Activities of Ladislav ILČIĆ related to 2021/2205(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the implementation of the school scheme for fruit, vegetables, milk and dairy products under the Common Market Organisation Regulation
Amendments (10)
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas studiesresearch haves shown that the consumption of fruit and vegetables reduces the risk of life-threatening diseases and helps to mitigate the environmental impact of food systemsoods high in fat, sugar and salt in the daily diet causes obesity and increases the risk of disease;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Regrets the fact that in many cases, the amount of EU funding that the Member States receive is insufficient to reach all target groups, to motivate all schools to join the project and generate the desired impact at national level;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission, given the rise in food prices, to increase the total budget envelope for the school scheme for fruit, vegetables, milk and dairy products and to consider a redistribution among the participants of the scheme so that resources are reallocated from Member States that use the budget only partially to Member States whose current budget is not sufficient; emphasises that increasing the budget for the scheme would make it possible to increase the frequency of distribution every week and the duration of distribution throughout the school year;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Acknowledges the importance of educational measures in the context of achieving the scheme’s objectives; points out that farm visitsto raise awareness of the nutritional value of fresh, seasonal, local and regional fruit and vegetables as well as milk and dairy products; points out that farm visits, preferably to those that produce food that children consume in the context of the school scheme, are a critical tool to enable children to reconnect with agriculture and to get to know and experience at first hand the vital role played by farmers;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to provide more guidance on the content of the educational measures, such as a focus on healthy eating habits, agriculture in general and sustainable agriculture in particular, including organic farming; calls on the Commission to provide guidance about education of students and teachers with the goal of reducing food waste;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Underlines the need to increase the participation of other stakeholders in the educational measures, including greater involvement of parents and teachers; emphasises that when selecting suppliers, preference should be given to producers who are closer to the school in order to facilitate the implementation of educational measures;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Urges the Commission and the Member States to reduce the administrative burden of implementing the scheme, particularly in the context of distribution measures to improvncrease participation rates of schools in the scheme and the use of national budgets; considers that one way of streamlining the scheme could be to simplify or eliminate the procurement procedures so that schools wishing to participate do not have to shoulder the administrative burden;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 – point a (new)
Paragraph 13 – point a (new)
(a) Urges the Commission and the Member States to include digital food monitoring in order to reduce the administrative burden which would contribute to the measures for digital transformation of the agriculture and realisation of the goals from the CAP
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Recalls that public procurement procedures, even simplified ones, should comply with the most economically advantageous tender (MEAT) criteria for award; insists that large suppliers must not have, as well as all other existing criteria, but also criteria that significantly favour the producer over the supplier and favour food that is produced as close as possible to the school; calls for the abandonment of the ‘winner takes all’ principle which often results in large suppliers having a predominant position to the detriment of small farmers participating in the scheme;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Proposes streamlining the management, control, monitoring and evaluation requirements, both for the competent authorities of the Member States and the scheme’s beneficiaries; considers that when choosing a supplier, priority should be given to those who are prepared to provide the GPS coordinates of the production location and that production closer to the school should be proportionally preferred over production further away from the school;