3 Amendments of Susanne MELIOR related to 2016/2024(BUD)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights the importance of the LIFE programme, which aims to promote implementationthe achievement of both environment and climate objectives and their integration into other policies and Member State practice, and calls therefore for its resources to at least be maintained at the level of the 2016 appropriations; nevertheless notes that smaller programmes should also be kept in focus;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls the added value of the ecosystems and biodiversity tof the European environment, and calls thereforetherefore reminds the European Commission and the EU Member States of their obligation, under Article 8 of the Habitats Directive, to ensure an adequate level of financing for the conservation measures needed to restore the species and habitats in Natura 2000 sites to a favourable conservation status; calls in this regard for sufficient resources to be allocatedset aside in the 2017 budget tofor the preserve thisation of biodiversity, mainly in Natura 2000 sites and rural areas;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recalls that decentralised agencies whose missions fall within the remit of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety play a major role, and stresses that their tasks, which include better information-sharing with the public on decision-making, more access to documents and greater involvement in their activities, are constantly growing and that those agencies must therefore be given the necessary financial and human resources to fulfil their mandate and execute such tasks; against this background, notes with concern that most of those agencies have absorbed significant staff cuts in recent years, including the reduction of staff working on tasks financed by applicants' fees without regard to the workload involved; strongly supports, therefore, a case-by-case approach to assessing the individual needs of decentralised agencies.