16 Amendments of Satu HASSI related to 2011/2051(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for the post-2013 CAP to pursue food security objectives which encourage new forms of sustainable agricultural production which save energy, reduce the use of chemicals and exploituse the potential of ecosystems more effectively; points out that it must be capable of responding to environmental challenges, such as climate change, depletion of resources, such as water pollution and, soil erosion, loss of biodiversity etc.;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that the CAP encompasses farmers and the public in general - who are both taxpayers and consumers - as the lattereveryone benefits from safe food, a healthy environment, good health and prospects of jobs;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for CAP funding to be based on a model which includes payments linked to natural handicaps and green-point payments or payments for vulnerable regionfor specific farming systems such as organic, High Nature Value farming, for extensively managed pasture and meadows, and for farmers with specific management requirements in Natura 2000 areas;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for a reinforcement of the concept of funding for both pillars subject to the fulfilment of a number of environmental and biodiversity criteria, so that high- quality food can beis produced using sustainable practices; points out that sufficient funding is the only guarantee of the success of targeted agri-environmental measures;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Believes that under the revised CAP consideration should be given to new ‘carbon credit’ instruments, because agriculture offers enormous potential for combating climate change, because of differences in accounting precision and large natural variations, agriculture should not be included in existing carbon trading schemes or in the targets under the Effort Sharing Decision, but calls for separate targets for the LULUCF sector;
Amendment 95 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Considers that a simple and specific support scheme for small farms should replace the current regime in order to enhance their competitiveness and to acknowledge their contribution to the vitality of rural areas, and to environmental protection;
Amendment 96 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Believes that the current very intensive methods of animal production often have negative impacts on animal health and welfare which may also negatively impact public health and food safety; consequently calls for the CAP to promote livestock farming methods which respect the environment, as well as animal health and welfare;
Amendment 97 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 c (new)
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10c. Asserts that the insertion of cross compliance into the CAP in past reforms is a useful tool to achieve sustainability, and that CAP payments cannot be justified without it, due to the demands of society for healthy food, farming and environment; but calls upon the Commission to ensure ecological effectiveness of cross compliance, so that it becomes a baseline for sustainability;
Amendment 98 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Wishes to highlight the special role played by organic farming, which, according to studies, makes a significant contribution to climate protection relative to conventional farming methods, and calls for organic farming to occupy a central place in the CAP in 2020;
Amendment 101 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 d (new)
Paragraph 10 d (new)
Amendment 102 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 e (new)
Paragraph 10 e (new)
10e. Is convinced that the CAP reform must ensure a more effective regulation of the nutrient loads into water bodies and allow the rehabilitation of marine and coastal ecosystems. Considers therefore, that decreased water pollution from agricultural sources should be added as one of the key objectives of the CAP, thereby maintaining healthy rivers, lakes, seas, and groundwater across Europe;
Amendment 103 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 f (new)
Paragraph 10 f (new)
10f. Considers that the CAP should go through a general environmental assessment, through which the key issues which need to be changed in order to protect water bodies could be determined, including the role of excess phosphorous triggering eutrophication and increased susceptibility to eutrophication in aquatic ecosystems, such as the Baltic;
Amendment 104 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 g (new)
Paragraph 10 g (new)
10g. Advocates the effective implementation of the Water Framework Directive "action plans", in order to reach local, territorial and regional approaches to effective water management and watershed protection; considers it useful to integrate the WFD into cross compliance, and notes that this is consistent with the territorial approach to rural development advocated in the commission communication;
Amendment 105 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 h (new)
Paragraph 10 h (new)
10h. Notes that the Commission should consider helping to mainstream best practices in preventing agricultural pollution (such as HELCOM recommendations);