17 Amendments of Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK related to 2018/2037(INI)
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 15 November 2017 on an Action Plan for nature, people and the economy,
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas current greening measures are too complex and inefficient;
Amendment 168 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the first pillar remains the main income support scheme for farmers and the guarantee for a level playing field within the Single Market; therefore stresses that the Commission should prevent policy dissimilarities between Member States in their respective national CAP implementation plans in so far as these could cause market distortions and unfair competition on a Union level;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas there is a need for an updated and fairer system of payments, as in many Member States the current system of entitlements is partly based on historic benchmarks which are now almost 20 years old and which constitute an obstacle to generational renewal and hinder young farmers’ access to farmland, as new entrants do not possess entitlements and are thus at a disadvantage;
Amendment 263 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Stresses that within the Common Market Organization (CMO) more options for cooperation within producer organizations (POs and APOs, including cooperatives), and interbranch organizations (IBOs) are required;
Amendment 346 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q a (new)
Recital Q a (new)
Amendment 605 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Believes that more targeted support for family farmagricultural family undertakings is necessary and can be achieved by introducing a compulsory higher support rate for small farms; considers, moreover, that support for larger farms agricultural family undertakings, set according to the average income and socio-economic conditions of the Member State; considers, moreover, that support for non-family undertakings above a certain sizeshould be diegressive, reflecting economies of scale and specific national and socio-economic circumstances, and be established on the basis of the surface area in which active farming takes place, with the possibility for capping to be decided by the Member States;
Amendment 648 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Underlines the necessity of identifying the key elements of a well- balanced, transparent and objective system of penalties and incentives for determining farmers’ eligibility for public funding, which should consist of voluntary and mandatory measures and be results- oriented thus shifting the emphasis from compliance to actual performance;
Amendment 687 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for the existing system for calculating direct payments in Pillar I, which is oftenin part 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;
Amendment 733 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses the need for a fair distribution of direct payments between Member States, which must take into account socio-economic differences, different production costs, different land prices, different price levels, the difference between farmers' incomes and average salaries in non-agricultural sectors in a Member State, and the amounts received by Member States under Pillar II;
Amendment 843 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Considers it important - in connection with generational renewal - to act on initiatives from within the sector, such as the ‘Farmer seeks Farmer’ project, and calls therefore on the Commission to carry out projects that demonstrably have potential to contribute to generational renewal;
Amendment 865 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Emphasises that Pillar II payments must not lead to large-scale relocation of production to Member States to the detriment of other Member States;
Amendment 934 #
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 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, and to which clearly formulated and easy- to verify objectives are coupled, so that farmers can deliver effectively and with less bureaucracy on environmental care, biodiversity, soil health, water management and climate action, while ensuring that Member States have adequate control and taking into account local conditions;
Amendment 985 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Believes that this new framework should be underpinned by the possible allocation of a minimum amount of the total available budget to AEMs, including carbon sequestration, soil health, organic agriculture, the mineral cycle, support for biodiversity, with a focus on pollinators, and genetic diversity in animals and plants;
Amendment 1038 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Refers the Commission to Parliament’s earlier call relating to green and blue services in return for payment based on market rates (European Parliament resolution of 15 November 2017 on an Action Plan for nature, people and the economy, paragraph 33);
Amendment 1064 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Calls on the Commission - in connection with revision of the CAP - to provide strong support for green and blue services relating to nature, landscape, recreation and water management, including protection of drinking-water sources and water defence measures, by developing a European policy framework for market-rate-based payments to active farmers providing such services, taking account of the subsidiarity principle and , in particular, national requirements and circumstances;
Amendment 1224 #
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 and effective responses to crisis situations, including those involving animal and plant health, disease-related issues, including antimicrobial resistance, and food safety;