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Michel DANTIN, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, Mairead McGUINNESS, Nuno MELO, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Daniel BUDA, Norbert ERDŐS, Gabriel MATO, Ramón Luis VALCÁRCEL SISO, Anne SANDER, Alberto CIRIO, Tom VANDENKENDELAERE, Marijana PETIR, Sofia RIBEIRO, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Francis ZAMMIT DIMECH, Angélique DELAHAYE

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)

– having regard to Articles 40 and 42 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) establishing a Common Market Organisation in agricultural products and the extent to which rules on competition apply to production of and trade in agricultural products,

2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI

Michel DANTIN, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, Mairead McGUINNESS, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Daniel BUDA, Norbert ERDŐS, Nuno MELO, Sofia RIBEIRO, Vladimir URUTCHEV

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas over the years the CAP has undergone regular re-programming in line with new challenges, but another step in this continuous process of modernisation and simplification, building on previous reforms, is now necessary to tackle the challenges of food security, environmental protection and climate change and to increase EU added value;

2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI

Michel DANTIN, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, Mairead McGUINNESS, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Daniel BUDA, Norbert ERDŐS, Nuno MELO, Angélique DELAHAYE, Gabriel MATO, Ramón Luis VALCÁRCEL SISO, Alberto CIRIO, Sofia RIBEIRO, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Anne SANDER, Francis ZAMMIT DIMECH

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas EU agriculture is at a turning point from an economic, technological and environmental perspective and that a strong and renewed ambition at EU level needs to provide the EU agricultural sector visibility and certainty with regards to the challenges arising from the impacts of Brexit and of the multilateral and bilateral trade agenda;

2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI

Michel DANTIN, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, Mairead McGUINNESS, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Nuno MELO, Marijana PETIR, Norbert ERDŐS, Daniel BUDA, Ramón Luis VALCÁRCEL SISO, Gabriel MATO, Sofia RIBEIRO, Angélique DELAHAYE, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Tom VANDENKENDELAERE, Anne SANDER, Francis ZAMMIT DIMECH, Alberto CIRIO

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

Fa. whereas it is essential to provide flexible and responsive tools to help sensitive and strategic sectors cope with structural changes, such as the potential impacts of Brexit or of approved bilateral trade agreements with the EU’s main partners;

2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI

Michel DANTIN, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, Mairead McGUINNESS, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Nuno MELO, Marijana PETIR, Norbert ERDŐS, Daniel BUDA, Angélique DELAHAYE, Ramón Luis VALCÁRCEL SISO, Gabriel MATO, Sofia RIBEIRO, Alberto CIRIO

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas it is essential to ensure a fair standard of living for farmers across regions and Member States, affordable prices for citizens and consumers, and access to quality food and healthy diets, while delivering on the commitments for environmental care, climate action, and animal and plant health and welfare;

2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI

Daniel BUDA, Norbert ERDŐS, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Maria Gabriela ZOANĂ

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

Ha. whereas the scarcity of labour force in agriculture is a limiting factor for the development of the agricultural sector;

2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI

Michel DANTIN, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, Mairead McGUINNESS, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Nuno MELO, Marijana PETIR, Norbert ERDŐS, Daniel BUDA, Angélique DELAHAYE, Ramón Luis VALCÁRCEL SISO, Gabriel MATO, Alberto CIRIO, Sofia RIBEIRO

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas the emergence of new challenges, such as increasing global trade, is necessitating a common level playing field based on fair and sustainable conditions for the global exchange of goods and services as well as renewed and efficient trade defence mechanisms, within the framework of the WTO and in accordance with existing EU social, economic and environmental standards, which should be promoted;

2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI

Daniel BUDA, Norbert ERDŐS, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Maria Gabriela ZOANĂ, Michel DANTIN

Motion for a resolution
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 develop the research capacity and infrastructure necessary to translate the results of research into farming practice, facilitated by EU-wide agricultural extension services;

2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI

Michel DANTIN, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, Mairead McGUINNESS, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Daniel BUDA, Norbert ERDŐS, Nuno MELO, Angélique DELAHAYE, Ramón Luis VALCÁRCEL SISO, Gabriel MATO, Sofia RIBEIRO, Alberto CIRIO, Tom VANDENKENDELAERE, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Anne SANDER, Francis ZAMMIT DIMECH

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)

Ja. whereas the CAP has progressively integrated environmental objectives by ensuring that its rules are compatible with and farmers comply to the environmental requirements laid down in Union legislation and promote sustainable farming practices that preserve the environment and biodiversity;

2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI

Michel DANTIN, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, Mairead McGUINNESS, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Marijana PETIR, Daniel BUDA, Norbert ERDŐS, Angélique DELAHAYE, Ramón Luis VALCÁRCEL SISO, Gabriel MATO, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Tom VANDENKENDELAERE, Alberto CIRIO, Sofia RIBEIRO, Anne SANDER, Francis ZAMMIT DIMECH

Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)

Ka. whereas the CAP must develop a real ambition to reconcile environmental and climate objectives and the economic sustainability of the farming sector as only economically healthy farms will be capable to deliver on EU environmental and climate objectives;

2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI

Michel DANTIN, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, Mairead McGUINNESS, Daniel BUDA, Angélique DELAHAYE, Ramón Luis VALCÁRCEL SISO, Gabriel MATO, Alberto CIRIO, Tom VANDENKENDELAERE, Sofia RIBEIRO, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Anne SANDER, Francis ZAMMIT DIMECH

Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)

La. whereas the European Court of Auditors has identified significant shortcomings in the implementation of Pillar II, especially the long approval process as well as the complex and bureaucratic nature of the Rural Development Programmes;

2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI

Maria Gabriela ZOANĂ, Daniel BUDA

Motion for a resolution
Recital M

M. whereas the objectives of the Cork 2.0 Declaration for a Better Life in Rural Areas stipulate vibrant rural areas, multi- functionality, biodiversity in and outside agriculture, rare animal breeds and conservation crops, as well as organic agriculture, less-favoured areas and commitments in the context of Natura 2000, as well as the importance of efforts to avert the depopulation of rural areas, and the role of women and young people in this process;

2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI

Michel DANTIN, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, Mairead McGUINNESS, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Daniel BUDA, Nuno MELO, Angélique DELAHAYE, Ramón Luis VALCÁRCEL SISO, Gabriel MATO, Sofia RIBEIRO, Alberto CIRIO, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Anne SANDER, Francis ZAMMIT DIMECH

Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)

Ma. whereas less-favoured areas, such as mountainous and outermost regions, should continue to be compensated by the CAP for the extra costs associated with their specific constraints in order to maintain farming activity in such areas;

2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI

Daniel BUDA, Michel DANTIN, Norbert ERDŐS, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Maria Gabriela ZOANĂ

Motion for a resolution
Recital N

N. whereas it is essential to ensure fair competition within the single market within the sector and with other players in the food chain, both up and downstream, and to further strengthen the position of farmers and incentives to prevent crises with active management tools to be deployed at sectoral level and by public authorities;

2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI

Michel DANTIN, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, Mairead McGUINNESS, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Nuno MELO, Norbert ERDŐS, Daniel BUDA, Ramón Luis VALCÁRCEL SISO, Gabriel MATO, Alberto CIRIO, Sofia RIBEIRO, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Tom VANDENKENDELAERE, Anne SANDER, Francis ZAMMIT DIMECH

Motion for a resolution
Recital N

N. whereas it is essential to ensure fair competition within the single market, within the sector and with other players in the food supply chain, both up and downstream, and to further strengthen incentives to prevent risks and crises with active management tools to be deployed at sectorial level and by public authorities;

2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI

Norbert ERDŐS, Marijana PETIR, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Daniel BUDA, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Jarosław KALINOWSKI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Suggests that a notification of strategic plans by the Member States should not entail a formal approval by the Commission, rather a compliance check against the pre-defined objectives should be performed;

2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI

Michel DANTIN, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, Mairead McGUINNESS, Nuno MELO, Daniel BUDA, Norbert ERDŐS, Angélique DELAHAYE, Ramón Luis VALCÁRCEL SISO, Gabriel MATO, Sofia RIBEIRO, Alberto CIRIO, Tom VANDENKENDELAERE, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Anne SANDER, Francis ZAMMIT DIMECH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Considers that subsidiarity for Member States ~~should only be granted within a common set of rules and tools agreed at EU level~~, understood as a coherent room for manoeuvre and reasonable level of flexibility, should only be granted within a common set of rules, basic standards, tools and financial allocations agreed at EU level by the co-legislator 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 approach in Pillar I and thus a level playing field;

2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI

Michel DANTIN, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, Mairead McGUINNESS, Daniel BUDA, Angélique DELAHAYE, Ramón Luis VALCÁRCEL SISO, Gabriel MATO, Sofia RIBEIRO, Alberto CIRIO, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Tom VANDENKENDELAERE, Anne SANDER, Francis ZAMMIT DIMECH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Considers that in a view of streamlining national choices taken within the framework of the EU-defined tool box available under Pillar I and II, Member States should design their own coherent and performance-based national strategy aiming at delivering on EU objectives in due respect of the rules and principles of the EU single market;

2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI

Norbert ERDŐS, Marijana PETIR, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Daniel BUDA, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Jarosław KALINOWSKI, Herbert DORFMANN, Albert DESS, Momchil NEKOV

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. In CAP Pillar II the strict rules for irrigation should be mitigated in order to extend the irrigation especially in those Member States, where the irrigated area is less than the EU average;

2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI

Daniel BUDA, Norbert ERDŐS, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Maria Gabriela ZOANĂ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. calls on the Commission to provide tools aiming to increase the use of synergies between CAP and cohesion policy funding

2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI

Michel DANTIN, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, Peter JAHR, Mairead McGUINNESS, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Daniel BUDA, Norbert ERDŐS, Albert DESS, Norbert LINS, Ramón Luis VALCÁRCEL SISO, Gabriel MATO, Alberto CIRIO, Sofia RIBEIRO, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Tom VANDENKENDELAERE, Anne SANDER, Francis ZAMMIT DIMECH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Stresses that the European Commission in the process of assessing, approving and/or monitoring the implementation of the CAP by Member States, shall commit itself to strictly respect the political agreement and the objectives set by the co-legislators without adding extra layers of rules and policy objectives;

2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI

Norbert ERDŐS, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marijana PETIR, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Daniel BUDA, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Jarosław KALINOWSKI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. ~~Welcome~~Understands the efforts of the Commission to establish programme design, implementation and control of an output-based approach in order to foster performance rather than compliance, while ensuring adequate monitoring via clearly defined, solid and measurable indicators at EU level, including an appropriate system of quality control and penalties;

2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI

Daniel BUDA, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Maria Gabriela ZOANĂ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Welcomes the efforts of the Commission to establish programme design, implementation and control of an output-based approach in order to foster performance rather than compliance; calls on the Commission to provide a single and simplified programme, while ensuring adequate monitoring via clearly defined, solid and measurable indicators at EU level, including an appropriate system of quality control and penalties;

2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI

Norbert ERDŐS, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marijana PETIR, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Daniel BUDA, Michel DANTIN, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Jarosław KALINOWSKI, Momchil NEKOV

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Emphasizes that the new system should bring substantial simplification and reduction of administrative burden for both beneficiaries and national / regional administrations;

2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI

Norbert ERDŐS, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marijana PETIR, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Daniel BUDA, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Jarosław KALINOWSKI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Notes, however, that a potential delay in adoption of CAP Strategic Plans may lead to late payments which has to be avoided;

2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI

Norbert ERDŐS, Marijana PETIR, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Daniel BUDA, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Jarosław KALINOWSKI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Highlights that the CAP indicators should be simple, realistic, easily quantifiable and controllable;

2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI

Norbert ERDŐS, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marijana PETIR, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Daniel BUDA, Michel DANTIN, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Jarosław KALINOWSKI, Momchil NEKOV

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)

5c. Calls for simple framework-type CAP Strategic Plans, allowing appropriate flexibility;

2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI

Norbert ERDŐS, Marijana PETIR, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Daniel BUDA, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Jarosław KALINOWSKI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 d (new)

5d. Considers that the collection of information should rely on satellite images and Integrated Administration and Control System databases rather than individual farmers’ data submission;

2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI

Norbert ERDŐS, Marijana PETIR, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Daniel BUDA, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Jarosław KALINOWSKI, Momchil NEKOV

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 g (new)

5g. Requests preserving the simplified Small Farmers Scheme; Believes that farmers having a land less than 5 hectares should have the opportunity to voluntarily step into this system;

2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI

Norbert ERDŐS, Marijana PETIR, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Daniel BUDA, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Jarosław KALINOWSKI, Momchil NEKOV

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 h (new)

5h. Believes that farmers having a land less than 5 hectares should have the opportunity to voluntarily step into this system;

2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI

Michel DANTIN, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Nuno MELO, Herbert DORFMANN, Norbert ERDŐS, Daniel BUDA, Angélique DELAHAYE, Alberto CIRIO, Sofia RIBEIRO, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Anne SANDER, Francis ZAMMIT DIMECH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. ~~Calls on~~Welcomes the proposal of the Commission to grant more flexibility to Member States and regions within the framework of the agricultural de minimis rules;

2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI

Daniel BUDA, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Maria Gabriela ZOANĂ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission to grant more flexibility to Member States and regions within the framework of the agricultural de minimis rules, while avoiding single market distortions;

2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI

Michel DANTIN, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Nuno MELO, Herbert DORFMANN, Norbert ERDŐS, Daniel BUDA, Angélique DELAHAYE, Alberto CIRIO, Sofia RIBEIRO, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Anne SANDER, Francis ZAMMIT DIMECH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Calls also on the Commission to provide Member States with more flexibility in the framework of the agricultural State aid rules to encourage farmers to setup voluntary precautionary savings in a view to better cope with the upsurge in climate-driven and health risks as well as economic crises;

2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI

Michel DANTIN, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, Daniel BUDA, Angélique DELAHAYE, Ramón Luis VALCÁRCEL SISO, Gabriel MATO, Sofia RIBEIRO, Alberto CIRIO, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Anne SANDER, Francis ZAMMIT DIMECH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Considers it necessary to maintain the current two-pillared architecture~~, particularly Pillar I, which is~~ ; underlines that Pillar I must remain dedicated to income support for farmers~~; considers it necessary~~ and, at the same time, ~~to compensate for~~incentivise the provision of enhanced public goods ~~on the basis of uniform criteria, while~~via a new European scheme focused on the economic and environmental performance of farmers’ practices and production model, while, as a complement, Pillar II should allow~~ing~~ Member States to ~~take~~adopt specific approaches to reflect local conditions, including the compensation of the extra- costs related to natural constraints, and be better targeted to support the development of agriculture activities;

2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI

Norbert ERDŐS, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marijana PETIR, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Daniel BUDA, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Jarosław KALINOWSKI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Considers it necessary 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 and sectoral conditions;

2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI

Daniel BUDA, Norbert ERDŐS, Maria Gabriela ZOANĂ, Michel DANTIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Considers that the current CAP architecture can only deliver its objectives if sufficiently funded and believes that any cuts could generate acute crises in several sectors; 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;

2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI

Michel DANTIN, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, Peter JAHR, Mairead McGUINNESS, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Albert DESS, Norbert LINS, Nuno MELO, Norbert ERDŐS, Daniel BUDA, Angélique DELAHAYE, Ramón Luis VALCÁRCEL SISO, Sofia RIBEIRO, Gabriel MATO, Alberto CIRIO, Tom VANDENKENDELAERE, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Anne SANDER, Francis ZAMMIT DIMECH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Stresses that the CAP budget should be adapted to future needs and challenges, like those derived from the impacts of Brexit and of free-trade agreements adopted by the EU with its main trading partners;

2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI

Michel DANTIN, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, Peter JAHR, Mairead McGUINNESS, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Albert DESS, Norbert LINS, Nuno MELO, Norbert ERDŐS, Daniel BUDA, Angélique DELAHAYE, Ramón Luis VALCÁRCEL SISO, Gabriel MATO, Sofia RIBEIRO, Alberto CIRIO, Tom VANDENKENDELAERE, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Anne SANDER, Francis ZAMMIT DIMECH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)

9b. Considers that the development of new EU policies and objectives must not be to the detriment of the CAP resources;

2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI

Daniel BUDA, Norbert ERDŐS, Maria Gabriela ZOANĂ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Calls on the Commission to establish a clearer definition of the genuine "active farmer", as the main beneficiary of the CAP support;

2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI

Norbert ERDŐS, Marijana PETIR, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Daniel BUDA, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Jarosław KALINOWSKI, Sandra KALNIETE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. ~~Calls for~~Believes that the existing ~~syst~~basic payment scheme for calculating direct payments in Pillar I~~, which is often based on historic entitlements, to be replaced by an EU- wide uniform method of calculating payments, in order to make the system simpler and more transparent~~ is too complicated;

2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI

Norbert ERDŐS, Marijana PETIR, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Daniel BUDA, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Jarosław KALINOWSKI, Sandra KALNIETE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Welcomes the simple, justified, transparent and easily executable Single Area Payment Scheme (SAPS) successfully applied in many Member States and, therefore, asks for the preservation of the SAPS after 2020 and suggests to let it used in any Member State or by any farmer in the EU;

2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI

Momchil NEKOV, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Tibor SZANYI, Daniel BUDA, Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Stresses the need for a fair and equal distribution of direct payments between Member States, which ~~must take into account socio-economic differences, different production costs and the amounts received by Member States under Pillar II~~is essential for the functioning of the Single market;

2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI

Daniel BUDA, Norbert ERDŐS, Maria Gabriela ZOANĂ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Believes that, provided that a level playing field in the single market can be guaranteed, voluntary coupled support (VCS) payments should be maintained in a flexible manner and to support other sectors, as a tool to counteract specific difficulties, particularly those arising from the structural competitive disadvantage of less- favoured and mountainous regions, as well as those which are more temporary in nature and arise from a shift away from the old entitlement scheme, for example;

2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI

Michel DANTIN, Mairead McGUINNESS, Marijana PETIR, Norbert ERDŐS, Daniel BUDA, Nuno MELO, Angélique DELAHAYE, Sofia RIBEIRO, Alberto CIRIO, Tom VANDENKENDELAERE, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Anne SANDER, Francis ZAMMIT DIMECH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Believes that the Single Common Market Organisation’s sectorial schemes, especially the operational programmes in the Fruits and Vegetable sector, have proven their effectiveness in enhancing the competitiveness and the structuration of the targeted sectors as well as improving their sustainability;

2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI

Michel DANTIN, Mairead McGUINNESS, Marijana PETIR, Norbert ERDŐS, Daniel BUDA, Nuno MELO, Angélique DELAHAYE, Sofia RIBEIRO, Alberto CIRIO, Tom VANDENKENDELAERE, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Anne SANDER, Francis ZAMMIT DIMECH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)

14b. Calls on the Commission to allow Member States to design similar sectorial and/or territorial schemes to support sectors facing difficulties arising from structural changes in international trade or in the socioeconomic conditions within the Member State (Brexit for example);

2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI

Michel DANTIN, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, Mairead McGUINNESS, Marijana PETIR, Daniel BUDA, Norbert ERDŐS, Angélique DELAHAYE, Ramón Luis VALCÁRCEL SISO, Gabriel MATO, Sofia RIBEIRO, Alberto CIRIO, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Anne SANDER, Francis ZAMMIT DIMECH

Motion for a resolution
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 new financial instruments and national measures~~, in order to incentivise famers to pass on their farming operation~~ promoting succession planning, facilitating and encouraging collaborative arrangements —such as partnerships, shared farming, contract rearing and leasing between old and young farmers;

2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI

Norbert ERDŐS, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marijana PETIR, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Daniel BUDA, Michel DANTIN, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Jarosław KALINOWSKI, Momchil NEKOV