7 Amendments of Bronis ROPĖ related to 2017/2053(INI)
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Considers it inappropriate for Member States to co-finance direct payments, as this could worsen the existing inequality in direct payments between Member States;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Notes with concern the references to financial instruments in the Reflection Paper on the Future of EU Finances, and recalls that financial instruments are only appropriate for revenue-generating projects; stresses that financial instruments can play a complementary role but should not be used to replace grants; stresses that financial instruments should be bound by the same objectives and targets as the EU budget;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Cautions against the generalised use of such instruments, particularly in rural development, where investment is required to provide a broad range of public goods which do not necessarily generate revenue;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Stresses that financial instruments such as risk management tools can lead to leakage of public money to financial intermediaries, and are of varying efficiency in ensuring stable farm incomes, amongst other CAP objectives;
Amendment 43 #
5. Stresses that agricultural duties are both a policy instrument and a financing tool for the CAP; notes that the HLGOR’s report recommends that they be retained in future since they are a simple, efficient and genuine own resource for the Union; notes that the share of traditional own resources has steadily decreased over the years, as decreases in average tariffs have not been sufficiently compensated by increases in trade volumes;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes that free trade agreements have often resulted in lowered agricultural duties and therefore contribute to reduced revenue from traditional own resources;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the CAP’s added value in strengthening the Union’s long-term food security through more stable farm incomes and sustainable rural development measures tohat invest in rural communities and farms and thereby prevent rural depopulation; emphasises the potential of the CAP to provide more environmental public goods and stresses the need to safeguard the contribution of agricultural duties to EU finances.