13 Amendments of Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK related to 2015/2227(INI)
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the competitiveness of the common agricultural policy (CAP) is mentioned as one of the key goals in Article 4(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013, and increasing sustainable productivity and ensuring reasonable pricesacceptable selling prices for Europe's family farmers, as mentioned in Article 39 TFEU, can be best achieved, inter alia, through innovation;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas the agricultural sector has been subject to frequent cycles of change aimed at enhancing agricultural productivity, which, together with the permanent premise that family farms must be preserved in the Union, have contributed significantly to the socioeconomic development of agriculture in the Union to its current level; whereas the incorporation of the latest technologies into farming practices will bring significant benefits for all family farm sizes;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Encourages innovative solutions in animal housing systems that can contribute to a higher level of animal welfare and consequently lead to higher levels of animal health, by reducing the need for veterinary medicinal products, including antimicrobials, while observing that such solutions must take due account of the impact of the cost price; stresses that the application of antimicrobials should be prudent and responsible and would be improved by improving the entire production chain with more efficient and faster diagnostic tools that rely on data, better real-time monitoring, targeted precautionary measures and new ways of dispensing in order to combat antimicrobial resistance;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the growing reuse and innovative methods of use and production of animal protein for feed and food, inter alia through growing insects that can deliver an efficient conversion of organic residual streams into protein and nutrients with a lower climate impact and using less water than most conventional farm animals; is concerned that the current legislation on processed animal protein does not take into account the specificities of the production process for insects, since use of insect proteins is obstructed by outdated regulatory frameworks that make slaughterhouse requirement applicable to insects; urges the Commission to clarify this issue; remove all possible obstacles in accordance with its ambition for Better Regulation and avoidance of unnecessary bureaucratic and legal burdens;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Is concerned that the EU is highly dependent on the import of minerals for the production of artificial fertilisers such as phosphate and that the production of artificial fertilisers has a high carbon and ecological footprint; emphasises the possibility of processing animal manure into mineral concentrate that could be used to manufacture ‘green fertiliser’ that can reduce and eventually replace the need for artificial fertilisers, in the light of an efficiency level comparable to that of the latter; welcomes the fact that the production and use of mineral concentrates makes a significant contribution to the circular economy by closing the mineral loop and will considerably reduce farms' fertiliser costs, and asks the Commission to revise the EU fertiliser regulation and remove barriers in the nitrates directive so as to render possible, without legislative obstacles, and stimulate the development of mineral concentrate from animal manure;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 266 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Highlights the possibility of using financial instruments to help improve stable returns and margins; notes that only five Member States have taken up the extended possibilities under the new Rural Development Programme to make use of market-compatible financial instruments in order to address market gaps; calls on the Commission to facilitate access to capital, – both loans on the one hand and funds and subsidies on the other – since lack of such access for family farms is often a barrier to their participation and inclusion in the field of necessary agricultural innovation;
Amendment 269 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls on the Commission to present an information strategy in order to dramatically improve the access enjoyed by family farms to subsidies, funds and other financial instruments in the field of innovation;
Amendment 285 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Welcomes the opportunities opened up by the European Innovation Partnership AGRI (EIP-AGRI) for applied research within the agricultural sector, but is worried by the fragmented way the EIP- AGRI is implemented as part of national or regional Pillar II programmes; asks the Commission to look into the possibility of changing the EIP-AGRI cofinancing mechanisms in order to ensure effective research that is better linktailored to the market and is driven by real entrepreneurial needsspecific socioeconomic needs of – and implemented in cooperation with – family farms in the Union, creating cross-border research focus groups and better participation possibilities for businessesas many ordinary farms as possible, with a more active involvement by the Commission in terms of providing an explicit innovation and research agenda linked to Horizon 2020 programmes;
Amendment 290 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Considers that economic development and ecological sustainability are complementary provided enough room is left for innovation and entrepreneurship and provided action is taken to prevent the appearance of differences in national implementation, and to retrospectively eliminate such differences, so as to ensure a genuine level playing field in the Union, also by exploring new and relevant techniques such as satellite imaging; calls on the Commission to ensure a genuine level playing field for the agricultural sector by actively monitoring relevant legislation such as the Birds and Habitats Directives and the implementation thereofdisparate, contradictory and suboptimal implementation thereof in the various Member States of the Union and reporting back to Parliament every two years;
Amendment 301 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses that the CAP should be more focused on farmers’ needs while not compromising policy goals; stresses the need for a more flexible legislative framework that is better aligned to deliver synergies with other sectors such as chemicals, health and technology, by enhancing knowledge crossovers, integration of resource use and better understanding of reciprocal effects in order to optimise their interplay and better integrate with the circular economy, stresses further that a market-oriented CAPCAP which is based on the social market economy and on family farms, as the essential core values of the genesis of this Union, will enhance the innovative power and competitiveness of the European agricultural sector by reducing government intervention and stimulating entrepreneurshipand will contribute to the economic development of rural areas in Europe;
Amendment 304 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls on the Commission to report every two years on the impact of Union financing and other Union measures in the field of agricultural innovation on the development of cost prices and selling prices of agricultural products and on the associated financial and economic prospects of family farms in the Union;