8 Amendments of Jean-Paul DENANOT related to 2008/2055(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that agricultural policy is the only common policy area funded largely through the Community, as a result of whichby the Community, that agricultural spending currently accounts for a considerable percentage of the total EU budget, even though spending on agriculture has been declining in relative terms35% of the total EU budget and will account for only 32% by 2013 and that the budget allocated to the common agricultural policy (CAP) and rural development represents less than 0.5% of the GDP of the Union;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Regrets that the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development of the European Parliament is called upon to express an opinion on the mid-term review of the 2007-2013 Financial Framework without having received a communication from the Commission to enable it to ascertain precisely the current financial situation and the initial indicators for the future;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses the difficulty of creating financial perspectives for agriculture and rural development in the Union, particularly as regards market management measures, in the context of a world economic and financial crisis and tension on the market, when prices of raw materials, including agricultural inputs, are increasingly subject to international speculation;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that, as a result, new Community economic recovery priorities within the current financial frameworkcontext can only be funded by fresh funds or through a reprioritisation within existing programmes and levels of expenditure outside the agriculture budget; stresses, therefore, the increased need to ensure sufficient margins under different categories of the initial budget figures in order to leave room for Parliament's priorities;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Warns, however, that the current large margin within the agriculture budget is likely to be a temporary phenomenon, as the phasing- in of the EU-12 Member States, declining prices with additional pressure for market expenditure, the agreed reform in the fruit and vegetables sector, the introduction of the school fruit scheme and the increase in the programme for the distribution of food aid to the most deprived persons programme will make increasing demands on the budget, as a result of which this margin is expected to disappear towards the end of this planning period; stresses, therefore, that no structural use can be made of the current margin;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to inform Parliament as soon as possible about the additional funding which it expects will be needed in the field of agriculture if Croatia or other States were to join the EU in the period up to 2013 or if fresh expenditure were envisaged within the agricultural guidelines;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Points out that the objectives of the CAP remain unchanged under the Lisbon Treaty: increasing agricultural productivity, ensuring a fair standard of living for the agricultural community, stabilising markets, ensuring the availability of supplies and ensuring that supplies reach consumers at reasonable prices; notes, however, that the successive reforms of the CAP or other Community policies assign new tasks to agriculture in terms of product quality, environmental protection, combating climate change, consumer health or land use planning which entail changes in modes of production and may reduce productivity;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Believes that a strong common EU agriculture policy, both in terms of content and of financing, is paramount to achieving these objectives and remaining internationally competitive, while guaranteeing a level playing field and transparent food chainsin terms of mode of production, product quality, consumer protection and environmental protection on the common internal market, as well as viable rural areas;