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Activities of Georgios EPITIDEIOS related to 2015/2353(INI)

Plenary speeches (1)

Preparation of the post-electoral revision of the MFF 2014-2020: Parliament's input ahead of the Commission's proposal (A8-0224/2016 - Jan Olbrycht, Isabelle Thomas) EL
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2353(INI)

Amendments (3)

Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Stresses that the Neighbourhood Policy does not need to be a part of Agricultural Policy matters by offering favourable treatment to third-country agricultural and livestock products in an effort to avoid giving financial assistance to those countries; the above policy results in unfair competition and is economically damaging for Member State farmers; this is what happened with the approval to import 70 000 tonnes of olive oil from Tunisia, which affected the financial interests of farmers in the south of Europe, particularly in Greece;
2016/05/04
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 107 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses that the success of the CAP and acceptance thereof also depends on further reducing bureaucracy and, limiting regulatory administrative provisions to an acceptable level and fully harmonising the tax rate on agricultural products in all Member States;
2016/05/04
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 117 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 17
17. Strongly opposes any renationalisation of agricultural policies; stresses that the common nature of the EU’s agricultural policy avoids distortion of competition within the internal market and generates savings for European taxpayers, provided that it takes account of and addresses the production needs and specificities for certain agricultural products which are grown in specific Member States; affirms that a well-functioning and well-financed second pillar is essential for the success of the CAP and for the economic well-being of the Union’s rural areas;
2016/05/04
Committee: AGRI