010/02/05
Committee: AGRI

2009/2157(INI)