47 Amendments of Martin HÄUSLING related to 2018/2037(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Citation -1 (new)
Citation -1 (new)
– having regard to the European Court of Auditors special report No 4/2014 "Integration of EU Water Policies into the CAP: a partial success",
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Citation -1 a (new)
Citation -1 a (new)
- having regard to the Commission’s Staff Working Document SWD (2017/153/final) on agriculture and sustainable water management,
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Citation -1 a (new)
Citation -1 a (new)
– having regard to the EU Directive 2009/128/EC on sustainable use of pesticides, and to the report from the Commission to the European Parliament and Council on Member State National Action Plans and on progress in the implementation of that Directive,
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Citation -1 a (new)
Citation -1 a (new)
– having regard to the European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) on "Ban glyphosate and protect people and the environment from toxic pesticides",
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Citation -1 a (new)
Citation -1 a (new)
– having regard to the Declaration of the Third European Rural Parliament, adopted on 16 October 2017 by representatives of rural movements of 40 countries (EU Member States and neighbouring countries),
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Citation -1 a (new)
Citation -1 a (new)
– having regard to the Commission communication of 14 February 2018 entitled “A new modern, Multiannual Financial Framework for a European Union that delivers efficiently on its priorities post-2020”,
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Citation -1 a (new)
Citation -1 a (new)
– having regard to the meta-study “Is the CAP fit for purpose? An evidence- based fitness check assessment” by Fitness check 1a, __________________ 1a Pe’er et al, 2017. German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv)
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Citation -1 a (new)
Citation -1 a (new)
– having regard to the UN process resulting in the International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD) assessing the potential of food and sustainability,
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Citation -1 a (new)
Citation -1 a (new)
– having regard to the report by the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food (A/HRC/34/48),
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Citation -1 a (new)
Citation -1 a (new)
– having regard to the Cork 2.0 Declaration 2016, ‘A Better Life in Rural Areas’, issued at the European Conference on Rural Development,
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Recital -A d (new)
Recital -A d (new)
-A d. whereas organic farming protects the environment, supports biodiversity, minimizes the degradation of soil, works without systematic use of pesticides and therefore protects the groundwater from harmful pollutants but its positive achievements need to be fully taken into consideration in the orientation of the CAP;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) is the most integrated and successful EU policy, serving as basisission's communication on the Future of Food and Farming acknowledges that the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) is the most integrated single market policy, and through its rural development policy, the CAP is the "rural champion" of the Union, while bearing the CAP has considerable work to do to meet citizens' demands on strengthening biodiversity or on stronger commitments on animal welfare or on climate change and health, even though having in mind that the CAP is serving for European integration, and should remain adevelop to a more ambitious common policy with an ambitious sufficient budget;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas approx. 80% of proteins consumed, especially soya, are imported, mainly from Brazil, Argentina and the USA and the EU needs urgently to come forward with a protein strategy in the CAP to reduce dependency on imports that drive deforestation and land grabbing;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the CAP’s goals should be to ensure food safety and sovereignty, and the : - providing sufficient nutritious and healthy food, - sustainable use and protection of natural resources particularly those upon which food production relies, - adequate, fair, remunerative and stable revenue for farmers, - cohesion of rural and urban areas, - and coherence with sustainable development and climate goals, - as well as increasilience andng farmer autonomy, minimising corporate power in the food system, - mandatory measures to ensure full sustainability and resilience of the EU’s agriculture systems andon their territories;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas Parliament must play a comprehensive role in setting a clear policy framework to set common ambition at European level and ensure full democratic debate on the strategic issues which have an impact on the everyday lives of all citizens when it comes to the use of natural resources, the quality of our food, health and the transition to fully sustainable agricultural practices;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas the evidence-based "Fitness Check" meta-assessment of scientific studies found that greening measures did not significantly improve environmental performance, largely because those requirements were already being met;
Amendment 79 #
C. whereas over the years the CAP has undergone regular re-programming in line with new challenges, but another step in this continuous process of modernisation and simplification, building on previous reforms, is now necessaryso far neither environmental nor climate policy issues have played anything like an adequate role in shaping the focus of the CAP, and these issues must finally take centre stage in the process of further development;
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas exemptions and flexibility embedded in the greening measures are complex and inefficient with the consequence that many of the options finally implemented being of lower environmental value and therefore the measures did not provide the environmental public goods they were intended to;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas, although organic farming protects the environment, minimises land degradation, promotes biodiversity, dispenses with pesticides and thus preserves the groundwater from inputs of pollutants, the current focus of the CAP does not go nearly far enough in acknowledging its positive achievements;
Amendment 95 #
Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas greening measures were based on already pre-existing cross- compliance measures, namely maintaining permanent pasture, and to a lesser extent crop rotation and landscape features;
Amendment 98 #
Draft opinion
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
D b. whereas the provision of CAP payments should be strongly conditioned upon delivery of public goods especially environment and quality jobs, in order to meet the demands of society;
Amendment 103 #
Draft opinion
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the impact of climate and sanitary hazards on farming activity is growing,farming activity on climate, environment and whereas there is aalth is considerable and acknowledging the need for the CAP to address and minimise this with dedicated tools like crop rotation, measures for water and soil, reducing use of pesticides or fertilizers, to transition to full sustainability;
Amendment 125 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for a CAP that has its top priorityan important role ensuring all farmers, including small farmers so far disregarded by CAP, receive a fair remunerative income by aiming at a sustainable economic model that promotes regional and local economies; considers that these shall be based on developing short supply chains and boosting agro-ecosystem functions and respecting environmental limits, so ensuring resilience and long term productivity by promoting the transition of each European farm towards an undertaking combining economic with environmental performance standards;
Amendment 137 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Recalls that the European Parliament has already stressed the urgent need to take action to deal with the main causes of biodiversity loss, namely habitat destruction and degradation arising primarily from excessive consumption of land, pollution, intensive farming, use of synthetic chemical pesticides and fertilisers, the spread of alien species and climate change; calls therefore for a CAP which is consistent with other EU environmental, social and health policy objectives and international commitments such as the Sustainable Development Goals and climate treaties;
Amendment 152 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Recognises that organic farming is the forerunner of a sustainable European agricultural policy and should get the premium standard for public funding;
Amendment 156 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1 c. Recalls that the European Parliament had stressed that the preservation of biodiversity is key for long term food and feed production, and is therefore in farmers´ own interest;
Amendment 157 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1 d. Recalls that the EP has already highlighted that the ‘Fitness Check’ of the Natura Directive stresses the need to improve coherence with the common agricultural policy (CAP), and underlines the worrying decline in species and habitats linked to agriculture; calls on the Commission to carry out an evaluation of the impact of the CAP on biodiversity; calls further for higher Natura 2000 payments to better incentivise the protection of agricultural Natura 2000 sites, which are in a very poor state;
Amendment 159 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1 e. Stresses that, to ensure a level playing field , a common EU baseline is required that delivers on citizens' rights to a healthy environment and healthy, nutritious food; considers that this baseline should be set to fulfil relevant laws and international obligations, and also allows "no harm" to the environment or to society;
Amendment 160 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 f (new)
Paragraph 1 f (new)
1 f. Calls in particular for robust objectives of the CAP to be set in the basic regulation, in line with environmental legislation and based on quantified and ambitious result indicators; highlights that national CAP strategic plans should be evidence-based and designed with the involvement of the relevant environmental authorities, in consultation with all relevant stakeholders (including small farmers, environmental NGOs and civil society representatives), and must obligatorily follow the partnership principle;
Amendment 161 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 g (new)
Paragraph 1 g (new)
1 g. Insists upon a results based approach to payments; proposes therefore the inclusion of the following indicators: - soil health and biodiversity / presence of taxa / species richness, - humus and topsoil creation, soil cover against erosion, - nutrient losses and water quality, - biodiversity including richness and abundance of bird species / wild pollinators / insects, - indicators on reduction of pesticide use dependency and uptake of integrated pest management (IPM), in line with the Sustainable Use of Pesticides Directive 2009/128/EC and Article 67 of Regulation 1107/2009;
Amendment 180 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for a first pillar, defined at EU level, that recognises the importance of direct aidtargeted, direct aid strongly conditioned to environmental and social results and that includes, as a share of up to 30 % of the pillar budget, a contractual incitement scheme for a transition towards an agriculture combining economic with environmental performance standards;
Amendment 181 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Considers that the transition towards sustainable farming systems must be facilitated by independent, transparent, sufficiently- and publically-funded agricultural extension services (FAS) in all Member States and regions and increasing bottom-up participatory research between researchers and farmers and effective peer-to-peer exchanges in the EU innovation partnerships (EIP), especially for agro-ecological approaches taking advantage of and encouraging natural processes to boost yields and resilience;
Amendment 185 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Considers that special attention should be given in the FAS and EIP to encourage alternatives to pesticides, especially uptake of the 8 IPM principles to reduce pesticide use dependency, and to move towards achieving a pesticide-free future; considers that taking advantage of and encouraging natural processes to boost yields and resilience is likely to lower production costs based on current experiences;
Amendment 187 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for a renovated second pillar that is less complex and more efficient, focused on truly incentive territorial and sector development policies that place agro-environmental initiatives, investment, training, research and innovation at the core of local issuesural development policy which makes a substantial contribution to the farm economy and vital rural livelihoods in various ways and a renovated second pillar that is focused on strengthening agro-environmental initiatives, investment, training, research and innovation and enhancing rural communities, complementarity with other EU policies and focusing on delivering relevant results for rural citizens and society as a whole;
Amendment 199 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Underlines the importance of rural development, including LEADER and CLLD initiatives, in supporting multi- functional agriculture and in fostering partnerships between farmers, local communities, civil society and additional entrepreneurial activities, in order to generate income from diversified economic activities such as agri-tourism, and to secure community-supported agriculture and the provision of social services in rural areas;
Amendment 206 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Calls for the creation of a new fund for community led local development (CLLD), built upon the LEADER and CLLD experience, to be earmarked at 10% in all structural funds for objectives set by local community led strategies, with no demarcation between the structural funds; considers that these funds should be deployed on a decentralised basis;
Amendment 211 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that only with such a complementary model canwhich is coherent with other EU policies, the EU’s ambitious goals with regard to the environment and rural development can be reached;
Amendment 221 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls for a measure rewarding significant pesticide use reduction, encouraging uptake of non chemical alternatives, based on the EU’s 8 principles of IPM;
Amendment 223 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)
Recital I b (new)
Ib. whereas about 80% of the required protein in the EU is imported from third countries and that not nearly enough has so far been done to implement a protein strategy in the CAP;
Amendment 235 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls on the Commission to take a medium- to long-term view in reviewing its policy on proteins, ensuring that its legislative proposals for CAP reform include adequate and reliable new measures and instruments which support farmers in improving crop rotation systems so as to substantially reduce the current protein deficit and price volatility;
Amendment 239 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Considers that the CAP needs to manage the risks associated with climate change and land degradation across the whole farmed landscape, by investing in making agro-ecosystems resilient and robust, investing in ecological infrastructure to build topsoils, reverse soil erosion, introduce/lengthen crop rotations, add more trees into the landscape and boost on-farm biological and structural diversity;
Amendment 244 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Asks the Commission to ensure that each imported agricultural product meets the same sanitary and social standards that EU products are held to; asks the Commission to conduct a systematic impact assessment of the provisions regarding the agricultural sector in each trade agreement, and to offer specific strategies to ensure that no agricultural sector will suffer as a result of a trade agreement concluded with a third countryensure that global trade needs fair and sustainable conditions for the global exchange of goods and services within the framework of the WTO and should be conditional upon meeting EU social, economic and environmental standards.
Amendment 933 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission to introduce a new and comprehensive legal framework which allowmakes the integrmandatory implementation of the various types of environmental actions at present, such as cross compliance, greening and the good agricultural and environmental conditions (GAEC) standards, as well as agri- environment measures (AEMs) for rural development, so that farmers can deliver effectively and with less bureaucracy a central aspect of the support scheme, so that effective progress can be made on environmental care, biodiversity and climate action, while ensuring that Member States have adequate control and taking into account local conditions;
Amendment 983 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Believes that this new framework should be underpinned by the possible allocation of a minimum amouall agricultural payments under the CAP must be conditional; takes the view that in future payments should only be made if they are linked to animal welfare requirements or if the total available budget to AEMs, including organic agriculture,y have a positive impact on the environment or the climate, foster biodiversity or support for biodiversity and genetic diversity in animals and plants;
Amendment 1009 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Notes that organic farming provides the model for a sustainable European farming policy and in future must be the premium standard for the allocation of public funding;
Amendment 1012 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Calls on the Commission to ensure that its legislative proposals for CAP reform include suitable measures and instruments to integrate protein crop production into improved crop rotation systems, with the aim of overcoming the current protein deficit, increasing farmers’ incomes and addressing the key challenges agriculture is facing, such as climate change, the loss of biodiversity and soil fertility and the protection and sustainable management of water resources;