7 Amendments of Momchil NEKOV related to 2016/2100(INI)
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Recital Б a (new)
Recital Б a (new)
Ba. whereas close to 80% of farms in the EU are smaller than 10 ha; whereas family farms account for more than 95% of all holdings in the EU and for more than 85% jobs in the sector; whereas those farms are less competitive and less able to adjust to market shocks and changes;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Recital Б b (new)
Recital Б b (new)
Bb. whereas about 75% of holdings in the EU specialise in a particular crop or livestock species and only 25% are mixed- crop (4.8%) or mixed-livestock farms (4.4%) or a combination of the two (13.8%), which also results in less flexibility as regards production and supply;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Recital Б c (new)
Recital Б c (new)
Bc. whereas the aim of quality schemes for EU agricultural products and foodstuffs, in particular schemes covering geographical indications and organic farming products, is to make EU producers more competitive, raise their profile and protect them more effectively; whereas some Member States have laid down mechanisms to promote and support geographical indication schemes as part of their rural development programmes;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Recital Б d (new)
Recital Б d (new)
Bd. whereas following the entry into force of the Paris Agreement concluded under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and the emissions reduction proposal, it is expected in most EU Member States that requirements within agriculture will be more stringent, putting EU producers at risk of losing competitiveness;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that competition policy must attach the same importance to defending the interests of agricultural producers, including small and medium- sized farms and family farms, as it does to defending consumers’ interests, ensuring that theproducers fair conditions for competition are fairnd a decent income so as to foster viability, investment, employment and innovation in agricultural markets;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that the current crisis situation in farming calls for fresh initiatives and/or improvements to current instruments so as to ensure that competition policy takes better account of the specific nature of agriculture;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for simplification ofon the Commission to propose now, as part of the CAP mid-term review, measures to simplify the rules on farmers’ organising collectively, so as to strengthen their negotiating capacity while safeguarding the principles set out in Article 39 TFEU;