15 Amendments of Marijana PETIR related to 2016/2141(INI)
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the high – and growing – concentration of power in sectors connected to the EU's food market makes the violation of consumer rights possible, reduces incomes for farmers and increases their exposure to processes involving the buying up and concentration of agricultural land;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas the buying up of agricultural land in the EU is not spread evenly across the EU and is particularly concentrated in the eastern and south- eastern Member States;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G c (new)
Recital G c (new)
Gc. whereas cases of fraud during the purchase of land have been recorded in eastern and south-eastern Member States which involve the use of 'pocket contracts', in which the date of the conclusion of the contract is falsified in violation of the right of new Member States and their citizens to be protected on the European agricultural land market during the transitional period on account of their lower purchasing power;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G d (new)
Recital G d (new)
Gd. whereas the buying up of agricultural land, in combination with the high capital costs of EU agriculture, which is particularly evident in eastern and south-eastern Europe, leads to agricultural production being abandoned on small family farms and makes it difficult for young people to take up work in the agricultural sector;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G e (new)
Recital G e (new)
Ge. whereas the buying up of land leads to significant changes in the European agricultural production model, which is based on family farms and on micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, to the benefit of major corporations, and such a change is accompanied by a negative impact on the food sovereignty of Member States and Europe as a whole, as well as potentially on food security in the long term;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G f (new)
Recital G f (new)
Gf. whereas the purchase of land by way of privatisation and/or expropriation of large areas of agricultural land and natural resources and their management play an active role in the constant weakening of the socio-economic viability of rural areas and contribute to their collapse;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G g (new)
Recital G g (new)
Gg. whereas the buying up of agricultural land leads to both the land and the environment being degraded, since it replaces a diverse and sustainable model of farming based on good agricultural practices with an industrial model that focuses on monoculture cultivation and relies on the use of heavy machinery and agrochemical substances;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Recognises the important role played by family farms in rural life, since, in addition to producing a sufficient amount of healthy and high-quality food, they also take care of their surroundings, the environment and biodiversity and preserve the cultures and traditions of European nations;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Stresses the importance of maintaining the focus of the common agricultural policy on supporting family farms as the cornerstone of European agricultural production, both now and in the future;
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Is concerned by the recent loss of momentum in efforts under the common agricultural policy to ensure that people can stay in rural areas and in the farming sector by promoting the sustainable development of those areas in the European Union;
Amendment 281 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Welcomes the amendments made to the common agricultural policy in 2013, which introduce measures to restrict the concentration of agricultural land; calls on the Member States to make greater use of those measures;
Amendment 332 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the Member States that have not yet done so to revoke 'pocket contracts' and to punish the perpetrators as severely as possible;
Amendment 333 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Calls on the Member States in which transitional periods following EU accession still apply with regard to the prohibition of the purchase of agricultural land from entities which are not legally authorised to sell it, pursuant to the conditions of the transitional period, to take appropriate measures in order to prevent the legalisation of 'pocket contracts' and to punish perpetrators as severely as possible;
Amendment 364 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Welcomes the proposal to simplify the common agricultural policy, in particular those measures aimed at reducing costs and administrative burdens for family farms, as well as micro, small and medium-sized enterprises in rural areas;
Amendment 365 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Calls on the Commission to maintain, during development of the draft common agricultural policy after 2020, measures to combat the concentration of agricultural land and to develop additional measures in support of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises;