20 Amendments of Esther DE LANGE related to 2009/2236(INI)
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas, to date, the Common Agricultural Policy has met its goals to a large extent with regard to achieving better productivity in the food chain, contributing to a fair standard of living for the agricultural community, market stabilisation and the provision of food supplies to EU consumers at reasonable prices, while at the same time contributing to some extent to a fair standard of living for the agricultural community;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q a (new)
Recital Q a (new)
Qa. whereas the high level of knowledge on grow systems, sustainability related technology and food logistics in European agriculture can support the EU 2020 objectives;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading. 1
Subheading. 1
The evolution of the CAP: from market distortion totowards greater market orientation
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recalls that the CAP has played a crucial role in increasing production and feeding Europe’s population after the Second World War, recalls furthermore that the CAP was the first common EEC policy, thus paving the way for European cooperation and integration in other policy areas; (This amendment should be placed before "1.")
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Believes that, in the light of these challenges, the CAP post-2013 must send strong signals and provide answers to the concerns of both the rural community and wider society through a strong, sustainable, well supported and credible multi- functional agricultural and food policy;
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4
Subheading 4
Meeting strategic and socio-economic needs
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Is of the opinion that a strong European Common Agricultural Policy is needed to ensure that EU farmers remain competitive on the world market against well subsidised trading partners; believes that 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;
Amendment 304 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Points out, most importantly, that in the future European agricultural policy must remain a common policy and that only a harmonised level of support across the EU with a common set of objectives and rules can deliver the appropriate level playing field for farmers and a properly functioning Single Market with fair competitive conditions for agricultural products within the EU; thus achieving more value for money than renationalised, and possibly conflicting, national agricultural policies would;
Amendment 328 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a. Underlines furthermore that farmers, receiving compensation for incurred costs, are often able to provide public goods like biodiversity and maintenance of the landscape at a lower price than other actors;
Amendment 400 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Calls for measures to be taken to strengthen producers' and producer organisations' bargaining power and improve the functioning of the food supply-chain with greater transparency of food prices and action to address unfair commercial practices; believes that these objectives may call for an adjustment or clarification of EU competition rules;
Amendment 565 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 – point 1
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 additional objective criteria such as a purchasing power coefficient and the cost structure in a member state to be used to achieve an overall balanced distribution;
Amendment 582 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49
Paragraph 49
49. Believes that the CAP priorities should be embedded in a multi-functional food and agriculture policy which supports farmers efficiently in a targeted manner, whilst benefiting the wider society;
Amendment 602 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52
Paragraph 52
52. Believes that Member States and regions must continue to have the flexibility to regionalise their area payments system in such a way as to reflect their specific priorities, while respecting the need for a level playing field and fair competition on the internal market;
Amendment 608 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53 a (new)
Paragraph 53 a (new)
Amendment 618 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54
Paragraph 54
54. Considers that there should be no return to coupled payments as a guiding principle of the CAP; however, given the move from a historical to an area support model, takes the view that a limited margin for flexibility should be left to Member States to respond to the specific needs of their territory, in the form of capped coupled payments for vulnerable grassland livestock areas, in compliance with WTO requirements; a limited delay of the phasing-out of (partial) coupling or the creation of a temporary fund to help areas with a high socio-economic dependancy on the production of one particular crop which currently remains partially coupled;
Amendment 658 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56 a (new)
Paragraph 56 a (new)
56 a. Underlines the need for continued attention for food related research in the European Research and Development Framework programmes, regarding the important role concerning food security of the European science institutions and centres for research and development working on agricultural and food issues;
Amendment 674 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57
Paragraph 57
57. Believes that an EU-funded top-up direct area payment should be made available to farmers through simple contracts rewarding them for reducing their carbon emissions per unit of production and/or increasing their sequestration of carbon; notes that this would have the double benefit of making EU agriculture more environmentally and economically sustainable through lower carbon emissions and/or improved efficiency and would also ensure that farmers can financially benefit from increased carbon sequestration on their land and put them on the same footing as other industries which are in the EU ETS; calls for clear and measurable criteria and targets to be defined appropriately to allow these payments to be implemented as soon as possible;
Amendment 682 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 58
Paragraph 58
58. Calls for the continuation of specific measures to compensate farmers producing in areas with natural handicaps and environmentally sensitive areas in order to ensure that agricultural activity takes place and local food is produced across the EU, 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;
Amendment 696 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 58 a (new)
Paragraph 58 a (new)
58 a. Draws attention to the particular role played by farmers in peri-urban areas, where there can be intensive pressures on rural and agricultural resources; stresses that this production of food and public goods near urban populations should be maintained;
Amendment 707 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 59
Paragraph 59
59. Believes that farmers can support biodiversity and environmental protection in a very cost-effective way and that as a result the CAP needs to further incentivise biodiversity and environmental protection measures by providing the opportunity for the vast majority of agricultural land to be covered by agri- environmental schemes to rewardprovide compensation to farmers for the delivery of additional eco-system services, while other measures beneficial to the environment such as organic farming projects, the sustainable use of forests, water and soil, and the development of high natural value farming should also be encouraged; considers that all these rural development measures should remain co- financed, with an increased budget if necessary;