165 Amendments of Marc TARABELLA related to 2018/2037(INI)
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 14 December 2016 on CAP tools to reduce price volatility in agricultural markets,
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 b (new)
Citation 6 b (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 1 March 2018 on prospects and challenges for the EU apiculture sector,
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 c (new)
Citation 6 c (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 27 October 2016 on how the CAP can improve job creation in rural areas,
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 d (new)
Citation 6 d (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 7 June 2016 on enhancing innovation and economic development in future European farm management,
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 e (new)
Citation 6 e (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 7 July 2015 on prospects for the EU dairy sector – review of the implementation of the Dairy Package,
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 b (new)
Citation 10 b (new)
– having regard to own-initiative report 2017/2116 on a European strategy for the promotion of protein crops,
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 c (new)
Citation 10 c (new)
– having regard to the own-initiative report (2017/2117) on the current situation and future prospects for the sheep and goat sectors,
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Commission’s communication on the Future of Food and Farming acknowledges that the common agricultural policy (CAP) is the most integrated policy in the EU and is designed to enablinge the EU farming sector to respond to citizens’ demands regarding not only food security, safety, quality and sustainability, but also environmental care, climate change action and high animal welfare standards;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Commission’s communication on the Future of Food and Farming acknowledges that the common agricultural policy (CAP) is the most integrated policy in the EU and isthat has gradually been liberalised; whereas it ought to enablinge the EU farming sector to respond to citizens’ demands regarding not only food security, safety, quality and sustainability, but also environmental care, climate change action and high animal welfare standards;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Commission’s communication on the Future of Food and Farming acknowledges that the common agricultural policy (CAP) is the most integrated policy in the EU and is enablingwith which the EU farming sector has to respond to justified citizens’ demands regarding not only food security, safety, quality and sustainability, but also environmental care, climate change action, biodiversity and high animal welfare standards;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Commission’s communication on the Future of Food and Farming acknowledges that the common agricultural policy (CAP) is the most integrated policy in the EU and is enabling the EU farming sector to respond to citizens’ demands regarding not only food security, safety, quality and sustainability, but also environmental care, climate change action, health and high animal welfare standards;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas a transformation of the CAP towards a sustainable agriculture and pinpoint funding is indispensable, as the Special Report n° 21/2017 from the European Court of Auditors states that the greening of the CAP, as currently implemented, is unlikely to meet its objective, mainly due to the low level of requirements, which largely reflect the normal farming practice and that greening has led to a change in farming practice on only around 5 % of all EU farmland;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the fact is that the CAP must now be reformed so that it more satisfactorily meets the needs both of those to whom it is primarily addressed - farmers - and of citizens as a whole;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas, in conjunction with services of general interest, the CAP can ensure that rural and mountainous areas become more dynamic;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the 17 SDGs set new, clear ways for the CAP post-2020;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the European Union’s overarching objective of a multifunctional agriculture, driven by family farms, that creates jobs, is fair and sustainable and is driven by family farms that are viable and can be acquired and handed down from generation to generation remains key to delivering the positive externalities and public goods that European citizens demand (food and non- food products and services);
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas over the, for more than 25 years, the CAP has undergone regular re-programming in line with new challengesform dictated by the opening up of European agriculture to international markets and by the emergence of new challenges, such as the environment and climate change, but another step is now necessary in this continuous process of modernisation and simplification, building on previous reforms, is now necessaryadjustment in order to simplify, modernise and reorientate the CAP so that it secures farmers’ incomes and more effectively meets the expectations of society as a whole, in particular as regards food quality and security, climate change, public health and employment;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas over the years the CAP has undergone regular re-programming in line with new challenges, but another step in this continuous process of modernisation and simplification, building on previous reforms, is now necessary in order to achieve sustainable rural areas and ensuring that European climate and environmental targets are being met;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas over the years the CAP has undergone regular re-programming in line with new challenges, but another step in this continuous process of modernisation and, simplification and greening, building on previous reforms, is now necessary;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas successive CAP reforms since 1992 have made the European agrifood industry more competitive by allowing it to buy agricultural commodities at low, affordable prices, and the time has come to focus on other CAP objectives, such as farmers’ living standards, the environment, climate change and public health;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas there are other instruments available to be used in rural communities via structural and cohesions funds, which are not necessarily being well synergized with the CAP, even though this would help the regions become more competitive faster;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the new delivery model (NDM) which is at the core of the Commission’s communication on the Future of Food and Farming, and is to be welcomed, provided that it is not very precise but constitutes a working basis - albeit incomplete - for undertaking a genuine political reform of the CAP; whereas this model should not only ensures a genuine simplification, not only at EU level but also at for the Union, the Member States and regional level, and flexibility for farmers, without adding new constraints on Member States and thus a new layer of complexitythe Regions, but also provide farmers with greater flexibility and freedom in their capacity to adapt to future changes with a view to embarking on the pathways of a model of sustainable development;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the new delivery model (NDM) is, at the core of the Commission’s communication on the Future of Food and Farming, andinvolves many uncertainties regarding its implementation and mighto be welcomed, provided that it does not lead to the renationalization of the CAP, does not damage the proper functioning of the single market and ensures genuine simplification, not only at EU level but also at Member State and regional level, and flexibility for farmers, without adding new constraints on Member States and thus a new layer of complexity;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the new delivery model (NDM) is at the core of the Commission’s communication on the Future of Food and Farming, and is to be welcomed, provided that it ensures genuine simplification, not only at EU level but also at Member State and, regional and local level, and flexibility for farmers, while ensuring ambitious environmental goals, without adding new constraints on Member States and thus a new layer of complexity;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the new delivery model (NDM) is at the core of the Commission’s communication on the Future of Food and Farming, and is to be welcomed, provided that it ensures genuine simplification, not only at EU level but also at Member State and regional level, and flexibility for farmers, as well as that the targets of the new CAP are being fulfilled without adding new constraints on Member States and thus a new layer of complexity;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the future CAP funding must be linked to a clear societal added value as for instance sustainable agriculture, environmental performance, climate change and animal welfare, so that this part of the EU budget can be justified to European taxpayers;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the CAP must play an important role in overcoming stagnation and volatprice volatility and the instability of farm incomes which, despite the concentration, specialisation and intensification of production and despite increasing productivity, are still lower than in the rest of the economy in particular because of the capture of the added value created by the rest of the food chain; but, more fundamentally, this situation tends to show that the productivist model is no longer appropriate today because it produces poor economic results, including in terms of employment, and does not contribute enough to the preservation of natural resources and the fight against global warming;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas over the last few years farmers have been confronted with increasing price volatility, which has reflected price fluctuations on global markets and uncertainty caused by macroeconomic developments, external policieresulting from a greater openness to international markets, the dismantling of the tools regulating the CMOs, sanitary crises and morthe frequentcurrence of extreme weather events lin the EUked to climate change;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas over the last few years farmers have been confronted with increasing price volatility, which has reflected price fluctuations on global markets and uncertainty caused by macroeconomic developments, external policies, sanitary crises, self-generated excess quantities in some European sectors and more frequent extreme weather events in the EU;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas over the last few years farmers have been confronted with increasing price volatility, which has reflected price fluctuations on global markets and uncertainty caused by macroeconomic developments, external policies, sanitary crises and more frequent extreme weather events lin the EU; ked to climate change; this extreme instability requires the introduction of counter-cyclical arrangements;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas less favoured regions such as the mountain, remote and outermost regions are in a particularly disadvantaged position in terms of socio- economic development, but also population ageing and depopulation;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F c (new)
Recital F c (new)
Fc. whereas strategies for the developments of these regions on national, macro regional and European level has the potential of giving these regions an impetus for further and faster development;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas it is essential to ensure a fair standard of living acrossbetween regions and in Member States, in the interests of territorial equity, affordable prices for citizens and consumers, and access to quality food and healthy and sustainable diets, while delivering on the commitments for environmental care, climate action, and animal and plant health and welfare;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas it is essential to ensure a fair standard of living across regions and Member States, affordable prices for citizens and consumers, and access to quality food and healthy diets, while delivering on the commitments for environmental care, climate action, andhealth, animal and plant health and welfwelfare and the balanced development of rural areas;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas it is essential to ensure a fair standard of living across regions and Member States, affordable prices for citizens and consumers, and access to quality food and healthy diets, while delivering on the commitments for environmental care, climate action, and animal, soil and plant health and welfare;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas it is essential to ensure a fair standard of living across regions and Member States, affordable prices for citizens and consumers, and access to quality and sustainable food and healthy diets, while delivering on the commitments for environmental care, climate action, and animal and plant health and welfare;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas there is a need for an updated and fairergreater equity and legitimacy in the current system of payments, as in many Member States the current system of entitlements is based on historic benchmarks which are now almost 20 years old and which constitute an obstacle to generational renewal and hinder young farmers’ access to farmland, as new entrants do not possess entitlements and are thus at a disadvantage;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas there is a need for an updated and fairer system of payments, as in many Member States the current system of entitlements is based on historic benchmarks which are now almost 20 years old and which constitute an obstacle to generational renewal and hinder young farmers’ access to farmland, as new entrants do not possess entitlements and are thus at a disadvantage, especially when they do not come from an agricultural background;
Amendment 207 #
I. whereas the emergence of new challenges, such as increasing global trade, is necessitatingincreasing global trade in the context of the emergence of global environmental and climate challenges requires an adjustment of the rules of international trade so as to allow the establishment of fair and sustainable conditions for the global exchange of goods and services, within the framework of the WTO and in accordance with existing EU social, economic and, environmental and health standards,; which should be promotedereas these standards need to be promoted globally, particularly within the framework of the WTO;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the emergence of new challenges, such as increasing global trade, isclimate change, water protection, lack of agricultural land and land degradation means that the increasing global trade has to be handled in a sustainable and fair manner and that the necessitating fair and sustainable conditions for the global exchange of goods and services, within the framework of the WTO and in accordance with existing EU social, economic and environmental standards, which should be further promoted;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas, in the face of the stalemate in the Doha Round negotiations, the European Union would be well advised to examine the real causes of this failure of multilateralism and to consider whether the idea of decoupling direct payments - which the EU is alone in respecting - is still a good option;
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)
Recital I b (new)
Ib. whereas the task force launched by the Commission on rural areas in Africa can give the EU an opportunity to reflect on the real causes of migration and ways to boost agricultural development and food self-sufficiency in the countries that cannot feed part of their population, who are therefore required to leave and look for a better future elsewhere;
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas while the focus on research and development for both product and process innovation is to be welcomed, more must be done to translate the results of research into farming practice, facilitated by EU-wide agricultural extensionand to promote a multi-actor approach where the farmers are at its centre, facilitated by EU-wide agricultural extension services and by knowledge exchange and training services;
Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas closed production circles, which refers to the processes of production, processing and packing taking place in the same region, keep the added value in that region and thus secures more jobs in the respective area and has the potential of reviving rural areas;
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas the European Court of Auditors has underlined the fact that, due to lax greening requirements which often do little more than reflect current practices, the green payments introduced as part of the 2013 reform create added complexity and bureaucracy, are difficult to understand, and fail to significantly enhance the CAP’s environmental and climate performance;
Amendment 279 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas the European Court of Auditors has underlined the fact that the way the green payments introducwere conceived as part of the 2013 reform creates added complexity and bureaucracy, are difficult to understand, and fail to significantly enhance the CAP’s environmental and climate performance;
Amendment 285 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas the objectives of the Cork 2.0 Ddeclaration for aA Better Life in Rural Areas stipulate vibrant rural areas, multi- functionality, biodiversity in and outside agriculture, rare animal breeds and conservation crops, as well as organic agriculture, less-favouredrequire a better use of endogenous resources in rural areas through the implementation of integrated strategies and multi-sectorial approaches that strengthen the bottom-up approach and the synergy between stakeholders, and require investment in the viability of rural areas, preservation and better management of natural resources, climate action incentives, the stimulation of knowledge and innovation, a stepping-up of governance in rural areas, and commitments in the context of Natura 2000; a simplification of rural development policy and its implementation;
Amendment 290 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas the objectives of the Cork 2.0 Declaration for a Better Life in Rural Areas stipulate vibrant rural areas, multi- functionality, biodiversity in and outside agriculture, rare animal breeds and conservation crops, as well as organic agriculture, less-favoured areas and commitments in the context of Natura 2000, as well as the role of young people and women in rural development;
Amendment 292 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas the objectives and the synergies of the Cork 2.0 Declaration for a Better Life in Rural Areas stipulate vibrant rural areas, smart multi- functionality, biodiversity in and outside agriculture, rare animal breeds and conservation crops, as well as organic agriculture, less-favoured areas and commitments in the context of Natura 2000;
Amendment 310 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas it is essential to ensure fair competition within the single market withinusing rules that take account of the spector and with other players inific nature of agriculture in relations between production and other parts of the food chain, both up and downstream, and to further strengthen incentives to prevent crises with active management tools to be deployed at sectoral level and by public authorities;
Amendment 318 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N a (new)
Recital N a (new)
Amendment 323 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas the new challenges for European agriculture within the EU’s political priorities, as stated in the Commission’s reflection paper on the future of EU finances, require the next multiannual financial framework (MFF) to cover the costs of Brexit and provide sufficient public funds to cover both existing and new challenges by bringing about greater synergies between agricultural and migratory policies;
Amendment 324 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas the new food security and independence challenges for European agriculture within the EU’s political priorities, as stated in the Commission’s reflection paper on the future of EU finances, require the next multiannual financial framework (MFF) to provide sufficient public fundkeep the agricultural budget stable in constant euros to cover both existing and new challenges;
Amendment 336 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Recital Q
Q. whereas Parliament must play a comprehensive role in setting a clear policy framework to maintain common ambition at European level and democratic debate on the strategic issues which have an impact on the everyday lives of all citizens when it comes to the use of natural resources, the quality of our food and the modernisation of agricultural practices with the aim to establish a societal contract on a European level among producers and consumers;
Amendment 338 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Recital Q
Q. whereas Parliament must play a comprehensive role in setting a clear policy framework to maintain common ambition at European level and democratic debate on the strategic issues which have an impact on the everyday lives of all citizens when it comes to the use of natural resources, the quality of our food, food safety and the modernisation of agricultural and hygiene practices;
Amendment 364 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the intention to simplify and modernise the CAP, but emphasises that the integrity of the single market and a truly common policy, including regulatory tools, must be the overriding priorities of reform;
Amendment 400 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that subsidiarity for Member States should only be granted within a common set of rules and tools agreed at EU level as part of a uniform approach to all programming efforts and eligibility criteria, should cover both of the CAP’s pillars and ensureTakes the view that Member States may be granted this additional subsidiarity margin only if the objectives of the CAP remain European and that a common set of rules continue to apply to the main types of intervention tool available, the criteria for selecting the measures which Member States may incorporate into their national strategic plan, which also includes a national operational plan, and the assessment indicators, in order to ensure that a uniform approach is taken under the two pillars of the CAP throughout the EU, in particular, a European approach in Pillar I and thus a level playing fields regards all the Pillar I provisions designed to guarantee fair conditions of competition;
Amendment 401 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that subsidiarity for Member States should only be granted within a common set of rules and tools agreed at EU level as part of a uniform approach to all programming efforts and eligibility criteria, should cover botBelieves that the additional subsidiarity should be granted only on condition that there are: a strong common set of rules, objectives and indicators concerning the main types of possible intervention tools and the criteria for the selection of measures Member States will be able to apply in their national operational plans, in order to ensure a uniform approach of the CAP’stwo pillars and ensure, in particular, a European approach in Pillar I and thus a level playing field;of the CAP throughout the Union, and for Pillar I in particular to guarantee the respect of conditions of fair competition.
Amendment 407 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that subsidiarity for Member States should only be granted within a common set of clear defined and transparent rules and tools agreed at EU level as part of a uniform approach to all programming efforts and eligibility criteria, should cover both of the CAP’s pillars and ensure, in particular, a European approach in Pillar I and thus a level playing fieldthe whole CAP regardless of its architectural design;
Amendment 421 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Welcomes the Member States’ increased responsibility in the implementation of CAP aid so as to make it more efficient and better adapted to the realities of the different types of agriculture in Europe, on the condition that this public policy continues to be EU- wide and thereby continues to avoid distortions of competition between the Member States;
Amendment 426 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Welcomes the greater responsibility of Member States in the implementation of the CAP , in order to make it more effective and better adapted to the realities of Europe's different agricultural models, provided that the CAP retains its common character and avoids distortions of competition between Member States;
Amendment 440 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Points out that, in the case of the EAFRD, regions that are managing authorities can provide a local administration, which makes it possible for specific local agricultural projects to be funded;
Amendment 451 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the efforts of the Commission to establish programme design, implementation and control of an output-based approach in order to foster performance, thus the actions of farmers and not the mere possession of land, rather than compliance, while ensuring adequate monitoring via clearly defined, solid and measurable indicators at EU level, including an appropriate system of quality control and penalties;
Amendment 489 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Amendment 508 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the member states to look for better synergies between the CAP and other policies and funds such as the cohesion, structural and other investment funds, in order to create multiplying effect for the rural areas;
Amendment 509 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Amendment 527 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Considers it nsecessondary to maintain the current two-pillared architecture, particularly Pillar I, which is dedicated to income support for farmers; considers it necessary, at the same time, to compensate for thereward farmers' provisions of public goods on the basis of uniform performance criteria, while allowing Member States to take specific approaches to reflect local conditions;
Amendment 533 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Considers it necessary to maintain the current two-pillared architecture, particularly Pillar I, which is dedicated to income support for farmers; considers it necessary, at the same time, to compensate for the provision of public goods on the basis of uniformcommon, uniform objectives and criteria, while allowing Member States to take specific approaches to reflect local conditions;
Amendment 560 #
9. Considers that the current CAP architecture can only deliver its objectives if sufficiently funded; calls, therefore, for the CAP budget to be increased or maintained in the next MFF at at least the current level in order to achieve the ambitions of a revised and efficient CAP beyond 2020 and to boost synergies in efforts to tackle agricultural and migratory challenges;
Amendment 562 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers that the current CAP architecture can only deliver its objectives ifwith sufficiently fundeding and a targeted management of the funds; calls, therefore, for the CAP budget to be maintained in the next MFF at at least the current level in order to achieve the ambitions of a revised and efficient CAP beyond 2020;
Amendment 570 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers that the current CAP architecture can onlyCAP can deliver its objectives only if sufficiently funded; calls, therefore, for the CAP budget to be maintained in the next MFF at and thus calls for maintaining in constant euros the CAP budget in the MFF at least athe current levels in order to achieve the ambitions of a revised and efficient CAP beyondafter 2020;
Amendment 587 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Points out that these objectives must be coherent and based on uniform, transparent, EU-wide eligibility criteria, that Member States do not have to increase co-financing, and that the architecture of the CAP, which used to be the two pillar model, is secondary;
Amendment 593 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Emphasises that the resources of the CAP are taxpayers' money from each Member State and that taxpayers throughout the EU have the right that these funds are exclusively used in a targeted and transparent manner;
Amendment 598 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 d (new)
Paragraph 9 d (new)
9d. Notes that the CAP cannot compensate for market failure, unfair pricing or unfair trade but must aim to reward farmers who provide public goods;
Amendment 599 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 e (new)
Paragraph 9 e (new)
9e. Refers to the old objectives of the CAP, like increasing income through concentration processes, division of labour, intensification, increase in quantity and orientation towards the world market, which has not led to the envisaged increase of the income of a large group of farmers;
Amendment 603 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Believes that more targeted support for family farms is necessary and can be achieved by introducing a compulsory higher support rate for small farms; considers, moreover, that support for larger farms should be digressive, reflecting economies of scale, with the possibility for capping to be decided by the Member States; is necessary for diverse agricultural systems, especially family farms, to strengthen regional economies through a performant agriculture in economic, environmental and social terms; considers that this can be achieved by introducing a compulsory higher support rate for farmers managing sustainably productive farms which have the capacity provide employment and retain people in rural territories; stresses that, reflecting economies of scale, support for larger farms should be digressive, with mandatory capping to be decided at European level, with flexibility criteria to take into account employment levels generated by the farm or the co-operative it belongs to;
Amendment 606 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Believes that more targeted support for family farms is necessary and can be achieved by introducing a compulsory higher support rate for small farms; considers, moreover, that support for larger farms should be digressive, reflecting economies of scale, with the possibility for capping to be decided by the Member Stateat European level, with flexibility criteria to take into account labour to avoid negative effects on jobs;
Amendment 617 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Believes that more targeted support for small and medium-sized as well as family farms is necessary and can be achieved by introducing a compulsory higher support rate for small farms; considers, moreover, that support for larger farms should be digressive, reflecting economies of scale, with the possibility fan EU-wide mandatory capping to be decided byavoid competitive distortions between the Member States;
Amendment 624 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Believes that more targeted support for family farms, such as redistributive payment, is necessary and can be achieved by introducing a compulsory higher support rate for small farms; considers, moreover, that support for larger farms should be digressive, reflecting economies of scale, with the possibility for capping to be decided by the Member Statesby the EU;
Amendment 633 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Points out that public support should be granted only to active farmers – those who own the majority of the capital of their farm, who derive most of their income from it, who work effectively on that farm and who have not yet reached the statutory age for retirement, when they would have to free up their land for young people to establish themselves.
Amendment 636 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Believes that it is essential to ensure that support is targeted to genuine farmers, focusing on those who are actively farming in order to earn their living;
Amendment 645 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 651 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Underlines the necessity of identifying the key elements of a transparent and objective system of rewards, penalties and incentives for determining farmers’ eligibility for public fundingreceiving public money for the delivery of public goods, which should consist of voluntary and mandatory measures;
Amendment 655 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Underlines the necessity of identifying the key elements of a transparent and, simple, objective system of penalties and incentives for determining farmers’ eligibility for public funding, which should consist of voluntary and mandatory measuresand operational system determining farmers’ eligibility for support and of proportional penalties in case of non-compliance;
Amendment 680 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for the existing system for calculating direct payments in Pillar I, which isreplacement of the existing pillar I direct payments system, often based on historic entitlements, to be replaced bywith an EU-wide uniform method of calculating payments, in order to make the system simpler and more transparentand transparent methodology for calculating payments for the provision of public goods based on concrete results-oriented EU objectives as well as the objectives of the 2030 Agenda;
Amendment 689 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls for a higher support of grasslands with regard to arable land with a ratio of 2:1, if unconditional area payments are maintained;
Amendment 707 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Believes that a base amount for the first hectares, a degressive support structure and an obligatory, EU-wide capping of payments related to the average wage in the amount of a comparative salary of a skilled worker of the respective Member State should be introduced in order to promote family farms and SMEs, if unconditional area payments are maintained;
Amendment 711 #
12c. Underlines the fact that funds of the current CAP, which are spent on concrete actions of farmers, are subject to very precise and small-scale controls while the larger amounts of the CAP- budget (direct payments) are being spend for pure possession of land without control and therefore cannot be justified with respect to European citizens;
Amendment 713 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 d (new)
Paragraph 12 d (new)
12d. Recalls that the report on the state of play of farmland concentration in the EU: how to facilitate the access to land for farmers recognises that land payments without clear conditionality lead to distortions of the land market, and thus influences the concentration of more and more agricultural land in few hands;
Amendment 714 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 e (new)
Paragraph 12 e (new)
12e. Draws attention to the consequences of the import of protein feed, which leads to an unnatural increase in livestock in the EU;
Amendment 715 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 f (new)
Paragraph 12 f (new)
12f. Calls to end this, step by step, in order to restore the proportionality of livestock to EU forage;
Amendment 716 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 g (new)
Paragraph 12 g (new)
12g. Emphasises that indirect export subsidies, e.g. by means of area-based payments, support the export of milk, meat and cereals in weak markets, thus flooding other markets with European financial aid;
Amendment 717 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 h (new)
Paragraph 12 h (new)
12h. Points out that small-scale farming and the concept of regionality are key to escape hunger and to reduce migration pressure;
Amendment 718 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 i (new)
Paragraph 12 i (new)
12i. Clarifies that public goods are those services that are above the statutory environmental, climate and animal welfare legislation, including in particular water conservation, biodiversity protection, soil fertility protection, protection of pollinators, protection of the humus layer and animal welfare;
Amendment 719 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 j (new)
Paragraph 12 j (new)
12j. Emphasises that area payments, without clear conditionality to all concrete measures on the respective land, are to be rejected;
Amendment 720 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 k (new)
Paragraph 12 k (new)
12k. Suggests that possible income support for farmers under the CAP should be treated as explicit social benefits from the EU in the future;
Amendment 721 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 l (new)
Paragraph 12 l (new)
12l. Notes that in the future the CAP will no longer be able to implement the so-called income support for farmers without looking at the actual income situation of the individual farmer;
Amendment 722 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 m (new)
Paragraph 12 m (new)
12m. Points out that the previous area payments, without capping, would amount to a transfer in the field of social services, without any control of the amount of money that will reach the respective person;
Amendment 749 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses the need for a fair distribution of direct payments between Member States, which must take into account employment and socio-economic differences, different production costs and the amounts received by Member States under Pillar II;
Amendment 750 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses the need for a fair distribution of direct payments between Member States, which must continuously take into account socio-economic differences, and different production costs and the amounts received by Member States under Pillar II;
Amendment 767 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Believes that, provided that a level playing field in the sSingle mMarket can beis guaranteed, vVoluntary cCoupled sSupport (VCS) payments should be maintained, as a tool to counteract specific difficulties, particularly those arising from the structural competitive disadvantage of less-favoured and mountainond reinforced, not only to prevent the loss of certain sectors on areas with specific difficulties but also as a tool to promote strategic productions, as protein crops, in the future, and with an yearly review to determine which sectors and productions should continue to receive support, as provided for in the Omnibus rRegulations, as well as thosein order to counter impacts which are more temporary in nature, and ariserising, for example, from a shift away from the oldcurrent entitlement scheme, for example or to compensate for the effects of Free Trade Agreements;
Amendment 779 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Believes that, provided that a level playing field in the single market can be guaranteed, voluntary coupled support (VCS) payments should be maintained, as a tool to counteract specific difficultie and the possibility of recoupling specific crops considered, as a tool to counteract specific difficulties or to promote crops that are beneficial for the environment but unprofitable such as leguminous plants, particularly those arising from the structural competitive disadvantage of less- favoured and mountainous regions, as well as those which are more temporary in nature and arise from a shift away from the old entitlement scheme, for example;
Amendment 794 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Takes the view that voluntary coupled support payments can also be used to promote environmentally-friendly production and the fight against global warming and that the amount can also be adapted to market conditions;
Amendment 816 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recalls that generational renewal is a challenge faced bying farmers in many Member States and that each national strategy must be therefore address this issue throughtackled as part of a comprehensive approach, including top-ups in Pillar I and targeted measmobilizing all the financial resources in Pillar II, as well as by means of new financial instruments and national measures, in order to incentivise famers to pass on their farming operationof CAP: the additional payment of young farmers in the first pillar, the measures to help young second-pillar farmers set up, which should be made mandatory for the Member States, and the support from new financial instruments;
Amendment 823 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recalls that generational renewal is aand the fight against the concentration of land are challenges faced by famers in many Member States and that each national strategy must therefore address this issue through a comprehensive approach, including backed by a clear strategy of intervention by the European Union, including through a combination of top- ups in Pillar I and mandatory targeted measures in Pillar II, as well as by means of new financial instruments and national measures, such as the regulation of farmland in order to incentivise famers to pass on their farming operations and prevent the disappearance of family farming;
Amendment 830 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recalls that generational renewal or a new entry into agriculture is a challenge faced by famers in many Member States and that each national strategy must therefore address this issue through a comprehensive approach, including top- ups in Pillar I and targeted measures in Pillar II, as well as by means of new financial instruments and national measures, in order to incentivise famers to pass on their farming operations;
Amendment 839 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Urges the Commission and the Member States to acknowledge that the new societal, technological and economic changes, such as clean energy, digitalisation, smart solutions have impacts on the rural life;
Amendment 853 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Considers that this global approach must be consistent with all national competence systems in fields as diverse as taxation, social law, inheritance law, land law;
Amendment 861 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to boost the potential of rural hubs for sustainable, inclusive growth and innovation, taking account of the interest of the wider rural communities;
Amendment 868 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)
Paragraph 15 c (new)
15c. Recommends that access to finance be improved through subsidised interest rates on loans for new entrants;
Amendment 871 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)
Paragraph 15 c (new)
15c. Recalls that rural areas and settlements need a special attention and integrated efforts to develop smart villages;
Amendment 875 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 d (new)
Paragraph 15 d (new)
15d. Calls for improved cooperation with the EIB and the European Investment Fund (EIF) to foster the creation of financial instruments dedicated to young farmers across all Member States;
Amendment 876 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 d (new)
Paragraph 15 d (new)
15d. Calls for a fair playing field for special technological improvements for rural hubs and grids;
Amendment 880 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Underlines the importance of rural development, including particular the LEADER initiative, in their supporting for sustainable and multi-functional agriculture and in fostering additional entrepreneurial activities and opportunities, in order to generproducing food and non-food goods and services and for forestry, which generate added value and jobs which very often cannot be relocated, income from the agri-tourism, and to secure community-supported agriculture and the provision of social services in rural areabio-economy and renewable energies sectors, all of which ensure a ‘presential’ economy in the regions;
Amendment 882 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Underlines the importance of rural development, including the LEADER initiative, in supporting multi-functional agriculture, maintaining an attractive environment in rural areas, assisting farm holdings in negotiating the transition and in fostering additional entrepreneurial activities and opportunities, in order to generate income from agri- tourism and the bio-economy, and to secure community- supported agriculture and the provision of slocial public services in rural areas(postal, medical, social, educational, cultural and transport);
Amendment 886 #
16. Underlines the importance of rural development, including the LEADER initiative, in supporting multi-functional agriculture and, in fostering the investments and innovation, additional entrepreneurial activities and opportunities, in order to generate income from agri- tourism, and to secure community- supported agriculture and the provision of social services in rural areaand in enhancing the provision of environmental and climate actions;
Amendment 903 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission to introduce a multi-funded, investment approach in the post 2020 legislative period to ensure the smooth implementation of the integrated rural development tools, such as the smart villages initiative;
Amendment 910 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Underlines that rural development provides opportunities to generate income from agri-tourism and to secure community-supported agriculture and the provision of social services in rural areas;
Amendment 920 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Calls for the integration of the different networks in the rural area, such as the ENRD and the EIP under the Smart villages approach and with the help of the Leader method;
Amendment 923 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16c. Calls on the Commission to set up the smart villages initiative measures and to create the smart villages as priority of the next rural development policy;
Amendment 924 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 d (new)
Paragraph 16 d (new)
16d. Urges the Commission to keep in mind the possibility of a cross-fund integration during the preparation of the new legislation;
Amendment 929 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission to introduce a new and comprehensive legal framework which allows the integration of the various types of environmental actions at pa coherent implementation of environmental and climate actions such as gresent, such asing, cross- compliance, greening and (which includes the good agricultural and environmental conditions (– GAEC) standardss – and statutory management requirements – SMRs), as well as agri- environment-climate measures (– AECMs) – for rural development, so that farmers can deliver effectively and with less bureaucracymore efficiently and in a simpler and more targeted manner on environmental care, biodiversity and climate action, while ensuring that Member States have adequate control and taking into account local conditions;
Amendment 941 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission to introduce a new and comprehensive legal framework based on concrete results- oriented EU targets as well as the 2030 Agenda, which allows the integration of the various types of environmental actions at present, such as cross compliance, greening and the good agricultural and environmental conditions (GAEC) standards, as well as agri-environment measures (AEMs) for rural development, so that farmers can deliver effectively and with less bureaucracy on environmental care, biodiversity and climate action, while ensuring that Member States have adequate control and taking into account local conditions;
Amendment 953 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Considers that the Commission’s first option would allow support for all farmers, as well as many innovative environmental practices that have already been tested by the farmers themselves;
Amendment 961 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Considers that the Commission's future legislative proposals should be able to support the largest number of farmers in their efforts to modernize towards more sustainable agricultural development;
Amendment 962 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls for development of a specific measure within rural development to encourage serious pesticide use reductions, based around the European Union's eight principles of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and encouraging uptakes of non-chemical alternatives;
Amendment 964 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Stresses the need to ensure a clear separation of measures under Pillar I and Pillar II;
Amendment 969 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Considers that this ambition for the CAP must be based on a first level corresponding to a simplified and reinforced conditionality and constituting a common base applicable to all farms, and on a second level to go beyond conditionality and including both the current climate and environmental measures of the second pillar and a new European incentive scheme in the first pillar;
Amendment 970 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Amendment 978 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 c (new)
Paragraph 17 c (new)
17c. Takes the view that, in the second level of greening, there would be, on the one hand, agri-environmental measures which would continue to offset the additional costs and shortfalls associated with the voluntary establishment, by farmers located in limited areas, of environmentally and climate-friendly practices, but these agri-environmental measures should also be designed to cover risk-taking for farmers who are considering adopting new sustainable farming systems; and that, on the other hand, it would be desirable that the new eco-scheme should be mandatory at the level of each Member State, in order to encourage the maximum number of farmers throughout Europe to adopt virtuous practices for the environment and the climate, through aid in the form of annual payments for environmental services; the level of remuneration possibly being dependent on the level of ambition of each practice, or group of practices, which should be determined at European level, in various environmental domains (organic farming, agroforestry, good agronomic soil management, low pesticide use, presence of EFAs...);
Amendment 979 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 c (new)
Paragraph 17 c (new)
17c. Considers that the Commission must present an improved system, determined at European level, with mandatory enhanced conditionality applicable in all Member States, additional agri-environmental tools, along with a mandatory new European incentive scheme, to be settled by each Member State for farmers who can voluntarily participate and for which payment levels would reflect the level of ambition of the different environmental practices;
Amendment 981 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 d (new)
Paragraph 17 d (new)
17d. Proposes that this new form of greening should be accompanied by significant, coordinated and more efficient means in Pillar II through targeted tangible and intangible investments (knowledge transfer, training, advice, exchange of know-how, networking, EIP innovation) as another driver of change;
Amendment 990 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Believes that this new framework should be underpinned by the possible allocation of a minimum amount of the total available budget to AEMs, including organic agriculture, support for biodiversity, agroforestry, and genetic diversity in animals and plants;
Amendment 992 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Believes that this new framework should be underpinned by the possible allocation of a minimum amount of the total available budget to AEMs, including organic agriculture, support for biodiversity, pollination and genetic diversity in animals and plants;
Amendment 1023 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to foster innovation and modernisation in agriculture and forestry by supporting training knowledge and best practices' exchange, notably through the Europeand agricultural extension as a pre-condition in programme design and implementation in all Member States, while fostering the transfer of know-how and the exchange of best practice models betweenknowledge and information system (AKIS) and in particular towards innovation-driven research in smart farming technology (smart AKIS), as well as training and agricultural extension as a pre-condition in programme design and implementation in all Member States;
Amendment 1027 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to foster innovation, research and modernisation in agriculture by supporting traininga strong advisory system, better adapted to beneficiaries 'needs and agricultural extension as a pre- condition in programme design and implementation in all Member States, while fostering targeted training, the transfer of know-how and the exchange of best practice models between Member States, with a general focus on new technologies and digitalization;
Amendment 1029 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to foster innovation and modernisation in agriculture by supporting training, links between agriculture and health and agricultural extension as a pre-conditions in programme design and implementation in all Member States, while fostering the transfer of know-how and the exchange of best practice models between Member States;
Amendment 1032 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to foster innovation and modernisation in agriculture towards more sustainability and resource protection by supporting training and agricultural extension as a pre- condition in programme design and implementation in all Member States, while fostering the transfer of know-how and the exchange of best practice models between Member States;
Amendment 1046 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Stresses the importance of making available to all farmers the new spatial and digital technologies for the development of precision farming, which will help them in the technical and economic management of their holding in order to be more efficient both economically and in terms of sustainability;
Amendment 1048 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls on the Commission to focus on the quality of life in rural areas, to make the living attractive for all people, especially for the young generation;
Amendment 1051 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Highlights that rural networks at European and national level should play a key role in supporting farmers and forest holders in implementing innovative solutions and facing new challenges and in providing more targeted solutions;
Amendment 1074 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Urges the Commission and the Member States to give more emphasis on the entrepreneur-opportunities for services to- and from the villages;
Amendment 1108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Recalls the fact that unequal market power hampers cost-covering production most of all in the dairy sector;
Amendment 1132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Insists on the critical need for the future CAP to support farmers more efficiently in order to cope with price and income volatility due to climate, health and market risks, by using counter-cyclical measures and creating additional incentives for flexible risk management and stabilisation tools while ensuring broad access;
Amendment 1143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Insists on the critical need for the future CAP to support farmers more efficiently in order to cope with price and income volatility due to climate, healthsanitary and market risks, by creating additional incentives for flexible risk management and stabilisation tools while ensuring broad access;
Amendment 1144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Reminds the Commission that risk management strategies, only based on insurance systems and income stabilization tools, are not sufficiently effective when price volatility is significantly fluctuating compared to production cost levels, which is the case for agricultural markets;
Amendment 1147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls on the Commission to encourage re-regulation of production and better proportionality between supply and demand by the use of public and private management measures and tools in order to avoid shortages and surpluses, stabilise agricultural prices at reasonable levels and prevent unfair trading practices;
Amendment 1149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Reminds the Commission that in terms of risk management, aid for insurance schemes and income- stabilisation tools is not effective unless price volatility is regular and close to the level of production costs, which sadly is rarely the case with agricultural markets;
Amendment 1154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Stresses that a future-oriented CAP should be designed to better address critical health issues, such as those related to antimicrobial resistance (AMR), air quality and healthier nutrition;
Amendment 1157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Notes that these measures need to be speedier both in their activation and in their results;
Amendment 1161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 c (new)
Paragraph 21 c (new)
21c. Notes that market risks can also be managed by improved market access for EU agriculture and food products in export markets;
Amendment 1168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Insists on the necessity of strengthening the position of producers within the food supply chain, in particular by guaranteeing them a fair share of the added value, by fostering inter-sectoral cooperation, guaranteeing the creation and development of producer organisations (PO) and their associations (APO) and interbranch organizations (IO), tackling unfair and abusive trading practices in the food supply chain, and strengthening transparency in the markets and crisis prevention;
Amendment 1185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Underlines the importance of the role of interbranch organisations for producers when faced by the cornering of added value for high-quality products by the rest of the sector; such organisations can take action to increase price levels while safeguarding the reputation of products;
Amendment 1204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Commission to allow and indeed encourage – particularly in the dairy sector – active crisis management instruments, such as voluntary sector agreements to manage supply in quantitative terms among producers, producers organisations and processors, and to examine the possibility of extending such instruments and of contracting to other sectors;
Amendment 1213 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Calls on the Commission to encourage the Member States to put together training programmes on the available risk management tools to enable farmers to learn more about the various instruments;
Amendment 1216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Asks the Commission to introduce an integrated, coherent approach to speed up decisions to use the current crisis management tools;
Amendment 1220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls for an in-depth review of the current crisis reserve mechanism in order to create an independent financial instrument exempt from the budgetary principle of annuality, so as to permit budgetary transfers from one year to the next, thereby enabling quick and effective responses to crisis situations, including those involving animal and plant health, disease-related issues and food safenot subject to the principle of annuality of the budget so as to allow transfers from one year to the next, especially when market prices are sufficiently high, and will increase the speed and effectiveness of crisis responses, including animal health issues, plant diseases, food safety and security;
Amendment 1233 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Believes that while trade agreements are beneficial to the EU agricultural sector overall, and necessary for strengthening the EU’s position on the global agricultural market, they also pose a number of challenges that require reinforced safeguard mechanisms on both sides to ensure a level playing field between farmers in the EU and in the rest of the world;
Amendment 1235 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Believes that while tradehey agreements are generally beneficial to the EUfor some agricultural sector overall,s and necessary forto strengthening the EUnion’s position on the globalworld agricultural market, theyrade agreements also pose a number of challenges that require reinforced safeguard mechanismdifficulties which require coherence between trade policy and certain objectives of the CAP concerning family farm income, the future of certain rural territories, which in practice implies the establishment of safeguard mechanisms or even exclusion of the most sensitive sectors from the negotiations and the application of the principle of reciprocity in production conditions, so as to ensure a level playing field between farmers in the EU and in the rest of the worlduropean Union their foreign competitors;
Amendment 1243 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Believes that while trade agreements are beneficial to the EU agricultural sector overall, and necessary foruseful in strengthening the EU’s position on the global agricultural market, they also pose a large number of challenges thatand threaten sensitive sectors such as livestock – some agreements should exclude the most sensitive sectors – and require reinforced safeguard mechanisms to ensure a level playing field between farmers in the EU and in the rest of the world;
Amendment 1249 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Believes that while trade agreements are beneficial toprofitable for the EU agricultural sector overall, and necessary for strengthening the EU’s position on the global agricultural market, they also pose a number of challenges that require reinforced safeguard mechanisms to ensure a level playing field between farmers in the EU and in the rest of the world;
Amendment 1253 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Calls on the Commission to start seeing agriculture as a strategic activity and to approach free-trade agreements in such a way that it is not regarded as the adjustment variable of the other sectors involved in trade and that key sectors such as raw milk production are protected;
Amendment 1316 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Stresses that Parliament and the Council should, via the co-decision procedure, set the general objectives, measures and financial allocations, and determine the level of flexibility needed to enable the Member States and the regions to cope with their specificities and needs in line with the single market;
Amendment 1323 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Regrets the fact that the whole process of the CAP post-2020 programming exercise – consultation, communication, impact assessment and legislative proposals – is starting with a significant delay as the end of the eighth legislature approaches, jeopardising the possibility ofand a final agreement being reached before the European elections can only be reached with considerable efforts;
Amendment 1328 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Underlines, however, that as much progress must be made before the end of the current term as possible and that this issue must be highlighted during campaigning for the EP elections;