8 Amendments of Richard ASHWORTH related to 2009/2156(INI)
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Recognises that because of their unique position less-favoured areas have an important role to play in delivering environmental benefits and in maintaining the landscape and stresses that payments under this measure should seek to achieve these goals;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that support for areas with natural handicaps is aimed in particular at ensuring that 'extensive farming activity' is maintained, and consequently at countering abandonment of the land and migration;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Takes the view that the eight biophysical criteria proposed by the Commission may be suitable for delimiting areas with natural handicaps but recognises that other bio- physical criteria could also be suitable and urges Member States to put forward additional relevant suggestions to the Commission;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses how important it is that, in line with the Court of Auditors' report and the 2005 reform, socio-economic criteria no longer form part of this measure;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Considers fine-tuning of the criteria for support for areas with natural handicaps to be necessary in order to be able to respond appropriately to particular geographical situations and crops grown and to exclude areas in which natural handicaps have been offset by human intervention or further bio-physical conditions; proposes that farm data (such as farm income) be used inter alia for this purpose; emphasises, however, that the decision on the criteria to be used for fine-tuning must lie with the Member States;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses the importance of appropriate farm-level eligibility criteria in the interests of ensuring proper targeting of payments on those farms affected by natural handicaps, and urges the Commission to develop a common framework of such criteria;