10 Amendments of Ulrike MÜLLER related to 2017/2117(INI)
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas sheep- and goat-farming play an important role in ensuring environmental sustainability, being as they are present in 70% of geographically disadvantaged areas and contribute to preserving biodiversity and combating soil erosion, the build-up of unwanted biomass, damage to dikes, avalanches and forest fires;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas the protection afforded to certain animal species under the Habitats Directive has led to increased attacks on herds of sheep and goats by wolves, bears and lynxes, thus worsening the precarious situation in which some farms find themselves; points out that the return of large predators is putting traditional agriculture and pasture farming at risk in many Alpine valleys as sheep and goats are increasingly being attacked by wild predators;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Endorses the majority of the recommendations published by the 2016 EU Sheepmeat Forum, held under the aegis of the Commission, in particular the need to compensate the sector for the environmental role it plays; takes the view that these recommendations are equally valid for the sectors of goatmeat and ewe’s and goat’s milk products;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to step up support for innovationve production methods and technologies with the aim to strength sheep sector’s competitiveness and the promotion of sheep- and goatmeat in the internal market, emphasising not only traditional products, but also newer cuts marketed to younger consumersin order to offer products that correspond to consumer expectations and market demand;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Commends the Commission on its intention to set up a dedicated budget line for those products in the next promotion campaigns co-financed by the Union, and advocates the need to include wool among the beneficiary products;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
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;
Amendment 262 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Believes it necessary to improve the bargaining power of producers in the food chain, extending rules on contractual relations for the sheep-and goat-farming by establishing producer organisations similar to those existing in other crop and livestock sectors, in line with the agreement reached as part of the Omnibus Regulation, in order to improve the competitiveness and current low productivity of the sector;
Amendment 300 #
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 mightin order not to compromise the European model of production in any way;
Amendment 320 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls for the establishment of protected grazing areas where large predators can be regulated, so that the return of large predators does not lead to setbacks in farm practices favourable to animal welfare (migratory sheep herding, open stabling, etc.) or in traditional agriculture and pasture farming (high- altitude summer grazing);
Amendment 367 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Commission to promote vaccination as a measure to reduce antimicrobial resistance, as there is little market incentive for farmers;