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13 Amendments of Elisabeth JEGGLE related to 2008/2066(INI)

Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas mountain areas and highland regions are cultural landscapes that reflect the harmonious interaction between humans and biosystems and form part of our natural heritage,
2008/06/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas mountain areas, including highland regions, have the potential or could be a model for high- quality products, services and recreational areas, that can only be sustainably developed through the integrated and long- term use of resources and traditions,
2008/06/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas mountains, including highland regions, are 'multifunctional' habitats, in which the (agricultural) economy is closely tied to social, cultural and ecological issues,
2008/06/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. points out the vast differences in the actions taken by Member States on mountain and highland areas which are based on purely sectoral rather than integral development, and that there is no integrated EU framework (as is the case for maritime areas1);
2008/06/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. emphasises the need for a European definition of mountain areas, including highland regions, based on scientific criteria, that can also be used in re- assessing 'Less Favoured Areas' and in reforming the CAP;
2008/06/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. notes that farming in mountain regions and highland areas involves greater effort (e.g. labour intensity) and higher costs due to natural conditions;
2008/06/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. emphasises that compensatory payments in mountain areasnd highland areas (upland farming) are also justified in the longer term due to the lack of alternative production and that full decoupling would lead to a systematic reduction in activity affecting all sectors;
2008/06/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. calls for special financial assistance for the dairy sector which plays a key role in mountain areas, highland regions and areas with natural and geographic disadvantages, given the lack of alternative production; calls for a "soft landing" strategy to be adopted for mountain areas and other less favoured areas during the milk quota reform, and for additional measures to reduce any negative impact;
2008/06/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16.calls for guaranteed financial assistance for mountain regions, in accordance with Article 69 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, and specific access to this assistance with minimum red tape, and for the upper limit for resources under Article 69 to be raised to 20%;
2008/06/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. calls for the 'strategy' to cover the different types of landscape in mountain areas (mountain pastures, protected forests, high mountains, highlands, meadows) and to make provision for ideas on the sustainable use of mountain pastures, grassland and forest, forests and other less favoured, sensitive areas in order to combat unwelcome developments such as over- grazing;
2008/06/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. recognises the successes achieved in mountain areas and highland regions in the fields of nature protection, biodiversity and habitat preservation by the designation of "Natura 2000" areas and nature reserves;
2008/06/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
32. calls for mountain areas to be given support in the areas of transport management, noise protection and landscape conservation through measures aimed at taking traffic off the roads (e.g. more 'sensitive areas' in the 'Infrastructure Charging Directive'1); 1 Directive 2006/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 amending Directive 1999/62/EC on the charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures (OJ L 157, 9.6.2006, p. 8).deleted
2008/06/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
35. calls for responsibility for mountain and highland areas to be assigned to one single Member of the Commission when future Commissions are formed;
2008/06/12
Committee: AGRI