55 Amendments of Aleksander GABELIC related to 2018/0216(COD)
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) The CAP must take into account the principle of equality between women and men within the territory of the European Union, with a particular focus on promoting the participation of women in the socio-economic development of rural areas. This Regulation should help to ensure that the work that women do is more visible, better appreciated and taken into account within the specific objectives to be proposed by the Member States in their strategic plans.
Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 b (new)
Recital 10 b (new)
(10b) It is essential for the future of Europe and the planet that the EU urgently phases out agricultural support for farmers who do not pursue environmentally and climatically sustainable operations.
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) In order to give substance to the objectives of the CAP as established by Article 39 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), as well as to ensure that the Union adequately addresses its most recent challenges and international undertakings, it is appropriate to provide for a set of general objectives reflecting the orientations given in the Communication on ‘The Future of Food and Farming’. A set of specific objectives should be further defined at Union level and applied by the Member States in their CAP Strategic Plans. WhileIn order to strikinge a balance across the dimensions of sustainable development, in line with the impact assessment, these specific objectives should translate the general objectives ofMember States should strive to achieve all of these specific objectives for the CAP intofor more concrete priorities and take into account relevant Union legislation, particularly with regard to climate, energy and environment.
Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) The CAP has been unable to reduce the agricultural sector's dependence on pesticides. Therefore, specific policy instruments are needed to change farmers' use of pesticides, such as national tax measures, cross-compliance between integrated plant health, as defined in Directive 2009/128 / EC, and the CAP or direct subsidies. Scientific studies have established that today's intensive use of pesticides contributes to the gradual decline of biodiversity in Europe and this is extremely worrying, particularly the loss of winged insects. Therefore, the transition to a more sustainable use of pesticides, including low-risk methods and products, should be promoted in European agriculture.
Amendment 106 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 - point 1
Recital 16 - point 1
As many rural areas in the Union suffer from structural problems such as lack of attractive employment opportunities, skill shortages, underinvestment in connectivity, infrastructures and essential services, as well as youth drain, it is fundamental to strengthen the socio-economic fabric in those areas, in line with the Cork 2.0. Declaration, particularly through job creation and generational renewal, by bringing the Commission's jobs and growth to rural areas, promoting social inclusion, generational renewal, increased integration of women into the rural economy and the development of ‘Smart Villages’ across the European countryside. As indicated in the Communication on ‘The Future of Food and Farming’, new rural value chains such as renewable energy, the emerging bio- economy, the circular economy, and ecotourism can offer good growth and job potential for rural areas. In this context, financial instruments and the use of the InvestEU guarantee can play a crucial role for ensuring access to financing and for bolstering the growth capacity of farms and enterprises. There is a potential for employment opportunities in rural areas for legally staying third country nationals, promoting their social and economic integration especially in the framework of Community-led Local Development strategies.
Amendment 136 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) Member States should set farm advisory services for the purpose of improving the sustainable management and overall performance of agricultural holdings and rural businesses, covering economic, environmental and social dimensions, and to identify the necessary improvements as regards all measures at farm level provided for in the CAP Strategic Plans. These farm advisory services should help farmers and other beneficiaries of CAP support to become more aware of the relationship between farm management and land management on the one hand, and certain standards, requirements and information, including environmental and climate and animal welfare ones, on the other hand. The list of the latter includes standards applying to or necessary for farmers and other CAP beneficiaries and set in the CAP Strategic Plan, as well as those stemming from the legislation on water, on the sustainable use of pesticides, as well as the initiatives to combat antimicrobial resistance and the management of risks. In order to enhance the quality and effectiveness of the advice, Member States should integrate advisors within the Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS), in order to be able to deliver up-to-date technological and scientific information developed by research and innovation.
Amendment 155 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30 a (new)
Recital 30 a (new)
(30a) Female participation in rural areas in social, economic and environmental terms, is an important sustainable development pillar in rural areas and should be promoted, encouraged and supported by Member States in their strategic plans. In order to reduce the gender employment gap and to increase female employment, it is necessary for Member States’ Strategic Plans to promote the development of policies aimed at achieving a work-life balance.
Amendment 169 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) Member States should be allowed to use part of their financial ceiling available for direct payments for coupled income support in order to improve competitiveness, sustainability, and/or quality in certain sectors and productions that are particularly important for social, economic or, environmental or reasons that affect animal welfare and undergo certain difficulties. Furthermore, Member States should also be allowed to use an additional part of their financial ceiling available for direct payments to grant coupled income support specifically for the support of protein crop production in order to reduce the Union's deficit in this regard.
Amendment 196 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43 a (new)
Recital 43 a (new)
(43a) In order to promote the principle of equality between women and men, Member States may, in their CAP Strategic Plans, set out specific conditions for financial instruments related to improving the situation of rural women and their business opportunities. They should therefore prioritise women in their CAP Strategic Plans, in order, inter alia, to ensure better access to farmland and credit, thus contributing to a greater representation of rural women among farm holders and entrepreneurs.
Amendment 208 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 50
Recital 50
(50) EAFRDThe EJFLU should not provide support to investments that would harm the environment, harm human or animal health or which cannot comply with existing animal welfare regulations. Hence it is necessary to provide in this Regulation a number of exclusion rules, as well as the possibility to further develop these guarantees in delegated acts. Notably, the EAFRD should not finance investments in irrigation which do not contribute towards the achievement, or the preservation, of good status of the associated water body or bodies and investments in afforestation which are not consistent with climate and environmental objectives in line with sustainable forest management principles.
Amendment 333 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) to strengthen the socio-economic fabric ofor both women and men in rural areas.
Amendment 339 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The achievement of the general objectives shall be pursued through simultaneously achieving the fulfilment of the following specific objectives:
Amendment 373 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) foster sustainable development and efficient management of natural resources such as water, soil and air; and greatly reduce dependence on chemical pesticides, while promoting alternative methods and low-risk products.
Amendment 390 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) contribute to the protection of biodiversity, enhancereversing the decline of biodiversity, including diversity in agriculture, strengthening ecosystem services and preserveing habitats and landscapes;.
Amendment 410 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) promote employment, growth, social inclusion, greater participation of women in economic activities, and local development in rural areas, including bio- economy and sustainable forestry;
Amendment 431 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
(ia) improve animal welfare in line with Article 13 TFEU, the best available scientific research on animal welfare and in accordance with society's requirements.
Amendment 660 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 4 – point b a (new)
Article 22 – paragraph 4 – point b a (new)
(ba) In the cases referred to in subparagraphs (a) and (b), Member States may grant priority to women in order to achieve the objective referred to in point (h) of Article 6(1).
Amendment 709 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1
Article 28 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall provide support for voluntary schemes for the climate and, the environment and animal welfare ('eco- schemes') under the conditions set out in this Article and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans.
Amendment 719 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 2
Article 28 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall support under this type of intervention genuine farmers who make commitments to observe, on eligible hectares, agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and, the environment and the welfare of farm animals.
Amendment 740 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 3
Article 28 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall establish the list of agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and, the environment. and the welfare of farm animals
Amendment 756 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 4
Article 28 – paragraph 4
4. Those practices shall be designed to meet one or more of the specific environmental- and climate-, climate and farm animal- related objectives laid down in points (d), (e) and (f) of Article 6(1).
Amendment 831 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 31 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Where the linked income support concerns livestock production, only production methods that go beyond the minimum national requirements and the Union's animal welfare and animal health requirements shall be considered eligible
Amendment 855 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) integrated production., promote, develop and implement production methods that respect the environment, environmentally friendly cultivation methods and production techniques, sustainable use of natural resources, in particular the protection of water, soil and other natural resources, while reducing pesticide dependency;
Amendment 874 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall choose in their CAP Strategic Plans for each specific objective set out in Article 6(1) one or more ofutilize the following types of interventions in the apiculture sector:
Amendment 890 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
(ha) measures to improve pollination of honeybees and other wild pollinators.
Amendment 922 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) improve competitiveness of Union wine producers including contributing to improvement of sustainable production systemreduction of environmental impact of the Union wine sector; by applying production methods that respect the environment, environmentally friendly cultivation methods and reproduction of environmental impact of the Union wine sectortechniques, sustainable use of natural resources, in particular for the protection of water, soil and other natural resources, while reducing pesticide dependence; those objectives relate to the specific objectives set out in points (b) to (f) and (h) to (i) of Article 6 (1);
Amendment 975 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 59 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The Member States shall pursue one or more of the following objectives in the other sectors referred to in point (f) of Article 39:
Amendment 991 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 60 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. As regards the objectives referred to in points (a) to (g) of Article 59 Member States shall choose in their CAP Strategic Plans one or more ofutilize the following types of intervention:
Amendment 1080 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 5 – point b
Article 65 – paragraph 5 – point b
(b) go beyond the minimum requirements for the use of fertiliser and plant protection products, animal welfare, as well as other mandatory requirements established by national and Union law;
Amendment 1081 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 5 – point b a (new)
Article 65 – paragraph 5 – point b a (new)
(ba) goes beyond the minimum animal welfare requirements and other mandatory requirements laid down in EU law,
Amendment 1172 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point h a (new)
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point h a (new)
(ha) investments in infrastructure that do not comply with recommendations for good animal welfare, and principles contained in Council Directive 98/58/EC on the protection of animals in agriculture.
Amendment 1269 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 86 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
At least 350% of the total EAFRD contribution to the CAP Strategic Plan as set out in Annex IX shall be reserved for interventions addressing the specific environmental-, climate and clanimatl welfare-related objectives set out in points (d), (e), (f) and (fia) of Article 6(1) of this Regulation, excluding interventions based on Article 66.
Amendment 1314 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 7
Article 86 – paragraph 7
7. Member States may decide in their CAP Strategic Plan to use a certain share of the EAFRD allocation to leverage support and upscale integrated Strategic Nature Projects as defined under the [LIFE Regulation] and to finance actions in respect of transnational learning mobility of people in the field agricultural and rural development with a focus on young farmers, in accordance with the [Erasmus Regulation], and women in rural areas.
Amendment 1356 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 92 – title
Article 92 – title
Increased ambitions with regard to environmental-, climate and clanimatl welfare-related objectives
Amendment 1361 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 92 – paragraph 1
Article 92 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall aim to make, through their CAP Strategic Plans and in particular through the elements of the intervention strategy referred to in point (a) of Article 97(2), a greater overall contribution to the achievement of the specific environmental-, climate and clanimatl welfare- related objectives set out in points (d), (e), (f) and (fia) of Article 6(1) in comparison to the overall contribution made to the achievement of the objective laid down in point (b) of the first subparagraph of Article 110(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 through support under the EAGF and the EAFRD in the period 2014 to 2020.
Amendment 1378 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 94 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 94 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Member States shall publish their CAP strategy plans and related annexes, both as drafts and after approval, in order to ensure the possibility of an informed public debate.
Amendment 1559 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – EU Specific objectives – point 5
Annex I – EU Specific objectives – point 5
Promote employment, growth, social inclusion, greater participation of women in the rural economy, and local development in rural areas, including bio- economy and sustainable forestry;
Amendment 1581 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – EU Specific objectives – point 6
Annex I – EU Specific objectives – point 6
contribute to the protection of biodiversity, enhancereversing the decline in biodiversity, including diversity of fauna and flora in agriculture, strengthening ecosystem services and preserveing habitats and landscapes;
Amendment 1586 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Impact indicators – I.20 a (new)
Annex I – Impact indicators – I.20 a (new)
1.20a Pollinators index
Amendment 1615 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Impact indicators – I.21 a (new)
Annex I – Impact indicators – I.21 a (new)
1.21a Attracting women farmers
Amendment 1619 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.30 a (new)
Annex I – Result indicators – R.30 a (new)
R.30a Increasing the proportion of women who receive support under the CAP.
Amendment 1621 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.30 b (new)
Annex I – Result indicators – R.30 b (new)
R.30b Young women in rural areas, increasing the proportion of young women* who receive support for the establishment of agricultural holdings or businesses under the CAP. _____________________ * The age limit must be the same as that indicated in the definition of a young farmer.
Amendment 1626 #
R.31a Increasing female employment in rural areas. The proportion of jobs for women in projects receiving CAP funding.
Amendment 1636 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Impact indicators – I.26 a (new)
Annex I – Impact indicators – I.26 a (new)
1.26a Sustainable use of veterinary products in livestock farming: sales/use of food producing animals
Amendment 1638 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Impact indicators – I.27
Annex I – Impact indicators – I.27
I.27 Sustainable pesticide use: Reduce risks and impactsd dependence on use of pesticides**
Amendment 1645 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Impact indicators – I.27 b (new)
Annex I – Impact indicators – I.27 b (new)
1.27b Sustainable use of biocides: reduce dependence on biocides
Amendment 1648 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I –Impact indicators – I.28 a (new)
Annex I –Impact indicators – I.28 a (new)
1.28a. Reduction of non-compliance with available animal welfare legislation (Council Regulation No 1099/2009, Council Directive 2007/43 / EC, Council Directive 1999/74 / ED) per animal in the Member State
Amendment 1649 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I –Impact indicators – I.28 b (new)
Annex I –Impact indicators – I.28 b (new)
1.28b. Measurement of animal density by species in the Member State
Amendment 1652 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.36 a (new)
Annex I – Result indicators – R.36 a (new)
R.36a Sustainable use of veterinary products: proportion of livestock affected by support measures to limit the use of veterinary products (prevention/reduction) to reduce the risks and adverse effects of these products
Amendment 1655 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.37
Annex I – Result indicators – R.37
R.37 Sustainable pesticide use: Share of agricultural land concerned by supported specific actions which lead to a sustainable use of pesticides in order to reduce risks and impactsreduced dependence on the use of pesticides
Amendment 1663 #
R.37a Sustainable use of biocides: proportion of agricultural land: proportion of agricultural land affected by specific supportive measures leading to reduction of biocide dependence
Amendment 1667 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – EU Specific objectives – point 9 a (new)
Annex I – EU Specific objectives – point 9 a (new)
Improve animal welfare in line with Article 13 of the Treaty, best available research and knowledge and community requirements.
Amendment 1790 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – SMR 16 a (new) – Requirements and standards
Annex III – SMR 16 a (new) – Requirements and standards
Council Regulation 1099/2009 of 24 September 2009 on the protection of animals at the time of killing
Amendment 1791 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – SMR 16 b (new) – Requirements and standards
Annex III – SMR 16 b (new) – Requirements and standards
Council Directive 2007/43/EC of 28 June 2007 laying down minimum rules for the protection of chickens kept for meat production
Amendment 1792 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – SMR 16 c (new) – Requirements and standards
Annex III – SMR 16 c (new) – Requirements and standards
Council Directive 1999/74/EC of 19 July 1999 laying down minimum standards for the protection of laying hens