56 Amendments of Jan HUITEMA related to 2018/2037(INI)
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) is the most integrated and successful EU policy, serving as basis for European integration, and should remain a common policy with an ambitiousdequate budget;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the changes of the current CAP must be based on strategic aims to strengthen competitiveness and ensure sound and safe food;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the new delivery model (NDM) is at the core of the Commission’s communication on the Future of Food and Farming, and is to be welcomed, provided that it ensures genuine simplification, not only at EU level but also at Member State and regional level, and flexibility for farmerand simplification for beneficiaries, without adding new constraints on Member States and thus a new layer of complexity, while safeguarding the functioning of the internal market and a level playing field;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the CAP must play an important role in strengthening the competitiveness of the sector and enable overcoming stagnation and volatility of farm incomes which, despite the concentration and intensification of production and increasing productivity, are still lower than in the rest of the economy;
Amendment 127 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for a CAP that has its top priority the transition of each European farm towards an undertaking combining economic with environmental performance standarresult-based CAP that is aligned with other EU policies and has its top priority the transition to market-driven and sustainable European agriculture by enhancing competiveness and setting European environmental, sustainable and societal development performance targets for the delivery of public goods;
Amendment 167 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for the integrity of the first pillar to be currently maintained, built as it is on enhanced cross-compliance of support measures calibrated to maximise the results expected for each farmer, notwithstanding the long-term aim to decrease the farmers needs for income support;
Amendment 176 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for a first pillar, defined at EU level, that recognises the importance of direct aid and that includes, as a share of up to 30 % of the pillar budget, a contractual incitement scheme fora clear link between granting direct aid and the delivery of public goods which would facilitate a transition towards of European agriculture combining economic with environmentaltowards a genuinely sustainable and competitive model, combining economic with environmental, sustainable and societal development performance standards;
Amendment 195 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for a renovated second pillar that is less complex and more efficient, focused on truly incentive territorial and sector development policies that place agro-environmental initiatives, animal welfare, investment, training, research and innovation at the core of local issues;
Amendment 196 #
Ha. whereas the one-size-fits-all model does not work; whereas there is a need for an updated and fairer system of payments;
Amendment 213 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that only with sucwith a complementary or merged model can the EU’s ambitious goals with regard to the environment and rural development can be reached;
Amendment 213 #
I. whereas the emergence of new challenges and opportunities, such as increasing global trade, is necessitating fair and sustainable conditions for the global exchange of goods and services, within the framework of the WTO and in accordance with existing EU social, economic and environmental, sanitary and phytosanitary as well as animal welfare standards, which should be promoted in order to create a genuine level playing field within and outside the EU;
Amendment 227 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. CEmphasizes that the CAP’s goals are focused on food production and considers that the CAP must includrecognize an ambitious European green energy strategy promoting highly sustainable biofuels based on the co- production of plant protein;
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas while the focus on research and development for both product and process innovation is to be welcomed, more must be done to translate the results of research into farming practice, facilitated by EU-widpublic and private agricultural extension services all over the EU;
Amendment 260 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas the agriculture and food sector must be incentivised including through reducing hinders and regulatory and administrative burdens to continue to contribute to the environmental care and climate action objectives of the EU set out in international agreements such as the Paris Agreement and the UN SDGs;
Amendment 270 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas the European Union in the future CAP must strive for a significant limitation in the use of antibiotics in the agriculture and food sector to strengthen sustainable farming;
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas the European Court of Auditors has underlined the fact that the green payments introduced as part of the 2013 reform create added complexity and bureaucracy, are difficult to understand, and fail to significantly enhance the CAP’s environmental and climate performance; which is important to bear in mind when designing the new green architecture for CAP
Amendment 314 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas it is essential to ensure fair competition within the single market within the sector and to deal fairly and transparently with other players in the food chain , both up and downstream, and to further strengthen incentives to prevent crises with active management tools to be deployed at sectoral level and by public authorities;
Amendment 327 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas the new challenges for European agriculture within the EU’s political priorities, as stated in the Commission’s reflection paper on the future of EU finances, require the next multiannual financial framework (MFF) to provide sufficientadequate public funds to cover both existing and new challenges;
Amendment 363 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the intention to simplify and modernise the CAP, but emphasises that the integrity of the single market and, the position of the farmer and ensuring a truly common policy must be the overriding priorities of reform;
Amendment 373 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls for changes of the current CAP be based on strategic aims to strengthen competitiveness, sustainability and ensure sound and safe food;
Amendment 394 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the importance of an equal playing field for farmers;
Amendment 420 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that subsidiarity for Member States should only be granted within a common setframework ofn rules and tools agreed at EU level as part of a uniform approach to all programming efforts and eligibility criteria, should cover both of the CAP’s pillars and ensure, in particular, a European approach in Pillar I and thus a level playing field;
Amendment 438 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Reminds the Commission of theHighlights that a future reform needs to fully respect the distribution of powers within each Member State, often set out in their constitutions, particularly in terms of respecting the legal competences of the EU’s regions when implementing policies;
Amendment 446 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the efforts of the Commission to establish programme design, implementation and control ofn an output-based approach for the CAP with less bureaucracy, simplified procedures and greater transparency of objectives and tools, in order to foster performance rather than compliance, while ensuring adequate and proportional risk based monitoring via clearly defined, solid and measurable indicators at EU level, including an appropriate system of quality control and penalties;
Amendment 482 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Reminds, that in the previous reform the definition of an “active farmer” was difficult to agree, therefore the output of a farm could be a better- targeted and measurable solution (e.g. keeping land in good agricultural state, implementing good animal husbandry, contributing to circular economy) to define an "active" farmer;
Amendment 487 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that part-time farmers and farmers with income combination must not be excluded;
Amendment 500 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to grant more flexibility to Member States and regions as well as farmers within the framework of the agricultural de minimis rules;
Amendment 524 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Considers it necessaryappropriate to maintain the current two-pillared architecture, particularly Pillar I, which is dedicated to income support for farmers; considers it necessary, at the same time, to compensate for the provision of public goods on the basis of uniform criteria, while allowing Member States to take specific approaches to reflect local conditions, however for the long-term future of the agricultural sector in the EU the policies of the Union needs to drive better competitiveness with the aim to decrease the farmers needs for CAP- support;
Amendment 549 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls on the Commission for a CAP that achieves more innovation, contributes to advance the bio-economy and to solutions to biodiversity, environment and climate;
Amendment 555 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers that the current CAP architecture can onlyachieving the ambitions of a revised and efficient CAP after 2020 and deliver on its objectives if sufficiently funded; calls, therefore, for the CAP budget to be maintained in the next MFF at at least the current level in order to achieve the ambitions of a revised and efficient CAP beyond 2020can only be done if the CAP budget is adequately funded;
Amendment 576 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Believes that due to different challenges affecting the EU the opportunity must be seized to simplify and modernize the CAP by better targeting the use of CAP support and move towards a market driven agriculture;
Amendment 588 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Sees furthermore this as an opportunity to modernise the financing of the CAP and to ensure that it provides maximum EU added value for all citizens;
Amendment 649 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Underlines the necessity of identifying the key elements of a transparent and objective and predictable system of penalties and incentives for determining farmers’ eligibility for public funding, which should consist of simple voluntary and mandatory measures and reflects the targeted and result-based approach in order to foster performance rather than compliance;
Amendment 667 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for the existing system for calculating direct payments in Pillar I, which is often based on historic entitlements, to be replaced by an EU-wide uniform method of calculating payments, taking in to account the differences in agricultural activities and structures in the member states and regions, in order to make the system simpler and more transparent;
Amendment 704 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Believes that the one-size-fits-all system does not function;
Amendment 710 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Calls to allow for flexibility to choose the policy design best suited for national circumstances;
Amendment 727 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses the need for a fairmore level playing field distribution of direct payments between Member States, which must take into account the fact that natural conditions, socio-economic differences, general living standards, different production costs and the amounts differenceived by Member States under Pillar IIs in purchasing power are not the same around Europe;
Amendment 762 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Stresses that an EU flat-rate payment system would not quite reflect EU agricultural diversity;
Amendment 768 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Believes that, providedunder the condition that a level playing field in the sSingle mMarket can beis guaranteed, voluntary coupled support (VCS) paymentsall kind of sector specific support should be maintained, as a tool to counteract specific difficulties, particularly those arising from the structural competitive disadvantage of less-favoured and mountainous regions, as well as those which are more temporary in nature and arise from a shift away from the old entitlement scheme, for exampleegrated into voluntary measures and strictly linked to the provision of goods and services as established in the dedicated development strategies elaborated in all MS within a common EU framework;
Amendment 840 #
15a. Recalls that the generation renewal and the installation of young farmers must be encouraged by measures of CAP keeping in mind that it is also highly dependent on the overall income perspective, the image of agriculture and the quality of life in rural areas that can be improved through rural development measures like easing their access to land, loans and credits as well as priority access to national reserve funds;
Amendment 1005 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Believes that a comprehensive catalogue of mandatory (regulatory, currently cross-compliance)and voluntary-based (current Greening and agri-environmental) measures would improve transparency and benefits regarding the CAP;
Amendment 1022 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to foster innovation, research and modernisation in agriculture by supporting training and agriculturalby supporting a strong advisory system and training better adapted to needs of CAP beneficiaries; training and extension as a pre-condition in programme design and implementation in all Member States, while fostering the transfer of know-how and the exchange ofknow-how transfer and best practice models exchange between Members States;
Amendment 1056 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Reminds that access to advisory services that propose farm-tailored solutions are major drivers for innovation in agriculture and forestry and the rural economy;
Amendment 1060 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Underlines that the Commission should be regularly evaluating such a support and measuring innovation and modernisation wherever possible;
Amendment 1062 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Stresses that investment in innovation is the key for more competitiveness and empowerment of farmers;
Amendment 1075 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Believes that investments in innovation, education and training are vital for the future of European agriculture;
Amendment 1081 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 d (new)
Paragraph 19 d (new)
19d. Notes that each farm is different and therefore individual solutions are needed;
Amendment 1091 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission to maintain the current common market organisation (CMO) framework, and reminds on the already achieved changes within the Omnibus regulation including the individual sector plans (wine, and fruit and vegetables) and the EU, school fruit, vegetables and milk scheme,) with the ultimate aim of strengthening the sustainability and competiveness of each sector while enabling access for all farmers; ;
Amendment 1129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Insists on the critical need for the future CAP to support farmersto create market conditions stimulating the development of private risk management schemes to farmers in order for them to more efficiently in orderbe able to cope with price and income volatility due to climate, health and market risks, by creating additional incentives for flexible risk management and stabilisation tools while ensuring broad access, the role of the CAP in this regards should be fully examined;
Amendment 1177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Insists on the necessityimportance of strengthening the position of producers within the food supply chain, in particular by guaranteeing them a fair share of the added value, by fostering inter-sectoral cooperation, and strengthening transparency in the markets and crisis prevention;
Amendment 1200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Commission to allow and indeed encourage – particularly in the dairy sector – active crisis management instruments, such as voluntary sector agreements to manage supply in quantitative terms among producers, producers organisations and processors, and to examine the possibility of extending such instruments to other sectors;
Amendment 1219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls for an in-depth review of the current crisis reserve mechanism in order to create an independent financial instrument exempt from the budgetary principle of annuality, so as to permit budgetary transfers from one year to the next, thereby enabling quick andidentify the best way for effective responses to crisis situations, including those involving animal and plant health, disease-related issues and food safety;
Amendment 1239 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Believes that while trade agreements are beneficial to the EU agricultural sector overall, and necessary for strengthening the EU’s position on the global agricultural market, that sector specific sensibilities have to be taken in to account, and that they also pose a number of challenges that require reinforced safeguard mechanisms to ensure a level playing field between farmers in the EU and in the rest of the world;
Amendment 1263 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Reminds that products entering the EU should respect European animal welfare and environmental standards;
Amendment 1278 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls for clear and transparent initiatives to promote EU production, safety and environmental standards and quality production schemes, through both labelling and marketing activities on internal and third-country markets;
Amendment 1334 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Calls on the Commission to propose, before the application of the NDM, a transitional period long enough to ensure a soft landing and to avoid any delay in farmers’ annual payments and in the implementation of rural development programmmeasures;