9 Amendments of José Ignacio SALAFRANCA SÁNCHEZ-NEYRA related to 2017/2136(DEC)
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 116
Paragraph 116
116. Remains convinced that better and more numerous links are needed between economic governance mechanisms and cohesion policy; positive incentives could be foreseen for that purpose;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 144
Paragraph 144
144. Attaches great importance to the ex-ante conditionalities, which set out sector-specific and horizontal conditions to ensure effective spending; believes that once the ex-ante conditionalities are fulfilled, together with the 10% retention from payments foreseen by the revised regulation, implementation of projects will be easier and less error-prone, although stresses that they have been a source of complexity and the cause of delays in the implementation of certain programmes, calls on the Commission to continue with its simplification trend also in this regard;
Amendment 309 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 187 – point b
Paragraph 187 – point b
(b) building a stronger link, between cohesion, economic governance and the European semester considering, among others, positive incentives;
Amendment 331 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 201
Paragraph 201
201. Is of the opinion that some of the larger farm incomes do not necessarily need the same degree of support for stabilising farm incomes as smaller farms in times of income volatility since they may benefit from economies of scale which are likely to make them more resilient;
Amendment 349 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 222
Paragraph 222
222. RegretNotes that the greening schemes are more an instrument for enhan cinstrument for supporting farmers’ income than to enhance CAP’s environmental and climate performance; g CAP’s environmental and climate performance rather than supporting farmers’ income; agricultural programmes to address environmental and climate needs should include performance targets and funding which reflect the costs incurred and the income lost as a result of activities going beyond the environmental baseline;
Amendment 350 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 223
Paragraph 223
223. Deplores the fact that, as they are part of area-based payments, the greening schemes willin the actual design of the program could increase the imbalances in the distribution of CAP support; calls in this direction to the Commission to consider follow the recommendations made by the Court in the Special Report n° 21/2017;
Amendment 353 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 226
Paragraph 226
226. DeploresTakes note the fact that greening adds significant complexity to the CAP due to overlaps with the CAP’s other environmental instruments (cross- compliance and the Pillar II environmental measures), which creates the risk ofin this regard takes note of the Court special report n°21/2017 on greening, where it states that “the Commission and Member States mitigate the related risk of deadweight and double funding”;
Amendment 366 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 233 – point a
Paragraph 233 – point a
(a) Farmers should only have access to CAP payments if they meet a single set of basic environmental norms including GAECs and greening requirements which are both meant to go beyond the requirements of environmental legislation;
Amendment 392 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 254
Paragraph 254
254. Calls on the Commission to consider putting an end to trust funds that are unable to attract a significant contribution from other donors and thus not capable to achieve the objectives for which they were established;