7 Amendments of Jean-Pierre AUDY related to 2012/2140(DEC)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Court of Auditors’ Special Report No 9/2012, and endorses the Court of Auditors’ conclusions; regrets that audit visits were made to only six Member States, even allowing for the fact that these were the countries most directly concerned;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Expresses its concern that many organic products are more costly than non-organic products; as a result, price-sensitive consumers and people living on lower incomes are not able or are less able to afford these healthier products;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Regrets that there is no scientific way to determine whether a product is organic or not and that the control system thus serves to guarantee production processes and not the products themselves;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Member States to cease, before the cut-off date, to grant the transitional import authorisations established by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2083/92, an arrangement which has been extended several times but is to end under the current Commission Regulation (EU) No 1267/2011 of 6 December 2011, which stipulates that Member States may not issue authorisations of this type after 1 July 2014;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Endorses the Court of Auditors’ conclusion that the control procedures for imports need to be implemented properly in order to ensure that imported products comply with at least equivalent production and control conditions, the object being to allow the internal market to run smoothly and guarantee fair competition between EU and non-EU products;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14c. Expresses its surprise and disquiet at the Court of Auditors’ finding that Member States’ competent authorities have been failing to document, or have not sufficiently documented, the approval and supervision procedures applied to control bodies in order to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements; calls on the Commission to inform the national parliaments of that finding;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Emphasizes that the independence of the control bodies, public authorities included, is crucial to maintaining the reputation of the organic label;