Activities of José BOVÉ related to 2016/2034(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on CAP tools to reduce price volatility in agricultural markets PDF (421 KB) DOC (69 KB)
Amendments (25)
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas global agriculture has to meet the major challenge of world population growth through promoting food sovereignty and strengthening the position of smallholders in developing countries as well as the EU while avoiding the destruction of local markets through subsidised dumping of EU surpluses;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas climate change affects agricultural output levels, and manifestations of climate change such as drought and floods, exacerbated by poor environmental management of soils and ecosystems, contribute to production and price volatility;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
G a. whereas price volatility, particularly during recent price spikes, can be partly explained by the significant growth in commodities speculation by investment funds with a short-term trading focus, with volumes of exchange- traded derivatives on some commodities markets now 20-30 times larger than the physical production of the commodities concerned, as demand for higher yield short-term investments outstrips demand from actual end users and producers of the commodity;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
M a. whereas in the United States 35- 45% of government subsidies for crop insurance programmes go not to the farmer but to private insurance companies;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that volatility must be accepted as a given and thatis the consequence of the mistaken political decision to deregulate agricultural markets, and a "producerist" ethos which ignores the need to balance supply and demand; new forms of public regulation of the markets must be introduced in order to lessen the occurrence of volatility and guarantee fair prices for farmers, and those operators who are most exposed must be supported in order to lessen itsthe negative effects of volatility;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the Union’'s competitors on the world market make considerable sums of public money available for protecting their farmers and dairy companies from the effects of world price volatility; however, doubts whether such measures are Green Box compatible and in line with World Trade Organisation commitments to phase out market-related subsidies;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that decoupled direct aids under the current CAP are unsuited to situations of price volatility and that they, imposed by WTO rules since 1994 and implemented under the current CAP provide undifferentiated annual aid amounts without involving farmers in an anticipatory approach to coping with price changeimproving the environmental, economic and social sustainability of their holdings;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that farmers’' average annual incomes in the EU have remained unchanged, or in some cases have declined, over the past 10 years, compared to continuously increasing production costs and an increase in farm debt; expresses concern that 2.4 million farms in the EU disappeared between 2005 and 2010, most of which are small farmers, and the resulting disappearance of a large number of jobs in rural areas;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Considers that farmers, following the dismantling of market regulation rules, must be permitted to come together in bodies that carry as much clout as those of the other stakeholders with whom they negotiate;
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. calls for the amendment of European competition rules to allow farmers to come together in producer organisations and co-operatives to be strong enough to achieve the bargaining power needed against processors and retailers to obtain fair prices;
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14 b. Calls for the banning of market prices which are under the production costs of the farmers;
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Recommends that the tools for financial risk management, particularly the various types of insurance and mutual funds, be developedincome stabilisation tools, must not be promoted nor funded from the Common Agricultural Policy;
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Notes that the EU and CAP budgets are limited, are unlikely to be increased in future, and therefore agricultural and rural development investment needs to be carefully targeted at the most important programmes;
Amendment 279 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 g (new)
Paragraph 16 g (new)
16 g. Believes that scarce funds should be capped at individual farm level, and the proceeds should be redistributed among farmers and Member States and focused on improving the ecological and economic resilience and sustainability of farms, through diversification of income streams, promotion of employment and through climate-proofing agriculture through soil fertility, water management and conservation measures; therefore opposes using limited public resources on subsidising premiums for private insurance companies;
Amendment 281 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 291 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Considers that the CAP must seek tobe designed to lessen the incidence of volatility, and put farmers at the heart of strategies for coping with volatility, supporting the decisions they take in an anticipatory approach to managing and coverthrough intervention in the markets and through publicly regulated and funded systems of collective supply management to prevent imbalances of supply and demand ing the associated risksEU;
Amendment 298 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to conduct a thorough analysis of how this can be achieved and of the resources that should be earmarked for it when the CAP is refarmers can make use of insurance tools through private funding; rejects the notion that the Common Agricultural Policy should be transformed into a US- style risk insurance based system, on the following grounds: the lack of efficiency in spending public money (35-45% of government funds go to private insurance companies), the tremendous administrative burden and the lack of farm-level data needed to calculate accurate compensation, the incompatibility with EU budget rules, and the lack of correlation of support with sectors which are most in newed, such as dairy;
Amendment 321 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
Amendment 331 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Believes that the best tool to stabilise markets and reduce price volatility is to ensure a better balance between supply and demand and a fair allocation of product quantities among Member States and between farmers;
Amendment 332 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Calls on the Commission to encourage new forms of management of production levels to better balance supply and demand within Europe, particularly for products like milk which are quickly perishable, with a stronger focus on adding value to primary products, developing quality products in local markets, short supply chains and effectively protecting Geographic Indicators outside the EU;
Amendment 349 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Notes, however, that price transparency in itself will do nothing to improve the resilience of farmers against price volatility, or resolve structural faults in market organisation such as the imbalances between supply and demand;
Amendment 377 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25 a. Calls for effective regulation of commodities markets to ensure they are focused on the genuine hedging needs of agricultural businesses, and that supervisory bodies can intervene to prevent excessive speculation which may impact on food prices;