26 Amendments of Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA related to 2016/2034(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas, since 2007, extreme price fluctuation has been a f the gradual dismantling of intervention meatsure of worlds in the agricultural markets, with increasingly frequent and marked economic shocks has given rise to greater price volatility;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the European Union does not currently have a genuine safety net to curb market volatility, which acts a powerful disincentive for farmers to continue working on EU territory;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas greater market transparency may limitcontribute to limiting the effects of price volatility;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas, however, the current milk market observatory is proving to be of very limited usefulness and whereas there is a need for a price control instrument which is more preventive in nature and covers not only the milk sector but also Europe's principal farming sectors;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that volatility must be accepted as a givenfarmers will be increasingly exposed to price volatility as a result of the globalisation and sophistication of agricultural markets, greater variability of supply due to climatic vagaries, increased health risks and the parlous equilibrium of food supply; considers that it must be integrated in public policy and that those operators who are most exposed must be supported in order to lessen its negative effects;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the Union’s competitors make considerable sums of public money available for protecting their farmers from the effects of price volatility, and highlights the fact that, over the years, the European Union has dismantled support for agricultural markets whereas such support is what the United States' aid system is based on;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that the main aims of2003 CAP reform since 2007 have been to strengthenaw the first steps towards the 'decoupling' of direct payments, to furthera process theat convergence of basic payments and to take on board societal and environmental concerns;tinued until they were almost fully decoupled in the most recent reform, which also introduced the partial convergence of direct payments.
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Points out that decoupled direct aid under the first CAP pillar, representing close to 30% of farmers' incomes, is a vital component of income but, in isolation, is not helping to stabilise agricultural markets;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Notes that, in all Member States, farmers have access to very varied types of risk management instruments that have differing degrees of sophistication and differ in scope and design in order to meet what farmers are calling for and cater for the various European farming models;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Considers that any European initiative to develop risk management instruments must be in keeping with existing national models and, where appropriate, complement them;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Considers that food autonomy and security, on the basis of food production within Europe, must be long-term aims for the future CAPessential aims in preparation for the forthcoming reform of the CAP, and that it is therefore necessary to introduce market stabilisation instruments;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 d (new)
Paragraph 10 d (new)
10d. Is convinced that the Commission should have flexible and productive instruments in order to prevent and manage the very high levels of market risk which farmers cannot guard against by themselves;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that inter-branch organisations encourage dialogue among the various stakeholders and facilitate joint initiatives to understand markets and production better and to enhance their transparency, forecast production potential, help improve supply management and draw up standard contracts that are compatible with EU rules and regulations;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Call on the Commission to conduct an in-depth analysis of what is holding back optimal implementation of the CMO and the measures that would enable better use to be made of tools placed at the disposal of Member States and sectoral stakeholders;
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Considers that producer organisations and their associations must be facilitated and better able organisationally to involve producers who do not meet the criteria of the single CMOin regard to implementation of the CAP and enforcement of competition law;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Recognises the efforts made by European cooperatives in uniting producers and believes it necessary to encourage them to play a greater role in agricultural sectors and to merge with one another, with a view of improving the bargaining power of producers in the food chain;
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Considers that farmers must be permitted to come together in bodies, against a background of processing and distribution stakeholders becoming increasingly concentrated at both EU and national level, farmers must be permitted to come together in producer organisations or associations thereof that carry as much clout as those of the other stakeholders in the chain with whom they negotiate;
Amendment 234 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission to facilitate the introduction of contractual systems by adapting competition law to meet the needs of the agricultural industry within the framework of the CAP’'s basic rules, so as to permit commercial cooperation at the stage when produce is first placed on the market, irrespective of the type of producer organisation involved in accordance with Article 42 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), so as to permit farmers to negotiate collectively through producer organisations of a similar size to other stakeholders in processing and distribution;
Amendment 340 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Notes that the traditional CAP crisis management tools (public intervention and private storage) are no longer sufficiently effective in a globalised economy;
Amendment 344 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 f (new)
Paragraph 21 f (new)
21f. Calls on the Commission to propose the introduction of revised, effective crisis prevention and management tools;
Amendment 345 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 6
Subheading 6
Amendment 366 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Welcomes the Commission's decision to set up a meat market observatory along the lines of the European Milk Market Observatory, and points out that in the context of the last CAP reform Parliament had called for a price and margin observatory covering the agricultural sector as a whole to be established;
Amendment 368 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Recommends thatCalls on the Commission to assess the advisability of setting up European agricultural price and market observatories be established for the various sectors of the industry, to provide ongoing, segment-by- segment analysis of agricultural markets, with the involvement of economic stakeholders, and to make relevant data and forecasts available at regular intervalfor other agricultural sectors, such as the plant-based sectors;
Amendment 375 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Draws attention to the important role which observatories of this kind can play in disseminating and analysing market data, and urges the Commission to regard the observatories as tools which can be used to manage agricultural markets, and not only as a means of monitoring disruptions to markets;
Amendment 386 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
Paragraph 25 b (new)
25b. Urges the Commission to take the steps needed to ensure that these observatories can, on the one hand, provide accurate data in real time on market and price trends, production costs, consumption, stock levels, prices and imports and exports of agricultural foodstuffs at European level, and, on the other, issue early warnings ahead of crises and recommendations to the Commission, the Member States and economic actors based on up-to-the- minute analyses of agricultural markets by segment;