57 Amendments of Fredrick FEDERLEY related to 2018/2037(INI)
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
Citation 10 a (new)
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Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) is the most integrated and successful EU policy, serving as basis for European integration, and should remain a common policy with an ambitiousdequate budget;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the changes of the current CAP must be based on strategic aims to strengthen competitiveness and ensure sound and safe food;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the European Union’s overarching objective of multifunctional agriculture, driven by family farms, sector remains key to delivering the positive externalities and public goods that European citizens demand;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the new delivery model (NDM) is at the core of the Commission’s communication on the Future of Food and Farming, and is to be welcomed, provided that it ensures genuine simplification, not only at EU level but also at Member State and regional level, and flexibility for farmerand simplification for beneficiaries, without adding new constraints on Member States and thus a new layer of complexity, while safeguarding the functioning of the internal market and a level playing field;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the CAP must play an important role in strengthening the competitiveness of the sector and enable overcoming stagnation and volatility of farm incomes which, despite the concentration and intensification of production and increasing productivity, are still lower than in the rest of the economy;
Amendment 127 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for a CAP that has its top priority the transition of each European farm towards an undertaking combining economic with environmental performance standarresult-based CAP that is aligned with other EU policies and has its top priority the transition to market-driven and sustainable European agriculture by enhancing competiveness and setting European environmental, sustainable and societal development performance targets for the delivery of public goods;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas agriculture is extremely vulnerable to climate change, as farming depends directly on weather conditions such as rainfall and temperature;
Amendment 167 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for the integrity of the first pillar to be currently maintained, built as it is on enhanced cross-compliance of support measures calibrated to maximise the results expected for each farmer, notwithstanding the long-term aim to decrease the farmers needs for income support;
Amendment 176 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for a first pillar, defined at EU level, that recognises the importance of direct aid and that includes, as a share of up to 30 % of the pillar budget, a contractual incitement scheme fora clear link between granting direct aid and the delivery of public goods which would facilitate a transition towards of European agriculture combining economic with environmentaltowards a genuinely sustainable and competitive model, combining economic with environmental, sustainable and societal development performance standards;
Amendment 195 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for a renovated second pillar that is less complex and more efficient, focused on truly incentive territorial and sector development policies that place agro-environmental initiatives, animal welfare, investment, training, research and innovation at the core of local issues;
Amendment 213 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that only with sucwith a complementary or merged model can the EU’s ambitious goals with regard to the environment and rural development can be reached;
Amendment 213 #
I. whereas the emergence of new challenges and opportunities, such as increasing global trade, is necessitating fair and sustainable conditions for the global exchange of goods and services, within the framework of the WTO and in accordance with existing EU social, economic and environmental, sanitary and phytosanitary as well as animal welfare standards, which should be promoted in order to create a genuine level playing field within and outside the EU;
Amendment 227 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. CEmphasizes that the CAP’s goals are focused on food production and considers that the CAP must includrecognize an ambitious European green energy strategy promoting highly sustainable biofuels based on the co- production of plant protein;
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas while the focus on research and development for both product and process innovation is to be welcomed, more must be done to translate the results of research into farming practice, facilitated by EU-widpublic and private agricultural extension services all over the EU;
Amendment 260 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas the agriculture and food sector must be incentivised including through reducing hinders and regulatory and administrative burdens to continue to contribute to the environmental care and climate action objectives of the EU set out in international agreements such as the Paris Agreement and the UN SDGs;
Amendment 270 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas the European Union in the future CAP must strive for a significant limitation in the use of antibiotics in the agriculture and food sector to strengthen sustainable farming;
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas the European Court of Auditors has underlined the fact that the green payments introduced as part of the 2013 reform create added complexity and bureaucracy, are difficult to understand, and fail to significantly enhance the CAP’s environmental and climate performance; which is important to bear in mind when designing the new green architecture for CAP
Amendment 317 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas it is essential to ensure fair competition within the sSingle market within the sector and with other players in the food chain, both up and downstream, and to further strespects outside the scope of the CAP affecting then incentives to prevent crises with active management tools to be deployed at sectoral level and by public authorities competitiveness and a level playing field for farmers must be properly considered and monitored;
Amendment 320 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N a (new)
Recital N a (new)
Na. whereas circular economy and bio economy will contribute to new business models of farmers which are often also forest owners whilst fostering rural areas;
Amendment 327 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas the new challenges for European agriculture within the EU’s political priorities, as stated in the Commission’s reflection paper on the future of EU finances, require the next multiannual financial framework (MFF) to provide sufficientadequate public funds to cover both existing and new challenges;
Amendment 394 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the importance of an equal playing field for farmers;
Amendment 414 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that subsidiarity for Member States should only be granted within a common setframework ofn rules and tools agreed at EU level as part of a uniform approach to all programming efforts and eligibility criteria, this common framework on rules and tools should cover both of the CAP’s pillars and ensure, in particular, a European approach in Pillar I and thus a level playing field;
Amendment 438 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Reminds the Commission of theHighlights that a future reform needs to fully respect the distribution of powers within each Member State, often set out in their constitutions, particularly in terms of respecting the legal competences of the EU’s regions when implementing policies;
Amendment 446 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the efforts of the Commission to establish programme design, implementation and control ofn an output-based approach for the CAP with less bureaucracy, simplified procedures and greater transparency of objectives and tools, in order to foster performance rather than compliance, while ensuring adequate and proportional risk based monitoring via clearly defined, solid and measurable indicators at EU level, including an appropriate system of quality control and penalties;
Amendment 482 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Reminds, that in the previous reform the definition of an “active farmer” was difficult to agree, therefore the output of a farm could be a better- targeted and measurable solution (e.g. keeping land in good agricultural state, implementing good animal husbandry, contributing to circular economy) to define an "active" farmer;
Amendment 483 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Considers that all the actors in the process of control of Union finances, including the European Court of Auditors, must have the same understanding on the performance based control system so that the Member States or the beneficiaries are not faced with unexpected financial corrections;
Amendment 492 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 524 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Considers it necessaryappropriate to maintain 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 for the provision of public goods on the basis of uniform criteria, while allowing Member States to take specific approaches to reflect local conditions, however for the long-term future of the agricultural sector in the EU the policies of the Union needs to drive better competitiveness with the aim to decrease the farmers needs for CAP- support;
Amendment 540 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls for annual mapping on EU- level of different conditions for farmers in member states which affects competitiveness and a level playing field on the internal market.
Amendment 549 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls on the Commission for a CAP that achieves more innovation, contributes to advance the bio-economy and to solutions to biodiversity, environment and climate;
Amendment 550 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Considers that this mapping exercise should focus on regulatory and financial condition and specifically aspects outside the scope of the CAP;
Amendment 552 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Considers that this mapping exercise would be a good basis for fruitful exchange of best practices between member states in order to further promote competitiveness and a level playing field of the EU Agricultural sector;
Amendment 555 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers that the current CAP architecture can onlyachieving the ambitions of a revised and efficient CAP after 2020 and deliver on 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 2020can only be done if the CAP budget is adequately funded;
Amendment 576 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Believes that due to different challenges affecting the EU the opportunity must be seized to simplify and modernize the CAP by better targeting the use of CAP support and move towards a market driven agriculture;
Amendment 588 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Sees furthermore this as an opportunity to modernise the financing of the CAP and to ensure that it provides maximum EU added value for all citizens;
Amendment 600 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 649 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Underlines the necessity of identifying the key elements of a transparent and objective and predictable system of penalties and incentives for determining farmers’ eligibility for public funding, which should consist of simple voluntary and mandatory measures and reflects the targeted and result-based approach in order to foster performance rather than compliance;
Amendment 727 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses the need for a fairmore level playing field distribution of direct payments between Member States, which must take into account the fact that natural conditions, socio-economic differences, general living standards, different production costs and the amounts differenceived by Member States under Pillar IIs in purchasing power are not the same around Europe;
Amendment 762 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Stresses that an EU flat-rate payment system would not quite reflect EU agricultural diversity;
Amendment 833 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recalls that generational renewal is a challenge faced by famers 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 newnd consider national financial instruments and national measures, in order to incentiviseremove regulatory and economic barriers for famers to pass on their farming operations;
Amendment 943 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission to introduce a new and comprehensive legal framework which allows the integration and simplification 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 farmerbeneficiaries can deliver effectively and with less bureaucracyower administrative burden on environmental care, biodiversity and climate action, while ensuring that Member States have adequate control and taking into account local conditions;
Amendment 995 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Believes that this new framework should be underpinned by the possible allocation ofe a minimum amount of the total available budget to AEMs, including organic agriculture, support for biodiversity and genetic diversity in animals and plants;
Amendment 1003 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Welcomes the Commissions priority to strengthen agricultural resilience towards climate change impacts;
Amendment 1013 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Calls for the strengthening and implementation of climate smart agriculture measures as future impacts from climate change on agriculture in Europe will increase;
Amendment 1017 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18c. Calls on the Commission to enable Member States to allocate funds in order to support better animal welfare standards and practices that goes beyond the minimum EU-standards;
Amendment 1022 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to foster innovation, research and modernisation in agriculture by supporting training and agriculturalby supporting a strong advisory system and training better adapted to needs of CAP beneficiaries; training and extension as a pre-condition in programme design and implementation in all Member States, while fostering the transfer of know-how and the exchange ofknow-how transfer and best practice models exchange between Members States;
Amendment 1060 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Underlines that the Commission should be regularly evaluating such a support and measuring innovation and modernisation wherever possible;
Amendment 1075 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Believes that investments in innovation, education and training are vital for the future of European agriculture;
Amendment 1087 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission, in order to have a manageable reform, to maintain the current common market organisation (CMO) framework, including the individual sector plans (wine, and fruit and vegetables) and the EU school fruit, vegetables and milk scheme, with the ultimate aim of strengthening the sustainability and competiveness of each sector while enabling access for all farmers;
Amendment 1129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Insists on the critical need for the future CAP to support farmersto create market conditions stimulating the development of private risk management schemes to farmers in order for them to more efficiently in orderbe able to cope with price and income volatility due to climate, health and market risks, by creating additional incentives for flexible risk management and stabilisation tools while ensuring broad access, the role of the CAP in this regards should be fully examined;
Amendment 1177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Insists on the necessityimportance of strengthening the position of producers within the food supply chain, in particular by guaranteeing them a fair share of the added value, by fostering inter-sectoral cooperation, and strengthening transparency in the markets and crisis prevention;
Amendment 1219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls for an in-depth review of the current crisis reserve mechanism in order to create an independent financial instrument exempt from the budgetary principle of annuality, so as to permit budgetary transfers from one year to the next, thereby enabling quick andidentify the best way for effective responses to crisis situations, including those involving animal and plant health, disease-related issues and food safety;
Amendment 1246 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Believes that while trade agreements are beneficial to the EU agricultural sector overall, and necessary for strengthening the EU’s position on the global agricultural market, they also pose a number of challenges that require reinforced safeguard mechanismsneeds to be taken into account to ensure a level playing field between farmers in the EU and in the rest of the world;
Amendment 1278 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls for clear and transparent initiatives to promote EU production, safety and environmental standards and quality production schemes, through both labelling and marketing activities on internal and third-country markets;
Amendment 1327 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Calls on the Member States when implementing the new reform to avoid delays in payments to farmers and take responsibility and properly compensate farmers if delays occurs;
Amendment 1331 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Calls on the Commission to propose, before the application of the NDM, a transitional period long enough to ensure a soft landing and tond considering the introduction of National Strategic Plans, a transitional period long enough to ensure a soft landing which ensures time for Member States to orderly and properly implement the new policy and avoid any delay in farmers’ annual payments and in the implementation of rural development programmes;