23 Amendments of Rosa D'AMATO related to 2018/2037(INI)
Amendment 382 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that even thxcessive flexibility thatgranted to the Member States currently enjoy in defining basic rules may, in some cases, risk distorting competition within the single market and granting unequal access to support for farmers in different Member States or even in different regions;
Amendment 409 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that subsidiarity for Member States should only be granted within anot undermine the common set of rules and tools agreed at EU level as part of a uniform approach to all programming efforts and eligibility criteria, should cover both of the CAP’s pillars and ensure, in particular, a European approachuniform application in Pillar I and thus a level playing field;
Amendment 504 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission to develop a long-term strategy for the European agri-food sector, setting out clear objectives regarding food consumption, eating habits and hence production, in keeping with the need to ensure sustainability in various ways, which the CAP should help to achieve;
Amendment 525 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Considers it necessary to maintainsimplify the current two-pillared architecture, particularly Pillar I, which is dedicated to income support for farmers; considers it necessary, at the same time, to compensate forreward the activity carried out to compensate, from a social and environmental point of view, for the contribution to the provision of public goods, on the basis of uniform and objective criteria, while allowing Member States to take specific approaches to reflect local conditions;
Amendment 571 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers that the current CAP architecturefuture CAP can only deliver its objectives if sufficiently funded; calls, therefore, for the CAP budget to be maintained in the next MFF at at least the current level in order to achieve the ambitions of a revised and efficient CAP beyond 2020;
Amendment 620 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Believes that more targeted support for family farms or small farms is necessary and can be achieved by introducing a compulsory higher support rate for small farms; considers, moreover, that support for larger farms should be digressive, reflecting economies of scale and labour intensity, with the possibility for capping to be decided by the Member States;
Amendment 666 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for the existing system for calculating direct payments in Pillar I, which is often based on historic entitlements, to be replaced by an EU-wide uniform and transparent method of calculating payments, in order to make the system simpler and more transparentbased on clear objectives and results that are determined at EU level with a view to 2030;
Amendment 690 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Takes the view that Member States should be allowed to allocate payments, in particular, to farmers who participate in high value-added production chains and who invest in capital and labour;
Amendment 736 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses the need for a fair distribution of direct payments between Member States, which must take into account socio-economic differences, different production, labour and input costs and the amounts received by Member States under Pillar II, in addition to specific criteria, such as standard gross margin, value added per hectare and the use of labour;
Amendment 799 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Takes the view, moreover that VCS should be granted to farmers who participate in high value-added production chains;
Amendment 835 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recalls that generational renewal is a challenge faced by farmers in many Member States and that each national strategy must therefore address this issue through a comprehensive approach, including top-ups in Pillar I and targeted measures in Pillar II, as well as by means of new financial instruments and national measures, in order to incentivise farmers to pass on their farming operations and pave the way for the entry of new farmers into the sector, by facilitating their access to the land market;
Amendment 891 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Underlines the importance of rural development, including the LEADER initiative, in supporting multi-functional agriculture and in fostering additional entrepreneurial activities and opportunities, in order to generate income from complementary and sectoral activities, such as agri- tourism, and to secure community- supported agriculture and the provision of social services in rural areas;
Amendment 931 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission to introduce a new and comprehensive legal framework, based on clear objectives and results that are determined at EU level with a view to 2030, which allows the integration and complementarity of the various types of environmental actions at present, such as cross compliance, greening and the good agricultural and environmental conditions (GAEC) standards, as well as agri-environment measures (AEMs) for rural development, so that farmers can deliver effectively and with less bureaucracy on environmental care, biodiversity and, climate action and animal welfare, while ensuring that Member States have adequate control and taking into account local conditions;
Amendment 993 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Believes that this new framework should be underpinned by the possible allocation of a minimum amount of the total available budget to AEMs, including particular to organic agriculture, to support for biodiversity and to protection of genetic diversity in animals and plants;
Amendment 1086 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission to maintain the current common market organisation (CMO) framework, including the individual sector plans (wine, and fruit and vegetables) and oil) and to consider the possibility of extending this instrument also to other sectors which could benefit from it; calls on the Commission, in addition, to maintain the EU school fruit, vegetables and milk scheme, with the ultimate aim of strengthening the sustainability and competitiveness of each sector while enabling access for all farmers;
Amendment 1188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Stresses the need to provide for harmonised minimum rules to combat the spread of vexatious commercial practices and to encourage the establishment and development of POs, APOs and interbranch organisations;
Amendment 1214 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Takes the view that one of the main aims of these initiatives should be to strengthen the bargaining power of farmers within the food supply chain;
Amendment 1258 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Regrets, moreover, that often, in the agreements discussed hitherto, a choice has been made to sacrifice the interests of the European agri-food sector to the benefit of other production sectors;
Amendment 1276 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls for initiatives to promote EU production, safety and environmental standards and quality production schemes, through bothuniform labelling andrules that ensure full traceability of products and support for marketing activities on internal and third-country markets;
Amendment 1285 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Regrets that the Commission communication does not focus more on the issue of the eating habits and consumption of EU citizens;
Amendment 1293 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26b. Points out that in order to ensure the conservation of the environment and the supply of food to an ever growing world population, those eating habits will, slowly but surely, need to be changed and production will thus need to be steered towards those new targets;
Amendment 1299 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 c (new)
Paragraph 26 c (new)
26c. Calls on the Commission to include, within the CAP, objectives and measures which take account of this vital need, making the issue of eating habits one of the key points of that common policy;
Amendment 1312 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Stresses that Parliament and the Council should, via the co-decision procedure, set the general objectives, measures and financial allocations, and determine the level of flexibility needed to enable the Member States to cope with their specificities and needs in line with the single market, to avoid distortions of competition relating to national choices;