Activities of Jacques COLOMBIER
Plenary speeches (26)
Brunei FR
European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (debate) FR
Listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement (Kosovo) (debate) FR
Situation in Algeria (debate) FR
Post-Arab Spring: way forward for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region (debate) FR
2018 Report on Turkey (debate) FR
EU-Singapore Free Trade Agreement - EU-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (resolution) - EU-Singapore Investment Protection Agreement - EU-Singapore Investment Protection Agreement (resolution) - EU-Singapore Partnership and Cooperation Agreement - EU-Singapore Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (resolution) (debate) FR
Annual report on competition policy (debate) FR
Azerbaijan, notably the case of Mehman Huseynov FR
Implementation of the EU-Colombia and Peru Trade Agreement - Implementation report on the trade pillar of the Association Agreement with Central America (debate) FR
EU-Ukraine Association Agreement (debate) FR
Increasing EU resilience against the influence of foreign actors on the upcoming EP election campaign (topical debate) FR
The extraterritorial effects of US sanctions on Iran for European companies (debate) FR
Authorisation and supervision of medicinal products for human and veterinary use - Veterinary medicinal products - Manufacture, placing on the market and use of medicated feed (debate) FR
The killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul (debate) FR
EU support to UNRWA, following the US withdrawal of financial support to UNRWA (debate) FR
EU Agenda for Rural, Mountainous and Remote Areas (debate) FR
Uganda, arrest of parliamentarians from the opposition FR
Somalia (debate) FR
The recent declaration of Italy's Interior Minister on Sinti and Roma and minority rights in the EU (topical debate) FR
Human rights situation in Bahrain, notably the case of Nabeel Rajab FR
Sudan, notably the situation of Noura Hussein Hammad FR
Addressing farm safety in the EU (debate) FR
Organic production and labelling of organic products (debate) FR
The violation of human rights and the rule of law in the case of two Greek soldiers arrested and detained in Turkey (debate) FR
Situation in the Maldives FR
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on unfair trading practices in business-to-business relationships in the food supply chain PDF (1 MB) DOC (245 KB)
Written explanations (68)
Draft amending budget No 1/2018 accompanying the proposal to mobilise the EU Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Greece, Spain, France and Portugal (C8-0181/2018) FR
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2018/000 TA 2018 - Technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission (A8-0172/2018 - Eider Gardiazabal Rubial) FR
Objection pursuant to Rule 106: genetically modified maize 1507 × 59122 × MON 810 × NK603, and genetically modified maize combining two or three of the single events 1507, 59122, MON 810 and NK603 (D056123) (B8-0233/2018) FR
Conformity of fisheries products with access criteria to the EU market (A8-0156/2018 - Linnéa Engström) FR
Fishing mortality ranges and safeguard levels for certain herring stocks in the Baltic Sea (A8-0149/2018 - Alain Cadec) FR
EU-Switzerland Agreement on the cumulation of origin between the EU, Switzerland, Norway and Turkey in the framework of the Generalised System of Preferences (A8-0151/2018 - Tiziana Beghin) FR
EU-Norway Agreement on the cumulation of origin between the EU, Switzerland, Norway and Turkey in the framework of the Generalised System of Preferences (A8-0152/2018 - Tiziana Beghin) FR
Multiannual plan for demersal stocks in the North Sea and the fisheries exploiting those stocks (A8-0263/2017 - Ulrike Rodust) FR
Vote pour: tenir compte des pêcheries mixtes est la principale adaptation bienvenue. Ce plan propose ainsi d’assouplir la gestion des prises accessoires, notamment en autorisant dans une certaine mesure les rejets en mer, mais aussi en permettant l’échange des possibilités de pêche avec des pays tiers.
Management, conservation and control measures applicable in the Convention Area of the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (A8-0377/2017 - Linnéa Engström) FR
Vote pour: la transposition de ces mesures dans le droit de l’Union ne semble pas poser de problème, d’autant que les États européens qui sont parties contractantes dans cette ORGP participent à la lutte contre la pêche illégale (en appliquant des mesures similaires à celles déjà prévues dans le droit de l’Union).
Protocol to the EU-Uzbekistan Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (accession of Croatia) (A8-0104/2018 - Jozo Radoš) FR
Vote contre: il s’agit d’un rapport de codification qui actualise, en raison de l’adhésion de la Croatie, un rapport précédemment voté. Le rapport UE-Ouzbékistan relève de la volonté de l’Union d’élargir la logique du partenariat oriental, qui nous a déjà coûté la guerre d’Ukraine. Cette logique, transposée dans la zone géopolitique la plus complexe au monde, l’Asie centrale, est potentiellement désastreuse.
EU-Korea Framework Agreement (accession of Croatia) (A8-0120/2018 - Tokia Saïfi) FR
Vote contre: il s’agit d’un rapport de codification qui actualise en raison de l’entrée de la Croatie un rapport précédemment voté. La Corée est un des pays les plus avancé au monde dans le protectionnisme intelligent et l’intelligence économique en vertu de l’application du concept cardinal de Juche (indépendance), clé de voûte de la pensée politique coréenne.
Current situation and future prospects for the sheep and goat sectors in the EU (A8-0064/2018 - Esther Herranz García) FR
Vote pour: ce rapport, soutenu par nos députés en commission Agriculture et développement rural, présente de nombreuses mesures visant à améliorer la situation des filières ovine et caprine. Devant l’intérêt manifeste des professionnels du secteur pour les solutions proposées nous ne pouvons évidemment qu’approuver ce rapport.
Packaging and packaging waste (A8-0029/2017 - Simona Bonafè) FR
Abstention: la portée de cette directive à l’origine trop contraignante et ambitieuse a été relativement édulcorée par le Conseil. Elle confère un surplus d’autorité à la Commission, alourdit la charge administrative des États/entreprises à travers les systèmes d’enregistrement, et permet à la Commission de proposer des objectifs contraignants supplémentaires en matière de calcul, de réutilisation, de recyclage et d’élimination.
End-of-life vehicles, waste batteries and accumulators and waste electrical and electronic equipment (A8-0013/2017 - Simona Bonafè) FR
Integrity policy of the Commission, in particular the appointment of the Secretary-General of the European Commission (B8-0214/2018) FR
Progress on UN Global compacts for safe, orderly and regular migration and on refugees (B8-0184/2018) FR
Annual reports 2015-2016 on subsidiarity and proportionality (A8-0141/2018 - Mady Delvaux) FR
Discharge 2016: Court of Auditors' special reports in the context of the 2016 Commission discharge (A8-0130/2018 - Joachim Zeller) FR
Vote contre: si nous pouvons souscrire largement aux critiques émises par la Cour des comptes, il est nécessaire de rappeler que les solutions proposées vont rarement dans un sens que nous pourrions juger favorable. En effet, les recommandations de la Cour sont souvent en faveur de plus d’intégration et renforcent régulièrement le pouvoir de la Commission.
Discharge 2016: EU general budget - Court of Auditors (A8-0089/2018 - Ingeborg Gräßle) FR
Discharge 2016: EU general budget - European Data Protection Supervisor (A8-0099/2018 - Ingeborg Gräßle) FR
EU-Lebanon Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation: participation of Lebanon in the Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA) (A8-0352/2017 - Sofia Sakorafa) FR
EU-Mauritius Fisheries Partnership Agreement: fishing opportunities and financial contribution (A8-0053/2018 - Norica Nicolai) FR
Vote contre: l’Île Maurice convoite depuis longtemps l’île française de Tromelin et sa ZEE (280 000 km²) et continue de délivrer des licences de pêche pour l’ensemble de sa ZEE en y mentionnant par précaution que le secteur de Tromelin est une «zone de souveraineté contestée». Ce nonobstant, on remarque que des bateaux sans permis continuent de pêcher illégalement dans les eaux de Tromelin.
Inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use, land use change and forestry into the 2030 climate and energy framework (A8-0262/2017 - Norbert Lins) FR
Vote contre: dans l’ensemble, il s’agit rapport très technocratique, dans la lignée des accords de Paris, contraignant et entamant ce qui est une compétence exclusive des États membres. Malgré certains efforts pour ne pas pénaliser par des débits comptables les efforts de gestion durable des forêts, l'ambition de la stratégie climatique européenne reste trop éloignée des intérêts des États, dont la France.
Binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions to meet commitments under the Paris Agreement (A8-0208/2017 - Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy) FR
Implementation of the 7th Environment Action Programme (A8-0059/2018 - Daciana Octavia Sârbu) FR
Abstention: comme de rigueur pour un rapport d’initiative, le Parlement adresse à la Commission une série de vœux, parmi lesquels certains vont dans le bon sens (reconnaissance des erreurs passées, mauvaise gestion environnementale, échec de la PAC, priorité des investissements, perturbateurs endocriniens...) et d’autres sont des appels à fédéraliser ou promouvoir des fausses bonnes solutions (ODD, objectifs contraignants, gouvernance, réforme de la PAC, réforme de la mobilité).
EU-Comoros fisheries partnership agreement: denunciation (A8-0058/2018 - João Ferreira) FR
Vote pour: les Comores ne luttent pas contre la pêche illicite. Au contraire, la Commission dispose bel et bien des preuves que la flotte comorienne pratique la pêche illicite. À ces preuves s’ajoutent la pratique du pavillon de complaisance et l’absence de contrôle et de surveillance des autorités comoriennes.
US attack on EU farm support under the CAP (in the context of Spanish olives) (B8-0137/2018, B8-0137/2018, B8-0138/2018, B8-0145/2018, B8-0147/2018, B8-0148/2018, B8-0149/2018, B8-0151/2018) FR
Rail transport statistics (A8-0038/2018 - Karima Delli) FR
Vote pour: il s'agit d'une adaptation technique dans le cadre d’une procédure de refonte. La Commission propose de supprimer un paragraphe. En effet, lors de la révision du règlement en 2016, les colégislateurs n’ont pas accordé à la Commission les pouvoirs de modifier les annexes du règlement. L’article retiré n’a donc pas lieu d’être.
European Semester for economic policy coordination: Annual Growth Survey 2018 (A8-0047/2018 - Hugues Bayet) FR
European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social aspects in the Annual Growth Survey 2018 (A8-0052/2018 - Krzysztof Hetman) FR
EU-New Zealand agreement on cooperation and mutual administrative assistance in customs matters (A8-0029/2018 - Daniel Caspary) FR
Initial qualification and periodic training of drivers of certain road vehicles and driving licences (A8-0321/2017 - Peter Lundgren) FR
Insurance distribution: date of application of Member States' transposition measures (A8-0024/2018 - Werner Langen) FR
EU-USA Bilateral Agreement on prudential measures regarding insurance and reinsurance (A8-0008/2018 - Roberto Gualtieri) FR
. – Vote contre: les accords avec les États-Unis sont par nature inégalitaires en ce que les engagements de l’État fédéral ne lient pas les États fédérés. L’engagement de l’UE vaut, lui, engagement ferme et application en droit de tous les États membres. A titre d’exemple, l’ouverture des marchés publics européens n’a jamais été réciproque. En outre, la formulation technique de l’accord et l’absence d’étude d’impact ne permettent pas de se faire une idée sur sa portée réelle.
Setting up a special committee on financial crimes, tax evasion and tax avoidance (TAX3), its responsibilities, numerical strength and term of office (B8-0125/2018) FR
Definition, presentation and labelling of spirit drinks and protection of geographical indications thereof (A8-0021/2018 - Pilar Ayuso) FR
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2017/006 ES/Galicia apparel (A8-0033/2018 - Esteban González Pons) FR
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2017/007 SE/Ericsson (A8-0032/2018 - Urmas Paet) FR
Commission decision to activate Article 7 (1) TEU as regards the situation in Poland (B8-0119/2018, B8-0120/2018, B8-0121/2018) FR
. – Vote: contre la proposition de résolution, pour la résolution alternative ECR et pour la résolution alternative ENL. Il s’agit d’une pression purement politique, destinée à faire plier un gouvernement jugé trop conservateur qui refuse la politique migratoire de l’UE. Une ingérence intolérable dans les affaires intérieures d'un État membre.
Situation of fundamental rights in the EU in 2016 (A8-0025/2018 - Frank Engel) FR
. – Vote contre: ce rapport fait preuve d’ingérence dans de nombreux domaines et n’aborde qu’en partie la question des droits fondamentaux, faisant de la place pour des éléments purement politiques et idéologiques. Le prétexte des droits fondamentaux sert en réalité à critiquer les pays, les partis et les individus qui refusent la mondialisation heureuse et la soumission totale à Bruxelles.
Written questions (3)
Management of species PDF (4 KB) DOC (17 KB)
VP/HR - Release of two Greek soldiers PDF (5 KB) DOC (16 KB)
Safeguarding the precautionary principle in the EU-Mercosur trade agreement PDF (103 KB) DOC (18 KB)
Amendments (306)
Amendment 26 #
2018/2110(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas EU trade policy, particularly the increasing number of free-trade agreements, has made it necessary to transport live animals with increasing frequency, with the harm that this entails for them;
Amendment 74 #
2018/2110(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas it is clear that farmers, who are constantly on trial in the court of public opinion, are attached to their animals, and whereas they cannot, therefore, be held liable for any mistreatment of them during transport;
Amendment 138 #
2018/2110(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that repeated infringements should lead to prosecution, penalties includingthat may stretch to the confiscation of vehicles, coupled with a ban on transporting the offending loads, and compulsory retraining of those responsible for the welfare and transport of animals;
Amendment 166 #
2018/2110(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for increased cooperation between competent authorities to strengthen enforcement by using technology, and inspections on parts and spot-checks to create a real-time feedback loop between the Member State at the point of departure and the Member State at the point of arrival; takes the view that should animals which started out in a good state of fitness arrive in a poor state of fitness, then the exporter company must be immediately penalised;
Amendment 186 #
2018/2110(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Stresses that slaughter costs differ considerably from Member State to Member State and calls for the economic, environmental and societal costs of transport to be taken into account and form the basis of a policy of financial incentives for putting in place alternatives at local level;
Amendment 202 #
2018/2110(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes that the Commission, according to the 2018 Court of Auditors special report on animal welfare in the EU, has recognised that the data reported by some Member States is not complete, consistent, reliable or sufficiently detailed to permit drawing conclusions on compliance at EU level;
Amendment 245 #
2018/2110(INI)
14. Insists that the journey time for all animals being transported must be as short as possible, in line with recital 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1/2005, which states that ‘for reasons of animal welfare the transport of animals over long journeys … should be limited as far as possible’; specifies that this provision must be enforced all the more strictly when the transport is from, to, or in transit through a hot country;
Amendment 273 #
2018/2110(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls for the reduction of animal journey times, in particular long and very long journey times, by employing alternative strategies, such as economically viable local or mobile slaughter facilities, replacing the transport of breeding animals by using semen or embryos, and transportation of carcasses and meat products, as well as by means of legislative initiatives in Member States to facilitate on-farm slaughter;
Amendment 289 #
2018/2110(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Draws the Commission's attention to the existence of mobile slaughter facilities in Sweden and the authorisation for them to be tested in France in July 2018, which are simple and viable solutions to reducing transport, increasing animal welfare and promoting direct sales from farms;
Amendment 340 #
2018/2110(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission to develop a full working definition of what constitutes fitness, and to provide robust training courses to farmers, drivers and veterinarians, as well as clear information to the livestock farmers concerned on how their animals should be treated, in order to reduce the high levels of fitness infringement in Member States;
Amendment 391 #
2018/2110(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Deplores the fact that the standards practised by third countries are not as high as those within the EU; calls on the Commission to strengthen the existing requirements vis-à-vis the Union’s trading partners, especially regarding trade in animals, and to ensure, where necessary, that trade relations cease with those who do not comply with an equivalent level of standards;
Amendment 399 #
2018/2110(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Points out that the transport of live animals causes the rapid spread of diseases and calls for health checks to be more stringent and, during animal epidemics, systematic when the Union's borders are crossed;
Amendment 404 #
2018/2110(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Is appalled at reports of extremely long and distressing waiting periods for animals at borders; calls on Member States having borders with third countries to open dedicated express lanes at customs for animals being transported, in order to reduce waiting perioddevelop decent waiting solutions for animals, in particular lorry unloading areas, in order to give them some rest time during long journeys, or to enable the competent authorities to conduct health checks in the best conditions;
Amendment 427 #
2018/2110(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Stresses that unlesslive animal transport standards injourneys to third countries are aligned with those of the EU, live animal transport journeys to third countries should be forbiddeshould be conditional upon compliance with standards equivalent to those of the EU, throughout the transport chain;
Amendment 6 #
2018/2102(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the TFEU assigns primacy to the common agricultural policy (CAP) over competition law, and whereas this key principle must not be undermined under any circumstances;
Amendment 12 #
2018/2102(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas Article 39 TFEU gives the CAP the objective of ensuring a fair standard of living for the agricultural community, whereas this objective has obviously not been met, and whereas this is causing serious consequences for agricultural producers, their farms and rural zones as a whole;
Amendment 32 #
2018/2102(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Points out that, generally speaking, European competition policy is applied with the aim of systematically defending consumers at the expense of agricultural producers; considers that these two interests should be placed on an equal footingfood security can only be a sustainable goal if it guarantees a fair standard of living for the farming community, and if the interests of producers and consumers are placed on the same level to this end;
Amendment 36 #
2018/2102(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that the ultimate goal of EU policies must be to ensure fair prices that are in line with production costs and reflect the quality of the production processes; points out that the European primary sector owes its competitiveness principally to its compliance with qualitative, environmental and social standards and that these values must not be undermined by 'predatory pricing' strategies;
Amendment 77 #
2018/2102(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that the entry of products onto the European market from third countries which do not meet the same social, health and environmental standards faces European producers with unfair competition; calls, therefore, for the systematic application of the principles of reciprocity and compliance as regards agricultural products in trade negotiations; stresses that certification 'equivalence' must also be continuously verified and monitored and must be immediately revocable by the EU if its reliability is revealed to be undermined by fraud;
Amendment 81 #
2018/2102(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that the entry of products onto the European market from third countries which do not meet the same social, health and environmental standards faces European producers with unfair competition; calls, therefore, for the systematic application of the principles of reciprocity and compliance as regards agricultural products in trade negotiations and in all the ongoing free trade negotiations;
Amendment 88 #
2018/2102(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the interests of farmers are protected following the acquisition of Monsanto by the Bayer group, which could damageit should never have accepted, and which poses a serious risk to competition in the field of access to crop protection products and seeds.
Amendment 96 #
2018/2102(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls for checks on agricultural products at national border crossings to no longer be considered as a violation of fair competition, but as a necessary guarantee that European social, health and environmental requirements are being complied with.
Amendment 3 #
2018/2094(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas Union agricultural products and human know-how contribute to the Union’s living cultural and gastronomic heritage, enhancing territorial and social cohesion, as well as local, regional and regnational traditions; whereas there is increased demand for high -quality and traditional products and products from a specific geographical area at European and global level;
Amendment 9 #
2018/2094(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the Union’s major critics point to the existence of a gapre is a clear discrepancy between the Union’s proposed action and its realisation at national and local levels, andwhich shows that the European-level decision-making system used for the CAP is no longer suitable for the modern agricultural context; whereas the withdrawal of the UK will have important impacts on the future financing of the Union, but whereas this does not justify any reduction to CAP funding;
Amendment 25 #
2018/2094(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls the importance of the common agricultural policy (CAP) in terms of the budget and of its legacy to the history of the Union; recalls that the CAP is still one of the most important and most integrated policies, and that it will continue to contribute to building Europe’s futureerefore requires a sufficiently large budget;
Amendment 36 #
2018/2094(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that the competitiveness of European agriculture results in part from the synergy of organic production and geographical indications, which benefit both producers and consumers; stresses also that this competitiveness should be based on emphasising the fact that all European producers have to comply with a system of strict standards and rules, which places them in a position of economic weakness in relation to imported products; calls for one pillar of the new CAP to be dedicated to the priorities which create jobs and assure the highest quality of Union agricultural products and foodstuffs;
Amendment 51 #
2018/2094(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that Union quality schemes of geographical indications (Protected Designation of Origin, Protected Geographical Indication and Traditional Specialities Guaranteed) protect product names from misuse, enhance their value in the framework of international agreements, and boost the level of consumers’ trust; takes the view, in that connection, that they should be systematically and fully protected in cases where the conclusion of trade agreements with third countries might call them into question;
Amendment 71 #
2018/2094(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the importance of a well financed and reformed CAP to respond to the maximum number of the challenges that will face the Union in the future; stresses the importance of the future CAP in fostering innovation and research and development, including the agricultural aspects of the future Horizon Europe programme;
Amendment 81 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas over the years the CAP has undergone regular re-programming in line with new challenges, but another step in this continuous process of modernisation and simplification, building on previous reforms, is now necessaryprevious reforms, involving the decoupling of aid, the introduction of the single CMO and contractualisation, have failed to maintain farmers’ incomes at a decent level;
Amendment 100 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the new delivery model (NDM) is at the core of the Commission’s communication on t, although the Commission has entitled its communication on the ongoing reform of the CAP ‘The Future of Food and Farming’, and is to be welcomed, provided that it ensuresit has given no guarantee that the first pillar, and the budget for it, will be maintained, and whereas it is essential that reference be made to those points in the proposal and that there be genuine simplification, not only at EU level but also at Member State and regional level, and flexibility for farmers, without adding new constraints on Member States and thus a new layer of complexity;
Amendment 117 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the CAP must play an important role in overcoming stagnation and volatility of farm incomes whichprovides essential income for a majority of farmers, but is unable in its current form to ensure that the sales prices of agricultural products are higher than farmers’ production costs; whereas also, despite the concentration and intensification of production and increasing productivity, farm incomes are still lower than in the rest of the economy and in periods of crisis, many farmers produce at a loss;
Amendment 136 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas over the last few years farmers have been confronted with increasing price volatility, which has reflected price fluctuations on global markets and uncertainty caused by macroeconomic developments, external policies, imports from third countries, sanitary crises and more frequent extreme weather events in the EU; and these factors have led to a lasting collapse in the prices of the main agricultural products, depriving farmers of their legitimate income;
Amendment 168 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas it is essential to ensure a fair standard of living across regions and Member Statesfor all farmers in the Union, affordable prices for citizens and consumers, and access to quality food and healthy diets, while delivering on the commitments for environmental care, climate action, and animal and plant health and welfare;
Amendment 174 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the number of farmers in Europe is falling and no reform of the CAP in recent years has been able to reverse this unfortunate trend;
Amendment 175 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas the economic crisis is severely affecting rural areas and more particularly the income of farmers who produce at a loss on a recurring basis;
Amendment 193 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Amendment 206 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the emergence of new challenges, such as increasing global trade, is necessitating fair and sustainable conditions for the global exchange of goods and services, within the framework of the WTO and in accordance withproliferation of free trade agreements under pressure from the EU and against the will of farmers and peoples imposes unfair competition on the agricultural producers of Member States. It is urgently necessary to put an end to this situation as most of the products imported under free trade agreements fail to respect existing EU social, economic and environmental standards, which should be promoted;
Amendment 208 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the emergence of new challenges, such as increasing brought about by the global trade,market is necessitating an agricultural policy that is mindful of ensuring fair and sustainable conditions for the global exchange of goods and servicescompanies that approach that market, within the framework of the WTO and in accordance withprotecting existing EU social, economic and environmental standards, which should be promoted and on which the focus should be placed in terms of reciprocity with third countries;
Amendment 264 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas the agriculture and food sector must be incentivised to continue to contribute to the environmental care and climate action objectives of the EU set out in international agreements such as the Paris Agreement and the UN SDGs;
Amendment 325 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas the new challenges for European agriculture within the EU’s political priorities, as stated in the Commission’s reflection paper on the future of EU finances, require the next multiannual financial framework (MFF) to provide sufficient public funds to cover both existing and new challenges, while guaranteeing that the first pillar is kept at its current level;
Amendment 330 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
Recital P
P. whereas any changes to the current CAP must be introduced in such a way as to ensurebring back stability for the sector and security of planning for farmers by means of adequate transition periods and measures; , without undermining the principle of direct payments or affecting their actual amount;
Amendment 352 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 360 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the intention to simplify and modernise the CAP, but emphasises that the integrity of the single market and a truly common policyincome support for producers and the protection of the rural landscape in a single market context must be among the overriding priorities of the reform of a policy which may remain common;
Amendment 376 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 399 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 457 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the efforts of the CommissNotes the Commission’s aspiration to establish programme design, implementation and control of an output- based approach in order to foster performance rather than compliance, while ensuring adequate monitoring via clearly defined, solid and measurable indicators at EU level, including an appropriate system of quality control and penalties;
Amendment 519 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2
Subheading 2
A smart and efficient sector – delivering for farmers, citizens, rural areas and the environment
Amendment 538 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Considers it necessary to maintain the current two-pillared architecture, particularly Pillar I, which is dedicated to income support for farmers; considers it necessary, at the same time, to compensate for the provision of public goods on the basis of uniform criteria, while allowing Member States to take specific approaches to reflect local conditionfor homogeneous areas, to meet local requirements;
Amendment 548 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Takes the view that aid from the first pillar should be recoupled by sector;
Amendment 565 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers that the current CAP architecture can only deliver its objectives if sufficiently funded; calls, therefore, for the CAP budget to be maintained or increased in the next MFF at at least the current level in order to achieve the ambitions of a revised and efficient CAP beyond 2020;
Amendment 613 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Believes that more targeted support for family farms is necessary and can be achieved by introducing a compulsory higher support rate for small farms; considers, moreover, that support for larger farms should be digressive, reflecting economies of scale, with the possibility for capping to be decided by the Member Statesprovision could be made for a phased reduction of aid, reflecting economies of scale, for farms which are controlled by groups of companies for which farming is not the main activity;
Amendment 621 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Believes that more targeted support for family farms is necessary and can be achieved by introducing a compulsory higher support rate for small farms and for helping young farmers get started; considers, moreover, that support for larger farms should be digressive, reflecting economies of scale, with the possibility for capping to be decided by the Member States;
Amendment 639 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Takes the view that provision should be made for capping to be decided by the Member States, should they wish;
Amendment 681 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for the existingfuture system for calculating direct payments in Pillar I, which is often based on historic entitlements, to be replaced by to be based on an EU-wide uniform method of calculating payments, in order to make the system simpler and more transparent, but in any case for it to be phased in, so that countries benefiting from historic payments are not penalised;
Amendment 706 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls for aid to be recoupled by sector;
Amendment 785 #
2018/2037(INI)
14. Believes that, provided that a level playing field in the single market can be guaranteed, voluntary coupled support (VCS) payments should be maintained, as a toolencouraged to promote sectoral consolidation. This tool should also make it possible to counteract specific difficulties, particularly those arising from the structural competitive disadvantage of less- favoured and mountainous regions, as well as those which are more temporary in nature and arise from a shift away from the old entitlement scheme, for example;
Amendment 877 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Underlines the importance ofat rural development, including the LEADER initiative, in supporting multi-functional agriculture and in fostering additional entreprenewhile diversifying the activities of farm holdings and supporting the social and economic fabric of rurial activities and opportunities, in order to generate income from agri-tourism, and to secure community-reas, cannot be a substitute for a policy supporteding agriculture and the provision of social services in rural areaal production which must remain the main economic activity of farms;
Amendment 902 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission to check that the objectives of the LEADER approach are being achieved, by linking CAP aid that is not directly targeted at agricultural production to other EU support instruments, in order to contribute more effectively to the development of rural areas;
Amendment 916 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Recalls that the second pillar is not only for farmers;
Amendment 921 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Calls therefore for an end to attempts to lower the first pillar under the pretext of raising the second;
Amendment 938 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission, following the failure of the greening of the current CAP, to draw up a new framework, and calls on it also to introduce a new and comprehensive legal framework which allows the integration of the various types of environmental actions at present, such as cross compliance, greening and the good agricultural and environmental conditions (GAEC) standards, as well as agri- environment measures (AEMs) for rural development, so that farmers can deliver effectively and with less bureaucracy on environmental care, biodiversity and climate action, while ensuring that Member States have adequate control and taking into account local conditions;
Amendment 1020 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to foster innovation and modernisation in agriculture by supporting training and agricultural extension as a pre-condition in programme design and implementation in all Member States, while fostering the transfer of know-how and the exchange of best practice models between Member States;
Amendment 1085 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission to maintain and strengthen the current common market organisation (CMO) framework, including the individual sector plans (wine,leaving this kind of support outside the national strategic plans; calls on the Commission, in addition, to extend to other products/sectors the forms of sectoral support that are specific to CMOs for wine, olive oil and fruit and vegetables) and to confirm the EU school fruit, vegetables and milk scheme, with the ultimate aim of strengthening the sustainability and competitiveness of each sector while enabling access for all farmers;
Amendment 1126 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Insists on the critical need for the future CAP to support farmers more efficiently in order to cope with price and income volatility due to climate, health and market risks, by creating additional incentives for flexible risk management and stabilisation tools while ensuring broad accesthe agricultural crisis, the sustained collapse of agricultural product prices, price and income volatility due to climate, health and market risks, and free-trade agreements;
Amendment 1171 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Insists on the necessity of strengthening the position of producers within the food supply chain, in particular by guaranteeing them a fair share of the added value, by fostering cooperation, including inter-sectoral cooperation, andby establishing and developing producer organisations (POs), associations of producer organisations (APOs) and interbranch organisations (IOs), by combating unfair practices along the chain and by strengthening transparency in the markets and crisis prevention;
Amendment 1180 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Insists on the necessity of strengthemaintaining the position of producers within the food supply chain, in particular by guaranteeing them a fair share of the added value, by fostering inter-sectoral cooperation, and strengthening transparency in the markets and crisis prevention;
Amendment 1231 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Believes that whilethe effects of EU trade agreements are beneficial tofor the EU agricultural sector overall, and necessary forare not always positive and that the EU should protect European production with regard to supply on the internal market, strengthening the EU’sits own position on the global agricultural market, they also through the distinctiveness and sustainability of EU products; points out that these agreements often pose a number of challenges that require reinforced safeguard mechanisms to ensure a level playing field and compliance with reciprocity-based criteria between farmers in the EU and in respect of the rest of the world;
Amendment 1237 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Believes that while trade agreements are beneficial to the EU agricultural sector overall, and necessary for strengthening the EU’s position on the global agricultural market, they also pose a, together with free-trade agreements which have been signed or are being negotiated, a large number of challenges that require reinforced safeguard and protection mechanisms to ensure a level playing field between farmers in the EU and in the rest offor Europe’s farmers, and asks for agriculture to be excluded from free-trade agreements, including those worlhich have already been signed;
Amendment 1326 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Deplores the Commission’s barely- concealed intention to introduce a reform of the CAP which would fly in the face of the will of Europe’s peoples and most of their elected representatives, and which puts the future of the majority of farms at risk;
Amendment 4 #
2018/2024(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Deplores, however, the EU’s growing dependence on agricultural imports from third countries; deplores, finally, the poor quality of these imports and their damaging impact on the income of EU farmers;
Amendment 9 #
2018/2024(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Advocates stability for the agriculture budget, in constant euro, and hence opposes any cuts to it in the 2019 budget, especially in view of the serious crises and price volatility that the agricultural sector has been experiencing in recent years;
Amendment 20 #
2018/2024(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Regrets that, alongside this measure, the Commission has not expressed any intention to revisit the harmful policy of European sanctions which led to the introduction of the Russian embargo;
Amendment 23 #
2018/2024(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the EU executive to adopt a decision prolonging aid for those affected by the embargo imposed by Russia before adopting its draft legislation on the 2019 budget or, at the latest, prior to the autumn letter of amendment;
Amendment 37 #
2018/2024(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the Member States to strengthen support measures for young farmers in 2019, particularly in relation to access to land (whether through transfers or setting up new farms), given the lack of generational renewal in farming, which is currently European agriculture’s greatest pitfall.
Amendment 2 #
2018/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas consumers make an associative link between brand, product and quality and expect products of the same brand with the same label, the same ingredients and the same proportional composition to be identical in quality whether they are sold in their own country or in another Member State;
Amendment 24 #
2018/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the analyses show that certain products contain less meat, or less of other ingredients, in certain countries, in most cases those countries which joined the EU in 2004, 2007 and 2013; whereas the analyses found instances of the same products being sold at considerably higher prices in those countries than in the so- called ‘old Member States’;
Amendment 49 #
2018/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomesRecalls that the allocation of EUR 2 million to develop a methodology for, and conduct, comparative testing of food products in different Member States; expects the testing to be completed at the earliest possible date, preferably in 2018;
Amendment 106 #
2018/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for the establishment of an agency or other specialised unit to monitor consistency of composition and proportional use of ingredients in identically branded and packaged food products.
Amendment 108 #
2018/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that the origin of food, especially in the case of prepared foods, is an important decision factor for the consumer; calls therefore for the labelling of the place of origin of food and its location and method of processing (including slaughter methods) to be harmonised at European level to recognise the specificity of each national production, and to meet consumer expectations, which sometimes vary from one country to another.
Amendment 3 #
2018/2005(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomNotes the Commission communication on a balanced and progressive trade policy to harness globalisation1; underlines the importance of this communication for a European agriculture sector that is suffering from unbalanced competition on both the EU and foreign markets; _________________ 1 COM(2017)0492. COM(2017)0492.
Amendment 15 #
2018/2005(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Regrets that the communication fails to spell out the known causes of these distortions of competition, such as social dumping linked to the Posting of Workers Directive and complete disregard for health and environmental standards brought about by free trade agreements;
Amendment 27 #
2018/2005(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that harnessing globalisation should involve both strengthening global discipline to prevent unfair competition and distortions of trade in agriculture, ande need to avoiding undue exposure of sensitive EU agricultural sectors to competition from imports of products that are not subject to similar standards, costs and constraints as regards, for example, health safety, social law and environmental protection;
Amendment 49 #
2018/2005(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that while trade agreements could open up opportunities for the promotion of EU offensive interests with respect to processed and unprocessed food products, they also entail a significant risk for more sensitive EU agricultural sectors that are already crisis-hit or have been particularly exposed to price volatility, such as unprocessed foodstuffs and foodstuffs resulting from primary processing, that are already crisis-hit or have been particularly exposed to unfair competition from third countries, as well as to recurring imbalances in the single market;
Amendment 69 #
2018/2005(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Expresses its serious concerns with respect to the possible conclusion of the ongoing free-trade negotiations with Mercosur involving major concessions in sectors such as beef, sugar and biofuels which could endanger the viability of local production in certain parts of the EU and calls therefore for the cessation of these negotiations or at least the withdrawal of agricultural sectors from this agreement;
Amendment 110 #
2018/2005(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission promptly to take the necessary measures in respect of US agricultural imports that do not comply with EU standards, such as pistachios which have aflatoxin levels five times higher than those allowed in the EU;
Amendment 8 #
2018/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) In this context, the situation of the agricultural community, especially livestock farmers, can serve as an example. The bi-annual transition to summer-time may make it harder to find market outlets for produce or animals. It is necessary also to take into account the fact that animals do not have their milking schedule changed without consequences, and that yields are reduced at changeover times. Farmers themselves, depending on the natural cycles of the animals on their farms, have their working conditions changed.
Amendment 13 #
2018/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) A lively public debate is taking place on summer-time arrangements and some Member States have already expressed their preference to discontinue the application of such arrangements. In the light of these developments, it is necessary to continue safeguarding the proper functioning of the internal market and to avoid any significant disruptions thereto caused by divergences between Member States in this area. Therefore, it is appropriate to put an end in a coordinated way to summer-time arrangements, while grouping the Member States into the following three time zones: GMT+1, GMT+2 and GMT+3.
Amendment 20 #
2018/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) This Directive should apply from 1 April 20219, so that the last summer-time period subject to the rules of Directive 2000/84/EC should start, in every Member State, at 1.00 a.m., Coordinated Universal Time, on 31 March 20219. Member States that, after that summer-time period, intend to adopt a standard time corresponding to the time applied during the winter season in accordance with Directive 2000/84/EC should change their standard time at 1.00 a.m., Coordinated Universal Time, on 2730 October 20219, so that similar and lasting changes occurring in different Member States take place simultaneously. It is desirable that Member States take the decisions on the standard time that each of them will apply as from 20219 in a concerted manner.
Amendment 28 #
2018/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article premier – paragraph 2
Article premier – paragraph 2
2. Notwithstanding paragraph 1, Member States may still apply a seasonal change of their standard time or times in 2019 and 2020, provided that they do so at 1.00 a.m., Coordinated Universal Time, on 2730 October 20219. The Member States shall notify this decision in accordance with Article 2.
Amendment 37 #
2018/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall adopt and publish, by 1 April 201920 at the latest, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.
Amendment 41 #
2018/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
They shall apply those provisions from 1 April 20219.
Amendment 45 #
2018/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Directive 2000/84/EC is repealed with effect from 1 April 20219.
Amendment 9 #
2018/0256M(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that most of the concerns expressed in that opinion are, from the point of view of the European horticulture industry, still relevant today, in what is a difficult and volatile period for the industry, in particular as a result of the ongoing Russian embargo; sanctions unilaterally imposed on Russia, which have only had the effect of penalising the European agricultural market and putting many sectors in difficulty;
Amendment 14 #
2018/0256M(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that there are still major competitiveness issues for European producers owing to the wide divergences compared in particular with Moroccan producers in terms of labour costs, working conditions and environmental standards; calls for the principles of reciprocity and conformity to be applied in this agreement, as in all trade agreements with third countries, with regard to agricultural products;
Amendment 26 #
2018/0256M(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Draws attention to the fact that some of the fruit and vegetables exported preferentially to the EU under the terms of the agreement in question (including tomatoes and melons) come from the territoryMoroccan region of Western Sahara, and points out that very ambitious plans have been drawn up with a view to further developing such production and exports;
Amendment 35 #
2018/0256M(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Regrets the legal uncertainty that has arisen since the Court of Justice judgment of 21 December 2016; is concerned that the Commission has been unable to provide reliable data on preferential imports of products from the Moroccan region of Western Sahara that may have been carried out since that date, in spite of the judgment in question; wonders what the cost has been to the EU budget of any preferences granted during the period concerned without a valid legal basis; in the absence of sufficient comparative information, is doubtful whether the Commission is able to assess the impact of the proposed new agreement properly;
Amendment 43 #
2018/0256M(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Nevertheless welcomes the clarification that the new agreement provides, and hopes that it will be able henceforth to provide a clear, stable framework for the economic operators concerned, on both sides of the Mediterranean; recalls that no farmer should have to endure the risky consequences of European geopolitical decisions;
Amendment 51 #
2018/0256M(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Is doubtful whether the distinction drawn in the new agreement between products from the Sahara and those from Morocco is relevant from a customs and trade perspective, setting the obvious political aspects asidgiven that this agreement in no way constitutes recognition of Western Sahara as a sovereign State; notes, in particular, that in the new agreement there is no allocation of the tariff rate quotas laid down in the initial agreement, and that, in terms of access to the preferences granted by the EU, ithe origin of the products will not therefore make any difference whatsoever whether or not products are of Sahrawi origin;
Amendment 56 #
2018/0256M(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Points out that Article 7 of Protocol 1 to the 2012 Agreement contains a safeguard clause making it possible for appropriate steps to be taken where imports of large quantities of agricultural products classed as sensitive under the agreement cause serious market distortion and/or serious harm to the industry concerned; hopes that preferential imports into the EU of sensitive agricultural products from Morocco and Western Sahara will continue to be subject to appropriate monitoring by the Commission, and that the Commission will still be ready to activate the aforementioned clause where an established need arises;:
Amendment 17 #
2018/0236(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 46 a (new)
Recital 46 a (new)
(46a) Since agriculture is one of the areas in which Galileo has a specific application and added value, all European agricultural equipment needing geolocation should, as a minimum requirement, use the Galileo programme.
Amendment 19 #
2018/0236(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 47
Recital 47
(47) Copernicus should ensure an autonomous access to environmental and agricultural knowledge and key technologies for Earth observation and geo-information services, thereby enabling the Union to achieve independent decision- making and actions in the fields of agriculture, the environment, climate change, civil protection, security, as well as the digital economy, among others.
Amendment 29 #
2018/0236(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 61 a (new)
Recital 61 a (new)
(69a) In the area of agriculture, just as in other areas in which Copernicus has a specific application and added value, European users, whether institutional or private, should rely on the services offered by Copernicus to ensure the further development of this European system.
Amendment 51 #
2018/0236(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 48 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) data and information processing component, which shall include activities for the generation of value-added information to support environmental monitoring, agricultural surveillance, reporting and compliance assurance, civil protection and security services (Copernicus Services);
Amendment 54 #
2018/0236(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 50 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part
Article 50 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part
(a) environmental monitoring, agricultural surveillance monitoring, reporting and compliance assurance services covering:
Amendment 55 #
2018/0236(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 50 – paragraph 1 – point a – indent 3
Article 50 – paragraph 1 – point a – indent 3
– land monitoring and agriculture surveillance to provide information to the professionals concerned on land cover, land use and land use change, urban areas, inland water quantity and quality, forests, agriculture and other natural resources, biodiversity and cryosphere, analysis of the development of cultivated land, harvest estimates and forecasts of best-adapted harvest windows, yield forecasts, humidity and irrigation requirement estimates, and optimisation of the use of inputs;
Amendment 36 #
2018/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
Amendment 42 #
2018/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The substantial body of Union legislation underpins the functioning of the internal market. This concerns, in particular, competitiveness, standardisation, consumer protection, market surveillance and food chain regulationexcessive market liberalisation and catastrophic deregulation of the food chain, but also rules concerning business, trade and financial transactions and the promotion of fair competition providing for a level playing field essential for the functioning of the internal market.
Amendment 43 #
2018/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Still, barriers to the proper functioning of the internal market remain and the new obstacles are emergeing. Adopting rules is only a first step, but: making them work is asequally important. This is ultimately a matter of citizens' trust in the Union, in its capacity to deliver, and ability to create jobs and growth while protecting the public interest.
Amendment 46 #
2018/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The Programme should support the design, implementation and enforcement of Union legislation underpinning the proper functioning of the internal market. The Programme should support the creation of the right conditions to empower all actors of the internal market: businesses, citizens including consumers, civil society and public authorities. To that end, the Programme should aim to ensure the competitiveness of businesses, notably SMEs, but also supporting the enforcement of consumer protection and safety rules and by raising the awareness of businesses and individuals by providing them with the right tools, knowledge and competence to make informed decisions and strengthen their participation in Union’s policy- making. Furthermore, the Programme should aim to enhance regulatory and administrative cooperation, notably through exchange of best practices, building of knowledge and competence bases, including the use of strategic public procurement. The Programme should also aim to support the development of high- quality international standards that underpin the implementation of Union legislation. This also includes standard -setting in the field of financial reporting and audit, thereby contributing to the transparency and well-proper functioning of the Union’s capital markets and to enhancing investor protection. The Programme should support rulemaking and standard setting also by ensuring the broadest possible stakeholder involvement. The objective of the Programme should also be to support the implementation and enforcement of Union legislation providing for a high level of health for humans, animals and plants along the food chain and the improvement of the welfare of animals and of the profitability of farms.
Amendment 47 #
2018/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) A modern internal market promotes competition and may benefits consumers, businesses and employees. Making better use of the ever evolving internal market in services should help European businesses create jobs and grow across borders, offer wider choice of services at better prices, and maintain high standards for consumers and workers. To achieve this, the Programme should contribute to the removal of remaining barriers, and to ensure a regulatory framework that can accommodate new innovative business models.
Amendment 56 #
2018/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) PThe placing on the market of products that are not compliant with Union law puts those who comply at a disadvantage and may endangers producers and consumers. Many entrepreneurs disregard the rules either through lack of knowledge or intentionally to gain a competitive advantage. Market surveillance authorities are often underfunded and constrained by national boundaries, while entrepreneurs trade at Union or even global level. In particular, in the case of e-commerce, market surveillance authorities have great difficulties in tracing non-compliant products imported from third countries and identifying the responsible entity within their jurisdiction. The Programme should therefore seek to strengthen product compliance by providing the right incentives to entrepreneurs, intensifying compliance checks and promoting closer cross-border cooperation among enforcement authorities. The Programme should also contribute to the consolidation of the existing framework for market surveillance activities, encourage joint actions of market surveillance authorities from different Member States, improve the exchange of information and promote convergence and closer integration of market surveillance activities.
Amendment 57 #
2018/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Product safety is a common concern. The conformity assessment bodies verify whether products meet the safety requirements before they are placed on the market. It is therefore of paramount importance that the conformity assessment bodies are reliable and competent. The Union has put in place a system, in respect of which there is room for improvement, of accreditation of the conformity assessment bodies, verifying their competence, impartiality and independence. The main challenge is now to keep the accreditation system in line with the latest state of the art and to ensure that it is applied with the same stringency across the Union. The Programme should therefore support measures to ensure that conformity assessment bodies continue fulfilling the regulatory requirements and to enhance the European accreditation system, in particular in new policy areas, by supporting the European co-operation for Accreditation (EA) referred to in Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council48. _________________ 48 Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 setting out the requirements for accreditation and market surveillance relating to the marketing of products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 339/93 (OJ L 218, 13.8.2008, p. 30).
Amendment 74 #
2018/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) Creativity and innovation are crucial for the competitiveness of the Union's agricultural and industrial value chains. They represent catalysts for industrial modernisation and contribute to smart, inclusive sustainable growth. However, uptake by SMEs is still lagging behind. The Programme should therefore support targeted actions, networks and partnerships for creativity-driven innovation throughout the food and industrial value chains.
Amendment 78 #
2018/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44
Recital 44
(44) A high level of health protection through the food supply chain is necessary to allow the internal market to operate efficiently. A safe and sustainable food supply chain is a prerequisite for society and for the internal market. Cross must be based on the faith that the public have in European agricultural producers, as well as on the guarantee of fair remuneration that is commensurate with the work they do. Imports from third countries, as well as cross-border health crises and food scares, disrupt the functioning of the internal market by limiting the movements of persons and goods and disrupting production.
Amendment 81 #
2018/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 45
Recital 45
(45) The general objective of Union law in the food chain area is to contribute to a high level of health for humans, animals and plants along the food chain, to support the improvement of the welfare of animals, to contribute to a high level of protection and information for consumers and a high level of protection ofor the environment, including the preservation of biodiversity, while improving the sustainability of European food and feed productions, increasing quality standards across the Union, enhancing the competitiveness and stability of the Union food and feed industry, and favouostering the creation of jobsustainable jobs by guaranteeing a decent income for all producers.
Amendment 86 #
2018/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 47
Recital 47
(47) Official controls carried out by the Member States are an essential tool for verifying and monitoring that relevant Union requirements are being implemented, complied with and enforced. The effectiveness and efficiency of official control systems is vital for maintaining a high level of safety for humans, animals and plants along the food chain, whilst ensuring a high level of protection ofor human health, the environment and of animal welfare. Union financial support should be made available for such control measures. In particular, a financial contribution should be available to Union reference laboratories in order to help them bear the costs arising from the implementation of work programmes approved by the Commission. Moreover, since the effectiveness of official controls also depends on the availability to the control authorities of well trained staff with an appropriate knowledge of Union law, the Union should be able to contribute to their training and relevant exchange programmes organised by competent authorities.
Amendment 90 #
2018/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 52
Recital 52
(52) The Union and Member States are committed to the implementation of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Ssustainable Ddevelopment. By contributing to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda, the Union and Member States will foster a stronger, more sustainable, inclusive, secure and prosperous Europe. The Programme agenda should contribute to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, including by balancing the economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainable development.
Amendment 91 #
2018/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 53
Recital 53
(53) Reflecting the importance of tackling climate change in line with the Union's commitments to implement the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, this Programme should contribute to mainstream climate actions and to the achievement of an overall target of 25 % of the Union budget expenditures supporting, this Programme should contribute to the mainstreaming of climate objeactiveons. Relevant actions will be identified during the Programme's preparation and implementation, and reassessed in the context of the relevant national evaluations and review processes.
Amendment 92 #
2018/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 55
Recital 55
(55) The Agreement on the European Economic Area provides for cooperation in the fields subject to the Programme between the Union and its Member States, on the one hand, and the countries of the European Free Trade Association participating in the European Economic Area, on the other. Provision should also be made to open the Programme up to participation by other countries, including the neighbouring countries of the Union and countries which are applying for, are candidates for or are acceding to, membership of and by countries which are acceding to the Union. In addition, in the field of European statistics, the Programme should be open to Switzerland in accordance with the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on cooperation in the field of statistics64. _________________ 64OJ L 90, 28.3.2006, p. 2.
Amendment 108 #
2018/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
(aa) giving national authorities the legal possibility and financial means to take appropriate action on the agricultural products market as soon as it shows any signs of weakening, so as to restore market balance and guarantee profitable business opportunities for European food producers.
Amendment 112 #
2018/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) improving the competitiveness of enterprises (with special emphasis on SMEs, in particular agricultural ones, and achieving additionality through the provision of measures that provide various forms of support to SMEs,), improving access to markets (including the internationalisation of SMEs), favourablimproving the business environment for SMEs,so that it is favourable for SMEs, improving the competitiveness of sectors, the modernisation ofing agriculture and industry and the promotion ofng entrepreneurship;
Amendment 115 #
2018/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c – point ii
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c – point ii
(ii) support the development of high- quality international financial reporting and auditing standards, facilitate their integration into the Union law and promote the innovation and development of best practices in corporate reporting;
Amendment 116 #
2018/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point d – point i
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point d – point i
(i) empowering, and assisting and educating consumers, businesses and civil society; ensuring a high level of consumer protection, sustainable consumption and product safety, notably by supporting competent enforcement authorities and consumer representative organisations and cooperation actions, as well as cooperation actions among Member States, and exchanges of good practice and information, to shield European products on the internal market against all unfair competition; ensuring that all consumers have access to redress and; provision of adequate information on markets and consumers;
Amendment 123 #
2018/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) contributing to a high level of health for humans, animals and plants along the food chain and in related areas, including by preventing and eradicating diseases and pests, and to support the improvement of the welfare of animals as well as a sustainable European food production and consumption;
Amendment 129 #
2018/0231(COD)
(b) acceding countries, candidate countries and potential candidates, in accordance with the general principles and general terms and conditions for their participation in Union programmes established in the respective framework agreements and Association Council decisions, or similar agreements, and in accordance with the specific conditions laid down in agreements between the Union and them countries concerned;
Amendment 130 #
2018/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d – point i
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d – point i
(i) ensures a fair balance as regards the contributions and benefits of the third country participating in the Union programmes; strict equality must therefore be observed between the funding paid in by the third country concerned in the form of contributions, and the funding it receives under the Programme;
Amendment 137 #
2018/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
(ba) actions designed to help farming businesses access the relevant markets, by shielding them from unfair competition and economic problems arising from global and societal challenges, and shoring up the Union’s leading position in agriculture in value chains in Europe and all over the world;
Amendment 140 #
2018/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) legal entities established in a third country which is not associated to the Programme are exceptionally eligible to participate, provided that the action pursues Union objectives and, that the entity itself provides at least the same amount of funding as it receives under the programme, and that the activities outside the Union contribute to the effectiveness of interventions carried out in Member State territories to which the Treaties apply.
Amendment 141 #
2018/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 7 – point c
Article 9 – paragraph 7 – point c
(c) non-profit making entities established within the Union, which are independent of industry, commercial and business or other conflicting interests, and have as their primary objectives and activities the promotion and support of the implementation of the European statistics Code of Practice referred to in Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 and the implementation of new methods of production of European statistics aiming at efficiency gains and quality improvements at Union level.
Amendment 120 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.1 – paragraph 4
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.1 – paragraph 4
They will help to maintain and enhance the provision of biodiversity and secure the long-term provision of ecosystem services, climate adaptation and carbon sequestration (both on land and sea). They will help reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) and other emissions, waste and pollution from primary production (both terrestrial and aquatic), processing, consumption and other human activities. They will trigger investments, supporting the shift towards a circular economy, bioeconomy and blue economy, whilst protecting environmental health and integrity. They will help to find solutions to promote the advanced multifunctionality of EU agriculture and to enhance local food production.
Amendment 167 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.3 – paragraph 2 – indent 4
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.3 – paragraph 2 – indent 4
– Plant pests and diseases and animal health and welfare; alternatives to the use of contentious pesticides, antibiotics and other substances;
Amendment 180 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.3 – paragraph 2 – indent 11 a (new)
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.3 – paragraph 2 – indent 11 a (new)
- New business models for the advanced multifunctionality of agricultural enterprises: potential interactions between entrepreneurship and social well-being.
Amendment 195 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.5 – paragraph 1
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.5 – paragraph 1
The combined effects of population growth, resource scarcity and overexploitation, environmental degradation, climate change and migration create unprecedented challenges which require food system transformation (FOOD 2030)20. Current food production and consumption are largely unsustainable whileAt the same time, we are confronted with the double burden of malnutrition, characterised by the coexistence of undernutrition and obesity. Future food systems need to deliver sufficient safe, healthy and quality food for all, underpinned by resource efficiency, sustainability (including the reduction of GHG emissions, pollution and waste production), linking land and sea, reducing food waste, enhancing food production from the seas and oceans and encompassing the entire 'food value chain' from producers to consumers – and back again. This needs to go hand in hand with development of the food safety system of the future and the design, development and delivery of tools, technologies and digital solutions that provide significant benefits for consumers and improve the competitiveness and sustainability of the food value chain. Furthermore, there is a need to foster behavioural changes in food consumption and production patterns as well as to engage primary producers, industry (including SMEs), retailers, food service sectors, consumers, and public services. Such a transformation must make it possible to re-emphasise the place of farmers in the food chain, and ensure that they receive proper remuneration for the work they do. _________________ 20 SWD(2016) 319 final: European Research and Innovation for Food and Nutrition Security
Amendment 199 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.5 – paragraph 2 – indent 4
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.5 – paragraph 2 – indent 4
– Modern food safety and authenticity systems, enhancing consumer confidence in the food system; analysis of the perception of external indications on food (such as country of origin labelling) by consumers and the impact this has on purchasing choices, as well as studies of the link between the intrinsic qualities of products and their geographical origins;
Amendment 203 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.5 – paragraph 2 – indent 6
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.5 – paragraph 2 – indent 6
– Environmentally sustainable, circular and resource efficient food systems from land and sea, towards zero food waste throughout the entire food system, through reuse of food and biomass, recycling of food waste, new food packaging, demand for tailored and local food, exploring the potential of short supply chains;
Amendment 205 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.5 – paragraph 2 – indent 7
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.5 – paragraph 2 – indent 7
– Innovation and food systems for place-based innovation and empowerment of communities, fostering fair value chains through fair trade and pricing, inclusiveness and sustainability through, promoting partnerships between the various operators in the chain through the requisite partnerships between industry, local authorities, researchers and society.
Amendment 209 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.5 – paragraph 2 – indent 7 a (new)
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.5 – paragraph 2 – indent 7 a (new)
- Modernisation of distribution channels in a way that respects the interests of agricultural producers and is sustainable for the economies of rural areas.
Amendment 40 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 9
Article 6 – paragraph 9
9. The Pprogramme shall ensure the effective promotion of gender equality and the gender dimension in research and innovation content. Particular attention shall be paid to ensuring gender balance, subject to the situationpromote gender balance in evaluation groups, in bodies such as expert groups and in theall fields of research and innovation concerned, in evaluation panels and in bodies such as expert groupsscientific research.
Amendment 41 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) have a clear EU-added value and contribute to reaching Union priorities, without prejudice to the powers of the Member States;
Amendment 52 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the Commission or, after consultation of Parliament and the council, or the funding body consider that its participation is essential for implementing the action;
Amendment 467 #
2018/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 20
Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 20
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 122 – paragraph 1
Article 122 – paragraph 1
Amendment 474 #
2018/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 21 .
Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 21 .
Amendment 478 #
2018/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 22
Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 22
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 145 – paragraph 3
Article 145 – paragraph 3
Amendment 650 #
2018/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 32
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 32
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Annex VII – Part I – points 18 and 19
Annex VII – Part I – points 18 and 19
Amendment 672 #
2018/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 33
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 33
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Annex VIII – Part I – point I
Annex VIII – Part I – point I
Amendment 95 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The CAP's compliance-driven delivery model should be adjusted to ensure a greater focus on results and performance. Accordingly the Union should set the basic policy objectives, types of intervention and basic Union requirements while greater responsibility and accountability for meeting those objectives should be borne by the Member States. As a consequence, there is a need to ensure greater subsidiarity in order to take better account of the local conditions and needs. Accordingly, under the new delivery model, Member States should be responsible for tailoring their CAP interventions in line with basic Union requirements in order to maximize their contribution to Union CAP objectives and to establish and design the compliance and control framework for beneficiaries.
Amendment 115 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) With a view to ensuring that the amounts for the financing of the CAP comply with the annual ceilings, the financial discipline mechanism by which the level of direct support is adjusted, should be maintained. However, the threshold of EUR 2 000 should be abolished. An agricultural reserve should be maintained, simplified and made more effective to support the agricultural sector in the event of market developments or major crises affecting the agricultural production or distribution. Article 12(2)(d) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) [New Financial Regulation] foresees that non- committed appropriations may be carried over to to the following financial year only. In order to significantly simplify the implementation for beneficiaries and national administrations, a roll-over mechanism should be used, using any unused amounts of the reserve for crises in the agricultural sector established in 2020. For this purpose a derogation from Article 12(2)(d) is necessary, allowing for non- committed appropriations of the agricultural reserve to be carried over without time limitation to finance the agricultural reserve in the following financial year(s). Furthermore, as regards the financial year 2020, a second derogation is necessary as the total unused amount of the reserve available at the end of year 2020 should be carried over to the year 2021 to the corresponding line of the new agricultural reserve without being returned to the budgetary lines which cover direct payment interventions under the CAP Strategic Plan.
Amendment 126 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Budget discipline also requires a continuous examination of the medium- term budget position. The Commission should propose, if necessary, appropriate measures to the legislator in order to ensure that Member States respect of the ceilings provided for in Regulation (EU, Euratom) …/… of the European Parliament and of the Council [COM(2018) 322 final MFF Regulation]. Furthermore, the Commission should make full use of its management powers at all times to ensure compliance with the annual ceiling and, if necessary, should propose appropriate measures to the European Parliament and to the Council or to the Council to redress the budget position. If, at the end of a budget year, the annual ceiling cannot be complied with as a result of the reimbursements requested by the Member States, the Commission should be empowered to takepresent to Parliament and the Council measures allowing the provisional distribution of the available budget among the Member States in proportion to their as yet unpaid requests for reimbursement, as well as measures ensuring compliance with the ceiling fixed for the year concerned. Payments for that year should be charged to the following budget year and the total amount of Union financing per Member State should be definitively established, as should compensation between Member States in order to ensure that the established amount is complied with.
Amendment 127 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) In respect of the EAGF, the financial resources required to cover the expenditure effected by the accredited paying agencies, should be provided to the Member States by the Commission in the form of reimbursements against the booking of the expenditure effected by those agencies. It is also necessary to provide that until such reimbursements have been made, in the form of monthly payments, financial resources are to be mobilised by the Member States depending on the needs of their accredited paying agenc final beneficiaries. It should explicitily be laid down in this Regulation that the administrative and personnel costs of the Member States and the beneficiaries involved in the implementation of the CAP are to be borne by themselves.
Amendment 131 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) Member States should ensure that Union aid be paid to beneficiaries in good time so that they may use it efficiently. A failure by the Member States to comply with the payment deadlines laid down in Union law might create serious difficulties for the beneficiaries and could jeopardise the Union's yearly budgeting. Therefore, expenditure made without respecting deadlines for payments should be excluded from Union financingsubject to a premium granted to the final beneficiaries and, where appropriate, compensation for the economic loss caused by the late payment. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, the Commission should be empowered to provide for exceptions from this general rule with regard to both Funds.
Amendment 136 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
Amendment 137 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) Member States should send the annual accounts and an annual performance report on the implementation of the CAP Strategic Plan to the Commission by 15 February N+1. Where these documents are not sent, thus preventing the Commission from clearing the accounts for the concerned paying agency or checking the eligibility of the expenditure against reported outputs, the Commission should be empowered to suspend the monthly payments and to interrupt the quarterly reimburseask the Member State concerned for a justification for the absence of documents. If this justification is not satisfactory, the Commission may refer the matter to Parliament and the Council in order, where appropriate, to suspend the monthly payments until the outstanding documents are received. This procedure must under no circumstances have the effect of endangering the economic situation of the payment agencies or the final beneficiaries.
Amendment 145 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) A new form of payment suspension should be introduced for situations of abnormally low outputs. Where the outputs reported are at an abnormally low level in comparison with the declared expenditure, and where Member States cannot provide good and comprehensible reasons for this situation, the Commission should be empowered to ask Parliament and the Council, in addition to reducing the expenditure for the financial year N-1 , in the event of manifestly serious non- compliance to suspend future expenditure related to the intervention for which the output was abnormally low. Such suspensions should be subject to confirmation in the annual performance clearance decision.
Amendment 153 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) As regards the multi-annual performance monitoring the Commission should also have the power to ask Parliament and the Council to suspend payments. Accordingly in cases of delayed or insufficient progress towards targets, set out in the national CAP Strategic Plan, the Commission should be empowered to request the Member State concerned to take the necessary remedial actions in accordance with an action plan to be established in consultation with the Commission and containing clear progress indicators, by means of an implementing act. Where the Member State fails to submit or to implement the action plan or where the action plan is manifestly insufficient to remedy the situation, the Commission should have the power to ask Parliament and the Council to suspend the monthly or interim payments, by means of an implementing act.
Amendment 155 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) As had been the case under Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, the Commission should be empowered to ask Parliament and the Council to suspend payments when serious deficiencies exist in the governance systems, including non- compliance with Union basic requirements and unreliability of reporting. It is, however, necessary to review the conditions for suspending payments in order to make the mechanism more efficient. The financial consequences of such suspensions should be decided the subject of an impact assessment, and should not endanger the fin an ad-hoc conformity procedurecial situation of the payment agency or the final beneficiaries.
Amendment 159 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42
Recital 42
(42) In order to to safeguard the financial interests of the Union's budget, systems should be put in place by Member States in order to satisfy themselves that interventions financed by the Funds are actually carried out and are executed correctly, while maintaining the current robust framework for sound financial management. In accordance with the Financial Regulation, Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/201315 of the European Parliament and of the Council15, Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2988/9516, Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/9617 and Council Regulation (EU) 2017/193918, the financial interests of the Union are to be protected through proportionate measures, including the prevention, detection, correction and investigation of irregularities including fraud, the recovery of Funds lost, wrongly paid or incorrectly used and, where appropriate, the imposition of administrative sanctions. Moreover, in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 and Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96 the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) may carry out administrative investigations, including on- the-spot checks and inspections, with a view to establishing whether there has been fraud, corruption or any other illegal activity affecting the financial interests of the Union. In accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/1939, the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) may investigate and prosecute fraud and other criminal offences affecting the financial interests of the Union as provided for in Directive (EU) 2017/137119of the European Parliament and of the Council. In accordance with the Financial Regulation, any person or entity receiving Union Ffunds is to fully cooperate fully in the protection of the Union’s financial interests, to grant the necessary rights and access to the Commission, OLAF, the EPPO and the European Court of Auditors (ECA) and to ensure that any third parties involved in the implementation of Union Ffunds grant equivalent rights. Member States should have the systems in place allowing them to report to the Commission, for the purpose of enabling OLAF to exercise its powers and ensure an efficient analysis of cases of irregularity, on detected irregularities and other cases of non-compliance with the conditions established by Member States in the CAP Strategic Plan, including fraud and on their follow-up as well as on the follow-up of OLAF investigations. To ensure the effective examination of complaints concerning the Funds, Member States should have in place the necessary arrangements. _________________ 15 Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 September 2013 concerning investigations conducted by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1073/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (Euratom) No 1074/1999, (OJ L 248, 18.9.2013, p. 1). 16 Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2988/95 of 18 December 1995 on the protection of the European Communities financial interests (OJ L 312, 23.12.95, p. 1). 17 Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96 of 11 November 1996 concerning on-the-spot checks and inspections carried out by the Commission in order to protect the European Communities' financial interests against fraud and other irregularities (OJ L 292,15.11.1996, p. 2). 18 Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 of 12 October 2017 implementing enhanced cooperation on the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (‘'the EPPO’') (OJ L 283, 31.10.2017, p. 1). 19 European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2017 on the fight against fraud to the Union's financial interests by means of criminal law (OJ L 198, 28.7.2017, p. 29).Directive (EU) 2017/1371 of the
Amendment 160 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42
Recital 42
(42) In order to to safeguard the financial interests of the Union's budget, systems should be put in place by Member States in order to satisfy themselves that interventions financed by the Funds are actually carried out and are executed correctly, while maintaining the current robust framework for sound financial management. In accordance with the Financial Regulation, Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/201315 of the European Parliament and of the Council15, Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2988/9516, Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/9617 and Council Regulation (EU) 2017/193918, the financial interests of the Union are to be protected through proportionate measures, including the prevention, detection, correction and investigation of irregularities including fraud, the recovery of Funds lost, wrongly paid or incorrectly used and, where appropriate, the imposition of administrative sanctions. Moreover, in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 and Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96 the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) may carry out administrative investigations, including on- the-spot checks and inspections, with a view to establishing whether there has been fraud, corruption or any other illegal activity affecting the financial interests of the Union. In accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/1939, the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) may investigate and prosecute fraud and other criminal offences affecting the financial interests of the Union as provided for in Directive (EU) 2017/137119 of the European Parliament and of the Council19. In accordance with the Financial Regulation, any person or entity receiving Union Ffunds is to fully cooperate in the protection of the Union’s financial interests, to grant the necessary rights and access to the Commission, OLAF, the EPPO and the European Court of Auditors (ECA) and to ensure that any third parties involved in the implementation of Union Ffunds grant equivalent rights. Member States should have the systems in place allowing them to report to the Commission, for the purpose of enabling OLAF to exercise its powers and ensure an efficient analysis of cases of irregularity, on detected irregularities and other cases of non-compliance with the conditions established by Member States in the CAP Strategic Plan, including fraud and on their follow-up as well as on the follow-up of OLAF investigations. To ensure the effective examination of complaints concerning the Funds, Member States should have in place the necessary arrangements. _________________ 15 Regulation (EU, Euratom ) No 883/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 September 2013 concerning investigations conducted by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1073/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (Euratom) No 1074/1999, (OJ L 248, 18.9.2013, p. 1). 16 Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2988/95 of 18 December 1995 on the protection of the European Communities financial interests (OJ L 312, 23.12.95, p. 1). 17 Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96 of 11 November 1996 concerning on-the-spot checks and inspections carried out by the Commission in order to protect the European Communities' financial interests against fraud and other irregularities (OJ L 292,15.11.1996, p. 2). 18 Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 of 12 October 2017 implementing enhanced cooperation on the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (‘'the EPPO’') (OJ L 283, 31.10.2017, p. 1). 19 European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2017 on the fight against fraud to the Union's financial interests by means of criminal law (OJ L 198, 28.7.2017, p. 29).Directive (EU) 2017/1371 of the
Amendment 170 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 55
Recital 55
(55) Conditionality is an important element of the CAP, in particular with regard to its environmental and climate elements but also concerning public health and animal related issues. This implies that controls should be carried out and, where necessary, penalties should be applied in the most serious cases and after giving the beneficiary concerned the chance to regularise his or her situation, to ensure the effectiveness of the conditionality system. To have a level playing field between beneficiaries in different Member States, certain general rules on conditionality controls and penalties should be introduced at Union level.
Amendment 179 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 66
Recital 66
Amendment 180 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 67
Recital 67
Amendment 182 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 69
Recital 69
Amendment 183 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 70
Recital 70
Amendment 184 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 71
Recital 71
Amendment 186 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 72
Recital 72
Amendment 187 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 73
Recital 73
(73) In order to comply with data protection requirements, beneficiaries of the Funds should be informed of the publication of their data before that publication takes place. They should also be informed that that data may be processed by auditing and investigating bodies of the Union and Member States for the purposes of safeguarding the Union's financial interests. Furthermore, the beneficiaries should be informed about their rights under Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and the procedures applicable for exercising these rights.
Amendment 189 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 92
Recital 92
(92) Since the objectives of this Regulation cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States given the links between it and the other instruments of the CAP and the limits on the financial resources of the Member States, but can rather, by reason of the multiannual guarantee of Union finance and by concentrating on its priorities, be better achieved at Union level, tThe Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those objectives,
Amendment 208 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(d a) market disturbances, which are likely to endanger the economic equilibrium of the holding. These include disruptions in markets for agricultural goods, for fuel and energy used for farming, for veterinary and phytosanitary treatments and for seeds.
Amendment 224 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The Funds may, either on the initiative of the Commission or on its behalf, following the assent of Parliament and the Council, each directly finance the preparatory, monitoring, administrative and technical support activities, and the evaluation, audit and inspection, required to implement the CAP. In particular, they shall include:
Amendment 355 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The amount of the agricultural reserve shall be at least EUR 4600 million in current prices at the beginning of each year of the period 2021-2027. The Commission may, with the prior agreement of the European Parliament and the Council, may,on its own initiative or in response to a reasoned request by a Member State, adjust the amount of the agricultural reserve during the year when appropriate in view of market developments or perspectives in the current or following year and taking into account available appropriations under the EAGF.
Amendment 381 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
An adjustment rate for direct payments interventions referred to in point (c) of Article 5(2) of this Regulation and Union financial contribution to the specific measures referred to in point (f) of Article 5(2) of this Regulation and granted under Chapter IV of Regulation (EU) No 228/2013 and Chapter IV of Regulation (EU) No 229/2013, ("the adjustment rate") shall be determined by the Commission, with the prior agreement of the European Parliament and the Council, when the forecasts for the financing of the interventions and measures financed under that sub-ceiling for a given financial year indicate that the applicable annual ceilings will be exceeded.
Amendment 391 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1
1. Where, on drawing up the draft budget for financial year N, there appears to be a risk that the amount referred to in Article 12 for financial year N will be exceeded, the Commission shall propose to the European Parliament and to the Council, or to the Council, the measures necessary to ensurehelp the Member States compliancey with that amount.
Amendment 392 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. If at any time the Commission considers that there is a risk that the amount referred to in Article 12 will be exceeded and that it cannot take adequate measures to remedy the situation, it shall propose other measures to ensure compliance with that amount. Those measures are adopted by the Council where the legal basis of the relevant measure is Article 43(3) of the Treaty or by the European Parliament and the Council where the legal basis of the relevant measure is Article 43(2) of the Treaty.
Amendment 393 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 16 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Where, at the end of financial year N, reimbursement requests from the Member States exceed or are likely to exceed the amount referred to in Article 12, the Commission shall:
Amendment 399 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 3
Article 22 – paragraph 3
Amendment 404 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) intervene on agricultural markets in the event of disruption that threatens the economic equilibrium of European farms;
Amendment 480 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1
Article 36 – paragraph 1
Where payment deadlines are laid down by Union law, any payment made to the beneficiaries by the paying agencies before the earliest possible date of payment and after the latest possible date of payment shall render those payments ineligible for Union financing, but only if the failure concerned is seriously detrimental to the Union's financial interests. The paying agency in question must always be given the opportunity to provide explanations.
Amendment 485 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 1
Article 37 – paragraph 1
1. Where the Commission establishes from declarations of expenditure or the information referred to in Article 88 that financial ceilings set by Union law have been exceeded, the Commission shall reduce the monthly or interim payments to the Member State in question in the framework of the implementing acts concerning the monthly payments referred to in Article 19(3) or in the framework of the interim payments referred to in Article 30, with the prior agreement of the European Parliament and the Council.
Amendment 487 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 2
Article 37 – paragraph 2
2. Where the Commission establishes from declarations of expenditure or the information referred to in Article 88 that the payment deadlines referred to in Article 36 have not been complied with, the Member State shall be afforded the opportunity to submit its comments within a period which shall not be less than 30 days. Where the Member State fails to submit its comments within the said period or where the Commission considers the response to be unsatisfactory, the Commission may reduce the monthly or interim payments to the Member State concerned in the framework of the implementing acts concerning the monthly payments referred to in Article 19(3) or in the framework of the interim payments referred to in Article 30, with the prior agreement of the European Parliament and the Council.
Amendment 491 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Where Member States do not submit the documents referred to in Articles 8(3) and 11(1) by the deadlines, as provided for in Article 8(3), the Commission may, after informing the European Parliament and the Council, adopt implementing acts suspending the total amount of the monthly payments referred to in Article 19(3). The Commission shall reimburse the suspended amounts when it receives the missing documents from the Member State concerned, provided that the date of receipt is not later than six monthsone year after the deadline.
Amendment 498 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 38 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Where, in the framework of the annual performance clearance referred to in Article 52, the Commission establishes that the difference between the expenditure declared and the amount corresponding to the relevant reported output is more than 50% and the Member State cannot provide duly justified reasons, the Commission may, after informing the European Parliament and the Council, adopt implementing acts suspending the monthly payments referred to in Article 19(3) or the interim payments referred to in Article 30.
Amendment 514 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 39 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Where the Member States fails to submit or to implement the action plan referred to in paragraph 1 or if that action plan is manifestly insufficient to remedy the situation, the Commission may, after informing the European Parliament and the Council, adopt implementing acts suspending the monthly payments referred to in Article 19(3) or the interim payments referred to in Article 30.
Amendment 524 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 40 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Where the Member State fails to submit or to implement the action plan referred to in paragraph 1 or if that action plan is manifestly insufficient to remedy the situation, the Commission may, after informing the European Parliament and the Council, adopt implementing acts suspending the monthly payments referred to in Article 19(3) or the interim payments referred to in Article 30.
Amendment 552 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 5
Article 44 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission shall present a report on the implementation of this Article to the European Parliament and to the Council every two years.
Amendment 564 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
Article 47 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
The Member States shall always have the opportunity to object to checks being carried out; in that case, a conciliation committee must be put in place. Where there are repeated checks, or if one is clearly disproportionate, the Member State concerned may refer the matter to the Court of Justice of the European Union in order to put a stop to any illegal activity.
Amendment 609 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 54 – paragraph 2
Article 54 – paragraph 2
When the Union's budget is credited as referred to in the first paragraph, the Member State may retain 250 % of the corresponding amounts as flat rate recovery costs, except in cases of non- compliance attributable to its administrative authorities or other official bodies. Amounts thus recovered by Member States' paying agencies must be reused in the form of direct payments so as to support the priorities set out in the national strategy plans, for example support for the installation of young farmers or for the sectors in greatest difficulty.
Amendment 630 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 57 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) whereas the individual concerned has committed an error in good faith which has not had consequences which are clearly disproportionate;
Amendment 669 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 3
Article 65 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that data sets collected through the integrated system which are relevant for the purposes of Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council35 or relevant for monitoring Union policies, are shared free of charge between its public authorities and made publicly available at national level. Member States shall also provide the institutions and bodies of the Union with access to these data sets. _________________ 35 Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2007 establishing an Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community (INSPIRE) (OJ L 108, 25.4.2007, p. 1).
Amendment 670 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 5
Article 65 – paragraph 5
Amendment 675 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 67 – paragraph 4
Article 67 – paragraph 4
4. Member States may decide that a claimless system shall cover one or more applications referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2. Since this system is the cause of a considerable reduction in the administrative and bureaucratic burden on final beneficiaries, it should be prioritised.
Amendment 758 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 85 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 85 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) the beneficiary, who is generally diligent, complied with their obligations without endangering the economic balance of their holding;
Amendment 759 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 85 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b b (new)
Article 85 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b b (new)
(bb) the beneficiary has not been prevented from complying with their obligations by external, unforeseen, unavoidable events.
Amendment 768 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 85 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
Article 85 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
(aa) shall give the beneficiary in question the opportunity to justify the failure to comply with their obligations and, where appropriate, shall enable them to resolve the situation;
Amendment 830 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 87 – paragraph 1
Article 87 – paragraph 1
Member States may retain 20 50% of the amounts resulting from the application of the reductions and exclusions referred to in Article 86. Amounts thus recovered by Member States' paying agencies must be used as direct payments to implement the priorities set out in the national strategy plans, for example support for the installation of young farmers or for the sectors in greatest difficulty.
Amendment 842 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 96
Article 96
Amendment 857 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 97
Article 97
Amendment 858 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 98
Article 98
Amendment 487 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) In order to ensure that the Union can respect its international obligations on domestic support as set out in the WTO Agreement on Agriculture, and in particular that the basic income support for sustainability and related types of interventions continue to be notified as ‘Green Box’ support which has no, or at most minimal, trade-distorting effects or effects on production, tThe framework definition for ‘agricultural activity’ should provide for both the production of agricultural products or the maintenance of the agricultural area. In light of adjusting to local conditions, Member States should lay down the actual definition of agricultural activity in their CAP Strategic Plans.
Amendment 568 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) While under the CAP delivery model the Union should set the Union objectives and define the types of interventions as well as the basic Union requirements applicable to Member States, the latter should be in charge of translating that Union framework into support arrangements applicable to beneficiaries. In that context, Member States should act in line with the Charter of Fundamental Rights, general principles of Union law and ensure that the legal framework for the granting of Union support to beneficiaries be based on their CAP Strategic plans and be in line with the principles and requirements set out under this Regulation and the [Horizontal Regulation].
Amendment 619 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The CAP should keep ensuring food securiovereignty, which should be understood as meaning access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food at all times. Moreover, it should help improving the response of Union agriculture to new societal demands on food and health, including sustainable agricultural production, healthier nutrition, food waste and animal welfare. The CAP should continue to promote production with specific and valuable characteristics, while at the same time helping farmers to proactively adjust their production according to market signals and consumers’ demands.
Amendment 630 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
Amendment 698 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) Union legislation should provide that Member States should set requirements in terms of minimum area for receiving decoupled payments in their CAP Strategic Plan. Such requirements should relate to the need to avoid the excessive administrative burden caused by managing numerous payments of small amounts and to that of ensuring an effective contribution of the support to the objectives of the CAP to which the decoupled direct payments contribute. In order to guarantee a minimum level of agricultural income support for all genuine farmers, as well as to comply with the Treaty objective in ensuring a fair standard of living for the agricultural community, an annual area- based decoupled payment should be established as the type of intervention ‘basic income support for sustainability’. In order to enhance better targeting of this support, the payment amounts can be differentiated, by groups of territories, based on socio-economic and/or agronomic conditions. In view of avoiding disruptive effects for farmers' income, Member States may choose to implement the basic income support for sustainability based on payment entitlements. In this case, the value of payment entitlements before any further convergence should be proportional to their value as established under the basic payment schemes pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, taking also into account the payments for agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment. Member States should also achieve further convergence in order to continue to move progressively away from historical values.
Amendment 777 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
Recital 33
(33) Compliance of coupled income support with the Union's international commitments should be ensured. This includes in particular the requirements of the Memorandum of Understanding between the European Economic Community and the United States of America on oilseeds within the framework of the GATT,17 as applicable subsequent to changes to the EU separate base area for oilseeds following changes to the composition of the EU. The Commission should have the power to adopt implementing acts for this purpose of laying down detailed rules in this respectat Memorandum should urgently be reconsidered with a view to encouraging European oilseed production. _________________ 17 Memorandum of Understanding between the Economic Community and the United States of America on oil seeds under GATT (OJ L147, 18/06/1993).
Amendment 943 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 52
Recital 52
(52) Reflecting the importance of tackling climate change in line with the Union'’s commitments to implement the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, this Programme will contribute to mainstream climate action in the Union's policies and to the achievement of an overall target of 25% of the EU budget expenditures supporting climate objectives. Actions under the CAP are expected to contribute 40 % of the overall financial envelope of the CAP to climate objectives. Relevant actions will be identified at national level during the Program's preparation and implementation of strategic programmes, and reassessed in the context of the relevant evaluations and review processes.
Amendment 1071 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 90
Recital 90
(90) Since the objectives of this Regulation cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States but can rather, by reason of the disparities between the various rural areas and the limited financial resources of the Member States, be better achieved at Union level through the multiannual guarantee of Union financing and by concentrating on clearly identified priorities, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU). In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those objectives.
Amendment 1307 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to foster a smart, resilient and diversified agricultural sector ensuring food securiovereignty;
Amendment 1310 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) to ensure European food sovereignty by reducing our level of dependency on imports from third countries;
Amendment 1312 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a b (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a b (new)
(ab) to offset the disastrous effects of the free-trade agreements negotiated with third countries;
Amendment 1322 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) to strengthen the socio-economic fabric of rural areas. by ensuring a decent standard of living for active farmers, at least equal to the minimum wage in the Member State in which their activity is established;
Amendment 1357 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) support viabledecent farm income and resilience across the Union to enhance food securiovereignty;
Amendment 1379 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) enhance market orientation and increase competitiveness, including greaterincrease the focus on research, technology and digitalisation and on farmers’ access to innovations;
Amendment 1446 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) pPromote employment, growth, social inclusionaccess to a decent income and high- quality public services for rural inhabitants and local development in rural areas, including bio-economy and sustainable forestry;
Amendment 1487 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
(ia) undertake to advocate high agricultural standards in the Member States by prohibiting the importing of foodstuffs from third countries which could not be produced legally there;
Amendment 1510 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Achievement of the objectives referred to in Articles 5 and 6(1) shall be assessed on the basis of common indicators related to output, result and impact. The set of common indicators shall include:a return to decent incomes for farmers and improving food sovereignty for Member States;
Amendment 1511 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Amendment 1512 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Amendment 1516 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Amendment 1525 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 1532 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1555 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Member States shall design the interventions of their CAP Strategic Plans in accordance with the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and the general principles of Untheir national law.
Amendment 1572 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – title
Article 10 – title
Amendment 1580 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Since certain rules make it impossible to provide effective support to farmers and their output, Member States should be free to choose to take a necessary step back from the EU's commitments to the WTO when drawing up their strategic plans;
Amendment 1688 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4
Article 12 – paragraph 4
Amendment 1822 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
(ba) the support to sectors in difficulty or sectors to be developed.
Amendment 2565 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 33 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls for the Memorandum of Understanding to be urgently called into question with the aim of enabling the Member States to regain their sovereignty regarding protein crops and to drastically reduce Europe's dependence on imports from outside the EU; an adequate level of coupled aid must be afforded to oil crop and protein crop production.
Amendment 3911 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 83 – paragraph 1
Article 83 – paragraph 1
1. The total amount of UnionSince the multiannual financial framework as presented by the Commission is unacceptable, the total amount of support for types of interventions for rural development under this Regulation for the period from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2027 shall be EUR 78 811 million in current prices in accordance with the multiannual financial framework for the years 2021 to 202738. _________________ 38 Proposal for a Council Regulation laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2021-2027 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, COM(2018)322 finalwill only be determined after the Member States approve it at a later stage.
Amendment 3934 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 85 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 85 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Amendment 3949 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 85 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 85 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Amendment 4004 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 2
Article 86 – paragraph 2
Amendment 4140 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Article 86 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Under no circumstances may the EAFRD be used for programmes involving persons in an irregular situation or awaiting regularisation in a Member State.
Amendment 4149 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 87 – paragraph 2
Article 87 – paragraph 2
Amendment 32 #
2018/0209(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Union environmental, climate and relevant clean energy policy and legislation have delivered substantial improvements to the state of the environment. HoweverDespite Union legislation in this area, major environmental and climate challenges remain, which, if left unaddressed, will have significant negative consequences for the Union and the well- being of its citizens.
Amendment 45 #
2018/0209(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
Amendment 49 #
2018/0209(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Recent evaluations and assessments, including the mid-term review of the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020 and the Fitness Check of Nature legislation, indicate that one of the main underlying causes for insufficient implementation of Union nature legislation and of the biodiversity strategy is the lack of adequate financing. The main Union funding instruments, including the [European Regional Development Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund], can make a significant contribution towards meeting those needs. The Programme can further improve the efficiency of such mainstreaming through strategic nature projects dedicated to catalysing the implementation of Union nature and biodiversity legislation and policy, including the actions set out in the Priority Action Frameworks developed in accordance with Directive 92/43/EEC. The strategic nature projects should support programmes of actions in Member States for the mainstreaming of relevant nature and biodiversity objectives into other policies and financing programmes, thus ensuring that appropriate funds are mobilised for implementing these policies. Member States could decide within their Strategic Plan for the Common Agricultural Policy to use a certain share of the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development allocation to leverage support for actions that complement the Strategic Nature Projects as defined under this Regulation.
Amendment 52 #
2018/0209(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 a (new)
Recital 16 a (new)
Amendment 63 #
2018/0209(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) Since the objectives of this Regulation, namely contributing to sustainable development and to the achievement of the objectives and targets of the Union environment, climate and relevant clean energy legislation, strategies, plans or international commitments cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States but can rather, by reason of scale and effects of this Regulation, be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures, iIn accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with and the principle of proportionality as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those objectives and gives Member States the margin of manoeuvre necessary to address their local or specific needs.
Amendment 14 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Article 176 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ('TFEU') provides that the European Regional Development Fund ('ERDF') is intended to help to redress the main regional imbalances in the Union. Under that Article and the second and third paragraphs of Article 174 of the TFEU, the ERDF is to contribute to reducing disparities between the levels of development of the various regions and to reducing the backwardness of the least favoured regions, among which particular attention is to be paid to regions which suffer from severe and permanent natural or demographic handicaps such as the northernmost regions with very low population density and island, cross-border and mountain regions.
Amendment 17 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Regulation (EU) 2018/XXX of the European Parliament and of the Council [new CPR]16 sets out common rules applicable to various funds including the European Regional Development Fund ('ERDF'), the European Social Fund Plus ('ESF+'), the Cohesion Fund, the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund ('EMFF'), the Asylum and Migration Fund ('AMIF'), the Internal Security Fund ('ISF') and the Border Management and Visa Instrument ('BMVI') which operate under a common framework ('the Funds'). _________________ 16 [Full reference - new CPR].
Amendment 18 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Horizontal principles as set out in Article 3 of the Treaty on European Union ('TEU') and in Article 10 of the TFEU, including principles of subsidiarity and proportionality as set out in Article 5 of the TEU, should be respected in the implementation of the ERDF and the Cohesion Fund, taking into account the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. Member States should also respect the obligations of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and ensure accessibility in line with its article 9 and in accordance with the Union law harmonising accessibility requirements for products and services. Member States and the Commission should aim at elimincompensating for inequalities and at promoting equality between men and women and integrapromoting the gender perspective, as well as at combating discrimination baseintegration of people with disabilities and oin sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientationall age categories into the economy. The Funds should not support actions that contribute to any form of segregation. The objectives of the ERDF and the Cohesion Fund should be pursued in the framework of sustainable development and the Union's promotion of the aim of preserving, protecting and improving the quality of the environment as set out in Articles 11 and 191(1) of the TFEU, taking into account the polluter pays principle. In order to protect the integrity of the internal market, operations benefitting undertakings shall comply with State aid rules as set out in Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU.
Amendment 23 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) In an increasingly interconnected world, and in view of the demographic and migration dynamics, it is clear that Union migration policy requiresproblems, it would make sense for a common approach, that relies on the synergies and complementarities of the different funding instruments. In order to ensure coherent, strong and consistent support for solidarity and responsibility-sharing efforts between Member States in managing migration, the ERDF should provide support to facilitate the long-term integration of migrants.aking into account the political choices of each Member State in this regard, to serve to reduce the pressure on migration, the cost of which is currently borne mainly by particular Member States, such as the EU’s border and coastal countries;
Amendment 43 #
2018/0197(COD)
(26) In order to identify or provide solutions which address issues relating to sustainable urban development at Union level, the Urban Innovative Actions in the area of sustainable urban development should be replaced by a European Urban Initiative, to be implemented under direct or indirect managementsupported. That initiative should cover all urban areas and support the Urban Agenda for the European Union21 . _________________ 21 Council Conclusions on an Urban Agenda for the EU of 24 June 2016.
Amendment 84 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d – point ii
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d – point ii
(ii) improving access to inclusive and quality services in education, training and life long learning through developing infrastructure;
Amendment 86 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d – point iii
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d – point iii
Amendment 12 #
2018/0169(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The water resources of the Union are increasingly coming under pressure, leading to water scarcity and quality deterioration. In particular, climate change and drought are contributing significantly to the strain on the availability of freshwater, arising in particular from urban development, poor infrastructure management, network leaks, industry and agriculture.
Amendment 32 #
2018/0169(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Reuse of appropriately treated waste water, for example from urban waste water treatment plants or industrial installations, is considered, according to the latest scientific knowledge on the subject, to have a lower environmental impact than other alternative water supply methods, such as water transfers or desalination, but. However, such reuse only occurs to a limited extent in the Union. This appears to be partly due to the lack of common Union environmental or health standards for water reuse, and, as regards in particular agricultural products, the potential obstacles to the free movement of such products irrigated with reclaimed water.
Amendment 40 #
2018/0169(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Health standards in relation to food hygiene for agricultural products irrigated with reclaimed water can be achieved only if quality requirements for reclaimed water destined for agricultural irrigation do not differ significantly in Member States. These requirements should be reflected in tests on reclaimed water which cover all currently known substances. Harmonisation of requirements will also contribute to the efficient functioning of the internal market in relation to such products. It is therefore appropriate to introduce minimum harmonisation by setting minimum requirements for water quality and monitoring. Those minimum requirements should consist of minimum parameters for reclaimed water and other stricter or additional quality requirements imposed, if necessary, by competent authorities together with any relevant preventive measures. In order to identify stricter or additional requirements for water quality, the reclamation plant operators should perform key risk management tasks. The parameters are based on the technical report of the Commission Joint Research Center and reflect the international standards on water reuse.
Amendment 46 #
2018/0169(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The adherence to minimum requirements for water reuse should help support the achievement of the Ssustainable Ddevelopment Goals of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, in particular Goal 6, to ensuregoals, in particular the availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all as well as a substantial increase in recycling and safe reuse of water globally. Furthermore, this Regulation seeks to ensure the application of Article 37 on environmental protection of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.
Amendment 53 #
2018/0169(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) In order to effectively protect the environment and human health, reclamation plant operators shouldmust be primarily responsible for the quality of reclaimed water. For the purposes of compliance with the minimum requirements and any additional conditions, set by the competent national authority, reclamation plant operators shouldmust monitor the quality of reclaimed water. It is therefore appropriate to establish the minimum requirements for monitoring, consisting of the frequencies of the routine monitoring and the timing and performance targets for validation monitoring. Certain requirements for routine monitoring are specified in accordance with Directive 91/271/EEC.
Amendment 71 #
2018/0169(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Competent authorities should verify compliance of the reclaimed water with the conditions set out in the permit. In cases of non-compliance, they should require the reclamation plant operator to take the necessary measures to ensure compliance. The operators of reclamation plants should immediately suspend any supply of the reclaimed water when non-compliance causes a significant risk to the environment or to human health.
Amendment 77 #
2018/0169(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) Since the objectives of this Regulation, namely the protection of environment and human health, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States, but can rather, by reason of the scale and effects of the action, be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on the European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those objectives.
Amendment 83 #
2018/0169(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article premier – paragraph 2
Article premier – paragraph 2
2. The purpose of this Regulation is to guarantee, on the basis of current scientific knowledge, that reclaimed water is safe for its intended use, thereby ensuring a high level of protection of human and animal health and the environment, addressing water scarcity and the resulting pressure on water resources in a coordinated way throughout the Union, thus also contributing to the efficient functioning of the internal market.
Amendment 112 #
2018/0169(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) farmers using reclaimed water for irrigation;
Amendment 135 #
2018/0169(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The competent national authority shall verify compliance of the reclaimed water with the conditions set out in the permit, at the point of compliance. The compliance check shall be performed using the following means:
Amendment 140 #
2018/0169(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. Where non-compliance causes a significant risk to the environment or to human health, the reclamation plant operator shall immediately suspend any further supply of the reclaimed water until the competent authority determines that compliance has been restored.
Amendment 14 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Emphasises that maintaining funding for the CAP at a proper level will guarantee the (economic, environmental and social) sustainability of agriculture in the EU in order to protect farm incomes and jobs and safeguard the production of environmental public goods, contributing decisively to the economic stability and viability of rural areas as a whole;
Amendment 28 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates its call for the CAP budget to be maintained in the 2021-2027 MFF at least at the level of the 2014-2020 budget for the EU-27 in real terms, given the fundamental role of this policy; reaffirms its view that agriculture must not suffer any financial disadvantage as a result of political decisions such as the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU or the funding of new European policies, in particular that on immigration;
Amendment 61 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the importance of maintaining current funding for direct payments as well as for second-pillar funds for farmers; deplores in particular the severe cuts envisaged for the second pillar of the CAP, which makes a significant contribution to investment and employment in rural areas; stresses that it cannot be taken for granted that national co-funding will fill the budget gap;
Amendment 64 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the importance of direct payments as well as second-pillar funds for farmers; deplores in particular the severe cuts envisaged for the second pillar of the CAP, which makes a significantin certain cases makes a contribution to investment and employment in rural areas; stresses that it cannot be taken for granted that national co-funding will fill the budget gap;
Amendment 68 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Does not consider external convergence of direct payments among Member States to be necessary. Any alterations to the financial allocations to be assigned have to result in a fair distribution of direct payments among the Member States more in keeping with attributing greater value to farm activities and capable of understanding the cost of labour and the added value produced. This redistribution could, therefore, also be measured with reference to the ratio of farm income (including CAP support) to non-farm income, rather than with reference to the level of payments per hectare;
Amendment 79 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Reiterates its call for a reform of the EU’s own-resources system; stresses the need to safeguard duties on agricultural products as a source of revenue for the EU budget, and emphasises that these duties must not be used as bargaining chips in ongoing negotiations on free trade agreements;
Amendment 98 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal to allow the carry-over of crisis reserve funds; regrets the fact that the initial amounts to be used to constitute the fund will not be sourced from outside the CAP budget but will instead be taken from direct payments in 2020 and will not be paid back to farmers.Calls for the crisis reserve for the agricultural sector to be set up through the creation of a permanent Fund to manage agricultural crises. A new item of expenditure will have to be created for this purpose, under the heading ‘Instruments outside the MFF ceilings’, and financed from the EU general budget and not from funding for the CAP ;
Amendment 115 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Believes that stepping up customs inspections at the borders of imported agricultural products and foods from third countries is essential. It is important that dedicated funding be established for this under heading IV(11) ‘Border Management’ so that the Custom Union's full potential may be realised, safeguarding its financial interests and preventing illegal trade and fraud through proper homogeneous customs checks when agribusiness products are imported into the EU;
Amendment 120 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Criticises the Commission's poor management of the funds earmarked for agriculture, in particular its inability to respond effectively at times of crisis; points out that the EU budget is funded by the Member States and that it should be for them to take decisions on the measures needed to support the agricultural sector;
Amendment 78 #
2018/0088(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) Food safety is a sensitive matter of prime interest for all Union citizens. While maintaining the principle that the burden is on the industry to prove compliance with Union requirements, it is important to establish an additional verification tool to address specific cases of high societal importance where there is a controversy on safety issues, namely the commissioning of additional studies with the objective of verifying evidence used in the context of risk assessment. Considering that it would be financed by the Union budget and that the use of this exceptional verification tool should remain proportionate, the Commission, the European Parliament or the Council should be responsible for triggering the commissioning of such verification studies. Account should be taken of the fact that in some specific cases the studies commissioned may need to have a wider scope than the evidence at stake (for example new scientific developments becoming available).
Amendment 90 #
2018/0088(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
Recital 33
(33) Furthermore, in order to assess the effectiveness and efficiency of the different provisions applying to the Authority, it is also appropriate to provide for a Commission evaluation of the Authority by the Commission, the European Parliament and the Council, in accordance with the Common Approach on Decentralised Agencies. The evaluation should, in particular, review the procedures for selecting the members of Scientific Committee and Panels, for their degree of transparency, cost-effectiveness, and suitability to ensure independence and competence, and to prevent conflicts of interests.
Amendment 103 #
2018/0088(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002
Article 8 a – point f a (new)
Article 8 a – point f a (new)
(fa) restore a climate of trust between European agricultural producers and consumers.
Amendment 106 #
2018/0088(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 1 Regulation (EC) No 178/2002.
Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 1 Regulation (EC) No 178/2002.
(fb) highlight the fact that European agricultural production has the highest environmental and health standards on the global market, which means that the risk to the consumer is as low as possible.
Amendment 108 #
2018/0088(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002.
Article 8 b – point e a (new)
Article 8 b – point e a (new)
(ea) be completely transparent when it comes to the independence of assessors and the absence of conflicts of interest.
Amendment 148 #
2018/0088(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002
Article 32 e
Article 32 e
Without prejudice to the obligation of applicants for authorisations under food law to demonstrate the safety of a subject matter submitted to a system of authorisation, the Commission, the European Parliament or the Council, in exceptional circumstances, may request the Authority to commission scientific studies with the objective of verifying evidence used in its risk assessment process. The studies commissioned may have a wider scope than the evidence subject to verification.;
Amendment 66 #
2018/0082(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) While business risk is inherent in all economic activity, agricultural production is particularly fraught with uncertainty due to its reliance on biological processes, since agricultural products are to a greater or lesser extent perishable and seasonable, and its exposure to weather conditions, price volatility and changing geopolitical situations, which can cause huge disruptions to a specific sector (in particular, via trade preferences and embargos, etc.). In an agricultural policy environment that is distinctly more market- oriented than in the past, protection against unfair trading practices has become moreis currently of paramount important force to operators active in the food supply chain and in particular forto agricultural producers and their organisations.
Amendment 78 #
2018/0082(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) A majority of all Member States, but not all of them, have specific national rules that protect suppliers against unfair trading practices occurring in business-to- business relationships in the food supply chain. Where reliance on contract law or self-regulatory initiatives is possible, fear of financial, trade or contractual retaliation against a complainant limits the practical value of these forms of redress. Certain Member States, which have specific rules on unfair trading practices in place, therefore entrust administrative authorities with their enforcement. However, Member States’ unfair trading practices rules - to the extent they exist - are characterised by significant divergence, and are not enough to provide effective and uniform protection to European producers.
Amendment 81 #
2018/0082(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) A minimum Union standard of protection against certainall manifestly unfair trading practices should be introduced to reduce the occurrence of such practices and to contribute to ensuring a fair standard of living for agricultural producers. It should benefit all agricultural producers or any natural or legal person that supplies food products, including producer organisations and associations of producer organisations, provided that all those persons meet the definition of micro, small and medium- sized enterprises set out in the Annex to Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC12agricultural producers or producer organisations. Thoese micro, small or medium supplieragricultural producers or producer organisations are particularly vulnerable to unfair trading practices and least able to weather them without negative effects on their economic viability. As the financial pressure on small and medium- sizedagricultural enterprises caused by unfair trading practices often passes through the chain and reachesaffects the morale of agricultural producers, their health and their income, rules on unfair trading practices should also protect small and medium-sized intermediary suppliers at the stages downstream of primary production. Protection of intermediary suppliers should also avoid unintended consequences (notably in terms of unduly raising prices) of trade diversion away from agricultural producers and their associations, who produce processed products, to non- protected suppliers. _________________ 12OJ L 124, 20.5.2003, p. 36.
Amendment 93 #
2018/0082(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Suppliers established outside the Union should be able to rely on the Union minimum standard, together with the (possibly stricter) standard of the Member State in which they would like to sell their products, when they sell food products to buyers established in the Union to avoid unintended distorting effects resulting from the protection of suppliers in the Union.
Amendment 114 #
2018/0082(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
Recital 10
( 10) As a majority of Member States already have national rules on unfair trading practices, albeit diverging, it is appropriate to use the tool of a Directive to introduce a minimum protection standard under Union law. This should enable Member States to integrate the relevant rules into their national legal order in such a way as to bring about a cohesive regime. Member States should not be precluded from adopting and applying on their territory stricter national laws protecting small and medium-sized supplieragricultural producers, producer organisations and buyers against unfair trading practices occurring in business-to- business relationships in the food supply chain, subject to the limits of Union law applicable to the functioning of the internal market.
Amendment 116 #
2018/0082(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) Given that national laws vary, the position of agricultural producers and producer organisations in the chain should be protected by giving them the possibility, in the event of a trade negotiation involving their agricultural products and an entity from another country, to choose the legal system that will give them the most favourable conditions.
Amendment 119 #
2018/0082(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) As unfair trading practices may occur at any stage of the sale of a food product, i.e. before, during or after a sales transaction, in relation to the provision of services by the buyer, or group of buyers, to the supplier, Member States should ensure that the provisions of this Directive should apply to such practices whenever they occur.
Amendment 122 #
2018/0082(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) When deciding whether an individual trading practice is considered unfair it is important to reduce the risk of limiting the use of fair and efficiency- creating agreements agreed between parties. As a result, it The Member States may, where relevant, establish appropriate to distinguish list of contentious but permitted practices that armay be foreseen in clear and unambiguous terms in supply agreements between the parties from p. Practices that occur after the transaction has started without being agreed in advance in clear and unambiguous terms, so that only unilateral and retrospective changes to those relevant terms of the supply agreement are prohibited. However, certain trading practices are considered as unfair by their very nature and legal classification, and should not be subject to the parties’ contractual freedom to deviate from them.
Amendment 141 #
2018/0082(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) When an unfair practice is carried out in a State other than the one in which the farmer or producer organisation conducts their business, the complaint may still be lodged with the authority in the complainant's country.
Amendment 152 #
2018/0082(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Complaints by producer organisations or associations of such organisations can serve to protect the identity of individual members of the organisation who are small and medium- sized suppliers and consider themselves exposed to unfair trading practices. Enforcement authorities of the Member States should therefore be able to accept and act upon complaints by such entities while protecting the procedural rights of the defendant. Any damages paid at the end of such procedures shall go to the member who initiated the complaint.
Amendment 169 #
2018/0082(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) To facilitate effective enforcement, the Commission should help organise meetings between the enforcement authorities of the Member States where best practices can be exchanged and relevant information can be shared. The Commission should establish and manage a website and make it accessible to Member States to facilitate those exchanges.
Amendment 176 #
2018/0082(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) In the interest of an effective implementation of the policy in respect of unfair trading practices in business-to- business relationships in the food supply chain, the Commission should review the application of this Directive and submit a report to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions. The review should also pay particular attention to whether protection of small and medium-sized buyers of food products in the supply chain – in addition to the protection of small and medium sized supplierfarmers and producer organisations – in the future would be justified,
Amendment 186 #
2018/0082(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article premier – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article premier – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. This directive gives Member States the right, where relevant, to establish a list of contentious but permitted practices that may be foreseen in clear and unambiguous terms in supply agreements between the parties.
Amendment 187 #
2018/0082(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article premier – paragraph 2
Article premier – paragraph 2
2. This Directive applies to certainall unfair trading practices which occur in relation to the sales of food products by a supplier that is a small and medium-sized enterprisen agricultural enterprise or a producer organisation to a buyer that idoes not a small and medium-sized enterprisebelong to that category.
Amendment 268 #
2018/0082(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 277 #
2018/0082(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) “food products” means products listed in Annex I to the Treaty intended for use as food, and any product arising from the work of, or service provided by, a supplier, as well as products not listed in that Annex, but processed from those products for use as food;
Amendment 385 #
2018/0082(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d e (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d e (new)
(de) a buyer carries out communication or promotional activities or implements commercial policies which risk being detrimental to the image of products bearing a geographical indication pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 or Regulation (EU) No 251/2014;
Amendment 388 #
2018/0082(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d c (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d c (new)
(dc) a buyer does not inform the supplier of any different treatment the buyer gives, or intends to give, to competitor brands owned or managed by that buyer. Such difference in treatment shall include at least any specific measures or conduct on the part of the buyer in relation to: (a) listings, (b) shelf space and (c) trade margins;
Amendment 394 #
2018/0082(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) the partial or total reduction of purchases under existing contracts for the purpose of imposing a change to an existing contract or negotiating a new contract;
Amendment 408 #
2018/0082(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
(db) a buyer shares with third parties, or uses improperly, be it intentionally or negligently, confidential information relating to a supply agreement, including trade secrets shared by the supplier with the buyer;
Amendment 421 #
2018/0082(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d d (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d d (new)
(dd) a buyer implements forms of trade reprisals against a supplier, where the latter exercises his contractual and legal rights, including the lodging of complaints and cooperation with national law-enforcement authorities;
Amendment 461 #
2018/0082(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Member States shall ensure that the following trading practices are prohibited, if they are not; otherwise, if the Member State wishes to authorise these practises, it must first add them to its list of contentious but authorised practices, in line with Article 1(1)(a), and ensure that they are agreed in clear and unambiguous terms by both parties at the conclusion of the supply agreement:
Amendment 472 #
2018/0082(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) a buyer returns unsold food products to a supplier, in particular if they are perishables;
Amendment 484 #
2018/0082(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) a supplier pays for the promotion of food products sold by the buyer. Prior to a promotion and if that promotion is initiated by the buyer with the explicit agreement of the supplier, the buyer shall specify the period of the promotion and the expected quantity of the food products to be ordered;
Amendment 507 #
2018/0082(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 a (new)
Article 5 a (new)
Article 5a Rules of evidence The buyer must establish that it has not committed one of the unfair trading practices listed under Article 3 of this directive.
Amendment 515 #
2018/0082(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The costs of the services that derive from the performance of the supply agreement by the buyer shall be clearly set out within that agreement and determined strictly in accordance with the service provided; they may not, furthermore, under any circumstances, reflect a state of economic dependence of the supplier on the buyer, which would enable the latter to impose such terms unilaterally.
Amendment 541 #
2018/0082(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. A supplier shall address a complaint to the enforcement authority of the Member State in which the buyer suspected to have engaged in a prohibited trading practice is established, or of the Member State where it conducts its business.
Amendment 579 #
2018/0082(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. Where the enforcement authority considers that there are insufficient grounds for acting on a complaint, it shall inform only the complainant about the reasons. The complainant shall be notified of the rejection in line with the laws of the Member State in which the enforcement authority is established. This notification should mention that the complainant can appeal the decision within a suitable time limit, under the laws of the Member State in which the enforcement authority is established.
Amendment 583 #
2018/0082(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The competent authority referred to in the previous paragraphs shall also be competent to investigate unfair trading practices relating to the supply of services connected to the supply agreement. The buyer and, where appropriate, the third- party recipient of the goods, shall be held jointly liable for any infringements committed by a third-party supplier of the relevant services.
Amendment 588 #
2018/0082(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to initiate and conduct investigations on its own initiative or based on a complaint;
Amendment 602 #
2018/0082(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) to take a decision establishing an infringement of the prohibitions laid down in Article 3 and require the buyer to immediately terminate the prohibited trading practice. The authority may abstain from taking any such decision, if such decision would risk revealing the identity of a complainant or disclosing any other information in respect of which the complainant considers disclosure harmful to his interests, provided that the complainant has identified that information in accordance with Article 5(3);
Amendment 604 #
2018/0082(COD)
(d) to impose a substantial pecuniary fine on the author of the infringement. The fine shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive taking into account the nature, duration and gravity of the infringement;. The fine should make it possible for the complainant to return its finances to what they were before the offence was committed. The complainant can also claim moral damages if the offence has undermined the complainant's interests, harmed its brand image or caused damage other than commercial damage alone.
Amendment 641 #
2018/0082(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall establish and manage a website that provides for the possibility of information exchange between the enforcement authorities and the Commission, in particular in relation to the annual meetings.
Amendment 5 #
2017/2284(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Expresses its satisfaction with the overall degree of progress shown by the Member States in implementing Directive 2009/128/EC; urges the Commission to promote the harmonisation of risk indicators at EU level and to obligeask the Member States to provide more comprehensive information in their National Action Plans, which must be coherent and include measurable and achievable goals and targets, and to collect more reliable data on the health impacts of exposure to pesticides of farmers and consumers;
Amendment 21 #
2017/2284(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that many Member States have changed their initial targets, focusing more on reducing the risks that pesticide use entails, rather than on actual reductions in the quantities used; regrets the fact that in many Member States there is no real commitment to integrated pest management (IPM) and thus developing a more environmentally-sustainable agriculture with lower costs for farmers, as well as reducing the dependence of agricultural holdings on the agro- chemical industry;
Amendment 44 #
2017/2284(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that pesticides are important tools for the agricultural sector, not least for reducing losses caused by pests, and therefore help stabilise farmers’ incomes so that they can produce safely and at affordable prices; highlights the fact that EFSA’s latest report on pesticide residues in food showed that 97.2 % of samples throughout Europe were within the legal limits of EU legislation, which bears witness to a very rigorous and safe food production system;
Amendment 41 #
2017/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for legislative solutions that will assist farmers in reducadjusting the use of antibiotics in livestock farming, with the aim of prudent and responsible use of antimicrobialsby adopting a pro-active attitude through health observation and information; insists that such legislative solutions must address prophylactic and metaphylactic use;
Amendment 62 #
2017/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls for approaches to antimicrobials to take into account the need for a paradigm shift in farming; calls also for flanking measures to help the agricultural sectors manage the transition from an intensive ‘feedlots’- type model to a more extensive type of farming, based on space and grassland (in France, for example, each cow has an average of one hectare to feed and recycle its excrement);