10 Amendments of Viorica DĂNCILĂ related to 2015/2154(DEC)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that the CAP, as one of the original European policies, is still one of the most important tools of the EU with wide impact, not only in terms of food production but in terms of actual and potential socio-economic improvements in rural areas, taking into consideration the need to develop the concept of the circular economy;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the European Commission to include the gender perspective in its future reports on the evaluation of the Union’s finances based on the results achieved; calls on the Commission to find satisfactory solutions to the problems that have arisen as regards gender budgeting and gender impact assessment;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission to revert to interruptions and suspensions of payments only as a last resort for preventing irregularities since such measures increase the risk of errors due to the reduced time frames required for the proper absorption of EU funds;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Requests that the Commission report on the actual contribution from interruptions and suspensions of payments in reducing irregularities and errors;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Calls on the Commission to identify measures and boost the absorption rate while ensuring compliance and performance oriented instruments;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Notes the importance of resource efficiency, and a shift towards a low carbon and climate resilient economy in agri-food and forestry sectors (reduced greenhouse gas and ammonia emissions, more carbon sequestration) and the need to measure the overall achievements related to environmental targets 2014-2020, this should not put viable food production at risk and hopes that progress will be made in finding practical on-farm solutions for adapting agricultural practices to climate change;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses the importance of having comparable performance indicators and figures for the same kind of programmes in different locations and looks forward to improvements in this context in the 2014- 2020 period aimed at ensuring better financial management of the CAP that is rooted in the needs of each Member State;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Welcomes the Commission decision establishing exceptional aid schemes for countries that sustained losses in the dairy sector and calls on the Commission to consider further aid measures for sectors facing similar problems;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Expresses concern that women in rural areas of many EU Member States have only limited access to the employment market and calls on the Commission, as a matter of priority in its future development initiatives, to assume the task of improving and increasing access to the employment market for women in rural areas and to allocate adequate funding for a 'European guarantee for rural women', similar to the European Youth Guarantee programme, setting separate targets for women in rural areas;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Reminds that the objectives of the 2007-2013 programme period (viable food production, enhanced farm viability and promoting food chain organisation) are still important goals, and that the focus is to be put on quality schemes, short supply chains, social cooperatives, local markets strictly in rural areas in new RDPs, with a view to consolidating producer organisations and their negotiating strength and involving reasonable environmental expenditure;