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4 Amendments of Mazaly AGUILAR related to 2021/0227(BUD)

Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the importance of 1. transitional common agricultural policy (CAP) measures to give legal certainty to the agricultural sector and to bridge the gap to the new legal basis for a strong contribution to the European Green Deal; points at the possible strong repercussions of the negotiated compromises on the budget structure; welcomes the reinforcement of the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) by EUR 5,7 billion from Next Generation EU (NGEU) in 2022; highlights that NGEU support for local actors is not only essential to the recovery of farmers and rural areas from the impact of the pandemic, but also crucial to the Union’s ambitious environmental targets;
2021/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses that in view of the progressive liberalisation of agricultural trade and the existence in our trading partners of different production standards, environmental practices and animal welfare rules, it is imperative to strengthen border controls; calls on the Commission to monitor existing trade agreements with countries where there are serious doubts about compliance with Community rules and which have been the subject of complaints made to the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF);
2021/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that the COVID-19 pandemic has emphasised the strategic role that agriculture plays in avoiding a food crisis by providing safe, high-quality food at affordable prices; Iinsists that some of the COVID-19 crisis measures supporting agricultural sectors need to be continued and provided with additional funds in 2022 to mitigate the impact of the COVID- 19 pandemic;
2021/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the necessity to allocate a significant share of the Horizon Europe funds to the agri-food sector to support research and innovation in food, agriculture and rural development in order to improve agricultural productivity and accommodate the ambitions of the European Green Deal; urges the Commission to ensure that the results reach farm level; calls on the Commission to implement the multi-actor approach in the Horizon Europe programme in an effective and practical manner, so that farmers or their representative organisations do not have a marginal or purely symbolic role in these programmes but are involved in the process of design, implementation and dissemination throughout the life of the project; recalls the importance of proper and accessible advisory services for farmers to integrate state-of-the-art technologies and practices and improve the sector’s competitiveness and sustainability.
2021/07/23
Committee: AGRI