18 Amendments of Jan HUITEMA related to 2016/2034(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas, since 2007, extreme price fluctuation has been a more common feature of world agricultural markets, with increasingly frequent and marked economic shocks;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas price volatility is the measure of how substantially, how swiftly and how often the price of an agricultural product changes over a given period; highlights that price volatility also is part of the normal functioning of the market;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. Whereas every region in the world has its own production models as well as different measures in place with regards environment and animal welfare which can have serious implications for the cost- price of production and European farmers should be able to compete on the world market;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
K a. Whereas tax-payers are worried about the spending of European funds and a more risk-based approach could enhance the legitimacy of agricultural spending and change the rationale of spending by making payments conditional, more based upon market developments and less structural;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. highlights that the sector must be encouraged to set up initiatives to improve their management and entrepreneurial skills by foreseeing future liquidity flows and the impact of possible change in their business strategy in order to combat volatility and make themselves more competitive and strengthen their common bargaining power;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. stresses however that (long-term) contracts can limit flexibility and hamper entrepreneurship at farm level as farmers will be limited in responding to market developments;
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Farmers should be encouraged to increase their level of cooperation in order to limit market risks and to strengthen their negotiation position in the food supply chain vis-à-vis retailers; Notes that competition authorities should provide farmers enough room and encouragement to set up this type of private sector initiatives;
Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Recommends that the tools for risk management, particularly the various types of insurance and mutual funds, be further developed;
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Highlights the low uptake of tools on risk management, like financial contributions to insurance premiums, mutual funds and income stabilization tools, which are available under the Regulation on support for rural development1a ; _________________ 1aREGULATION (EU) No 1305/2013 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 17 December 2013 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16 b. Underlines that insurance tools could be an efficient measure to cope with volatility and will encourage forward looking farm management that will help reduce the need for ex-post crisis management;
Amendment 270 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16 c. Takes into account that the current risk management tools under regulation 1305/2013 are mainly focussed on a national/regional level and thus can cause differences between Member States regarding the implementation/financing of these tools;
Amendment 274 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 d (new)
Paragraph 16 d (new)
16 d. Notes that setting-up insurance schemes is in first instance a Member State competency and encourages the European Commission to publish more relevant data that could help foster exchange of best practises and notes the possibility of setting targets or earmarking money for spending on schemes;
Amendment 277 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 e (new)
Paragraph 16 e (new)
16 e. Stresses that Member States should be better informed on the criteria linked to these risk management tools knowing that these tools need to meet the WTO green box criteria;
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 f (new)
Paragraph 16 f (new)
16 f. Encourages better and more frequent communication between the Member States, the Commission and the private sector for the possible take up of these tools in the specific Rural Development programmes;
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 h (new)
Paragraph 16 h (new)
16 h. Notes that current implementation of the available risk management tools should be analysed in order to safeguard a European level playing field and the possible creation for instruments on a European level;
Amendment 285 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Considers that extreme price volatility adversely affects the income of farmers who have made investments, and that CAP tools should be put in place to prevent the impetus for investment being lost;
Amendment 354 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Notes that all participants in the market place can and will make use of price-information to improve their bargaining positions;
Amendment 360 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. Recommends the analyses of asymmetric price transmissions along the food chain by the European Commission and welcomes possible policy recommendations;