24 Amendments of Esther DE LANGE related to 2011/2051(INI)
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas food security remains a central challenge for agriculture not only in the EU but globally, in particular in developing countries, ; whereas the world population is prediexpected to grow from 7 to 9 billion by 2050 and demand for food is projected to double by the same yearrequiring a 70% increase in agricultural production, according to the FAO,
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the European Parliament upholds the concept of multifunctional, broad-based agriculture spread throughout Europe and whereas in its resolution of 8 July 2010 on the future of the CAP after 2013 it already laid the foundations for competitive and sustainable agriculture,
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the incorpofurther integration of general objectives into the CAP, particularly relating to consumer protection, environmental protection, climate protection, animal welfare and regional cohesion, is in principle to be welcomed but this must not jeopardise the competitiveness of European farmers,
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas according to the latest Eurobarometer poll, 90% of EU citizens surveyed consider agriculture and rural areas to be important for Europe's future, 83% of EU citizens surveyed are in favour of financial support to farmers and, on average, they believe that agricultural policy should continue to be decided upon at European level,
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas the considerable diversity among Member States with regard to production conditions and the cost of means of production, such as labour, energy, water, farmland, commercial premises and systems of cultivation, results in disparities in the purchasing power of the euro between Member States,
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas, because the world economy is becoming integrated more rapidly,creasingly integrated and trade systems are as a rule being liberalised more by multilateral negotiations (the Doha Round) and whereas in relation to imports from third countries; whereas agreements at multilateral and bilateral level must take into account the fact that EU farmers meet the highest food safety, environmental, and animal welfare, plant protection standards in the world and coensumer protection standards need to be raised to EU level and minimum employment standards should be complied withre that imports in to the EU meet these same high standards,
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Insists that the costs of supporting a strong CAP are more than justified if compared to the costs to society of not supporting European agriculture;
Amendment 422 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. In the case of direct farm payments, advocates moving away from historical and individual reference values and calls for a transition to a unifmorme area-based regional or national premium for decoupled payments in the next financing period; recognises, however, that the situations in the individual Member States are very disparate, requiring special measures per region or sector, for example on innovation, competitiveness and/or sustainability;
Amendment 462 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses the need for an adequate basic allowance for small farmers, which Member States can optionally determine in those Member States where these farms help to stabilise rural developmentto provide options for Member States within their national envelopes to establish a simple support scheme for small farmers to improve their competitiveness and decrease the administrative burden in making payments to these farmers; calls for these Member States to decide, in accordance with subsidiarity, what percentage of the direct payments to be incorporated in the new subsidy system should be made available to their small farmers; stresses, however, that this must not hamper the necessary structural change;
Amendment 543 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls – without casting any doubt on the results of the 2008 Health Check of the CAP – for appropriations under Article 68 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 primarily to be allocated for measures to promote quality and territorial coherence and boost key sectors (e.g. the dairy and sheep sectors and suckler cows), for area-based environmental measures (e.g.and for environmental, innovation org anic farming)mal welfare measures which to date have not been included in the second pillar; considers that the budget for Article 68 could – subject to contrary results of an impact assessment – cover up to 10% of direct payments;
Amendment 590 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission to submit by 30 June 2016 a report setting out comprehensively how livestock farming in Europe can be safeguarded in the long term with regard to multifunctionality and regional aspects (such as mountain areas, Nordic regions, peri-urban regions and extremely remote areas) and also dealing with the question of how far the aims of the CAP can be realised in a more efficient, targeted way by means of decoupled, indirect support, e.g. premiums for extensive grassland or pasture land;
Amendment 631 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Considers that better resource protection is an central element in sustainable farming, which should involvejustifies, within the framework of the new challenges and objectives of the EU 2020 strategy, a separate support for environmental measures going beyond the requirements of Cross Compliance (CC), which already entail many environmental measures, and being geared to multiannual applications, as a result of which greater environmental benefits can be attained and beyond the already existing agri-environmental programs; welcomes in this regard the proposed greening of the CAP, which meets this goal by effectively recognizing the environmental services delivered by farmers; considers that this greening should be geared to simple applications, widespread and accessible to as many farmers as possible, as a result of which greater environmental benefits can be attained and the competitive position of the individual farmer is improved at the same time; demands that the implementation of such measures is accompanied by a simplification of the cross-compliance criteria; considers that farmers already participating to a great extent in agri-environmental programs should not be discriminated under the new system;
Amendment 632 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Considers that better resource protection is an central element in sustainable farming, which should involve separate support for environmental measures going beyond the requirements of Cross Compliance (CC), which already entail many environmental measures, and being geared to multiannual applications, as a result of which greater environmental benefits can be attainedjustifies, within the framework of the new challenges and objectives of the EU 2020 strategy, special support for environmental measures going beyond the requirements of Cross Compliance (CC) and beyond the already existing agri-environmental programs; welcomes in this regard the proposed greening of the CAP, which meets this goal by effectively recognizing the environmental services delivered by farmers; considers that this greening should be applied through simple measures, widespread and accessible to as many farmers as possible, as a result of which greater environmental benefits can be attained; demands that the implementation of such measures is accompanied by a simplification of the cross-compliance rules; considers that farmers already participating to a great extent in agri-environmental programs should not be discriminated under the new system;
Amendment 652 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Considers therefore that resource protection should be directly linked to the granting of direct payments in order to attain these environmental objectives to the maximum without the need to introduce new, bureaucratic environmental conditions into the first pillar; considers thatas far as possible, should simplify the SPS scheme, avoid duplication of controls and the introduction of additional administrative procedures; also considers that the possibility of a flat- rate income payment, as envisaged in a top-up model in the first pillar, must cover costs and income losseunder the greening component, should be studied; stresses that these measures will have to balance environmental and economic performance, be relevant from an agronomic point of view and provide appropriate incentives for farmers;
Amendment 672 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Consideralls therefore that any environmental advantages can be attained more effectively and directly by means of second-pillar measures adopted by the Member States, which should ideally build on existing agrienvironmental measures or should supplement measures which take into account climatic and geographical differences in the Member States; observes that resource protection programmes should be pursued everywhereon the Commission to submit, as soon as possible, both the details of its proposed new scheme of direct payments as well as an impact assessment of the administrative and bureaucratic conditions related to the implementation of the greening component; observes that the greening should be pursued across Member States by means of a priority catalogue of area- based measures in the second pillar which are subject to basic requirements, particularly in the fields of climate, environment and innovation (Annex I), and are 100% EU-financed; regards the greening of direct payments in the first pillar as lying in the fact that any recipient of direct payments in the EU must implement at least two priority area- based resource protection programmes in order to be eligible for the complete farm payment; believes that the administration involved in these measures can be minimised by managing them in accordance with the system of the existing agrienvironmental programmes, thus avoiding duplication of monitoring and additional application and administration proceduresthat are 100% EU- financed; considers that any recipient of these particular payments must implement a certain number of greening measures, chosen from a national or a regional list established by the Member State on the basis of a broader EU list; demands, in order to streamline the administrative procedures associated with these measures that all agricultural controls are, as far as possible, operated concomitantly;
Amendment 673 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. 22. Consideralls therefore that any environmental advantages can be attained more effectively and directly by means of second-pillar measures adopted by the Member States, which should ideally build on existing agrienvironmental measures or should supplement measures which take into account climatic and geographical differences in the Member States; observes that resource protection programmes should be pursued everywhere by means of a priority catalogue of area-based measures in the second pillar which are subject to basic requirements, particularly in the fields of climate, environment and innovation (Annex I), and are 100% EU-financed; regards the greening of direct payments in the first pillar as lying in the fact that any recipient of direct payments in the EU must implement at least two priority area- based resource protection programmes in order to be eligible for the complete farm payment; believes that the administration involved in these measures can be minimised by managing them in accordance with the system of the existing agrienvironmental programmes, thus avoiding duplication of monitoring and additional application and administration procedureson the Commission to submit, as soon as possible, both the details of its proposed new scheme of direct payments as well as an impact assessment on the administrative and bureaucratic conditions related to the implementation of the greening component; observes that the greening should be pursued everywhere by means of a priority catalogue of area-based and/or farm-level measures that are 100% EU- financed; considers that any recipient must implement a certain number of greening measures, chosen from a national or a regional list established by the Member State on the basis of a broader EU list; demands, in order to streamline the administrative procedures associated with these measures that all agricultural controls are, as far as possible, operated concomitantly;
Amendment 707 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls foronsiders that the resources allocated to greening to be reserved for recipients of direct payments and only disbursed in connection with greeningwill be inextricably linked to the level of budgetary resources allocated to the CAP as a whole;
Amendment 719 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
Amendment 739 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
Amendment 836 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32 a. Highlights the problems faced by farmers at times of extreme market and price volatility; draws attention to the difficulties that farmers encounter in attempting to forward plan at times of extreme volatility; believes that measures to adequately address volatility in an increasingly globalised market will be a determining factor in ensuring that food production is maintained in the EU;
Amendment 1011 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
Paragraph 45
45. Advocates that the 2006 sugar market reform be extended to 2020 in its existing form in order to develop a system for the subsequent period which can operate without quotasDraws attention to the recent difficulties in the supply of sugar in the EU; calls on the Commission to thoroughly examine the effectiveness or otherwise of the sugar reform process in the EU, with a view to proposing options to Member States for the period post-2015;
Amendment 1093 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 a (new)
Paragraph 48 a (new)
48 a. Believes that research and innovation are key to meeting the challenge of food security in increasing production while using less resources; highlights the importance of promoting professional training, access to education, knowledge transfer and the exchange of best practices in the farming sector; reiterates the need for a coordinated approach between the CAP and other policies in order to facilitate access to research and innovation in agriculture;
Amendment 1177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51 a (new)
Paragraph 51 a (new)
51a. Draws attention to the special position of farmers in peri-urban areas, where pressure on rural and agricultural resources can be very great; stresses that the production of food and public goods should also be maintained in the vicinity of towns;