14 Amendments of Marian HARKIN related to 2013/2097(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas expiry of the milk quotas will affect the entire European milk market, in particular dairy farmers in mountain areas, northernmost areas and outermost regions where it will not be possible to take as much advantage of the growth opportunities generated by deregulation as in other areas;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas in many of these areas milk production is the most important and most widespread branch of agricultural activity;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the important role of coupled payments under the first agricultural policy pillar; points out that the Member States in these areas should be given additional possibilities to couple payments, national or EU-funded, as it was agreed in the current CAP reform;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the need for CAP provisions to focus on small and medium size farms in these areas, given that they are structurally more labour intensive and make a valuable contribution to sustained employment levels and rural development;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States and regions to formulate a specificaddress in their rural development programmes the challenges for milk production in these areas and thus ensuring a better targeting of the support;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that second-pillar measures such as compensatory allowances, agro- environmental premiums or investment aids are of great importance for sustainable milk production in these areas; urges therefore that Member States and regions be given the necessary opportunities to ensure the payment of adequate and clearly differentiated compensatory allowances and promote environmentally friendly, sustainable and organic forms of agriculture; calls for adequate compensatory payments from the second CAP pillar to offset the higher investment costs for milk production in mountain and northernmost areas occasioned by the particular nature of the terrain;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Member States to promote in particular measures under the second pillar, such as cooperative ventures for the rational use ofmore efficient use of available resources such as agricultural machinery or, buildings and infrastructure;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Underlines the need to develop contractual arrangements in the milk sector to keep up a balanced milk production throughout the EU;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Points out that if the milk sector in the EU is hit by crisis, the mountain and disadvantaged areas should be the first that are supported by different measures because of the vulnerability of these regions; calls therefore the Commission to develop specific tools to counter price or production quantity fluctuations in these areas;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Points out that, given the substantial logistical problems arising with regard to transport and the generally small quantities of milk produced on individual farms, collection costs in mountain areas and outermost regions are particularly high, placing them at a major geographical and competitive disadvantage; calls on the Member States and regions accordingly to earmark state subsidies for processing plant, so as to offset the higher costs of collection compared with those in more favourable locations; underlines the need of subsidies for the collection of milk from disadvantaged areas;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Points out that stockbreeding methods for efficient milk production are particularly cost-intensive on small farms; calls on the Commission to allow Member States and regions accordingly to provide state subsidies enabling dairy farms in these areas to breed their own high quality livestock in spite of this;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission and Member States to extend joint research programmes to encompass grassland areas and milk production in less favoured areas and devote particular attention to them under joint research projects; calls for a better coordination between CAP and research policy encouraging innovative solutions for these areas;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Commission to follow closely milk production development in these areas and to review the economic impact of the expiry of the milk quotas on dairy farms in these areas; asks the Commission to submit to Parliament and the Council a report dealing with this issue as of 1 January 2017 and, if appropriate, put forward a legislative proposal if milk production has decreased significantly in these regions;