8 Amendments of Marc TARABELLA related to 2016/2141(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas as early as 2010, in the 27- member EU, only 2.7% of farms controlled 50.6% of farmland in Europe, and whereas by contrast, in 2012, 80% of farms had the use of only 12% of the agricultural land; whereas this trend runs counter to the European sustainable, multifunctional agricultural model, in which family farms are an important feature;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the farmland market is regulated in different ways in the individual Member States;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the concentration of farmland adversely affects the development of rural communities and may result in the loss of agricultural jobs;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas there are various contributory factors involved in land grabbing, including increasing globalisation, population growth, the growing demand for foodstuffs and natural raw materials, and the counter- productive effects of agricultural policy;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for the creation of a European central observatory tasked with recording the level of farmland concentration in the EU, changes in land use and the market behaviour of owners and tenants, and with issuing regular reports;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recommends that the Member States give small local producers and young farmers priority in the purchase of farmland, particularly at a time when non- farmers are increasingly interested in purchasing agricultural plots;
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Considers that local communities should be involved in decisions on land use;
Amendment 272 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for the implementation by the EUall EU Member States, in the interest of developing a clear EU guiding principle for the structure of farming, of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, which has been ratified by all Member States;