12 Amendments of Katerina BATZELI related to 2007/2192(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
Α. whereas the sheep and goat sectors in the EU are important traditional farming enterprises that support the livelihood of thousands of producers and supply products of exceptional quality and specific characteristics as well as by- products, thereby serving to underline its socio-economic contribution in rural areas of the EU,
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the sheep and goat sectors in the EU, which are concentrated in less favoured areas, are witnessing a critical decline in production and an exodus of producers, as well as a total failure to attract young sheep and goat farmers to the sector,
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the rise in the prices of animal feed and production inputs in general is a particular threat to sheep and goat farming, increasing costs and bringing further pressure to bear on a sector which is already at the limit of its competitiveness,
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas the current economic situation and the expected trends in world demand and the prices of agricultural produce and food make it imperative for the EU to avoid, as far as possible, dependence on imported stockfarming products and animal feed and to secure a better balance between those products and, in particular, the traditional, protected products of sheep and goat farming, with which the European market was well supplied,
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Acknowledges the urgent need for action to be taken by the Commission and the EU Council of Agriculture Ministers to halt the decline in sheep and goat production in Europe and to retain and attract young sheep and goat farmers to the sector and advocates the maintenance of these traditional, eco-friendly farming enterprises and a Community supply base of EU lambsheep and goat farming products;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Considers that the choice of decoupled or non-decoupled headage-based premiums in the context of the CAP health check should remain at the discretion of the Member States according to the particular conditions in their regions, without ever losing sight of the objectives of environmental protection and the quality of livestock farming products;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Believes that aid to sheep and goat farming in mountain, disadvantaged and selected island regions, and in regions stricken by natural disasters, should be combined with special regional programmes for the restructuring of the sector (under the first and second pillars) where particular environmental problems have been identified relating to over- or under-grazing or shortcomings in the quality or hygiene of livestock farming products owing to inadequate infrastructure or shortcomings in the vocational training of livestock farmers;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 –point 1
Paragraph 3 –point 1
Introduction of a new Environmental Sheep Maintenance Scheme per ewe to be either a) financed directly by National Government funding or b) co-financed by EU and National Governments to arrest the decline in production, linked to the positive environmental attributes associated with the maintenance of sheep production as well as achieving improvements in technical and quality areas of production,
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 –point 3
Paragraph 3 –point 3
Amended Article 69 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 of 29 September 2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain 1 OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1276/2007 ( OJ L 284, 30.10.2007, p. 11.) 2 OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1276/2007 ( OJ L 284, 30.10.2007, p. 11.) support schemes for farmers and amending Regulations (EEC) No 2019/93, (EC) No 1452/2001, (EC) No 1453/2001, (EC) No 1454/2001, (EC) 1868/94, (EC) No 1251/1999, (EC) No 1254/1999, (EC) No 1673/2000, (EEC) No 2358/71 and (EC) No 2529/2001 as proposed by the Commission CAP Health Check Communication, to provide flexibility for Member States; amended Article 69 of Regulation 1782/2003 should take account of the measures on behalf of sheep and goat farming already successfully implemented in the Member States,
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 –point 3a (new)
Paragraph 3 –point 3a (new)
Allocation of appropriations primarily for measures to promote territorial coherence, in particular measures to prevent sheep and goat farming from being abandoned in areas where this would have significantly detrimental effects on nature, the countryside or regional development, or would result in market shortages of quality products preferred by consumers (in particular in mountain areas, other especially disadvantaged areas, grassland in extreme locations and selected island regions), measures designed to restructure and boost the sector, environmental measures relating to specific types of production (e.g. organic sheep and goat farming, production of special quality products of geographical origin with specific characteristics) and risk management.
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 –point 3b(new)
Paragraph 3 –point 3b(new)
Adoption of sectoral structural programmes for sheep and goat farming (products of the sector and animal feed) which combine the second and first pillars under Article 69, including inter alia: - support for areas producing animal feed, including grazing crops, and regeneration of pastureland, - improving the processing and marketing sectors both for meat and milk, - improving infrastructure and support services in the sector, - support for genetic improvement in the sector, - adoption of a special Community health and hygiene policy for the products of sheep and goat farming geared to the needs of the areas where the activity is pursued, - adoption of a special Community quality and certification policy for the products of sheep and goat farming;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to review existing import quota management regimes and the possibility of spreading the quotas over the calendar year to ensure that domestically produced lamb is not exposed to unfair competition;