5 Amendments of Norbert ERDŐS related to 2016/2024(BUD)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Takes note of the cuts in rural development funding under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) in terms of commitments and payments for the 2016 budget; highlights that these cuts are detrimental to economic growth in rural areas; points out that the EAFRD, including the LEADER programmes, are a major driver of rural development by giving wider benefits to the EU at large, especially in generating growth and employment in rural areas and helping to preserve rural jobs and create new jobs, thus preventing rural areasdepopulation; insists that careful consideration be given to increasing the final level of commitments and payments appropriations in the 2017 budget;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Insists that any funds allocated through the financial discipline mechanism to the crisis reserve in the agricultural sector of the 2017 budget that are left unspent be made available in full as direct payments in the following budgetary year; requests that all available margins under Heading 2 be reserved for the agriculture sector particularly given the continuing crisis in the milk, pig meat and fruit and vegetable sector and the Russian embargo and significant health risks in the plant and animal sector; calls for consistent application of the principle that all revenue derived from agriculture should remain within the agriculture budget;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Insists that sufficient funds be made available in order to implement all elements of the CAP reform, e.g. greening measures, environmental programmes, biodiversity, rural development programmes and environmental and climate protection programmes, including programmes to promote the production of renewable energy sources, for example biomass;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Bearing in mind the food safety scandals of the recent past - for example the E. Coli infections in 2011, the horsemeat scandal in 2013 and the current problem of adulterated honey from China, as well as the animal diseases currently raging, such as swine fever in Poland and the Baltic States and the bird flu epidemic in France - urges that additional appropriations be transferred to Chapter 3 of the budget from other budget lines to tackle food safety crises, as the EU funding currently available - a grand total of EUR 1.89 billion over seven years - is not sufficient;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Highlights the continuing imbalances in the food supply chain with primary producers being considerably weaker than other actors in the chain; urges the Commission to take action to improve the transparency of prices and margins in the food supply chain; encourages Member States to take vigorous action against unfair trading practices which harm producers and, if necessary, to adopt legislation in this field; highlights Parliament’s position on unfair trading practices.