6 Amendments of Bronis ROPĖ related to 2017/2043(BUD)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Takes note of price volatility in the agricultural markets having significantly increased in the recent years; in this context underlines the importance of EU assistance to farmers, ensuring stable and forecastable revenue and thus and ensuring the continuation of the European model of agriculture;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Urges the Commission to incentivise the creation and strengthening of producer organisations as one of several means of tackling unfair trading practices in the food supply chain, and; recalls its repeated requests for EU legislation in this regard; underlines the importance of close cooperation with Member States and relevant subnational authorities in the field of best practice exchanges and, where appropriate, - the development of relevant national legislation;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that opportunities offered by ‘'smart’' solutions should be further analysed and exploited;, while maintaining coherence with environment, climate and biodiversity policy objectives, ensuring close cooperation with relevant stakeholders from all Member States
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the creation of new market observatories for crops and sugar; considers that new observatories covering fruits and vegetables would be beneficial to those sectors and, together with the milk and meat observatories, would make agricultural markets more transparent; underlines that in order to fully exploit the potential of this innovation, market observatories should all be granted with certain market crisis mediation functions;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Highlights the importance of pilot projects to the Committee and the agricultural sector in recent years and asks for continued support, especially for those ongoing projects that have proved very successful as well as for adequate attention towards dissemination of best practices and lessons learned and for mainstreaming of successful approaches;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Asks that sufficient funds be earmarked for EU veterinary and phyto- sanitary actions; stresses that the current appropriation of EUR 20 million may not be sufficient to cover an increased number of epidemics such as avian influenza, African swine fewer, lumpy skin disease and fresh outbreaks of Xylella fastidiosa. Notes in this context the need to ensure resilient and therefore biologically and structurally diverse agro-ecosystems that can withstand and regulate pest presence, especially the need to ensure funds post- eradication for the rehabilitation of living healthy soils and on-farm biodiversity including genetic diversity of varieties and breeds.