Activities of Edouard FERRAND

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Welcomes the fact~~Notes that an implementation report for Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 is being undertaken with the aim of ensuring a high level of protection of both human and animal health as well as the environment~~, while safeguarding~~; calls for the competitiveness of the EU’s agriculture sector to be safeguarded by providing access to a broad range of active substances and Plant Protection Products (PPP) for all farmers and producers, irrespective of the Members States they are operating in;

2018/01/30
Committee: AGRI

2017/2128(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses the importance of a science-based approach in authorising any active substance, in line with the Member States' and the EU’s risk analysis principles and the precautionary principle as established in the General Food Law (Regulation (EC) No 178/2002);

2018/01/30
Committee: AGRI

2017/2128(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Expresses its concern about~~Highlights the existence of systematic delays in the authorisation processes and ~~the~~an increasing use of derogations as laid down in Article 53 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, while underlining the necessity for Member States to comply with the legal deadlines to ensure predictability for applicants and facilitate the market introduction of innovative PPPs that are in line with more stringent requirements;

2018/01/30
Committee: AGRI

2017/2128(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Points out that the zonal evaluation of PPP applications, which allows applicants to propose one zonal Rapporteur Member State (zRMS) to carry out the assessment, ~~should lead to the concerned Member States (cMS) taking a decision with~~violates the subsidiarity principle and increases the lack of transparency surrounding the ~~maximum time limit of 120 days after the zRMS has issued the registration report~~decisions taken by Member States' health agencies;

2018/01/30
Committee: AGRI

2017/2128(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses the need to encourage ~~work~~data sharing between Member States by fostering the availability and use of harmonised methodology ~~and models to conduct evaluations, while reducing the existence of additional national requirements~~where feasible;

2018/01/30
Committee: AGRI

2017/2128(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Regards the ~~application of the~~ mutual recognition procedure as an important tool to increase work sharing and ensure compliance with deadlines, as it allows applicants to apply for authorisation in another Member State which makes the same use of the product in question for the same agricultural practices, based on the assessment carried out for the authorisation in the original Member Statconflicting with the subsidiarity principle;

2018/01/30
Committee: AGRI

2017/2128(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Stresses the contribution that the authorisation of low-risk PPPs makes to a sustainable EU farming sector, and draws attention to the importance of contributing to a better functioning agricultural ecosystem and a sustainable farming sector, while pointing out that the lack of availability of PPPs or the lack of research and development in new PPPs could jeopardise the diversification of agriculture and cause harmful organisms to become resistant to PPPs.

2018/01/30
Committee: AGRI

2017/2117(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas there is a need to increase the value added in meat production, to promote it fairly among consumers and to introduce innovative new formulas more in step with the consumer habits of young people;

2017/11/28
Committee: AGRI

2017/2117(INI)

Laurenţiu REBEGA, Angelo CIOCCA, Edouard FERRAND, Philippe LOISEAU

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas there is a need to increase the value added in meat production and to introduce innovative new formulas more in step with the consumer habits of young people by providing strong incentives and suitable funding;

2017/11/28
Committee: AGRI

2017/2117(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Recital K

K. whereas Brexit could cause significant changes to intra-Community trade in sheepmeat, given that the UK is the largest producer of it and the main gateway for imports from third countries; whereas this restructuring of the market constitutes an opportunity for the EU to develop its support for indigenous production;

2017/11/28
Committee: AGRI

2017/2117(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Recital L

L. whereas the UK imports about half of the quota for sheepmeat from New Zealand and that th~~e EU cannot be released from its international commitments overnight, a fact that aggravates the uncertainty caused by Brexit~~is fact should lead to the removal of sheepmeat quotas from the FTA being negotiated with New Zealand;

2017/11/28
Committee: AGRI

2017/2117(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Supports maintaining or~~, where possible,~~ increasing coupled aid for sheep- and goat-farming in the forthcoming reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), with a view to arresting the drain of farmers from these sectors in the EU, in view of the high rate of dependence of sheep- and goat-farmers on direct payments;

2017/11/28
Committee: AGRI

2017/2117(INI)

Laurenţiu REBEGA, Angelo CIOCCA, Edouard FERRAND, Philippe LOISEAU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Believes it necessary to offer greater support to young people, via both direct aid and rural development policy, given the high average age of workers in the livestock-raising sectors, manifestly exceeding ~~even~~ that in other agricultural professions;

2017/11/28
Committee: AGRI

2017/2117(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission and Member States to consider measures to improve transparency in the market, as well as the ~~possibility of harmonising arrangements on carcasses, and the~~ establishment of a European observatory monitoring the prices and production costs of sheep- and goatmeat;

2017/11/28
Committee: AGRI

2017/2117(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Asks the Commission to ascertain what the post-Brexit sheepmeat market will look like, and to do everything in its power to prevent severe market disturbances by means of a support policy for European production;

2017/11/28
Committee: AGRI

2017/2117(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Urges the Commission to exercise caution in negotiating the new free-trade agreement with New Zealand, pending its analysis of the impact of Brexit on the EU sheep-farming sector; takes the view that this new agreement should ~~split~~remove New Zealand’s quota for lamb meat exports ~~into the EU so as to separate fresh or chilled and frozen meat~~;

2017/11/28
Committee: AGRI

2017/2117(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Calls for consideration to be given to the precarious situation of sheep and goat farmers when entering into further trade agreements with third countries by including their products among sensitive sectors, and excluding any provisions that might compromise the European model of production in any way;(Does not affect the English version.)

2017/11/28
Committee: AGRI

2017/2117(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Reserves for Member States the possibility of establishing a management plan for wild animals in their territory;

2017/11/28
Committee: AGRI

2017/2116(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the European Union is still suffering from a major deficit in vegetable proteins, which has regrettably seen little improvement despite the many intentions announced~~, and initiatives taken,~~ on this topic for more than 15 years by the Commission; whereas the present-day context means that ~~we should be taking more energetic action~~tangible solutions need to be implemented;

2017/11/16
Committee: AGRI

2017/2116(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the issue of protein used in animal feed has too often been analysed with a focus on often-imported protein-rich matter, linked to our deficit in vegetable proteins and to the search for raw materials to supplement farm animals’ diets;

2017/11/16
Committee: AGRI

2017/2116(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas it is necessary to ~~adopt a more comprehensive analysis of the protein issue in Europe so as to~~ maximise the number of instruments at our disposal for boosting the effectiveness of action to reduce our dependence on vegetable proteins, in view of all the analyses carried out over the past 15 years;

2017/11/16
Committee: AGRI

2017/2116(INI)

Laurenţiu REBEGA, Edouard FERRAND, Philippe LOISEAU, Angelo CIOCCA

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas proteins are at the core of the challenges of European food safety, and environmental protection ~~and global warming~~; whereas they are essential to life and are present in all foods consumed by both humans and animals;

2017/11/16
Committee: AGRI

2017/2116(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas there are Member States that are unable to ensure the protein autonomy of their livestock sector;

2017/11/16
Committee: AGRI

2017/2116(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas in recent years China has become the world’s largest importer of soya and, unlike the EU, has launched a genuine security of supply strategy for itself which ~~could~~is already threatening our own supplies ~~tomorrow~~;

2017/11/16
Committee: AGRI

2017/2116(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas ~~the development of agriculture in the past 50 year~~massive imports of raw materials in recent decades hasve given rise to ~~the~~ large-scale long-distance transport of ~~raw materials for the production of~~ vegetable and meat proteins, which ~~is now~~have caused and are causing problems for the environment ~~and the climate~~because of their high carbon footprint;

2017/11/16
Committee: AGRI

2017/2116(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas in order to reduce dependence on outside suppliers, it is necessary to focus on not only protein-rich crops but also on all other crops (including in forage and grassland areas) which, while they have a lesser protein content, are extensively cultivated throughout the Union and have a positive impact on soil;

2017/11/16
Committee: AGRI

2017/2116(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas there is a need today for a strategic, effective and ambitious protein supply plan to be implemented for the sustainable development of European agriculture; ~~whereas such a plan requires the mobilisation of several EU policies, first and foremost the CAP;~~

2017/11/16
Committee: AGRI

2017/2116(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Takes the view that it is time to implement a major strategic European vegetable protein supply plan based on the sustainable development of all the crops grown throughout the EU; further takes the view that this change implies a substantial alteration of our production systems to meet the requirements of the circular economy and ~~of agroecology~~more environmentally friendly agriculture;

2017/11/16
Committee: AGRI

2017/2116(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Takes the view that this plan must maximise the biomass production of all usable agricultural areas by developing permanent plant cover, ~~some~~much of which can be devoted to protein supply;

2017/11/16
Committee: AGRI

2017/2116(INI)

Laurenţiu REBEGA, Edouard FERRAND, Philippe LOISEAU, Angelo CIOCCA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Recommends supporting farmers who wish to grow soya again in countries where it was banned;

2017/11/16
Committee: AGRI

2017/2116(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Considers it advisable to develop and support regional protein production and processing chains by creating closer links between cereal farmers and livestock farmers (supply and exchange contracts), and deems it useful, to that end, to assist risk- taking by operators entering small supply chains for protein-based food and feed;

2017/11/16
Committee: AGRI

2017/2116(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Stresses the need to make proteins affordable for farmers, by promoting support for producers and for producer- consumers, and for farmers concerned to obtain stocks of local proteins so as to offset the fact that they are unable to produce them;

2017/11/16
Committee: AGRI

2017/2116(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Points out that there are promising technologies for the mobile processing of these protein crops, i.e. towed systems for harvesting, dehydrating and processing crops on the spot to form pellets; stresses that, as a result of those technologies, protein crops could be introduced widely and rapidly, offsetting the fact that processing facilities may be located far away; recommends that the plan provide assistance firstly for developing those technologies and then for acquiring them;

2017/11/16
Committee: AGRI

2017/2116(INI)

Laurenţiu REBEGA, Edouard FERRAND, Philippe LOISEAU, Angelo CIOCCA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Takes the view that there are some Member States that have long experience in growing and conducting research into soya and other leguminous plants and that can share their know-how at European level, and with this end in mind there is a need for better cooperation at European level;

2017/11/16
Committee: AGRI

2017/2116(INI)

Laurenţiu REBEGA, Edouard FERRAND, Philippe LOISEAU, Angelo CIOCCA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Considers it important for the CAP to support protein crop cultivation by means of the voluntary coupled payment (which, if not restricted to crops and regions in difficulty, would give scope for more action) and the greening payment, and by means of the second pillar, particularly through agro-environmental measures on organic farming, investment quality, advice, training and of course innovation via the EIP; stresses the need to make coupled support for protein and leguminous crops more flexible in order to facilitate the use of existing funding and ensure its continuity after 2020;

2017/11/16
Committee: AGRI

2017/2116(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Calls for ~~research efforts, particularly for public~~protein crop research, efforts to be stepped up ~~into under-developed protein crops which are of little or no interest to private investor~~, particularly through public-private partnerships;

2017/11/16
Committee: AGRI

2017/2116(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Takes the view that it is necessary to secure our soya supplies by cooperating more closely with our neighbourhood, in particular with Ukraine, which has opted for Europe and which produces soya that could be brought into the EU via the Danube;deleted

2017/11/16
Committee: AGRI

2017/2116(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Takes the view that the 1992 Blair House Agreement is now obsolete and is ~~likely to~~ hampering the sustainable development of protein crop growing in Europe;

2017/11/16
Committee: AGRI

2017/2115(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Angelo CIOCCA, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the beekeeping sector is hugely significant (around EUR 14.2 annually), as 84 % of plant species and 7640% of food production are dependent on pollination by bees, which also helps maintain the ecological balance and biological diversity in Europe;

2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas some invasive alien species such as Varroa destructor, the small hive beetle, the Asian hornet and American foulbrood are causing widespread destruction in the European bee population and causing serious harm to beekeepers; pointing out that movements of bees into and inside the EU are a major factor in the spread of various diseases and invasive species;

2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI

2017/2115(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Angelo CIOCCA, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

Ha. whereas some countries like Switzerland use formic acid as a swift and efficient organic treatment which eliminates the parasite without triggering any mutations;

2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI

2017/2115(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Angelo CIOCCA, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas beekeepers, agricultural producers and environmentalists also expect there to be a clear scientific consensus on all substances and other factors which arcould be a danger to bees’ health;

2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI

2017/2115(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Angelo CIOCCA, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Recital L

L. whereas beekeepers always produce less honey once the winter is over, because of ~~autumn and winter losses~~losses in winter, which can be as much as 50 % in some Member States, and whereas these losses can be offset by as much as 30% of the populations by anticipating this phenomenon and using fall-back colonies;

2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital O a (new)

Oa. whereas imported honey is often adulterated or fake honey, which is not produced by bees and does not meet the standards applied to European beekeepers;

2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI

2017/2115(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Angelo CIOCCA, Laurenţiu REBEGA

P. whereas consumers are ~~aware that no more than~~often uninformed as to a maximum of one third of the honey they use isbeing produced in the EU;

2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital Q

Q. whereas since 2001 ~~the amount of honey in the world’s major honey- producing regions has stagnated or decreased as a result of the poor health of bees, whilst the amount of honey~~honey production in China has increased by over 80 % (to 200 000 tonnes);

2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI

2017/2115(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Angelo CIOCCA, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Recital R

R. whereas 100 000 tonnes of imported honey ar~~rives~~e imported into the EU from China every year – double the amount recorded in 2002 – ~~even though the number of bee colonies has declined in other parts of the world~~and this is often adulterated with exogenous cane or corn sugar;

2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital U

U. whereas, in December 2015, the Commission ordered ~~the~~ centralised test~~ing of honey~~s on honey, but fake and adulterated honey continues to enter Europe;

2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI

2017/2115(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Angelo CIOCCA, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Recital V a (new)

Va. whereas free trade agreements and the opening-up of quotas to countries such as Ukraine have weakened the European beekeeping sector;

2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital X

X. whereas the imbalance which developed in the European honey market, as a result of a policy of wholesale importation of fake low-cost honey, caused the purchase price of honey in the EU’s main producing countries (Romania, Bulgaria, Spain, Portugal, France, Croatia and Hungary) to halve by the end of 2016 as compared with the 2014 price, which is putting Europe’s beekeepers in a hopeless position;

2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI

2017/2115(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Angelo CIOCCA, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Understands that bees perform a basic agricultural service by pollinating crops, without which European agriculture and ~~in particular~~most plant cultivation would not exist in any form;

2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI

2017/2115(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Angelo CIOCCA, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Calls on the Commission to re- think, as it draws up the new CAP, its objectives in terms of increasing productivity in order to avoid excessive use of treatments which are deadly for bees and to guarantee them a healthy living space;

2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI

2017/2115(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Angelo CIOCCA, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Calls on the Commission to promote ‘managed pollination’ in order to encourage beekeepers and farmers to work in harmony and thus improve crop yields;

2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI

2017/2115(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Angelo CIOCCA, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

~~9. Calls on the Member States to relax the strict road transport rules for beekeepers, particularly by exempting them from tachograph use beyond 100 km, in order to promote bee colony migration;~~deleted

2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Believes that companies importing foreign honey as well as retailers should conform to European rules and should sell only beekeeping products which satisfy the definition of honey as set out in the Codex Alimentarius;

2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI

2017/2115(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Angelo CIOCCA, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Expects the Member States and the Commission to force honey-producers in non-EU countries who use dishonest methods and EU packagers and traders who wilfully mix adulterated, imported honey with high-quality European honey to comply with EU law;(Does not affect the English version.)

2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Calls on the Commission to develop effective laboratory analysis procedures (e.g. nuclear magnetic resonance testing) which can be used to detect the increasingly sophisticated adulterations in order to detect instances of honey adulterationand to penalise fraud;

2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI

2017/2115(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Angelo CIOCCA, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Expects honey always to be identifiable from the moment it leaves the hive ~~and to be classifiable according to its plant origin~~, irrespective of whether it is a domestic or an imported product; calls in this respect for a tightening-up of the traceability requirement for honey;

2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Calls on the Commission to require official batch-sampling and testing of honey from non-EU countries at the EU’s external borders, by means of compulsory and inexpensive analyses, including the dead yeast test, in line with Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 (later Regulation (EU) 2017/625);

2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Asks that ~~the~~any ‘blend of EC and non- EC honeys’ descriptor be replaced by an indication of exactly which country or countries the honeys used in the final products come from and that these be listed in the order which corresponds to the proportions used in the final productbe prohibited;

2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI

2017/2115(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Angelo CIOCCA, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Calls on the Commission to put forward a proposal to increase EU support for these programmes by 50% annually to enable the school programmes to operate effectively and local products ~~such as honey, olives and olive oil~~ to be fully included;

2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)

34a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to adapt and harmonise legislation in the field of organic apiculture, so as to ensure that all European beekeepers have equal access to the organic products market;

2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI

2017/2088(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Angelo CIOCCA, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the shortage of young people pursuing careers in farming is jeopardising the economic and social sustainability of rural areas and European food security;

2018/01/26
Committee: AGRI

2017/2088(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Angelo CIOCCA, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. Considers that the income of young farmers can only be stabilised by applying price controls to their products, and that such arrangements must involve the agri-food industry and large-scale retailers;

2018/01/26
Committee: AGRI

2017/2088(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Angelo CIOCCA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Recommends that provision be made, within the EU VAT rate reform, for the option of applying the minimum rate for agricultural capital goods covered by the investment plan for young farmers, in order to facilitate investments that are eligible for rural development measures;

2018/01/26
Committee: AGRI

2017/2088(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Angelo CIOCCA, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Welcom~~Notes the creation of an agricultural guarantee instrument, proposed by the Commission and the European Investment Bank (EIB) in March 2015, which should make it easier for young farmers to access credit; recommends that access to finance be improved through subsidised interest rates on loans for new entrants; calls for improved cooperation with the EIB and the European Investment Fund (EIF) to foster the creation of financial instruments dedicated to young farmers across all Member States;

2018/01/26
Committee: AGRI

2017/2088(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Angelo CIOCCA, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Draws attention to the opportunities for young farmers offered in the European Structural and Investment (ESI) Funds to design and implement financial instruments in the form of loan, guarantee or equity funds in order to provide access to finance to ~~those in need~~young farmers;

2018/01/26
Committee: AGRI

2017/2088(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Angelo CIOCCA, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Welcomes the fact that Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform 2014- 2020 introduced new measures to support young farmers in setting up farms; expresses concern however that administrative and bureaucratic burdens ~~may b~~are inhibiting take-up of these measures; notes that the overall administration of the direct payments and Rural Development Programme measures is perceived by most farmers as difficult, especially ~~for~~ new entrants who are not familiar with the payment system;

2018/01/26
Committee: AGRI

2017/2088(INI)

Laurenţiu REBEGA, Angelo CIOCCA, Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Welcomes the fact that Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform 2014- 2020 introduced new measures to support young farmers in setting up farms; expresses concern however that administrative burdens ~~may b~~are inhibiting take- up of these measures; notes that the overall administration of the direct payments and Rural Development Programme measures is ~~perceived as~~ difficult, especially for new entrants who are not familiar with the payment system;

2018/01/26
Committee: AGRI

2017/2088(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Angelo CIOCCA, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Believes they must be given a contractual price guarantee in order to ensure the sustainability of their farms; believes that this measure, which would cost little given the small number of young farmers, would allow each sector to maintain a sufficient number of producers, and that it should be financed by large retailers and the agri-food industry on the basis of negotiation within each sector;

2018/01/26
Committee: AGRI

2017/2088(INI)

Laurenţiu REBEGA, Angelo CIOCCA, Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Notes that access to land is the largest barrier to new entrants to farming in Europe and is limited by the low supply of land for sale or rent in many regions, as well as by the competition from other farmers, investors and residential users; considers that the land access problem is exacerbated by the current direct payment structure, which requires minimal active use of the land and allocates subsidies largely on the basis of land ownership, a problem which is exacerbated by the decoupling of support (this last point must not be allowed to call into question direct payments, only the rules governing their payment); believes that the existing farmers are incentivised to retain land access in order to retain subsidy access instead of ensuring the best use of the land; recommends increasing the activity levels required to receive payments and to target subsidy payments towards the achievement of particular outcomes (e.g. production of specific environmental or social goods);

2018/01/26
Committee: AGRI

2017/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Notes that access to land is the largest barrier to new entrants to farming in Europe and is limited by the low supply of land for sale or rent in many regions, as well as by the competition from other farmers, investors and residential users; considers that the land access problem is exacerbated by the current direct payment structure, which requires minimal active use of the land and allocates subsidies largely on the basis of land ownership; believes that the existing farmers are incentivised to retain land access in order to retain subsidy access instead of ensuring the best use of the land; recommends increasing the farming activity levels required to receive payments and to target subsidy payments towards the achievement of particular outcomes (e.g. production of specific environmental or social goods);

2018/01/26
Committee: AGRI

2017/2088(INI)

Laurenţiu REBEGA, Angelo CIOCCA, Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Recommends that steps be taken to enable young farmers and older farmers to live and work alongside one another for a specific period, with a financial incentive being offered to each for this;

2018/01/26
Committee: AGRI

2017/2065(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas in the past European minimum standards on data protection in trade agreements have practically been deviated to the detriment of consumers;

2017/10/04
Committee: INTA

2017/2065(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas various citizens’ initiatives have expressed their concerns about the level of data protection in trade agreements;

2017/10/04
Committee: INTA

2017/2065(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas governments around the world are engaging in digital protectionism by putting up barriers that hinder market access and direct investment, or create unfair advantages for domestic companies;deleted

2017/10/04
Committee: INTA

2017/2065(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Underlines that the Member States of the EU, as a community ~~of values and~~ the world’s biggest exporter of services, should set the standards in international rules and agreements on digital trade flows based on three elements: (1) ensuring market access for digital goods and services in third countries, (2) ensuring that trade rules create tangible benefits for consumers and (3) promoting respect for fundamental rights;

2017/10/04
Committee: INTA

2017/2065(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that access to secure broadband internet connectivity and digital payment methods, effective consumer protection, in particular redress mechanisms for online cross-border sales, and predictable customs procedures, are essential elements in relation to enabling digital trade~~, sustainable development and inclusive growth~~ and development;

2017/10/04
Committee: INTA

2017/2065(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Recognises that adequacy decisions, including partial and sector- specific ones, are a fundamental mechanism in terms of safeguarding the transfer of personal data from the EU to a third country; notes that the EU has only adopted adequacy decisions with four of its 20 largest trading partners, not giving any guarantee for the other 16 main trading partners;

2017/10/04
Committee: INTA

2017/2065(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

~~8. Calls on the Commission to put forward its position on cross-border data transfers and unjustified data localisation requirements in trade negotiations before the end of the year;~~deleted

2017/10/04
Committee: INTA

2017/2065(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls on the Commission to combat discriminatory, illegitimate and protectionist measures by third countries, such as ‘buy local’ policies, local content requirements or forced technology transfers, to ensure that European companies can operate in a fair and predictable environment;deleted

2017/10/04
Committee: INTA

2017/2065(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Deplores third country practices which make market access conditional on the disclosure and transfer to state authorities of the source codes of the software that companies intend to sell; considers that such measures are disproportionate as a blanket requirement for market access; ~~calls on the Commission to prohibit signatory governments to FTAs from engaging in such activities;~~

2017/10/04
Committee: INTA

2017/2065(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Notes that the protection of trademarks, intellectual property (IP) and investments in R&D is a precondition of the EU’s knowledge-based economy, and that international cooperation is key to combating the trade in counterfeited goods; ~~stresses, however, that trade agreements are not the place to extend the level of protection for rights holders by providing for more extensive copyright enforcement powers;~~ stresses that access to medicines in third countries should not be challenged on the basis of IP protection;

2017/10/04
Committee: INTA

2017/2065(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Recalls that, since 1998, members of the WTO have upheld a moratorium on tariffs on electronic transmissions; stresses that such tariffs would entail unnecessary additional costs for businesses and consumers alike; calls on the Commission to transform the moratorium into a permanent agreement on banning tariffs on electronic transmissions, on the basis of an obligatory reciprocity with its trading partners;

2017/10/04
Committee: INTA

2017/2065(INI)

France JAMET, Edouard FERRAND, Franz OBERMAYR, Matteo SALVINI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Strongly supports the further mainstreaming of digital technologies and services in the EU’s development policy; calls on the Commission to stimulate public-private partnerships to increase investments in digital infrastructure in the Global South; urges the Commission to make investments in broadband infrastructure in developing countries conditional upon respect for a free, open and secure internet; calls on the Commission to use trade agreements to improve digital rights;

2017/10/04
Committee: INTA

2017/2053(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Calls for ~~own resources reforms that establish a predictable and stable basis for the EU budget which is independent, transparent and balanced and will address the growing pressure on the EU budget~~reforms that bring stability to the EU budget, are transparent and balanced and ensure that the relevant authorities do not systematically create new areas of expenditure – which often duplicate activities carried out in the Member States, simplify the complex and opaque rebate arrangements, and aim to lower the contribution of the Member States (and not increase the tax burden on EU citizens) and decrease the EU’s dependency on the national contributions based on VAT and GNI; calls for greater transparency in all the EU bodies, particularly the Commission;

2017/11/29
Committee: INTA

2017/2053(INI)

France JAMET, Edouard FERRAND, Franz OBERMAYR, Matteo SALVINI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Points out that the report of the High Level Group on Own Resources (HLGOR) put forward new proposals, including reforming the VAT own resource and the EU emissions trading system, a CO2 levy, transport taxation, electricity taxation and revenues deriving from the digital single market; emphasises that the introduction of new ORs could lead to greater policy coherence between the revenue and expenditure sides of the budget;deleted

2017/11/29
Committee: AGRI

2017/2053(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Points out that the EU’s Member States' international trade is directly related to the traditional own resources of the EU, which consist mainly of customs duties on imports from outside the EU Member States and sugar levies and in 2015 represented 12.8 % of the total revenue of the EU; those resources (especially sugar) must be seen in the context of the ongoing trade negotiations with New Zealand and Australia in particular; stresses that the French overseas departments and territories, in which large quantities of sugar are produced, must not be forgotten;

2017/11/29
Committee: INTA

2017/2053(INI)

France JAMET, Edouard FERRAND, Franz OBERMAYR, Matteo SALVINI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Underlines the pressing need to analyse the impact on the traditional own resources of the conclusion of (free) trade agreements and to allocate alternative sources of income in order to compensate for a possible decrease in those resources; points out that steps must be taken to stop powers being transferred, even temporarily, to the Commission, given that those powers are often exercised without proper and continuous scrutiny by Parliament and generate expenditure against the budget;

2017/11/29
Committee: INTA

2017/2053(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Stresses that funding for the CAP, an historic policy of the European Union, must first and foremost be secured from existing resources, at least at its current level;

2017/11/29
Committee: AGRI

2017/2053(INI)

France JAMET, Edouard FERRAND, Franz OBERMAYR, Matteo SALVINI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls for an exploration of the possibilities of creating sustainability- and emission- based customs duties and levies on trade in goods and services, and for the incorporation of such measures into the EU’s international trade policies and agreements as constituting a source for own resources;deleted

2017/11/29
Committee: INTA

2017/2053(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Points out that these new types of ORs are essential to finance more recent Union priorities such as migration, internal security and defence and to offset the loss in revenue of EUR 9 to 12 billion a year which could result from Brexit; notes also that new ORs are needed to avoid the potential spending cuts to the common agricultural policy (CAP) presented in the Commission’s ‘Reflection Paper on the Future of EU Finances’;deleted

2017/11/29
Committee: AGRI

2017/2053(INI)

France JAMET, Edouard FERRAND, Franz OBERMAYR, Matteo SALVINI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Re~~calls~~iterates more strongly its previous calls for a more effective EU customs system, with the optimisation of the current EU arrangements so that tax evasion and all forms of unfair competition can be addressed and duties and levies can be effectively collected for the EU’s own resources;

2017/11/29
Committee: INTA

2017/2053(INI)

France JAMET, Edouard FERRAND, Franz OBERMAYR, Matteo SALVINI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Notes that trade defence instruments (TDIs) are a source for EU own resources~~, but that owing to their nature they cannot be a stable basis for a consistent contribution~~; stresses that TDIs should not primarily be used as a EU own resources source, as they should only be established appropriately and proportionally, in line with applicable rules.

2017/11/29
Committee: INTA

2017/2053(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Notes that the potential spending cuts to the Common Agricultural Policy presented in the Commission’s ‘Reflection Paper on the Future of EU Finances’, are not desirable and should not be retained;

2017/11/29
Committee: AGRI

2017/2052(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that the common agricultural policy (CAP) ~~is fundamental for~~aims at ensuring food security, the preservation of rural populations and sustainable development; regrets that the CAP, which once accounted for 75 % of the EU budget is now only 38 % as laid down in the current multiannual financial framework (MFF), while food requirements have increased, as has the need to develop environmentally friendly farming practices and to mitigate the effects of climate change; urges the Commission to increase~~, or at least to maintain at its current level,~~ the CAP budget post-2020;

2017/11/28
Committee: AGRI

2017/2052(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls on the Commission to continue defending farmers and to fund information campaigns on the CAP budget since the amount of aid publicised can be misleading, given that the public is unaware of the fact that the bulk of the CAP is financed at EU level and replaces national spendingdevelop a transparent communication plan so that Member State contributions to the overall CAP budget can be highlighted; stresses that the CAP delivers good quality products at affordable prices to Europeans;

2017/11/28
Committee: AGRI

2017/2052(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Recalls that Brexit will have a projected impact of between EUR 3.8 and EUR 4.1 billion a year on the CAP, and calls therefore on the Commission to find alternative forms of financing~~, for example by increasing Member States’ contributions as a percentage of gross national income~~; stresses the need to increase funding in line with responses to the various cyclical crises in sensitive sectors such as milk, pork, fruits and vegetables, and to create instruments that can mitigate price volatility;

2017/11/28
Committee: AGRI

2017/2052(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Commission to ensure the necessary financial and legal framework for the food supply chain, in order to combat unfair trading practices, particularly those originating in third countries;

2017/11/28
Committee: AGRI

2017/2052(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Believes that the duration of the next MFF should be as long as possible (at least seven years), in order to ensure the predictability and stability of CAP funding and financial stability for young farmers.

2017/11/28
Committee: AGRI

2017/2015(INI)

Mylène TROSZCZYNSKI, André ELISSEN, France JAMET, Edouard FERRAND

Motion for a resolution
Citation 14

~~– having regard to the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) of 18 December 1979,~~deleted

2017/10/26
Committee: INTA FEMM

2017/2015(INI)

Mylène TROSZCZYNSKI, André ELISSEN, France JAMET, Edouard FERRAND

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15

– having regard to the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action adopted by the Fourth World Conference on Women on 15 September 1995, and to the subsequent outcome documents adopted at the UN Beijing +5 (2000), Beijing +10 (2005) and Beijing +15 (2010) special sessions,deleted

2017/10/26
Committee: INTA FEMM

2017/2015(INI)

Mylène TROSZCZYNSKI, André ELISSEN, France JAMET, Edouard FERRAND

Motion for a resolution
Citation 16

– having regard to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention), and its Article 3 defining ‘gender’ as ‘the socially constructed roles, behaviours, activities and attributes that a given society considers appropriate for women and men’,deleted

2017/10/26
Committee: INTA FEMM

2017/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas the EU Member States’ current EU trade policy and ~~its~~their ‘Trade for All’ strategy lack a gender equality perspective~~, as well as any binding obligations to enforce core women’s rights conventions such as the CEDAW~~; whereas the EU’s desire to defend human rights and the rights of the child is sometimes at odds with the dubious practices of some of the EU’s partner countries in areas such as child labour, the exploitation of women for surrogacy, or the limitation of women’s fundamental rights;

2017/10/26
Committee: INTA FEMM

2017/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the only area of gender equality in which DG Trade has demonstrated an interest so far – though it is an important one – is promoting female entrepreneurship;

2017/10/26
Committee: INTA FEMM

2017/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas a review of current EU multilateral and bilateral agreements shows that only 20 % of the agreements with non- European trading partners make reference to women’s rights, and that only 40 % of these agreements include references that aim to promote gender equality; whereas references in these agreements to promoting women’s empowerment are voluntary and almost all relate to non- trading aspects of the agreements;(Does not affect the English version.)

2017/10/26
Committee: INTA FEMM

2017/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas special attention must be given to the negative consequences of trade liberalisation as regards basic public services and goods, such as water and sanitation, education and healthcare; whereas any agreement with developing countries should include as one of its aims improving access to water, food, and health and education services;

2017/10/26
Committee: INTA FEMM

2017/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that fair ~~and inclusive~~ international trade policies that genuinely benefit both men and women require a clearer framework that aim~~ing~~s to enhance women’s livelihoods, strengthen gender equality, protect the environment, and promote social justice and international solidarity, while respecting the sovereignty of each partner state;

2017/10/26
Committee: INTA FEMM

2017/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Insists that all international trade policies must be based on the relevant international standards and legal instruments, such as the ~~CEDAW, the Beijing Platform for Action and the~~ sustainable development goals (SDGs);

2017/10/26
Committee: INTA FEMM

2017/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Underlines the urgent need to ~~adopt gender-sensitive binding~~ensure the meaningful implementation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) – which outlines in no uncertain terms what human rights are~~gulations on~~ – ant international level ~~to regulate~~; proposes that any transnational compan~~ies~~y (TNCs) ~~and other companie~~failing to comply with one of the articles of the UDHR should be excluded from trade agreements; welcomes the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and calls for their meaningful implementation;

2017/10/26
Committee: INTA FEMM

2017/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Underlines that basic public services and goods, such as water and sanitation, education and healthcare ~~(notably access to sexual and reproductive health and rights services)~~, should be exempted from the opening up of public procurement and the trade liberalisation agenda, and that safeguards must be put in place to reinforce states’ capacities to provide basic services for all;

2017/10/26
Committee: INTA FEMM

2017/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls for ~~binding measures~~the meaningful implementation of the UDHR, and for investigations with a view to combating the exploitation of individuals and improveing working conditions for women in the export- oriented industries, in particular the garment and textile manufacturing and agriculture sectors where trade liberalisation has contributed to precarious labour rights and gender wage gaps; calls on the EU to suspend any trade agreement that would result in the violation of human rights, in particular in the areas of child labour and exploitation of women’s bodies in connection with surrogacy;

2017/10/26
Committee: INTA FEMM

2017/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Insists that ~~binding instruments are needed in EU trade policy to ensure that decent work standard~~the EU trade policy must guarantee decent working conditions, women’s rights, human rights principles and environmental protection ar; calls for these requirements to be at the core of all types of EU trade agreements and that EU trade policy is coherent with the Union’s overarching aims of sustainable development, poverty reduction and gender equality; calls for the suspension of all trade agreements with countries that permit child labour or surrogacy, which are clear violations of human rights and women’s rights;

2017/10/26
Committee: INTA FEMM

2017/2015(INI)

Mylène TROSZCZYNSKI, André ELISSEN, France JAMET, Edouard FERRAND

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Calls for all EU trade agreements concerning EU Member States to include ~~binding~~ clauses, in the form of a stand-alone article, that promote and protect human rights and women’s rights, and gender equality ~~and gender mainstreaming, based on the Beijing Platform for Action and the SDGs, with an appropriate body appointed or an explicit mechanism in place to monitor compliance~~; calls on the EU to prioritise access to traceable consumer goods whose production does not involve child labour, indecent working conditions, or gender inequality; calls on the EU to pursue an environmental protection policy, which would entail reducing the distance between the place of production and the place of consumption;

2017/10/26
Committee: INTA FEMM

2017/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Is convinced that the CEDAW is of great importance for all policy areas, including trade; invites the Commission, therefore, to take action in this context to enable the EU’s accession to and ratification of the CEDAW Convention, and to include CEDAW as an instrument in trade agreements;deleted

2017/10/26
Committee: INTA FEMM

2017/2015(INI)

Mylène TROSZCZYNSKI, André ELISSEN, France JAMET, Edouard FERRAND

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Calls for the ~~EU and the~~ Member States to ensure that binding clauses on labour rights, based on the ILO Conventions, including Conventions No 189 on Domestic Workers and No 156 on Workers with Family Responsibilities, are included in trade agreements, and that social clauses in trade agreements also apply to informal work;

2017/10/26
Committee: INTA FEMM

2017/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. CRecalls ~~for EU legislation similar to UN binding due diligence obligations to ensure respect for~~that each Member State is already a member of the UN on a sovereign basis, and is thus subject to its binding obligations, particularly on human rights, including women’s rights, and adequate social and environmental standards;

2017/10/26
Committee: INTA FEMM

2017/2015(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. ~~Calls for the EU and~~Would like to see the Member States to ensure inclusive participation in trade consultations~~, including women’s rights organisations, trade unions and civil society~~;

2017/10/26
Committee: INTA FEMM

2017/2009(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the 2030 Agenda and its sustainability goals; stresses that~~, although~~ the EU farming industry is already making a valuable contribution ~~to sustainability, through the Common Agricultural Policy and stringent environmental requirements, it still needs to adapt better to the many~~, through very stringent environmental requirements, to the many environmental challenges facing it;

2017/03/29
Committee: AGRI

2017/2009(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Points out that the EU farming industry provides jobs for millions of people in rural areas, in spite of the major reduction in farmer numbers over the past few years, guarantees food supplies and attracts people to rural areas as a place in which to live~~, work and relax~~ and work;

2017/03/29
Committee: AGRI

2017/2009(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses that, by using agricultural waste, the bioeconomy can help to reduce the environmental impact of farming~~, in the form of emissions of greenhouse gases and pollutants into the air, soil and bodies of water, and can also contribute to the more efficient use of resources~~;

2017/03/29
Committee: AGRI

2017/2009(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Stresses the contribution that the livestock sector makes to the EU economy, and notes its potential to contribute to a better functioning agricultural ecosystem and a ~~climate~~n environmentally-friendly farming industry;

2017/03/29
Committee: AGRI

2017/2009(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Regards further progress in precision farming, digitalisation, plant and animal breeding and integrated pest management as essential~~, because increased efficiency will help to reduce the impact of farming on the environment.~~;

2017/03/29
Committee: AGRI

2017/0102(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24

(24) Special attention should be paid to ensuring that the activities supported by the European Solidarity Corps are accessible to all young people, notably the most disadvantaged ones. Special measures should therefore be put in place to promote social inclusion, the participation of disadvantaged young people, as well as to take into account the constraints imposed by the remoteness of the outermost regions of the Union and the Overseas Countries and Territories24. Similarly, the participating countries should endeavour to adopt all appropriate measures to remove legal and administrative obstacles to the proper functioning of the European Solidarity Corps. This includes resolving, where possible, and without prejudice to the Schengen acquis and Union law on the entry and residence of third-country nationals, administrative issues that create difficulties in obtaining visas and residence permits. _________________ 24 Individuals from an overseas country or territory (OCT) and competent public and /or private bodies and institutions from an OCT may participate in the programmes in accordance with Council Decision 2001/822/EC of 27 November 2001 on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Community, OJ L314, 30.11.2001, p.1.

2017/10/10
Committee: AGRI

2017/0102(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31

(31) In order to ensure financially sound implementation and close monitoring of the European Solidarity Corps at national level, it is ~~important~~necessary to use the existing National Authorities designated for the management of the actions referred to in Chapter III of Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013.

2017/10/10
Committee: AGRI

2017/0102(COD)

Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER, Edouard FERRAND

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1

(1) “solidarity activity” means an activity aimed at addressing unmet societal needs to the benefit of a community while also fostering the individual’s personal, educational, social, civic and professional development, which may take the form of placements, projects or networking activities, developed in relation to different areas, such as education and training, employment, gender equality, entrepreneurship, in particular social entrepreneurship, citizenship and democratic participation, environment and nature protection, climate action, disaster prevention, preparedness and recovery, agriculture and rural development, provision of food and non-food items, health and wellbeing, creativity and culture, physical education and sport, social assistance and welfare, ~~reception and integration of third-country nationals,~~ territorial cooperation and cohesion;

2017/10/10
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Commends the competent authorities for holding~~Notes the outcome of the parliamentary elections held on 16 October 2016 in an orderly manner in which fundamental freedoms were ~~general~~apparently respected; ~~welcom~~notes the revised legal framework under which the elections took place, but notes the persistence of some administrative deficiencies, including on the part of the State Election Commission (SEC), as well as concerns about the accuracy of the electoral register and politicisation; expects that the alleged procedural irregularities, including alleged abuses of state funds and abuse of office, and any other reported shortcomings, will be investigated fully and addressed effectively by the competent authorities; notes with regret that part of the opposition has not recognised the results of the elections; recognises the attempts by external actors to discredit the electoral process and the difficulties this has causedacknowledges that foreign agents, taking advantage in particular of the protection offered by US and EU law, are using propaganda methods and funding fraud on a massive scale in order to manipulate the electoral process in favour of Milo Djukanovic and his party, in the name of promoting European integration;

2017/02/08
Committee: AFET

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

2016/11/21
Committee: AGRI

2016/2222(INI)

Laurenţiu REBEGA, Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Calls for the phasing-out of all ~~land-based~~ biofuels, such as palm oil biodiesel, that drive deforestation and compete against food production ~~for land~~ or do not significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions;

2016/11/21
Committee: AGRI

2016/2222(INI)

Angelo CIOCCA, Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Points to the need to favour the use of agricultural by-products and processing waste in order to rationalise the production process and limit farms’ energy bills;

2016/11/21
Committee: AGRI

2016/2221(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Draft opinion
Recital B

B. whereas these inherent problems are compounded by short-term factors, such as economic uncertainties ~~and~~, unpredictable weather and the rise in migration to Europe, which, as can be seen today, make the job situation ~~of workers~~ in the farming industry all the more difficult and reduce access to it for Member State nationals;

2016/12/07
Committee: AGRI

2016/2221(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Draws attention to the problematic situation of posted workers, whose status is regulated by Directive 96/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1996; calls for the withdrawal of this Directive, which is the basis for social dumping between Member States, unfair competition and de facto favouritism for workers from countries with lower social security costs;

2016/12/07
Committee: AGRI

2016/2221(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission to put into practice ~~the~~certain recommendations set out in the Andrieu report (‘How can the CAP improve job creation in rural areas?’), which was adopted by Parliament on 27 October 2016, and in particular th~~at concerning the mobilisation of funds from the EAFRD i~~e promotion of local production ain ~~effort to develop a genuine s~~public tenders and locial ~~economy in rural area~~markets;

2016/12/07
Committee: AGRI

2016/2160(DEC)

Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER, Auke ZIJLSTRA, Sophie MONTEL, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Edouard FERRAND

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Notes with satisfaction~~Is surprised to note that according to the European Court of Auditors (ECA) the overall level of error in Heading 5 (Administration)~~, including the budget of the European External Action Service (EEAS),~~ – whose spending has to be contain~~ues to be relatively low (0,6% in 2015)~~ed – stayed at 0.6 % in 2015, an important fact bearing in mind the sums concerned;

2016/12/14
Committee: AFET

2016/2160(DEC)

Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER, Auke ZIJLSTRA, Sophie MONTEL, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Edouard FERRAND

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that the ECA ~~found certain~~noted weaknesses in recruitment procedures of local agents in delegations and in procurement procedures organised by delegations and ~~invites~~demands that the EEAS to improve the quality of its procedures; points out the challenges of operations within a decentralised network of 139 delegations, with limited human resources and in diverse environments, and stresses the necessity to reduce the administrative burden faced by individual delegations; welcomes the pilot project on the regionalisation of the administrative support to Union delegations in Europe and calls for the centralisation of administrative tasks at Headquarters as far as possible;

2016/12/14
Committee: AFET

2016/2160(DEC)

Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER, Auke ZIJLSTRA, Sophie MONTEL, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Edouard FERRAND

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Recalls the need to ensure full respect of the staffing formula on the ratio between EEAS staff drawn from Member States and from Union institutions as set out by the Council Decision on the organisation and functioning of the EEAS; welcomes the commitment of the Vice-President/High Representative made to the Parliament to address the existing overrepresentation of national diplomats in the positions of heads of delegations, and to present in the course of 2017 a review of the EEAS human resources policy, looking at issues such as gender balance and mobility of staff between institutionscall for EEAS staff to be drawn from Member States; recalls that Member States are sovereign and that by virtue of such sovereignty 'security and diplomacy' form part of the sovereign powers of each Member State;

2016/12/14
Committee: AFET

2016/2160(DEC)

Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER, Auke ZIJLSTRA, Sophie MONTEL, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Edouard FERRAND

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Notes ECA Special Report 07/2016 on the management of buildings by the EEAS; ~~while recognising the challenges of building management in often complex environments; calls on~~demands that the EEAS to address the individual cases of unoccupied or unnecessarily large premises that have been identified by the ECA as a matter of priority; calls for a commitment by the High Representative in this respect.

2016/12/14
Committee: AFET

2016/2151(DEC)

Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER, Sophie MONTEL, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Edouard FERRAND, Auke ZIJLSTRA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Notes with regret that the level of error in Heading 4 for the 2015 financial year, as estimated by the European Court of Auditors (ECA) in its annual report, has not decreased compared to 2014 and amounts to 2,8%; points out, nevertheless, that this is below the level of error identified in other headings, in spite of the fact that Union external aid activities frequently take place in crisis-struck regions and politically difficult environmentsconsiders this to be unacceptable;

2016/12/14
Committee: AFET

2016/2151(DEC)

Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER, Sophie MONTEL, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Edouard FERRAND, Auke ZIJLSTRA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Supports all recommendations formulated by the ECA based on its findings; ~~welcom~~notes the fact that the Commission ~~has fully~~, which is quick to criticise others, has not seen fit to implement~~ed 5 out~~ all of the 7 recommendations the ECA made in the 2012 and 2013 reports and urges the Commission to take the steps ~~to conclude implementation of the remaining ones~~needed to become a good example;

2016/12/14
Committee: AFET

2016/2151(DEC)

Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER, Sophie MONTEL, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Edouard FERRAND, Auke ZIJLSTRA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Notes with concern~~Is outraged to note the persisting deficiencies, year after year, in the quality of expenditure verifications carried out by auditors contracted by beneficiaries, which ~~in some cases~~ lead to the Commission's accept~~ance of~~ing ineligible costs, and thus acting outside the law;

2016/12/14
Committee: AFET

2016/2151(DEC)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Angelo CIOCCA, Mara BIZZOTTO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Endorses the recommendations of the European Court of Auditors which, having to assist Parliament in determining efficient legislation for the proper management of funds, has already expressed its critical views on the coexistence of cross-compliance and greening rules, which were a key aspect of the last reform, referring to their possible effects on the inefficiency of controls and increase in red tape;

2016/12/06
Committee: AGRI

2016/2151(DEC)

Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER, Sophie MONTEL, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Edouard FERRAND, Auke ZIJLSTRA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Is concerned by~~Objects strongly to the fact revealed by the ECA's audit that DG NEAR's evaluation of the amount of payments at risk is not ~~sufficiently accurate and expects a swift~~accurate at all and demands an immediate revision of DG NEAR's methodology;

2016/12/14
Committee: AFET

2016/2151(DEC)

Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER, Sophie MONTEL, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Edouard FERRAND, Auke ZIJLSTRA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. ~~While welcoming the progress achieved, n~~Notes that 6 out of 10 civilian missions under the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) have not yet been recognised by the Commission as compliant with Article 60 of the Financial Regulation~~; urges the Commission to step up work in order to~~, which means that its missions are not being conducted within a legal framework; demands that the Commission accredit all civilian CSDP missions, in line with the ECA's recommendation, allowing them to be entrusted with budget implementation tasks under indirect management;

2016/12/14
Committee: AFET

2016/2151(DEC)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Angelo CIOCCA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses that the reliability of information on CAP direct payments as reported by Member States is often seriously undermined as a result of misreporting; questions, as a result, how accurate the calculation of error rates is;

2016/12/06
Committee: AGRI

2016/2151(DEC)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Angelo CIOCCA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Draws attention to the fact that many small-scale programmes, such as the school fruit and school milk schemes, are not user-friendly, partly because of the red tape involved, meaning less than perfect acceptance and implementation; ~~welcomes Commissioner Hogan’s simplification initiatives in this connection;~~

2016/12/06
Committee: AGRI

2016/2148(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. ~~Welcom~~Notes the higher allocation by the Member States of funds for environmental measures and for physical investments aimed at boosting competitiveness; expects that those measures will have a long- lasting impact and high economic leverage;

2016/09/06
Committee: AGRI

2016/2148(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Urges the Commission and the Member States to avoid gold-plating or adding unnecessary guidelines and procedures which could interfere with efficient implementation of the EAFRD; asks the Commission to continue the simplification of the CAP ~~and, where feasible and necessary, to adapt the basic legislation to this effect~~; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that sufficient resources are dedicated to successful fulfilment of remaining ex-ante conditionalities;

2016/09/06
Committee: AGRI

2016/2148(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Considers that the Directorate- General for Agriculture and Rural Development has the necessary technical knowledge and overview of rural and agricultural issues and is therefore the natural manager of the RDPs, and urges the Commission to ensure that staffing levels are in place to ensure proper implementation and auditing of the CAP;deleted

2016/09/06
Committee: AGRI

2016/2148(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Takes the view that where rural and agricultural issues are concerned, it is for the State to coordinate the implementation and harmonisation of RDPs; takes the view that the EAFRD, under the programming period for 2014- 2020, is bypassing the role of the State in this case by making the Commission responsible for allocating RDPs and the regions responsible for managing them; deplores the fact that the national level is increasingly being left out although it is vital in order to ensure overall cohesion of this policy;

2016/09/06
Committee: AGRI

2016/2141(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas access to land is a ~~human right~~fundamental right for humankind;

2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI

2016/2141(INI)

Laurenţiu REBEGA, Edouard FERRAND, Philippe LOISEAU

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas access to land and food is a human right;

2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI

2016/2141(INI)

Laurenţiu REBEGA, Edouard FERRAND, Philippe LOISEAU

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)

Ja. whereas the concentration of farmland reduces living standards in farming communities, given the lack of alternative forms of employment or services in rural areas;

2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI

2016/2141(INI)

Laurenţiu REBEGA, Edouard FERRAND, Philippe LOISEAU

Motion for a resolution
Recital K

K. whereas farmland prices and rents have risen in many regions to a level which encourages financial speculation and makes it economically impossible for many farms, especially medium-sized farms, to hold on to rented land or acquire the additional land needed to keep farms viable, as there is hardly any land on the market;

2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI

2016/2141(INI)

Laurenţiu REBEGA, Edouard FERRAND, Philippe LOISEAU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Calls for the creation of a ~~central observatory tasked with~~task force to record~~ing~~ the level of farmland concentration in the EU, changes in land use and the market behaviour of owners and tenants, and with issuing regular reports, given the wide differences between national land management laws;

2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI

2016/2141(INI)

Laurenţiu REBEGA, Edouard FERRAND, Philippe LOISEAU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Calls on the Commission to create a legal basis in order to ensure the regular collection of data of comparable quality on rent levels and land prices in connection with all sales of farmland and farm shares by agricultural undertakings in all Member States, so as to prevent speculation;

2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI

2016/2141(INI)

Laurenţiu REBEGA, Edouard FERRAND, Philippe LOISEAU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Considers it sensible to create a ~~uniform,~~ Europe-wide land inventory in which all ownership rights and rights of use in respect of farm land are recorded in an up- to-date and accurate manner and presented in a comprehensible form in a publicly accessible digital data bank;

2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI

2016/2141(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Takes the view that land policy falls within the exclusive remit of the national authorities and must help to ensure a socially desirable broad distribution of land ownership, as it has direct implications for everyone’s living and working conditions and quality of life, and notes the important social function of land ownership given that a loss of farms and jobs will lead to the collapse of European smallholder agriculture and the demise of rural areas, and thus to structural changes that are undesirable for society as a whole;

2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI

2016/2141(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. ~~Tak~~Notes the view that land policy must help to ensure a socially desirable broad distribution of land ownership, as it has direct implications for everyone’s living and working conditions and quality of life, and notes the important social function of land ownershipimportant social function of private property, given that a loss of farms and jobs will lead to the collapse of European smallholder agriculture and the demise of rural areas, and thus to structural changes that are undesirable for society as a whole;

2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI

2016/2141(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Recommends that the Member States give farmers priority in the purchase of farmland, particularly ~~at a time when non-farmers~~ in view of the growing interest being taken by large ~~increasingly interested in purchasing agricultural plot~~foreign groups whose aim is speculation or intensive production, to the detriment of all local rural sectors;

2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI

2016/2141(INI)

Laurenţiu REBEGA, Edouard FERRAND, Philippe LOISEAU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Recommends that the Member States give active farmers priority in the purchase of farmland, particularly at a time when non-farmers are increasingly interested in purchasing agricultural plots;

2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI

2016/2141(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls on the Commission to enable Member States to introduce national priority in the context of access to land via the sale or lease of farmland;

2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI

2016/2141(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Takes the view that land market policy should help make it easier for young people to enter agriculture, over and above the encouragement for young farmers enshrined in the common agricultural policy; calls, therefore, for ~~a comprehensive approach that~~improvements to the programme of setting-up aid to facilitate the establishment of young farmers to helps enable qualified young farmers and new entrepreneurs to take over or start farms; considers that these setting- up policies should include measures to secure the market outlets of these new farms, guaranteeing those outlets and their prices and volumes for a period to be determined;

2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI

2016/2141(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Proposes that Member States introduce incentives for the sale of farmland to farmers rather than to investors (either private investors or investment funds);

2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI

2016/2141(INI)

Laurenţiu REBEGA, Edouard FERRAND, Philippe LOISEAU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls on the Member States to shape their land market policy in such a way as to ~~curb~~monitor the rise in farmland prices and rents; further calls for these prices to be subject to an authorisation procedure which would also apply to mergers, splits and the establishment of foundations; takes the view that there should be stricter checks on lease contracts, a requirement to report irregularities, and the possibility of penalties, since renting is often the first step to purchasing;

2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI

2016/2141(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Proposes that compensatory measures be introduced by the State to supplement the purchase price payable by a farmer for land where the farmer cannot buy the land at the same price as is offered by an investment fund;

2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI

2016/2141(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Recommends ~~to that end the adoption of a uniform definition throughout the EU~~retrospective harmonisation of the definitions of ‘'active farmer~~’ which is clearly linked to the notion of work on a farm~~' given by Member States; calls for such European harmonisation of the definition to be put to a vote in the European Parliament, not decided by the Commission alone;

2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI

2016/2141(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Endorses the Commission’s finding that land is a finite resource which is already under much pressure as a result of climate change, soil erosion and over- exploitation, and calls for farmland to be given special protection with a view to compliance with the four fundamental European freedoms, so that the Member States can regulate the sale and letting of agricultural land in the light of social ~~and environmental~~, ecological and national-interest criteria;

2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI

2016/2100(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Believes that the current crisis situation in farming calls for ~~fresh~~practical initiatives to ensure that competition policy takes better account of the specific nature of agriculture;

2016/10/20
Committee: AGRI

2016/2100(INI)

Laurenţiu REBEGA, Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Calls for new Member States facing difficulties in setting up producers' organisations to be given more support for the launching and subsequent management of such organisations;

2016/10/20
Committee: AGRI

2016/2100(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. ~~Welcom~~Notes the recent publication of guidelines on the application of the specific rules set out in Articles 169, 170 and 171 of the CMO Regulation;

2016/10/20
Committee: AGRI

2016/2078(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Recognises the considerable economic and social contribution equidae make ~~throughout the EU~~for the EU Member States;

2016/11/16
Committee: AGRI

2016/2078(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that good equid health and welfare boosts the economic output of farms and businesses alike ~~and benefits the rural economy overall~~, as well as that of local authorities (e.g. use of horses for municipal maintenance work), and benefits the rural economy overall; notes also that horse owners are fully aware that it is in their own interests to give their animals the best possible care;

2016/11/16
Committee: AGRI

2016/2078(INI)

Laurenţiu REBEGA, Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Affirms that equid owners should have a minimum level of knowledge of equid husbandry, and that with ownership comes a personal responsibility for the standard of health and welfare of the animals in their care;

2016/11/16
Committee: AGRI

2016/2078(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Underlines the ~~importance of the forthcoming Animal Welfare Reference Centres for improved levels of compliance with, and consistent enforcement of, legislati~~fact that no details have been provided of the form the forthcoming Animal Welfare Reference Centres are to take or of how they are to be funded and how much funding is to be provided; calls, not least on, a~~long with the dissemination of information and best practice relating to animal welf~~ccount of the subsidiarity principle, for Member States to retain control over law-making in this area;

2016/11/16
Committee: AGRI

2016/2078(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

~~5. Calls on the Commission to commission a Eurostat study to analyse the economic and social impact of all aspects of the equid sector;~~deleted

2016/11/16
Committee: AGRI

2016/2078(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on ~~the Commission to actively support the development of guides to good practice, by releasing resources for translation of such documents and assisting with their distribution~~Member States to support the implementation of good practices without establishing new programmes and/or guides whose cost and usefulness cannot be clearly established;

2016/11/16
Committee: AGRI

2016/2078(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission to support the production and dissemination of information on how to meet the needs of equidae, whatever their role, based around the ‘five freedoms’ and covering the entirety of an equid’s life; calls also on the Commission to include guidance on responsible breeding ~~and the benefits of equid sterilisation~~; recommends that such guidance should be disseminated to breeders, equid societies, farms, stables, sanctuaries, transporters and slaughterhouses, and that it should be accessible in a variety of formats, including online;

2016/11/16
Committee: AGRI

2016/2078(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls on the Commission to recommit to the development of a European Charter for Sustainable and Responsible Tourism, with the dissemination of clear information to help tourists make welfare-friendly choices when deciding whether or not to use the services of working equidae, in consultation with national federations;

2016/11/16
Committee: AGRI

2016/2078(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Calls on the Commission to ensure effective and uniform enforcement of existing EU legislation on animal transport and legally binding reporting across all Member States; requests that the Commission propose a shortened maximum journey limit for all movements of horses for slaughter, based on findings of the European Food Safety Authority;deleted

2016/11/16
Committee: AGRI

2016/2078(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls on the Commission to commit to the development of validated Animal Welfare Indicators, which should be used to assess the welfare of equidae, identify existing problems and help drive improvements;deleted

2016/11/16
Committee: AGRI

2016/2078(INI)

Laurenţiu REBEGA, Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Calls on Member States to support the work of veterinary surgeons as the parties in the best position to survey the conditions in which Equidae live and to denounce abuses, in view of the work that they do on the ground, which means that they are the first to come into contact with injured or sick animals;

2016/11/16
Committee: AGRI

2016/2078(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Calls on Member States to draw up strict legislation regarding the mistreatment and abandonment of animals;

2016/11/16
Committee: AGRI

2016/2078(INI)

Laurenţiu REBEGA, Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Urges the Commission to encourage horse owners to form associations to protect themselves in the event of a crisis;

2016/11/16
Committee: AGRI

2016/2078(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Observes that only a minority of horse owners and/or breeders commit criminal acts;

2016/11/16
Committee: AGRI

2016/2078(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Calls on the Commission to issue guidance on donkey milk farming; ~~calls on the Member States to commit to increasing the number of inspections on donkey milk farms;~~

2016/11/16
Committee: AGRI

2016/2077(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas the housing of rabbits kept for farming purposes is ~~one of the central~~a questions discussed among stakeholders involved in their breeding, especially with regard to animal welfare;

2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI

2016/2077(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas the domesticated rabbit has kept most of the wild rabbit’s natural behaviour, and intensive farming systems can have severe negative implications for its welfare;

2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI

2016/2077(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Expresses its concern~~Notes that rabbits in the EU are usually reared in unenriched cages, in a barren environment that only has a drinker and feeder; ~~also notes with concern~~stresses that rabbits are sometimes fed on pellets and the close confines of the battery cages do not allow rabbits to express their natural behaviour; recalls that, in general, the way in which rabbits are farmed in Europe meets far higher animal welfare standards than is the case in most countries outside Europe where rabbits are raised and exported;

2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI

2016/2077(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Acknowledges that in some Member States alternatives to barren-cage farming of rabbits exist which, in certain cases, reduce the incidence of disease and mortality rates and improve the welfare of farmed rabbits;

2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI

2016/2077(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Encourages the use of pen systems for groups, which are the most suitable system for rabbits because of their highly social behaviour; p~~Points out that the use of pen systems improves the welfare of farm rabbits and reduces the incidence of abnormal behaviour amongst them; recognises that this practice should be encouraged;

2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI

2016/2077(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Emphasises that, owing to the absence of species-specific animal husbandry legislation for rabbits in the EU, the breeding of rabbits is highly intensified and its architecture resembles a ~~high- output~~n industrial production system;

2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI

2016/2077(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Points out that, to cut costs and save space, a typical barren wire cage for an adult doe in ~~the EU~~certain EU Member States is 60 to 65 cm long, 40 to 48 cm wide and 30 to 35 cm high; concludes that this means that rabbits cannot move normally ~~or adopt normal postures such as stretching out, sitting and standing with their ears erect ( a ‘look out’ posture typical of the species), rearing up, turning around comfortably and hopping~~; underlines that this lack of exercise can alsometimes lead to weakened ~~or broken~~ bones;

2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI

2016/2077(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Notes with concern that there is a high rate of disease and mortality amongst caged farm rabbits, compared with other farmed species, because of the specific sensitivity of these animals, which is also one of their features in the natural environment;

2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI

2016/2077(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Notes that, even in a natural environment, rabbits suffer from diseases and viruses which are sometimes fatal (HDV, myxomatosis, intestinal coccidiosis, etc.), which sometimes require treatment with antibiotics or remedies against parasites in order to prevent their dying out in the areas affected;

2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI

2016/2077(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Expresses its concern that rabbits reared and fattened for meat production in the EU are typically ~~cag~~raised in groups, and are provided with a small space per rabbit ~~that is less than the area of two ordinary A4 sheets of paper~~;

2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI

2016/2077(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Points out that rabbits can suffer from a wide range of welfare problems and diseases, including fatal viruses, snuffles and sore hocks from sitting on wire-mesh cage floors; is aware that investigations6 have shown that on some farms sick and injured rabbits are not treated and many fall victim to eye and fungal infections and respiratory conditions; notes with concern that the vast majority of these animals end up in the food chain, either as pet food or as meat sold to consumers in supermarkets; _________________ 6 http://www.ciwf.org.uk/our- campaigns/investigations/rabbit- investigations/2014-the-biggest-secret-of- the-cage-age/

2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI

2016/2077(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Recognises the importance of providing training courses for people involved in all aspects of animal handling in rabbit farming in order to ~~improve their performance and understanding of the relevant animal welfare requirements in order to avoid unnecessary suffering for animals~~supplement their knowledge of this type of farming, which is very complex;

2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI

2016/2077(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Underlines that growing rabbits and does kept in pen systems, typically 750 cm²/rabbit for growers and 800 cm²/rabbit for does, benefit from more space for movement, ~~social interaction and play,~~ and that platforms in pen systems allow rabbits to avoid aggressors by getting out of the way, with separate housing for does when they are nursing a litter; recognises that this pen system will cause farmers to incur very high costs, which it will be necessary to take into account by providing financial assistance to farmers who freely opt for this system for raising rabbits;

2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI

2016/2077(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Points out that transport is ~~an extremely~~perhaps a stressful experience for rabbits; underlines that rabbits should be fed before transport and be provided with adequate food, water and space in transit, and that transport times should be as limited as possible, owing to the sensitivity of the species; emphasises that there are a huge variety of stress factors that affect animal welfare ~~and that these differ between regions or even farms~~;

2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI

2016/2077(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Stresses that the widespread use of antibiotics in rabbit farming, especially in the intensive type of farming that uses cage systems, can, in certain cases, lead to an increase in antimicrobial resistance;

2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI

2016/2077(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

~~15. Emphasises that abolishing the use of battery cages across the EU would have a positive impact on the protection of public health and would reduce the use of antibiotics in rabbit farming;~~deleted

2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI

2016/2077(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Invites the Commission to consider pen systems as ~~the guiding principle~~one of the possibilities when proposing measures for housing requirements for breeding does and for rabbits reared for meat production;

2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI

2016/2077(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Stresses that ~~all measures should be harmonised at EU level by introducing specific EU legislation for the minimum protection of farm rabbits, including~~provision should be made for a clear system of production labelling allowing consumers in the EU to make an informed choice about the rabbit meat they buy;

2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI

2016/2064(INI)

Franz OBERMAYR, Matteo SALVINI, Marine LE PEN, Edouard FERRAND

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Believes that the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), which is used to finance ~~risky and~~ innovative projects, can be used as a tool to boost EU growth and promote the development of strong, sustainable and competitive industry; demands nonetheless to make sure that the fund is used in responsible way not allowing its use for overly risky projects;

2016/10/19
Committee: INTA

2016/2064(INI)

Edouard FERRAND, Marine LE PEN, Franz OBERMAYR, Matteo SALVINI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Notes with interest the proposal Commission President Juncker made during his 2016 State of the Union address to give the EFSI an external element in order to mobilise between EUR 44 and 88 billion in investments in Africa and the Neighbourhood; stresses that these investments should not take the place of existing investments, must comply with the additionality principle in respect to projects that are already being financed and should be targeted towards risky and, where possible, small-scale projects;deleted

2016/10/19
Committee: INTA

2016/2034(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas the main global players in agricultural markets are introducing policies - unsuccessfully - that aim to curb volatility, and whereas the G20 has also undertaken to address the issue;

2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI

2016/2034(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas ~~political choices, such as the imposition of trade embargoes, can increase the volatility of agricultural product prices~~the volatility of agricultural product prices is increased by political choices, such as the imposition of trade embargoes and the abolition of production quotas, as happened in the dairy sector;

2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI

2016/2034(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas, in recent decades, market opening and economic globalisation have accentuated price volatility and reduced the stability of farmers' incomes;

2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI

2016/2034(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Notes that the Russian embargo has had a highly adverse impact on European Union farmers' incomes and that the economic sanctions against Russia, which led to the embargo, is costing farmers dearly for what are highly ideologically motivated decisions;

2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI

2016/2034(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Notes and deplores the fact that in a number of Member States, including France, payments to farmers of aid under the first CAP pillar are taking longer and longer, intensifying the climate of economic and financial insecurity they already face because of price volatility;

2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI

2016/2034(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Considers that ~~the wellbeing of farmers must be addressed as a matter of urgency and must be a long-term aim for the future CAP~~before even starting to consider the outlines of the future CAP, the wellbeing of farmers must be addressed through rapid and effective decision- making as a matter of urgency;

2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI

2016/2034(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Calls on the Member States to implement tools that promote short supply chains in the production chains, in order to reduce the number of commercial intermediaries and thus reduce the influence of each one on the overall fluctuation in prices;

2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI

2016/2034(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. ~~Sees~~Takes the view that it ais ~~part of~~also the Union’s role to facilitate transparency in the European market;

2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI

2016/2034(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Emphasises that it is a~~n advantage~~ necessity for farmers, in their negotiations with other stakeholders in the food chain, to be aware of price movements in the various market segments;

2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI

2016/2034(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25a. Calls for new mechanisms to be established which introduce guaranteed minimum prices with a view to curbing speculation on agricultural markets, as was possible under the CAP prior to the 1992 McSharry reform;

2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI

2016/2031(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

~~B. whereas the Customs Union has shown that it clearly fails to meet the requirements of trade relations between the parties;~~deleted

2017/03/02
Committee: INTA

2016/2031(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

~~D. whereas sectors that are currently excluded from the customs union, such as agriculture, services and public procurement, are important;~~deleted

2017/03/02
Committee: INTA

2016/2031(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

~~E. having regard to the will of the parties to expand and improve trade relations and the decision to launch negotiations to modernise the Customs Union and extend its scope;~~deleted

2017/03/02
Committee: INTA

2016/2031(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a – point ii

(ii) ~~the strengthen~~any kingd of trade relations between the EU and Turkey should be set against the background of the common will of the parties to share the set of values and principles laid down in the EU's founding treaties, including the Charter of Fundamental Rights, and to work together to implement them fully and comprehensivelyhave to be based on the common acceptance of fundamental human rights, including a proper separation of powers, an independent judiciary and the freedom of press;

2017/03/02
Committee: INTA

2016/2031(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a – point iv

(iv) the current structure of the Ankara agreement should be considered inadequate in terms of the evolution of the EU’s trade policy, in that: (a) it does not consider specific issues such as sustainable development, protection of social rights and labour, gender equality, protection of food safety and health, SMEs or the protection of foreign investments; (b) it does not take account of the specific role of the European Parliament and of the national parliaments; (c) the provisions concerning the settlement of disputes reflect the political nature of the agreement;deleted

2017/03/02
Committee: INTA

2016/2031(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a – point v

~~(v) the agreement on the modernisation of the Customs Union and the strengthening of trade relations between the EU and Turkey will have to be applied fully and equally to all Member States;~~deleted

2017/03/02
Committee: INTA

2016/2031(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b

(b) regarding the modernisation of the Customs Union: (i) a prerequisite for the modernisation of the Customs Union is that Turkey should refrain from adopting any protectionist or restrictive measures, such as the unilateral imposition of customs duties and non-tariff barriers on goods produced in the EU, including goods released for free circulation, or government policies to reduce imports; (ii) the proper functioning of the Customs Union is closely linked to the harmonisation and alignment of Turkish legislation with the acquis communautaire, in particular with regard to protection of intellectual property, competition and state aid; (iii) the fight against counterfeiting, piracy, the trade in wild animals and food fraud are important aspects of the Customs Union; (iv) the harmonisation of customs systems is vital for the development of trade between the EU and Turkey; to that end, the Commission should strengthen customs cooperation and the exchange of information between the Member States and Turkey; (v) it is important to introduce a dispute settlement mechanism that is able to operate within a framework of impartiality and legal certainty in keeping with the rules and practice of the WTO; (vi) in order to enable Turkey to become more involved in the decision-making process related to the EU's trade policy, and provided there is significant progress in terms of convergence and legislative harmonisation, it would be helpful to allow Turkey access as an observer; (vii) in relation to the negotiation of trade agreements between the EU and third countries in which Turkey does not participate, methods of involvement that respect the sovereignty and negotiating independence of the EU need to be considered;deleted

2017/03/02
Committee: INTA

2016/2031(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c – point ii

(ii) the liberalisation of the sectors that are not currently included in the Customs Union should take place in a progressive and binding manner, by measuring its impact on businesses, particularly SMEs, consumers and the environment. To that end, parliamentary institutions, both at EU level and nationally, can play an active role in liaising and holding talks with stakeholders and civil societyre should be no further liberalisation of sectors beyond the current status quo;

2017/03/02
Committee: INTA

2016/2031(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c – point iv

(iv) ~~the liberalisation of~~EU- Turkey cooperation in matters of trade in agricultural products should be conditional upon reform of Turkish legislation on grants and export subsidies in order to avoid distortionary effects on the CAP system. Special consideration should be given to the impact on EU small- scale farmers regarding those categories of product that are vulnerable to competition;

2017/03/02
Committee: INTA

2016/2031(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c – point ix

~~(ix) the new EU-Turkey trade framework should lay down specific provisions for the protection of investments;~~deleted

2017/03/02
Committee: INTA

2016/2031(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c – point x

(x) the inclusion of the ~~energy and~~ commodity sectors might represents strategic added value in EU-Turkey trade relations~~, provided that~~; its integration should be postponed to the moment when Turkey successfully establishes an open, competitive and non- discriminatory economic environment ~~is established~~;

2017/03/02
Committee: INTA

2016/2024(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Urges the Commission and the Member States to ~~be more active in proposing lasting solutions to combat the signific~~combat the high volatily of farm prices by instituting a policy of regulation of production antd price ~~volatility of agricultural product~~s and by limiting the impact of agricultural imports from third countries; notes that price volatility occurs more frequently in a more globalised market, requiring more effective and rapid actions in order to prevent farmers’ incomes being negatively impacted;

2016/05/03
Committee: AGRI

2016/2024(BUD)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Stresses the need to ~~increase the competitiveness and sustainability of European agriculture~~bolster the model of family farming on small and medium-sized farms, and calls for financial resources to be made available to meet these objectives;

2016/05/03
Committee: AGRI

2016/2024(BUD)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Draft opinion
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; highlights Parliament’s position on unfair trading practices; calls for a revision of the competition rules which apply to agriculture.

2016/05/03
Committee: AGRI

2016/2024(BUD)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Considers that the European Union ought no longer to provide direct or indirect support to farmers in third countries whose production competes with that of EU Member States;

2016/05/03
Committee: AGRI

2016/2024(BUD)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)

9b. Is concerned about the impact of a partnership with Ukraine on European farming;

2016/05/03
Committee: AGRI

2016/2024(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 c (new)

9c. Stresses that it is paradoxical on the one hand to pursue a costly and inhibiting policy of greening while on the other hand conducting trade negotiations with major agricultural producing countries which do not abide by the same standards, and calls for the free trade negotiations with the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand to be suspended; considers it inappropriate to resume discussion of an EU-MERCOSUR trade agreement.

2016/05/03
Committee: AGRI

2016/0392(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2

The sales denominations referred to in paragraph 1 supplemented by the term ‘flavour’ or any other similar terms may only be used to refer to flavourings that imitate a spirit drink or their use in the production of a foodstuff other than a beverage. Geographical indicGeographical indications and sales denominations shall not be used to describe flavourings.

2017/07/14
Committee: INTA

2016/0392(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point f

(f) details establishing the link between a given quality~~, reputation~~ or other characteristic of the spirit drink and the geographical area referred to in point (d);

2017/07/14
Committee: INTA

2016/0392(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1

1. Where, on the basis of the information available to the Commission from the scrutiny carried out pursuant to the first subparagraph of Article 23(1), the Commission considers that the conditions for registration are not fulfilled, it shall ~~adopt implementing acts rejecting the application. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 44(2).~~provide the Member State responsible with its negative assessment and subsequent remarks, checking with that Member State, within a set period of time, whether those conditions are a definitive impediment to registration;

2017/07/14
Committee: INTA

2016/0392(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2

2. If, further to the checks with the Member State responsible referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission receives no notice of opposition or no admissible reasoned statement of opposition under Article 24, it shall adopt implementing acts, without applying the procedure referred to in Article 44(2), registering the name.

2017/07/14
Committee: INTA

2016/0392(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 2

2. For a period of up to two years following the entry into force of this Regulation, the Commission, by means of implementing acts, may, on its own initiative, cancel the protection of geographical indications referred to in Article 20 of Regulation (EU) No 110/2008 if they do not comply with point (6) of Article 2(1). Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 44(2).deleted

2017/07/14
Committee: INTA

2016/0392(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 2

2. For a period of up to two years following the entry into force of this Regulation, the Commission, only at the indication of the Member State responsible and by means of implementing acts, may, on its own initiative, cancel the protection of geographical indications referred to in Article 20 of Regulation (EU) No 110/2008 if they do not comply with point (6) of Article 2(1). Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 44(2).

2017/07/14
Committee: INTA

2016/0392(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

1. In order to take account of the specificities of the production in the demarcated geographical area, with reference to the protection of geographical indications and the possible illegal use thereof, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 43 concerning:

2017/07/14
Committee: INTA

2016/0392(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 2

~~2. The power to adopt~~ delegated ~~acts referred to in Articles 5, 16, 38, 41 and 46(2) shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of time from the entry into force of this Regulation.~~

2017/07/14
Committee: INTA

2016/0392(COD)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Angelo CIOCCA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 2

2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Articles 5, 16, 38, 41 and 46(2) shall be conferred on the Commission for a~~n indeterminate~~ five-year period of time from the entry into force of this Regulation.

2017/07/14
Committee: INTA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2

2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 3 b (new)

Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 64 – paragraph 2 – point h

3b. In Article 64, paragraph 2, point h is replaced by the following: “h) areas to be newly planted in the framework of increasing the size of ~~small and medium-sized holdings.~~ wine- producing holdings. Or. it (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/IT/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02013R1308- 20160731&qid=1490028670338&from=EN)

2017/03/28
Committee: AGRI

Sylvie GODDYN, Mireille D'ORNANO, Jean-François JALKH, Edouard FERRAND, Philippe LOISEAU

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 1 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2

~~unless explicitly covered by one of the registration obligation exemptions provided for by Annex IV to that Regulation or by points 6, 7, 8, or 9 of Annex V to that Regulation.~~deleted

2017/04/05
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Sylvie GODDYN, Mireille D'ORNANO, Jean-François JALKH, Edouard FERRAND, Philippe LOISEAU

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part 2 – CMC2 – paragraph 1

2017/04/05
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Sylvie GODDYN, Mireille D'ORNANO, Jean-François JALKH, Edouard FERRAND, Philippe LOISEAU

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part II – CMC 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)

2017/04/05
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Sylvie GODDYN, Mireille D'ORNANO, Jean-François JALKH, Edouard FERRAND, Philippe LOISEAU

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part II – CMC 2 – paragraph 2

2017/04/05
Committee: ENVI

Sylvie GODDYN, Mireille D'ORNANO, Jean-François JALKH, Edouard FERRAND, Philippe LOISEAU

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 10 – paragraph 2 – introductory part

2017/04/05
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Sylvie GODDYN, Mireille D'ORNANO, Jean-François JALKH, Edouard FERRAND, Philippe LOISEAU

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 10 – paragraph 2 – point a

~~(a) The test shall be conducted at 25°C ± 2°C.~~deleted

2017/04/05
Committee: ENVI

Sylvie GODDYN, Mireille D'ORNANO, Jean-François JALKH, Edouard FERRAND, Philippe LOISEAU

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 10 – paragraph 3 – point c – introductory part

2017/04/05
Committee: ENVI

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. notes that price volatility linked to worsening market conditions in many agricultural sectors has significantly increased in recent years, leading to severe income volatility; stresses, therefore, the ~~need to ensure that sufficient budgetary resources are available~~scope to call into question the principle of futures markets and to review the guaranteed minimum price threshold which was lowered by the 1992 reform, in an effort to deal with market crises, such as those currently affecting the cereal, milk, pig meat and fruit and vegetable sectors; adds in this regard that, owing to the CAP budget cuts made during the last MFF negotiations, direct payments from the first pillar of the CAP are currently insufficient to mitigate the income volatility experienced by farmers;

2016/05/04
Committee: AGRI

2015/2353(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

9. Stresses that the fixed ceilings for the CAP until 2020 entail much lower margins than in the previous MFF, while the sector faces more challenges; stresses, in this regard, that any use of the margin must be exclusively to address the needs of the agricultural sector, given that long-term planning and investment security are essential for EU farmers; points out that agriculture should not be the only sector to bear the brunt of political decisions, as is currently the case with the Russian embargo, which the EU should be looking to lift by abandoning its inept and harmful sanction policy against Russia;

2016/05/04
Committee: AGRI

2015/2353(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 13

13. Points out that the objectives of the CAP remain unchanged under the Lisbon Treaty, namely increasing agricultural productivity, ensuring a fair standard of living for the agricultural community, stabilising markets, ensuring the availability of supplies and ensuring that supplies reach consumers at reasonable prices; notes, however, that the successive reforms of the CAP have assigned new tasks to agriculture in terms of product quality, environmental protection, climate change, consumer health, land use issues and modes of production and productivity; ~~stresses that the objectives laid down as part of the EU’s sustainability strategy must also be taken into account in the EU’s agricultural policy;~~

2016/05/04
Committee: AGRI

2015/2353(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 14

14. Is convinced that a strong CAP for the EU, both in terms of content and financing, is paramount in achieving these objectives, while guaranteeing a level playing field and transparent food chains within the internal market, as well as viable rural areas; considers, furthermore,Considers that increasing resilience and improving employment and quality of life in rural areas should be prioritised in order to combat rural depopulation;

2016/05/04
Committee: AGRI

2015/2353(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

15. Stresses that agricultural production has an extremely high added value, since it also supplies the processing sector, thereby contributing to economic and social cohesion in regions and to ~~the EU’s balanced~~every Member State’s regional development; points out that it is therefore necessary to maintain and, where appropriate, step up the support received by farmers, since this provides an incentive to increase agricultural production; ~~stresses that the CAP contributes significantly to growth and employment in rural areas, more so than other Union policies;~~ recalls that, in statistical terms, one farmer provides seven additional jobs in related sectors; points to the importance of ~~maintain~~increasing the CAP’s focus on supporting small-scale and family farming businesses as the cornerstone of agricultural production in the EU and of life in the EU’s rural areas;

2016/05/04
Committee: AGRI

2015/2353(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 17

17. Strongly opposes any renationalisation of agricultural policies; stresses that the common nature of the EU’s agricultural policy avoids distortion of competition within the internal market and generates savings for European taxpayers; affirms that a well-functioning and well-financed second pillar is essential for the success of the CAP and for the economic well-being of the Union’s rural areas;deleted

2016/05/04
Committee: AGRI

2015/2353(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Notes that the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy encourages social and environmental dumping between the Member States, thereby making competition unfair for farmers in some countries;

2016/05/04
Committee: AGRI

2015/2279(INI)

Laurenţiu REBEGA, Edouard FERRAND, Philippe LOISEAU

Draft opinion
Recital C

C. whereas a response must be found to the challenges posed by desertification ~~and~~, lack of generational renewal and raising the quality of life in mountain areas;

2016/01/19
Committee: AGRI

2015/2279(INI)

Laurenţiu REBEGA, Edouard FERRAND, Philippe LOISEAU

Draft opinion
Subheading 1 a (new)

given the need to take into account the proportionate and concomitant use of agricultural, forestry, energy, artisanal, tourist and cultural resources in so-called ‘mountain areas’ and in given areas within mountain areas

2016/01/19
Committee: AGRI

2015/2279(INI)

Laurenţiu REBEGA, Edouard FERRAND, Philippe LOISEAU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Regrets that despite the sector-specific measures that have been taken, there does not yet exist a fully-fledged EU approach to mountain regions; proposes that clear criteria be established for defining mountain areas (e.g. a minimum altitude of 600 metres) and in this regard that efforts be made to adopt a common definition of mountain regions;

2016/01/19
Committee: AGRI

2015/2279(INI)

Laurenţiu REBEGA, Edouard FERRAND, Philippe LOISEAU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Stresses the importance of regulating certain aspects of education in mountain areas in order to refresh their inhabitants’ knowledge so they can cope with new demands, with this being planned as part of the Member States’ overall educational strategy;

2016/01/19
Committee: AGRI

2015/2279(INI)

Laurenţiu REBEGA, Edouard FERRAND

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Calls on the Commission to include in the future TTIP negotiations the specific characteristics and ecosystems of the EU’s mountain areas, which differ from those in the USA, in order to protect local producers in those areas;

2016/01/19
Committee: AGRI

2015/2279(INI)

Laurenţiu REBEGA, Edouard FERRAND, Philippe LOISEAU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Emphasises the importance of slaughtering and processing being done within mountain areas so as to underpin and develop the activities of their inhabitants;

2016/01/19
Committee: AGRI

2015/2279(INI)

Laurenţiu REBEGA, Edouard FERRAND, Philippe LOISEAU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)

8b. Stresses the need for mountain products to be obtained from animals which are born and raised in mountain areas;

2016/01/19
Committee: AGRI

2015/2233(INI)

Franz OBERMAYR, Edouard FERRAND, Matteo SALVINI, Marine LE PEN

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas through the TiSA negotiations ~~are aimed at achieving better international regulation, not lower domestic regulation~~there shall be no further pruning of national competence;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Franz OBERMAYR, Edouard FERRAND, Matteo SALVINI, Marine LE PEN

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas trade in services is an engine for jobs and growth in the EU, certain sectors of this kind of trade should not be entirely free of government regulation;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Franz OBERMAYR, Edouard FERRAND, Matteo SALVINI, Marine LE PEN

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas numerous barriers to trade in services, which if translated into equivalent tariffs amount to 15 % for Canada, 16 % for Japan, 25 % for South Korea, 44 % for Turkey and 68 % for China, continue to prevent European companies from reaping the full benefits of their competitiveness; whereas the EU, where the tariff equivalent of services restrictions is only 6 %, is substantially more open than most of its partners, often without being reciprocal;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Franz OBERMAYR, Edouard FERRAND, Matteo SALVINI, Marine LE PEN

Motion for a resolution
Recital J

J. whereas citizens’ trust in EU’s trade policy is a must, which can only be restored by ensuring the highest level of transparency, by maintaining constant dialogue with civil society, and by setting clear guidelines in the negotiations which take account of the justified concerns of the citizens;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Franz OBERMAYR, Edouard FERRAND, Matteo SALVINI, Marine LE PEN

Motion for a resolution
Recital K

K. whereas data protection is not an economic burden, but a ~~source of economic growth~~indispensable basic civil liberty; whereas restoring trust in the digital world is crucial; whereas data flows are indispensable to trade in services;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Franz OBERMAYR, Edouard FERRAND, Matteo SALVINI, Marine LE PEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a – point i

~~i. to consider the TiSA negotiations as a stepping-stone towards renewed ambitions at WTO level;~~deleted

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Franz OBERMAYR, Edouard FERRAND, Matteo SALVINI, Marine LE PEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a – point ii

ii. to reiterate its support for a comprehensive and balanced agreement, which should unleash the untapped potential of a more integrated global services market, while fully guaranteeing compliance with the EU acquis; to shape globalisation and to create international standards, while fully preserving the right to regulate and the competences of the member states; to secure increased market access for European services suppliers in key sectors of interest, while accommodating specific carve-outs for sensitive sectors;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Franz OBERMAYR, Edouard FERRAND, Matteo SALVINI, Marine LE PEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point i

i. to exclude public services ~~and~~, in particular all aspects of public services such as electricity, gas, water supply, hospitals, public transport and education as well as cultural services from the scope of the negotiations, and to seek the further opening of foreign markets in telecommunications, transport and professional services;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Franz OBERMAYR, Edouard FERRAND, Matteo SALVINI, Marine LE PEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point vii

vii. to take a cautious approach in Mode 4~~, while bearing in mind that the EU has an offensive interest in the inward and outward movement of highly-skilled labour;~~ and to acknowledge that the labour clause maintains the legal obligation of foreign service providers to comply with EU and Member State social and labour legislation, as well as with collective agreements; to enter into ambitious commitments for those cases which underpin Mode 3 commitments;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Franz OBERMAYR, Edouard FERRAND, Matteo SALVINI, Marine LE PEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point iv

iv. ~~to oppose any provisions regarding visas and other entry procedures except those aimed at increasing transparency and streamlining administrative procedures;~~ to set requirements to ensure that temporary service providers return home;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Franz OBERMAYR, Edouard FERRAND, Matteo SALVINI, Marine LE PEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point vi

vi. to strive for the mutual recognition of training, academic levels and professional qualifications, in particular in the architectural, accounting and legal sectors, while ensuring the competence of the supplier and thus the quality of the services provided;deleted

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Franz OBERMAYR, Edouard FERRAND, Matteo SALVINI, Marine LE PEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i – point iv

~~iv. to welcome the continuous engagement of the EU institutions with a wide range of stakeholders throughout the negotiation process;~~deleted

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Franz OBERMAYR, Edouard FERRAND, Matteo SALVINI, Marine LE PEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i – point v

v. to encourage the Member States to involve their national parliaments and to keep them ~~adequately informed~~informed in the best possible way about the ongoing negotiations;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2227(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Edouard FERRAND

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas the EU is the biggest exporter of agricultural products worldwide, making the agri-food sector a key economic pillar of the Union employing 47 million people in 15 million downstream enterprises in fields such as food processing, retail and services, and contributing to a positive trade balance of EUR 17 802 euro that represents 7.2 % of total value of EU exports; whereas the EU is, equally, the biggest importer of agricultural products worldwide and whereas certain imbalances, in particular that of vegetable proteins for animal feed (soya meal), need to be offset more effectively by means of ambitious programmes;

2016/01/21
Committee: AGRI

2015/2227(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Edouard FERRAND

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas the competitiveness of the common agricultural policy (CAP) is mentioned as one of the key goals in Article 4(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013, and increasing productivity and ensuring reasonable prices as mentioned in Article 39 TFEU can be best achieved through innovation; whereas since this increased competitiveness cannot be achieved through lowering social standards, our measures for dealing with social dumping, whether by Member States or third countries, must be improved;

2016/01/21
Committee: AGRI

2015/2227(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Edouard FERRAND

Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)

Ka. whereas given that the unprecedented crisis affecting European agriculture, and particularly the livestock sector, is a threat to the survival of all sectors, it makes no sense to seek to encourage investment, research and development without first stabilising producers' incomes and helping them to overcome the financial losses they have suffered;

2016/01/21
Committee: AGRI

2015/2227(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Edouard FERRAND

Motion for a resolution
Recital K b (new)

Kb. whereas the talks on the transatlantic free trade agreement (TAFTA) currently under way with the United States are a threat to European agricultural and agri- food production standards; whereas putting in place such an agreement would not only pose a new threat to the income of most farmers, but also be a step backwards with regard to the environment, animal welfare and food security; whereas agriculture and the agri-food sector should therefore be taken out of the talks so as to preserve the potential for agricultural innovation in the European Union;

2016/01/21
Committee: AGRI

2015/2227(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Edouard FERRAND

Motion for a resolution
Recital K c (new)

Kc. whereas since the proliferation of free trade agreements between the European Union and third countries encourages social and environmental dumping rather than innovation, agriculture should be excluded from these agreements and those already in force should be revised to this effect;

2016/01/21
Committee: AGRI

2015/2227(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Is strongly convinced that economic development and sustainable production are not mutually exclusive and are achievable mainly through innovation; stresses the need to support innovation in technology and governance by providing regulatory coherence, clarity and room for entrepreneurship, and urges the Commission to ensure that innovation is explicitly taken into account in forthcoming reviews and reforms of relevant legislation; highlights the fact that European agriculture is able to produce high-quality and high-added value products together with profitable, knowledge-based solutions ~~in order to feed a growing and more demanding world population~~;

2016/01/21
Committee: AGRI

2015/2227(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Edouard FERRAND

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Welcomes the increased use of RPASs for farming purposes, since this can lead to savings in crop protection material and water usage; notes that a proposal for legislation is forthcoming in the revision of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)’s basic regulation, so that all drones would fall under EU competence; calls on the Commission to ensure that there arecalls on the Commission to encourage the Member States and their competent authorities to apply clear and unambiguous ~~EU-wide~~ standards and rules for the civil use of RPASs and th~~at forthcoming legislation takes into account the specific conditions under which drones operat~~eir specific use in agriculture;

2016/01/21
Committee: AGRI

2015/2227(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Welcomes the production of animal protein for feed and food through growing insects that can deliver an efficient conversion of organic residual streams into protein and nutrients with a lower climate impact and using less water than most conventional farm animals; is concerned that the current legislation on processed animal protein does not take into account the specificities of the production process for insects, since use of insect proteins is obstructed by outdated regulatory frameworks that make slaughterhouse requirement applicable to insects; urges the Commission to clarify this issue;deleted

2016/01/21
Committee: AGRI

2015/2227(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Edouard FERRAND

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Is alarmed at the weakness of current CAP crisis provisions; calls on the Commission to introduce mechanisms such as minimum prices for European agricultural products; finally, urges it to conduct a global review of ways to ensure fairer margin sharing between producers, processors and distributors;

2016/01/21
Committee: AGRI

2015/2227(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Is concerned at the EU trade deficit in vegetable protein for livestock and calls for substantial funding to be earmarked for measures to reduce the deficit as rapidly as possible; notes that pilot projects for crops such as alfalfa are showing promising results in terms of farmers' incomes and also the environment; considers that is appropriate to continue along these lines by increasing available funding and developing research into a larger number of plant varieties;

2016/01/21
Committee: AGRI

2015/2227(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Edouard FERRAND

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Calls for a continuous development of innovative new breeding techniques for plants, as this is of vital importance for the efficient development of new varieties, contributing to the development of plants with higher yields, greater nutritional value and better resistance to pests, diseases and adverse weather conditions; believes that many new breeding techniques provide unprecedented opportunities to reduce the environmental impact of conventional agriculture; disapproves of the current administrative and regulatory burdens; urges the Commission to encourage new techniques and ensure access to biological materials for SMEs in the breeding sector, and expects it to give primacy to innovation in this respect;deleted

2016/01/21
Committee: AGRI

2015/2227(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Highlights the possibility of using financial instruments to help improve stable returns and margins; notes that only five Member States have taken up the extended possibilities under the new Rural Development Programme to make use of market-compatible financial instruments in order to address market gaps; calls on the Commission to facilitate access to capital, since lack of such access is often a barrier to innovation;deleted

2016/01/21
Committee: AGRI

2015/2227(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Edouard FERRAND

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Welcomes the opportunities opened up by the European Innovation Partnership AGRI (EIP-AGRI) for applied research within the agricultural sector, but is worried by the fragmented way the EIP- AGRI is implemented as part of national or regional Pillar II programmes; asks the Commission to look into the possibility of changing the EIP-AGRI cofinancing mechanisms in order to ensure effective research that is better linked to the market and is driven by real entrepreneurial needs, creating cross-border research focus groups and better participation possibilities for businesses, with a more active involvement by the Commission in terms of providing an explicit innovation and research agenda linked to Horizon 2020 programmes;deleted

2016/01/21
Committee: AGRI

2015/2227(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Edouard FERRAND

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Stresses that the CAP should be more focused on farmers’ needs while not compromising policy goals; stresses the need for a more flexible legislative framework that is better aligned to deliver synergies with other sectors such as chemicals, health and technology, by enhancing knowledge crossovers, integration of resource use and better understanding of reciprocal effects in order to optimise their interplay and better integrate with the circular economy; stresses further that a market-oriented CAP will enhance the innovative power and competitiveness of the European agricultural sector by reducing government intervention and stimulating entrepreneurship;

2016/01/21
Committee: AGRI

2015/2227(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Edouard FERRAND

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Considers innovation to be an essential tool and a key horizontal policy priority for the CAP to develop, implement and achieve the objectives of the CAP reform 2014-2020; calls on the Commission, therefore, to provide a more ambitious overarching strategy with measurable outcomes in order to align and focus research and innovation vis-à-vis policy priorities; ~~stresses that the CAP should provide more flexibility for the use of newly developed techniques and practices without an increase in burdensome rules and procedures;~~ believes that a horizontal priority for the European legislative framework should be to ensure sufficient leeway for pilot programmes ~~and testing for innovative techniques~~;

2016/01/21
Committee: AGRI

2015/2227(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Edouard FERRAND

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25a. Is concerned about the proliferation of free trade agreements between the EU and third countries that are encouraging social and environmental dumping; is particularly concerned about the transatlantic free trade agreement (TAFTA) negotiations, given that they are threatening to compromise European agricultural production and food processing standards, including those relating to animal welfare, the environment, food safety, labelling and traceability; calls on the Commission therefore to seek the exclusion of agricultural matters from the transatlantic free trade agreement negotiations;

2016/01/21
Committee: AGRI

2015/2226(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Dominique MARTIN

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)

– having regard to Directive 96/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1996 concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services,

2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI

2015/2226(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas the foundations of the last CAP reform continue to serve as the basis for a dominant mode of agricultural development that relies on increasingly large, concentrated and specialised farms that practise intensive farming, with an increasing focus on capital rather than employment; whereas certain Member States use this model on a massive scale to grab additional market shares at the expense of other Member States, and whereas this constitutes a serious threat to the continuing viability of farm production, especially stock rearing, in most rural areas;

2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI

2015/2226(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Dominique MARTIN

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas the current crisis shows that the unregulated market is unable to ensure price stability or maintain jobs, and that it is time to come up with new regulatory tools that are tailored to the hypercompetition pertaining in Europe and the rest of the world; whereas a case in point is the way that the abolition of production quotas (for sugar and milk), which accompanied deregulation, contributed to a general drop in prices;

2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI

2015/2226(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Dominique MARTIN

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)

Ja. whereas the number of posted workers rose by 45% between 2010 and 2014; whereas agriculture is heavily affected by this trend, the number of posted workers in the sector having increased in France, for example, by more than 1000% between 2004 and 2011; whereas the phenomenon is aggravating the employment crisis in rural areas by encouraging social dumping among the EU Member States;

2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI

2015/2226(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Dominique MARTIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Takes the view that the market measures and exceptional crisis measures provided for under the Single CMO must be implemented much more swiftly and proactively so as to limit the negative effects that falling prices have on income; deplores the Commission's lack of reactivity and protests against the low level of aid granted to farmers in response to the crisis; calls for the lifting of sanctions against Russia;

2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI

2015/2226(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Dominique MARTIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Emphasises that geographical indications and organic farming represent and guarantee territory-based added value and create jobs, and as such should not only be protected but also developed; adds that it is universally acknowledged that the Transatlantic Treaty seriously jeopardises the recognition, value and very existence of protected geographic indications (PGIs) and protected designations of origin (PDOs), negotiations on the free-trade agreement with the USA, which will greatly undermine the structural components of European agriculture must therefore be broken off;

2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI

2015/2226(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Dominique MARTIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. ~~Call~~Encourages on the Member States and their regions to shift the focus of their rural policy to job creation~~, and calls on the Commission to assist them in achieving that objective;~~

2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI

2015/2226(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Dominique MARTIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

~~11. Calls on the Commission to clearly redefine and propose a European agricultural model that makes retaining territory-based jobs a priority;~~deleted

2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI

2015/2226(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Takes the view that the funds under the future CAP ought to provide more support for small and medium-sized farms, which, because they are generally more diversified, economical and autonomous, and more easily handed over, are more effective in terms of creating added value and territory-based jobs; calls for consideration to be given immediately to a recoupling of all first-pillar aid;

2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI

2015/2226(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Dominique MARTIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Emphasises that it is important that the CAP should provide funding for the positive effects that agriculture brings in terms of jobs and the environment, and that it should provide more support for organic farming and all other sustainable production methods in the context of agroecology~~, which will entail moving beyond current cross-compliance standards and agri-environmental and climate measures~~;

2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI

2015/2226(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Takes the view that regaining control of the European market must be a principle for action under the future CAP, before turning to markets outside the EU; considers it essential to lay down more effective provisions regulating access to EU markets for agricultural products from third countries and to impose a strict ban on all products which could not be produced in the EU for failure to comply with EU standards in force;

2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI

2015/2226(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

~~15.~~ Emphasises that, against a backdrop ~~15.~~ of deep uncertainty as regards the future of low, volatile agricultural prices, the EU must do more to influence the markets by establishing safety nets and prevention and crisis management systems that could, for example, draw on countercyclical aid, allowing farmers to benefit from more advantageous prices; stresses the need to return to models which more smoothly regulate product prices and volumes (as was the case with milk quotas), in order to maintain the production balances between the Member States;

2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI

2015/2226(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Dominique MARTIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Takes the view that, for the future, there is a need to develop high-quality, territory-based food systems by promoting individual responsibility and the involvement of all stakeholders in qualitative and contract-related activities designed to ensure food and health security, as well as fair incomes for farmers; considers it essential, to that end, to better adapt the legislation on public tenders, so that local authorities can promote local production;

2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI

2015/2226(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Dominique MARTIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Calls on the Member States to make significant progress towards top- down social harmonisation of the agricultural workforce, thereby minimising the damage done by internal social dumping, which undermines jobs; calls for more effective efforts to tackle abuse connected with the Posting of Workers Directive and, more broadly, for a revision of that directive so that posted workers are employed under the same conditions in terms of social security contributions as nationals of the country concerned;

2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI

2015/2225(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Edouard FERRAND

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

~~H. whereas the EU’s genetic crop potential is not being consistently realised on Europe’s farms, where yields have plateaued in recent years;~~deleted

2016/02/02
Committee: AGRI

2015/2225(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Edouard FERRAND

Motion for a resolution
Recital J

J. whereas ~~precision farming involves~~ the use of automation and other technologies is one of the ways to improve the precision and efficiency of key agricultural management practices, using systems-based approaches to collect and analyse data and optimise interactions between the weather, soil, water and crops, and is ultimately designed to lower pesticide, fertiliser and water usage whilst improving soil fertility and optimising yields;

2016/02/02
Committee: AGRI

2015/2225(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Edouard FERRAND

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Supports the need for continuous progress in plant and animal breeding to increase not only the range of pest- and disease-resistant traits in crops, but also the range of food raw materials with nutritional and health-beneficial characteristics on the market; recognises the ~~importa~~existence of marker-assisted selection (MAS) and SMART breeding, which are now well-integrated into many breeding programmes, ~~but~~and also t~~he potential offered by precision breeding for crop improvement~~akes account of the emergence of precision breeding, such as the use of zinc finger nucleases (ZFNs) and CRISPR in genome editing, oligonucleotide-directed mutagenesis (ODM) and the use of CMS hybrids in protoplast fusion or tissue culture based methods;

2016/02/02
Committee: AGRI

2015/2225(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Edouard FERRAND

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

~~12. Emphasises that it is crucial not to hamper the application of high-precision breeding techniques – without scientific reason – by subjecting them to unnecessary regulatory oversight;~~deleted

2016/02/02
Committee: AGRI

2015/2225(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Edouard FERRAND

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Encourages open and transparent dialogue among all stakeholders and the public for the responsible development of ~~high-precision,~~ innovative solutions for breeding programmes;

2016/02/02
Committee: AGRI

2015/2225(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Edouard FERRAND

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Recalls that it is important to durably secure a legal framework favourable to the use of natural preparations which give rise to little concern, which have the advantage of being inexpensive and unpolluting;

2016/02/02
Committee: AGRI

2015/2225(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Edouard FERRAND

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Encourages ~~the Commission and the~~ Member States to develop Trans-European Centres for Agricultural Innovation that would deliver much needed progress towards food security and sustainability;

2016/02/02
Committee: AGRI

2015/2225(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Edouard FERRAND

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33

~~33. Considers it essential that emerging technologies are not stifled by unnecessary and burdensome regulation before they have a chance to deliver benefits;~~deleted

2016/02/02
Committee: AGRI

2015/2225(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Edouard FERRAND

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

~~34. Notes in particular the high cost, long timescales and commercial uncertainty of bringing new technologies and products to market under current EU regulations;~~deleted

2016/02/02
Committee: AGRI

2015/2225(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Edouard FERRAND

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36

36. Calls on the Commission to use its new Scientific Advice Mechanism (SAM) to design a regulatory framework which places greater emphasis on risk-based and scientific evidence when determining the balance between benefits and risks in the adoption of new technologies, products and practices;deleted

2016/02/02
Committee: AGRI

2015/2225(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Laurenţiu REBEGA, Edouard FERRAND

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37

~~37. Notes broad support for the adoption of the Innovation Principle, which would require EU legislative proposals to be fully assessed in terms of their impact on innovation;~~deleted

2016/02/02
Committee: AGRI

2015/2154(DEC)

Laurenţiu REBEGA, Edouard FERRAND

Draft opinion
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Urges the Commission to take into consideration the vast difference that exists between Member States in terms of direct payments, which is causing the competitiveness gap between European farmers to widen still further, and to find a way of compensating for that difference;

2015/12/10
Committee: AGRI

2015/2154(DEC)

Laurenţiu REBEGA, Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND

Draft opinion
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20a. Stresses the need for early identification of other outlets for European farm surpluses through concerted action by the Commission and Member States;

2015/12/10
Committee: AGRI

2015/2154(DEC)

Laurenţiu REBEGA, Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND

Draft opinion
Paragraph 21

21. Reminds that the objectives of the 2007-2013 programme period (viable food production, enhanced farm viability and promoting food chain organisation) are still important goals, and that the focus is to be put on quality schemes, short supply chains, producer organisations, social cooperatives, local markets strictly in rural areas in new RDPs, and involving reasonable environmental expenditure;

2015/12/10
Committee: AGRI

2015/2128(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Notes the problems of smuggling, counterfeiting, trafficking and other forms of illegal and illicit trade, which not only have an impact on Member States’ collection of customs duties and consequently on the EU budget, but are also strongly associated with organised international crime, threats to consumers and negative effects on the functioning of the single market, and which undermine a level playing field for all competing companies; requests, therefore, better coordination between the European Anti- Fraud Office (OLAF), customs authorities and market surveillance authorities in order not only to combat these problems but also to curb the trade in products that infringe intellectual property laws in the EU; notes that the closure of customs posts has meant that fewer checks are now carried out, and these types of unlawful activity have mushroomed as a result; notes that internet commerce makes new kinds of fraud possible, particular VAT fraud resulting in heavy losses of revenue to Member States;

2015/11/05
Committee: INTA

2015/2128(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Notes the implementation of the Hercule III Programme under the new financial framework, and considers it useful that this programme be used to assist the law enforcement agencies of certain Member States in combating illegal and illicit trade; notes that the existence in the European Union of a number of tax havens encourages companies to divert monies they would normally use to pay tax, thus undermining Member States’ revenue;

2015/11/05
Committee: INTA

2015/2128(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Welcomes the fact that in 2014 there were 48 agreements in place that encompassed mutual administrative assistance, covering 71 countries, with another 49 countries in negotiations, including major trading partners such as the USA and Japan; notes that VAT carousel fraud is costing EU Member States tens of billions of euro, and calls for a change in the rules on levying VAT in respect of trade between Member States, in order to put an end to this type of fraud;

2015/11/05
Committee: INTA

2015/2128(INI)

Franz OBERMAYR, Edouard FERRAND, Marine LE PEN, Matteo SALVINI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Welcomes the key role played by the EU’s macro-financial assistance (MFA) programme in encouraging reform in the EU’s closest trading countries; requests that the Commission continue to report to Parliament and the Member States with a view to ensuring that all funds are spent in full compliance with the basic regulation; is concerned that much of the macro- financial assistance to Ukraine may be being misused, given that corruption is known to be rife in the Ukrainian authorities.

2015/11/05
Committee: INTA

2015/2127(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls on the EIB to pay greater attention to the impact its operations have on human rights ~~and to further develop its policy on social standards into a human rights policy in the area of banking~~;

2015/11/06
Committee: INTA

2015/2127(INI)

Franz OBERMAYR, Edouard FERRAND, Marine LE PEN, Matteo SALVINI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Welcomes the EIB public consultation on climate action and believes that the EIB can further strengthen its position as leader in the climate field; looks forward to the update of the EIB climate strategy outside of the EU, with the expectation of an action plan phasing out lending to non-renewable energy projects; calls on the ECB to lend to the EIB on a massive scale at 0% so that the latter can in turn finance on a massive scale at 0.5% insulation projects in the EU Member States; points out that this arrangement could also be used to finance many projects in the area of renewable energy production;

2015/11/06
Committee: INTA

2015/2105(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Considers the opening of new markets to be of the utmost importance in the context of the current farming crisis and accordingly favours the balanced negotiation of bilateral or multilateral agreements with third countries, provided that the most sensitive sectors are adequately protecdeleted;

2016/05/04
Committee: AGRI

2015/2105(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Favours the balanced negotiation of bilateral agreements with third countries, provided that the most sensitive sectors are adequately protected;

2016/05/04
Committee: AGRI

2015/2105(INI)

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Considers that the protection of geographical indications ~~should be a sine qua non in trade negotiations with third countries, especially the USA~~, environmental and health standards and the preservation of the European livestock sector make it necessary to suspend negotiations on free trade agreements with the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand; for the same reasons, considers that it would be inappropriate to reopen discussions with MERCOSUR members;

2016/05/04
Committee: AGRI

2015/2105(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses the importance of progress regarding phytosanitary barriers, ~~paying particular attention to~~especially regarding the red lines drawn by the European Union that might have implications for the health of consumers; considers that it should not be possible to import into the EU agricultural products which are not permitted to be produced there.

2016/05/04
Committee: AGRI

2015/2074(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls on the Commission to relax the rules governing rural development plans in order to help the Member States;

2015/05/08
Committee: AGRI

2015/2074(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls for ~~sufficient funds to be made available in order to implement~~the real cost of implementing and monitoring all elements of the CAP reform, including as regards greening, biodiversity and rural development programmes, to be studied and published before any steps are taken to implement the programme;

2015/05/08
Committee: AGRI

2015/2074(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Co~~mmission and the Member States to moni~~uncil to put in place a permanent arrangement tor t~~he significant pric~~ackle the volatility of agricultural pr~~oducts, which occurs more frequently in a more globalised market and has adverse effects on farmers’ incomes, and to react promptly and effectively when needed~~ices and products, and specifically the adverse effects of such volatility on farmers’ incomes;

2015/05/08
Committee: AGRI

2015/2074(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Stresses the need to maintain as many family farms as possible in a sustainable manner and calls for resources to be made available to achieve this objective;

2015/05/08
Committee: AGRI

2015/2074(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Calls for more consideration to be given to national indicators, in view of the diversity of market conditions and production costs throughout the EU;

2015/05/08
Committee: AGRI

2015/2074(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)

8b. Calls for more accurate monitoring of the differences in production costs between Member States and for verification that such differences do not stem from practices which may amount to (fiscal, environmental or social) dumping between Member States;

2015/05/08
Committee: AGRI

2015/2074(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Stresses the urgent need to review competition law with regard to the agricultural sector and the primary processing agrifood industry so that its application does not adversely affect the interests of producers vis-à-vis the large retailers, who are the main beneficiaries of the current legislation;

2015/05/08
Committee: AGRI

2015/2074(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)

9b. Stresses, also, the urgent need to take effective measures against unfair practices by large retailers vis-à-vis the agricultural sector and the primary processing agrifood industry;

2015/05/08
Committee: AGRI

2015/2065(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Recognises that CAP reform introduced measures ~~aimed at~~which do not make it possible to address~~ing~~ the bargaining power gap between farmers and other stakeholders in the food supply chain;

2015/09/23
Committee: AGRI

2015/2065(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Doubts whether~~Maintains that voluntary initiatives are totally adequate for addressing UTPs and the acknowledged ‘fear factor’ in the supply chain arising from the imbalance of power between farmers and retailers;

2015/09/23
Committee: AGRI

2015/2065(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Question~~Denounces the Commission’s unwavering support for the SCI, given the reluctance of farmers to participate; regrets the pre-emptive conclusion that regulatory action at EU level is not foreseen in spite of the serious repercussions of foregoing such action;

2015/09/23
Committee: AGRI

2015/2065(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Notes that several Member States have initiated actions in national law to address the concerns of primary producers regarding the negative impact of UTPs; asks the Commission to assess these national efforts with a view to selecting best practices for application at EU level; notes in particular the Groceries Code Adjudicator in the UK as a potential model for adaptation at EU levend that because of European competition rules, inter alia, none of those actions has been entirely successful;

2015/09/23
Committee: AGRI

2015/2065(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Believes that ~~framework legislation at EU level is essential~~it is vital to combat social dumping between Member States and to reform the single CMO with a view to establishing regulatory and production measures in order to tackle UTPs and to address their negative consequences for farmers; urges the Commission to consider this when assessing the SCI;

2015/09/23
Committee: AGRI

2015/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the terrorist attacks in Paris, Copenhagen and Tunis in early 2015 highlight the security threat which is posed by the presence and movement of these foreign ~~fighter~~terrorists in Europe; whereas the European Union has condemned these attacks in the strongest terms and has committed itself to combat terrorism alongside the Member States;

2015/07/03
Committee: LIBE

2015/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas combating terrorism and preventing the radicalisation and recruitment of European citizens by terrorist organisations still falls essentially within the sphere of competence of the Member States, but whereas a concerted European approach is necessary ~~to harmonise the legislation that applies~~ in an area where European citizens are free to move;

2015/07/03
Committee: LIBE

2015/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Calls on the Commission to establish as quickly as possible a global strategy to prevent the radicalisation and recruitment of European citizens, taking into account all vectors of radicalisation, on the basis of the exchange of best practice within the European Union and the evaluation of measures undertaken in the Member States; ~~takes the view that the Commission should develop an intensive communication strategy on preventing the radicalisation and recruitment of European citizens by terrorist organisations;~~

2015/07/03
Committee: LIBE

2015/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Recalls that the internet plays a significant role in fuelling the radicalisation of European citizens, as it facilitates the rapid, large-scale distribution of hate messages inciting violence and praise for terrorism; expresses concern at the impact that such messages praising terrorism have on young people, who are particularly vulnerable; calls for ~~a dialogue to be launched at European level with the internet giants with a view to preventing the online distribution of hate messages and to eradicating them swiftly~~effective monitoring to be carried out by the appropriate police services with a view to identifying the authors;

2015/07/03
Committee: LIBE

2015/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Feels that the internet giants should be made aware of their responsibilities so that they delete illegal content as quickly as possible; believes that the Member States should plan for the possibility of bringing criminal prosecutions against digital actors who do not take action in response to the spread of illicit messages or messages praising terrorism on their internet platforms; believes that refusal or failure to cooperate on the part of internet platforms which allow such messages to circulate should be considered an act of complicity with praising terrorism and should consequently be punished;deleted

2015/07/03
Committee: LIBE

2015/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Feels, however, that the internet is an effective platform for spreading discourse opposed to hate speech and praise for terrorism; calls on the digital giants to cooperate with the Member States in order to take part in the spread of prevention messages calling for the development of critical thinking and for a process of deradicalisation;deleted

2015/07/03
Committee: LIBE

2015/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. States that the internet giants, through internet referencing, have the power to promote radicalisation prevention messages aimed at countering messages that praise terrorism; feels that it is thus their duty to highlight messages that oppose hate speech and praise for terrorism, thereby making online radicalisation more difficult;deleted

2015/07/03
Committee: LIBE

2015/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Supports the introduction of measures enabling all internet users to flag illegal content circulating on the internet and on social media networks easily and quickly, while respecting basic freedoms and freedom of expression;deleted

2015/07/03
Committee: LIBE

2015/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Feels that every Member State should set up a special unit tasked with flagging illicit content on the internet and with facilitating the detection and removal of content that does not conform to the host internet platform's charter and rules; proposes that such units could cooperate with a European unit responsible for dealing with flagging;deleted

2015/07/03
Committee: LIBE

2015/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Believes that online radicalisation cannot be stamped out without reinforcing the tools available to the EU to combat cybercrime; recommends that the European Union strengthen the mandate of the European Cybercrime Centre so that it can play an effective role in better protecting European citizens against online threats and detecting the digital processes used by terrorist organisations;deleted

2015/07/03
Committee: LIBE

2015/2063(INI)

Franz OBERMAYR, Edouard FERRAND, Marine LE PEN, Matteo SALVINI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15 Stresses that schools and education have an important role to play in preventing radicalisation; recalls the crucial role that schools play in helping to promote integration and develop critical thinking; ~~calls on the Member States to investigate the possibility of introducing, where it does not already exist, education on religious issues in schools;~~

2015/07/03
Committee: LIBE

2015/2041(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Re~~call~~grets that the Treaty on European Union (TEU) marked a new stage in the process of ~~creating an ever closer union in which decisions are taken as openly and as closely as possible to~~loss of sovereignty by Member States, often against the wishes of their citizens, in which European Union decisions are not taken in the interest of the citizen (Article 1 TEU); notes that there is a considerable lack of trust among EU citizens in EU trade-policy making, and believes that a radical shift is needed in the way that information about trade negotiations is communicated to the public, in order to ensure their legitimacy; stresses that such legitimacy can only be guaranteed by introducing elements of democracy to the decision-making process;

2015/11/26
Committee: INTA

2015/2041(INI)

Franz OBERMAYR, Edouard FERRAND, Marine LE PEN, Matteo SALVINI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Welcomes the fact that the Committee on International Trade (INTA) and the Commission’s Directorate-General for Trade have been collaborating pro-actively to enhance cooperation, establish best practices and improve communication channels, and that this collaboration has been especially useful for monitoring trade negotiations through INTA Standing Rapporteurs and targeted monitoring groups; welcomes recent efforts by the Commission to increase the transparency of trade negotiations; believes, nevertheless, that the Council and the Commission can still improve their working methods to better cooperate with Parliament as regards access to documents, information and decision-making for all issues and negotiations related to CCP (such as information relating to negotiations – including scoping, mandates and evolution of negotiations – provisional application of trade agreements, activities and decisions taken by bodies created by trade and/or investment agreements, expert meetings, and delegated and implementing acts); notes with regret that after one year of negotiations between the Commission and Parliament on access to documents related to the TTIP negotiations, there is still no agreement about access to confidential documents;(Does not affect the English version.)

2015/11/26
Committee: INTA

2015/2041(INI)

Franz OBERMAYR, Edouard FERRAND, Marine LE PEN, Matteo SALVINI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses that the Commission must promote the general interests of the Union, be led by members chosen on the grounds of their competence and independence, and refrain from any action incompatible with its duties (Article 17 TFEU); welcomes initiatives aimed at greater transparency, accountability and integrity, including the decisions adopted by the Commission on 25 November 2014 and the new impetus given to the Transparency Register, which should be mandatory and binding for all EU institutions, bodies, offices and agencies; calls for Parliament, in this respect, to coordinate action to enhance transparency within the institutions as regards the activity of lobbies and special interest groups; notes that lobbies are widely consulted and listened to in all trade negotiations while no account is taken of the opinion of Member States’ citizens;

2015/11/26
Committee: INTA

2015/0218(COD)

Edouard FERRAND, Matteo SALVINI

Proposal for a regulation
–

The European Parliament rejects the Commission proposal.

2015/12/16
Committee: INTA

2015/0218(COD)

Edouard FERRAND, Matteo SALVINI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3

(3) Olive oil is Tunisia’s main agricultural export product to the Union and ~~the~~ olive oil ~~industry is an important part of the country’s economy~~production is an agricultural speciality of some Member States’ regions, especially in Greece, Italy, France and Spain.

2015/12/16
Committee: INTA

2015/0218(COD)

Edouard FERRAND, Matteo SALVINI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4

(4) The Union can best support Tunisia’s economy, in accordance with the objectives set out in the European Neighbourhood Policy and in the Euro- Mediterranean Agreement, by providing an attractive and reliable market for Tunisia’s exports of olive oil. This requires autonomous trade measures allowing for the import of this product into the Union on the basis of a duty free tariff quotaIn order to preserve the stability of Member States’ olive oil production, the present customs treatment of Tunisian olive oil, which is already in plentiful supply on the European market, should continue to apply unchanged.

2015/12/16
Committee: INTA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)

(11a) As agriculture budgets have been cut at the least appropriate time, in view of the state of the economy and the decline in investment, it is desirable to consider increasing them as soon as possible.

2015/03/27
Committee: AGRI

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)

(12a) A particular effort should be made with regard to SMEs and mid-cap companies interacting directly, both upstream and downstream, with the farming sector, in order to rapidly improve the added value of all sectors, which have jointly fallen victim to a state of the economy that has been destroying investment and jobs.

2015/03/27
Committee: AGRI

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14

(14) The EFSI should target projects delivering high societal and economic value. In particular, the EFSI should target projects that promote job creation, long- term growth and competitiveness and which, in addition to the vital measures relating to infrastructure in the communications, digital and transport sectors, should also help to improve the structure of industries, both separately and in conjunction, so that they can organise themselves as effectively as possible in an increasingly complex internal market and in export markets. The EFSI should support a wide range of financial products, including equity, debt or guarantees, to best accommodate the needs of the individual project. This wide range of products should allow the EFSI to adapt to market needs whilst encouraging private investment in the projects. The EFSI should not be a substitute for private market finance but should instead catalyse private finance by addressing market failures so as to ensure the most effective and strategic use of public money. The requirement for consistency with State aid principles should contribute to such effective and strategic use.

2015/03/27
Committee: AGRI

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15

(15) The EFSI should target projects with a higher risk-return profile than existing EIB and Union instruments to ensure additionality over existing operations. The EFSI should finance projects across the Union, including in the countries most affected by the financial crisis, as well as in all rural areas and areas in extremely peripheral locations. The EFSI should only be used where financing is not available from other sources on reasonable terms.

2015/03/27
Committee: AGRI

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22

(22) In accordance with the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Infrastructure and project investments supported under EFSI should be consistent with State aid rules. To that end, the Commission has announced that it will formulate a set of core principles, for the purpose of State aid assessments, which a project will have to meet to be eligible for support under the EFSI. If a project meets these criteria and receives support from theorder for investment in infrastructure, research and the large- scale application of the results obtained, in the structuring of industries and all the projects supported under EFSI, t~~he Commission has announced that any national complementary support, will be assessed under a simplified and accelerated State aid assessment whereby the only additional issue to be verified by~~o be supported effectively at national level, the Commission ~~will be~~shall establish the pbro~~portionality of public support (absence of overcompensation). The Commission has also announced that it~~adest and clearest possible framework for State aid whil~~l provide further guidance on the set of core principles with a view to ensuring an efficient use of public funds~~e respecting the principle of subsidiarity.

2015/03/27
Committee: AGRI

2014/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas Member States cannot reduce the level of guarantees offered in their own constitutions in respect of certain rights on the pretext that the Charter of Fundamental Rights provides for a lower level of protection;deleted

2015/05/18
Committee: LIBE

2014/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Notes that it is essential to guarantee that the common European values listed in Article 2 TEU are upheld in full in ~~both European and national legislation~~EU law;

2015/05/18
Committee: LIBE

2014/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point c

(c) develop, in cooperation with the FRA, a database that collates and publishes data on the situation regarding fundamental rights in the EU and in individual Member States; reiterates, in that connection, the need for the Commission to propose a revision of the FRA Regulation in order to grant the FRA wider powers;deleted

2015/05/18
Committee: LIBE

2014/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Deplores recent instances of jihadist terrorism, discrimination and anti- Semitic and anti-Islamic ~~discrimination and~~ violence; calls on Member States to protect freedom of religion or belief and to promote tolerance;

2015/05/12
Committee: LIBE

2014/2254(INI)

Marine LE PEN, Edouard FERRAND, Gilles LEBRETON, Branislav ŠKRIPEK, Artis PABRIKS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Deplores the fact that even today people, whether belonging to minorities or not, are still victims of discrimination;

2015/05/12
Committee: LIBE

2014/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Strongly deplores the stalling of negotiations with the Council on the proposal for an anti-discrimination directive and restates its appeal to the Council to adopt the proposal as soon as possible;deleted

2015/05/12
Committee: LIBE

2014/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – indent 2

– ~~improve legal avenues for refugees~~effectively combat illegal immigration;

2015/05/19
Committee: LIBE

2014/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – indent 3

– ~~introduce new procedures for legal entry into the EU~~discourage illegal immigration and tackle its causes;

2015/05/19
Committee: LIBE

2014/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Condemns the practice of detaining irregular migrants, including unaccompanied minors, as a prelude to their expulsion; calls on Member States to comply with the provisions of the ‘Return Directive’;deleted

2015/05/19
Committee: LIBE

2014/2234(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas expenditure on controls is additional to expenditure on the management and distribution of aid, which makes it essential to achieve full transparency regarding the true administrative costs of the CAP both to the European Union and to the Member States;

2015/05/13
Committee: AGRI

2014/2234(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)

Bb. whereas farmers are systematically denied any new budget heading, even when a crisis occurs, and it is absolutely out of the question to consider increasing the administrative costs of the CAP, including costs of controls;

2015/05/13
Committee: AGRI

2014/2234(INI)

Louis ALIOT, Edouard FERRAND, Philippe LOISEAU

Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas at the same time the number of farmers is constantly declining, while the number of staff administering agriculture and the CAP is constantly rising;

2015/05/13
Committee: AGRI

2014/2234(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Expects the Commission to make full use of the process of simplification of the CAP, especially with regard to the burdensome and complex regulations governing cross-compliance and greening, by reducing or grouping together issues relating to regulation;

2015/06/11
Committee: CONT

2014/2234(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Calls, in order to assess the effectiveness of this simplification, for the full cost of controls, management and distribution of the CAP (all costs to all countries in the European Union and the Member States) to be assessed and the findings published;

2015/05/13
Committee: AGRI

2014/2234(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls for a ceiling on the budget for control, so that the new CAP provisions do not cause any additional expenditure to be incurred;

2015/05/13
Committee: AGRI

2014/0014(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5

Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 24 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Under no circumstances may the delegated act call into question the priority accorded to the local provenance of produce. With regard to bananas, only those of ultra-peripheral origin may be selected

2015/02/05
Committee: AGRI

2014/0014(COD)