8 Amendments of Markus PIEPER related to 2008/2100(INI)
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the LEADER programmes have in the past already shown how rural development can be successfully promoted through regional policy instruments,
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recommends that the first pillar of the common agricultural policy be targeted in future on support for agriculture, independently of transfer payments to the second pillar (rural development measures), and that rural development measures under what was previously the second pillar be combined with the European Structural Funds within a joint framework;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas the permanent transfer of funds between the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and the EAFRD leads to planning insecurity for both farmers and rural development project promoters;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Takes the view that the criteria traditionally used to distinguish rural areas from urban areas (lower population density, different employment structure, lower level of income and worse access to public goods and services) fail to provide a complete picture of the situation; considers, therefore, that from the point of view of territorial cohesion, per-capita income, not lower population density, should be the decisive characteristic, in accordance with the definition of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), continue to apply;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that rural development policy has a huge influence on territorial cohesion and that due consideration should be given to whether it is justifiable to separate rural development measures from cohesion and regional development policysuggests that as a first step coordinated administration of the EAFRD and the structural funds at programme level in the Member States should be actively promoted; calls on the Commission in the longer term to submit a proposal for structural funds with appropriate quotas for promoting rural areas and environmental protection;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a.Takes the view that the coordination of structural policy and rural development measures allows projects with greater European added value to be undertaken; sees in that an opportunity for long-term enhancement of rural areas, for example through infrastructural measures or environmental protection measures;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Stresses the importance of a more secure and stable income for farmers; takes the view that abandoning permanent transfers of funding between the EAGF and the EAFRD after 2013 can contribute to this;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission to assess whether the regional policy programmes can contribute to offering farmers a reliable income, for example through carrying out environmental protection, nature conservation and landscape management activities;