Activities of Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU related to 2009/2155(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Explanations of vote
Amendments (11)
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. having regard to the requests made by several Member States for the electronic identification of sheep and goats to remain optional after 31 December 2009,
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Underlines that further simplification of the CAP is necessary to reduce its implementation costs for EU institutions, Member States and the beneficiaries themselves; this way, the policy will also become more understandable to farmers and taxpayers;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for the CAP to be outcome-driven rather than focused on regulation, with Member States offering more help and advice to farmers, and believes that, to that end, a telephone helpline with the financial support of the EU, and believes that, to that end, an efficient information and advisory policy should be instituttroduced in all Member States to assist farmers;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that simplification of the CAP must go hand-in-hand with information measures for beneficiaries, and calls on the Commission to expand and develop information measures on the common agricultural policy; takes the view that those information measures should be based not only on the mass media, but also, more importantly, on direct meetings with the rural population;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Considers that a telephone helplineefficient information and assistance systems for farmers, established by the Member States’ departments of agriculture, would help prevent infringements and give Member States the means to steadily reduce their inspection quota;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -16 a (new)
Paragraph -16 a (new)
-16 a. Considers that direct payments should be simplified, transparent and more equitable, being applied in a unified way ensuring fair competition and fostering sustainable agriculture across the EU, and should not be linked to historical parameters (production intensity);
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph - 16 b (new)
Paragraph - 16 b (new)
-16b. Considers that farmers must have access to workable systems that allow them easily and without needless bureaucracy to submit applications for direct payments, typically in the place in which they live;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Notes with concern the high level of errors in applications for direct payments recorded in some Member States; stresses that these errors are attributable mainly to the ortho-photographic equipment used, rather than to farmers; calls for such errors to be punished only in cases of clear attempted fraud;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Stresses that simplification of the CAP must go hand-in-hand with simplification of its implementation, and calls on the Member States to minimise the bureaucratic formalities required of potential CAP beneficiaries, especially in the area of rural development;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26b. Calls on Member States, in their national rural development programmes, to place at the disposal of potential beneficiaries systems that guarantee transparency, and to grant them the necessary time to prepare applications for financing and meet the various eligibility criteria for the aid schemes; calls on the Commission to ensure that this matter is a permanent feature of the bilateral discussions with the Member States;
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Calls for deferment of the obligation on the electronic identification of sheep and goats starting from 31 December 2009, given its excessive cost in a time of economic crisis;