8 Amendments of João FERREIRA related to 2011/2020(BUD)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Points out that, over the years, the Member States have faced a significant shortage of financial resources for the management of areas included in the Natura 2000 network (which in some cases represent a significant proportion of national territory), and this has compromised the instrument's effectiveness and overall coherence;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Notes that the Commission estimates the annual cost of managing the Natura 2000 network at EUR 5.8 billion and believes, in this context, that the Community should take greater responsibility for its funding;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Recommends studying and implementing pilot projects aimed at the restoration and rehabilitation of areas of forest affected by fires, invasive exotic species or diseases such as pine nematode;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the increase in payment appropriations for fisheries markets (line 11 02) and the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) (line 11 06), but points out that keeping commitment appropriations for fisheries markets at the same level will make it difficult to provide the necessary support in this area over the coming years; points out, furthermore,, even though it considers that increase to be insufficient, and the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) (line 11 06); points out that due account needs to be taken of the gradual establishment in 2012 of the Monitoring Centre for Fisheries Market Prices, for which the Commission has undertaken to put forward a legal basis;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Supports the implementation of a pilot project to prevent depopulation in rural areas that would tackle this problem by consulting local communities and the various stakeholders and local authorities and designing projects at local and regional level;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes, nonetheless, the increase in appropriations for the Community Fisheries Control Agency, whose work needs to be supported and promoted; stresses, however, that this cannot replace the important role played by the Member States in this area, and adequate funding should therefore be available to them;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Expresses its concern at the low implementation rate for the EFF; notes that the third annual report on implementation of the EFF considered that 'national austerity measures constrained national co-financing' and 'private beneficiaries (...) were most affected by the credit crunch', which hampered the full utilisation of this instrument at a time when it was most needed; bearing in mind these constraints, believes that national co- financing in the case of productive investment projects should be temporarily abolished or substantially reduced, particularly for those countries that are currently facing the greatest difficulties;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Recalls that, in the third annual report on implementation of the EFF, the Commission undertook to 'assist Member States in fostering programme implementation by a better design of measures' and mentioned the possibility of using facilitating instruments with a view to improving the utilisation of the EFF; underlines the urgent need for the Commission to apply these instruments;