13 Amendments of Martin HÄUSLING related to 2013/2097(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
- having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions NAT-V-028 (2013-05-30) on Evolution of the market situation and the consequent conditions for smoothly phasing-out the milk quota system – second "soft landing" report
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas expiry of the milk quotas will affect the entire European milk market, in particular dairy farmers in mountain areas, disadvantaged areas and outermost regions where it will not be possible to take advantage of the growth opportunities generated by deregulation;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas milk production is of vital importance to small farmers in areas with a large proportion of grassland;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas, in mountain areas, disadvantages areas and outermost regions and parts of other less-favoured areas, abandonment of stockbreeding and the related dairy production frequently leads to the abandonment of agriculture and subsequent depopulation;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that mountain milk accounts for around 10% of milk from the EU-27, but constitutes 2/3 of milk and involves 3/4 of producers in Austria, Slovenia and Finland, and that the corresponding figures also remain very significant in a further ten or so countries. In most of these humid mountain regions, and also in outermost regions, milk herds are the principal users of grasslands, keeping landscapes accessible and inhabited and so benefiting tourism, biodiversity and the environment;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls for urgent complementary studies to assess the territorial impact of quota abolition by groups of countries, regions, particularly outermost regions, and soil and climate zones – mountain areas, disadvantaged areas, intermediate mixed farming areas (livestock farming, lowlands) – so that the risks of relocation and abandonment of farms in numerous regions can be anticipated and, if possible limited;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Calls on the Commission to redefine a coherent rural and milk development project for mountain areas, for disadvantaged milk production areas and for Member States where most of the milk is produced by very small farms;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Points out that, given the substantial logistical problems arising with regard to transport and the generally small quantities of milk produced on individual farms, collection costs in mountain areas, disadvantaged areas and outermost regions, are particularly high, placing them at a major geographical and competitive disadvantage; calls on the Member States and regions accordingly to earmark state subsidies for processing plant, so as to offset the higher costs of collection compared with those in more favourable locations;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses out that a Market Monitoring Tool on the milk production is needed in order to collect and disseminate data and information on production and supply;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Takes the view that any transfer of volume of raw milk sourced from less favoured areas (mountainous areas, intermediate LFAs, areas with a specific natural handicap) to an area which is not a LFA, or between different types of LFA, must be authorised in advance by the inter-branch organisation to which the collector and producer concerned belong;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Points out that in-situ processing and marketing on farms or alpine pastures means greater added value for smallholdings and micro farms in mountain areas and enhances the tourist potential of these locations; stresses that the situation is similar in regions with very high proportion of grassland and that such initiatives should be funded under the second CAP pillar;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Points out that small farmers in mountains areas and disadvantaged areas should be supported in establishing producer organisations which strengthen their bargaining power. For small scaled farmers in these areas it is needed to keep and develop more regionalised and local markets;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Stresses that hygiene and marketing rules have to fit to the special size of markets and their demands. Therefore the hygiene standards should be adequate and applicable for mountain farmers, farmers in disadvantaged areas and outermost regions as well as for the milk-processors in these areas;