4 Amendments of Bronis ROPĖ related to 2016/2100(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the different levels of direct farm payments in the various Member States, fluctuating between EUR 159 (in Latvia) and EUR 418 (in the Netherlands), even when allowing for different price levels, create unequal conditions of competition and thus distort competition on the agricultural market;
Amendment 118 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Expresses concern at the negative impact that different levels of direct farm payments in the various Member States, fluctuating between EUR 159 (in Latvia) and EUR 418 (in the Netherlands), have on the competitiveness of the agricultural sectors of the Member States, and calls on the Commission and the Council to take immediate steps to reduce this disparity and to guarantee fair competition;
Amendment 126 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Calls for the harmonisation of direct farm payments, based on transparent, public and measurable indicators of agricultural production costs, to be the cornerstone of the upcoming revision of the common agricultural policy;
Amendment 127 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 c (new)
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10c. Stresses that the common agricultural policy cannot remain outside the scope of the principle of fair competition, and therefore aims to ensure that the new post-2020 multiannual financial framework will provide for uniform direct payments for all Member States' farmers.