10 Amendments of Maria NOICHL related to 2015/2154(DEC)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that the CAP, as one of the original European policies, is still one of the most important tools of the EU with wide impact, not only in terms of food production and ecosystem services, but in terms of actual and potential socio- economic improvements in rural areas;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Points out that the differences in the way the rules on coupled payments are implemented in the Member States is distorting competition, for example in the milk sector;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Emphasises that 50.2% of agricultural land in the EU is farmed by 2.7% of holdings, with the result that roughly half of all direct payments under the CAP go to a small fraction of EU farmers; points out that the CAP should be targeting small farmers in particular, and believes that the current practice is undermining political support for the CAP;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Calls on the Commission to analyse to what extent public money in the form of support under the CAP is being used to finance the payment of State benefits;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14 c (new)
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14c. Calls on the Commission to report in detail to Parliament on the implementation of capping in the context of CAP direct payments in each Member State;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14 d (new)
Paragraph 14 d (new)
14d. Points out once again that, in order to make the CAP fairer, the European Parliament and the Council introduced a reduction of payments above EUR 150 000 and possible capping of direct payments; calls, therefore, on the ECA to audit the efficiency and effectiveness of this measure in its next annual reports;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14 e (new)
Paragraph 14 e (new)
14e. Points out that as a result of purchases of agricultural land by investors small, owner-run holdings are increasingly coming under pressure and that a proportion of direct payments are being made to international concerns;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Notes the importance of resource efficiency, and a shift towards a low carbon and climate resilient economy in agri-food and forestry sectors (reduced greenhouse gas and ammonia emissions, more carbon sequestration) and the need to measure the overall achievements related to environmental targets 2014-2020, this should not put viable food production at risk;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 21
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, social cooperatives, ecosystem services and local markets strictly in rural areas in new RDPs, and involving reasonable environmental expenditure;
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Calls on the Commission to assess the effectiveness of payments to promote sales in third countries and to ensure that these measures do not crowd local producers out of the market;