Activities of John PROCTER related to 2017/2117(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the current situation and future prospects for the sheep and goat sectors in the EU PDF (361 KB) DOC (80 KB)
Amendments (19)
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas sheep- and goat-farming are low-profit-making sectors, with incomes that are among the weaklowest in the EU, chiefly as a result of high operating and regulatory costs, sometimes exceeding sales prices, causing many farmers to leave the sectors;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the average age of sheep and goat farmers is increasing, which leaves the sector vulnerable to a lack of skills and knowledge in the future;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the sheep meat market is highly seasonal, which can leave farmers and producers in economic uncertainty;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas there is a need to increase the value added in meat production and to introduce innovative new formulas more in step withappeal to the consumer habits of young people;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas, in recent years, New Zealand has increased exports of premium meat cuts and fresh or chilled meat, reducing its traditional exports of frozen meat, thus having a greater impact on the EU fresh-meat and high value meat market;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas the protection afforded to certain animal species under the Habitats Directive has led to increased attacks on herds of sheep and goats by wolves, bears, lynxes and lynfoxes, thus worsening the precarious situation in which some farms find themselves;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas vaccination of sheep and goats not only protects Member States’ flocks against cross-border diseases but also helps to mitigate the effects of antimicrobial resistance; whereas the cheaper cost of antimicrobials exacerbates this problem;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to step up support for innovation and the promotion of sheep- and goatmeat in the internal market, emphasising not only traditional products, but also newer cuts marketed to younger consumers; to counteract the idea that lamb is difficult to cook and goes against the current trend of avoiding red meat;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Supports maintaining, through direct payments, support for sheep and goat farmers;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. urges Member States to help sheep and goat farmers so that they may improve their productivity and competitiveness; emphasises that this should be market-driven;
Amendment 234 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recognises the contribution of sheep and goat farming to countryside maintenance across the EU;
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission and Member States to consider measures to improve transparency in the market, as well as the possibility of harmonising arrangements on carcasses, and such as the establishment of a European observatory monitoring the prices and production costs of sheep- and goatmeat;
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. believes a sheep’s age should be estimated by a method approved by the competent authority of the Member State of slaughter, or when a permanent incisor has erupted through the gum;
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls on the Commission to introduce a standard specification for sheep/ lamb carcasses in which they are classified and weighed before trimming; believes that existing dressing specifications and price reporting for sheep and goats collected by the EU under EC regulation 1308/2013 should be amended to make dressing and reporting to the European Commission scale as set out in 2137/1992 mandatory, as is required for cattle and pigs; believes these standardisation measures will allow for stronger market signals;
Amendment 285 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. emphasises the importance of zero-free tariff trade between the UK and the EU being able to continue post-Brexit;
Amendment 314 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Urges the Commission and the Member States to consider harmonstandardising tolerance levels when punishing livestock farmers for inadvertent errorsadministrative errors in farm records or in the application of the electronic identification system; to allow batch reporting for off-farm movements where the Member State is able to show a high proportion of movements recorded on an individual animal basis;
Amendment 345 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Invites the Commission and Member States in consultation with farmers and other stakeholders to consider rural development measures to protect herds from attack from predators and look into reviewing the Habitats Directive, with the aim of controlling the spread of predators in certain grazing areas;
Amendment 366 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on Member States to take steps that support vaccination uptake to combat the rise of antimicrobial resistance and to combat the spread of infectious diseases in sheep and goats;