10 Amendments of Tom VANDENKENDELAERE related to 2017/2088(INI)
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recommends that the support to the ‘Young Farmer Scheme’ should continue and the maximum level of national funding allocation be increased beyond 2 %implement the recent decisions taken in the Omnibus Regulation in order to encourage generational renewal;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recommends that the limit placed on access to supports (currently five years from the establishment of the business)ed possibilities to support young farmers should be reviewed in order to encourage generational turnoverrenewal;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Draws attention toRecommends to make the opportunities for young farmers, offered in the European Structural and Investment (ESI) Funds to design and implement financial instruments in the form of loan, guarantee or equity funds in order to provide access to finance to those in need, more accessible;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the fact that Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform 2014- 2020 introduced new measures to support young farmers in setting up farms; expresses concern however thatthat the level of administrative burdens may be inhibitings the take-up of these measures; notes that the overall administration of the direct payments and Rural Development Programme measures is perceived as very complex and difficult, especially for new entrants who are not familiar with the payment system;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that access to land is the largest barrier to new entrants tostarting farmingers in Europe and is limited by the low supply of land for sale or rent in many regions, as well as by the competition from other farmers, investors and residential users; considernotes that the land access problem is exacerbatinfluenced by the current direct payment structure, which requires minimal active use of the land and allocates subsidies largely on the basis of land ownership; believes that the existing farmers are incentivised to retain land access in order to retain subsidy access instead of ensuring the best use of the land; recommends increasing the activity levels required to receive payments and to target subsidy payments towards the achievement of particular outcomes (e.g. production of specific environmental or social goods); notes that certain existing farmers are incentivised to retain land access in order to retain subsidy access; calls the European Commission to consider a system of digressive direct payments;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Considers that Member States could develop tools such as land banks (already existing in some Member States) to further facilitate access to land and prioritizing new entrants to farming;
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes that in many Member States the generational renewal and the access of young people to agricultural land is hindered by late succession; considers that the current CAP lacks any incentives for older farmers to pass their businesses to younger generations; recommends reconsidering the implementation of measures that would motivate older holders to pass their farms to young farmers,; such as the ‘a farm-exit scheme’, which guarantees a land transfer to a young active farmer, and other incentives for retirement;
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Asks for the promotion of new models of collaboration between generations of farmers through partnership, share-farming, agricultural machinery cooperatives, long-term leasing and other long-term arrangements, farm-to-farm arrangements and funds for national or regional organisations engaged in promoting and facilitating matching services between young and old farmers (such as land mobility services);
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. The same conditions and standard of living should be ensured for young people living in rural areas as well as for those living in urban areas. In order to avoid discrimination and to prevent the abandonment of rural areas, it should be provided: Wi-Fi connection, access to health, education, training and innovation, better roads;
Amendment 261 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Encourages the setting-up of an "Erasmus" type scheme associated with vocational training to improve young farmers' skills and experience;