11 Amendments of Carl HAGLUND related to 2009/2236(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas, with the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, the European Parliament has gained the power to shape the Union's agricultural policy, not only as regards multiannual agricultural programmes but also by amending the annual budget for agriculture, thus giving the Parliament the responsibility of ensuring a fair and sustainable common agricultural policy,
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the new CAP will have to face new and demanding challenges with a view not merely to meeting the food consumption needs of European citizens with adequate quality products, meeting the challenges with regards to world food security, ensuring the functioning of the agricultural markets and supporting the income of the agricultural sector but also preserving the environment in all parts of Europe and responding to climate change,
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the current small margins available under Heading 2 make it very difficult for the Union to respond appropriately to market crises and unexpected politicglobal events and may deprive the annual budgetary procedure of its substance,
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. DWhile ensuring that European Common Agriculture Policy stays common, draws attention to the fact that in order to avoid inevitable disparities between Member States it is necessary to maintain a CAP financed entirely from the European budget; ensuring that agriculture can be practiced in all parts of the EU, particularly with regards to less favoured areas and areas with shorter growing seasons;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that over the last four years of the current MFF, it was only possible to agree the annual budgets either by using up the existing margins or through recourse to revision and reprogramming, reducing the ceilings of Heading 2 in order to finance other EU priorities; points out that in 2011-2013 the margins in Heading 2 will be extremely limited;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas the EU must continue to ensure food security for its citizens in all regions of the Union as well as help feed the world's poor; whereas the number of hungry people now exceeds 1 billion and in the European Union today there are over 40 million poor people who do not have enough to eat,
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital R a (new)
Recital R a (new)
Ra. whereas the objectives and the substance of the future of the Common Agricultural Policy must be subject to broad public discussions in order to increase the public knowledge of the CAP, therefore welcomes the initiative of the commission on the public debate on the future of the CAP after 2013;
Amendment 260 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Is of the opinion that a strong European Common Agricultural Policy is needed to ensure that EU farmers remain competitive on the world market against well subsidised trading partners; believes that the EU cannot afford to rely on other parts of the world to provide for European food security in the context of increasing global food demand, climate change, political instability in certain regions of the world and potential outbreaks of diseases or other events potentially detrimental to production capacity;
Amendment 490 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44
Paragraph 44
44. Believes that the new CAP must be simple to administer, transparent and reduce red tape and administrative burdens on farmers by moving towards the use of delivery tools such as outcome agreements and simple contracts;
Amendment 623 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54
Paragraph 54
54. Considers that there should be no return to coupled payments as a guiding principle of the CAP; however, given the move from a historical to an area support model in view of the decisions following the Health check, takes the view that a limin adequated margin for flexibility should be left to Member States to respond to the specific needs of their territory in order to prevent production from stopping completely or the diversity of farming from reducing, in the form of capped coupled payments for vulnerable agrassland livestock areaiculture sectors in these territories, in compliance with WTO requirements;
Amendment 766 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 63
Paragraph 63
63. Recalls that, amongst the current set of market tools, export refunds should continue to be phased out in parallel with similar measures of trading partners according to WTO agreements;