26 Amendments of Ivan JAKOVČIĆ related to 2018/2037(INI)
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the European Union’s overarching objective of multifunctional agriculture, driven by family farms, remains key to delivering the positive externalities and public goods that European citizens demand;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the CAP must play an important role in overcoming stagnation and volatility of farm incomes which, despite the concentration and intensification of production and increasing productivity, are still lower than in the rest of the economy and in comparison to EU’s key competitors;
Amendment 239 #
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 food and farming practice, facilitated by EU-wide agricultural extension services;
Amendment 262 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas the competitive agriculture and food sector must be incentivised to continue to contribute to the environmental care and climate action objectives of the EU set out in international agreements such as the Paris Agreement and the UN SDGs;
Amendment 295 #
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, forestry, rare animal breeds and conservation crops, as well as organic agriculture, less-favoured areas and commitments in the context of Natura 2000;
Amendment 367 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the intention to simplify and modernise the CAP, but emphasises that the integrity of the single market and reaching a truly common policy must be the overriding priorities of reform;
Amendment 394 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the importance of an equal playing field for farmers;
Amendment 444 #
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 rather than compliance, while ensuring adequate monitoring via clearly defined, simple, solid and measurable indicators at EU level, including an appropriate system of quality control and penalties;
Amendment 446 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the efforts of the Commission to establish programme design, implementation and control ofn an output-based approach for the CAP with less bureaucracy, simplified procedures and greater transparency of objectives and tools, in order to foster performance rather than compliance, while ensuring adequate and proportional risk based monitoring via clearly defined, solid and measurable indicators at EU level, including an appropriate system of quality control and penalties;
Amendment 460 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Underlines that the simplification should allow higher degree of possibility for Member States to design the necessary tools as appropriate, subject to the condition that this would not lead to a distortion of a level playing field;
Amendment 495 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to grant more flexibility to Member States and regions within the framework of the agricultural de minimis rules, while securing the integrity of the internal market;
Amendment 576 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Believes that due to different challenges affecting the EU the opportunity must be seized to simplify and modernize the CAP by better targeting the use of CAP support and move towards a market driven agriculture;
Amendment 588 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Sees furthermore this as an opportunity to modernise the financing of the CAP and to ensure that it provides maximum EU added value for all citizens;
Amendment 641 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Stresses the need to balance and mitigate any social and environmental implications of any kind of any financial arrangement of the future CAP;
Amendment 653 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Underlines the necessity of identifying the key elements of a transparent and objective system of penalties and incentives for determining farmers’ eligibility for public funding, which should consist of voluntary, simple and mandatory measures;
Amendment 755 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Underlines that different levels of regional and national state aids, fiscal, social, environmental and other compensations and incentives provided at national level to farmers, lead to unfair competition on the single market;
Amendment 831 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recalls that generational renewal is a challenge faced by famers in many Member States and that eacha common European and national strategy mustis therefore needed to 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 881 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Underlines the importance of rural development, including the LEADER initiative, in, to supporting multi-functional agriculture and in, forestry and less favoured areas also with a view to fostering additional entrepreneurial activities and opportunities, in orderpossibilities to generate income fromlike agrio-tourism, and to securefarm diversification, sustainable production of bioenergy, community- supported agriculture and the provision of social services in rural areas;
Amendment 889 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Underlines the importance of rural development, including the LEADER initiative, in supporting multi-functional agriculture and in fostering 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 areas; the overall objective has to be to improve the quality of life in rural areas;
Amendment 915 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Reminds that the overall objective has to be the improvement of the quality of life in rural areas;
Amendment 1022 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to foster innovation, research and modernisation in agriculture by supporting training and agriculturalby supporting a strong advisory system and training better adapted to needs of CAP beneficiaries; training and extension as a pre-condition in programme design and implementation in all Member States, while fostering the transfer of know-how and the exchange ofknow-how transfer and best practice models exchange between Members States;
Amendment 1033 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to foster innovation and modernisation in agriculture and food sector by supporting training and agricultural extension as a pre-conditionn important part 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 1060 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Underlines that the Commission should be regularly evaluating such a support and measuring innovation and modernisation wherever possible;
Amendment 1075 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Believes that investments in innovation, education and training are vital for the future of European agriculture;
Amendment 1313 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Stresses that Parliament and the Council should, via the co-decision procedure, set the generalbasic common objectives, measures and financial allocations, based on the objective indicators and determine the adequate level of flexibility needed to enable the Member States to cope with their specificities and needs in line with the single market;
Amendment 1324 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Regrets the fact thatAlthough 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, it should not jeopardisinge the possibility of a final agreement being reached before the European elections;