Activities of Tibor SZANYI related to 2018/2037(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
The future of food and farming (debate) HU
Amendments (123)
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Commission’s communication on the Future of Food and Farming acknowledges that the common agricultural policy (CAP) is the most integrated policy in the EU and is enablingwith which the EU farming sector has to respond to justified citizens’ demands regarding not only food security, safety, quality and sustainability, but also environmental care, climate change action, biodiversity and high animal welfare standards;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas a transformation of the CAP towards a sustainable agriculture and pinpoint funding is indispensable, as the Special Report n° 21/2017 from the European Court of Auditors states that the greening of the CAP, as currently implemented, is unlikely to meet its objective, mainly due to the low level of requirements, which largely reflect the normal farming practice and that greening has led to a change in farming practice on only around 5 % of all EU farmland;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the 17 SDGs set new, clear ways for the CAP post-2020;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the European Union’s overarching objective of multifunctional agriculture, driven by family and small farms, remains key to delivering the positive externalities and public goods that European citizens demand;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas over the years the CAP has undergone regular re-programming in line with new challenges, but another step in this continuous process of modernisation and simplification, building on previous reforms, is now necessary in order to achieve sustainable rural areas and ensuring that European climate and environmental targets are being met;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas there are other instruments available to be used in rural communities via structural and cohesions funds, which are not necessarily being well synergized with the CAP, even though this would help the regions become more competitive faster;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the new delivery model (NDM) is, at the core of the Commission’s communication on the Future of Food and Farming, andinvolves many uncertainties regarding its implementation and mighto be welcomed, provided that it does not lead to the renationalization of the CAP, does not damage the proper functioning of the single market and ensures genuine simplification, not only at EU level but also at Member State and regional level, and flexibility for farmers, without adding new constraints on Member States and thus a new layer of complexity;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the new delivery model (NDM) is at the core of the Commission’s communication on the Future of Food and Farming, and is to be welcomed, provided that it ensures genuine simplification, not only at EU level but also at Member State and regional level, and flexibility for farmers, as well as that the targets of the new CAP are being fulfilled without adding new constraints on Member States and thus a new layer of complexity;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the future CAP funding must be linked to a clear societal added value as for instance sustainable agriculture, environmental performance, climate change and animal welfare, so that this part of the EU budget can be justified to European taxpayers;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the CAP must play an important role in overcoming stagnation and volatility of farmproducers’ incomes which, despite the concentration and intensification of production and increasing productivity, on average are still lower than in the rest of the economy;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas over the last few years farmers have been confronted with increasing price volatility, which has reflected price fluctuations on global markets and uncertainty caused by macroeconomic developments, external policies, sanitary crises, self-generated excess quantities in some European sectors and more frequent extreme weather events in the EU;
Amendment 148 #
Fa. whereas the EU food producing sector was the indirect but the main victim of the sanctions imposed by the Russian federation, which had direct, but also secondary effects on food production and food supply in the Single market;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas less favoured regions such as the mountain, remote and outermost regions are in a particularly disadvantaged position in terms of socio- economic development, but also population ageing and depopulation;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F c (new)
Recital F c (new)
Fc. whereas strategies for the developments of these regions on national, macro regional and European level has the potential of giving these regions an impetus for further and faster development;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas it is essential to ensure a fair standard of living across regions and Member States, affordable prices for citizens and consumers, and access to quality food and healthy diets, while delivering on the commitments for environmental care, climate action, and animal, soil and plant health and welfare;
Amendment 171 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Calls on the Commission to focus on the quality of life in rural areas, to make the living attractive for all people, especially for the young generation;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas it is essential to ensure a fair standard of living across regions and Member States, affordable prices for citizens and consumers, and access to quality and sustainable food and healthy diets, while delivering on the commitments for environmental care, climate action, and animal and plant health and welfare;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas allegedly affordable prices of agricultural products for consumers are often linked to the fact that externalised costs, such as groundwater pollution, are not included and have to be paid by the public;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas there is a need for an updated and fairer system of payments, as producers receive very different level of support for the same criteria in the different member states or within them and in many Member States the current system of entitlements is based on historic benchmarks which are now almost 20 years old and which constitute an obstacle to generational renewal and hinder young farmers’ access to farmland, as new entrants do not possess entitlements and are thus at a disadvantage;
Amendment 194 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for a renovated second pillar that is less complex and more efficient, focused on truly incentive territorial and sector development policies that place agro-environmental initiatives, investment, training, smart solutions, research and innovation at the core of local issues;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the emergence of new challenges, such as increasing global trade, isclimate change, water protection, lack of agricultural land and land degradation means that the increasing global trade has to be handled in a sustainable and fair manner and that the necessitating fair and sustainable conditions for the global exchange of goods and services, within the framework of the WTO and in accordance with existing EU social, economic and environmental standards, which should be further promoted;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the emergence of new challenges, such as increasing global trade and increased duty free import into the EU from third countries, is necessitating fair and sustainable conditions for the global exchange of goods and services, within the framework of the WTO and in accordance with existing EU social, economic and environmental standards, which should be promoted;
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas while the focus on research and development for both product and process innovation is to be welcomed, more must be done to translate the results of research into farming practice, facilitated by EU-wide agricultural extensionand to promote a multi-actor approach where the farmers are at its centre, facilitated by EU-wide agricultural extension services and by knowledge exchange and training services;
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas while the focus on research and development for both resource-saving product and process innovation is to be welcomed, more must be done to translate the results of research into farming practice, facilitated by EU-wide agricultural extension services;
Amendment 253 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Urges the Commission and the Member States to acknowledge that the new societal, environmental, technological and economic changes, such as in the fields of clean energy, digitalisation, smart solutions have impacts on the rural life; calls on the Commission and the Member States to boost the potential of rural hubs for sustainable, inclusive and sustainable growth and innovation, taking account of the interest of the wider rural communities; recalls that rural areas and settlements need a special attention and integrated efforts to develop smart villages and calls for a fair playing field for special technological improvements for rural hubs and grids;
Amendment 259 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas the agriculture and food sector must be incentivised to continue to contribute to the, henceforth, must be remunerated for environmental care and measures for climate action objectives of the EU set out in international agreements such as the Paris Agreement and the UN SDGs;
Amendment 260 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Calls on the Commission to introduce a multi-funded, investment approach in the post 2020 legislative period to ensure the smooth implementation of the integrated rural development tools with clear environmental benefits, such as the smart villages initiative; calls on the Commission to set up the smart villages initiative measures and to create the smart villages as priority of the next rural development policy;
Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas closed production circles, which refers to the processes of production, processing and packing taking place in the same region, keep the added value in that region and thus secures more jobs in the respective area and has the potential of reviving rural areas;
Amendment 290 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas the objectives of the Cork 2.0 Declaration for a Better Life in Rural Areas stipulate vibrant rural areas, multi- functionality, biodiversity in and outside agriculture, rare animal breeds and conservation crops, as well as organic agriculture, less-favoured areas and commitments in the context of Natura 2000, as well as the role of young people and women in rural development;
Amendment 292 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas the objectives and the synergies of the Cork 2.0 Declaration for a Better Life in Rural Areas stipulate vibrant rural areas, smart multi- functionality, biodiversity in and outside agriculture, rare animal breeds and conservation crops, as well as organic agriculture, less-favoured areas and commitments in the context of Natura 2000;
Amendment 336 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Recital Q
Q. whereas Parliament must play a comprehensive role in setting a clear policy framework to maintain common ambition at European level and democratic debate on the strategic issues which have an impact on the everyday lives of all citizens when it comes to the use of natural resources, the quality of our food and the modernisation of agricultural practices with the aim to establish a societal contract on a European level among producers and consumers;
Amendment 407 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that subsidiarity for Member States should only be granted within a common set of clear defined and transparent rules and tools agreed at EU level as part of a uniform approach to all programming efforts and eligibility criteria, should cover both of the CAP’s pillars and ensure, in particular, a European approach in Pillar I and thus a level playing fieldthe whole CAP regardless of its architectural design;
Amendment 419 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that subsidiarity for Member States should only be granted within a common set of rules, checks and tools agreed at EU level as part of a uniform approach to all programming efforts and eligibility criteria, should cover both of the CAP’s pillars and ensure, in particular, a European approach in Pillar I and thus a level playing field;
Amendment 451 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the efforts of the Commission to establish programme design, implementation and control of an output-based approach in order to foster performance, thus the actions of farmers and not the mere possession of land, rather than compliance, while ensuring adequate monitoring via clearly defined, solid and measurable indicators at EU level, including an appropriate system of quality control and penalties;
Amendment 484 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission to make steps against the phenomenon of the food related VAT fraud by analysing the possible the introduction of a harmonised, common, and super reduced (maximum 5%) VAT percentage on food articles and agriculture related recreational activities in the Member;
Amendment 489 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Amendment 508 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the member states to look for better synergies between the CAP and other policies and funds such as the cohesion, structural and other investment funds, in order to create multiplying effect for the rural areas;
Amendment 509 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Amendment 512 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. notes that due to administrative reasons numerous villages and regions, even though rural in nature, remain outside the scope of RDPs in some member states, which puts them in less advantaged position;
Amendment 514 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. calls in this respect the member states to consider more flexible approaches in order not to mistreat these regions and the producers in them;
Amendment 527 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Considers it nsecessondary to maintain the current two-pillared architecture, particularly Pillar I, which is dedicated to income support for farmers; considers it necessary, at the same time, to compensate for thereward farmers' provisions of public goods on the basis of uniform performance criteria, while allowing Member States to take specific approaches to reflect local conditions;
Amendment 528 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Considers it necessary to maintain the current two-pillared architecture, particularlystressing that Pillar I, which ismust be dedicated to income support for farmers; considers it necessary, at the same time, to compensate for the provision of public goods on the basis of uniform criteria, while allowing and to encourage the provision of public goods, while preserving the possibility for Member States to take specific approaches to reflect local conditions;
Amendment 533 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Considers it necessary to maintain the current two-pillared architecture, particularly Pillar I, which is dedicated to income support for farmers; considers it necessary, at the same time, to compensate for the provision of public goods on the basis of uniformcommon, uniform objectives and criteria, while allowing Member States to take specific approaches to reflect local conditions;
Amendment 562 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers that the current CAP architecture can only deliver its objectives ifwith sufficiently fundeding and a targeted management of the funds; calls, therefore, for the CAP budget to be maintained in the next MFF at at least the current level in order to achieve the ambitions of a revised and efficient CAP beyond 2020;
Amendment 566 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers that the current CAP architecture can only deliver its objectives if sufficiently funded; calls, therefore, for the CAP budget to be maintained in the next MFF at at least the current monetary level in order to achieve the ambitions of a revised and efficient CAP beyond 2020;
Amendment 570 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers that the current CAP architecture can onlyCAP can deliver its objectives only if sufficiently funded; calls, therefore, for the CAP budget to be maintained in the next MFF at and thus calls for maintaining in constant euros the CAP budget in the MFF at least athe current levels in order to achieve the ambitions of a revised and efficient CAP beyondafter 2020;
Amendment 587 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Points out that these objectives must be coherent and based on uniform, transparent, EU-wide eligibility criteria, that Member States do not have to increase co-financing, and that the architecture of the CAP, which used to be the two pillar model, is secondary;
Amendment 593 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Emphasises that the resources of the CAP are taxpayers' money from each Member State and that taxpayers throughout the EU have the right that these funds are exclusively used in a targeted and transparent manner;
Amendment 599 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 e (new)
Paragraph 9 e (new)
9e. Refers to the old objectives of the CAP, like increasing income through concentration processes, division of labour, intensification, increase in quantity and orientation towards the world market, which has not led to the envisaged increase of the income of a large group of farmers;
Amendment 603 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Believes that more targeted support for family farms is necessary and can be achieved by introducing a compulsory higher support rate for small farms; considers, moreover, that support for larger farms should be digressive, reflecting economies of scale, with the possibility for capping to be decided by the Member States; is necessary for diverse agricultural systems, especially family farms, to strengthen regional economies through a performant agriculture in economic, environmental and social terms; considers that this can be achieved by introducing a compulsory higher support rate for farmers managing sustainably productive farms which have the capacity provide employment and retain people in rural territories; stresses that, reflecting economies of scale, support for larger farms should be digressive, with mandatory capping to be decided at European level, with flexibility criteria to take into account employment levels generated by the farm or the co-operative it belongs to;
Amendment 606 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Believes that more targeted support for family farms is necessary and can be achieved by introducing a compulsory higher support rate for small farms; considers, moreover, that support for larger farms should be digressive, reflecting economies of scale, with the possibility for capping to be decided by the Member Stateat European level, with flexibility criteria to take into account labour to avoid negative effects on jobs;
Amendment 617 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Believes that more targeted support for small and medium-sized as well as family farms is necessary and can be achieved by introducing a compulsory higher support rate for small farms; considers, moreover, that support for larger farms should be digressive, reflecting economies of scale, with the possibility fan EU-wide mandatory capping to be decided byavoid competitive distortions between the Member States;
Amendment 625 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Believes that more targeted support for familysmall and medium-sized farms is necessary and can be achieved by introducing a compulsory higher support rate for smallthese farms; considers, moreover, that support for larger farms should be digressive, reflecting economies of scale, with the possibility for capping to be decided by the Member States;
Amendment 636 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Believes that it is essential to ensure that support is targeted to genuine farmers, focusing on those who are actively farming in order to earn their living;
Amendment 651 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Underlines the necessity of identifying the key elements of a transparent and objective system of rewards, penalties and incentives for determining farmers’ eligibility for public fundingreceiving public money for the delivery of public goods, which should consist of voluntary and mandatory measures;
Amendment 655 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Underlines the necessity of identifying the key elements of a transparent and, simple, objective system of penalties and incentives for determining farmers’ eligibility for public funding, which should consist of voluntary and mandatory measuresand operational system determining farmers’ eligibility for support and of proportional penalties in case of non-compliance;
Amendment 658 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Questions the unpredictability of timing in applying measures from the RDPs by some member states and condemns any use of funds for political objectives;
Amendment 664 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Believes in this regard that rules on the applications of RDPs in the future should include measures that prevent this from happening;
Amendment 682 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for the existing system for calculating direct payments in Pillar I, which is often based on historic entitlements, to be replaced by an EU-wide uniform method of calculating payments, by avoiding disruptive financial consequences for farmers and in order to make the system simpler and more transparent;
Amendment 689 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls for a higher support of grasslands with regard to arable land with a ratio of 2:1, if unconditional area payments are maintained;
Amendment 707 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Believes that a base amount for the first hectares, a degressive support structure and an obligatory, EU-wide capping of payments related to the average wage in the amount of a comparative salary of a skilled worker of the respective Member State should be introduced in order to promote family farms and SMEs, if unconditional area payments are maintained;
Amendment 711 #
12c. Underlines the fact that funds of the current CAP, which are spent on concrete actions of farmers, are subject to very precise and small-scale controls while the larger amounts of the CAP- budget (direct payments) are being spend for pure possession of land without control and therefore cannot be justified with respect to European citizens;
Amendment 713 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 d (new)
Paragraph 12 d (new)
12d. Recalls that the report on the state of play of farmland concentration in the EU: how to facilitate the access to land for farmers recognises that land payments without clear conditionality lead to distortions of the land market, and thus influences the concentration of more and more agricultural land in few hands;
Amendment 716 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 g (new)
Paragraph 12 g (new)
12g. Emphasises that indirect export subsidies, e.g. by means of area-based payments, support the export of milk, meat and cereals in weak markets, thus flooding other markets with European financial aid;
Amendment 717 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 h (new)
Paragraph 12 h (new)
12h. Points out that small-scale farming and the concept of regionality are key to escape hunger and to reduce migration pressure;
Amendment 718 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 i (new)
Paragraph 12 i (new)
12i. Clarifies that public goods are those services that are above the statutory environmental, climate and animal welfare legislation, including in particular water conservation, biodiversity protection, soil fertility protection, protection of pollinators, protection of the humus layer and animal welfare;
Amendment 719 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 j (new)
Paragraph 12 j (new)
12j. Emphasises that area payments, without clear conditionality to all concrete measures on the respective land, are to be rejected;
Amendment 720 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 k (new)
Paragraph 12 k (new)
12k. Suggests that possible income support for farmers under the CAP should be treated as explicit social benefits from the EU in the future;
Amendment 721 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 l (new)
Paragraph 12 l (new)
12l. Notes that in the future the CAP will no longer be able to implement the so-called income support for farmers without looking at the actual income situation of the individual farmer;
Amendment 722 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 m (new)
Paragraph 12 m (new)
12m. Points out that the previous area payments, without capping, would amount to a transfer in the field of social services, without any control of the amount of money that will reach the respective person;
Amendment 731 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses the need for a fair and equal distribution of direct payments between Member States, which must take into account socio-economic differences, different production costs and the amounts received by Member States under Pillar IIis essential for the functioning of the Single market;
Amendment 750 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses the need for a fair distribution of direct payments between Member States, which must continuously take into account socio-economic differences, and different production costs and the amounts received by Member States under Pillar II;
Amendment 753 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses the need for a fair distribution of direct payments between Member States, which must take into account objective criteria, such as socio- economic differences, and different production costs and the amounts received by Member States under Pillar II;
Amendment 754 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Welcomes the results of the most recent Commission report on the POSEI implementation and reiterates that the POSEI must be maintained as a specific regime, distinct from CAP direct payments, in order to ensure a balanced territorial development by preventing the risk of abandonment of production due to challenges related with remoteness, insularity, small-size, difficult topography, and climate or economic dependence on few products;
Amendment 767 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Believes that, provided that a level playing field in the sSingle mMarket can beis guaranteed, vVoluntary cCoupled sSupport (VCS) payments should be maintained, as a tool to counteract specific difficulties, particularly those arising from the structural competitive disadvantage of less-favoured and mountainond reinforced, not only to prevent the loss of certain sectors on areas with specific difficulties but also as a tool to promote strategic productions, as protein crops, in the future, and with an yearly review to determine which sectors and productions should continue to receive support, as provided for in the Omnibus rRegulations, as well as thosein order to counter impacts which are more temporary in nature, and ariserising, for example, from a shift away from the oldcurrent entitlement scheme, for example or to compensate for the effects of Free Trade Agreements;
Amendment 810 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14c. Recognises the usefulness of coupled payments in exceptional cases, such as promotion of less-favoured areas, protein production or sheep farming;
Amendment 816 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recalls that generational renewal is a challenge faced bying farmers in many Member States and that each national strategy must be therefore address this issue throughtackled as part of a comprehensive approach, including top-ups in Pillar I and targeted measmobilizing all the financial resources in Pillar II, as well as by means of new financial instruments and national measures, in order to incentivise famers to pass on their farming operationof CAP: the additional payment of young farmers in the first pillar, the measures to help young second-pillar farmers set up, which should be made mandatory for the Member States, and the support from new financial instruments;
Amendment 830 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recalls that generational renewal or a new entry into agriculture is a challenge faced by famers in many Member States and that each national strategy must therefore address this issue through a comprehensive approach, including top- ups in Pillar I and targeted measures in Pillar II, as well as by means of new financial instruments and national measures, in order to incentivise famers to pass on their farming operations;
Amendment 839 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Urges the Commission and the Member States to acknowledge that the new societal, technological and economic changes, such as clean energy, digitalisation, smart solutions have impacts on the rural life;
Amendment 853 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Considers that this global approach must be consistent with all national competence systems in fields as diverse as taxation, social law, inheritance law, land law;
Amendment 861 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to boost the potential of rural hubs for sustainable, inclusive growth and innovation, taking account of the interest of the wider rural communities;
Amendment 871 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)
Paragraph 15 c (new)
15c. Recalls that rural areas and settlements need a special attention and integrated efforts to develop smart villages;
Amendment 876 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 d (new)
Paragraph 15 d (new)
15d. Calls for a fair playing field for special technological improvements for rural hubs and grids;
Amendment 886 #
16. Underlines the importance of rural development, including the LEADER initiative, in supporting multi-functional agriculture and, in fostering the investments and innovation, additional entrepreneurial activities and opportunities, in order to generate income from agri- tourism, and to secure community- supported agriculture and the provision of social services in rural areaand in enhancing the provision of environmental and climate actions;
Amendment 903 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission to introduce a multi-funded, investment approach in the post 2020 legislative period to ensure the smooth implementation of the integrated rural development tools, such as the smart villages initiative;
Amendment 910 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Underlines that rural development provides opportunities to generate income from agri-tourism and to secure community-supported agriculture and the provision of social services in rural areas;
Amendment 920 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Calls for the integration of the different networks in the rural area, such as the ENRD and the EIP under the Smart villages approach and with the help of the Leader method;
Amendment 923 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16c. Calls on the Commission to set up the smart villages initiative measures and to create the smart villages as priority of the next rural development policy;
Amendment 924 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 d (new)
Paragraph 16 d (new)
16d. Urges the Commission to keep in mind the possibility of a cross-fund integration during the preparation of the new legislation;
Amendment 929 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission to introduce a new and comprehensive legal framework which allows the integration of the various types of environmental actions at pa coherent implementation of environmental and climate actions such as gresent, such asing, cross- compliance, greening and (which includes the good agricultural and environmental conditions (– GAEC) standardss – and statutory management requirements – SMRs), as well as agri- environment-climate measures (– AECMs) – for rural development, so that farmers can deliver effectively and with less bureaucracymore efficiently and in a simpler and more targeted manner on environmental care, biodiversity and climate action, while ensuring that Member States have adequate control and taking into account local conditions;
Amendment 941 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission to introduce a new and comprehensive legal framework based on concrete results- oriented EU targets as well as the 2030 Agenda, which allows the integration of the various types of environmental actions at present, such as cross compliance, greening and the good agricultural and environmental conditions (GAEC) standards, as well as agri-environment measures (AEMs) for rural development, so that farmers can deliver effectively and with less bureaucracy on environmental care, biodiversity and climate action, while ensuring that Member States have adequate control and taking into account local conditions;
Amendment 961 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Considers that the Commission's future legislative proposals should be able to support the largest number of farmers in their efforts to modernize towards more sustainable agricultural development;
Amendment 964 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Stresses the need to ensure a clear separation of measures under Pillar I and Pillar II;
Amendment 969 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Considers that this ambition for the CAP must be based on a first level corresponding to a simplified and reinforced conditionality and constituting a common base applicable to all farms, and on a second level to go beyond conditionality and including both the current climate and environmental measures of the second pillar and a new European incentive scheme in the first pillar;
Amendment 979 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 c (new)
Paragraph 17 c (new)
17c. Considers that the Commission must present an improved system, determined at European level, with mandatory enhanced conditionality applicable in all Member States, additional agri-environmental tools, along with a mandatory new European incentive scheme, to be settled by each Member State for farmers who can voluntarily participate and for which payment levels would reflect the level of ambition of the different environmental practices;
Amendment 981 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 d (new)
Paragraph 17 d (new)
17d. Proposes that this new form of greening should be accompanied by significant, coordinated and more efficient means in Pillar II through targeted tangible and intangible investments (knowledge transfer, training, advice, exchange of know-how, networking, EIP innovation) as another driver of change;
Amendment 990 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Believes that this new framework should be underpinned by the possible allocation of a minimum amount of the total available budget to AEMs, including organic agriculture, support for biodiversity, agroforestry, and genetic diversity in animals and plants;
Amendment 992 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Believes that this new framework should be underpinned by the possible allocation of a minimum amount of the total available budget to AEMs, including organic agriculture, support for biodiversity, pollination and genetic diversity in animals and plants;
Amendment 996 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Believes that this new framework should be underpinned by the possible allocation of a minimum amount of the total available budget to AECMs, including organic agriculture, support for biodiversity and genetic diversity in animals and plants;
Amendment 1023 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to foster innovation and modernisation in agriculture and forestry by supporting training knowledge and best practices' exchange, notably through the Europeand agricultural extension as a pre-condition in programme design and implementation in all Member States, while fostering the transfer of know-how and the exchange of best practice models betweenknowledge and information system (AKIS) and in particular towards innovation-driven research in smart farming technology (smart AKIS), as well as training and agricultural extension as a pre-condition in programme design and implementation in all Member States;
Amendment 1027 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to foster innovation, research and modernisation in agriculture by supporting traininga strong advisory system, better adapted to beneficiaries 'needs and agricultural extension as a pre- condition in programme design and implementation in all Member States, while fostering targeted training, the transfer of know-how and the exchange of best practice models between Member States, with a general focus on new technologies and digitalization;
Amendment 1028 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to foster innovation and modernisation in agriculture by supporting training and agricultural extension as a pre-condition in programme design and implementation in all Member States, while fostering the transfer of know-how, for which cooperatives and other producer organizations have been identified as having a crucial role, and the exchange of best practice models between Member States;
Amendment 1032 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to foster innovation and modernisation in agriculture towards more sustainability and resource protection by supporting training and agricultural extension as a pre- condition in programme design and implementation in all Member States, while fostering the transfer of know-how and the exchange of best practice models between Member States;
Amendment 1048 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls on the Commission to focus on the quality of life in rural areas, to make the living attractive for all people, especially for the young generation;
Amendment 1051 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Highlights that rural networks at European and national level should play a key role in supporting farmers and forest holders in implementing innovative solutions and facing new challenges and in providing more targeted solutions;
Amendment 1074 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Urges the Commission and the Member States to give more emphasis on the entrepreneur-opportunities for services to- and from the villages;
Amendment 1090 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission to maintain the current single common market organisation (Single CMO) framework, inclu regarding the individual sector plans (wine, apiculture, and fruit and vegetables) and the EU school fruit, vegetables and milk scheme, within the first pillar and with the ultimate aim of strengthening the sustainability and competiveness of each sector while enabling access for all farmers;
Amendment 1108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Recalls the fact that unequal market power hampers cost-covering production most of all in the dairy sector;
Amendment 1136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Insists on the critical need for the future CAP to support farmers more efficiently, timely and fairly in order to cope with price and income volatility due to climate, health and market risks, by creating additional incentives for flexible risk management and stabilisation tools while ensuring broad access;
Amendment 1143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Insists on the critical need for the future CAP to support farmers more efficiently in order to cope with price and income volatility due to climate, healthsanitary and market risks, by creating additional incentives for flexible risk management and stabilisation tools while ensuring broad access;
Amendment 1144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Reminds the Commission that risk management strategies, only based on insurance systems and income stabilization tools, are not sufficiently effective when price volatility is significantly fluctuating compared to production cost levels, which is the case for agricultural markets;
Amendment 1157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Notes that these measures need to be speedier both in their activation and in their results;
Amendment 1161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 c (new)
Paragraph 21 c (new)
21c. Notes that market risks can also be managed by improved market access for EU agriculture and food products in export markets;
Amendment 1168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Insists on the necessity of strengthening the position of producers within the food supply chain, in particular by guaranteeing them a fair share of the added value, by fostering inter-sectoral cooperation, guaranteeing the creation and development of producer organisations (PO) and their associations (APO) and interbranch organizations (IO), tackling unfair and abusive trading practices in the food supply chain, and strengthening transparency in the markets and crisis prevention;
Amendment 1205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Commission to allow and indeed encourage – particularly in the dairy and the fruit and vegetable sectors – active crisis management instruments, such as voluntary sector agreements to manage supply in quantitative terms among producers, producers organisations and processors, and to examine the possibility of extending such instruments to other sectors;
Amendment 1220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls for an in-depth review of the current crisis reserve mechanism in order to create an independent financial instrument exempt from the budgetary principle of annuality, so as to permit budgetary transfers from one year to the next, thereby enabling quick and effective responses to crisis situations, including those involving animal and plant health, disease-related issues and food safenot subject to the principle of annuality of the budget so as to allow transfers from one year to the next, especially when market prices are sufficiently high, and will increase the speed and effectiveness of crisis responses, including animal health issues, plant diseases, food safety and security;
Amendment 1235 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Believes that while tradehey agreements are generally beneficial to the EUfor some agricultural sector overall,s and necessary forto strengthening the EUnion’s position on the globalworld agricultural market, theyrade agreements also pose a number of challenges that require reinforced safeguard mechanismdifficulties which require coherence between trade policy and certain objectives of the CAP concerning family farm income, the future of certain rural territories, which in practice implies the establishment of safeguard mechanisms or even exclusion of the most sensitive sectors from the negotiations and the application of the principle of reciprocity in production conditions, so as to ensure a level playing field between farmers in the EU and in the rest of the worlduropean Union their foreign competitors;
Amendment 1247 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Believes that while trade agreements are beneficial to the EU agricultural sector overall, and necessary for strengthening the EU’s position on the global agricultural market, they also pose a number of challenges that require reinforced safeguard mechanisms to ensure a level playing field between farmers in the EU and in the rest of the world;
Amendment 1287 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Welcomes the steady increase in the budget available for promotional schemes and programmes and urges the EC to maintain the pace of increase of this budget due to the increasing interests from producers;
Amendment 1295 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26b. Calls for reducing the red tape and unnecessary conditions to allow also smaller producers partake in these schemes;
Amendment 1297 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 c (new)
Paragraph 26 c (new)
26c. Urges the Member States to develop and implement quality schemes such as the optional quality terms “mountain product” and “product from island farming” in order to give the opportunity to those producers, who are interested, to introduce them swiftly;
Amendment 1310 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4
Subheading 4
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Amendment 1323 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Regrets the fact that the whole process of the CAP post-2020 programming exercise – consultation, communication, impact assessment and legislative proposals – is starting with a significant delay as the end of the eighth legislature approaches, jeopardising the possibility ofand a final agreement being reached before the European elections can only be reached with considerable efforts;