Activities of Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI related to 2018/2037(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
The future of food and farming (debate) PL
Amendments (96)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
– having regard to Articles 40 and 42 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) establishing a Common Market Organisation in agricultural products and the extent to which rules on competition apply to production of and trade in agricultural products,
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas over the years the CAP has undergone regular re-programming in line with new challenges, but another step in this continuous process of modernisation and simplification, building on previous reforms, is now necessary to tackle the challenges of food security, environmental protection and climate change and to increase EU added value;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas EU agriculture is at a turning point from an economic, technological and environmental perspective and that a strong and renewed ambition at EU level needs to provide the EU agricultural sector visibility and certainty with regards to the challenges arising from the impacts of Brexit and of the multilateral and bilateral trade agenda;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the CAP must play an important role in overcoming stagnation and volatility of farm incomes which, despite the concentration and intensification of production and increasing productivity, are still lower than in the rest of the economy and in comparison to EUs key competitors;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas it is essential to provide flexible and responsive tools to help sensitive and strategic sectors cope with structural changes, such as the potential impacts of Brexit or of approved bilateral trade agreements with the EU’s main partners;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas it is essential to ensure a fair standard of living for farmers across regions and Member States, affordable prices for citizens and consumers, and access to quality food and healthy diets, while delivering on the commitments for environmental care, climate action, and animal and plant health and welfare;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas the further strengthening of the CAP’s environmental tasks makes the current model for the distribution of direct payments among Member States irrelevant and outdated, and the area of agricultural land is the best measure of the scale of the demands and challenges faced by farmers in connection with a modernised CAP;
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the emergence of new challenges, such as increasing global trade, is necessitating a common level playing field based on fair and sustainable conditions for the global exchange of goods and services as well as renewed and efficient trade defence mechanisms, within the framework of the WTO and in accordance with existing EU social, economic and environmental standards, which should be promoted;
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas while the focus on research and development for both product and process innovation is to be welcomed, more must be done to translate the results of research into food and farming practice, facilitated by EU-wide agricultural extension services;
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas the CAP has progressively integrated environmental objectives by ensuring that its rules are compatible with and farmers comply to the environmental requirements laid down in Union legislation and promote sustainable farming practices that preserve the environment and biodiversity;
Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas the agriculture and food sector must be incentivised toshould continue to contribute to the environmental care and climate action objectives of the EU set out in international agreements such as the Paris Agreement and the UN SDGs;
Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas the competitive agriculture and food sector must be incentivised to continue to contribute to the environmental care and climate action objectives of the EU set out in international agreements such as the Paris Agreement and the UN SDGs;
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas the CAP must develop a real ambition to reconcile environmental and climate objectives and the economic sustainability of the farming sector as only economically healthy farms will be capable to deliver on EU environmental and climate objectives;
Amendment 296 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas there are still disparities in development between the Member States and regions, and CAP support for rural development provides opportunities to increase competitiveness, promote sustainable economies, combat depopulation, unemployment and poverty, and promote social inclusion;
Amendment 299 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas less-favoured areas, such as mountainous and outermost regions, should continue to be compensated by the CAP for the extra costs associated with their specific constraints in order to maintain farming activity in such areas;
Amendment 316 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas it is essential to ensure fair competition within the single market, within the sector and with other players in the food supply chain, both up and downstream, and to further strengthen incentives to prevent risks and crises with active management tools to be deployed at sectorial level and by public authorities;
Amendment 321 #
Na. whereas the activities of the Single Common Market Organisation (CMO) are play an important role in stabilising agricultural markets;
Amendment 370 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Suggests that a notification of strategic plans by the Member States should not entail a formal approval by the Commission, rather a compliance check against the pre-defined objectives should be performed;
Amendment 377 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 402 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that subsidiarity for Member States should only be granted within a common set of rules and tools agreed at EU level as part of a uniform approach to all programming efforts and eligibility criteria, should cover both of the CAP’s pillars and ensure, in particular, a European approach in Pillar I and thus a level playing field;
Amendment 429 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. In CAP Pillar II the strict rules for irrigation should be mitigated in order to extend the irrigation especially in those Member States, where the irrigated area is less than the EU average;
Amendment 439 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that the European Commission in the process of assessing, approving and/or monitoring the implementation of the CAP by Member States, shall commit itself to strictly respect the political agreement and the objectives set by the co-legislators without adding extra layers of rules and policy objectives;
Amendment 447 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. WelcomeUnderstands the efforts of the Commission to establish programme design, implementation and control of an output-based approach in order to foster performance rather than compliance, while ensuring adequate monitoring via clearly defined, solid and measurable indicators at EU level, including an appropriate system of quality control and penalties;
Amendment 461 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Emphasizes that the new system should bring substantial simplification and reduction of administrative burden for both beneficiaries and national / regional administrations;
Amendment 464 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Believes that the new CAP implementation regime proposed in the Commission communication on the basis of the strategic plans should be limited to 30% of direct payments that are currently dependent on greening;
Amendment 465 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes, however, that a potential delay in adoption of CAP Strategic Plans may lead to late payments which has to be avoided;
Amendment 467 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Highlights that the CAP indicators should be simple, realistic, easily quantifiable and controllable;
Amendment 469 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls for the development of a system of appropriate institutional and legal adjustments that would be conducive to changing the implementation model in order to prevent additional costs from being incurred and to prevent the absorption of funds in the Member States from being reduced;
Amendment 470 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Calls for simple framework-type CAP Strategic Plans, allowing appropriate flexibility;
Amendment 471 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Considers that the collection of information should rely on satellite images and Integrated Administration and Control System databases rather than individual farmers’ data submission;
Amendment 472 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 e (new)
Paragraph 5 e (new)
5e. Stresses that missing out on output targets should not lead to a financial correction;
Amendment 473 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 f (new)
Paragraph 5 f (new)
5f. Proposes for due consideration to introduce the following two simple indicators: - a 2 % premium to animal breeders after each 0,1 animal unit / hectare registered in the Integrated Identification and Registration System for Animals which would be called "environmental economic animal breeder premium"; This would incentivise farmers to breed animals on their land which would re-balance European agriculture; - a 20 % premium per farm to those farmers producing on small watershed basins having a nitrate output result - in groundwater and surface-water - measured by the relevant authorities on pre-defined points on the given basin below the threshold limit which would be called "environmental economic nitrate premium"; This latter would incentivise farmers pursuing a reasonable nutrient management determined by the results of soil analysis in order to use the optimal quantity of nitrogen;
Amendment 474 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 g (new)
Paragraph 5 g (new)
5g. Requests preserving the simplified Small Farmers Scheme; Believes that farmers having a land less than 5 hectares should have the opportunity to voluntarily step into this system;
Amendment 475 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 h (new)
Paragraph 5 h (new)
5h. Believes that farmers having a land less than 5 hectares should have the opportunity to voluntarily step into this system;
Amendment 476 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 i (new)
Paragraph 5 i (new)
5i. Proposes to grant direct payments only to those animal (equino, sheep, goat, beef cattle) breeders farming on permanent pastures who keep ruminants at least 0,2 animal unit per hectare on that pasture where they apply for direct payments;
Amendment 481 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls for guarantees that implementing and delegated acts and guidelines as well (serving as “soft laws”) are kept to the absolute minimum;
Amendment 490 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Believes that these acts must not cover any important legal provision which has to be in the basic acts;
Amendment 491 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Considers that these shall not reverse the spirit of subsidiarity and simplification of the basic acts to be;
Amendment 493 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls onWelcomes the proposal of the Commission to grant more flexibility to Member States and regions within the framework of the agricultural de minimis rules;
Amendment 494 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to grant more flexibility to Member States and regions within the framework of the agricultural de minimis rules, while securing the integrity of the internal market;
Amendment 505 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls also on the Commission to provide Member States with more flexibility in the framework of the agricultural State aid rules to encourage farmers to setup voluntary precautionary savings in a view to better cope with the upsurge in climate-driven and health risks as well as economic crises;
Amendment 534 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Considers it necessary to maintain the current two-pillared architecture, particularly Pillar I, which is dedicated to income support for farmers; considers it necessary, at the same time, to compensate for the provision of public goods on the basis of uniform criteria, while allowing Member States to take specific approaches to reflect local and sectoral conditions;
Amendment 578 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Stresses that the CAP budget should be adapted to future needs and challenges, like those derived from the impacts of Brexit and of free-trade agreements adopted by the EU with its main trading partners;
Amendment 579 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Points to the persistent disparities in development between rural areas in different regions and Member States and therefore considers that cohesion criteria should continue to play an important role in the distribution of second-pillar funds between Member States;
Amendment 591 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Considers that the development of new EU policies and objectives must not be to the detriment of the CAP resources;
Amendment 612 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Believes that more targeted support for family farms is necessaryis necessary for small and medium-sized family farms that provide a range of public goods and constitute a distinctive element of the European agricultural model and can be achieved by introducing a compulsory higher support rate for small and medium-sized farms; considers, moreover, that support for larger farms should be digressive, reflecting economies of scale, with the possibility for capping to be decided by the Member States;
Amendment 629 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Believes that more targeted support for family farms is necessary and can be achieved by introducing a compulsovoluntary higher support rate for small farms; considers, moreover, that support for larger farms should be digressive, reflecting economies of scale, with the possibility for capping to be decided by the Member States;
Amendment 671 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls forBelieves that the existing systbasic payment scheme for calculating direct payments in Pillar I, which is often based on historic entitlements, to be replaced by an EU- wide uniform method of calculating payments, in order to make the system simpler and more transparent is too complicated;
Amendment 688 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Welcomes the simple, justified, transparent and easily executable Single Area Payment Scheme (SAPS) successfully applied in many Member States and, therefore, asks for the preservation of the SAPS after 2020 and suggests to let it used in any Member State or by any farmer in the EU;
Amendment 695 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Considers that Member States applying the Single Area Payment Scheme (SAPS) should have the option of continuing to apply it, as it is WTO- compatible, straightforward, understandable and adapted to the new tasks of the CAP;
Amendment 724 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 725 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses the need for a fair distribution of direct payments between Member States, which must take into account socio-economic differences, different production costs and the amounts received by Member States under Pillar IIthe principle of equal treatment, socio-economic differences, including differences in the number of farmers, different production costs and the importance of the enhanced environmental dimension of the modernised CAP, which is closely linked to the management of agricultural land, means that equalised amounts of direct assistance per hectare in all Member States are the best compromise in this respect;
Amendment 729 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses the need for a fair distribution of direct payments between Member States, which must take into accountbased on objective socio- economic differences, different production coscriteria, since all EU farmers must meet the same standards and requirements and face the samounts received by Member States under Pillar IIe challenges; feels, therefore, that the process of convergence begun during the current financial perspective must be brought to a conclusion;
Amendment 742 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses the need for a fair distribution of direct payments between Member States, which must take into account socio-economic differences, the persistent need to eliminate developmental delays in some countries and regions, different production costs and the amounts received by Member States under Pillar II;
Amendment 769 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Believes that, provided that a level playing field in the single market can be guaranteed, voluntary coupled support (VCS) payments should be maintained, as a principal tool to counteract specific difficulties, particularly those arising from the structural competitive disadvantage of less-favoured and mountainous regions, as well as those which are more temporary in nature and arise from a shift away from the old entitlement scheme, for example;
Amendment 770 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Believes that, provided that a level playing field in the single market can be guaranteed, the share of voluntary coupled support (VCS) payments should be maintained at least at current levels, as a tool to counteract specific difficulties, particularly those arising from the structural competitive disadvantage of less- favoured and mountainous regions, as well as those which are more temporary in nature and arise from a shift away from the old entitlement scheme, for example; considers, furthermore, that voluntary coupled support payments are important for maintaining the EU’s diversity of agricultural production, agricultural employment and sustainable production systems;
Amendment 773 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Believes that, provided that a level playing field in the single market can be guaranteed, voluntary coupled support (VCS) payments should be maintained, as a tool to counteract specific difficulties, particularly those arising from the structural competitive disadvantage of less- favoured and mountainous regions, as well as those which are more temporary in nature and arise from a shift away from the old entitlement scheme, for example;
Amendment 790 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Believes that, provided that a level playing field in the single market can be guaranteed, voluntary coupled support (VCS) payments should be maintained, as a tool to counteract specific difficulties, particularly those arising from the structural competitive disadvantage of less- favoured and mountainous regions, as well as those which are more temporary in nature and arise from a shift away from the old entitlement scheme, for example;
Amendment 800 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Confirms that these payments are contributing to the fulfilment of CAP objectives and those of the European Commission related to job preservation;
Amendment 807 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Asks for lifting sectorial limitations because the concept of “sectors being in difficulty” dropped and Member States should be able to dedicate a sufficient share of the national envelope to these payments, while respecting World Trade Organisation rules;
Amendment 841 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Besides the generational renewal the vitality of the rural areas should be maintained by supporting the development of rural areas in an integrated manner, through a wide range of actions (investments, connectivity and broadband, basic services, preservation of life and nature, renewal of villages, digitalisation etc.) mostly in the form of non-refundable supports;
Amendment 846 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Stresses the need to maintain a strong second pillar of the CAP in order, inter alia, to combat rural depopulation, unemployment, poverty and social exclusion, as well as to level out the developmental gaps that exist between rural areas in the various regions and Member States;
Amendment 918 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Highlights, moreover, that the implementation of financial instruments in rural development should be done on voluntary basis, while investments in rural areas should be strengthened;
Amendment 944 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission to introduce a new and comprehensive legal framework which allows the integration of the various types of environmental actions at present, such as cross compliance, greening and the good agricultural and environmental conditions (GAEC) standards and greening, as well as agri-environment measures (AEMs) for rural development, so that farmers can deliver effectively and with less bureaucracy on environmental care, biodiversity and climate action, while ensuring that Member States have adequate control and taking into account local conditions;
Amendment 947 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission to introduce a new and comprehensive legal framework which allows the integration of the various types of environmental actions at present, such as cross compliance, greening and the good agricultural and environmental conditions (GAEC) standards, as well as agri-environment measures (AEMs) for rural development, so that farmers can deliver effectively and with less bureaucracy on environmental care, biodiversity and climate action, while ensuring that Member States have adequate control and taking into account local conditions;
Amendment 963 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Stresses that binding new environmental and climate protection requirements should be based on simple and feasible measures, so that direct payments can achieve their overriding objective of supporting agricultural incomes;
Amendment 973 #
17b. Calls, in the interests of simplifying the CAP, for maintaining the existing exemption and not burdening the smallest farms under 15 ha with additional environmental and climate measures under the CAP;
Amendment 991 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Believes that this new framework should be underpinned by the possible allocation of a minimum amount of the total available budget in Pillar II to AEMs, including organic agriculture, support for biodiversity and genetic diversity in animals and plants;
Amendment 1034 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to foster innovation and modernisation in agriculture by supporting training and agricultural extension as a pre-condition in programme design andto help an effective implementation in all Member States, while fostering the transfer of know-how and the exchange of best practice models between Member States;
Amendment 1036 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to foster innovation and modernisation in agriculture by supporting training and agricultural extension as a pre-condition in programme design and implementation in all Member States, while fostering the transfer of know-how and the exchange of best practice models between Member States; notes that the potential for young farmers or small and medium-sized agricultural holdings to participate in technological progress is much smaller than that of larger farms;
Amendment 1037 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to foster innovation and modernisation in agriculture and food sector by supporting training and agricultural extension as a pre- condition in programme design and implementation in all Member States, while fostering the transfer of know-how and the exchange of best practice models between Member States;
Amendment 1065 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Stresses the need for special support for the transfer of knowledge to small and medium-sized farms, which tend to have difficulty accessing innovation and new technologies;
Amendment 1101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls on the Commission to examine the possibility of introducing a food voucher system for the poorest citizens or refugees that would provide an additional food distribution buffer on each Member State’s internal market;
Amendment 1113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Stresses that the instruments established under the common market organisation (CMO) should continue to play an important role as a safety net in stabilising agricultural markets, and stresses that it must be implemented more actively and effectively in future in order to prevent and overcome crises;
Amendment 1115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Stresses that the attractiveness of the European Risk Management Toolbox (insurance, income stabilisation tools and mutual funds) included in the CAP has been strengthened by the Omnibus regulation;
Amendment 1123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Insists on the critical need for the future CAP to support farmers more efficiently in order to cope with price and income volatility due to climate, health and market risks, by creating additional incentives for flexiblethe development and the use of such risk management and stabiliszation tools while ensuring broad access and compatibility with existing national schemes;
Amendment 1135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Insists on the critical need for the future CAP to support farmers more efficiently in order to cope with price and income volatility due to climate, health and market risks, as well as the impact of external factors, by creating additional incentives for flexible risk management and stabilisation tools while ensuring broad access;
Amendment 1139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Insists on the critical need for the future CAP to support farmers more efficiently in order to cope with price and income volatility due to climate, health and market risks, by creating additional incentives for flexible risk management and stabilisation tools while ensuring broad access;
Amendment 1163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Insists on the necessity of strengthening the position of producers within the food supply chain, in particular by guaranteeing them a fair share of the added value, by fostering inter-sectoral cooperation, and strengthening transparency in the markets and crisis prevention;
Amendment 1170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Insists on the necessity of strengthening the position of producers within the food supply chain, in particular by guaranteeing them a fair share of the added value, by introducing appropriate instruments, including financial instruments, to support the creation and development of bodies aimed at fostering cooperation between agricultural producers, such as agricultural producer organisations and groups, by fostering inter-sectoral cooperation, and by strengthening transparency in the markets and crisis prevention;
Amendment 1172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Insists on the necessity of strengthening the position of producers within the food supply chain, in particular by guaranteeing them by providing the necessary financial resources and legal framework to combat unfair commercial practices, as well as to guarantee producers a fair share of the added value, by fostering inter-sectoral cooperation, andby monitoring competition policy, and by strengthening transparency in the markets and crisis prevention;
Amendment 1181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Insists on the necessity of strengthening the position of producers within the food supply chain, in particular by guaranteeing them a fair share of the added value, by fostering inter-sectoral cooperation, and strengthening transparency in the markets and crisis prevention, as well as further clarify the legal relationship between the provisions on the Common Market Organisations (CMO) and EU competition rules;
Amendment 1193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. Stresses that, based on the provisions obtained in the Omnibus regulation to rebalance the bargaining power within the food supply chain, farmers should be further incentivised to organise and use such new collective possibilities provided by farmers’ organisations;
Amendment 1194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 c (new)
Paragraph 22 c (new)
22c. Stresses that the future CAP should also foster the development of economic organisations of the agricultural sector, both vertical and horizontal cooperation,, and continue to strengthen transparency in the markets and crisis prevention tools;
Amendment 1195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 d (new)
Paragraph 22 d (new)
22d. Considers that, based on the lessons drawn on the functioning of the diverse EU Market observatories (Milk, Meat, Sugar & Crops), such tools should be extended to the sectors that are not already covered and further developed to offer reliable data and forecasts to the market operators in order to deliver early warning in case of market disturbances;
Amendment 1196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 e (new)
Paragraph 22 e (new)
22e. Stresses that the historical market management tools of the CAP (public intervention and private storage) no longer have sufficient efficiency in a global economy context;
Amendment 1198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Commission to allow and indeed encourage – drawing on the lessons learnt during the last market crises particularly in the dairy sector – activethe complementary use of innovative market and crisis management instruments, such as voluntary sector agreements to manage, and if appropriate reduce, supply in quantitative terms among producers, producers organisations, farmers’ associations and processors, and to examine the possibility of extending such instruments to other sectors;
Amendment 1221 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls for an in-depth review of the current crisis reserve mechanism in order to create an independent financial instrumentworkable and independent EU fund for agricultural crisis exempt from the budgetary principle of annuality, so as to permit budgetary transfers from one year to the next, thereby enabling quick and effective prevention actions and responses to crisis situations, including those involving animal and plant health, disease- related issues and food safety; Insists that this renewed EU fund for agricultural crisis should be used to complement the post-Omnibus European Risk Management Toolbox in case of severe crisis;
Amendment 1227 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls for establishing a new mechanism totally independent from direct payments and financed primarily from unspent margins of Heading 2 in the EU budget;
Amendment 1245 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Believes that while trade agreements are beneficial to the EU agricultural sector overalleconomy as a whole, and necessary for strengthening the EU’s position on the global agricultural market,market, in relation to EU agriculture they also pose a number of challengethreats that require reinforced safeguard mechanisms to ensure a level playing field between farmers in the EU and in the rest of the world;
Amendment 1248 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Believes that while trade agreements are beneficial to the EU agricultural sector overall, and necessary for strengthening the EU’s position on the global agricultural market, they also pose a number of challenges that require reinforcneed to be tackled, safeguard mechanismsuch as respect of EU sanitary and phyto-sanitary standards, to ensure a level playing field between farmers in the EU and in the rest of the world;
Amendment 1254 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Calls on the Commission to review the current safeguard mechanisms available within the SCMO, which should play a preventive role for sensitive sectors based on reference volume and prices thresholds allowing the safeguard mechanisms to be triggered automatically when such thresholds are reached;
Amendment 1274 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls for further initiatives to promote EU production, safety and environmental standards and to support quality food production schemes, through both labelling and marketing activities on internal and third-country marketas well as for the establishment of a long-term development strategy for the EU’s agricultural sector in order to ensure stability and predictability for farmers and guarantee food security for EU citizens;
Amendment 1279 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls for initiatives to promotereinforce the promotion of EU production, safety and environmental standards and quality production schemes, through both labelling and marketing activities on internal and third-country markets;
Amendment 1309 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4
Subheading 4
A transparent decision process for a solid CAP proposal 20201-2027
Amendment 1333 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Calls on the Commission to propose, before the application of the NDMintroduction of a totally new system, a transitional period long enough to ensure a soft landing and to avoid any delay in farmers’ annual payments and in the implementation of rural development programmes;