Activities of Valérie HAYER related to 2024/0274(COD)
Shadow opinions (1)
BUDGETARY ASSESSMENT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2020/2220 as regards specific measures under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) to provide additional assistance to Member States affected by natural disasters
Amendments (4)
Amendment 4 #
Recital G
G. whereas the legislative amendment is meant to provide more budgetary flexibility to reallocate funding for new measures under the EAFRD to provide 1 OJ L, 2024/2509, 26.9.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/2509/oj additional targeted assistance and flexibility to Member States affected by natural disasters, which occurred as of 1 January 2024;
Amendment 6 #
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that the EP has repeatedly criticised the use of cohesionalready programed funding as emergency response tool and maintains that this approach risks undermining its longer-term policy and investment objectives as set out in the EARDF; acknowledges, however, that the present proposal offers a pragmatic solution to deal with insufficient budgetary flexibility and crisis response capacity in the EU budget, in order to provide a fast response to the needs of the affected populations;
Amendment 11 #
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the tangible financial support to farmers, foresters and SMEs that are victims of natural disasters such as severe floods and wildfires, as a concrete expression of European solidarity; acknowledges the need to swiftly address the income losses that European farmers, foresters as well as small and medium businesses active in processing, marketing or development of agricultural and forestry products are facing due to recent devastating climate-related disasters; welcomes the fact that the financial support provided through the present proposal should prioritise support measures based on the ‘build back better’ principle, paving the way for a more comprehensive and preventive EU support to foster preparedness and resilience in the EU’s rural areas;
Amendment 17 #
Paragraph 11
11. Considers that, in the longer term, a more developed and genuine budgetary flexibility should allow, in comparable cases, to make budgetary transfers in order to use the money under an dedicated expenditure instrument with a budget line, legal base and governance framework which are better suited for emergency response and liquidity support.;