10 Amendments of Petru FILIP related to 2008/2100(INI)
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Takes the view that the criteria traditionally used to distinguish rural areas from urban areas (lower population density, different employment structure, lower level of income and worse access to public goods and services) fail to provide a complete picture of the situation. tending also to separate rural development from territorial cohesion policy; considers, therefore, that from the point of view of territorial cohesion, per-capita income, not lower population density, should be the decisive characteristic;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers, in view to the major differences between rural areas in the various Member States, that it is necessary to adopt and implement a suitably targeted and integrated approach should be taken to the development of such areas, which account for up to 80% of EU territory, as also to ensure complementarity and coordination between rural and urban aspects;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that proper implementation of rural development policy requires due account to be taken of each area's natural resources and specific features, ensuring social continuity and rural economies that are viable in the long term;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on Member States and regional authorities to formulate, in cooperation with the Commission, a transparent, long- term rural development strategy at national and regional level, in order to be able to identify clearly rural development priorities and objectives and adapt to themensure the adaptation, coordination and complementarity of the aid originating in the various sources of funding available;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that rural development policy has a huge influence on territorial cohesion and that due consideration should be given to whether it is justifiable toit is neecesary to review the justification and the effects of separateing rural development measures from cohesion and regional development policy;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to supply detailed figures onand forecasts for the take- up of EAFRD and structural funding in rural areas and to look into whether the separation between the EAFRD and the Structural Funds has resulted in better take- up of the funding available in rural areas;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that per-capita income levels and access to public goods and, together with both access as such and equality of access to means of transport and communication, education, health and administrative services and all other essential services, remain the biggest challenges for territorial cohesion and can be most effectively improved through support for non- agricultural activities in rural communities;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take systematic account of the countryside in EU policies and to provide appropriate support for projects to develop human capital, in particular through the provision of retraining and further training opportunities for inhabitants of rural areas;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Draws attention to the role played by small and medium-sized enterprises in rural development and the contribution they make to convergence at regional and local levels; calls on the Commission, the Member States and regional and local authorities to foster entrepreneurship in rural areas, in particular by creating new financial instruments to that end and by removing administrative and legal barriers;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Council to convene a joint meeting of agriculture and regional development ministers and ministers responsible for implementing regional policy, to discuss the best means of coordinating cohesion policy and rural development measures;