Activities of Csaba Sándor TABAJDI
Plenary speeches (402)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Consolidating stability and prosperity in the Western Balkans - Situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina (debate)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Recommendation to the Council on the new EU-Russia agreement (debate)
ERDF, ESF and Cohesion Fund: provisions relating to financial management - New types of costs eligible for a contribution from the ESF - Investments in energy efficiency and renewable energy for housing (amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1080/2006 on ERDF) (debate)
Food distribution to the most deprived persons in the Community (amendment of the Single CMO Regulation) (debate)
Conclusions of the European Council (19-20 March 2009) (debate)
European conscience and totalitarianism (debate)
Novel foods (debate)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Preparation of the European Council (19-20 March 2008) - European Economic Recovery Plan - Guidelines for the Member States’ employment policies - Cohesion Policy: investing in the real economy (debate)
Croatia: progress report 2008 - Turkey: progress report 2008 - Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: progress report 2008 (debate)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
2050: The future begins today − Recommendations for the EU's future integrated policy on climate change (debate)
Kosovo (debate)
Protection of minorities in Europe (debate)
Protection of minorities in Europe (debate)
Voting rights for non-citizens of Latvia in local elections (debate)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Framework for Community action to achieve a sustainable use of pesticides - Placing of plant protection products on the market (debate)
The common agricultural policy and global food security (short presentation)
Outcome of the European Council on 11-12 December 2008 - French Presidency’s term of office (debate)
Promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources (debate)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Explanations of vote
Support schemes for farmers under the CAP - Modifications to the common agricultural policy - Support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development - Community strategic guidelines for rural development (2007 to 2013) (debate)
School Fresh Fruit Scheme (amendment of Single CMO Regulation) (debate)
Commemoration of the Holodomor, the Ukraine artificial famine (1932-1933) (debate)
Challenges to collective agreements in the EU (debate)
European Council meeting (15-16 October 2008) (debate)
EU-Russia relations (debate)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Preparation of the European Council, including the situation of the global financial system (continuation of debate)
Addressing the challenge of water scarcity and droughts in the European Union (debate)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Soil protection (debate)
Evaluation of EU sanctions as part of the EU's actions and policies in the area of human rights (debate)
Cloning of animals for food supply (debate)
Situation in Georgia (debate)
Situation in China after the earthquake and before the Olympic Games (debate)
Results of the European Council meeting of 19 and 20 June 2008 in Brussels - Slovenian Presidency's term of office (debate)
Preparation of the European Council following the Irish referendum (debate)
Measures to combat the rise in oil prices (debate)
Preparation of the EU/Russia summit (26-27 June 2008) (debate)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Revision of the framework directive on waste (debate)
Hygiene of foodstuffs (debate)
2006 Annual report on the CFSP - Annual report on the implementation of the European Security Strategy and ESDP (continuation of debate)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Scientific facts of climate change: findings and recommendations for decision-making (debate)
Natural disaster in China (debate)
Animal health strategy 2007-2013 (debate)
Progress made in equal opportunities and non-discrimination in the EU (debate)
Human Rights in the World 2007 and the EU's policy on the matter - EU Election Observation Missions (debate)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Negotiations between the European Union and the United States with regard to visa exemptions (debate)
Zero tolerance regime for unauthorised GMOs and the economic consequences thereof (debate)
Rising food prices in the European Union and developing countries (debate)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Results of the European Council (Brussels, 13-14 March 2008) (debate)
Situation in Tibet (debate)
Sustainable agriculture and biogas: review of EU legislation (A6-0034/2008, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi) (vote)
Common organisation of agricultural markets and specific provisions for certain agricultural products as regards the national quotas for milk (debate)
CAP ‘Health Check’ (debate)
Sustainable agriculture and biogas: review of EU legislation (debate)
Sustainable agriculture and biogas: review of EU legislation (debate)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Treaty of Lisbon (debate)
Kosovo (debate)
One-minute speeches (Rule 144)
Outcome of the Bali climate change conference (debate)
Presentation of the programme of the Slovenian Presidency (debate)
A European strategy on the Roma (debate)
Combating the rise of extremism in Europe (debate)
Common organisation of the market in wine (debate)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
EU-Serbia relations (debate)
The rise in foodstuff prices, consumer protection (debate)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Preparation of the informal summit of heads of state and government (Lisbon, 18/19 October 2007)
Financing the common agricultural policy
Restructuring of the sugar industry - Common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector (debate)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Road Map for renewable energy in Europe (debate)
Fight against terrorism (debate)
Human rights dialogues and consultations on human rights with third countries (debate)
Dehydrated preserved milk for human consumption - Common organisation of the milk and milk products market - Additional rules on the common organisation of the milk and milk products markets (debate)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Future agreement on Kosovo (debate)
Recent developments in bilateral trade relations with China (debate)
One-minute speeches (Rule 144)
Specific rules as regards the fruit and vegetable sector (debate)
Common organisation of the market in cereals (debate)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Human rights in the world – Moratorium on the death penalty (debate)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
The future of Kosovo and the role of the EU (debate)
The integration of new Member States in the CAP (debate)
The attack on Galina Kozlova, member of the board of the Mari national organisation Mari Ušem and editor of the literary magazine Ontšõko (debate)
Bosnia-Herzegovina (debate)
Common organisation of the market in wine (debate)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Enlargement strategy and main challenges 2006-2007 – The institutional aspects of the European Union’s capacity to integrate the new Member States (debate)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Milk quotas (debate)
Results of the informal summit of heads of state and government (Lahti, 20 October 2006) (debate)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Sector of berries and cherries intended for processing (debate)
EU preparation for its future role in Kosovo (debate)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Pandemic influenza preparedness and response planning in the European Community (debate)
17th EU-Russia Summit (26 May 2006) (debate)
Non-discrimination and equal opportunities for all (debate)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Progress report on the accession of Bulgaria and Romania (debate)
Exceptional market support measures (avian sector) (debate)
Transitional arrangements restricting the free movement of workers on EU labour markets (debate)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Promotion of crops for non-food purposes (debate)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
2005 enlargement strategy paper (debate)
Free movement of workers and transition periods (debate)
Strategic guidelines for rural development (2007-2013) (debate)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Protection of chickens kept for meat production (debate)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Presentation of the programme of the Austrian Presidency
Common organisation of the market in sugar – Support schemes for farmers (sugar) – Restructuring the sugar industry (continuation)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Informal meeting of the European Council
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Vojvodina
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Explanations of vote
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Protection of minorities and anti-discrimination policies in an enlarged Europe
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
EAFRD support for rural development
EU–Russia Relations
Common market organisation in fruit and vegetables
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Human rights in the world 2004 and the EU's policy
Applications for accession of Bulgaria and Romania
Common organisation of the markets in sugar
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Anti-Semitism and racism
Constitution for Europe
Romania's progress towards accession
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Turkey's progress towards accession
Statement by Mr Barroso, President-elect of the Commission
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Vojvodina: harassment of minorities
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Preparations for the European Council meeting (20-21 March 2014) (debate)
Invasion of Ukraine by Russia (debate)
Freedom of movement for workers (debate)
Activities of the Committee on Petitions 2013 (short presentation)
Implementation of the Youth Guarantee (debate)
EU-Russia summit (debate)
One-minute speeches (Rule 150)
EU justice scoreboard (short presentation)
Small agricultural holdings (short presentation)
Programme of activities of the Greek Presidency (debate)
Review of the Lithuanian Presidency (debate)
Honey (debate)
Preparations for the European Council meeting (19 - 20 December 2013) (debate)
Civil protection mechanism (debate)
Financing, management and monitoring of the CAP - European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development - Common organisation of the markets in agricultural products - Direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the CAP - Transitional provisions on support for rural development (debate)
One-minute speeches (Rule 150)
Rethinking education (short presentation)
Manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco and related products (debate)
Manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco and related products (debate)
EU-China negotiations for a bilateral investment agreement (debate)
Budgetary constraints for regional and local authorities regarding the EU's Structural Funds (short presentation)
Implementation of the EU youth strategy 2010-2012 - Tackling youth unemployment: possible ways out (debate)
Fuel quality directive and renewable energy directive (debate)
One-minute speeches (Rule 150)
Programme of activities of the Lithuanian Presidency (debate)
Conclusions of the European Council meeting (27-28 June 2013) (debate)
Situation of fundamental rights: standards and practices in Hungary (debate)
Recent floods in Europe (debate)
Priority substances in the field of water policy (debate)
Preparations for the European Council meeting (27-28 June 2013) (debate)
2013 review of the organisation and functioning of the EEAS (debate)
Social housing in the European Union (short presentation)
Preparations for the European Council meeting (22 May 2013) - Fight against tax fraud, tax evasion and tax havens - Annual tax report: how to free the EU potential for economic growth (debate)
Renewable energy in the European internal energy market (debate)
One-minute speeches (Rule 150)
EU Charter: standard settings for media freedom across the EU (short presentation)
Adequate, safe and sustainable pensions (short presentation)
Constitutional situation in Hungary (debate)
2012 comprehensive monitoring report on Croatia (debate)
2012 progress report on Serbia (debate)
Financial assistance for Member States whose currency is not the euro (debate)
Preparations for the European Council meeting (14-15 March 2013) (debate)
Situation in Ukraine (debate)
EU-China relations (debate)
Strengthening the fight against racism, xenophobia and hate crime (debate)
Decision on the opening of, and mandate for, interinstitutional negotiations on direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the CAP - 2011/0280(COD) - Decision on the opening of, and mandate for, interinstitutional negotiations on common organisation of the markets in agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) - 2011/0281(COD) - Decision on the opening of, and mandate for, interinstitutional negotiations on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) - 2011/0282(COD) - Decision on the opening of, and mandate for, interinstitutional negotiations on financing, management and monitoring of the CAP - 2011/0288(COD) (debate)
Energy roadmap 2050 (debate)
Preparations for the European Council meeting (7-8 February 2013) (debate)
European Semester for economic policy coordination: annual growth survey 2013 - European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social aspects in the annual growth survey 2013 - Governance of the single market (debate)
Corporate social responsibility: accountable, transparent and responsible business behaviour and sustainable growth - Corporate social responsibility: promoting society's interests and a route to sustainable and inclusive recovery (debate)
One-minute speeches (Rule 150)
Programme of activities of the Irish Presidency (debate)
Review of the Cyprus Presidency (debate)
Urban redevelopment as contribution to economic growth - Role of territorial development in cohesion policy - European Union Solidarity Fund, implementation and application - Role of EU cohesion policy in implementing the new European energy policy (debate)
Preparations for the European Council meeting (13-14 December 2012) (debate)
New EU-Russia agreement (debate)
Situation in Ukraine (debate)
Enhanced cooperation on the financial transaction tax (debate)
Fundamental rights in the European Union (2010 - 2011) (debate)
Climate change conference in Doha (COP 18) (debate)
Enlargement: policies, criteria and the EU’s strategic interests (debate)
Towards a genuine Economic and Monetary Union (debate)
Environmental impacts of shale gas and shale oil extraction activities - Industrial, energy and other aspects of shale gas and oil (debate)
Activities of the Committee on Petitions (2011) (debate)
One-minute speeches (Rule 150)
EU strategy for the Danube region (debate)
Multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020 - Own resource based on the value added tax (debate)
Conclusions of the European Council meeting (18-19 October 2012) (debate)
State of the Union (debate)
Political situation in Romania (debate)
Agricultural product quality schemes (debate)
Energy efficiency (debate)
One-minute speeches (Rule 150)
Programme of activities of the Cyprus Presidency (debate)
Conclusions of the European Council meeting (28-29 June 2012) (debate)
Direct payments to farmers (debate)
Implementation of EU water legislation (debate)
Strategy for the protection and welfare of animals (short presentation)
Preparation for the European Council meeting (28-29 June 2012) - Multiannual financial framework and own resources (debate)
Major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances (debate)
Economic and budgetary surveillance of Member States with serious difficulties with respect to their financial stability in the euro area - Monitoring and assessing draft budgetary plans and ensuring the correction of excessive deficit of the Member States in the euro area (debate)
Common system for taxing financial transactions (continuation of debate)
A resource-efficient Europe (debate)
Situation in Ukraine, case of Yulia Tymoshenko (debate)
Preparation of the informal European summit - Investment, growth and jobs (debate)
One-minute speeches (Rule 150)
Our life insurance, our natural capital: an EU biodiversity strategy to 2020 (debate)
Delimitation of Less-Favoured Areas in the context of the reform of the CAP (debate)
What is 'locally produced' food? (debate)
Question Time (Commission)
Question Time (Commission)
Food distribution to the most deprived persons in the Union (debate)
Enlargement report for Serbia (debate)
6th World Water Forum (debate)
Enlargement report for the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (debate)
Outcome of the presidential elections in Russia (debate)
Conclusions of the European Council meeting (1-2 March 2012) (debate)
One-minute speeches (Rule 150)
Food distribution to the most deprived persons in the Union (debate)
Contractual relations in the milk and milk products sector (debate)
Situation in Russia (debate)
Recent political developments in Hungary (debate)
Follow-up to the Durban climate change conference (debate)
Review of the Polish Presidency (debate)
Conclusions of the European Council meeting (8-9 December 2011) (debate)
EU-Russia Summit (debate)
Fruit juices and certain similar products intended for human consumption (debate)
Explanations of vote
Accession Treaty : Treaty concerning the accession of the Republic of Croatia - Application of Croatia to become a member of the European Union (debate)
European semester for economic policy coordination (debate)
One-minute speeches (Rule 150)
Economic governance
Honeybee health and beekeeping (A7-0359/2011 - Csaba Sándor Tabajdi) (vote)
Climate change conference in Durban (debate)
Honeybee health and beekeeping (short presentation)
European Semester 2011: first lessons (debate)
Global economic governance (short presentation)
Preparation for the European Council meeting (23 October 2011) (debate)
Accession of Bulgaria and Romania to Schengen (debate)
Current developments in Ukraine (debate)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
State of the Union (debate)
European disaster response: role of civil protection and humanitarian assistance (debate)
Eastern partnership summit (Warsaw, 29 September) (debate)
Economic crisis and the euro (debate)
A comprehensive approach to non-CO2 climate-relevant anthropogenic emissions (debate)
An effective raw materials strategy for Europe (debate)
Review of the Hungarian Presidency (debate)
Possibility for Member States to restrict or prohibit the cultivation of GMOs in their territory (debate)
Food information to consumers (debate)
Legislation on Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSE) and on related feed and food controls (debate)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
5th cohesion report and strategy for the post-2013 cohesion policy - Implementation of cohesion policy programmes for 2007-2013 - European urban agenda and its future in cohesion policy - Objective 3: future agenda for cross-border, transnational and interregional cooperation - Increased effectiveness between ERDF and other structural funds (debate)
Preparations for the European Council meeting (24 June 2011) (continuation of debate)
The CAP towards 2020: Meeting the food, natural resources and territorial challenges of the future (debate)
Greenhouse gas emission reductions and risk of carbon leakage (short presentation)
A new Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for a competitive, sustainable and inclusive Europe (continuation of debate)
Revised Hungarian constitution (debate)
Revised Hungarian constitution (debate)
European environmental economic accounts (debate)
One-minute speeches (Rule 150)
2010 progress report on the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Review of the European Neighbourhood Policy - Eastern Dimension - Review of the European Neighbourhood Policy - Southern Dimension
Conclusions of the European Council meeting (24-25 March 2011) (debate)
Preparation for the European Council meeting (24-25 March 2011) (debate)
Prevention of natural and man-made disasters (debate)
European integration process of Montenegro (debate)
EU strategy on Roma inclusion (debate)
Management of H1N1 influenza (short presentation)
Agriculture and international trade (short presentation)
EU protein deficit (short presentation)
2010 progress report on Croatia (debate)
Rising food prices (debate)
Media law in Hungary (debate)
Implementation of the EU strategy for the Danube region (debate)
One-minute speeches (Rule 150)
Preparation for the European Council meeting (4 February 2011) (debate)
The programme of activities of the Hungarian Presidency of the Council (debate)
EC-Serbia Stabilisation and Association Agreement - Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the EC and Serbia (continuation of debate)
Review of the Belgian Presidency of the Council (debate)
Patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare (debate)
Agriculture as a strategic sector in the context of food security (short presentation)
Welfare of laying hens (debate)
Preparations for the European Council meeting (16-17 December 2010) - Establishing a permanent crisis mechanism to safeguard the financial stability of the euro area (debate)
Fundamental rights in the European Union (2009) - Effective implementation after the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon (debate)
Outcome of the Climate Change Conference in Cancún (debate)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
EU-Georgia agreement on facilitation of issuance of visas - EU-Georgia agreement on readmission of persons residing without authorisation - Visa liberalisation scheme in Serbia and Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - Implementation of the EU-Russia visa facilitation agreement (debate)
Conclusions of the European Council meeting (28-29 October) and economic governance (continuation of debate)
Preparations for Cancún Climate Change Conference (29 November-10 December) (debate)
CAP simplification (debate)
Crisis in the EU livestock sector (debate)
Strengthening the OSCE: a role for the EU (debate)
Combating late payment in commercial transactions (debate)
Sludge catastrophe in Hungary (debate)
EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate)
Contribution of biodiversity and ecosystems to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals - Conference on Biological Diversity - Nagoya 2010 (debate)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Future allocation of the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (ENPI) for the cross-border cooperation programmes (CBC) budget (debate)
Conclusions of the European Council meeting (16 September 2010) (debate)
Security of gas supply (debate)
EU-China summit on 6 October 2010 (debate)
Placing on the market and use of biocidal products (debate)
EU legislation aiming at the conservation of biodiversity (debate)
Products from cloned animals in the food chain (debate)
State of the Union (debate)
Situation of the Roma people in Europe (debate)
Freedom of expression and press freedom in the European Union (debate)
Fair revenues for farmers: A better functioning food supply chain in Europe (debate)
Future of the CAP after 2013 (debate)
Implications for EU agriculture of the reopening of negotiations with Mercosur with a view to concluding an Association Agreement - Preparations for the forthcoming EU-Brazil summit on 14 July 2010 in Brasilia (debate)
Review of the Spanish Presidency (debate)
One-minute speeches (Rule 150)
Commission Green Paper on the management of bio-waste in the European Union (short presentation)
The European Union strategy for the Baltic Sea region and the role of macro-regions in the future cohesion policy (short presentation)
Preparations for the European Council meeting (17 June 2010) - Preparations for the G20 summit (26-27 June) (debate)
Food information to consumers (debate)
Implementation of the synergies of research and innovation earmarked funds in Regulation (EC) No 1080/2006 concerning the European Fund of Regional Development and the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Development - Delivering a single market to consumers and citizens - Long-term sustainability of public finances for a recovering economy - Contribution of the Cohesion policy to the achievement of Lisbon and the EU 2020 objectives (debate)
Energy performance of buildings (recast) (debate)
Europe 2020 - new European Strategy for Jobs and Growth (debate)
Accession agreement of the European Union to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (debate)
Ban on use of cyanide mining technologies (debate)
General provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund as regards simplification of certain requirements and as regards certain provisions relating to financial management (debate)
Specific measures for agricultural markets (debate)
EU agriculture and climate change (short presentation)
Agriculture in areas with natural handicaps: A special health check (short presentation)
Simplification of the CAP (short presentation)
Preparation for the European Council meeting (25-26 March 2010) (debate)
Situation in Tibet (debate)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Agricultural product quality policy: what strategy to follow? (debate)
Investing in Low Carbon Technologies (debate)
Second European Roma Summit (debate)
Second European Roma Summit (debate)
EU 2020 - Follow-up of the informal European Council of 11 February 2010 (debate)
2009 progress report on Croatia - 2009 progress report on the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - 2009 progress report on Turkey (debate)
Situation in Ukraine (debate)
Presentation of the College of Commissioners and statement on the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission (debate)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Presentation of the programme of the Spanish Presidency (continuation of debate)
Outcome of the Copenhagen Summit on climate change (debate)
European Strategy for the Danube Region (debate)
Results of the Swedish Presidency - Outcome of the European Council on 10 and 11 December 2009 (debate)
Responses to relaunch the economy in the Member States of the European Union in Central and Eastern Europe
Crisis in agricultural sectors other than the dairy sector (debate)
Preparation of the European Council to be held on 10 and 11 December 2009 (debate)
Enlargement strategy 2009 concerning the countries of the western Balkans, Iceland and Turkey (debate)
Preparation of the Copenhagen Summit on climate change (debate)
Use of minority languages within the framework of the European cultural heritage (debate)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance (continuation)
Adaptation of the European Parliament’s Rules of Procedure to the Lisbon Treaty (debate)
The European Ombudsman’s activities (2008) (debate)
Outcome of the European Council on 29 and 30 October 2009 including the mandate and attributions of the President of the European Council and of the High Representative of the Union for the foreign and security policy/Vice-president of the Commission, as well as the structure of the new Commission (continuation of debate)
EU-Russia Summit on 18 November 2009 in Stockholm (debate)
Modification of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 (the ‘Single CMO Regulation’) (debate)
Outcome of the referendum in Ireland (debate)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Crisis in the dairy farming sector (debate)
G20 Summit in Pittsburgh (24-25 September) (debate)
Inaugural address by the President of the European Parliament
Statement by the President-designate of the Commission (debate)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Reports (3)
REPORT Report on sustainable agriculture and biogas: a need for review of EU-legislation PDF (206 KB) DOC (146 KB)
REPORT on the integration of the new Member States into the CAP PDF (220 KB) DOC (129 KB)
REPORT on honeybee health and the challenges of the beekeeping sector PDF (257 KB) DOC (151 KB)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 2001/110/EC relating to honey PDF (241 KB) DOC (315 KB)
Opinions (3)
OPINION on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning the manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco and related products
OPINION on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the Swiss Confederation on the protection of designations of origin and geographical indications for agricultural products and foodstuffs, amending the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products
OPINION on the EU protein deficit: what solution for a long-standing problem?
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the implementation of EU water legislation, ahead of a necessary overall approach to European water challenges
Written declarations (9)
Amendments (336)
Amendment 51 #
2013/2013(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O a (new)
Recital O a (new)
Oa. Whereas there has been a considerable increase in the number of petitions concerned with violations of the principles of fundamental democratic rights and the rule of law protected by the Treaty on European Union in the Member States (such as those dealing with ex post facto legislation in Hungary and the Beneš decrees in Slovakia, which aggravate the violation of minority rights), which shows that European citizens have increasing faith in the Community institutions to uphold their fundamental rights;
Amendment 61 #
2013/2013(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that fundamental rights remain a key subject of the petitions submitted, notably raising issues related to the rights of persons with disabilities, children’s rights, property rights, the right of free of movement without discrimination on any grounds, the protection of freedom of expression and privacy, freedom of association, and the right of access to documents and information; calls on Member States to respect those rights as set out in the Treaty and calls on the European Commission to take the necessary measures to oblige non-compliant Member States to close the gap between national laws and the fundamental rights of EU citizens; urges in addition the immediate withdrawal of provisions which violate the fundamental rights laid down in the Treaty on European Union and the Copenhagen Criteria undertaken upon accession, since compliance with these also remains a requirement of EU membership following accession, so that failure to comply with them also constitutes failure to comply with EU law;
Amendment 69 #
2012/2103(INI)
Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 6
Section 1 – paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to step up the development and deployment of low- carbon technologies by means of financial and regulatory instruments, to strengthen the role of renewable energy sources – including by increasing their commercialisation, to promote the development of European-level intelligent cross-border electricity networks and the infrastructure and IT investment which will ensure effective synchronisation of the supply of electricity with demand at any particular time, to step up the efficient use of energy sources, and to phase out fuel subsidies that encourage wasteful consumption;
Amendment 75 #
2012/2103(INI)
Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 7
Section 1 – paragraph 7
7. Takes the view that the overall decarbonisation goal necessitates a substantial reduction in transport emissions, which implies a review of the EU’s policy thus far on biofuels, technology-neutral support for the production of biofuels developed without competing with raw materials used in the food industry, and in the long term a substantial rise in electricity use and thus high levels of investments in electricity infrastructure; notes that quick action is needed to avoid being locked into a higher emission path on account of the long lifecycle of infrastructure.
Amendment 73 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) In order to make this Directive fully operational and to keep up with technical, scientific and international developments in tobacco manufacture, consumption and regulation, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission, in particular in respect of adopting and adapting maximum yields for emissions and their measurement methods, setting maximum levels for ingredients that increase toxicity, addictiveness or attractiveness, establishing a negative list of additives which result in a product with characterizing flavour, the use of health warnings, unique identifiers and security features in the labelling and packaging, defining key elements for contracts on data storage with independent third parties, reviewing certain exemptions granted to tobacco products other than cigarettes, roll- your-own tobacco and smokeless tobacco products and reviewing the nicotine levels for nicotine containing products. It is of particular importance that the Commission carries out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level. The Commission, when preparing and drawing up delegated acts, should ensure a simultaneous, timely and appropriate transmission of relevant documents to the European Parliament and Council.
Amendment 134 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. The Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 2 establishing a negative list of additives which result in a product with a characterising flavour.
Amendment 179 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. Each unit packet of tobacco products and any outside packaging shall carry health warnings in the official language or languages of the Member State where the product is placed on the market. In order to ensure consumers' right to have access to proper information, the different levels of harmfulness shall be indicated in the package of the tobacco product by distinguishing two categories: very harmful and extremely harmful. These categories shall be indicated by one to two black points, and text warnings taking into account the fact that all tobacco products are harmful.
Amendment 10 #
2012/0260(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Following the judgment of the Court of Justice of 6 September 2011 in case C- 442/09, pollen in honey is to be considered as an ingredient within the meaning of Directive 2000/13/ECRegulation 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 March 2000 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the labelling, presentation and advert5 October 2011 on the provisiong of foodstuffs. The judgment of the Court was based on the consideration relying on the facts brought before it that pollen in honey is mainly due to the centrifugation carried out by the beekeeper for the purposes of honey collection. However, pollen only enters into the hive as a result of the activity of the bees and it is naturally present in honey regardless of whether or not the beekeeper extracts the honey through centrifugation. It is necessary therefore to clarify, without prejudice to the application of Regulation information to consumers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1924/2006 and (EC) No 1829925/20036 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on genetically modified food and feed to genetically modified pollen in honey, that pollen is a constituent of honey, which is a natural substance that has no ingredients, and not an ingredient within the meaning of Directive 2000/13/EC. Therefore, Council, and repealing Commission Directive 87/250/EEC, Council Directive 90/496/EEC, Commission Directive 1999/10/EC, Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Directives 2001/110/EC of 20 December 2001 relating to honey should be amended accordingly2/67/EC and 2008/5/EC and Commission Regulation (EC) No 608/2004.
Amendment 14 #
2012/0260(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) As honey is a natural product, it should be exempted from the requirement to bear a list of ingredients.
Amendment 39 #
2012/0260(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Directive 2001/110/EC
Article 2
Article 2
Amendment 46 #
2012/0260(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Directive 2001/110/EC
Article 2 – Point 5
Article 2 – Point 5
(1a) In Article 2, the following point is added: "5. By way of derogation from Article 9 of Regulation 1169/2011, a list of ingredients shall not be required for honey. However, pollen shall be considered as an ingredient within the meaning of Article 2 and Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No. 1829/2003."
Amendment 1 #
2011/2297(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Declares that water is a shared resource of humankind and a public good and; therefore it should not be a source of unjustified profit, and that access to water should constitute a fundamental and universal right; stresses that the sustainable use of water is an environmental and health necessity that plays a fundamental role in the climate regulation cycle; reiterates that ‘the management of water resources should not be subject to internal market rules’ (EP Resolution P5_TA (2004)0183) and invites the European Commission to review the relevant legislation, particularly that on public procurement and concessions, so as to guarantee public ownership and management of water and water utilities;
Amendment 6 #
2011/2297(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. reiterates that water services under the EU law are considered services of general economic interest, which can be carried out by public authorities or entrusted to public or private entities; stresses that the regulation and provision of water services should respect the principles of continuity of service, quality, security of supply, equal access, affordable prices, social, cultural and environmental acceptability, the polluter pays principle, while they should also aspire to the highest standards of environmental sustainability and efficiency.
Amendment 10 #
2011/2297(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is concerned that the balance between the need for water and available resources has reached a critical level in many regions of Europe and that climate change could make the situation even worse; water scarcity now affects the whole territory of some Member States on a permanent basis; emphasizes that climate change and the subsequent changing weather conditions significantly affect the quality and availability of European water resources, that Europe's high water stress areas are expected to increase from 19 % today to 35 % by the 2070s and that climate related extreme weather events constitute further challenges to efficient water management. Stresses that local, regional or national adaptation measures can only be effective if coordinated at EU level and effective water management practices have to be integrated into other sectoral policies such as agriculture, energy, cohesion and health;
Amendment 15 #
2011/2297(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Expresses concerns that in the field of WFD implementation at present, ineffective application and enforcement remains a major problem; current implementation status shows that some Member States lag behind schedule, that the integrity of EU's waters is far from acceptable and that the objectives of other EU policies, including on industry, agriculture and transport, are often in open contradiction with the ‘water protection’ objectives; expresses its hope that the ongoing reform of the Common Agricultural Policy will address the problems related to agricultural water management and will reduce agricultural water pollution;
Amendment 31 #
2011/2297(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Draws attention to the existence of certain activities denounced by the petitioners, including waste landfills, irregular or unlawful agricultureal and industryial practices, which produce a great impact on the environment and human health and are responsible for poor water quality; calls therefore for the abandonment of subsidies which undermine incentives for efficient water management by creating overuse, and to free up funds for targeted subsidies – in particular for poor and rural populations – aimed at affordable access for all;
Amendment 40 #
2011/2297(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Asks at the same time the Commission and the Member States to improve monitoring and reporting of chemical pollutants in water, along with a mechanism to obtain better information on concentrations of other pollutants for which monitoring may prove necessary in the future at EU level; asks the Member States to share with each other and with the Commission data deriving from voluntary monitoring activity of pollutants in water;
Amendment 41 #
2011/2297(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. reiterates that the WFD prescribes coordination between Member States for the entire river basin district where use of water may have transboundary effects, and urges Member States in this respect to engage in a regular transboundary communication and cooperation to support the implementation of the WFD with regard to priority substances, priority hazardous substances and nutrients pollution;
Amendment 4 #
2011/2175(INI)
Draft opinion
Indent 2
Indent 2
– whereas in Europe and Northern America in the previous decades, when food production was abundant, food waste has not been a policy priority, which led to the overall increase of food waste along the food supply chain; whereas in Europe and North America food waste occurs predominantly at the retail and consumption stage, as opposed to the developing world, where production, harvest, processing and transport are the stages that pose the main problems;
Amendment 10 #
2011/2175(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Is convinced that the prevention of food losses has to be the very first priority of an EU bio-waste policy, from both an ethical and an environmental point of view; points out that there is no harmonised definition of food waste, which leads to serious discrepancies in the statistical data collection and hampers effective action on European and national level;
Amendment 39 #
2011/2175(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is aware that in Europe, where the main food waste takes place at the retail and consumption levels, there is relatively little scope for regulation and legonly a coordinated action between the European and national regulators, industry and consumer organislation to improve the situations can achieve tangible results and that the main benefit must come from an exchange of best practice, improved routines in the treatment of food and a change in behaviour on the part of companies and individuals; urges the Commission and the Member States, therefore, to lend their suppo, better packaging requirements (e.g. re-sealable packaging), more consistency in food storage labels and a change in behaviour on the part tof caompaigns aimed at those gonies and individuals;
Amendment 48 #
2011/2175(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to include measures in the legislative package on the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy on the prevention of food waste in the production, harvest, processing and transport stages and to come forward with concrete actions improving public awareness and consumer responsibility in the retail and consumer stages;
Amendment 56 #
2011/2175(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is of the opinion that excessive ‘quality requirements’(whether imposed by European or national legislation or by internal company rules), the misinterpretation or confusion over dates on the label and the lack of consistency in the terms employed (“best before”, “use by”, “sell by”, “display until”) are at the basis of many unnecessary discards, which increase the amount of food wasted;
Amendment 63 #
2011/2175(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls for the improvement of EU food waste reporting requirements, more coherence in the labelling of expiration dates of foodstuffs, targeted awareness campaigns on European and national levels and a feasibility study on EU targets for food waste prevention;
Amendment 8 #
2011/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that work-related accidents are more frequent amongst certain categories of workers than others – e.g. young, older and, migrant workers, and those with precarious joblong-term unemployed returning to the labour market, and those with precarious jobs; stresses that special attention should be paid to the situation of vulnerable workers, including people taking part in mandatory work activity schemes without previous trainings and necessary skills; calls therefore on the Commission and Member States to adopt specific measures for these target groups;
Amendment 7 #
2011/2108(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas beekeeping as an economic and social activity plays a crucial role in the sustainable development of rural areas and creates ‘green jobs’, creates ‘green jobs’, and provides an important ecosystem service via pollination, which contributes to the improvement of biodiversity by maintaining the genetic diversity of plants,
Amendment 87 #
2011/2108(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Member States to encourage and oversee the setting up of national melliferous plant phenology monitoring networks and to share the best practices of currently functioning national systems in an effort to better trace the changes in bee pastures;
Amendment 92 #
2011/2108(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission actively to encourage a greater degree of information- sharing among Member States, laboratories and beekeepers on ecotoxicological studies and other factors affecting honeybee health so as to make possible informed, independent scientific scrutiny; calls on the Commission to help this process by making available its relevant webpage on all official languages of the concerned Member States;
Amendment 104 #
2011/2108(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Calls on the authorities and representative organisations in the Member States to support the dissemination of appropriate scientific and technical knowledge about bee health among beekeepers; underlines that a permanent dialogue is needed between beekeepers, farmers and the relevant authorities;
Amendment 128 #
2011/2108(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Invites the Commission to improve risk assessment methodology for pesticides, which should focus on both the individual insect and the entire colony, and to ensure freappropriate access to the ecotoxicological studies included in the authorisation dossiers;
Amendment 148 #
2011/2108(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission to consider chronic, larval and sub-lethal toxicity, and substance-pathogen and substance- substance synergies in the risk assessment of pesticides; calls on the Commission to pay special attention to specific pesticides, such as those of the family of the neonicotinoide family (Clothianidin, Thiacloprid, Imidacloprid, Thiamethoxam), phenyl-pyrazoles (Fipronil) and pyrethroids, or active substances such as Chlorpyrifos or Dimethoat, as these active substances in pesticides have a proven adverse effect on bee and colony health; application methodpractices such as seedowing of coating seeds should also be considerimproved;
Amendment 34 #
2011/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for the creation of Joint Task Forces for the three key areas of food, housing and, mobility and food and drink: these should consist of experts from the Commission, Member States, industry and civil society and develop European Resource Efficiency Action Plans with clear benchmarkresource reduction actions within one year;
Amendment 38 #
2011/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission to develop a chain of custody system, subjected to appropriate impact assessments, that instructs producers throughout the entire chain to use a transparent system to record the use of resources, allowing for more intelligence in the use of resources;
Amendment 39 #
2011/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls on the Commission to encourage more partnerships between actors throughout the value chains based on a good understanding of the value chain's characteristics, challenges and hurdles.
Amendment 46 #
2011/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls onUrges the Commission and Member States to stimulate the reuse of products and the use of secondary materials market and to foster the demand for reuse and recycled raw materials by developing end-of- waste criteria and economic incentives, such as reduced VAT rates for secondary materials, by 2013; calls also therefore for the creation of a ´Schengen area´ for waste in order to move waste for recycling more freely between the Member States;
Amendment 54 #
2011/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Urges the European Commission to research the development of a hierarchy model to ensure the highest added value of resource use without compromising the environment in analogy with the Report on an effective raw materials strategy for Europe (2011/2056(INI)); calls on the EC to map the competition for the same materials and to address non-essential consumption of resources;
Amendment 196 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Heading I (new) before paragraph 1
Heading I (new) before paragraph 1
Amendment 201 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the communication from the Commission concerning a reform of agricultural policy; calls, however, for the principles set emphasises the need for a thoroughgoing reform of that common policy in order to take account below to be incorporated in the legislative proposalof the changed nature of the farming industry in the EU27 and the new international context of globalisation; calls for the continued implementation of a strong and sustainable CAP with a budget commensurate with the ambitious objectives to be pursued in an effort to meet the new challenges;
Amendment 415 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 464 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses the need for an adequate basic allowance for small farmers, which Member States can optionally determine in those Member States where these farms help to stabilise rural development; calls for theseIs strongly in favour of establishing a specific, simplified aid scheme for the very numerous small farmers in Europe, who help to stabilise rural development and employment; in view of the very considerable diversity of farm structures within the EU, calls for Member States to decide, in accordance with subsidiarity, what percentage of the direct payments to be incorporated in the new subsidy system should be made available to their small farmers; stresses, however, that thisto participate in defining these small farmers, adopting a common criterion: the predominant role of family labour; stresses that having the benefit of this scheme must not hamper the necessary structural change in order to modernise their farms;
Amendment 481 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 502 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Considers thait decoupling has essentially proved its worth, given the increased effect on income and greater autonomy in decision-making on the part of farmers and the associated simplification of the CAP, and calls for this also, in general, to apply to suckler cow and sheep premiums; recognises, however, that in certain sectors and regions such as mountain regions, where there are no alternatives to relatively labour-intensive livestock farming, there may be considerable economic and environmental drawbacks which cannot be reconciled with the aims of the Treaty; acknowledges,sirable, within the limits set by the Union’s WTO commitments, not to decouple all aid in support of certain types of production (suckler cow and sheep premiums, etc.) so as to enable Member States to cope with problems specific to their territory and enable the Union to preserve its rich heritage in therefore, that production- based premiums might be defensible within a narrowly defined framework for a limited period even after 2013ms of the diversity of types of production;
Amendment 558 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. ObservesIs conscious of the fact that, for historical reasons, farms in the European Union have a very diverse structure as regards size, employment arrangements and legal form; is aware that direct payments are moving away from a historical basis to area-based payments and that the provision of public goods is independent of farm size; rejects, therefore, measures which discriminate against particular types of farm, labour productivity and legal form; supports the principles of imposing ceilings and/or degressivity of direct aid in the light of the size of holding, except in the case of agricultural cooperatives or where employment is an important factor; stresses that in this way priority should be assigned to businesses which employ labour;
Amendment 575 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission to submit by 31 December 2016 a report setting out comprehensively how livestock farming in Europe can be safeguarded in the long term with regard to multifunctionality and regional aspects (such as mountain areas, Nordic regions and extremely remote areas) and also dealing with the question of how far the aims of the CAP can be realised in a more efficient, targeted way by means of decoupled, indirect support, e.g. premiums for extensive grassland or pasture landvery practical proposals for helping the livestock farming sectors in the medium and long term to cope with the rising prices of raw materials used in animal feed; calls on the Commission, moreover, in view of the difficulties which certain types of livestock farm focusing on quality and sustainability encounter in gaining access to area-based premiums, to take into account their specific character and to propose a special support scheme to avoid excluding them from the new support system;
Amendment 599 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Considers that direct payments should be madereserved only tofor active farmers; realises that, under the system of decoupled direct payments, each farmer who uses farmland for production or who tends it in order to maintain GAEC should receive direct payments; calls on the Commission therefore to devise a definition of ‘active farmer’ which the Member States can administer without additional administrative effort, while it should be ensured that traditional farming activities (full-time and various degrees of paonsiders that ‘active farmer’ means any natural or legal person whose principal activity is the exercise of an agricultural activity and/or is linked to an agricultural activity (agro- tourism, forestry, etc.); considers it necessary to specify that the definition of an active farmer should exclude cases in which the administrative costs would previously have been higher than the amount of support- time) are classified as active farming; hat certain beneficiaries would have been able to receive;
Amendment 613 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Considers it important that the CAP, like all other EU policies, be involved in the 2020 Strategy, and that it seems logical under such circumstances that the redistribution of direct aid take account of factors such as employment, the environment and combating climate change;
Amendment 625 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading before paragraph 20
Subheading before paragraph 20
III. Resource protection and environmental policy component
Amendment 634 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Considers that better resource protection is an element in sustainable farming, which should involve separate support for environmental measures going beyond the requirements of Cross Compliance (CC), which already entail many environmental measures, and being geared to multiannual applications, as a result of which greater environmental benefits can be attained;
Amendment 659 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Considers that resource protection should be directly linked to the granting of targeted direct payments in order to attain these environmental objectives to the maximum without the need to introduce new, bureauthat provide incentives to maximise environmental benefits and sustainability, without however creatic environmental conditions into the first pillar; considers that a flat- rate income payment, as envisaged in a top-up model in the first pillar, must cover costs and income lossng insurmountable practical hurdles for farmers or additional red tape for administrative authorities;
Amendment 666 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
Amendment 692 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Rejects the option of a uniform flat- rate direct payment for the whole of the EU and recommends inclusion of the proposals already put forward in the European Parliament's own-initiative report on the future of the CAP after 2013, which provided much of the inspiration for the Commission Communication; considers that this system of direct payments should be applicable to all hectares of farmland and could combine the following three objectives; - the provision of basic aid to ensure not just the socio-economic viability of the competitive and multifunctional model for European agriculture, but also high- quality and wide-scale food safety, the supply of basic public goods, and agricultural activity that provides employment in rural areas, with safety in the workplace criteria obviously governing this employment; - the payment of supplementary aid for enforcing simple, best-practice obligations to protect the environment (protection of soil, water, biodiversity, etc.) and combat global warming adapted to the climate and natural features of each region; some of these already exist through the GAEC, but are not harmonised among Member States, such as mandatory plant cover, environmental set-aside, compulsory rotation, crop diversity (including protein crops), rates of soil organic matter, tillage restrictions, or the presence of hedges, permanent pasture, grazing land and extensively managed crops of great environmental interest; - the provision of specific aid to compensate for natural handicaps in order to maintain agricultural activity in mountain regions, environmentally- sensitive regions, regions within the Natura 2000 network and the outermost regions; this aid would supplement and complement second-pillar aid granted to less-favoured areas;
Amendment 706 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
Amendment 721 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
Amendment 735 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
Amendment 752 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
Amendment 768 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Considers that direct payments are no longer justified without cross compliance (CC) and therefore that the CC systemonditions and therefore that a cross compliance system that is less complicated in practice and at administrative level (controls) should apply to all recipients of direct payments;
Amendment 789 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls, in view of the greater concentration of direct payments on resource protection and environmental measures, for a substantial reduction of the scope of CC; calls on the Commission to make significant progress in simplifying and harmonising rules on monitoringonsiders that attaching conditions to direct aid was a necessary first step towards the CAP taking the environment, public health, and animal health and welfare into account; considers, however, that this mechanism has raised a whole range of problems relating to administrative issues and acceptance by farmers in their work; thinks that this system should be simplified and adapted to what farmers are actually able to do; considers, finally, that any future response to environmental challenges and combating climate change will require the gradual and voluntary adoption of new technical production methods, the practical arrangements for which will be included in the conditions governing the distribution of first-pillar direct aid;
Amendment 801 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Considers that CC should be restricted to monitoring for compliance with fundamental and recognised standards and standards closely related to farming, which lend themselves to systematic monitoringthe monitoring of CC should be linked more to fundamental evaluation criteria, based on the obligation to achieve results and closely related to farming; believes that farmers themselves should be more involved in this monitoring, given their observation skills and practical experience, and this would have the effect of setting an example and motivating less efficient farmers in particular;
Amendment 805 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Calls for an end to disproportionate burdens imposed on livestock farming by CC, and particularly for a critical review of certain hygiene and animal marking standardsCC to be applied in a way that is adapted to the livestock sector which is currently in a very fragile situation as it has already made considerable efforts in terms of investment to upgrade the standards of buildings, installations and equipment;
Amendment 821 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Considers that the general market orientatimarket policy is one of the CAP should be maintained and that the general structure of market management instruments should likewise be retained; instruments which, through price management, plays an important role in determining farm incomes; acknowledges, however, that by virtue of the specific nature of agricultural supply and demand, agricultural markets, which are inherently very unstable, can cause serious problems for producers, processors and consumers which may go so far as to call into question the ability of agriculture to achieve its primary, strategic objective, food security; considers, therefore, that it is important to be able to take action to counter excessive price volatility in the context of the CAP and on world markets;
Amendment 852 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33a. Emphasises that the CAP should incorporate a certain number of flexible and effective market instruments which act as a safety net, fixed at appropriate levels and available in the event of serious market disruption; points out that some of these instruments exist already, but can be adapted, whilst others can be created as needed; considers that, in view of the widely differing conditions in the individual sectors, differentiated sectoral solutions are preferable to across-the- board approaches;
Amendment 855 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 b (new)
Paragraph 33 b (new)
33b. Takes the view that these instruments should include specific supply- management instruments which, if employed fairly and on a non- discriminatory basis, can provide effective market management and prevent crises relating to overproduction, at zero cost to the Union budget;
Amendment 858 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Considers that, in view of the anticipatedincrease in environmental and climate dangers and the increased risk of epidemics and considerable price fluctuations on agricultural markets, additional risk prevention is of vital importance, particularly at individual farm levelhealth problems, risk management measures must be introduced to complement the range of measures intended to combat excessive price fluctuations; given the multiannual nature of such instruments, endorses the Commission’s proposal to include them among the second-pillar measures;
Amendment 895 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
Amendment 915 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
Amendment 925 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
Amendment 951 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
Amendment 970 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
42. Calls on the Commission to examine the extent to which the role of producer groups or sectoral associations can be extended to all production sectors and incorporated into the risk preventionin managing markets and promoting quality can be extended to all production sectors; calls for measures of this kind to take particular account of products covered by quality-label schemes;
Amendment 987 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
43. Takes the view, therefore, that the Commission should devise common rules on support from Member States for risk management systems, possibly by creating common rules in the common market organisation, in order to keep to a minimum any distortion of competition and trade; calls, furthermore, on the Commission to notify all measures to introduce risk management and to submit an appropriate impact assessrules governing the common market organisation; considers that these public rules must give producers more negotiating power vis-à- vis processors, increase market transparency (as regards production and sales volumes, stocks, etc.) and bring about certain changes in competition policy, which should be accepted, given that these professional market management arrangements with the legislative proposalll reduce budget expenditure;
Amendment 1007 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
Paragraph 45
Amendment 1058 #
Amendment 1084 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 a (new)
Paragraph 48 a (new)
48a. Takes the view that rural development policy must be complementary to, and consistent with, first pillar support, in order to promote strong and sustainable diversified European agriculture across the EU; considers that this rural development policy must contribute to structural developments and innovation in agriculture throughout the EU, in order to respond to the challenges in the fields of food security, the environment, climate change and employment;
Amendment 1092 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 a (new)
Paragraph 48 a (new)
Amendment 1102 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 b (new)
Paragraph 48 b (new)
Amendment 1109 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49
Paragraph 49
49. Advocates therefore introducing targeted measures, to be decidedmutually agreed upon by the Member States inand the second pillar, to attaCommission and forming priority objectives of the EU (2020 Strategy); observes that these measures should be applied in addition to the basic programmes for greening of direct payments in the first pillar and that a reduced national cofinancing rate of 25% should applyart of a predefined EU strategy, in the second pillar, to attain priority objectives of the EU (2020 Strategy);
Amendment 1121 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49 a (new)
Paragraph 49 a (new)
49a. Emphasises that rural development policy must enable all the potentials of rural areas to be harnessed, by means of quality agricultural production focusing on direct sales, product promotion, supplying of local markets, diversification of biomass outlets (energy, green chemistry, bio-based materials, etc.), and able to create very place-specific jobs and multiple-service supply (ecotourism, educational farms, agri-tourism, etc.); considers also that this rural policy must serve to increase competitiveness, particularly in the convergence regions, by means of investment in the fields of the production, processing and marketing of agricultural products; believes, lastly, that this rural development policy must contribute to the management of natural resources (watercourses, soil, etc.) and help in the management and restoration of ecosystems, with this simultaneously providing a response to climate change;
Amendment 1126 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49 a (new)
Paragraph 49 a (new)
49 a. Considers the need for improving competitiveness in the convergence regions, increased investments from Axis 1 are needed improving agricultural logistics, launching agro-marketing programs enhancing producers' market access;
Amendment 1130 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49 b (new)
Paragraph 49 b (new)
49 b. Stresses that measures of Axis 1 and 2 of the rural development policy shall be increasingly focused to the modernization of water management, such as improved irrigation systems, water recycling, flood prevention facilities, in order to mitigate the effects of climate change and to maintain the stability of production levels;
Amendment 1132 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49 b (new)
Paragraph 49 b (new)
49b. Insists that the measures under axis 1 of the rural development policy must better address the issues connected with the establishment of young farmers following the retirement of older farmers, with this concerning measures in connection with the establishing and modernisation of agricultural holdings; this approach should also consist of facilitating access to the farming profession for young people who are not from a farming background, and include the concept of gradual establishment, necessitating a review of aid eligibility conditions; believes, lastly, that implementation of this establishment support system should be mandatory in all the Member States;
Amendment 1133 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49 c (new)
Paragraph 49 c (new)
49c. Proposes that agri-environmental measures should include arrangements for a 5 to 7 year ‘conversion’ agreement enabling farmers who themselves decide to move towards more sustainable production models and to innovate, to receive financial support to cover their taking on the financial risk resulting from the agronomic difficulties that could often arise in the years immediately following their change of farming practices; this aim of this incentive mechanism would be to help farmers better comply with the conditions for the granting of level two under the first pillar direct payments system;
Amendment 1137 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49 d (new)
Paragraph 49 d (new)
49d. Suggests that support for consultancy, orchestration and training be incorporated into Axis 1 of the rural development policy to enable the dissemination of knowledge on innovative changes in farming practices towards more sustainable production systems, and to help innovative farmers pass on their experience;
Amendment 1143 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50
Paragraph 50
50. Advocates in this connection that the compensatory allowance for disadvantaged areas be retained in the second pillar; considers that it should be ascertained what cofinancing ralls on the Commission to establish objective criteria for the definition of intermediate apprears to be appropriate; calls on the Commission to reta(currently under review) without those criteria leading the existing criteria for demarcation of disadvantagedo a new demarcation that could see the abrupt exclusion of currently eligible areas;
Amendment 1173 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51
Paragraph 51
51. Stresses at the same time, however, that rural structures differ widely in the Member States and therefore require different measures; calls therefore for flexibility to allow the Member States to adopt voluntary measures, the cofinancing rate for which should be based on the rates current at the time; points out that the cofinancing rate should continue to take account of the specific needs and circumstances of convergence regions in the post-2013 period;
Amendment 1181 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52
Paragraph 52
Amendment 1203 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54
Paragraph 54
Amendment 1252 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57
Paragraph 57
Amendment 18 #
2011/0440(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
Amendment 53 #
2011/0440(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Amendment 41 #
2011/0429(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Numerous Union acts have been adopted since the adoption of Directive 2000/60/EC, which constitute emission control measures in accordance with Article 16 of that Directive for individual priority substances. Moreover, many environmental protection measures fall under the scope of other existing Union legislation. Therefore, priority should be given to implementing and revising existing instruments rather than establishing new controls. The report on the outcome of the regular review of Annex X to Directive 2000/60/EC provided for in Article 16(4) of that Directive should review the measures adopted at the Union level and in Member States and assess whether those measures achieve the quality standards for the priority substances or the cessation objective for the priority hazardous substances. The Commission should accompany this report, if appropriate, with relevant proposals on concrete measures for the achievement of the quality standards and the cessation objective along with intermediate timetables. The inclusion of a substance in Annex X to Directive 2000/60/EC is without prejudice to the application of the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EEC.
Amendment 47 #
2011/0429(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
Amendment 51 #
2011/0429(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) The pollution of waters and soils with pharmaceutical residues is an emerging environmental problem. Current evaluation and control of the risk to or via the aquatic environment of medicinal products does not provide adequate attention to Union environmental objectives. An ongoing Commission study on the risks of environmental effects of medicinal products aims therefore at providing an analysis of the relevance of the current legislative framework to, and its effectiveness at, protecting the environment and human health via the aquatic environment, and finally an identification of possible measures to better address the problem.
Amendment 52 #
2011/0429(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 b (new)
Recital 8 b (new)
(8b) This proposal aims at ensuring a better quality of water for public health and biodiversity reasons. The pharmaceutical substances which have been prioritised are identified due to a significant risk that they pose to or via the aquatic environment at Union level and not due to a risk on public health via human consumption.
Amendment 53 #
2011/0429(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 c (new)
Recital 8 c (new)
(8c) Control measures which may be taken by the Member States shall take into account the therapeutic importance of the pharmaceutical substances and be in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1235/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 December 2010 amending, as regards pharmacovigilance of medicinal products for human use, Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 laying down Community procedures for the authorisation and supervision of medicinal products for human and veterinary use and establishing a European Medicines Agency, and Regulation (EC) No 1394/2007 on advanced therapy medicinal products1 and Directive 2010/84/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 December 2010 amending, as regards pharmacovigilance, Directive 2001/83/EC on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use2. These measures may include take- back and labelling schemes for unused pharmaceuticals. ______________ 1 OJ L 348, 31.12.2010, p. 1 2 OJ L 348, 31.12.2010, p. 74
Amendment 64 #
2011/0429(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) With the adoption of this proposal and submission of its report to the European Parliament and to the Council, the Commission has completed its first review of the list of Priority Substances as required by Article 8 of Directive 2008/105/EC. This has included a review of the substances in Annex III to that Directive, some of which have been identified for prioritisation. There is currently insufficient evidence to prioritise the other substances. The possibility that new information regarding those substances may become available means that they are not excluded from future review, as it is true for the other substances considered but not prioritised in the present review. Therefore, Annex III to Directive 2008/105/EC has become obsolete and should be deleted. Article 8 of that Directive should be amended accordingly, also regarding the date of reporting to the European Parliament and to the Council.
Amendment 89 #
2011/0429(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 3 a (new)
Article 2 – point 3 a (new)
Directive 2008/105/EC
Article 5 a (new)
Article 5 a (new)
Amendment 96 #
2011/0429(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 4
Article 2 – point 4
Directive 2008/105/EC
Article 8
Article 8
The Commission shall report to the European Parliament and to the Council the outcome of the regular review of Annex X to Directive 2000/60/EC provided for in Article 16(4) of that Directive. It shall accompany the report, if appropriate, with relevant proposals, in particular proposals to identify new priority substances or priority hazardous substances or to identify certain priority substances as priority hazardous substances and to set corresponding EQS for surface water, sediment or biota, as appropriate. This report shall review the measures adopted at the Union level and in Member States and assess whether those measures achieve the quality standards for the priority substances or the cessation objective for the priority hazardous substances. The Commission shall accompany the report, if appropriate, with relevant proposals on concrete measures for the achievement of the quality standards and the cessation objective along with intermediate timetables. The first review and assessment of the measures shall be submitted to the European Parliament and to the Council by 31 December 2013.
Amendment 110 #
2011/0429(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 6
Article 2 – point 6
Directive 2008/105/EC
Article 8 b – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 8 b – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The watch list shall contain no more thanat least 25 substances or groups of substances at any given time and shall indicate the monitoring matrix for each substance. The substances shall be selected from among those for which the available information indicates that they may pose a significant risk at Union level to or via the aquatic environment. Priority should be given to those substances, where insufficient monitoring data for the purposes of prioritisation is available. In selecting the substances for the watch list the Commission shall take into account all available information including the results of the prioritisation procedure carried out in the context of the present Directive, research projects, Member States' characterisation and monitoring programmes under Articles 5 and 8 of Directive 2000/60/EC and information on production volumes, use patterns, concentrations in the environment and effects, including that gathered in accordance with Directives 98/8/EC, 2001/82/EC and 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, and with Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 and Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Amendment 131 #
2011/0429(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 6
Article 2 – point 6
Directive 2008/105/EC
Article 8 b – paragraph 3
Article 8 b – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall draw up the first watch list as referred to in paragraph 1 by[…]. The first watch list shall contain inter alia the substances set out in Annex II to this Directive.
Amendment 145 #
2011/0429(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 6
Article 2 – point 6
Directive 2008/105/EC
Article 8 b – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
Article 8 b – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
In selecting the representative stations, the monitoring frequency and timing for each substance, Member States shall take into account the use patterns of the substance. The frequency of monitoring shall not be less than once per year. For substances where one monitoring per year may results in no, or incomplete data considering the use patterns of the substance Member States shall ensure multiple monitorings per year.
Amendment 151 #
2011/0429(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 6
Article 2 – point 6
Directive 2008/105/EC
Article 8 b – paragraph 5
Article 8 b – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall report the results of the monitoring carried out under paragraph 4 to the Commission within 18 months of the inclusion of the substance in the watch list, and every 12 months thereafter while the substance is kept on the list. The report shall include information on the representativeness of the station and monitoring strategy. If the results of the monitoring demonstrate that the substances on the watch list are detected in at least 3 Member States, the Commission shall apply the control measures pursuant to Article 5a. Or. en (See Amendment 89 to Article 2, point 3 a (new))
Amendment 155 #
2011/0429(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 6
Article 2 – point 6
Directive 2008/105/EC
Article 8 b – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 8 b – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. The Commission shall provide, in accordance with Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006, for early and effective opportunities for the public to participate in the drawing up of the watch list and the monitoring matrix. The Commission shall make available to the public, in electronic form, all relevant information with a view to its active and systematic dissemination in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006.
Amendment 224 #
2011/0429(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex II a (new)
Annex II a (new)
Directive 2008/105/EC
Annex II (new)
Annex II (new)
ANNEX IIa ‘ANNEX II SUBSTANCES TO BE INCLUDED INTER ALIA IN THE FIRST WATCH LIST DRAWN UP BY THE COMMISSION CAS number1 EU number2 Name of substance 1066-51-9 not applicable Amino-methyl phosphonic acid (AMPA) 298-46-4 206-062-7 Carbamazepine 57-12-5 not applicable Free Cyanide 1071-83-6 213-997-4 Glyphosate 15687-27-1 239-784-6 Ibuprofen 3380-34-5 222-182-2 Triclosan 9029-97-4 231-175-3 Zinc and its compounds 94-75-7 202-361-1 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid 34256-82-1 Not applicable Acetochlor __________________________ 1 CAS: Chemical Abstracts Service. 2 EU-number: European Inventory of Existing Commercial Substances (EINECS) or European List of Notified Chemical Substances (ELINCS).
Amendment 236 #
2011/0429(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 3 a (new)
Article 2 – point 3 a (new)
Amendment 243 #
2011/0429(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 6
Article 2 – point 6
Directive 2008/105/EC
Article 8 b – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 8 b – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The watch list shall contain no more than 25 substances or groups of substances at any given time and shall indicate the monitoring matrix for each substance. The substances shall be selected from among those for which the available information indicates that they may pose a significant risk at Union level to or via the aquatic environment. Priority should be given to those substances, where insufficient monitoring data for the purposes of prioritisation is available. In selecting the substances for the watch list the Commission shall take into account all available information including the results of the prioritisation procedure carried out in the context of the present Directive, research projects, Member States“ characterisation and monitoring programmes under Articles 5 and 8 of Directive 2000/60/EC and information on production volumes, use patterns, concentrations in the environment and effects, including that gathered in accordance with Directives 98/8/EC, 2001/82/EC and 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, and with Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 and Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council. Or. en (Replaces amendment 110)
Amendment 752 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Support under this measure shall cover new participation by farmers in:
Amendment 1093 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) investments in new forestry technologies, in occupational safety enhancing and in processing and marketing of forest products.
Amendment 1238 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2
Article 27 – paragraph 2
2. Investments related to the improvement of the economic value of forests shall be at the level of the forest holding and may include investments for supplying protective equipments and working clothes as well as soil and resource friendly harvesting machinery and practices.
Amendment 1563 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) financial contributions to mutual funds to pay financial compensations to farmers, for economic losses caused by the outbreak of an animal or plant disease or an environmental incident; or adverse climatic events, including draughts and floods;
Amendment 1716 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 3
Article 46 – paragraph 3
3. In the case of irrigation, onlynew investments that lead to a reduction of previous water use by at least 25%, including the modernisation of existing systems for the improvement of water use efficiency, and promotion of wastewater reuse shall be considered as eligible expenditure. By way of derogation, in the Member States that adhered to the Union from 2004 onwards investments in new irrigation installations can be considered eligible expenditure in cases where an environmental analysis provides evidence that the investment concerned is sustainable and has no negative environmental impact.
Amendment 1200 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 1
Article 52 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may draw up national programmes for the apiculture sector covering a period of three years. These programmes have to be developed in close cooperation with representative organisations and cooperatives in the beekeeping field.
Amendment 1205 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 2
Article 52 – paragraph 2
2. The Union contribution to the apiculture programmes shall not exceedbe equivalent to 50 % of the expenditure borne by Member States.
Amendment 1210 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 3
Article 52 – paragraph 3
3. To be eligible for the Union contribution provided for in paragraph 2, Member States shall establish a reliable system of annual assessment of the size of bee populations, possibly with the aid of beekeeping associations, and shall carry out a study of the production and marketing structure in the beekeeping sector in their territory.
Amendment 1212 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 52 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Amendment 2191 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part VIII – point 2 a (new)
Annex II – Part VIII – point 2 a (new)
Amendment 139 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Experience from the application of the various support schemes for farmers has shown that support was in a number of cases granted to beneficiarienatural and legal persons whose business purpose was not or only marginally targeted at an agricultural activity, such as airports, railway companie. To ensure the better targeting of support and to reflect national realities as closely as possible, it is important that responsibility for the definition of an "active farmer" be given to the Member States. They shall thus refrain from granting direct payments to entities such as transport companies, airports, real estate companies and , companies managing sport grounds. To ensure the better targeting of support, Member States should refrain from granting, campsite operators and mining companies, unless such entities can prove that they meet the criteria for definition as active farmers. Although the Member States should decide if the entities may receive direct payments, to such natural and legal personshus the entities listed above cannot be excluded from direct payments concurrently in the EU. Smaller part-time farmers contribute directly to the vitality of rural areas, for that reason they should not be prevented from being granted direct payments in order to maintain diversity of agricultural activity.
Amendment 167 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) The distribution of direct income support among farmers is characterised by the allocation of disproportionate amounts of payments to a rather small number of large beneficiaries. Due to economies of size, larger beneficiaries do not require the same level of unitary support for the objective of income support to be efficiently achieved. Moreover, the potential to adapt makes it easier for larger beneficiaries to operate with lower levels of unitary support. It is therefore fair to introduce a system for large beneficiaries where the support level is gradually reduced and ultimately capped to improve the distribution of payments between farmers. Such system should however take into account salaried labour intensity to avoid disproportionate effects on large farms with high employment numbers. Those maximum levels should not apply to payments granted to agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment since the beneficial objectives they pursue could be diminished as a result. In order to make capping effective, Member States should establish some criteria in order to avoid abusive operations by farmers seeking to evade its effects. The proceeds of the reduction and capping of payments to large beneficiaries should remain in the Member States where they were generated and should be used for financing projects with a significant contribution to innovation and rural development under Regulation (EU) No […] of the European Parliament and of the Council of….on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) [RDR].
Amendment 1287 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to have threewo different crops on their arable land where the arable land of the farmer covers more than 3between ten and 50 hectares, and is not entirely used for grass production (sown or natural), entirely left fallow or entirely cultivated with crops under water for a significant part of the yearthree different crops where the arable land of the farmer covers more than 50 hectares;
Amendment 1431 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 29 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Farmers complying with the requirements laid down in Article 29(1) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 as regards organic farming or the general principles of integrated pest management laid down in Annex III. of Regulation (EC) No 128/2009 shall be entitled ipso facto to the payment referred to in this Chapter.
Amendment 1509 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Article 30 – paragraph 1
1. Where the arable land of the farmer covers more than 310 hectares and is not entirely used for grass production (sown or natural), entirely left fallow or entirely cultivated with crops under water for a significant part of the yearup to 50 hectares, cultivation on the arable land shall consist of at least two different crops. None of those crops shall cover less than 5 % of the arable land. Where the arable land of the farmer covers more than 50 hectares, cultivation on the arable land shall consist of at least three different crops. None of those threeThe main crops shall not cover lessmore than 570 % of the arable land and the 2 main one shall not exceed 70crops together shall not cover more than 95 % of the arable land.
Amendment 1555 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 30 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. The first paragraph shall not apply to farms: - where the arable land is entirely used for grass production or other forage, entirely left fallow, entirely cultivated with crops under water for a significant part of the year or a combination of these, or; - where the arable land of the farmer covers up to 50 hectares and more than 50% of the eligible agricultural area of the holding is covered by permanent grassland, or permanent crops.
Amendment 1944 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 36 – paragraph 2 – point a
Amendment 1978 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Article 36 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
When applying the first subparagraph, Member States shall respect the following maximum limits in the number of activated payment entitlements that are to be taken into account:fix a limit which may be up to a maximum of 100 hectares.
Amendment 1984 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Article 36 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Amendment 1988 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point b
Article 36 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point b
Amendment 2038 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Coupled support may be granted to the following sectors and productions: cereals, oilseeds, protein crops, grain legumes, flax, hemp, rice, nuts, starch potato, tobacco, milk and milk products, seeds, sheepmeat and goatmeat, beef and veal, poultry, swine, olive oil, silk worms, dried fodder, hops, sugar beet, cane and chicory, fruit and vegetables and short rotation coppice.
Amendment 2063 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 2
Article 38 – paragraph 2
2. Coupled support may only be granted to sectors or to regions of a Member State where specific types of farming or specific agricultural sectors undergo certain difficulties and are particularly important for economic and/or social and/or environmental reasons. Farmers receiving coupled support shall be exempted from the progressive reduction and capping of the payment provided in Chapter 1 of Title III.
Amendment 8 #
2010/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the national and interin May 2009 nor the WHO, neither the national health authorities, including the WHO, were aware as early as May 2009 that the H1N1 influenza was not virulent, with this moderate virulence being confirmed by the very low mortality rate observed as a result of this influenza ‘pandemic’ in comparison with the officially recognised figures for seasonal influenza, had reliable data or knowledge on the stability of the structure of the virus, therefore it was impossible to assess the chance of a change in its structure, the consequent increase of its virulence and the possible increase of mortality;
Amendment 17 #
2010/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the criteria for defining a ‘pandemic’, adopted by the WHO in 2009 and based solely on the propagats based on the decisions of the virus while discounting the severity of the infection, distorted the meaning of the word ‘organisation's participatory countries, and the WHO issued its pandemic’ and triggered a false alarm worldwide, with that alarmism giving rise to inappropriate public health decisions and a disproportionatelert declaration in line with these decisions, following 144 response among the public and administrations of the European Union and its Member Statesrted deaths from 74 countries around the globe,
Amendment 30 #
2010/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the exaggerated costs arising from the management of this crisis in the Member States are primarily a direct consequence of the EU's lack of independence and critical acspreading alarmism can be primarily attributed to the poor communication of the WHO and other competent authorities, also to the media, which misinterpreted the pandemic alert, left out of consideration the moderate assessments of the WHO on the expected losses in humean in relation to the risk evaluation conducted by the WHOlife, therefore overstated the virulence and the mortality rate of the virus,
Amendment 39 #
2010/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)
Recital D c (new)
Dc. whereas the EU currently lacks the capacity to independently appraise the virulence, severity and possible mortality of a virus, therefore it cannot make autonomous decisions on the alert level taking into consideration the regional specificities of the European Union,
Amendment 44 #
2010/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
Amendment 51 #
2010/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E c (new)
Recital E c (new)
Ec. whereas due to the early acquisition of vaccines and systematic vaccination strategies, especially among the most vulnerable groups, the EU was the best prepared region in the world, however considerable differences emerged between the preparedness of EU Member States and the lack of genuine cooperation weakened the EU’s overall preparedness,
Amendment 55 #
2010/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas the limited cooperation among Member States, especially the lack of joint public procurement of vaccines, the lack of joint stockpiles, the lack of a solidarity and brokerage mechanism between Member States, the absence of prior purchase agreements in several Member States were the main factors undermining the EU’s better preparedness,
Amendment 170 #
2010/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls on the Commission to examine the possibility of creating joint vaccine- stocks, setting up a solidarity and brokerage mechanism between Member States and drawing up a European model contract for prior purchase agreements of vaccines;
Amendment 6 #
2010/2111(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 12 March 2008 on sustainable agriculture and biogas: a need for review of EU legislation1,
Amendment 20 #
2010/2111(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas these imports represent the equivalent of 20 million hectares cultivated outside the EU, or more than 10% of the EU's arable land, which in some countries has lpartly contributed to unsustainable farming on sensitive grassland and deforestation of rainforest areas, with negative effects such as soil erosion and the depletion of water resources and biodiversity,
Amendment 27 #
2010/2111(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the high degree of imports of protein crops for animal feed has made the entire EU livestock sector extremely vulnerable to price volatility and trade distortionsextensive import of high- protein content feed components and protein crops contributed to the vulnerability of the entire EU livestock sector and increased price volatility, reflecting the consequences of increasingly liberalised agricultural markets,
Amendment 31 #
2010/2111(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. In view of the improvements to feed safety and traceability, calls on the Commission to conduct a study, which examines the necessity of maintaining the ban on animal protein sources for non- ruminants, covering also the possible introduction of ‘sleeping requirements’ in animal health and food safety;
Amendment 44 #
2010/2111(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas, in the context of climate change, the production of proteincertain leguminous crops substantially reduces greenhouse gas emissconcentrations through the assimilation and fixation of nitrogen in the soil (amounting to up to 100 kgN/ha per month) and the subsequent reduction in the use of nitrogen fertiliser,
Amendment 65 #
2010/2111(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O a (new)
Recital O a (new)
Oa. whereas the replacement of soy with rapeseed and sunflower is limited by technical and practical obstacles (e.g. counter-nutritive effect of rapeseed, or the irritation of the digestive-system by sharp edged particles in sunflower groats),
Amendment 76 #
2010/2111(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital U
Recital U
U. whereas, instead of further encouraging cereal and maize monocultures for feed and energy production, the use of extended crop rotation systems, on-farm mixed cropping and grass-clover mixtures has greater environmental and agronomic benefits, since the growing of leguminous crops as part of a rotation system can prevent diseases and, regenerate the soil and have a beneficial effect on the population of pollinators,
Amendment 79 #
2010/2111(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital V
Recital V
V. whereas recent developments in food prices and the dramatic volatility of commodity prices have raised major concerns about the functioning of the European and global food supply chains, in which among other factors, imported animal feed has played a major role,
Amendment 80 #
2010/2111(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital V a (new)
Recital V a (new)
Va. whereas the biofuel policy of the EU also affected the market prices of oilseeds and vegetable oil products, thus it needs continuous supervision with special regards to its possible effects on food prices,
Amendment 85 #
2010/2111(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital V b (new)
Recital V b (new)
Vb. whereas agricultural and industrial product-paths are connected in many respect and certain by-products of the biofuel-production are suitable for feeding purposes,
Amendment 94 #
2010/2111(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission to carry out a study evaluating the extended use of oil- seeds (rapeseed- and sunflower-breeze) replacing soybean, also appraising the product-path of biogas and biofuel by- products, their possible use in feeding- stuffs and the optimal use of these resources;
Amendment 116 #
2010/2111(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 (new)
In view of the improvements to feed safety and traceability, calls on the Commission to conduct a study, which examines the necessity of maintaining the ban on animal protein sources for non- ruminants, covering also the possible introduction of "sleeping requirements" in animal health and food safety;
Amendment 17 #
2010/2110(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas the 4th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the WHO's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control will be held in November 2010; whereas a public consultation has been launched on the possible revision of the Tobacco Products Directive (Directive 2001/37/EC1); whereas several WTO Members have raised the issue of the conformity with the TBT Agreement of the Canadian Bill C-32, which essentially leads to the ban of all traditional blended tobacco products, except the ones using solely Virginia tobacco, the single variety produced in Canada and used in the manufacturing of Canadian tobacco products,
Amendment 124 #
2010/2110(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Stresses that, while tobacco products must be governed by a strict regulatory framework, the regulation of ingredients in tobacco products at the EU and at the international level must follow a proportionate, risk-based approach on the basis of scientific evidence; warns against any non-science based ban on all ingredients, leading essentially to the ban of European traditional blended tobacco products, which would have severe socioeconomic repercussions for EU tobacco growers (of oriental and burley varieties), without a benefit for public health;
Amendment 48 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) In 2007-2009, exceptional developments took place in milk and milk products sector markets. Initially, extreme weather conditions in Oceania brought about a significant decline in supplies, leading to a rapid and significant increase in prices. Yet while world supplies had started their recovery, and prices had started to return to more normal levels, the subsequent financial and economic crisis negatively affected EU dairy producers, aggravating price volatility. Initially feed and other input costs including energy increased significantly as a result of higher commodity prices. Subsequently, a drop in worldwide, as well as EU, demand, including for milk and milk products, whilst EU production was stable led to a collapse in EU prices, down to the lower safety net level. This sharp decline in dairy commodity prices failed to fully translate into lower dairy prices at consumer levels, generating a widening in the gross margin of the downstream sectors for most milk and milk sector products and countries, and preventing demand for them tofrom adjusting to low commodity prices, slowing down price recovery and exacerbating the impact of low prices on milk producers.
Amendment 62 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The HLG noted that the dairy producing and processing sectors are highly differentiated between Member States. There is also a highly variable situation between operators and types of operators within individual Member States. But concentration of supply is low in many cases with a resulting imbalance in bargaining power in the supply chain between farmers and dairies. This imbalance can lead to unfair commercial practices; in particular, farmers often do not know what price they will receive for their milk wheupon delivering becausey as the price is often fixed much later by dairies on a basis of the obtained added value, which, for non-cooperatives, is often outside of the farmer's control is generally outside farmers’ control, often whether or not they belong to a cooperative.
Amendment 80 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) TWhile the use of formalised, written contracts even containing basic elements made in advance of delivery is not widespread. However, they could increase awareness andmay somewhat help to reinforce the responsibility of the operators in the dairy chain and increase awareness of the need to better take into account the signals of the market, improve price transmission and adapt supply to demand, asit weill as help avoid certain unfair commercial practicesnot make it possible to face any further serious market crises that could once again affect the whole European dairy industry and especially producers, who are heavily in debt partly as a result of investing in modernisation.
Amendment 83 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) Without collective control of European production the contractual system advocated by the HLG will not, even if it is backed up by such other measures as strengthening producers’ bargaining power, the role of producer organisations and inter- professional/interbranch organisations, succeed in securing fair and stable milk prices for producers and consumers. We need to produce less milk while preserving the largest possible number of farms. Having numerous farms in Europe helps stabilise rural development and boosts employment.
Amendment 85 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 b (new)
Recital 8 b (new)
(8b) It would be desirable for dairies to undertake not to process milk from third countries.
Amendment 88 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) In the absence ofThere needs to be EU legislation on such contracts, Member States may, within their own contract law systems, make the use of such contracts compulsory provided that in doing so EU law is respected and in particular that the proper functioning of the internal market and the common market organisation is respected. Given the diversity of situations across the EU in this context, in the interests of subsidiarity, such a decision should remain wit to ensure that they can be made compulsory in each Member States. Howev in order, to ensure appropriate minimum standards for such contracts and good funcavoid distortioning of the internal market and the common market organisation, some basic conditions for the use of such contracts should be laid down at EU level. Sincecompetition between Member States or regions. Even if some dairy co-operatives may have rules with similar effect in their statutes, in the interests of simplicity they should thennot be exempted from a requirement for contracts. In order to ensure that any such system is effective where intermediate parties collect milk from farmers to deliver to processors, it should apply equally in such a case.
Amendment 95 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) In order to ensure the rational development ofcontrol the volume productioned and so to ensure a fair standard of living for dairy farmers, their bargaining power vis-à-vis processors should be strengthened, which should result in a fairer distribution of value-added along the supply chain. Therefore, in order to realise these objectives of the common agricultural policy, a provision should be adopted pursuant to Articles 42 and 43(2) TFEU to allow producer organisations constituted by dairy farmers or their associations to negotiate contract terms, including price, jointly for some or all of its members'’ production with a dairy. In order to maintain effective competition on the dairy market, this possibility should be subject to appropriate quantitative limits. Such producer organisations should therefore also be eligible for recognition under Article 122 of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007. The Commission should be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU in respect of the conditions for approval of associations of producer organisations. However, it is understood that existing producer organisations should be recognised de facto by the new legislation.
Amendment 99 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) To stabilise the milk market as much as possible raw milk producers should be encouraged to invest in producer organisations, so as to greatly reduce the risk of losing the large number of independent dairy farms that would not be sufficiently attractive to private buyers, mainly because their production volume is too low.
Amendment 103 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 b (new)
Recital 11 b (new)
(11b) It would be desirable for the Commission to provide for the establishment of a European Public Agency for the Observation of Prices and Margins, whose duties would include calculating the full costs of milk production in Europe so as to make it mandatory to take into account the average production costs of 1kg of milk when setting the price of raw milk in contracts, and in order to prevent price dumping. This calculation would have to take the following into account: cost of labour, energy, inputs, veterinary costs, certification costs, investments and costs of compliance with environmental standards. Once signed, contracts would have to be registered with the European Public Agency for the Observation of Prices and Margins, in the interest of transparency of information transfer particularly on prices and volumes, but also in the interest of monitoring.
Amendment 104 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 c (new)
Recital 11 c (new)
(11c) It should be recalled that the 2001 Göteborg summit assigned to European agriculture the objective of sustainability, implying that the effectiveness of agriculture is not confined to its economic competitiveness but also takes into account its environmental, territorial and social effectiveness as well as the objective of equity.
Amendment 105 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Rules have been introduced at EU level for interbranch organisations in some sectors. TWhile these organisations can play useful roles in allowing dialogue between actors in the supply chain, and in promoting best practice and market transparency, inter-branch organisations are not market stabilisation agents. Indeed, experience from the fruit and vegetable sector shows that prices continue to fluctuate considerably owing to the meagre influence that producers are able to bring to bear within such structures. Only when they come together in an organisation of their own and are able to manage milk volumes upstream of processing is it possible for producers to improve their position within the dairy chain and ensure they receive a fair income. Such rules should equally be applied in the milk and milk products sector, along with the provisions clarifying the position of such organisations under competition law, whilst ensuring that they do not distort competition or the internal market or affect the good functioning of the common market organisation.
Amendment 110 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) In order to follow developments in the market, the Commission needs to be aware, at any given time, of what is happening on milk market, and to that end needs timely information on volumes of raw milk delivered. Article 192 of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 provides a basis for the exchange of information between the Member States and the Commission. However, provision should be made to ensure that processors deliver such information to the Member States on a regular basis. The Commission should be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU in respect of the scope, content, format and timing of such declarations.
Amendment 114 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The measures set out in this Regulation, are justified in the current economic circumstances of the dairy market and the structure of the supply chain. They should therefore be applied for a sufficiently long duration (both before and after the abolition of milk quotas) to allow them to have full effect. However, given their far-reaching nature, they should nevertheless be temporary in nature, and be subject to review to see how they have operated and whether they should continue to apply. This should be dealt with in Commission reports on the development of the milk market, and covering in particular potential incentives to encourage farmers to enter into joint production agreements, to be submitted by 30 June 2014 and 31 December0 June 20186.
Amendment 128 #
2010/0362(COD)
1a) The following Article 113da is inserted: Article 113da Specific provisions applicable to quality dairy products In order to improve and stabilise the operation of the market in dairy products with a protected designation of origin or a protected geographical indication in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, and of the market in milk produced in mountainous and semi- mountainous areas, the Member State in question may lay down rules to bring volumes in line with demand, particularly by way of decisions taken by inter-branch organisations. Such rules shall be proportionate to the objective pursued and: (a) may only cover the regulation of supply and shall aim to bring the supply of the product in line with demand; (b) may not be made binding for more than five years of marketing; (c) shall not cause any damage to other producers in the Member State concerned or in the Community; (d) shall not relate to any transaction after the first marketing of the product concerned; (e) shall not allow for price fixing, including where prices are set for guidance or recommendation; (f) shall not render unavailable an excessive proportion of the product concerned that would otherwise be available; g) shall not have the effect of preventing an operator from starting production of the product concerned;
Amendment 137 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 123 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 123 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) are made up of representatives of economic activities linked to the production of, trade in, or processing of products of the milk and milk products sectoragricultural organisations, the dairy industry, cooperatives, distributors and consumer protection associations;
Amendment 187 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 – point 4
Article 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 126 a – paragraph 2 – point (c) – subpoint i
Article 126 a – paragraph 2 – point (c) – subpoint i
i) 3.517% of total Union production, and
Amendment 194 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 – point 4
Article 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 126 a – paragraph 2 – point (c) – subpoint ii
Article 126 a – paragraph 2 – point (c) – subpoint ii
ii) 3349% of the total national production of any particular Member State covered by such negotiations by that producer organisation, and
Amendment 201 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 – point 4
Article 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 126 a – paragraph 2 – point (c) – subpoint iii
Article 126 a – paragraph 2 – point (c) – subpoint iii
(iii) 3349% of the total combined national production of all the Member States covered by such negotiations by that producer organisation,
Amendment 220 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 – point 4
Article 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 126 a – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 126 a – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
5. By way of derogation from paragraph 2(c)(ii) and (iii), even where the threshold of 3349% is not exceeded, the competition authority referred to in the second subparagraph may decide in an individual case that the negotiation by the producer organisation may not take place if it considers that this is necessary in order to prevent competition being excluded or in order to avoid serious prejudice to SME processors of raw milk in its territory.
Amendment 236 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Article 1 – point 8
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 184 – paragraph 10
Article 184 – paragraph 10
10) to the European Parliament and the Council by 30 June 2014 and by 31 December0 June 20186 on the development of the market situation in the milk and milk products sector and in particular on the operation of point (iiia) of the first paragraph of Article 122 and of Articles 123(4), 126a, 177a, 185e and 185f, covering in particular potential incentives to encourage farmers to enter into joint production agreements together with any appropriate proposals." The report shall be accompanied by any appropriate proposals.
Amendment 248 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 – point 9
Article 1 – point 9
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 185 f – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 185 f – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 255 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 – point 9
Article 1 – point 9
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 185 f – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 185 f – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 272 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 – point 9
Article 1 – point 9
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 185 f – paragraph 2 – point c – subpoint i – indent 2
Article 185 f – paragraph 2 – point c – subpoint i – indent 2
Amendment 295 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 – point 9
Article 1 – point 9
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 185 f – paragraph 3
Article 185 f – paragraph 3
3. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, a contract shall not be required wWhere raw milk is delivered by a farmer to a processor of raw milk where the processor is a co-operative of which the farmer is a member if its statutes, they should not be exempted from the obligation to conclude a contract even if the statutes of the co- operative contain provisions having similar effects as those set out in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 2.
Amendment 299 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 – point 9
Article 1 – point 9
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 185 f – paragraph 4
Article 185 f – paragraph 4
4. All elements of contracts for the delivery of raw milk concluded by farmers, collectors or processors of raw milk, including those elements referred to in paragraph 2(c), shall be freely negotiated between the parties, with the exception of the price per litre of raw milk, which must take into account the full costs of production.
Amendment 307 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 – point 11
Article 1 – point 11
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 204
Article 204
Amendment 61 #
2010/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 45 a (new)
Recital 45 a (new)
(45a) A local farming and direct sales scheme should be established that helps producers to market their products and to communicate the value adding attributes thereof to consumers, thereby fostering the development of the local economy.
Amendment 85 #
2010/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – point 6 a (new)
Article 3 – point 6 a (new)
(6a) 'production step' means one of the following: production, processing or preparation and labelling;
Amendment 134 #
2010/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) any direct or indirect commercial use of a registered name in respect of products not covered by the registration insofar as those products are comparable to the products registered under that name or insofar as using the name exploits the reputation of the protected name, including in cases where they are used as ingredients;
Amendment 135 #
2010/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) any misuse, imitation or evocation, even if the true origin of the product or service is indicated or if the protected name is translated or accompanied by an expression such as ‘style’, ‘type’, ‘method’, ‘as produced in’, ‘imitation’ or similar, in so far as those products or services are comparable to the products registered under that name or in so far as the misuse, imitation or evocation of the name exploits the reputation of the protected name, including when used as an ingredient;
Amendment 194 #
2010/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Title IV a (new)
Title IV a (new)
Amendment 225 #
2010/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 a (new)
Article 42 a (new)
Article 42a 1. In the public interest, with the overall objective of ensuring an increasing level of quality of the products covered by this Regulation, and a balance between production and consumption, in order to eliminate speculative behaviour that runs counter to competition rules and is detrimental to quality, Member States may lay down rules at the production level, by way of implementing decisions taken by groups of operators handling the PDO or PGI considered. Such rules must not create obstacles to intra-European and/or international trade or violate relevant competition rules, shall be proportionate to the objective pursued and shall not: (a) allow for price fixing, including where prices are set for guidance or recommendation; (b) reduce an excessive proportion of the volume that is produced annually and normally available; (c) prevent the entry of new operators 2. The rules referred to in paragraph 1 must be brought to the attention of operators by publication in extenso in an official publication of the Member State concerned. 3. Decisions and actions taken by Member States in year n accordance with the provisions of this Article shall be notified to the Commission before 1 March of year n+1.
Amendment 263 #
2010/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II a (new)
Annex II a (new)
Amendment 21 #
2010/0301(COD)
Proposal for a directive - amending act
–
–
The European Parliament rejects the Commission proposal
Amendment 22 #
2010/0301(COD)
Proposal for a directive - amending act
–
–
The European Parliament rejects the Commission proposal
Amendment 24 #
2010/0301(COD)
Proposal for a directive - amending act
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) The Commission is expected to come forward with a comprehensive revision of Directive 2000/25/EC within 12 months. It is preferable for the Commission to present the comprehensive revision at the earliest convenience.
Amendment 28 #
2010/0301(COD)
Proposal for a directive - amending act
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) During the transition from Stage III A to Stage III B, the percentage of themaximum number of engines that may be placed on the market under the flexibility scheme should be increased from 20% to 5not exceed 20% of the tractor manufacturer's annual sales of tractors with engines in that category. The optional alternative should be that a maximum number of engines may be placed on the market under the flexibility scheme should be adapted accordinglynot exceeding the values contained in the table in Annex I, point 1.2.2.
Amendment 45 #
2010/0301(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Annex I
Annex I
Directive 2000/25/EC
Annex IV - section 1 - point 1.2.1.
Annex IV - section 1 - point 1.2.1.
1.2.1. The number of engines placed on the market under a flexibility scheme shall, in each engine category, not exceed 520 % of the tractor manufacturer's annual sales of tractors with engines in that engine category (calculated as the average of the last 5 years sales on the Union market). Where a tractor manufacturer has marketed tractors in the Union for a period of less than five years the average will be calculated based on the actual period for which the tractor manufacturer has marketed tractors in the Union.
Amendment 17 #
2010/0208(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Under this set of legislation, GMOs for cultivation shall undergo an individual risk assessment before being authorised to be placed on the Union market, taking into account, in accordance with Annex II of Directive 2001/18/EC, the direct, indirect, immediate and delayed effects, as well as the cumulative long-term effects, on human health and the environment. The aim of this authorisation procedure is to ensure a high level of protection of human life and health, animal health and welfare, the environment and consumer interests, whilst ensuring the effective functioning of the internal market.
Amendment 22 #
2010/0208(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) In this context, it appears appropriate to grant to Member States, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity, more freedomlexibility to decide whether or not they wish to cultivate GMO crops on their territory without changing the system of Union authorisations of GMOs and independently of parallel with the measures that Member States are entitled tomust take by application of Article 26a of Directive 2001/18/EC, as amended by this Regulation, to avoid the unintended presence of GMOs in other products.
Amendment 31 #
2010/0208(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Member States should therefore be authorised to adopt measures restricting or prohibiting the cultivation of all or particular GMOs in all or part of their territory, and respectively amend those measures as they deem appropriate, at all stages of the authorisation, re-authorisation or withdrawal from the market of the concerned GMOs. This choice on the part of the Member States is intimately linked to their power to manage and enhance their territory, with its immense variety of ecosystems whose natural production systems must be preserved for the long term. This should apply as well to genetically modified varieties of seed and plant propagating material which are placed on the market in accordance with relevant legislation on the marketing of seeds and plant propagating material and, in particular, in accordance with Directives 2002/53/EC and 2002/55/EC. Measures should refer to the cultivation of GMOs only and not to the free circulation and import of genetically modified seeds and plant propagating material, as or in products, and of the products of their harvest. Similarly they should not affect the cultivation of non genetically modified varieties of seed and plant propagating material in which adventitious or technically unavoidable traces of EU authorised GMOs are found.
Amendment 33 #
2010/0208(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) According to the legal framework for the authorisation of GMOs, the level of protection of human/animal health and of the environment chosen in the EU cannot be revised by a Member State and this situation must not be altered. However Member States may adopt measures restricting or prohibiting the cultivation of all or particular GMOs in all or part of their territory on the basis of grounds relating to the public interest other than those already addressed by the harmonised set of EU rules which already provide for procedures to take into account the risks that a GMO for cultivation may pose on health and the environment. Such measures may be justified on the basis of: - environmental grounds different and complementary to those which have been the subject of an evaluation pursuant to Directive 2001/18/EC, and providing scientific data clearly showing the importance of conserving the receiving environments; - grounds supporting the protection and development of agricultural practices which offer the best combination of production with ecosystem sustainability; - grounds relating to the appearance of resistance or invasive plants; - grounds suggesting that there are agricultural practices which present an alternative to GMO cultivation and yield more beneficial results in technical, economic and environmental terms. Those measures should furthermore be in conformity with the Treaties, in particular as regards the principle of non discrimination between national and non national products and Articles 34 and 36 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, as well as with the relevant international obligations of the Union, notably in the context of the World Trade Organisation.
Amendment 38 #
2010/0208(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) On the basis of the subsidiarity principle, the purpose of this Regulation is not to harmonize the conditions of cultivation in Member States but to grant freedom to Member States to invoke other grounds than scientific assessment of health and environmental risks to ban cultivation of GMOs on their territory. In addition one of the purposes of Directive 98/34/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 June 1998 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations27 which is to allow the Commission to consider the adoption of binding acts at EU level would not be served by the systematic notification of Member States' measures under that Directiverestrict or ban cultivation of GMOs on their territory for reasons linked to legitimate environmental or other considerations, resulting from the authorisation or placing on the market of GMOs, which were not concerned by the harmonised procedure referred to in part C of Directive 2001/18/EC or which were not sufficiently taken into account. Moreover, since measures which Member States can adopt under this Regulation cannot have as a subject the placing of the market of GMOs and thus does not modify the conditions of placing on the market of GMOs authorised under the existing legislation, the notification procedure under Directive 98/34/EC does not appear the most appropriate information channel for the Commission. Therefore, by derogation, Directive 98/34/EC should not be applicable. A simpler notification system of the national measures prior to their adoption appears to be a more proportionate tool for the Commission to be aware of these measures. Measures which Member States intend to adopt should thus be communicated together with their reasons to the Commission and to the other Member States one month prior to their adoption for information purposes.
Amendment 52 #
2010/0208(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 - point 1
Article 1 - point 1
Directive 2001/18/EC
Article 26 b – paragraph 1 - point a
Article 26 b – paragraph 1 - point a
a) those measures are based on grounds other thancomplementary to and/or different from those related to the assessment of the adverse effect on health and environment which might arise from the deliberate release or the placing on the market of GMOs; including: - additional environmental grounds which have not been subject to an evaluation pursuant to Directive 2001/18/EC; - grounds justifying the maintenance and development of agricultural practices which offer the best combination of production with ecosystem sustainability; - grounds relating to the appearance of resistance or invasive plants; - grounds relating to the existence of alternative practices to GMO cultivation and with better technical, economic and environmental performance.
Amendment 4 #
2009/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas balanced commercial relations would not only improve the functioning of the food supply chain but would also benefit farmers,
Amendment 5 #
2009/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas the proliferation of unfair commercial practices today is undermining the farmers’ capacity to invest and innovate (especially in green technologies, climate mitigation and renewable energy sources, while farmers are required to meet high environmental standards, and these requirements will be further strengthened in the post-2013 Common Agricultural Policy),
Amendment 9 #
2009/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the average farmer’s income decreased by more than 12% in the EU-27 in 2009, meaning that farmers can no longer generate a fair income from their work,
Amendment 13 #
2009/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the food supply chain involves farmers, food processing industries, wholesalers, retailers, supermarket chains, catering, restaurants, direct supply from subsistence and private production; whereas this complexity and high diversity must be taken into account in order to improve the sustainability of the whole chain,
Amendment 16 #
2009/2237(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recalls that farmers' income determines their capability to invest in green technologies, climate mitigation and renewable energy sources, and in addition that farmers are required to meet high environmental standards, and that moreover these requirements will be further strengthened in the post-2013 Common Agricultural Policy;
Amendment 16 #
2009/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas agricultural procurement has a strategic role for the food and drink industry and the proximity of the supply of raw materials has high importance,
Amendment 17 #
2009/2237(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls on the Commission to improve the European Price Monitoring Tool and develop a user-friendly, transparent and multilingual interface allowing consumers and stakeholders to compare prices of basic foodstuffs in each link in the food supply chain within a certain Member State and between different Member States;
Amendment 18 #
2009/2237(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Considers it essential to improve the organisation of and further rationalise the food-supply chain in order to reduce the environmental impact of food- transportation (food miles) and promote the marketing of local foodstuffs;
Amendment 20 #
2009/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the Commission communication identifies serious problems such as abuse of dominant buyer power, unfair practices in contracting (including late payments), unilateral contractual modifications, advance payments for access to negotiations, restricted market access, lack of information on price building and the distribution of profit margins throughout the food chain, closely linked to increased concentration in the input, wholesale and retail sectors,
Amendment 38 #
2009/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission and Member states to urgently address the problem of unfair distribution of profits within the food chain, especially with regard to fair incomes for farmers; emphasises that power struggles must give way to cooperative relationships;
Amendment 48 #
2009/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the European Commission to improve the European Price Monitoring Tool and develop a user-friendly, transparent and multilingual interface allowing consumers and stakeholders to compare prices of basic foodstuffs within a certain Member State and between different Member States on each grade of the food supply chain;
Amendment 57 #
2009/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses that national web-based retail price monitoring tools, as price comparators could have a mixed effect as it could pressure retailers to lower prices even further for the basic products monitored (e.g. fruits and vegetables); this in turn could lead to decreased revenues for farmers; (prices are the result of supply and demand, influenced by national income, consumer behaviour, the regulatory framework, taxes and ultimately consumer choice, therefore legislators should carefully assess the effects of price comparators for basic products in retail stores);
Amendment 82 #
2009/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on national and European competition authorities and other regulating authorities involved in production and commerce to take action against abusive buyer practices of dominant wholesalers and retailers which systematically put farmers in an extremely unequal bargaining position;
Amendment 111 #
2009/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses that EU wide measures are needed in order to achieve a certain degree of coordination and harmonisation within the Internal market; different national initiatives and measures have already been taken at national level in order to address issues of bargaining power and unfair practices (some countries have introduced codes of conduct, whilst others have adopted laws banning unfair practices);
Amendment 116 #
2009/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses that a EU wide code of good conduct coupled with a EU wide legislative framework setting harmonized provisions is necessary to rebalance the relations in the food supply chain; (experience from several Member States has shown that voluntary codes of good conduct have limited effect);
Amendment 117 #
2009/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Welcomes the Commission’s recommendation on the co-operation of the Member States concerning an exchange of best practices on notification of contractual practices, and the preparation of sets of standard contracts, but stresses the need of the compulsory implementation of them;
Amendment 131 #
2009/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Welcomes the Commission’s investigation into the potential market power linked to ‘buying alliances’, which could breach current thresholds set by EU competition rules; calls on the Commission to investigate the possible legal redress against them;
Amendment 152 #
2009/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission and Member states to promote fair contracting based on terms negotiated with farmers’ and producers’ organisations so as to ensure best product quality and, reduce purchase prices for inputs and guarantee fair prices, and to provide for an easily accessible system to guard against breach of contracts by buyers;
Amendment 177 #
2009/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Suggests that Member States make codes of good commercial practices in the food chain compulsory; suggests that the Member States introduce a requirement for effective complaint mechanisms – accompanied by penalties – whereby injured parties could lay a complaint without fear of losing the contract at issue;
Amendment 197 #
2009/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to adapt EU hygiene standards in relation to local or distance marketing and the shelf life of products, to decentralise and simplify certification and control systems, and to promote direct producer-consumer relations and short food supply chains, the sustainability benefits of which have been documented by EC research projects; notes, in this context, that Member States could grant preferential treatment to cooperatives when awarding public procurement contracts, or grant tax advantages to cooperatives or their customers;
Amendment 7 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
- having regard to the recommendations of the International Assessment of Agriculture Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD),
Amendment 9 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)
Citation 9 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 29 March 2007 on the integration of the new Member States into the CAP,
Amendment 11 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)
Citation 9 a (new)
- having regard to the report of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (A7-0060/2010) on EU agriculture and climate change,
Amendment 23 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas, to date, the Common Agricultural Policy's goals, has mset its goals with regard toout in Article 39 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, are directed at achieving better productivity in the food chain, contributing toagriculture, ensuring a fair standard of living for the agricultural community, market stabilisationing markets and the provision ofding food supplies to EU consumers at reasonable prices,; whereas at present not all these goals are being fully achieved, given that it has not yet been possible to achieve income parity in agriculture or to stabilise agricultural markets which have become extremely volatile, with the result that the food security goal has been jeopardised;
Amendment 45 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas agriculture in the majority of the new Member States differs significantly from agriculture in the EU- 15 in terms of production levels and structures and the number of farms; it is characterised by lower levels of general efficiency, technological development and vertical and horizontal integration than in the old Member States; however agriculture plays a greater economic and social role in the majority of the new Member States than in the EU-15, as the sector’s contribution to the GNI and the proportion of employees working in the sector are above the EU average, (new recital)
Amendment 46 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E c (new)
Recital E c (new)
Amendment 47 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas the Act of Accession introduced a long phasing-in (nine years), with a low starting level (25 %) for the direct payments in the new Member States, though internal market and budgetary contribution rules have been fully applied to them; whereas cost and income levels in the new Member States do not justify this degree of differentiation, which results in unequal conditions for the new Member States’ farmers in terms of competition, (new recital)
Amendment 69 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas transparency in the food supply chain have to be improved and action against unfair commercial practices has to be taken, especially in the new Member States where the clear shortage of producer-owners in the food‑processing industry and abuse of the dominant position of commercial chains seriously limit the competitiveness of the farmers and their cooperation and integration, (new recital)
Amendment 102 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas the EU must continue to ensure food security for its citizens as well as help feednd contribute more effectively to the world food balance through closer cooperation between rich and poor countries and through support that will make it possible to deal with emergencies and, above all, contribute to the development of all agricultural systems, especially in the world’'s poormost disadvantaged regions; whereas the number of hungry people now exceeds 1 billion and in the European Union today there are over 40 million poor people who do not have enough to eat,
Amendment 125 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that the CAP has undergone radical reforms over the last 25 years, in particular bringing about a fundamental shift from production support to producer support, ending regular intervention buying and the dumping of European surpluses on world markets and making the CAP and EU farmers more market-oriented; stresses, however, that these reforms have not fundamentally altered agriculture's dominant development model, which was initiated in the 1960s, when the CAP was launched;
Amendment 132 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that CAP market instruments are now used as safety nets, in the latest CAP reforms, market instruments have generally been reduced to mere safety nets set at extremely low levels and supposed to help manage market volatility andin order to ensure a certain degree of stability and that, moreover, since the adoption of decoupled Single Farm Payments there has been a resolute move away from trade-distorting measures in line with WTO requirements;
Amendment 140 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the factNotes that the 2003 CAP reform and the 2008 Health Check haves initiated in 1992 and 1999 and, in particular, that initiated in 2003, which was reviewed during the Health Check and introduced the principle of decoupling, were all intended to allowed EU farmers to better respond and react to market signals and conditions;
Amendment 146 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that rural development is now an integral part of the CAP architecture with its focus on rural communities, improving the environment, modernising and restructuring agriculture and improving product marketing and competitiveness, as well as on the new challenges addressed by the Health Check, namely global warming, renewable energies, water management and biodiversity;
Amendment 158 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the recognition of the multi- functional role of farmers in delivering public goods such as preserving our environment, high-quality food production, good animal husbandry, shaping and improving the diversity and quality of valued landscapes in the EU, and the move to more sustainable farming practices by not only meeting the basic requirements for maintenance of the land in a G(organic production, precision farming, etc.); notes that this multi-functional role is reflected in cross-compliance criteria governing the disbursement of first-pillar direct aid, which are based on compliance with statutory requirements and good Aagricultural and Eenvironmental Condition (GAEC) but also achieving even higher standards through practice, but also in second-pillar measures coming mainly under Axis 2 (agri- environmental schemes, precision farming and organic production; measures);
Amendment 172 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Points out that food security remains the central challenge for EU agriculture in the EU and all around the world, as the world population is predicted to grow from 6 to 9 billion by 2050 and demand for food will double by 2050 according to the FAO (especially in emerging economies such as China or India);
Amendment 212 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Believes research and development have an important role to play in making European agriculture more competitive and sustainable and regrets the dramatic drop of investment in this sector;
Amendment 215 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Recognises the importance of reinforcing the progress already made to preserve biodiversity and protect the environmentat farming has already made considerable progress in cutting its greenhouse gas emissions and, in general, addressing environmental problems (management of water resources, soil, biodiversity, biomass, etc.), but maintains that those efforts need to be continued in order to gear production methods to a more sustainable form of development that is efficient in environmental and social, as well as economic, terms;
Amendment 242 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Notes that the considerable differences between the agricultural sectors of the new Member States result in differences in the impact of the CAP application and in the scope and vigour of the challenges the new Member States are facing; Stresses that the Commission should take the special problems and concerns of the new Member States more into account in its decisions within the framework of the CAP; (new paragraph)
Amendment 249 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Is of the opinion that a strong European Common Agricultural Policy is needed to ensure that EU farmers remainthat serves the interests of all European farmers is essential; takes the view that that policy should ensure that European farming is sustainable and should enable it to play it part in the European economy and competitive on the world market against well subsidised trading partners; believes thattrading partners who are well subsidised and/or not necessarily subject to the same production conditions as regards social, environmental and animal-welfare requirements; believes that, for strategic reasons, the EU cannot afford to rely on other parts of the world to provide for European food security in the context of climate change, political instability in certain regions of the world and potential outbreaks of diseases or other events potentially detrimental to production capacity;
Amendment 265 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Considers that that policy should ensure the coexistence of: – high-added-value farming with high- quality primary and processed products giving it a strong position on world markets; – farming open to regional markets; – farming geared to local markets, with it being pointed out that some of the farmers involved are small farmers with limited incomes who, were they to abandon farming, would, owing to their age, qualifications or lifestyle choices, have great difficulty in finding work outside farming, particularly at a time of recession and high unemployment;
Amendment 268 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Recalls that EU agriculture remains a central sector of the EU economy, making an important contribution to EU GDP and jobs both directly and indirectly through the multiplier effect on both the upstream and downstream food and drink industry market; believes, therefore, that a strong EU agricultureal policy is at the very heart of a successful export-led EU food and drink industrydiversified, sustainable and efficient farming industry generating high-quality primary and processed products for both short and longer distribution channels, coupled with a food and drink industry that accounts for a substantial proportion of EU exports;
Amendment 319 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Recognises that farmers deliver a range of public goods which the market does not reward them for; therefore insists that they must be fairly rewarded and further incentivised to continue delivering higher- quality products, better animal welfare conditions and additional environmental benefits;considers that the set-up of the market of environmental and social public goods is essential in this regard;
Amendment 325 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a. Takes the view that organic farming, High Nature Value farming systems and agro-ecological practices (Integrated Production) need further support and development in Europe; emphasises, in parallel, the need to facilitate a transition to more sustainable agriculture and adoption of agro-ecological practices in conventional systems of production practiced on the majority of EU farmland; (new paragraph)
Amendment 344 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Points out that, although the cross- compliance system making the granting of direct aid subject to compliance with statutory requirements and the maintenance of farmland in good agricultural and environmental condition has been necessary, it is no longer the most appropriate means of maximising the provision of eco-system services by farmers and meeting new environmental challenges; moreover, the introduction of cross-compliance has raised a whole range of problems relating to administrative issues and acceptance by farmers, who had the impression that they were losing a degree of freedom in their work;
Amendment 351 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Believes, in line with the latest research available, that without a common agricultural policy, targeting environmental public good delivery and ensuring a strong legislative baseline for environmental protection, unbalanced modes of production would develop across the EU (extreme intensification on the best land and widespread land abandonment in some disadvantaged areas), causing serious damage to the environment; insists that the cost of support through a strongleading to negative environmental effects in some areas, insists that the cost of support for environmental public goods through the CAP is nothinglow compared to the costs of no action and its negative unintended consequences;
Amendment 362 #
Amendment 365 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Insists that EU agriculture must remain competitive against fierce competition from trade partners who are well- subsidised trade partnerand/or not always subject to the same production conditions, in particular as regards social, environmental and animal welfare standards; therefore believes that competitivenessproductivity enhancement should still be a fundamental objective of the CAP post- 2013 to ensure that the EU has the raw materials to produce high- value diversified European food products and they continue to win a greater share of the world market, as well as ensuring fair traderemuneration for farmers;
Amendment 389 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Insists that the maintenance of farming activity across the whole of Europe is fundamental to maintain diverse and local food production and prevent the threat of land abandonment across EU territoryjobs and social and economic conditions in rural areas, diverse and local food production and the preservation of the environment, the rural space and landscapes;
Amendment 392 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Calls for the guarantee of a fair and stable return for the farming community, to remain ahrough rewarding for the delivery of public goods, to become the primary goal for the new CAP, whilst providing good value for money and a fair return for consumeritizens;
Amendment 401 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Calls for measures based on public-law rules to be taken to strengthen producers' and producer organisations' bargaining power vis-à-vis downstream industries in order to better adapt supply to demand, create and more evenly distribute added value and improve the functioning of the food supply-chain with greater transparency of food prices and action to address unfair commercial practices; considers it important, in this connection, to strengthen inter-branch organisations;
Amendment 410 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Believes that there has to be a minimum safety net within the future framework of the CAP in order to manage extreme market price volatility and provide rapid and efficient responses to economic crises arising in the sectorn effective and flexible intervention mechanism to respond to farming crises caused by extreme market price volatility;
Amendment 420 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)
Paragraph 36 a (new)
36 a. notes the discriminative treatment of the new member states, joined the EU in 2004 and 2007, concerning the allocation of agricultural subsidies, considering that the average combined level of pillar 1 and pillar 2 subsidies by 2013 will be 339 EUR/ha in the EU-27, 354 EUR/ha in the EU-15, while only 299 EUR/ha in the EU- 12; (new paragraph)
Amendment 425 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Calls for a fairer distribution of CAP payments and insists that it should be fair to farmers in both new and old Member States8 ;
Amendment 433 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)
Paragraph 37 a (new)
37 a. notes that the new Member States lag behind the EU-15 in terms of technology, logistics and production- efficiency, which has been further aggravated by a long phasing-in (nine years), with a low starting level (25 %) for the direct payments in the new Member States. Remarks that in the absence of specific measures of preferential treatment the new Member States' competitive disadvantage will remain. As a consequence producers of new Member States will further lose ground on domestic markets and agricultural production will be ceased in many areas resulting massive rural unemployment and social tensions; (new paragraph)
Amendment 434 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 b (new)
Paragraph 37 b (new)
37 b. believes that modernisation of the agricultural systems in some New Member States is capital to take up the challenges of food security, social development of rural communities and competitiveness of holdings. Calls on the Commission to work out 'specific measures for preferential treatment of new member states', to ensure the catching up of their agricultural sector with the average technological, logistical and production-efficiency level of the EU- 15; (new paragraph)
Amendment 435 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 c (new)
Paragraph 37 c (new)
37 c. recognises that as a natural consequence of technological development in the new member states workplaces will disappear in the primary production sector; notes that labour released in the primary production sector should be redirected to the processing industry, or their retraining should be fostered by different European policies; (new paragraph)
Amendment 441 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)
Paragraph 38 a (new)
38 a. takes the view that the present system of direct payments promotes arable cropping too significantly, does not assist properly the establishment of a sustainable animal husbandry and does not promote and facilitate the necessary structural changes, especially in Member States and regions where specialised farms play a decisive role in the agriculture; (new paragraph)
Amendment 449 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Believes that agriculture has a leading role to play in tackling climate change by reducing GHG emissions, increasing carbon sequestration capacity and developing and using more renewable energy sources and bio-based materials; believes that climate considerations should be integrated across CAP measures where appropriate;
Amendment 461 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Considers that production efficiency is fundamental to more sustainable management of scarce resources and that farmers should innovate in their technical production methods by using the latest financial, scientific and technical tools to help meet the growing demand for food in a more economically, socially and environmentally sustainable manner;
Amendment 464 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 a (new)
Paragraph 40 a (new)
40 a. Calls for the future CAP to improve - through the provision of information, training and incentives underpinned by appropriate legislation and the development of a mandatory agricultural practices through stronger GAEC requirements - the sustainability of agriculture through: - enriching the soil with organic matter, increasing soil biodiversity and protecting against soil losses through appropriate cultivation techniques, - utilising water resources efficiently and in line with the environmental threshold of the catchment area, - protecting water quality and contributing to the objectives of the Water Framework Directive through sound management of soils, field margins, inputs, livestock and appropriate land use choices, - protecting valuable carbon stores including peatland and permanent grassland, - protecting and enhancing areas of natural habitat for wildlife, - reducing the use of pesticides to contribute to the objectives of the Sustainable Use Directive and reflecting the requirement for mandatory integrated pest management from 2014. - reducing artificial fertiliser use to contribute to climate change mitigation, water quality and efficient resource use. (new paragraph)
Amendment 498 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44 a (new)
Paragraph 44 a (new)
44a. Considers that existing agricultural policy architecture suffers from a lack of intelligibility and coherence which make it difficult to understand for farmers and citizens in general; consideration should therefore be given to reorganising the two pillars by combining the axis 2 measures under the rural development pillar (agri- environmental measures) with direct aid under the first pillar, since their content increasingly overlaps; overall support for the two pillars should finally make it possible to promote a new kind of agricultural development, taking into account all the new challenges posed by climate change, water and soil management, biodiversity and renewable energies;
Amendment 545 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47
Paragraph 47
47. Insists that the CAP should not be renationalised and therefore believes that core direct support should remain fully financed by the EU budget, hence rejecting any further co-financing which could harm fair competition within the EU Single Market; considers that, because the new challenges posed by climate change, water, biodiversity and renewable energies represent future spending of interest and added value to the Community, they should be fully financed from the Union budget;
Amendment 557 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 – point 1
Paragraph 48 – point 1
1) Believes that in order to reduce the disparities in the distribution of direct support funds between Member States, the hectare basis alone will not be sufficient and, therefore, calls for, that this direct support should be geared more towards the environment and employment and that it is therefore recommended to use additional objective criteria such as a purchasing power coefficient to be used to achieve an overall more balanced distribution between the Member States;
Amendment 562 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 – point 1
Paragraph 48 – point 1
1) Believes that in order to reduce the disparities in the distribution of direct support funds between Member States, the hectare basis alone will not be sufficient and, therefore, calls for additional objective criteria such as a purchasing power coefficient to be used to achieve an overall balanced distribution; believes that a single per hectare premium is also unsatisfactory for the purposes of fully exploiting agriculture Europe-wide.
Amendment 619 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54
Paragraph 54
54. Considers that there should be no return to coupled payments as a guiding principle of the CAP; however, given the move from a historical to an area support model, takes the view that a limited margin for flexibility should be left to Member States to respond to the specific needs of their territory, in the form of capped coupled payments for vulnerable grasslandproducts, including in the area of extensive grass-regenerating livestock abreaseding, in compliance with WTO requirements;
Amendment 655 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56
Paragraph 56
56. Believes that there should be a basic EU-funded direct area payment to all EU farmers in order to providereturn for the delivery of basic environmental public goods and to support the widespread transition towards more sustainable farming in Europe. By protecting and enhancing the natural resource base, this will in turn protect the capacity to produce food in Europe and contribute to basic food security for European consumers,; allow farmers to produce high-quality food competitively in relation to well subsidised trade partners (US), ensure that farming activity continues across the EU and provide baseline public goods through cross- compliance requirements for Good Agricultural and Environmental Conditions, as well as high quality and animal welfare standards; calls for an absolute requirement of minimum activity to be included in the cross-compliance rules and proportionality to be the key principle applied when enforcing the rules;
Amendment 657 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56 a (new)
Paragraph 56 a (new)
Amendment 664 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56 b (new)
Paragraph 56 b (new)
56b. Takes the view that the common agricultural policy must enable a healthier diet to be made available to all consumers, particularly the poorest among them, on the basis of a more varied, accessibly priced range of products; in order to combat poverty and improve health, aid programmes for the poorest in society must be continued, and programmes to boost consumption of fruit and vegetables in schools extended;
Amendment 670 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57
Paragraph 57
57. Believes that an EU-funded top-up direct area payment should be made available to farmers through simple contracts rewarding them for reducing their carbon emissions per unit of production and increasing their sequestration of carbon in the soil and through the production of biomass that can be used in the production of long-lasting agromaterials;; notes that this would have the double benefit of making EU agriculture more environmentally and economically sustainable through improved efficiency and would also ensure that farmers can financially benefit from increased carbon sequestration on their land and put them on the same footing as other industries which are in the EU ETS; calls for clear and measurable criteria and targets to be defined appropriately to allow these payments to be implemented as soon as possible;
Amendment 683 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 58
Paragraph 58
58. Calls for the continuation of specific measures to compensate High Nature Value farmers who producinge high levels of environmental public goods, often in areas with natural handicaps, in order to ensure that environmentally valuable agricultural activity takes place and local food is produced across the EU, reducing the threat of land abandonment and ensuring balanced territorial management across the EU; considers that this support scheme should only target economically marginalised farming systems where they produce high levels of environmental goods and remain co-financed as it currently is;
Amendment 695 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 58 a (new)
Paragraph 58 a (new)
58 a. emphasizes that the development of the quality policy for foodstuff, particularly in the field of geographical indications (PDO/PGI) should be a priority of the Common Agricultural Policy and should be deepened and strengthened to enable the EU to maintain its leadership in this field;
Amendment 700 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 58 b (new)
Paragraph 58 b (new)
58 b. in particular, it must be admitted that the overall control of the production potential of some categories of agricultural commodities may be necessary and essential to enable the sustainable development of specific quality products within these categories;
Amendment 702 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 59
Paragraph 59
59. Believes that the CAP needs to further incentivise biodiversity and environmental protection measures by providing the opportunity for the vast majority of agricultural land to be covered by agri- environmental schemes to reward farmers for the delivery of biodiversity and additional eco-system services which are not rewarded by the market or secured through legislative requirements, while other measures beneficial to the environment such as organic farming projects, the sustainable use of forests, water and soil, and the development of high natural value farming should also be encouraged; considers that all these rural development measures should remain co- financed, with an a significantly increased budget if necessarfrom the current EAFRD allocation, and increased allocations within all Member States, in order to reflect the urgent need to tackle continued biodiversity losses in Europe and natural resource degradation and to further integrate the concept of sustainability;
Amendment 706 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 59
Paragraph 59
59. Believes that the CAP needs to further incentivise biodiversity and environmental protection measures by providing the opportunity for the vast majority of agricultural land to be covered by agri- environmental schemes to reward farmers for the delivery of additional eco-system services, while other measures beneficial to the environment such as organicand by encouraging these farmers to turn to new, more sustainable, lower-input production models such as organic, integrated-agriculture and conservation-agriculture farming projects, the sustainable use of forests, water and soil, and all projects that form part of the development of high -natural -value farming should also be encouraged; considers that all these rural development measures should remain co-financed, with an increased budget if necessary;
Amendment 712 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 59 a (new)
Paragraph 59 a (new)
59a. Points out that the common agricultural policy must cover all types of territory, including the most vulnerable areas, particularly those with natural and geographical handicaps, and areas of higher activity, up to and including peri- urban areas; in all of these areas agriculture is essential as a contribution to security of food supply, environmental protection, employment and social life;
Amendment 713 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 59 a (new)
Paragraph 59 a (new)
Amendment 715 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 59 b (new)
Paragraph 59 b (new)
59 b. Believes that agri-environment measures have significant potential to enable biodiversity to better adapt to the effects of climate change;
Amendment 716 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 59 c (new)
Paragraph 59 c (new)
59 c. Believes that agri-environment measures should facilitate the development of agro-ecological practices as a tool to reduce input use while following an approach of prevention first;
Amendment 721 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 60
Paragraph 60
60. Believes that 'green growth' should be at the heart of a new rural development strategy focussing on creating new green jobs through: the development of biomass, biowaste, biogas and small-scale renewable energy production as well as encouraging the production of second-generation biofuels, agrimaterials and green- chemistry products, investing in modernisation and innovation as well as new research and development techniques for adaptation to and mitigation of climate change, providing training and advice to farmers for applying new techniques and to assist young farmers entering the industry, and adding value to high-quality products through promotion and marketing measures;
Amendment 748 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 62
Paragraph 62
62. Insists that, to complement market measures, there is an urgent need to strengthen producers'the position in the food chain through a range of actions to addressof producers and their trade organisations, including multi-sector organisations, through a range of actions, some of which must be taken by the public authorities and seek to enhance producers' negotiating power, transparency, contractual relationships and commercial practices; takes the view that possible adjustments to competition rules should also be investigated to allow producer organisations to grow in scale and size, equipping them with the power to stand up to major retailers and processors;
Amendment 55 #
2009/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Affirms that EU agriculture and forestry management can contribute to the Union’s global warming mitigation objectives by finding ways to limit and reduce its GHG emissions, promoting carbon storage in the soil and, in the case of forests, in biomass, and developing the production of sustainable renewable energies; emphasises that, to this end, it is essential to foster the development of a different kind of agriculture and existing agricultural methods, which are better able to reconcile economic, social and environmental imperatives, including preventing a reduction in the agricultural land area, with the natural potential of each ecosystem;
Amendment 89 #
2009/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – indent 2
Paragraph 3 – indent 2
- the development of afforestation, reforestation, agroforestry, hedges, wooded areas on farmland, permanent or temporary grassland pasture systems and reforestation;
Amendment 92 #
2009/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – indent 2 a (new)
Paragraph 3 – indent 2 a (new)
- increasing the forested area by planting new forests;
Amendment 93 #
2009/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – indent 2 b (new)
Paragraph 3 – indent 2 b (new)
- the introduction of farming methods which will increase the carbon storage period in existing forests;
Amendment 103 #
2009/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. modern techniques of feeding, animal keeping and manure treatment and use, which will significantly reduce methane emissions;
Amendment 104 #
2009/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. the use of biomass energy integrated into food production, which will contribute to reducing carbon emissions in addition to making use of by-products and waste;
Amendment 105 #
2009/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. the planting of woody and herbaceous energy crops (cultures) in floodplains, areas which are wet or sandy and areas less suitable for agriculture, with the aim of increasing CO2 absorption and carbon sequestration;
Amendment 137 #
2009/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls for increased research into plant varieties and plant variety breeding in order to enable the plant breeding sector to be prepared for the effects of climate change (temperature rise, drought) by requiring that a suitable quantity of good- quality raw materials, and therefore a secure food supply, is maintained;
Amendment 138 #
2009/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for the speeding up of research and development work on the optimal, economic exploitation and utilisation of biomass found on farms (farm and forest waste), biogas from livestock farming and other sustainable agrofuels, provided that the latter do not jeopardise food securitand timber/wood- processing plants (farm and forest waste) in the field of targeted biomass production and processing, biogas from livestock farming and other sustainable agrofuels (by creating the conditions for positive energy and mass balance), provided that the latter do not jeopardise food security; calls for increased research into the development of the relevant technology;
Amendment 156 #
2009/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Emphasises that the Union must reinvest in the rural and forestry management development policy in order to help disseminate new practices and foster the development of sustainable agriculture elsewhere in the world;
Amendment 165 #
2009/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 – introduction
Paragraph 13 – introduction
13. Takes the view that the CAP must offer financial incentives for EU farmers to implement the necessary agronomic and forestry management adaptation measures in each region, including:
Amendment 167 #
2009/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 – indent 1
Paragraph 13 – indent 1
- optimising water resource management, holding back down-flowing water (more efficient irrigation systems, hillside reservoirs, etc.);
Amendment 176 #
2009/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 – indent 4
Paragraph 13 – indent 4
- planting rows of trees, hedges or wooded areas on the edges of farmland to retain water, limit runoff, act as windbreaks and provide shelter for crop auxiliaries such as pollinating insects;
Amendment 180 #
2009/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 – indent 5 a (new)
Paragraph 13 – indent 5 a (new)
- increasing the forested area;
Amendment 181 #
Amendment 184 #
2009/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 – indent 6
Paragraph 13 – indent 6
- maintaining forests which can adapt to climate change and managing forests in such a way as to limit the risk of fire;
Amendment 185 #
2009/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the Commission to award more planting subsidies for vineyards and orchards, as such areas are capable of capturing more carbon dioxide and storing it in the form of biomass and do not require such intensive, frequent mechanical cultivation as crops on arable land, thereby causing a considerable reduction in greenhouse gas emissions;
Amendment 186 #
2009/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Emphasises that it may be necessary to re-think the water management, including river regulation, of former floodplain areas with unfavourable growing conditions which were subsequently drained, revitalise suitable floodplain areas and replant former floodplain forests;
Amendment 187 #
2009/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)
Paragraph 13 c (new)
13c. Calls on the Commission to promote the afforestation of arable land which is traditionally at risk of inland inundations by means of special funding;
Amendment 227 #
2009/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Considers that post-2013 CAP policy must continue to develop a ‘third pillar’ system to deal separately with, and give prominence to, biodiversity, developing and maintaining carbon-neutral good agricultural practice (GAP) alongside GAP itself, boosting research into agriculture, food safety, renewable energy sources and climate change, and increasing support for irrigation and water management systems;
Amendment 230 #
2009/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Also cCalls on the Commission also to give thought to new support systems that promote carbon fixing in farm soil and biomasshelp maintain a high carbon content in the soil and promote carbon fixing in farm soil and, by planting new forests, in forest biomass and timber products, and the use of agricultural and forest biomass; calls on the Commission to promote the development and introduction of sustainable, CO2- and greenhouse gas- neutral agricultural practice and to develop a hectare-based support system;
Amendment 238 #
2009/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Considers it essential to strengthen risk and crisis management instruments and adapt them to increasing market volatility and growing climatic risks, and to introduce a genuine European policy on preventing and responding toresponding to the effects of natural disasters;
Amendment 241 #
2009/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Emphasises, given the scale of the climate challenge and the necessary investment by the farming and forestry management community in more sustainable modes of production, the need to retain a strong CAP with a commensurate budget beyond 2013 and to increase the resources allocated to agricultural research, in which farmers must also be involved;
Amendment 215 #
2009/2155(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Believes that double reporting on the movement of sheep and goats to the central data base should be abolished (slaughter report + holding registers), and that compulsory electronic identification (EID) for sheep and goats under 12 months old which are sent for slaughter should be dropped, as no Community funds are available to cover the extra cost which this entails; the unnecessary increase in costs cannot be reflected in prices, and the competitive situation for third-country suppliers deteriorates;
Amendment 42 #
2009/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. is in support of optional labelling programmes in the case of GMO-exempt products, concerning the possible use of the optional reserved term "GMO-free"; considers that the Commission should establish clear guidelines regarding the use of the optional reserved term "GMO- free";
Amendment 51 #
2009/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
, calls on the Commission, in view of the fact that measuring "carbon-footprint" is a very complex and complicated task, to conduct a study on the available scientific instruments which measure in an informal way comparable levels of the carbon impact of products;
Amendment 52 #
2009/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1 b (new)
calls on the Commission to conduct a study on further developing the "carbon- footprint" labelling towards a more comprehensive "ecological-footprint" measurement, since labels or terms which refer only to carbon levels neglect other key environmental aspects, such as the impact on water resources and biodiversity;
Amendment 55 #
2009/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. is in support of providing the consumer with the maximum amount of information available; is in favour of the introduction of comprehensive and compulsory legislation for "place of farming"-labelling; considers that this may be done in a manner that takes into account the costs of such a Europe-wide operation, as well as the specificities of particular sectors, such as that of processed agricultural goods; calls on the Commission to provide a clear definition of main raw material / main ingredient of processed food products;
Amendment 329 #
2009/0076(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31
Article 31
By way of derogation from Articles 25 and- 289, competent authorities of Member States may refuse mutual recognition of national authorisations granted for product types 15, 17 and 23 of Annex V provided that such a refusal can be justified on grounds of the protection of health of humans, particularly of vulnerable groups, the protection of health of animals or plants, the protection of environment national treasures possessing artistic, historic or archaeological value, or the protection of industrial and commercial property. Competent authorities of Member States shall without delay inform each other and the Commission of any decision taken in this respect and shall indicate the reasons thereof.
Amendment 420 #
2009/0076(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 54 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 54 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. Every three years, starting in 2013, competent authorities shall submit to the Commission a report on the implementation of this Regulation in their respective territories. The implementation reports shall be annually published on the relevant website of the Commission. The report shall include:
Amendment 421 #
2009/0076(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 54 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 54 – paragraph 3 – point b
b) information on any poisonings involving biocidal products, and the actions undertaken to lower the risk of future cases.
Amendment 430 #
2009/0076(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 1 – introductionory part
Article 56 – paragraph 1 – introductionory part
1. The following information held by the competent authorities, the Agency or, as appropriate, the Commission on active substances shall be made, free of charge, publicly available in a single database, in a structured format at least on the relevant website of the Commission:
Amendment 431 #
2009/0076(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 56 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) a clear reference if the active substance qualifies as persistent, bio- accumulative and toxic (PBT) or very persistent and very bioaccumulative (vPvB) in accordance with Annex XIII of Regulation (EC) No. 1907/2006 or as endocrine disrupter or if it has been classified in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 as one of the following: carcinogenic; mutagenic; neurotoxic; immunotoxic; toxic to reproduction; sensitising.
Amendment 465 #
2009/0076(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 76 – paragraph 1
Article 76 – paragraph 1
Where, based on new evidence, a Member State has justifiable grounds to consider that a biocidal product, although satisfying the requirements of this Regulation, constitutes a serious risk to human or animal health or to the environment, particularly to vulnerable groups and to risk a failure of achieving the quality standards of Directive 2000/60/EC it may take appropriate provisional measures. The Member State shall without delay inform the Commission and the other Member States thereof and give reasons for its decision based on the new evidence.
Amendment 466 #
2009/0076(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 76 – paragraph 2
Article 76 – paragraph 2
Amendment 31 #
2008/2200(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls for the prompt ratification and entry into force of all Stabilisation and Association Agreements;
Amendment 32 #
2008/2200(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls for the granting of candidate status for all Western Balkan countries at the earliest possible date; is of the opinion that the screening process could already start in 2009;
Amendment 46 #
2008/2200(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls for close monitoring of the financial and economic situation of the countries in the Western Balkans in view of their special exposure to, and vulnerability in the face of, the financial crisis; calls for EU assistance to provide financial stability if necessary;
Amendment 52 #
2008/2200(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Recalls that the dispute over gas supplies between Russia and Ukraine in January 2009 caused serious disruptions in the supply of energy to the Western Balkan countries; calls for the diversification of transit routes and better interconnection of the energy networks in the region with the help of EU funding;
Amendment 79 #
2008/2200(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Underlines the importance of inter- state and intra-state dialogue on inter- ethnic relations and peaceful cohabitation, and calls for EU funding for programmes promoting tolerance and reconciliation;
Amendment 84 #
2008/2200(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Underlines the utmost importance of enhancing, protecting and guaranteeing the rights of minorities and minority self- governance on an elevated level as a cornerstone of stability of the region;
Amendment 1 #
2008/2153(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers that the CAP is an important element of global food security policies;
Amendment 2 #
2008/2153(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Believes that the CAP should play a significant role in the EU's foreign affairs and development policies with special regard to the external food security policy; believes that, besides securing the EU's food production, the CAP can contribute to meeting the increased demand for food globally;
Amendment 3 #
2008/2153(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Points out that the CAP and the EU's biofuel policy do not have a price-raising impact on food commodities, unlike the USA's bioethanol production; believes that the CAP is not contributing to the global food crisis;
Amendment 43 #
2008/2104(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the negotiations on a new agreement aimed at enhancingstrategic cooperation between the EU and the Russian Federation should address the issue of the full compliance by Russia with the agreements signed on 12 August and 8 September 2008 in respect of the conflict in South Ossetia and Abkhazia,
Amendment 68 #
2008/2104(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas relations between the European Union and Russia should be based on mutual trust, common aims, interests and common values of democracy, respect for human rights, including the rights of minorities, and the rule of law, as well as on mutual cooperation in the international arena and a shared interest in a stable and secure neighbourhood,
Amendment 70 #
2008/2104(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas the recent crisis in gas supplies to the European Union, which left millions of citizens in Bulgaria, Slovakia and elsewhere in the EU without heating and hot water in freezing winter temperatures, raises serious concerns over the reliability of Russian energy supplies,
Amendment 72 #
2008/2104(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital J b (new)
Recital J b (new)
Jb. whereas the crisis has demonstrated that the EU and Russia have to establish mechanisms for a transparent rules- based system and dispute settlement in the field of energy; whereas the EU expects that the guiding principles of the Energy Charter and the Transit Protocol will be taken up, while the Russian side aims to modernise the present Energy Charter,
Amendment 92 #
2008/2104(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 - point -a (new)
Paragraph 1 - point -a (new)
-a) insist on the fact that close and strategic partnership, enhanced cooperation and good-neighbourly relations between the European Union (EU) and Russia can create a stable foundation and a precondition for stability, security and prosperity in Europe and world wide;
Amendment 97 #
2008/2104(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 - point a a (new)
Paragraph 1 - point a a (new)
aa) actively pursue the partnership negotiations and to make use of this new agreement to make best use of the potential of this partnership for real and substantial cooperation;
Amendment 101 #
2008/2104(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 - point a b (new)
Paragraph 1 - point a b (new)
ab) stress that the agreement should be comprehensive, legally binding and covering all aspects of the relationship; underline that the agreement should also bring progress with respect to the harmonisation of regulatory standards and the commitments in relation to democracy, human rights and the rule of law;
Amendment 137 #
2008/2104(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 - point f
Paragraph 1 - point f
f) call on the Russian Government and Georgia to demonstrate itstheir commitment to resolving, together with Georgia and the EU, in a constructive manner the ‘modalities of security and stability in Abkhazia and South Ossetia’, as it was agreed in the agreement of 8 August 2008;
Amendment 190 #
2008/0142(COD)
Council position
Article 8 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Patients seeking to receive healthcare provided in another Member State shall be guaranteed the right to apply for prior authorisation in the Member State of affiliation, or electronically at the competent authority of the Member State of affiliation, when appropriate.
Amendment 159 #
2008/0104(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Annex I
Annex I
Amendment 345 #
2008/0103(CNS)
Article 7 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The provisions of paragraph (2) must be applied for the amount remaining from the amount of direct payments owing to the producer from which EUR 5 000 has been deducted for each employee employed by the producer the previous calendar year.
Amendment 387 #
2008/0103(CNS)
Article 10 – paragraph 3
Amendment 423 #
2008/0103(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
(1) Member States shall not grant direct payments to a farmer in one of the following casedecide independently on the award of direct payments on the basis of their minimum requirements:
Amendment 426 #
2008/0103(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a)
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a)
Amendment 432 #
2008/0103(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point (b)
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point (b)
Amendment 440 #
2008/0103(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 567 #
2008/0103(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 68 – paragraph 1 – point b
b) to address specific disadvantages affecting farmers in the dairy, beef, sheep and goatmeat, and the pork, poultry and rice sectors in economically vulnerable or environmentally sensitive areas, and to introduce improvements aimed at making these sectors competitive,
Amendment 67 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 47 a (new)
Recital 47 a (new)
(47a) Agriculture and forestry in the EU have substantially contributed to mitigating the effects of climate change, as evidenced by the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture by 10% between 1990 and 2004 in the EU-15, and by 14% in the EU-25, and it is expected that, by 2010, EU agriculture emissions will be 16% below their 1990 level. Nevertheless, all efforts are welcome to promote new, energy efficient ways of production and further reduce the greenhouse gas emissions by financing investment and research to achieve this objective.
Amendment 68 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 47 b (new)
Recital 47 b (new)
(47b) The Commission in its communication of 26 November 1997 entitled 'Energy for the future: renewable sources of energy - White Paper for a Community strategy and action plan' (COM(1997)0599), stated that, to achieve the goal of increasing the use of renewable energy resources within the energy mix, the amount of energy produced from biomass would need to more than double.
Amendment 69 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 47 c (new)
Recital 47 c (new)
(47c) The European Parliament adopted a resolution on the 12 March 2008 on sustainable agriculture and biogas: a need for review of EU legislation (2007/2107(INI)1), in which it stated that there is a significant potential in biogas in particular among the renewable energies. There is a high potential for a considerable increase in biogas production, particularly given the contributions from livestock production (livestock manure), sludge, waste, and plants unsuitable for food and feed production as preferred biogas materials. In order to realize this potential, there is a need for a coherent biogas policy in the European Union by coordinating between the relevant European policies such as the renewable energy policy, the Common Agricultural Policy and the Rural and Regional Development policies. Measures are needed for the construction and promotion of biogas installations based on a national or regional impact assessment, promoting those installations that, nationally and/or regionally, are most beneficial to the environment and which are economically sustainable. If regional and rural development regulations do not allow funding of such measures, they must be amended. Member States should engage in national and regional planning in order to limit legal and administrative impediments. Natural gas or other fossil fuels should not be preferred in areas in which it is feasible to sell heat generated from biogas to local heating providers. Annual statistics and reports on agricultural biogas production are needed in order to be able to follow up on the targets ________ 1 Texts adopted, P6_TA-PROV(2008)0095..