Activities of Britta REIMERS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Reiterates that ~~bring~~measures to bring the level of unpaid commitments under control isare a precondition for making a successful start to the new programming period for 2014- 20, notably due to the reduced level of rural development payment appropriations foreseen in DB 2014;

2013/09/03
Committee: AGRI

2013/2145(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Notes that, while the budget for direct payments and market measures under the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) will be increased in 2014 by 0.,3% relative to 2013, for both commitments and payments, th~~at increase will be insufficient~~e Commission must explain in detail the practical measures required to meet increased needs linked to the phasing-in of direct payments in the EU-12 and the creation of the fund for agricultural crises;

2013/09/03
Committee: AGRI

2013/2145(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Regrets, in particular, the application of the ‘'financial discipline’' mechanism, meaning that a ~~large number~~minority of the Union's farmers will suffer a disproportionate cut of around 5% in direct payments paid out in the 2014 financial year; Believes that the amounts of direct payments within the meaning of Article 2(d) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 to be granted to all farmers for an aid application submitted in respect of calendar year 2013, should be reduced in a fair and uniform manner and not subject to a minimum threshold receipt of EUR 5000;

2013/09/03
Committee: AGRI

2013/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the concept of ~~territori~~regional development has taken on increased importance in recent years~~, in particular as a result of the inclusion of a more explicit reference to it in the Lisbon Treaty~~;

2013/10/16
Committee: AGRI

2013/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas European rural development policy, which is part of the second pillar of the CAP, was officially recognised in the context of the Agenda 2000 reform, whereas that reform gave rural development policy a status beyond that of a social and structural policy implemented merely as an adjunct to policy on agricultural markets~~, and whereas that rural development policy, which is seen as being closely bound up with regional policy, is now increasingly geared towards territorial approaches~~;

2013/10/16
Committee: AGRI

2013/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the rural development instruments available to the Member States under the current rural development regulation offer them and their regions many d~~ifferent ways of promoting a territorial approach, in particular~~evelopment possibilities through the LEADER instrument, and whereas existing rural development programmes do not make sufficient use of these possibilities;

2013/10/16
Committee: AGRI

2013/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas the regulation for the rural development programming period 2014- 2020 will broaden the range of measures available to Member States, examples being the measures to support high- quality food production, the measure focusing on cooperation among territorial actors with a view to exploiting resources to the full through the provision of high- quality goods and services and the measures concerning innovation and economic diversification in rural territories;deleted

2013/10/16
Committee: AGRI

2013/2098(INI)

Sylvie GOULARD, Marian HARKIN, Kent JOHANSSON, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas the success of rural development programmes depends to a large extent on the ~~territorial governance~~ methods which can be used to mobilise and involve, through joint approaches, all the relevant public and private actors, irrespective of the levels at which they are active, with a view to developing cooperation in a wide range of areas and exploiting the full potential of each territory on the basis of a shared project;

2013/10/16
Committee: AGRI

2013/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

Ga. whereas successful and comprehensive rural development programmes can have a concrete positive impact on employment rates and the competitiveness of businesses in rural areas, and thus reduce the risk of unemployment or that as a result of low rural incomes inhabitants live in abject poverty;

2013/10/16
Committee: AGRI

2013/2098(INI)

Sylvie GOULARD, Marian HARKIN, Kent JOHANSSON, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas regional quality branding can contribute to the development of territorial economies by broadening the concept of quality through the use of schemes for the delivery of sets of high- quality goods and services which are inextricably interlinked and which embody the specific characteristics of each territory, and in particular its heritage (historical, cultural, geographical, etc.); whereas, as a result, these sets of goods and services come to be seen as unique, generating revenue at territorial level and opening up new opportunities on local and international markets;deleted

2013/10/16
Committee: AGRI

2013/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas ~~regional~~ quality branding can contribute to the development of territorial economies by broadening the concept of quality through the use of schemes for the delivery of sets of high-quality goods and services which are inextricably interlinked and which embody the specific characteristics of each territory, and in particular its heritage (historical, cultural, geographical, etc.); whereas, as a result, these sets of goods and services come to be seen as unique, generating revenue at territorial level and opening up new opportunities on local and international markets;

2013/10/16
Committee: AGRI

2013/2098(INI)

Sylvie GOULARD, Marian HARKIN, Kent JOHANSSON, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

Ha. whereas official European quality labels already exist (Protected Designation of Origin, Protected Geographical Indictation, Traditional Specialty Guaranteed) and the number of both European and Third country products carrying them continues to increase;

2013/10/16
Committee: AGRI

2013/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the integrated approach to ~~territori~~regional development outlined in the regulation on the common strategic framework for European funds; notes the need for coordination ~~and consistency~~ between the various European funds as a way of guaranteeing harmonious, sustainable and balanced ~~territori~~regional development;

2013/10/16
Committee: AGRI

2013/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that ~~territori~~regional development is explicitly included among the objectives of the CAP, complementing two other objectives, namely food security and the sustainable management of natural resources and the fight against global warming;

2013/10/16
Committee: AGRI

2013/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Welcomes the concept of ‘community- led local development’, on the basis of which the Member States are encouraged to employ the LEADER approach in their management of measures to be taken under the Structural Funds and the Social Fund; calls on the Member States to implement this concept ~~and to ensure that its implementation is not thwarted by a lack of cooperation among the ministries and other administrative bodies involved in managing this innovative new approach~~;

2013/10/16
Committee: AGRI

2013/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Member States and their regional authorities to promote more dynamic forms of participatory governance as a way of implementing ~~collective territori~~rural development projects which are not confined to the farming sector, on the basis of the gradual recognition of the identity of each territory, as defined and informed by its heritage; notes that these forms of governance are; notes that this is based on complex partnerships between actors and bodies, whose work must be coordinated;

2013/10/16
Committee: AGRI

2013/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Points out that the measures taken to coordinate that governance are of decisive importance for the future of territories~~, in particular the most vulnerable among them~~; emphasises that they make it possible, by promoting a collective sense of ownership, ~~not only to define the extent and the nature of each territory, but also to organise territories more effectively~~to ensure more effective organisation with a view to identifying the full potential their resources ~~(including latent resources)~~ offer, in the interests of all the actors involved, who are linked by a relationship of interdependence and solidarity; notes that the purpose of this strategic coordination is to tap resources which cannot be exploited by means of a sectoral or single-industry approach and instead call for the employment of territorial approaches which generate new revenue at territorial level through the marketing of sets of complementary goods and services which reflect the specific characteristics of each territory;

2013/10/16
Committee: AGRI

2013/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Urges the Commission to ensure that future rural development programmes earmark ~~sufficient resources to facilitate these forms of territorial governance by~~appropriate resources to draw~~ing~~ on and strengthen~~ing the~~ measures concerning cooperation, coordination, exchanges, networks, innovation and training ~~provided for in the new rural development regulations~~;

2013/10/16
Committee: AGRI

2013/2098(INI)

Sylvie GOULARD, Marian HARKIN, Kent JOHANSSON, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission to develop an approach to the official recognition of regional quality branding based on an objective assessment of the governance of the territorial development process, focusing in particular on the steps taken to incorporate the social, economic and environmental dimensions, the diversity of the economic and social actors involved in promoting regional quality branding and the quality of the set of specific goods and services which they can offer;deleted

2013/10/16
Committee: AGRI

2013/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission to ~~develop an approach to~~continue to develop its three official ~~reco~~quality labels (Protected Designiation of ~~reg~~Origin, Protected Geographical Indication, Traditional quSpeciality ~~branding based on an objective assessment of the governan~~Guaranteed) which are already established and increasingly recognised by consumers, and to concentrate resources ofn the ~~territorial development process, focusing in particular on the steps taken to incorporate the social, economic and environmental dimensions,~~se clearly defined labels rather than creating new ones, to enable them to contribute to both the dieve~~rsity of the~~lopment of rural areas economic ~~and~~ally, social ~~actors involved in promoting regional quality branding and the quality of the set of specific goods and services which they can offer~~ly and environmentally, and the development of quality EU products to the greatest extent possible;

2013/10/16
Committee: AGRI

2013/2097(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas expiry of the milk quotas will affect the entire European milk market, in particular dairy farmers in mountain areas, northernmost areas and outermost regions where it will not be possible to take as much advantage of the growth opportunities generated by deregulation as in other areas;

2013/09/18
Committee: AGRI

2013/2097(INI)

Britta REIMERS, James NICHOLSON

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas in many of these areas milk production is the most important and most widespread branch of agricultural activity;

2013/09/18
Committee: AGRI

2013/2097(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

~~3. Considers it essential for a grazing stock premium to be earmarked for these areas under the first pillar of the CAP;~~deleted

2013/09/18
Committee: AGRI

2013/2097(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses the need for CAP provisions to focus on small farms in these areas, given that they are structurally more labour intensive and make a valuable contribution to sustained employment levels and rural development;deleted

2013/09/18
Committee: AGRI

2013/2097(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses that second-pillar measures such as compensatory allowances, agro- environmental premiums or investment aids are of great importance for sustainable milk production in these areas; urges therefore that Member States and regions be given the necessary opportunities to ensure the payment of adequate and clearly differentiated compensatory allowances and promote environmentally friendly, sustainable and organic forms of agriculture; calls for adequate compensatory payments from the second CAP pillar to offset the higher investment costs for milk production in mountain and northernmost areas occasioned by the particular nature of the terrain;

2013/09/18
Committee: AGRI

2013/2097(INI)

Liam AYLWARD, Britta REIMERS, Ramon TREMOSA i BALCELLS, George LYON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls on the Commission and Member States to extend joint research programmes to encompass grassland areas and milk production in less favoured areas and devote particular attention to them under joint research projects; calls for a better coordination between CAP and research policy encouraging innovative solutions for these areas;

2013/09/18
Committee: AGRI

2013/2091(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Notes that food fraud has the potential to undermine the significant work undertaken at the national and EU level in strengthening and modernising health and safety and quality controls in the food chain and to damage the reputation of European foodstuffs;

2013/11/07
Committee: AGRI

2013/2091(INI)

Liam AYLWARD, Britta REIMERS, Ramon TREMOSA i BALCELLS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Notes that consumers who, either knowingly or unknowingly, buy counterfeit foodstuff are putting their health at risk as fraudulent foods are often not subject to any health and safety or quality controls;

2013/11/07
Committee: AGRI

2013/2091(INI)

Liam AYLWARD, Britta REIMERS, George LYON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Proposes the establishment of a European food authority (Eurofood) which would have powers similar to those of the European police organisation, Europol, and whose remit would be to investigate international food scandals and fraud in the food industry; (Es scheint nicht notwendig, eine weitere Lebensmittelbehörde ins Leben zu rufen.)deleted Or. de

2013/11/07
Committee: AGRI

2013/2091(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Proposes the establishment of a European food authority (Eurofood) which would have powers similar to those of the European police organisation, Europol, and whose remit would be to investigate international food scandals and fraud in the food industry;deleted

2013/11/07
Committee: AGRI

2013/2091(INI)

Liam AYLWARD, Britta REIMERS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Recommends the in~~troduction of an obligation for all research laboratories and their staff to notify~~creased sharing of information and pooling of resources between the competent ~~supervisory~~national authorities ~~of the results of all food and feed tests~~and police forces at the national and EU level to investigate and uncover fraudulent practices and to enhance consumer confidence;

2013/11/07
Committee: AGRI

2013/2091(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Recommends the introduction of a~~n obligation for~~ requirement that all research laboratories and their staff to notify the competent supervisory authorities of the results of all food and feed tests~~; (Die Ermittlung aller Ergebnisse würde eine Flut von Daten verursachen, die keine Behör~~ indicating a direct risk to health; Or. de managen kann. Es ist nicht gut, den Unternehmer aus der e~~ntlast~~igenen. V~~iele Untersuchungen des Unternehmers dienen lediglich der Selbstkontrolle. Des~~erantwortung zu Weiteren würde in einigen Fällen der Schutz des geistigen Eigentums gefährdet.)

2013/11/07
Committee: AGRI

2013/2091(INI)

Liam AYLWARD, Britta REIMERS, Ramon TREMOSA i BALCELLS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Calls for the ~~extension of current traceability regimes and the~~ systematic implementation of the ‘step-free’ traceability provided for in basic Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 covering food and feed, food-producing animals, and all other substances destined for this purpose or which can be expected to be used in the production of food or feed; calls for the entire food chain in Europe, including all stages of production, processing and sales and distribution, to be transparent and fully open to scrutiny by inspectors in order to ensure that poor quality products can be quickly identified.

2013/11/07
Committee: AGRI

2013/2091(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Calls for the extension of current traceability regimes and the systematic implementation of the ‘step-free’ traceability provided for in basic Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 covering food and feed, food-producing animals, and all other substances destined for this purpose or which can be expected to be used in the production of food or feed; calls for the entire food chain in Europe, including all stages of production, processing and sales and distribution, to be transparent and fully open to scrutiny by inspectors in order to ensure that food fraud and poor quality products can be quickly identified and remedial action undertaken without delay.

2013/11/07
Committee: AGRI

2013/0141(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2

At annual intervals or at the request of an EU Member State, Union quarantine pests shall be reassessed on the basis of a risk analysis. Where the results of an assessment show that a Union quarantine pest fulfils the conditions referred to in paragraph 1, or a pest no longer fulfils one or more of those conditions, the Commission shall, within three months, amend the implementing act referred to in the first subparagraph by adding the pest concerned to, or removing it from, that list.

2013/11/26
Committee: ENVI

2013/0141(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4

The number of priority pests shall not exceed 10% of the number of the Union quarantine pests listed pursuant to Article 5(2) and (3). Where the number of priority pests has exceeded 10% of the number of the Union quarantine pests listed pursuant to Article 5(2) and (3), the Commission shall amend the implementing act referred to in the first subparagraph by accordingly adjusting the number of pests in that list, on the basis of their potential economic, environmental or social impact as set out in Section 2 of Annex II.deleted

2013/11/26
Committee: ENVI

2013/0141(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 4

4. Competent authorities may decide to abolish a restricted area and terminate the respective eradication measures, provided that during the surveys referred to in paragraph 1 no presence of the pest concerned has been found in that restricted area for a sufficiently long period to verify the pest free status.

2013/12/11
Committee: AGRI

2013/0141(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1

The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 98, amending Section 1 of Annex IV on measures to manage the risks of quarantine pests, as regards the measures targeting prevention and elimination of infestation of cultivated and wild plants, measures targeting consignments of plants, plant products and other objects, measures targeting other pathways for quarantine pests, and amending Section 2 of that Annex on principles for the management of the risks of pests, as regards principles for the management of the risks of pests, taking into account the developments of technical and scientific knowledge as well as International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPMs), agreed under the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC).

2013/12/11
Committee: AGRI

2013/0141(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall conduct surveys based on apparent risks, over specific periods of time, checking for the presence of any Union quarantine pest, and signs or symptoms of any pest provisionally qualifying as Union quarantine pest, pursuant to Section 3 of Annex II, in all areas where that pest was not known to be present.

2013/12/11
Committee: AGRI

2013/0141(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 4

4. Member States shall communicate their contingency plans to the Commission ~~and to the~~, to other Member States and to concerned professional operators on request.

2013/12/11
Committee: AGRI

2013/0141(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 47

~~[…]~~deleted

2013/11/26
Committee: ENVI

2013/0141(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 67 – paragraph 4 a (new)

(4a) Plant health certificates may also be used in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 338/97 31b or (EC) 865/200631c . __________________ 31b OJ L 61, 3.3.1997, p.1 31c OJ L 166, 19.6.2006, p.1

2013/11/26
Committee: ENVI

2013/0141(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 73 – paragraph 1

A plant passport with an accompanying delivery note shall be an official label for movement of plants, plant products and other objects within the Union territory and, where applicable, into and within protected zones, which certifies compliance with all requirements set out in Article 80 and, for movement into protected zones, Article 81, and has the content and format set out in Article 78.

2013/11/26
Committee: ENVI

2013/0141(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 74 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a

(a) ~~all plants for~~host plant~~ing~~s, other than seeds;

2013/11/26
Committee: ENVI

2013/0141(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 78 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

~~The~~A plant passport shall take the form of a distinct label with an accompanying delivery note, which shall be printed on any suitable substrate, provided that the plant passport is kept separate from any other information or label which may also be indicated on that substrate.

2013/11/26
Committee: ENVI

2013/0141(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 2

2. ~~The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 98, setting out q~~Qualification requirements to be fulfilled by the professional operators in order for them to comply with the conditions of paragraph 1(a) shall be established through the ordinary legislative procedure under Article 294 TFEU.

2013/11/26
Committee: ENVI

2013/0141(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1

The Commission shall amend the implementing act referred to in paragraph 2, where an assessment shows that a pest not listed in that act fulfils the conditions referred to in Article 36, a pest listed in that implementing act no longer fulfils one or more of those conditions or where amendments to that list are necessary, as regards categories referred to in paragraph 4 or thresholds referred to in paragraph 5. Stakeholders shall be involved in the process of establishing this list.

2013/12/11
Committee: AGRI

2013/0140(COD)

Petri SARVAMAA, Britta REIMERS

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 61

(61) For the performance of official controls and other official activities ~~on the production and marketing of plant reproductive material, and~~ in the field of animal ~~welfare~~health, the competent authorities should have access to updated, reliable and consistent technical data, to research findings, new techniques and expertise necessary for the correct application of Union legislation applicable in those areas. For that purpose the Commission should be able to designate, and rely on the expert assistance of, European Union reference centres for ~~plant reproductive material and for animal welfare~~animal health.

2013/11/11
Committee: AGRI

2013/0140(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)

(aa) to ensure this consistency in interpretation and execution of official controls across Member States, this training shall include participating in visits to other Member States to observe the way in which official controls are performed;

2013/11/11
Committee: AGRI

2013/0140(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point aa (new)

(aa) the protection of personal data of a natural person

2013/11/11
Committee: AGRI

2013/0140(COD)

Petri SARVAMAA, Britta REIMERS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point a b (new)

(ab) the protection of know-how of a natural or legal person; Or. en (There should be a mechanism for operators to protect highly confidential information.)

2013/11/11
Committee: AGRI

2013/0140(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 5

5. Official controls shall be performed as much as possible in a manner that minimises the burden on the operators. An independent appeal process should be available for operators who can reasonably claim, with evidence, to have suffered extensive and unnecessary burden.

2013/11/11
Committee: AGRI

2013/0140(COD)

Julie GIRLING, Britta REIMERS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 4

4. Where laboratory analyses, tests or diagnoses are urgently needed, in exceptional cases due to a developing emergency situation, and none of the methods referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 exists, the relevant national reference laboratory or, if no such national reference laboratory exists, any other laboratory designated in accordance with Article 36(1) may use methods other than those referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article until the validation of an appropriate method in accordance with internationally accepted scientific protocols.

2013/11/11
Committee: AGRI

2013/0140(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

1. By derogation from point (e) of Article 36(4), competent authorities may designate the following as official laboratories, or laboratories acting under official supervision, irrespective of whether they fulfil the condition provided for in that point:

2013/11/11
Committee: AGRI

2013/0137(COD)

Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Britta REIMERS, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Martin KASTLER, Giovanni LA VIA, Milan ZVER

Proposal for a regulation
–

The European Parliament rejects the Commission proposal.

2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI

2013/0137(COD)

Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Britta REIMERS, Albert DESS, Martin KASTLER, Giovanni LA VIA, Milan ZVER

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 – point e

~~(e) Council Directive 1999/105/EC of 22 December 1999 on the marketing of forest reproductive material6 ; __________________ 6 OJ L 11, 15.1.2000, p. 17.~~deleted

2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI

2013/0137(COD)

Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Britta REIMERS, Albert DESS, Martin KASTLER, Giovanni LA VIA, Milan ZVER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d d (new)

(dd) produced by a farmer on their own farm, under their own name and at their own expense.

2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI

2013/0137(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – point 2

(2) '‘plant reproductive material'’ means plant(s) capable of, and intended for, producing entire plants for commercial purposes;

2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI

2013/0137(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – point 6 – introductory part

(6) '‘professional operator'’ means any natural or legal person carrying out, as a profession and commercially, at least one of the following activities with regard to plant reproductive material: Or. de (Clarification of the definition of ‘professional operator’)

2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI

2013/0137(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – point 6 – point f

(f) making available on the market~~. (Clarification that the definit~~ in accordance with the provisions of ~~‘professional operator’ also covers fulfilment~~this article. Or. de criteria under Article 3(5) on ‘making available ofn the market’)

2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI

2013/0137(COD)

Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Britta REIMERS, Albert DESS, Martin KASTLER, Giovanni LA VIA, Milan ZVER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6

Professional operators shall ensure that plant reproductive material ~~produced and~~ made available on the market under their control fulfils the requirements of this Regulation.

2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI

2013/0137(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. This Title shall not apply if the genera and species listed in Annex I are produced and made available on the market for ornamental use.

2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI

2013/0137(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2

2. Plant reproductive material may not be produced and made available on the market as standard material, if it belongs to genera or species for which the costs and certification activities necessary to produce and make available on the market plant reproductive material as pre- basic, basic and certified material are proportionate: (a) to the purpose of ensuring food and feed security; and (b) to the higher level of identity, health and quality of the plant reproductive material which result from the fulfilment of the requirements for pre-basic, basic and certified material compared to those for standard material. deleted Or. de (Simplification of the rules)

2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI

2013/0137(COD)

Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Britta REIMERS, Albert DESS, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Martin KASTLER, Giovanni LA VIA, Milan ZVER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point b

(b) to the higher level of identity, health and quality of the plant reproductive material which result from the fulfilment of the requirements for pre-basic, basic and certified material compared to those for standard material.deleted

2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI

2013/0137(COD)

Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Britta REIMERS, Albert DESS, Martin KASTLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3

~~3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt~~ delegated ~~acts, in accordance with Article 140, listing the genera or species whose plant reproductive material may not be placed on the market as standard material, as referred to in paragraph 2.~~

2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI

2013/0137(COD)

Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Britta REIMERS, Albert DESS, Martin KASTLER, Giovanni LA VIA, Milan ZVER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1

1. Plant reproductive material may be ~~produced and~~ made available on the market only if it belongs to a variety registered in a national variety register referred to in Article 51 or in the Union variety register referred to in Article 52.

2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI

2013/0137(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15

Article 15 Requirement to belong to registered clones Plant reproductive material belonging to a clone may be produced and made available on the market only if that clone is registered in a national variety register referred to in Article 51 or in the Union variety register referred to in Article 52.deleted

2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI

2013/0137(COD)

Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Britta REIMERS, Albert DESS, Martin KASTLER, Giovanni LA VIA, Milan ZVER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – title

~~Production and q~~Quality requirements for plant reproductive material

2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI

2013/0137(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2

2. During processing, packaging, storage~~, transport~~ or at delivery, lots of plant reproductive material of different origins may be merged into a new lot. In that case the professional operator shall keep records including data about the origin of the individual components of the new lot.

2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI

2013/0137(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3

3. During processing, packaging, storage~~, transport~~ or at delivery, lots of plant reproductive material may be split into two or more lots. In that case the professional operator shall keep records concerning the origin of the new lots.

2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI

2013/0137(COD)

Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Britta REIMERS, Albert DESS, Martin KASTLER, Giovanni LA VIA, Milan ZVER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 a (new)

This certification and identification shall apply to those varieties which are entered in the European variety register. National trademarks or certification systems shall continue to be admissible.

2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI

2013/0137(COD)

Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Britta REIMERS, Albert DESS, Martin KASTLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1

1. The official label and the operator's label shall contain the information set out in Part A of Annex III. ~~(In some cases labelling is not possible, for example because the plant concerned is too small.)~~In duly substantiated cases the information may be contained in an accompanying document (e.g. delivery slip) provided by the operator. Or. de

2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI

2013/0137(COD)

Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Britta REIMERS, Albert DESS, Martin KASTLER, Giovanni LA VIA, Milan ZVER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – title

Notification of the intended ~~production and~~ certification of pre-basic, basic and certified material

2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI

2013/0137(COD)

Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Britta REIMERS, Albert DESS, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Martin KASTLER, Giovanni LA VIA, Milan ZVER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27

Professional operators shall inform the competent authorities in due time about their intention to ~~produc~~have pre-basic, basic and certified material plant reproductive material~~, and to carry out the certification referred to in~~ certified in accordance with Article 19(1). That notification shall state the plant species and categories concerned.

2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI

2013/0137(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28

Operators' labels shall be produced and affixed by the professional operator after verifying through its own inspections, sampling and testing, that the plant reproductive material complies with the ~~production and~~ quality requirements as referred to in Article 16.

2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI

2013/0137(COD)

Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Peter JAHR, Britta REIMERS, Albert DESS, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Martin KASTLER, Giovanni LA VIA, Milan ZVER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 4 – introductory part

4. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 140, setting out rules for the post certification tests of plant reproductive material belonging to particular genera or species. Those rules shall take into account the development of scientific and technical knowledge. ~~They may concern the following:~~

2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI

2013/0137(COD)

Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Peter JAHR, Britta REIMERS, Albert DESS, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Martin KASTLER, Giovanni LA VIA, Milan ZVER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 4 – point a

~~(a) the proportion of samples per genera and species and categories submitted to tests;~~deleted

2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI

2013/0137(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) it is made available on the local market in small quantities by persons other than professional operators, or by professional operators employing no more than ten persons and whose annual turnover or balance sheet total does not exceed EUR 2 million; (A quantitative restriction for niche market varieties would be more appropriate and more effective.)limited quantities; Or. de

2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI

2013/0137(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)

(ca) criteria to be used to determine the maximum amount of produced and marketed reproductive material which may be sold as a niche market variety;

2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI

2013/0137(COD)

Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Britta REIMERS, Albert DESS, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Martin KASTLER, Giovanni LA VIA, Milan ZVER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. These provisions shall not apply to small undertakings and farms which supply local markets.

2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI

2013/0137(COD)

Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Britta REIMERS, Albert DESS, Martin KASTLER, Giovanni LA VIA, Milan ZVER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1

Plant reproductive material may be imported from third countries ~~only if it is established, pursuant to Article 44, that i~~that fulfils requirements equivalent to those applicable to plant reproductive material produced and made available on the market in the Union.

2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI

2013/0137(COD)

Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Britta REIMERS, Albert DESS, Martin KASTLER, Giovanni LA VIA, Milan ZVER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1 a (new)

Imports to the Union of Plant reproductive material shall not be prohibited or restricted, except in one of the following cases: (a)The PRM to be imported or it's lot do not comply with the requirements of this Regulation for the respective species and categories and types of material. (b) It is prohibited by an existing trade agreement. (c) Import is explicitly prohibited by another Union act. (d) A demonstrable risk exists from plant disease, invasive species or other phytosanitary risk not already present and established in the Union. (e) A demonstrable risk exists of consumer fraud. (f) Materials are being made available on the market at subsidized or at a price so low it constitutes dumping, and the total commercial value exceeds 1 million Euros.

2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI

2013/0137(COD)

Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Britta REIMERS, Albert DESS, Martin KASTLER, Giovanni LA VIA, Milan ZVER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part

1. The Co~~mmission~~uncil and Parliament may decide, by means of ~~implementing acts~~the ordinary legislative procedure, whether plant reproductive material of specific genera, species οr categories produced in a third country, or particular areas of a third country, fulfils requirements equivalent with those applicable to plant reproductive material produced and made available on the market in the Union, on the basis of:

2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI

2013/0137(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part III – title III

Production and making available on the market of plant reproductive material not belonging to genera or species listed in Annex I or for use only as decorative plants

2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI

2013/0137(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 47

This Title shall apply to the production and making available on the market of plant reproductive material belonging to genera and species other than the ones listed in Annex I or for use only as decorative plants.

2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI

2013/0137(COD)

Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Peter JAHR, Britta REIMERS, Albert DESS, Martin KASTLER, Giovanni LA VIA, Milan ZVER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 1 – point f

(f) the official description of the variety, or, where, applicable, the officially recognised description of the variety ~~with an indication of the region(s) where the variety has historically been grown and to which it is naturally adapted ("region(s) of origin")~~;

2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI

2013/0137(COD)

Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Peter JAHR, Britta REIMERS, Albert DESS, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Martin KASTLER, Giovanni LA VIA, Milan ZVER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 5

~~5. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt~~ delegated acts, in accordance with Article 140, listing the genera or species with particular importance for the satisfactory development of agriculture in the Union. Those genera or species shall be listed in accordance with the criteria set out in Part A of Annex IV.

2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI

2013/0137(COD)

Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Britta REIMERS, Albert DESS, Martin KASTLER, Giovanni LA VIA, Milan ZVER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 6

~~6. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt~~ delegated acts, in accordance with Article 140, listing the genera or species with particular importance for the sustainable development of agriculture in the Union. Those genera or species shall be listed in accordance with the criteria set out in Part B of Annex IV.

2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI

2013/0137(COD)

Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Britta REIMERS, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Albert DESS, Martin KASTLER, Giovanni LA VIA, Milan ZVER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) in case the variety had been previously not registered in a national variety register or in the Union variety register ~~and plant reproductive material belonging to that variety has been made available on the market before the entry into force of this Regulation;~~,

2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI

2013/0137(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 67 – paragraph 1 – point h

~~(h) the geographic origin of the variety;~~deleted

2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI

2013/0137(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 67 – paragraph 1 – point m

(m) where applicable, a declaration that the variety has satisfactory value for cultivation and/or a use as referred to in Article 58(1) and/or sustainable value for cultivation and/or use as referred to in Article 59(1).deleted

2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI

2013/0137(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 68

~~Article 68 Application format The Commission shall adopt, by means of implementing acts, the~~deleted Or. de (It is not necessary to lay down a uniform format ~~of the~~for application ~~referred to in Article 66. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 141(3).~~ s and, with a view to simplifying the regulation, this provision should be deleted.)

2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI

2013/0137(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

1. The competent authority shall register each application for registration in the national variety register it receives, and shall carry out the formal examination of that application. The formal examination of the application shall examine whether the application ~~complies with:~~ meets the content requirements laid down in Article 67. Or. de (Follow-up amendment in line with the deletion of Article 68)

2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI

2013/0137(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 1 – point a

~~(a) the content requirements laid down in Article 67; and~~ deleted Or. de (Follow-up amendment in line with the deletion of Article 68)

2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI

2013/0137(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 1 – point b

~~(b) the format adopted pursuant to~~deleted Or. de (Follow-up amendment in line with the deletion of Article 68. )

2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI

2013/0137(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – title

~~Date of application~~ (Does not affect the English version) Or. deJustification(Does not affect the English version)

2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI

2013/0137(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 89 – paragraph 2

2. AFor applicants employing fewer than 10 persons and whose annual turnover or annual balance sheet total does not exceed EUR 2 million ~~shall be exempted from the payment of~~ the fees provided for in Article 87 and Article 88 shall be reduced or not charged at all.

2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI

2013/0137(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part IV (Articles 105 to 139)

~~[...]~~deleted

2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI

2013/0137(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – Part A – Title

Content of official label and operator'’s label and accompanying document as referred to in article 21(1) ~~(In some cases identification by means of labelling is not possible, for example because the~~Or. de plant concerned is too small. In this case an accompanying document is required.)

2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI

2013/0137(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – Part A – introductory part

The official label and the operator'’s label and accompanying document shall contain the following: ~~(In some cases identification by means of labelling is not possible, for example because the~~Or. de plant concerned is too small. In this case an accompanying document is necessary.)

2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI

2013/0137(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – Part A – point n a (new)

(na) details of the origin of the basic type

2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI

2013/0117(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1

1. By way of derogation from Article 94 of Regulation (EU) No […...] [RD], ~~for the measures of Article 36(a)(i) to (v) and (b)(iv) and (v) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005, Member States may continue to undertake new legal commitments to beneficiaries in 2014~~Member States may continue to undertake new legal commitments to beneficiaries in 2014, in relation to the measures referred to in Articles 20, 36, 52 and 63 of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005, pursuant to the rural development programmes adopted on the basis of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 even after the financial resources of the 2007-2013 programming period have been used up, until the adoption of the respective rural development programme for the 2014- 2020 programming period, or until the end of 2014. The expenditure incurred on the basis of these commitments shall be eligible in accordance with Article 3 of this Regulation.

2013/09/10
Committee: AGRI

2013/0117(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2

2. The condition ofset out in the second indent of Article 14(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 shall not apply to new legal commitments undertaken by Member States under Article 36(a)(i) and (ii) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 in 2014.

2013/09/10
Committee: AGRI

2013/0117(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

1. By way of derogation from Article 7(1) of Regulation (EU) No […...] [RD], expenditure relating to legal commitments to beneficiaries, undertaken under the measures ~~of Article 36(a)(i) to (v) and (b)(iv) and (v) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 and of Article 36(b)(i) and (iii) of that Regulation in relation to the annual premium~~referred to in Articles 20, 36, 52 and 63 of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005, shall be eligible for an EAFRD contribution in the 2014-2020 programming period in the following cases:

2013/09/10
Committee: AGRI

2013/0117(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b

(b) for payments to be made after 31 December 2015 for all commitments undertaken pursuant to Article 36.

2013/09/10
Committee: AGRI

2013/0087(COD)

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Britta REIMERS, Elisabeth JEGGLE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4

(4) The mechanism of the financial discipline~~, together with the modulation,~~ was introduced with the 2003 CAP reform. ~~Both~~This instruments provideds for a linear reduction of the amount of direct payments to be granted to farmers. Taking into account the implications of the unequal distribution of direct payments between small and large beneficiaries, modulation has been applied to amounts in excess of EUR 5000 in order to achieve a more balanced distribution of payments. In respect of calendar year 2013, the adjustment of direct payments referred to in Article 10(a) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 continues to provide for the same exemption as the modulation. The financial discipline should be applied in a similar way to also contribute to achieving the objective of a more balanced distribution of payments; therefore, it is appropriate to provide for the application of the adjustment rate only for amounts in excess of EUR 5000, which means an equal treatment of all farmers and Member States.

2013/05/03
Committee: AGRI

2013/0087(COD)

Reimer BÖGE, Albert DESS, Monika HOHLMEIER, Peter JAHR, Britta REIMERS, Dominique RIQUET

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4

(4) The mechanism of the financial discipline~~, together with the modulation,~~ was introduced with the 2003 CAP reform. ~~Both~~That instruments provideds for a linear reduction of the amount of direct payments to be granted to farmers. Taking into account the implications of the unequal distribution of direct payments between small and large beneficiaries, modulation has been applied to amounts in excess of EUR 5000 in order to achieve a more balanced distribution of payments. In respect of calendar year 2013, the adjustment of direct payments referred to in Article 10(a) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 continues to provide for the same exemption as the modulation. The financial discipline should be applied in a similar way to also contribute to achieving the objective of a more balanced distribution of payments; therefore, it is appropriate to provide for the application of the adjustment rate only for amounts in excess of EUR 5000, which means equal treatment for all farmers and Member States.

2013/04/30
Committee: BUDG

2013/0087(COD)

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Britta REIMERS, Elisabeth JEGGLE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1

1. The amounts of direct payments within the meaning of Article 2(d) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 to be granted to a farmer ~~in excess of EUR 5000~~ for an aid application submitted in respect of calendar year 2013 shall be reduced by ~~4.981759~~[XXX] %.

2013/05/03
Committee: AGRI

2013/0087(COD)

Reimer BÖGE, Albert DESS, Monika HOHLMEIER, Peter JAHR, Britta REIMERS, Dominique RIQUET

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1

1. The amounts of direct payments within the meaning of Article 2(d) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 to be granted to a farmer ~~in excess of EUR 5000~~ for an aid application submitted in respect of calendar year 2013 shall be reduced by ~~4.981759~~[xxx] %.

2013/04/30
Committee: BUDG

2013/0087(COD)

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Britta REIMERS, Elisabeth JEGGLE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. In the event of a non-agreement on the Multiannual Financial Framework 2014-2020, no financial discipline for the 2014 financial year shall apply, as the total amount shall be calculated on the basis of the 2013 budget figures plus 2% inflation.

2013/05/03
Committee: AGRI

2013/0063(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 40, to update and further specify existing marketing standards referred to in Article 55 of Regulation (EU) No.../... [COM(2011)626 final] .

2013/06/12
Committee: AGRI

2012/2259(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Underlines the ~~importanc~~economically significant role that renewable energy should have in Europe'’s energy supply and supports the promotion of renewables as part of the EU'’s climate- change strategy;

2013/01/30
Committee: AGRI

2012/2259(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Points to the importance of gradually fac~~hiev~~ilitating a European energy market for renewables ~~that would allow~~in which alternative energy sources ~~to become competitive on a sustainable basis~~can compete;

2013/01/30
Committee: AGRI

2012/2259(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses, however, the ~~challenges~~ problems involved in promoting and achieving sustainable use of renewables in line with climate, re~~newable energy and biodiversity~~source efficiency, biodiversity and the EU’s Horizon 2020 targets, as well as with site- specific environmental requirements;

2013/01/30
Committee: AGRI

2012/2259(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Emphasises that energy policy should not promote the production and use of renewable resources to the detriment of social, economic and environmental sustainability;

2013/01/30
Committee: AGRI

2012/2259(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the EU to guarantee that the promotion of renewable resources in the production and use of energy will not jeopardise food security or, high-quality sustainable food production or agricultural competitiveness;

2013/01/30
Committee: AGRI

2012/2259(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Acknowledges that a great challenge facing agriculture is to identify ~~effective mitigation measures~~measures to promote resource efficiency that do not have a negative impact on agricultural productivity, or that even have a positive one;

2013/01/30
Committee: AGRI

2012/2259(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the EU to ensure that energy measures to develop alternative fuels are not directly or indirectly incompatible with World Trade Organisation (WTO) commitments and do not expose the EU to acts of retaliation or limit agricultural diversity;

2013/01/30
Committee: AGRI

2012/2259(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10

10. Acknowledges the importance of ~~promoting and encouraging~~ the development of on-farm sources of alternative energy~~, especially on a small scale, and of disseminating the relevant methods to farmers and consumers alike~~;

2013/01/30
Committee: AGRI

2012/2043(INI)

Marit PAULSEN, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Bill NEWTON DUNN, Jill EVANS, Bas EICKHOUT, Patrick LE HYARIC, Liam AYLWARD, Britta REIMERS, Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI

Motion for a resolution
Citation 21 a (new)

- having regard to the Commission Communication on Options for animal welfare labelling and the establishment of a European Network of Reference Centres for the protection and welfare of animals, COM(2009)584;

2012/04/04
Committee: AGRI

2012/2043(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Recalls that Article 13 of the Treaty is of general application and as such is equally as important as the environment or consumer protection; stresses that, consequently, the EU’s strategy on animal welfare must include initiatives and actions to promote the welfare of all animals in all policy areas, in particular environment, climate change, competition and trade policy;

2012/05/03
Committee: ENVI

2012/2043(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Welcomes the inclusion of a European Animal Welfare Framework Law in the Strategy; reiterates that such a Framework Law should be based on up-to-date validated science and should cover all animals, whether domesticated or stray, as well as invasive alien species, and fish; further welcomes acknowledgement of the need for the general public to be more effectively informed about animal welfare;

2012/05/03
Committee: ENVI

2012/2043(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Urges the Commission, where there is clear scientific evidence demonstrating animal welfare problems, to adapt or introduce new policy instruments to resolve these problems, factoring in a better share-out of animal welfare costs along the food chain, including the cases of dairy cattle, farmed fish and live animal transport;

2012/05/03
Committee: ENVI

2012/2043(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Urges the Commission, where there is clear scientific evidence demonstrating animal welfare problems, to adapt or introduce new policy instruments to resolve these problems, including the cases of dairy cattle, farmed fish and live animal transport, as well as animal welfare costs;

2012/05/03
Committee: ENVI

2012/2043(INI)

Marit PAULSEN, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Patrick LE HYARIC, Liam AYLWARD, Britta REIMERS, Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI

Draft opinion
Indent 1

– revision of Regulation 1/2005; and a genuine move towards simplifying the applicable statutory provisions and reducing administrative costs, leading to greater flexibility for economic operators;

2012/05/03
Committee: ENVI

2012/2043(INI)

Marit PAULSEN, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Jill EVANS, Bas EICKHOUT, Patrick LE HYARIC, Liam AYLWARD, George LYON, Britta REIMERS, Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Deplores that the Strategy has not received the financial backing which the Parliament requested in its resolution of 5 May 2010; Calls on the Commission to increase this backing by reprioritising and by ensureing a better integration of animal welfare in other EU policy areas, such as consumer policy, research programmes, and the CAP, as appropriate;

2012/04/04
Committee: AGRI

2012/2043(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Underlines that farmers today face multiple challenges, such as climate change, and have to meet numerous requirements, of which a good animal welfare is but one; Calls therefore on the Commission to ensure proper policy coherence in accordance with Article 7 of the Treaty of the Functioning of the EU;

2012/04/04
Committee: AGRI

2012/2043(INI)

Marit PAULSEN, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Jill EVANS, Bas EICKHOUT, Patrick LE HYARIC, Liam AYLWARD, Britta REIMERS, Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Regrets that the Strategy fails to reflect the link between the wellbeing and health of animals and public health; Calls on the Commission to apply the ‘One Health’ principle to ~~its~~this Strategy and ensure an efficient coordination with the Animal Health Strategy, as good animal husbandry helps to prevent the spread of diseases and antimicrobial resistance; Calls on the Commission to pay proper attention to the health risks posed by wild animals;

2012/04/04
Committee: AGRI

2012/2043(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Urges the Commission to undertake a careful examination of the impact on animal health, human health and the environment of current unsustainable methods of livestock production, and to ensure that the planned synergies with the CAP included in the Strategy result in greater support for sustainable production systems with improved animal welfare, thus helping prevent the spread of diseases and antimicrobial resistance; recommends drawing on practical experience;

2012/05/03
Committee: ENVI

2012/2043(INI)

Marit PAULSEN, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Bill NEWTON DUNN, Patrick LE HYARIC, Sylvie GOULARD, George LYON, Britta REIMERS, Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Considers that one specific field in need of better enforcement is animal transport, which, although corresponds to only a very limited length of time in the life of an animal, needs to be improved in the light of the scientific data gathered by EFSA as required by Regulation (EC) No 1/2005;

2012/04/04
Committee: AGRI

2012/2043(INI)

Marit PAULSEN, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Bill NEWTON DUNN, Patrick LE HYARIC, Liam AYLWARD, Britta REIMERS, Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Stresses that the Commission, and in particular the Food and Veterinary Office, must be given ~~increased resource~~sufficient powers to adequately control animal welfare inspections carried out by the Member States and to address breaches; Calls on the Member States to ensure that there are sufficient animal welfare inspectors who are adequately trained;

2012/04/04
Committee: AGRI

2012/2043(INI)

Marit PAULSEN, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Jill EVANS, Bas EICKHOUT, Patrick LE HYARIC, George LYON, Britta REIMERS, Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, Liam AYLWARD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Emphasises the importance of information and education being adapted and made available at regional and local level, by e.g. regional workshops and the use of modern technology, and that information concerning new legislation and scientific advances reach all animal handlers; Recalls the role which could be played by an EU coordinated network of animal welfare centres in this regard;

2012/04/04
Committee: AGRI

2012/2043(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Recalls that the Parliament considers that such a Framework Law should not prevent producers from introducing voluntary systems which go beyond EU rules, and believes that those systems should also be science based and could be promoted by certified labels;

2012/04/04
Committee: AGRI

2012/2043(INI)

Marit PAULSEN, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Jill EVANS, Bas EICKHOUT, Patrick LE HYARIC, Liam AYLWARD, Britta REIMERS, Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 – point d

d. a certificate or other proof of competence ~~for any unqualified~~, when needed, while recognising skills and knowledge already acquired through practical experience or from theoretical education, for any person handling animals in the course of their professional duties, along with adequate training requirements for specific animal welfare responsibilities ~~when needed~~, and a system for pre-testing permits for the construction or reconstruction of animal premises;

2012/04/04
Committee: AGRI

2012/2043(INI)

Marit PAULSEN, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Britta REIMERS, Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU, Liam AYLWARD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 – point e

e) an obligation for Member States to submit to the Commission ~~yearly~~biennial reports on the implementation of EU animal welfare legislation, including a roadmap for the following two years, and the requirement for the Commission to publish, without delay, these reports together with an executive summary;

2012/04/04
Committee: AGRI

2012/2043(INI)

Marit PAULSEN, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Jill EVANS, Bas EICKHOUT, Patrick LE HYARIC, Sylvie GOULARD, Liam AYLWARD, George LYON, Britta REIMERS, Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 – point f

f. effective timely actions against those Member States who do not submit reports or do not fulfil their obligations to carry out controls and inspections;

2012/04/04
Committee: AGRI

2012/2041(INI)

Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 1 – point a (new)

(a) Underlines that the action plan should cover all animals under the EU animal welfare strategy, including for instance companion animals and animals used for sports, and emphasise the logical connection between animal health and the use of antimicrobials, as well as the link between animal health and human health;

2012/09/20
Committee: AGRI

2012/2041(INI)

Elisabeth JEGGLE, Britta REIMERS, Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU

Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls for the introduction of reliable approaches in order to effect a significant decrease in resistance when rearing animals; particular attention should be paid to the rearing of young animals, which often come from different breeders and are exposed to a risk of infection when brought together;

2012/09/20
Committee: AGRI

2012/2041(INI)

Marit PAULSEN, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Britta REIMERS, Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU

Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 3

~~3. Proposes to promote sustainable livestock systems which reduce dependency on costly and unsustainable high-risk inputs;~~deleted

2012/09/20
Committee: AGRI

2012/2041(INI)

Elisabeth JEGGLE, Britta REIMERS, Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU

Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 5

~~5. Proposes phasing out systematic prophylaxis, metaphylaxis and the sub- therapeutic use of antimicrobials;~~deleted

2012/09/20
Committee: AGRI

2012/2041(INI)

Elisabeth JEGGLE, Britta REIMERS, Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU

Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Points out that the use of antimicrobials in sub-therapeutic levels is prohibited in the EU;

2012/09/20
Committee: AGRI

2012/2041(INI)

Elisabeth JEGGLE, Britta REIMERS, Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU

Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Calls on the Commission to ensure implementation of the ban, adopted in 2006, on antimicrobials being used as growth promoters in the Member States;

2012/09/20
Committee: AGRI

2012/2041(INI)

Elisabeth JEGGLE, Britta REIMERS, Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU

Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 5 c (new)

5c. Is of the view that the main objective of farmers should be to implement suitable rearing methods in order to keep their cattle healthy and productive and to safeguard their wellbeing; stresses, however, that the proper use of antibiotics in animal husbandry is necessary in order to ensure animal wellbeing;

2012/09/20
Committee: AGRI

2012/2041(INI)

Elisabeth JEGGLE, Britta REIMERS, Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU

Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 5 d (new)

5d. Points out that antimicrobial resistance in animals differs between different species and different forms of animal husbandry;

2012/09/20
Committee: AGRI

2012/2041(INI)

Marit PAULSEN, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Britta REIMERS, Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU

Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 8

~~8. Calls for a statutory management requirement on prudent use of antimicrobials to be developed and included in cross-compliance;~~deleted

2012/09/20
Committee: AGRI

2012/2041(INI)

Elisabeth JEGGLE, Britta REIMERS, Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU

Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 9

~~9. Proposes a target of halving antimicrobial use in animal treatment in the EU by 2018, compared to 2012 figures;~~deleted

2012/09/20
Committee: AGRI

2012/2041(INI)

Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 10

10. Proposes that the action point on monitoring should be strengthened by establishing a database on antimicrobial use, to be run by the appropriate competent authorities; notes that farmers are already obliged, under phytosanitary rules, to record antimicrobial applications in on-farm registers; that data can be entered electronically by farmers or by veterinarians; the raw data would be used by the competent authorities and would not be available to third parties, and collated data would be available at Member State and EU levels for monitoring purposes.deleted

2012/09/20
Committee: AGRI

2012/2041(INI)

Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Calls on the Commission to oblige the Member States to monitor the use of antibiotics in animal husbandry more efficiently and in an integrated way through the use of databases; points out that registering the use of antibiotics on farms is obligatory;

2012/09/20
Committee: AGRI

2012/2041(INI)

Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 10 b (new)

10b. Calls for separate monitoring and control by the Member States of resistance in the case of livestock, domestic animals, racing animals, etc., without giving rise to additional financial or administrative burdens for farmers, breeders or vets;

2012/09/20
Committee: AGRI

2012/2041(INI)

Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 10 c (new)

10c. Calls on the Commission to ensure that individual Member States have a fast, efficient diagnostic system; the correct use of antibiotics must be guaranteed by the opportunity to obtain precise bacteriological results quickly;

2012/09/20
Committee: AGRI

2012/2041(INI)

Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 10 d (new)

10d. Is of the view that data gathered on the use of antibiotics should be made accessible only to experts, the relevant authorities and the decision-makers concerned;

2012/09/20
Committee: AGRI

2012/2031(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the transport of animals is necessary for economic reasons, whilst at the same time giving rise to an increase in the financial costs of animal production, which are borne on the one hand by farmers and breeders, and on the other hand by consumers;deleted

2012/06/05
Committee: AGRI

2012/2031(INI)

Britta REIMERS, Peter JAHR, Liam AYLWARD

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the transport of meat and other animal products ismight under certain conditions be technically easier and financially more rational than the transport of live animals;

2012/06/05
Committee: AGRI

2012/2031(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas animal slaughter and meat processing at the closest possible proximity to the breeding location ~~is important for the~~can help stimulati~~on of~~ng rural areas and their sustainable development, it should be recognised that there is not always a variety of appropriate slaughterhouses available in sufficient proximity;

2012/06/05
Committee: AGRI

2012/2031(INI)

Britta REIMERS, Peter JAHR, George LYON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Believes that in relation to the weak and ineffectual system of monitoring compliance with the conditions of animal transport in Member States it seems expedient to consider the creation, in Member States, of specialised monitoring institutes that would monitor compliance with provisions governing the protection and welfare of animals, including conditions for the transport of animals;deleted

2012/06/05
Committee: AGRI

2012/2031(INI)

Britta REIMERS, Sylvie GOULARD, Peter JAHR, Liam AYLWARD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that applicable legislation regarding animal transport is uniformly enforced throughout the Union. In that respect, sufficient national and regional controls are an important ingredient to avoid distortion of competition among the EU producers.

2012/06/05
Committee: AGRI

2012/2031(INI)

Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, Pilar AYUSO, María Auxiliadora CORREA ZAMORA, Luis de GRANDES PASCUAL, Maria do Céu PATRÃO NEVES, Giovanni LA VIA, George LYON, Marit PAULSEN, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ, Marco SCURRIA, Britta REIMERS, Liam AYLWARD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Points out that during the 2005-2009 reporting period the number of animals transported increased significantly: cattle by 8 %, pigs by 70 %, sheep by 3 %, and only with horses was there a decrease of 17 %. The aim set out in Recital 5 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005, namely that ‘for reasons of animal welfare the transport of animals over long journeys, including animals for slaughter, should be limited to the greatest extent possible’ has therefore not been achieved;deleted

2012/06/05
Committee: AGRI

2012/2031(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Insists on a reconsideration of the issue of limiting the transport time of animals destined for slaughter to eight hours, with some exceptions based on geographic conditions, and the option of longer transport of some animal species confirmed by scientific research results, proviAcknowledges Written Declaration 49/2011 of the European Parliament supporting an eight-hour limit for animals to be slaughtered, but recognises that such a demand is not scientifically based; considers that animal welfare during transport to a large extent depends on proper vehicle facilities and on the good handling of animals, as documented in the EFSA opinion of December 2010; nevertheless, asks the European Commission and the Member States to lay down guidelines for best practices to improve the correct implementation of Regulation (EC) N° 1/2005 and to reinforce control mechanisms in ordedr t~~hat the rules on~~o guarantee animal welfare; a~~re complied with;~~ sks Member States to introduce adequate and proportionate sanctions on the infringements to the Regulation;

2012/06/05
Committee: AGRI

2012/2031(INI)

Marit PAULSEN, Britta REIMERS, Sylvie GOULARD, Liam AYLWARD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10 a. Believes that animal welfare legislation, as a matter of principle, should be based on science; Calls therefore on the Commission to update the animal transport rules with regards to the gaps between legislation and the latest scientific evidence as identified by EFSA

2012/06/05
Committee: AGRI

2012/2016(BUD)

George LYON, Marit PAULSEN, Britta REIMERS, Sylvie GOULARD, Vincenzo IOVINE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Notes th~~at there is an~~e Commission’s proposed increase of 5.4% in payment appropriations for rural development, with further payments under the European Economic Recovery Plan also expected in 2013; urges the Commission to monitor the correct implementation of rural development projects with a view to guaranteeing the legitimacy of EU spending and ensure that funds are targeted at economic growth and job creation in rural areas; calls on the Commission to verify with Member States that their estimated demands for a 5.4% increase in payments are accurate and realistic;

2012/05/11
Committee: AGRI

2012/2016(BUD)

George LYON, Britta REIMERS, Vincenzo IOVINE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Notes that the ~~increa~~proposed in ~~market-related expenditure and~~crease in direct aids is mainly ~~a result of~~due to the ongoing phasing-in of direct payments in the EU-12 Member States, creating an additional budgetary requirement of EUR 860 million in 2013, while expenditure on market interventions ~~has~~is expected to decreased, owing to higher assigned revenue and the favourable market situation for most sectors;

2012/05/11
Committee: AGRI

2012/2016(BUD)

George LYON, Britta REIMERS, Vincenzo IOVINE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Voices its concern about the continuing problems in the fruit and vegetable sector owing to adverse weather conditions, and notes that this sector has already faced severe problems in certain Member States since 2011 as a result of the handling of the EHEC outbreak; points out the important role that promotion measures can play in improving the sector’s health; notes in this respect that the Commission already proposes to increase overall expenditure on promotion measures by EUR 3.63 million in commitments and EUR 4.02 million in payments in 2013 and calls on the Commission to explain what these extra funds are to be used for;

2012/05/11
Committee: AGRI

2012/0337(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – paragraph 19

19. Protecting, conserving and enhancing the EU’s natural capital therefore also requires tackling problems at source through, inter alia, better integration of natural capital objectives into other policies, ensuring that policies are coherent and deliver co-benefits. The greening elements set out in the Commission’s reform proposals, notably for EU agriculture, fisheries and cohesion policy, backed by the proposals for greening the EU budget under the Multi-Annual Financial Framework 2014-2020 (MFF) are designed to support these objectives. For instance, aquatic ecosystems in rural areas should benefit from the linking of farm payments to compliance with ~~relevant requirements of the WFD as set out in the Commission's proposals for the reform~~objective and measurable criteria of the ~~CAP~~WFD. Greening of the CAP will also promote the environmentally beneficial agricultural practices of crop diversification, the protection of permanent grassland, and the establishment and maintenance of ecologically valuable farmland and forest areas. An essential element in this sustainable agriculture is farming in a spirit of responsibility for future generations which at the same time makes sparing use of resources and is productive.

2013/03/06
Committee: AGRI

2012/0337(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Farming in the Union has for decades contributed to the conservation of habitats and to diverse cultural landscapes. In recent decades, European agriculture and forestry have achieved considerable improvements in the case of all elements of the environment and all agriculturally relevant immissions of substances, in some cases by organising production efficiently.

2013/03/06
Committee: AGRI

2012/0337(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – paragraph 22

22. The degradation, fragmentation and unsustainable use of land in the EU is jeopardising the provision of several key ecosystem services, threatening biodiversity and increasing Europe’s vulnerability to climate change and natural disasters. It is also driving soil degradation. More than 25% of the EU's territory is affected by soil erosion by water, which compromises soil functions and affects the quality of freshwater. Soil contamination and sealing are also persistent problems. More than half a million sites across the EU are thought to be contaminated and until they are identified and assessed, they continue to pose potentially serious environmental and health risks. Every year more than 1 000 km² of land are taken for housing, industry, transport or recreational purposes. These long-term changes are difficult or costly to reverse, and nearly always involve trade-offs between various social, economic and environmental needs. Member States' planning decisions relating to land use should be made more sustainable. In order to tackle the serious problem of soil sealing, Member States should be required to take steps to reduce the area of land used and to preserve agricultural land areas for the production of food, feed and renewable raw materials.

2013/03/06
Committee: AGRI

2012/0337(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – paragraph 23

23. To reduce the most significant man- made pressures on land, soil and other ecosystems in Europe, action will be taken at national level to ensure that decisions relating to land use at all relevant levels give proper consideration to environmental as well as social and economic impacts. The Rio+20 Summit outcome called for a 'land degradation neutral world'. ~~The EU and Member States should reflect on how best to make such a commitment operational within their respective competencies as well as to address soil quality issues~~Such a commitment could best be honoured within the Member States. In view of the subsidiarity principle, soil quality issues can best be addressed within a binding legal frameworks at the level of the Member States. Targets will also be set for sustainable land use and soil.

2013/03/06
Committee: AGRI

2012/0337(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – paragraph 24

24. Although nitrogen and phosphorus inputs to the EU environment have decreased considerably over the past 20 years, ~~excessive~~substantial nutrient releases continue to affect air and water quality and to have a negative impact on ecosystems, causing significant problems for human health. In particular, ammonia release from ~~inefficient~~ natural processes (fertiliser management and ~~inadequate~~ waste water treatment ~~urgently~~) needs to be tackled to achieve further significant reductions in nutrient releases. Further efforts to manage the nutrient cycle in a more cost-effective and resource- efficient way, and to improve efficiency in use of fertilisers are also required. This calls for improving the implementation of EU environmental legislation to address these challenges, ~~tighten~~adjusting standards where necessary and addressing the nutrient cycle as part of a more holistic approach which interlinks and integrates existing EU policies that play a role in tackling excessive nutrient releases and eutrophication.

2013/03/06
Committee: AGRI

2012/0337(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – paragraph 26 – subparagraph 1 – point e

(e) Land is managed sustainably in the EU, soil is adequately protected in Member States and the remediation of contaminated sites by the Member States is well underway.

2013/03/06
Committee: AGRI

2012/0337(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – paragraph 26 – subparagraph 1 – point g a (new)

(ga) Pollination is maintained at a high level, measures are taken to support and foster bee health and – where necessary – measures are taken to ensure that the use of plant protection products which have been shown by a scientific risk assessment to have an adverse impact on bee populations is accompanied by the implementation of risk reduction measures.

2013/03/06
Committee: AGRI

2012/0337(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – paragraph 26 – subparagraph 2 – point e

(e) Increasing efforts at national level to reduce soil erosion and increase soil organic matter, to remediate contaminated sites and to enhance the integration of land use aspects into coordinated decision- making involving all relevant levels of government, supported by the adoption of targets on soil and on land as a resource, and land planning objectives; increasing efforts at national level to reduce the area of land used and to preserve agricultural land areas for the production of food, feed and renewable raw materials.

2013/03/06
Committee: AGRI

2012/0337(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – paragraph 30

30. Fully implementing the EU Climate and Energy Package is essential to reach the milestones identified for 2020 and for building a competitive, low-carbon economy by 2050. Whereas the EU is currently on track to reduce domestic GHG emissions 20% below 1990 levels by 2020, meeting the 20% energy efficiency target will require far more rapid efficiency improvements. This is also important in the light of still-growing demand for ~~energy and the on-going debate on conflicts between land use for food and for bio-~~ energy. The new Energy Efficiency Directive is expected to make a significant contribution in this regard.

2013/03/06
Committee: AGRI

2012/0337(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – paragraph 32

32. Industry's uptake of the best available techniques under the Industrial Emissions Directive will deliver improved resource use patterns and reduced emissions for over 50 000 major industrial installations in the EU, thus making a significant contribution to stimulating the development of innovative techniques, greening the economy and reducing costs for industry in the longer term. At the same time the creation of short supply chains and local markets for agricultural products can significantly reduce CO2 emissions from the transport of food. Short supply routes provide more fresh and healthy food.

2013/03/06
Committee: AGRI

2012/0337(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – paragraph 35

35. To set a framework for action to improve resource efficiency aspects beyond GHG emissions and energy, targets for reducing the overall environmental impact of consumption will be set, in particular in the food, housing and mobility sectors. Taken together, these are responsible for almost 80% of the environmental impacts of consumption. The Rio+20 outcome recognised the need to significantly reduce post-harvest and other food losses and waste throughout the food supply chain. This may be achieved by improving the value attached to food and by means of regional marketing and improving logistics, transport, stocking and packaging. All parties throughout the food chain, particularly traders and consumers, have a role to play. This also includes targeted consumer education and information.

2013/03/06
Committee: AGRI

2012/0337(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – paragraph 41 – subparagraph 2 – point c

(c) Giving impetus to the public and private research and innovation efforts required for rolling out innovative technologies, systems and business models which will speed up and lower the cost of transition to a low-carbon, resource- efficient economy and which will help to substantially reduce food waste throughout the food chain.

2013/03/06
Committee: AGRI

2012/0337(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – paragraph 62

62. In addition to helping Member States improve compliance, the Commission will continue to do its part to ensure that legislation is proportionate, fit for purpose and reflects the latest science. As a general rule, legal obligations which are sufficiently clear and precise will be enshrined in Regulations, which have direct and measurable effects and lead to fewer inconsistencies in implementation. The Commission will step up its use of communication, scoreboards and other means of publicly tracking Member States' progress in implementing specific pieces of legislation and of ensuring that the public are informed about positive trends in environmental protection.

2013/03/06
Committee: AGRI

2012/0337(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – paragraph 63 – subparagraph 2 – point e a (new)

(ea) Cooperative strategies are developed among the various protagonists in environmental protection and nature conservation and more ample communication concerning tried and tested practices is developed.

2013/03/06
Committee: AGRI

2012/0337(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – paragraph 63 – subparagraph 2 – point e b (new)

(eb) Regular assessments of existing law are performed, to ensure that environmental legislation measures are proportionate, feasible and well targeted.

2013/03/06
Committee: AGRI

2012/0337(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – paragraph 71 – subparagraph 2 – point c a (new)

(ca) Communication and dissemination of positive developments and trends in environmental protection take place.

2013/03/06
Committee: AGRI

2012/0337(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – paragraph 85

85. This programme includes a number of priority objectives designed to further enhance integration. In its proposals for the CAP, CFP, Trans-European Networks (TENs) and Cohesion policy reforms, the Commission has included measures to further support environmental integration and sustainability. For this programme to succeed, these policies should even further contribute towards meeting environment- related targets and objectives. Similarly, efforts primarily intended to achieve environmental improvements should be designed to deliver co-benefits for other policies wherever possible. For instance, efforts to restore ecosystems can be targeted to benefit habitats and species and to sequester carbon dioxide, while improving the delivery of ecosystem services vital for many economic sectors, such as pollination or water purification for agriculture, and creating green jobs.

2013/03/06
Committee: AGRI

2012/0337(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – paragraph 86 – subparagraph 2 – point a

(a) further integrating environmental and climate- related conditionalities and incentives in policy initiatives, including reviews and reforms of existing policy, as well as new initiatives, at EU and Member State level;

2013/03/06
Committee: AGRI

2012/0337(COD)

Christa KLASS, Britta REIMERS, Esther DE LANGE

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – paragraph 89 a (new)

89a. The Union's food security policy should be based on sustainable agriculture and fair trade. Climate change is bringing pressure to bear on natural resources, particularly as sufficient quantities of food need to be provided for a growing world population with altered patterns of consumption. Imports of protein from third countries where the standard of environmental protection is inadequate could be reduced by promoting the cultivation of protein crops in the Union. In addition, the Union has an obligation to demand, bilaterally and multilaterally, adequate regulatory environmental protection measures in the regions concerned, from which such risks emanate.

2013/03/06
Committee: AGRI

2012/0337(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 19

19. Protecting, conserving and enhancing the EU’s natural capital therefore also requires tackling problems at source through, inter alia, better integration of natural capital objectives into other policies, ensuring that policies are coherent and deliver co-benefits. The greening elements set out in the Commission’s reform proposals, notably for EU agriculture, fisheries and cohesion policy, backed by the proposals for greening the EU budget under the Multi-Annual Financial Framework 2014-2020 (MFF) are designed to support these objectives. For instance, aquatic ecosystems in rural areas should benefit from the linking of farm payments to compliance with ~~relevant requirements of the WFD as set out in the Commission's proposals for the reform of~~objective and measurable criteria laid down in the ~~CAP~~WFD. Greening of the CAP will also promote the environmentally beneficial agricultural practices of crop diversification, the protection of permanent grassland, and the establishment and maintenance of ecologically valuable farmland and forest areas. A key component of sustainable agriculture is resource-efficient and productive land use consistent with the interests of future generations.

2013/03/27
Committee: ENVI

2012/0337(COD)

Christa KLASS, Britta REIMERS, Esther DE LANGE

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 22

22. The degradation, fragmentation and unsustainable use of land in the EU is jeopardising the provision of several key ecosystem services, threatening biodiversity and increasing Europe’s vulnerability to climate change and natural disasters. It is also driving soil degradation. More than 25% of the EU's territory is affected by soil erosion by water, which compromises soil functions and affects the quality of freshwater. Soil contamination and sealing are also persistent problems. More than half a million sites across the EU are thought to be contaminated and until they are identified and assessed, they continue to pose potentially serious environmental and health risks. Every year more than 1 000 km² of land are taken for housing, industry, transport or recreational purposes. These long-term changes are difficult or costly to reverse, and nearly always involve trade-offs between various social, economic and environmental needs. Member States' planning decisions relating to land use should be made more sustainable. With a view to addressing the serious problem of the sealing of the soil, the EU Member States should be required to take steps to reduce the area of land which has been built on and to safeguard agricultural land used to produce food, feedingstuffs and renewable raw materials.

2013/03/27
Committee: ENVI

2012/0337(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 23

23. To reduce the most significant man- made pressures on land, soil and other ecosystems in Europe, action will be taken at national level to ensure that decisions relating to land use at all relevant levels give proper consideration to environmental as well as social and economic impacts. The Rio+20 Summit outcome called for a 'land degradation neutral world'. ~~The EU and Member States should reflect on how best to make such a commitment operational~~Such a commitment could best be met at national level. In keeping within the~~ir respective competencies as well as to address soil quality issues~~ subsidiarity principle, soil quality issues can best be addressed within a binding legal framework42s at national level. Targets will also be set for sustainable land use and soil.

2013/03/27
Committee: ENVI

2012/0337(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 26 – subparagraph 1 – point e

(e) Land is managed sustainably in the EU, soil in the Member States is adequately protected and the remediation of contaminated sites by the Member States is well underway.

2013/03/27
Committee: ENVI

2012/0337(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 26 – subparagraph 2 – point e

(e) Increasing efforts at national level to reduce soil erosion and increase soil organic matter, to remediate contaminated sites and to enhance the integration of land use aspects into coordinated decision- making involving all relevant levels of government, supported by the adoption of targets on soil and on land as a resource, and land planning objectives. Increasing efforts at national level to reduce land use and maintain agricultural land for the production of feed and food and renewable raw materials.

2013/03/27
Committee: ENVI

2012/0337(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 30

30. Fully implementing the EU Climate and Energy Package is essential to reach the milestones identified for 2020 and for building a competitive, low-carbon economy by 2050. Whereas the EU is currently on track to reduce domestic GHG emissions 20 % below 1990 levels by 2020, meeting the 20 % energy efficiency target will require far more rapid efficiency improvements. This is also important in the light of still-growing demand for ~~energy and the on-going debate on conflicts between land use for food and for bio-~~ energy. The new Energy Efficiency Directive is expected to make a significant contribution in this regard.

2013/03/27
Committee: ENVI

2012/0337(COD)

Albert DESS, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Herbert DORFMANN, Britta REIMERS

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 41 – subparagraph 2 - point c

(c) Giving impetus to the public and private research and innovation efforts required for rolling out innovative technologies, systems and business models which will speed up and lower the cost of transition to a low-carbon, resource- efficient economy and contribute to a substantial reduction in food waste throughout the food chain.

2013/03/27
Committee: ENVI

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Holger KRAHMER, Erik BÁNKI, Horst SCHNELLHARDT, Britta REIMERS, Sophie AUCONIE, Richard SEEBER

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 8

4. Before a decision to grant or refuse development consent is taken, the competent authority shall verify whether the information in the environmental report referred to in Article 5(1) is up to date, in particular concerning the measures envisaged to prevent, reduce and, where possible, offset any significant adverse effects."deleted

2013/05/29
Committee: ENVI

2012/0297(COD)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Holger KRAHMER, Erik BÁNKI, Horst SCHNELLHARDT, Britta REIMERS, Sophie AUCONIE, Esther DE LANGE, Richard SEEBER

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 11

Directive 2011/92/EU
Articles 12 a and 12b

~~(11) The following Articles 12a and12b are inserted: "Article 12a The Commission shall be empowered to adopt~~ delegated acts, in accordance with Article 12b, concerning the selection criteria listed in Annex III and the information referred to in Annexes II.A and IV, in order to adapt them to scientific and technical progress. Article 12b (1) The power to adopt delegated acts is conferred on the Commission subject to the condition laid down in this Article. (2) The delegation of power referred to in Article 12a shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of time from the [OPOCE please introduce date of the entry into force of this Directive]. (3) The delegation of power referred to in Article 12a may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A revocation decision shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force. (4) As soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the Council. (5) A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 12a shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or by the Council within a period of two months of the notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or the Council."

2013/05/29
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 1 – subpoint a

Directive 98/70/CE
Article 7a – paragraph 6

(a) the following paragraph 6 is inserted: 6. Fuel suppliers shall by 31 March each year report to the authority designated by the Member State, the biofuel production pathways, volumes, and the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions per unit of energy, including the estimated indirect land-use change emissions set out in Annex V Member States shall report these data to the Commission.’deleted

2013/05/14
Committee: AGRI

2012/0288(COD)

Albert DESS, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Herbert DORFMANN, Britta REIMERS

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 2 – subpoint b

Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

(b) in paragraph 1, the following second subparagraph is added: 'For the purpose of compliance with target referred to in the first subparagraph, the maximum joint contribution from biofuels and bioliquids produced from cereal and other starch rich crops, sugars and oil crops shall be no more than the energy quantity corresponding to the maximum contribution as set out in Article 3(4)d.'deleted

2013/05/14
Committee: AGRI

2012/0288(COD)

Albert DESS, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Herbert DORFMANN, Britta REIMERS

Proposal for a directive
Recital 5

(5) Based on forecasts of biofuel demand provided by the Member States and estimates of indirect land-use change emissions for different biofuel feedstocks it is likely that greenhouse gas emissions linked to indirect land use change are significant, and could negate some or all of the greenhouse gas savings of individual biofuels. This is because almost the entire biofuel production in 2020 is expected to come from crops grown on land that could be used to satisfy food and feed markets. In order to reduce such emissions, it is appropriate to distinguish between crop groups such as oil crops, cereals, sugars and other starch containing crops accordingly.deleted

2013/05/31
Committee: ENVI

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 2 – subpoint c

Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 4

(c) paragraph 4 is amended as follows: (i) in point (b), the following phrase is added: "This indent shall be without prejudice to Articles 17(1)a and 3(4)d;" (ii) the following point (d) is added: (d) for the calculation of biofuels in the numerator, the share of energy from biofuels produced from cereal and other starch rich crops, sugars and oil crops shall be no more than 5%, the estimated share at the end of 2011, of the final consumption of energy in transport in 2020. (iii) the following point (e) is added: The contribution made by: (i) biofuels produced from feedstocks listed in Part A of Annex IX shall be considered to be four times their energy content; (ii) biofuels produced from feedstocks listed in Part B of Annex IX shall be considered to be twice their energy content; (iii) renewable liquid and gaseous fuels of non-biological origin shall be considered to be four times their energy content.deleted

2013/05/14
Committee: AGRI

2012/0288(COD)

Albert DESS, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Herbert DORFMANN, Britta REIMERS

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 2 – subpoint c – point -i new and point i

(c) paragraph 4 is amended as follows: (-i) The first sentence is replaced by the following: Each Member State shall ensure that the share of energy from renewable sources in all forms of transport in 2020 is at least 10 % of the final consumption of energy in transport in that Member State, (i) in point (b), the following phrase is added: "This indent shall be without prejudice to Articles 17(1)a and 3(4)d;" (ii) the following point (d) is added: (d) for the calculation of biofuels in the numerator, (i) the share of energy from biofuels produced from ~~cereal and other starch rich crops, sugars and oil crops shall be no more than 5%, the estimated share at the end of 2011,~~feedstock listed in Annex IX shall be at least 2% of the final consumption of energy in transport in 2020, and (ii) the share of energy from biofuels produced from food crops shall be at least 8% of the final consumption of energy ~~in transport in 2020~~.

2013/05/14
Committee: AGRI

Albert DESS, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Herbert DORFMANN, Britta REIMERS

Proposal for a directive
Recital 9

(9) To prepare for the transition towards advanced biofuels and minimise the overall indirect land use change impacts in the period to 2020, it is appropriate to limit the amount of biofuels and bioliquids obtained from food crops as set out in part A of Annex VIII to Directive 2009/28/EC and part A of Annex V to Directive 98/70/EC that can be counted towards targets set out in Directive 2009/28/EC. Without restricting the overall use of such biofuels, the share of biofuels and bioliquids produced from cereal and other starch rich crops, sugar and oil crops that can be counted towards the targets of Directive 2009/28/EC should be limited to the share of such biofuels and bioliquids consumed in 2011.deleted

2013/05/31
Committee: ENVI

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 1

Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex V – part C

(1) Annex V, part C is amended as follows: (a) point 7 is replaced by the following: ‘7. Annualised emissions from carbon stock changes caused by land-use change, el, shall be calculated by dividing total emissions equally over 20 years. For the calculation of these emissions the following rule shall be applied: el = (CSR – CSA) × 3,664 × 1/20 × 1/P, where el = annualised greenhouse gas emissions from carbon stock change due to land-use change (measured as mass (grams) of CO2-equivalent per unit biofuel energy (megajoules)); CSR = the carbon stock per unit area associated with the reference land use (measured as mass (tonnes) of carbon per unit area, including both soil and vegetation). The reference land-use shall be the land-use in January 2008 or 20 years before the raw material was obtained, whichever was the later; CSA = the carbon stock per unit area associated with the actual land-use (measured as mass (tonnes) of carbon per unit area, including both soil and vegetation). In cases where the carbon stock accumulates over more than one year, the value attributed to CSA shall be the estimated stock per unit area after 20 years or when the crop reaches maturity, whichever the earlier; and P = the productivity of the crop (measured as biofuel or bioliquid energy per unit area per year).’ (b) points 8 and 9 are deleted.

2013/05/14
Committee: AGRI

2012/0288(COD)

Albert DESS, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Herbert DORFMANN, Britta REIMERS

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 2

Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex VIII

~~(2) The following Annex VIII is added: 'Annex VIII~~deleted

2013/05/14
Committee: AGRI

2012/0288(COD)

Albert DESS, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Herbert DORFMANN, Britta REIMERS

Proposal for a directive
Annex III – point 3

Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex IX – Part A – Title

Feedstocks ~~whose~~ contributiong towards the 2% target referred to in Article 3 (4) ~~shall be considered to be four times their energy content~~d (i) are as followed.

2013/05/14
Committee: AGRI

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 10

(10) The 5% limit set up in Article 3(4)d does not affect the Member States' freedom to arrange their own trajectory as to compliance with this prescribed share of conventional biofuels within the overall 10% target. As a consequence, the access to the market of the biofuels produced by the installations in operation before the end of 2013 remains fully open. Therefore this amending directive does not affect the legitimate expectations of the operators of such installations.deleted

2013/05/31
Committee: ENVI

2012/0288(COD)

Albert DESS, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Herbert DORFMANN, Britta REIMERS

Proposal for a directive
Recital 11

(11) The estimated indirect land-use change emissions should be included in the reporting of greenhouse gas emissions from biofuels under Directives 98/70/EC and 2009/28/EC. Biofuels made from feedstocks that do not lead to additional demand for land, such as those from waste feedstocks, should be assigned a zero emissions factor. .deleted

2013/05/31
Committee: ENVI

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex III – point 3

Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex IX – Part B

~~Part B. Feedstocks whose contribution towards the target referred to in Article 3(4) shall be considered to be twice their energy content~~deleted

2013/05/14
Committee: AGRI

Holger KRAHMER, Theodoros SKYLAKAKIS, Britta REIMERS

Proposal for a decision
Recital 2

(2) For the purposes of legal certainty and market predictability, it should be clarified that, in order to ensure an orderly functioning of the market, the Commission ~~is able in exceptional circumstances to~~should not adapt the auction timetable pursuant to Article 10(4) of Directive 2003/87/EC.

2013/06/14
Committee: ENVI

2012/0202(COD)

Holger KRAHMER, Theodoros SKYLAKAKIS, Britta REIMERS

(2a) The given emission reduction aims for 2020 will be reached at any price – even at EUR 0 per certificate – due to the limited number of allowances representing the overall cap of the emissions trading system.

2013/06/14
Committee: ENVI

2012/0202(COD)

Holger KRAHMER, Theodoros SKYLAKAKIS, Britta REIMERS

Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1

Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1

The Commission shall~~, where appropriate,~~ not adapt the timetable for each period ~~so as to ensure an orderly functioning of the market~~.

2013/06/14
Committee: ENVI

2012/0042(COD)

Christa KLASS, Britta REIMERS, Holger KRAHMER, Anja WEISGERBER

Proposal for a decision
Recital 2

(2) Article 9 of Decision No 406/2009/EC requires the Commission to assess modalities to include greenhouse gas emissions and removals resulting from activities related to land use, land use change and forestry into the Union's greenhouse gas emission reduction commitment, whilst ensuring the permanence and environmental integrity of the contribution of the sector, and providing for accurate monitoring and accounting of the relevant emissions and removals. This Decision should, therefore, as a first step, set out accounting rules applicable to greenhouse gas emissions and removals from the LULUCF sector. To ensure the preservation and enhancement of carbon stocks in the interim, it should also provide for Member States to adopt LULUCF Action Plans setting out measures to limit or reduce emissions, and to maintain or increase removals, from the LULUCF sector.

2012/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2012/0042(COD)

Christa KLASS, Britta REIMERS, Holger KRAHMER, Anja WEISGERBER

Proposal for a decision
Recital 3

(3) The 17th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC, meeting in Durban in December 2011, adopted Decision 2- /CMP.7 of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (‘'Decision 2-/CMP.7’)') and Decision 16/CMP.1. That decision set out rules for accounting for the LULUCF sector as of a second commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol. This Decision should be ~~in line~~consistent with that decision to ensure an appropriate level of coherence between the Union's internal rules and methodologies agreed within the UNFCCC to avoid any duplication of national reporting. This Decision should also reflect the particularities of the Union LULUCF sector.

2012/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2012/0042(COD)

Christa KLASS, Holger KRAHMER, Britta REIMERS, Anja WEISGERBER

Proposal for a decision
Recital 3 a (new)

(3a) In addition to the opportunities directly linked to forestry and agriculture, there are potential mitigation benefits in the related industries (e.g. pulp and paper, wood processing) and renewable energy sectors if agricultural land and forests are managed for the production of timber and energy. Whilst carbon is stored in trees and in other plants and soils, it can also be stored for several decades in products (e.g. construction wood). Industry and consumer oriented policies can make an important contribution to increasing the long term use and recycling of wood and/or the production of pulp, paper and wood products, thereby replacing more emission-intensive equivalents (e.g. concrete, steel, plastics made from fossil fuels). In fact, the bio-based industry can make use of crops grown for material substitution (e.g. hemp and grass for insulation instead of glass fibre, straw for furniture production, car door panels made from flax or sisal plants, bio- plastics) or for energy (e.g. using biomass instead of fossil fuels). Studies show that for each tonne of carbon in wood products substituted for non-wood products an average greenhouse gas emission reduction of approximately two tonnes of carbon can be expected.

2012/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2012/0042(COD)

Christa KLASS, Britta REIMERS, Holger KRAHMER, Anja WEISGERBER

Proposal for a decision
Recital 4

(4) The ~~LULUCF accounting rul~~accounts for the LULUCF activities should reflect efforts made in the agriculture and forestry sectors to enhance the contribution of changes made to the use of land resources to the reduction of emissions. This Decision should provide for account~~ing rul~~s for the LULUCF activities applicable on a mandatory basis to the forestry activities of afforestation, reforestation, deforestation and forest management~~, and~~. It should also provide for accounts applicable on a voluntary basis to the agricultural activities of grazing land management and cropland management~~. It should also provide for accounting rules applicable on a voluntary basis~~, to revegetation ~~and~~, wetland drainage and rewetting activities.

2012/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2012/0042(COD)

Christa KLASS, Britta REIMERS, Holger KRAHMER, Anja WEISGERBER

Proposal for a decision
Recital 5

(5) To ensure the environmental integrity of the LULUCF account~~ing rule~~s applicable to the Union LULUCF sector, these rules should be based on the accounting principles laid down in Decision -2/CMP.7, and Decision 16/CMP.1 of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol.

2012/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2012/0042(COD)

Christa KLASS, Holger KRAHMER, Britta REIMERS, Anja WEISGERBER

Proposal for a decision
Recital 6

(6) The LULUCF account~~ing rule~~s should accurately represent human-induced changes in emissions and removals. In that regard, this Decision should provide for the use of specific methodologies in respect of different LULUCF activities. Emissions and removals related to afforestation, reforestation and deforestation are the direct result of human intervention and should therefore be accounted for in their entirety. However, given that not all emissions and removals from forest management are anthropogenic, the relevant accounting rules should provide for the use of reference levels to exclude the effects of natural and country-specific characteristics. Reference levels constitute estimates of the annual net emissions or removals resulting from forest management within the territory of a Member State for the years included in an accounting period, and should be set transparently in accordance with Decision - /CMP.7. They should be updated to reflect improvements to methodologies or data available in the Member States. The accounting rules should provide for an upper limit applicable to net greenhouse gas emissions and removals for forest management that may be entered into accounts, given underlying uncertainties in the projections on which the reference levels are based.

2012/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2012/0042(COD)

Christa KLASS, Holger KRAHMER, Britta REIMERS, Anja WEISGERBER

Proposal for a decision
Recital 6 a (new)

(6a) The accounting rules should appropriately reflect the positive contribution of greenhouse gas storage in wood and wood-based products and should contribute to greater use of forests as a resource, within a framework of sustainable forest management, and to increased use of wood products.

2012/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2012/0042(COD)

Christa KLASS, Holger KRAHMER, Britta REIMERS, Anja WEISGERBER

Proposal for a decision
Recital 7

(7) The accounting rules for forest management should ensure that Member States accurately reflect in accounts the time emissions of greenhouse gasses from harvested wood take place, to provide incentives for the use of harvested wood products with long life cycles. The first- order decay function applicable to emissions resulting from harvested wood products should therefore correspond to equation 12.1 of the 2006 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (‘'IPCC’') Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories, and the relevant default half-life values should be based on Table 3a.1.3 of the 2003 IPCC Good Practice Guidance for Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry.

2012/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2012/0042(COD)

Christa KLASS, Britta REIMERS, Holger KRAHMER, Anja WEISGERBER

Proposal for a decision
Recital 8

(8) Since inter-annual fluctuations in greenhouse gas emissions and removals resulting from agricultural activities are ~~much~~ smaller than those related to forestry activities, Member States ~~should~~that account for greenhouse gas emissions and removals from cropland and grazing land management activities should do so relative to its base year in accordance with their reviewed initial report on base year emission data as submitted to the UNFCCC pursuant to Decision 13/CMP.1 of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (‘'Decision 13/CMP.1’').

2012/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2012/0042(COD)

Christa KLASS, Holger KRAHMER, Britta REIMERS, Anja WEISGERBER

Proposal for a decision
Recital 10

(10) Reporting rules on greenhouse gas emissions and other information relevant to climate change, including information on the LULUCF sector, fall within the scope of Regulation (EU) No ~~…/…~~.../... [Commission proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a mechanism for monitoring and reporting Union greenhouse gas emissions and for reporting other information at national and Union level relevant to climate change (COM/2011/0789 final — 2011/0372 (COD)], and ~~are not the~~should be considered by Member States when monitoring and refporeting, although they do not fall within the scope of this Decision.

2012/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2012/0042(COD)

Christa KLASS, Holger KRAHMER, Britta REIMERS, Anja WEISGERBER

Proposal for a decision
Recital 12

(12) Member State LULUCF Action Plans should set out measures to limit or reduce emissions and to maintain or increase removals from the LULUCF sector. Each LULUCF Action Plan should contain certain information as specified in this Decision. Moreover, to promote best practice, an indicative list of measures that may also be included in those plans should be set out in Annex to this Decision. The Commission should periodically evaluate the content and implementation of Member States‘ LULUCF Action Plans and, where appropriate, provide recommendations to enhance Member State action.deleted

2012/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2012/0042(COD)

Christa KLASS, Holger KRAHMER, Britta REIMERS, Anja WEISGERBER

Proposal for a decision
Recital 13

(13) The power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission to update the definitions laid down in Article 2 in the light of changes to definitions adopted by the bodies of the UNFCCC or the Kyoto Protocol or other multilateral agreement ~~relevant to climate change concluded by the Union, to amend Annex I to add accounting periods and ensure consistency between those accounting periods and~~s arising in the arelevant periods applicable to Union emission reduction commitments in other sectors, to amend Annex II with updated reference levels in accordance with the proposed reference levels submitted by Member States pursuant to Article 6 subject to corrections made in accordance with this Decisa of climate change concluded by the Union, to revise the information specified in Annex III in accordance with scientific progress and to revise the conditions relating to the accounting rules for natural disturbances laid down in Article 9(2) ~~in the light of scientific progress or to reflect revision~~to reflect minor changes to acts adopted by the UNFCCC or Kyoto Protocol bodies. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level. The Commission, when preparing and drawing-up delegated acts, should ensure a simultaneous, timely and appropriate transmission of relevant documents to the European Parliament and Council.

2012/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2012/0042(COD)

Christa KLASS, Holger KRAHMER, Britta REIMERS, Anja WEISGERBER

Proposal for a decision
Article 1

This Decision sets out accounting rules applicable to emissions and removals resulting from land use, land use change and forestry activities. ~~It also provides for Member State LULUCF Action Plans to limit or reduce emissions and to maintain or increase removals, and for the evaluation of those plans by the Commission.~~

2012/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2012/0042(COD)

Christa KLASS, Holger KRAHMER, Britta REIMERS, Anja WEISGERBER

Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point q

(q) ‘'forest’' is ~~an area of land of at least 0.5 hectare,~~land with tree crown cover (or an equivalent stocking level) of ~~at least~~more than 10 per cent ~~of the area, covered with trees with the potential~~and area of more than 0.5 hectare. The trees should be able to reach a minimum height of ~~at least~~ 5 metres at maturity at in situ. A forest may consist eitheir ~~place of growth, including gr~~of closed forest formations where trees of varioups of growing young natural trees, or a plantation that has yet to reach a tree crown cover or equivalent stocking level of at least 10 per cent of the area or tree height of at least 5 metres, including any area thatstoreys and undergrowth cover a high proportion of the ground, or of open forest formations with a continuous vegetation cover in which tree crown cover exceeds 10 percent. Young natural stands and all plantations established for forestry purposes which have yet to reach a crown density of 10 percent or tree height of 5 m are included, as are areas normally formsing part of the forest area ~~but on which there~~which are temporarily ~~no trees~~unstocked as a result of human intervention~~, such as harvesting, or as a result of natural causes, but which area can be expected to revert to for~~ or natural causes but which are expected to revert to forest. 'Forest' includes: forest nurseries and seed orchards that constitute an integral part of the forest; forest roads, cleared tracts, firebreaks and other small open areas within the forest; forest in national parks, nature reserves and other protected areas such as those of special environmental, scientific, historical, cultural or spiritual interest; windbreaks and shelterbelts of trees with an area of more than 0.5 hectare and a width of more than 20 metres, rubberwood plantations and cork oak stands. 'Forest' excludes land predominantly used for agricultural practicest;

2012/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2012/0042(COD)

Christa KLASS, Holger KRAHMER, Britta REIMERS, Anja WEISGERBER

Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 2

2. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 12 to amend the definitions in paragraph 1 of this Article ~~for the purpose of updating~~to ensure consistency between those definitions ~~in the light of~~and any changes to relevant definitions adopted by the bodies of the UNFCCC or the Kyoto Protocol within the framework of the UNFCCC, or other multilateral agreement relevant to climate change concluded by the Union.

2012/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2012/0042(COD)

Christa KLASS, Holger KRAHMER, Britta REIMERS, Anja WEISGERBER

Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e

~~(e) cropland management;~~deleted

2012/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2012/0042(COD)

Christa KLASS, Holger KRAHMER, Britta REIMERS, Anja WEISGERBER

Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point f

~~(f) grazing land management.~~deleted

2012/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2012/0042(COD)

Christa KLASS, Holger KRAHMER, Britta REIMERS, Anja WEISGERBER

Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

Member States may also draw up and maintain accounts that accurately reflect emissions and removals resulting from cropland management, grazing land management, revegetation, and wetland drainage and rewetting.

2012/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2012/0042(COD)

Christa KLASS, Holger KRAHMER, Britta REIMERS, Anja WEISGERBER

Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – title

~~General accounting rul~~Accounts of LULUCF activities

2012/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2012/0042(COD)

Christa KLASS, Holger KRAHMER, Britta REIMERS, Anja WEISGERBER

Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 7

7. ~~The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 12 to amend Annex I~~Any amendment to the obligation to draw up and maintain LULUCF accounts set out in this Article, including changes to ~~add~~the accounting periods a~~nd to ensure consistency between those accounting periods and the relevant periods applicable to Union emission reduction commitments in other sectors~~s set out in Annex I, shall be adopted in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure.

2012/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2012/0042(COD)

Christa KLASS, Holger KRAHMER, Britta REIMERS, Anja WEISGERBER

Proposal for a decision
Article 6 – paragraph 9

~~9. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt~~ delegated ~~acts in accordance with Article 12 to update the reference levels in Annex II as necessary.~~

2012/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2012/0042(COD)

Christa KLASS, Holger KRAHMER, Britta REIMERS, Anja WEISGERBER

Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a

(a) pulp and paper;

2012/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2012/0042(COD)

Christa KLASS, Holger KRAHMER, Britta REIMERS, Anja WEISGERBER

Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)

(ca) wood for energy production.

2012/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2012/0042(COD)

Christa KLASS, Holger KRAHMER, Britta REIMERS, Anja WEISGERBER

Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 4

4. Where Member States reflect in their accounts emissions resulting from harvested wood products that were harvested for energy purposes, they shall ~~do so also on the basis of the instantaneous oxidation method~~take into account in their calculations the replacement of fossil fuels with adequate national half-life values.

2012/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2012/0042(COD)

Christa KLASS, Holger KRAHMER, Britta REIMERS, Anja WEISGERBER

Proposal for a decision
Article 8 – title

~~Accounting rule~~Maintaining accounts for cropland management, grazing land management, revegetation, and wetland drainage and rewetting

2012/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2012/0042(COD)

Christa KLASS, Holger KRAHMER, Britta REIMERS, Anja WEISGERBER

Proposal for a decision
Article 8 – paragraph 1

1. ~~In accounts relating to cropland management and grazing land management, Member States shall~~Where a Member State elects to draw up and maintain accounts for categories referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 3(1), it shall, without prejudice to any future decision on accounting rules at international level, reflect emissions and removals resulting from such activities, calculated as emissions and removals in each accounting period specified in Annex I, minus the value obtained by multiplying the number of years in that accounting period by a Member State's emissions and removals resulting from such activities in its base year, as submitted to the UNFCCC in that Member State's reviewed initial report on base year emission data pursuant to the Annex of Decision 13/CMP.1.

2012/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2012/0042(COD)

Christa KLASS, Britta REIMERS, Holger KRAHMER, Anja WEISGERBER

Proposal for a decision
Article 9 – paragraph 5

5. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 12 to revise the conditions referred to in the first subparagraph of paragraph 2 ~~in the light of scientific progress or to reflect revision~~to reflect minor changes to acts adopted by UNFCCC or Kyoto Protocol bodies.

2012/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2012/0042(COD)

Christa KLASS, Britta REIMERS, Holger KRAHMER, Anja WEISGERBER

Proposal for a decision
Article 10

Article deleted

2012/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2012/0042(COD)

Christa KLASS, Britta REIMERS, Holger KRAHMER, Anja WEISGERBER

Proposal for a decision
Article 11 – paragraph 1

The Commission shall review the accounting rules in this Decision at the latest within a year of the end of the first accounting period specified in Annex I. in the light of international negotiations and the UNFCCC.

2012/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2012/0042(COD)

Christa KLASS, Britta REIMERS, Holger KRAHMER, Anja WEISGERBER

Proposal for a decision
Annex III – "Default half-life values (HL)" – line 1

2 years for paper and energy-producing wood

2012/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2012/0042(COD)

Christa KLASS, Britta REIMERS, Holger KRAHMER, Anja WEISGERBER

Proposal for a decision
Annex IV

Annex deleted

2012/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2011/2307(INI)

Peter JAHR, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Astrid LULLING, Albert DESS, Herbert DORFMANN, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Britta REIMERS, Hans-Peter MAYER, Christa KLASS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Welcomes the new EU biodiversity strategy and notes the Commission recommendations for CAP reform, including clearly formulated measures under both the first and second pillars seeking to conserve and improve biodiversity; stresses in this connection the particular role played by farming, which has already made a great contribution to preserving the diversity of species and biotopes and will also make a crucial contribution to the success of the European biodiversity strategy;

2012/02/08
Committee: AGRI

2011/2307(INI)

Peter JAHR, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Astrid LULLING, Albert DESS, Herbert DORFMANN, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Britta REIMERS, Hans-Peter MAYER, Christa KLASS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Is convinced that the so-called 'greening' of the CAP should be implemented efficiently and unbureaucratically, without leading to discrimination against existing agri- environmental measures; calls, with regard to the necessary reduction in the administrative burden, for, inter alia, all CAP payments to continue to be underpinned by robust cross-compliance rules after 2014, which should be both transparent and as easy as possible to implement and monitor;

2012/02/08
Committee: AGRI

2011/2307(INI)

Peter JAHR, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Astrid LULLING, Albert DESS, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Britta REIMERS, Herbert DORFMANN, Hans-Peter MAYER, Christa KLASS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Stresses that only functioning, sustainable, broad-based and productive agriculture is in a position to provide the additional services demanded by society in the form of public assets; is therefore in favour of an approach that balances and integrates the introduction of additional environmental protection measures and the key role of the CAP in safeguarding efficient production;

2012/02/08
Committee: AGRI

2011/2307(INI)

Peter JAHR, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Astrid LULLING, Albert DESS, Herbert DORFMANN, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Britta REIMERS, Hans-Peter MAYER, Christa KLASS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2c. Recalls the key role played by the CAP in guaranteeing a secure supply of high- quality and affordable food for consumers; points out in this connection that the Commission proposal for the mandatory across-the-board designation of 7% of farmland as environmental focus areas is considered to be inappropriate and impracticable, particularly where these areas would no longer be available to produce food in productive regions;

2012/02/08
Committee: AGRI

2011/2307(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Welcomes and supports the EU biodiversity strategy to 2020, including its targets and actions; considers, nevertheless, that some actions should be ~~strengthen~~evaluated;

2012/02/01
Committee: ENVI

2011/2307(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Considers it necessary to strike a balance between European biodiversity strategy and rural development projects within the Member States so as to ensure the conservation of biodiversity and sustainable development in rural and urban areas;

2012/02/08
Committee: AGRI

2011/2307(INI)

Elisabeth JEGGLE, Hans-Peter MAYER, Esther DE LANGE, Christa KLASS, Albert DESS, Britta REIMERS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Points out that the diversity of species and biotopes now seen as meriting protection can be attributed to the way in which land has been used for farming and forestry in Europe in the past, which should therefore be continued as part of a sustainable land-use strategy; points out in this connection that differing conditions such as climate, soil and the availability of water are found mainly at a local and regional level, and that regional conditions should therefore be taken into account and correspondingly differentiated possibilities for use should be found;

2012/02/08
Committee: AGRI

2011/2307(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses the need to organise biodiversity awareness and information campaigns for all ages and social categories; takes the view that education and professional training, particularly in farming, forestry and related sectors, should be concentrated more on the protection of biodiversity.

2012/02/08
Committee: AGRI

2011/2307(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Recalling that over half of Europe's territory is managed by farmers and that funding for the common agricultural policy (CAP) represents the largest single part of the EU budget, stresses that the CAP is an absolutely crucial tool for biodiversity; ~~calls, therefore, for a strong reorientation of the CAP towards the delivery of public goods~~points out that in 1992 an initial impetus was given to integrating protection of biodiversity into the CAP, and that subsequently the 2003 reform has introduced measures such as cross compliance, the single farm payment (decoupling) and rural development which have benefits for biodiversity;

2012/02/01
Committee: ENVI

2011/2307(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls for the greening of Pillar I in order to make income support for farmers legitimate by ensuring the conservation of biodiversity in the wider farmed landscape, improving connectivity and adapting to the effects of climate change ; welcomes the Commission's CAP reform proposal that provides for a ‘'greening’' of the CAP through the allocation ~~of 30 %~~ of Pillar I payments to a package of worthwhile, basic good practices applied at farm level~~, which should include~~; takes the view, however, that such a package of good practises can include 'greening' measures other than crop rotation ~~and~~ diversification, permanent pasture and a minimum ~~‘ecological focus area’; takes the view, however, that the minimum ‘ecological focus area’ should be 10 % of farmland, not the 7 %~~'ecological focus area' proposed by the Commission;

2012/02/14
Committee: ENVI

2011/2307(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. With a view to ensuring adequate financing of the Natura 2000 network, calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that at least €5.8 billion per year is provided through EU and Member State funding; calls, further, on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that adequate funding is made available through the CAP funds, the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, the cohesion funds and the LIFE+ fund;

2012/02/14
Committee: ENVI

2011/2297(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)

- having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market,

2012/05/04
Committee: ENVI

2011/2297(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)

- having regard to Directive No 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 establishing a framework for Community action to achieve the sustainable use of pesticides,

2012/05/04
Committee: ENVI

2011/2297(INI)

Christa KLASS, Holger KRAHMER, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 c (new)

- having regard to Regulation (EC) No …/…/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing on the market and use of biocidal products,

2012/05/04
Committee: ENVI

2011/2297(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas Europe is abstracting only around 13% of its total available freshwater, but water resources are very unevenly distributed across European regions;

2012/05/04
Committee: ENVI

2011/2297(INI)

Christa KLASS, Holger KRAHMER, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Underlines that~~, while~~ the major focus should be on the implementation of current legislation~~, specific gaps exist that need to be filled by new legislation~~ in the water sector and that consideration should be given to the importance of voluntary cooperation between the various operators and other affected parties for sustainable water management;

2012/05/04
Committee: ENVI

2011/2297(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Urges the Commission to take determined action to bring Member States’ infringements of EU law in the field of water to an end; calls at the same time for further assistance, for example through comprehensive guidelines and effective instruments, to be developed and made available to foster capacity-building, ensure a level playing field and assist the Member States in achieving better compliance at future stages of implementation of EU water policy, in order to deliver on water policy commitments;

2012/05/04
Committee: ENVI

2011/2297(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Emphasises the nexus between energy production, energy efficiency and water security; points out that additional efforts need to be made at European level to ensure that the growing demand for energy does not jeopardise water security; stresses that water use should be taken into account when assessing the sustainability of ~~traditional as well as low-carbon~~existing and future energy sources, including ~~in particular biofuels~~bioenergy;

2012/05/04
Committee: ENVI

2011/2297(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Emphasises that the rate of groundwater recharge under agricultural and forestry land is very high and that farmers and foresters already have particular responsibility in maintaining the purity of high quality groundwater; the efforts by farmers to date to improve groundwater quality must be recognised;

2012/05/04
Committee: ENVI

2011/2297(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 e (new)

6e. Also notes that, with regard to the future challenges to food security and climatic changes, sufficient water resources must be available for agriculture;

2012/05/04
Committee: ENVI

2011/2297(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Underlines that an environmentally- and economically-sound water sanitation and wastewater management policy should tackle pollution at the source before passing all pollutants to a costly end-of- pipe treatment; encourages the use of wastewater and by-products of end-of-pipe treatment as a new resource on the basis of stringent quality requirements;

2012/05/04
Committee: ENVI

2011/2297(INI)

Christa KLASS, Holger KRAHMER, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls for EU water legislation to be updated — as appropriate — to properly take into account technological advances for the reuse and recycling of water, to allow a cost- and energy-efficient reuse of treated wastewater for irrigation, as well as the reuse of greywater in households; calls for measures for proper monitoring of the chemical and biological quality of reclaimed water;

2012/05/04
Committee: ENVI

2011/2297(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Notes that water is at the core of most ecosystem services and stresses the importance of proper water management in reaching biodiversity targets; encourages reforestation and wetland restoration measures in the management of water resources — where appropriate; calls for better alignment of the objectives of the WFD with Natura 2000;

2012/05/04
Committee: ENVI

2011/2297(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Recognises that the EU policy framework has allowed the collection of less fragmented data on water as well as better monitoring; notes, however, the lack of reliable data on water quantity, for instance on abstraction and leakage; calls on the Commission, in cooperation with the European Environment Agency, to develop ~~a new set of reliable~~ indicators for water accounts; underlines that the knowledge base should integrate the concept of ‘environmental flows’ and take into account the ecosystem services supported by water;

2012/05/04
Committee: ENVI

2011/2297(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls on the Commission, the Member States and other relevant stakeholders to support the European Innovation Partnership on Water as an effective instrument to concentrate efforts on world- leading research and innovation and remove the barriers that prevent the quick transfer to the market and establishment of knowledge, best available techniques and technological breakthroughs ~~to the market~~;

2012/05/04
Committee: ENVI

2011/2297(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Stresses the need for better consistency and better integration of water-related objectives into the legislation at the EU, national and regional levels; calls for a ~~full~~n evaluation of the effects on water resources to be taken into account in the design of various joint EU policies (such as the common agricultural policy ~~and~~or cohesion policy frameworks), in order to achieve a thematic concentration of available financing on water issues and to mainstream the issue of water into all policy areas;

2012/05/04
Committee: ENVI

2011/2297(INI)

Marit PAULSEN, Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY, Britta REIMERS, Antonyia PARVANOVA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure the application of the ‘polluter pays’ ~~and ‘user pays’ principles~~principle, as set down in the Water Framework Directive, by means of transparent pricing schemes that aim at ~~full~~ cost recovery; underlines, however, that social issues should be taken into account when setting water tariffs for personal use and for commercial purposes; stresses that water pricing should reflect the environmental impact of wastewater treatment and calls on the Commission to ensure appropriate financing of wastewater treatment plants;

2012/05/04
Committee: ENVI

2011/2175(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Calls on the European Commission to ensure that the issue of food efficiency receives as much attention and awareness-raising as the issue of energy efficiency, since they are equally important for the environment and our future;

2011/10/21
Committee: ENVI

2011/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas high volatility in agricultural commodity and farm input prices ~~has~~may increased insecurity in farm income and in long-term investments by farmers;

2011/10/18
Committee: AGRI

2011/2114(INI)

George LYON, Marit PAULSEN, Marian HARKIN, Vincenzo IOVINE, Sylvie GOULARD, Britta REIMERS, Liam AYLWARD

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

B a. Whereas higher food prices do not automatically translate into higher farm incomes, mainly due to the speed at which farm input costs increase and the growing divergence between producer and consumer prices;

2011/10/18
Committee: AGRI

2011/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas increased costs for leased land and land prices also strongly influence the viability of farming and young entrants in farming and should be included in reflections on possible cuts in input costs; whereas this situation should be improved, especially for young farmers ~~and if needed through better regulation~~;

2011/10/18
Committee: AGRI

2011/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas the market concentration of farm input suppliers is very high, with six companies controlling nearly 75 % of the agrochemicals market and three companies controlling over 45 % of the seeds market; whereas this concentration contributes to maintaining high seed prices ~~and has a substantial negative impact on crop diversity~~;

2011/10/18
Committee: AGRI

2011/2114(INI)

George LYON, Marit PAULSEN, Sylvie GOULARD, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas certified and patented seeds and royalties for use of these seeds represent ~~the m~~one of the factors which can explain increase in seed costs for farmers;

2011/10/18
Committee: AGRI

2011/2114(INI)

George LYON, Marit PAULSEN, Marian HARKIN, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Recital N

N. whereas crop rotation shcould be included in ‘greening’ measures as part of CAP reform where local conditions allow and with regard to its significant contribution to climate change mitigation and the potential for reducing the use of synthetic fertilisers and pesticides;

2011/10/18
Committee: AGRI

2011/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital O

O. whereas production of leguminous protein crops in the EU as well as improved grass-fed production systems wcould reduce the EU’s protein deficit and its dependence on feed imports ~~and would have major economic benefits for farmers~~;

2011/10/18
Committee: AGRI

2011/2114(INI)

George LYON, Marit PAULSEN, Marian HARKIN, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Recital Q

Q. whereas farm saved seeds, when allowed by EU Regulation /EC) No 2100/94 on Community plant variety rights, can offer significant economic and environmental benefits, including cost reductions for farmers and less commodity dependence, thereby responding to specific agronomic conditions in farms; whereas improved infrastructure in this field can significantly reduce animal feed and seed production costs in the long term;

2011/10/18
Committee: AGRI

2011/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Calls on the Commission to include in its work programme a revision of legislation to improve the transparency of ~~on-farm input prices and~~ the price margins of industries upstream of farming;

2011/10/18
Committee: AGRI

2011/2114(INI)

George LYON, Marit PAULSEN, Marian HARKIN, Vincenzo IOVINE, Sylvie GOULARD, Britta REIMERS, Liam AYLWARD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Asks for greater scrutiny and better analysis to be given at EU and global level to the economic fundamentals which explain rising food prices, predominantly interactions between supply and demand fluctuations, as well as increasing interactions between the price movements of energy, inputs, and food commodities;

2011/10/18
Committee: AGRI

2011/2114(INI)

George LYON, Marit PAULSEN, Marian HARKIN, Vincenzo IOVINE, Sylvie GOULARD, Britta REIMERS, Liam AYLWARD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Asks the Commission to refine its analysis on the reasons behind extreme market fluctuations and seek greater clarity on the interactions between speculation and agricultural markets, as well as energy markets and food commodities prices; stresses that this should be part of the efforts to better regulate, increase transparency and the quality of information on financial markets at global and EU level, including in the upcoming review of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) and the Market Abuse Directive (MAD);

2011/10/18
Committee: AGRI

2011/2114(INI)

George LYON, Marit PAULSEN, Marian HARKIN, Sylvie GOULARD, Britta REIMERS, Liam AYLWARD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Stresses in particular the need for a European Food Prices Monitoring Tool which w~~Welcomes the European Food Prices Monitoring Tool set up by Eurostat and the setting up of the High Level Forum for a better functioning of the food supply chain, which must include the input sector operating upstream and should deliver better transparency on input price development and ~~allow~~contribute to improved farm-gate prices ~~to be linked to production costs~~; Insists that regular reporting of progress made and concrete proposals should be transmitted to and discussed with the European Parliament;

2011/10/18
Committee: AGRI

2011/2114(INI)

George LYON, Marit PAULSEN, Marian HARKIN, Sylvie GOULARD, Britta REIMERS, Liam AYLWARD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Considers that primary producers cannot fully benefit from increased output prices as they are being 'squeezed' between, on the one side, low farm-gate prices due to the strong positions of processors and retailers, and high input prices due to increased concentration of input companies on the other side;

2011/10/18
Committee: AGRI

2011/2114(INI)

George LYON, Marit PAULSEN, Marian HARKIN, Sylvie GOULARD, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on national and European competition authorities to address robustly the abuses of dominant position of agribusiness traders and input companies, ~~and to consider proposals for anti-trust legislation~~in particular in the fertilizers sector where farmers face tremendous difficulties to forward-buy essential fertilizers for their production; European competition authorities should therefore consider launching a full sector inquiry to challenge all potential anti-competitive practices applied by fertilizers and crop protection products companies so as to ensure a freely operating input market;

2011/10/18
Committee: AGRI

2011/2114(INI)

George LYON, Marit PAULSEN, Marian HARKIN, Sylvie GOULARD, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Considers that efficient measures for on-farm and local energy saving and management should be made available throughout the EU ~~via rural development programmes and should become~~by creating new incentives and targeted support mechanisms at the heart of the CAP reform, including as part of farm extension services;

2011/10/18
Committee: AGRI

2011/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls on the Commission to analyse energy costs in the various existing farm systems and the associated input providers, processing industry and distribution systems, taking into account energy efficiency and use of sustainable energy sources to respond to the new challenges~~, and the necessary rebalancing of crop and animal production~~;

2011/10/18
Committee: AGRI

2011/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Repeats its call to include (non- mandatory) crop rotation and crop diversity in an EU-wide list of ‘greening’ measures to be rewarded within the CAP, given the positive effect the former have on climate change mitigation, soil and water quality and farmers’ finances ~~(with significantly reduced use of fertilisers, soil improvers, plant protection products and pesticides which will reduce input costs for farmers)~~;

2011/10/18
Committee: AGRI

2011/2114(INI)

George LYON, Marit PAULSEN, Marian HARKIN, Sylvie GOULARD, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15 a. Insists that, as part of the reform of the CAP, an EU-wide list of 'greening' measures should primarily reward increased resource efficiency, nutrient management including precision farming techniques for a competitive and less input intensive and fossil-fuel dependent EU agriculture;

2011/10/18
Committee: AGRI

2011/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Repeats its calls for the Commission to ~~swiftly~~ submit to Parliament and the Council a report on the possibilities and options for increasing domestic protein crop production in the EU ~~by means of new policy instruments~~, thereby reducing the EU’s dependence on protein imports and the external input of mineral fertilisers and pesticides, and examining the potential effect of these options on farmers’ revenues;

2011/10/18
Committee: AGRI

2011/2114(INI)

George LYON, Marit PAULSEN, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Stresses again the need to introduce in the new CAP suitable measures and instruments to support those farmers cultivating protein crops ~~in crop rotation systems, thereb~~, thereby potentially reducing the EU’s crop protein deficit and price volatility, while also improving agricultural practices~~, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving disease control~~ and soil fertility;

2011/10/18
Committee: AGRI

2011/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support ~~efforts to maintain~~ the use of farm saved seed in EU farming ~~in view of its significant~~only in cases where there are no intellectual property rights attached to the seeds used, in view of the economic and environmental benefits and contribution to agro- biodiversity this practice can bring;

2011/10/18
Committee: AGRI

2011/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Calls in particular on the Commission to ~~propose the withdrawal of restri~~ensure fair and balanced protections o~~n the use of farm saved seed as laid down in Article 14(1) and (2)~~f plant breeding rights in the context of the forthcoming revision of Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 on Community plant variety rights~~, in the context of the forthcoming revision of this regulation~~;

2011/10/18
Committee: AGRI

2011/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls, in the light of the upcoming Rio+20 global conference, for a new EU initiative on the conservation, sustainable use and quality marketing of agro- biodiversity, in order to ~~reduce seed purchase costs and~~ increase added value from farming;

2011/10/18
Committee: AGRI

2011/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 – point 1 (new)

(1) Calls on the Commission to use the findings of the three external reports drawn up on the subject of seed marketing, plant health and plant breeders’ rights in the EU and to propose changes to EU legislation with a view to encouraging the development of high- value plant species and seed to ensure they meet farmers’ requirements and contribute to the long-term development of the agricultural sector;

2011/10/18
Committee: AGRI

2011/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 – point a (new)

(a) Calls on the Commission to work towards solutions to drainage problems which take account of factors such as heavy rainfall, low-lying areas and stagnant water;

2011/10/18
Committee: AGRI

2011/2114(INI)

Marit PAULSEN, Britta REIMERS, George LYON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 – point 1 (new)

(1) Calls on the Commission to draw up a report on the impact of land use for infrastructure development, housing and buffer zones on agricultural holdings’ costs;

2011/10/18
Committee: AGRI

2011/2113(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls on the EU to support both the development of healthy agricultural production and rural development in the region, in order to strengthen the stabilisation process; stresses, to that end, the importance of institutional and infrastructural (e.g. irrigation, handling, storage, packaging, transportation, marketing systems) improvements, in addition to the technological ones, as well as the significance of education and training programmes, especially for women; emphasises the role of extension services in facilitating diffusion of knowledge; underlines that global environmental and climate change concerns should direct the support to the promotion of sustainable uses of natural resources and energy, and compatible methods of production; stresses that diversification of production to increase resilience during market fluctuations and environmental crisis should be encouraged in face of an increasing global demand for food;

2012/02/02
Committee: AGRI

2011/2113(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Calls, furthermore, on the Commission to take the necessary measures to enhance the export potential of the Southern Mediterranean, by helping it achieve regulatory convergence in priority areas for the EU and the region – including competition, investment, and trade related standards and procedures – as well as alignment of production to the EU standards for quality and food safety, environmental protection and animal welfare; underlines~~, however, the imperative of simultaneously protecting sensitive sectors in EU agriculture from the potential of full liberalisat~~ that, in parallel, the regional trade potential in the Southern Mediterranean should be further encouraged, facilitating an increased access to markets for producers in the region;

2012/02/02
Committee: AGRI

2011/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas ina decrease~~d bee mortality~~ in the number of bee colonies has been reported in both the EU and other parts of the world; whereas science and veterinary practice ~~cannot~~ currently provides little in the way of effective prevention or disease control against certain pests and diseases owing to insufficient research and development of new bee-health medicines in the past decades, which is the result of the limited size of the market and the consequent low interest of big pharmaceutical companies,

2011/08/31
Committee: AGRI

2011/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the health of individual bees and colonies is affected by numerous lethal and sub-lethal factors, many of ~~them~~which may be interconnected; whereas the limited number of marketed medicines to fight the Varroa destructor mite are in many cases no longer efficient; whereas the toxic agents in certain pesticides, changing climatic and environmental conditions, loss of plant biodiversity, land use change, mismanaged beekeeping practices and the presence of invasive species weaken colonies’ immune systems and favour opportunistic pathologies,

2011/08/31
Committee: AGRI

2011/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Calls on the Commission to increase the level of support for honeybee-health- related research under the next financial framework (FP8) and to focus the research on technological developments, disease prevention and control, particularly the impact of environmental factors on bee colony immune systems, defining sustainable agricultural practices and increasing ~~non-chemical alternatives~~the use of alternative forms of plant protection, and the development of veterinary medical products for current EU honeybee-disease- causing agents, especially Varroa destructor mites, Nosema ceranae endoparasites and other opportunistic diseases; calls on the Commission to ~~rule out overlaps in the use of funds and to create new financial opportunities where needed~~make the allocation of funding contingent on compliance with efficiency criteria;

2011/08/31
Committee: AGRI

2011/2108(INI)

Astrid LULLING, Christa KLASS, Britta REIMERS, Herbert DORFMANN, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Stresses the need to ensure adequate training for veterinarians, as well as ~~regular opportunities for veterinary consultation for beekeeper~~the possibility for beekeepers to consult veterinarians and the involvement of apiculture specialists in national veterinary authorities;

2011/08/31
Committee: AGRI

2011/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Invites the Commission to improve ~~risk assessment~~the methodology for ~~pesticides, which should focus on both the individual insect and the entire colony~~assessing the risk posed to bee colonies by plant protection products, and to ensure ~~fre~~appropriate access to the findings of the ecotoxicological studies included in the authorisation dossiers;

2011/08/31
Committee: AGRI

2011/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Calls on the Member States to transpose and fully implement, as soon as possible, Directive 2009/128/EC on the sustainable use of p~~esticide~~lant protection products and, in particular, to promote low-p~~esticide~~lant-protection-product-input pest management and integrated pest management; in addition, calls for measures to promote training and further training in the bee-friendly use of plant protection products;

2011/08/31
Committee: AGRI

2011/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Calls on the Commission to consider chronic, larval and sub-lethal toxicity~~, and substance-pathogen and substance- substance synergies~~ in the risk assessment of p~~esticide~~lant protection products; calls on the Commission to pay special attention to specific pesticides, such as those of the family of the neonicotinoide family (Clothianidin, Thiacloprid, Imidacloprid, Thiamethoxam), phenyl-pyrazoles (Fipronil) and pyrethroids, or active substances such as Chlorpyrifos or Dimethoat, as thelant protection products whose active substances ~~in pesticides~~ have a proven adverse effect on bee and colony health; ~~application methods such as seed coating should also be considered;~~

2011/08/31
Committee: AGRI

2011/2108(INI)

Britta REIMERS, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Peter JAHR

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Calls for comprehensive scientific research, based on appropriate risk assessment, on the possible replacement of active substances in pesticides that are harmful to the pollinator or to aquatic animal stocks;deleted

2011/08/31
Committee: AGRI

2011/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Calls, in a spirit of dialogue between beekeepers and agricultural stakeholders, for ~~the setting up of a system of obligatory preliminary notification of beekeepers in all Member States in advance of pesticide applications, especially aerial chemical mosquito control~~beekeepers to be informed in advance of applications of plant protection products, especially aerial chemical mosquito controls; calls, further, for beekeepers to be required to notify farmers if they set up hives in the vicinity of fields;

2011/08/31
Committee: AGRI

2011/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

~~21. Calls on the Member States to make it possible to acquire higher-education qualifications in plant protection knowledge for use in agriculture;~~deleted

2011/08/31
Committee: AGRI

2011/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. With special regard to the 2009 EFSA project entitled ‘Bee mortality and Bee Surveillance in Europe’, calls on the Commission to conduct objective research on the ~~possible negative effe~~impacts of GMO crops ~~and monocultures~~ on honeybee health;

2011/08/31
Committee: AGRI

2011/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Calls on the Commission to harmonise rules on labelling with the provisions of the Regulation on Agricultural Quality Schemes and to introduce obligatory labelling with the country of origin for imported and EU-produced apicultural products or, in the case of mixtures of products with different origins, obligatory labelling with every country of origin;

2011/08/31
Committee: AGRI

2011/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

~~31. Calls on the Commission to rank the sugar used for bee foraging purposes as inexpensive industrial sugar, given the high sugar prices on the EU market;~~deleted

2011/08/31
Committee: AGRI

2011/2108(INI)

Marit PAULSEN, Britta REIMERS, Jan MULDER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Calls on all stakeholders in the beekeeping sector to take advantage of the opportunities offered by the current common agricultural policy and the upcoming reform thereof, which ~~favour~~take proper account of producer organisations throughout the agricultural sector;

2011/08/31
Committee: AGRI

2011/2107(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls on the Member States to make better use of the support for applied research and investment in innovation and modernisation beneficial to animal welfare which is available from EU rural development funds and the EU Research Framework Programmes, and calls on the Commission to ensure appropriate focus and financing on this matter in the future;

2011/06/14
Committee: AGRI

2011/2107(INI)

Marit PAULSEN, Britta REIMERS, Jan MULDER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. To meet the challenge of global food security, calls on the Member States and the Commission to step up financial investments in independent biotechnical and biotechnological research;

2011/06/14
Committee: AGRI

2011/2107(INI)

Marit PAULSEN, George LYON, Britta REIMERS, Jan MULDER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Reiterates its call for more coordinated research to be performed on new antimicrobials as well as other alternatives (vaccination, bio security etc) and evidence based strategies to avoid and control infectious diseases in animals; underlines the importance of the EU's Research Framework Programmes in this respect; stresses in this context the importance of developing systems for animal husbandry which reduce the need for antimicrobials to be used;

2011/06/14
Committee: AGRI

2011/2095(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Recall~~Believes that ~~the~~ agricultur~~al sector can~~e is well placed to make a major contributeion to ~~further mitigat~~tackling climate change, ~~and the CAP post 2013 is expected to enhance this contribution; notes, however, that, in the longer run, the emission reduction potential of agriculture is rather limited compared to other sector~~creating new jobs through green growth and supplying renewable energy; stresses that the CAP post 2013 is expected to enhance this contribution; recognises that agriculture has already substantially reduced its emissions through improved production efficiency and notes that the Commission's analysis shows that by 2050 the agriculture sector can reduce non-CO2 emissions by between 42 and 49% compared to 1990- levels;

2011/07/27
Committee: AGRI

2011/2095(INI)

Lena EK, Britta REIMERS, George LYON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that emission mitigation efforts are expected to increase demand for bio- energy ~~and~~; stresses th~~at agriculture is not part of the problem but a solution to it, being a producer of biomass and biofuel~~e great potential of the agriculture sector to contribute to the Europe 2020-strategy by increasing the production of sustainable energy, such as biomass and biofuels, thereby creating new jobs in rural areas;

2011/07/27
Committee: AGRI

2011/2095(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Recalls that ~~the~~, as the world's arable land decreases, while the population increases, action on climate change and the need to ensure global food security are dual challenges which need to be pursued together; recognises that the EU must respond to these challenges by taking the lead in developing a new model of agriculture based on sustainable intensification techniques that increase production while reducing the use of scarce resources of water, energy and land;

2011/07/27
Committee: AGRI

2011/2095(INI)

Lena EK, Britta REIMERS, George LYON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Notes that ~~careful,~~an internationally concerted approach ~~is needed since EU agriculture is prone to carbon leakage, in particular through the asymmetric phase- in of a carbon price~~towards a global climate agreement is needed, so as to ensure a level playing field with agricultural sectors in other economies;

2011/07/27
Committee: AGRI

2011/2095(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses that ~~in order to ensure th~~the Commission should emphasise cohe~~sion~~rence between ~~the common policies, any new regulation or standard imposed on agricultural producers by any policy, e.g. animal welfare, should not compromise the low carbon economy targets~~policies, such as industry, research, energy, biodiversity, trade, development, agriculture, innovation, transport and the Europe 2020 strategy; sound and strategic management of the agricultural sector's potential, coupled with real reform of the internal market, would put Europe well on its way to becoming a competitive player in tomorrow's low carbon global economy;

2011/07/27
Committee: AGRI

2011/2095(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls for the necessary measures, including research funding, education efforts, investment aid and other incentive based initiatives, in the CAP that would support and enable the use of agricultural and forestry residue in the production of sustainable energy;

2011/07/27
Committee: AGRI

2011/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Recognises the benefits to Member States of developing a low carbon economy; therefore endorses the Commission’s Roadmap to a competitive low carbon economy in 2050, together with its trajectory, the specific milestones for domestic emission reductions of 40%, 60% and 80% for 2030, 2040 and 2050 respectively, and the ranges for sector- specific ~~milestones, as the basis for proposing legislative and other~~reduction potentials drawn up on the basis of modelling techniques which could serve as guidelines for proposing strategies and initiatives on economic and climate policy;

2011/12/12
Committee: ENVI

2011/2095(INI)

Lena EK, Marit PAULSEN, Britta REIMERS, George LYON, Liam AYLWARD

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. ~~Notes that there is a~~Deplores the fact that too much agricultural waste is currently not used to its full potential; considers that agricultural waste should be seen as an asset; calls on the Commission and Member States to put forward national strategies on the need for better management of bio-waste and of agriculture and forestry by- products;

2011/07/27
Committee: AGRI

2011/2095(INI)

Lena EK, Britta REIMERS, George LYON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)

9b. Stresses the need for increased investments in energy infrastructure, such as smart grids and biogas distribution, to be able to handle the increased Cloud Energy production from renewable energy sources;

2011/07/27
Committee: AGRI

2011/2095(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11

11. Stresses that ~~more~~increased research isefforts are necessary to develop less energy intensive agricultural methods and more efficient energy production; in that regard welcomes the Commission's proposal to establish a new research framework - Horizon 2020.

2011/07/27
Committee: AGRI

2011/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Recognises that due to a lack of ambition in some third countries to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, it is very unlikely that an ambitious international agreement on climate change will be reached in the near future. Believes that the EU should look for common measures at international level e.g. adaptation measures and measures whereby every country should invest a similar proportion of their GDP in energy technology research

2011/12/12
Committee: ENVI

2011/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point c

~~(c) proposing legislation to establish from the earliest possible date a reserve price for the auction of allowances;~~deleted

2011/12/19
Committee: ENVI

2011/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls for acceleration of the work under the Ecodesign Directive (2009/125/EC), for implementing measures to be set close to the level of the best performers, and for minimum requirements also to be set for non- electrical products;deleted

2011/12/19
Committee: ENVI

2011/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Calls on the Commission to encourage sustainable biomass production; insists that meeting the EU’s target for the use of biofuels must not result in the release of disproportionate quantities of greenhouse gases, and calls for recognition of the positive contribution the agriculture and forestry sectors make by producing renewable energy sources in the European Union;

2011/12/19
Committee: ENVI

2011/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Calls on the Commission to ensure that Horizon 2020 prioritises the need to develop low carbon technologies toand other sustainable methods of spurring EU competitiveness;

2011/12/19
Committee: ENVI

2011/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Recognises the potential importance of applying CCS technology if the carbon emission reduction goals are to be achieved at the least possible cost, and acknowledges that procedural delays, and financial shortfalls ~~and lack of commitment by some Member States~~ are likely to frustrate achievement of the European Council’s ambition of having up to 12 CCS demonstration projects in operation by 2015; calls on the Commission to publish a CCS Action Plan;

2011/12/19
Committee: ENVI

2011/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Insists on the need to avoid the risk of massive carbon lock-in; calls on the Commission to propose legislation before the end of 2013 that will give a clear long- term signal to investors by requiring that, from 2015, new sources of electricity generation that emit more than 100g CO2/kWh shall not have a permit to operate for more than ten years unless intended solely as peaking plant with operating time limited to 10% of the total in any one year;

2011/12/12
Committee: ENVI

2011/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Calls on the Commission to propose specific measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and promote efficiency gains from the use of agricultural land, taking particular account of the role of agriculture as the producer of food;

2011/12/12
Committee: ENVI

2011/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Calls on the Commission to bring forward before the end of 2012 ~~ambitious~~workable proposals to reduce the emission of methane and F-gases;

2011/12/12
Committee: ENVI

2011/2068(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Calls ~~for~~on the ~~creation of Joint Task Forces for the three key areas of food, housing and mobility: these s~~Commission and Member States to include all key stakehould ~~consist of exp~~erts ~~from~~in the ~~Commission, Member States, industry and civil society and develop European R~~implementation of the Roadmap and the transition to a resource E-efficien~~cy Action Plans with clear benchmarks within one year~~t economy finding an appropriate balance between ecological, economical and social sustainability;

2012/03/13
Committee: ENVI

2011/2068(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Calls on the Commission and Member States to stimulate the secondary materials market and to foster the demand for recycled materials by developing end-of- waste criteria and economic incentives, such as reduced VAT rates for secondary materials, by 2013; calls also therefore for ~~the crea~~a proper functioning of ~~a ´Schengen area´~~the internal market for waste in order to move waste for recycling more freely between the Member States;

2012/03/13
Committee: ENVI

2011/2068(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls on the Commission to make clear that the collection and treatment of separately collected waste for recycling from private households should not be entrusted only to public undertakings;

2012/03/13
Committee: ENVI

2011/2068(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Urges the Commission to boost in particular basic research and technological innovation to speed up the transition to a gresource-efficient economy; underlines that the ‘Innovation Union’ is one of the engines for a resource-efficient Europe;

2012/03/13
Committee: ENVI

2011/2068(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Urges the Commission and Member States to develop and use clear and measurable indicators for economic activity in consultation with key stakeholders that take account of climate change, biodiversity and resource efficiency by the end of 2012;

2012/03/13
Committee: ENVI

2011/2068(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Commission neither to extend the scope of the eco-design directive to non- energy related products ~~and~~nor to come forward with additional eco- design requirements on the performance of products~~, including recycled content, durability and reusability, in order to improve their environmental impact and promote recycling markets~~;

2012/03/13
Committee: ENVI

2011/2068(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Endorses the Flagship Initiative on a Resource Efficient Europe and the Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe and its 2050 vision, including its milestones; calls on the Commission to ~~bring forward swiftly all~~ensure that the Member States have fully implemented current legislations first, e.g. on waste and water management, before bringing forward legislative and other initiatives necessary to achieve the milestones and to ensure that all EU policies are aligned to them;

2012/03/13
Committee: ENVI

2011/2068(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Underlines the urgency of taking action now to support innovation and investment in new techniques and business models and to create the incentives that will bring long- term benefits for the economy; emphasises the key role of the private sector, especially small and medium-sized enterprises, in delivering green economic growth;

2012/03/13
Committee: ENVI

2011/2068(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Calls on the Commission and Member States to develop incentives that encourage companies to measure, benchmark and continuously improve their resource efficiency, as well as ~~measures to extend the producer responsibility principle~~encourage them to autonomously and continuously improve their resource efficiency and to remove barriers that hold back resource efficiency;

2012/03/13
Committee: ENVI

2011/2068(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Highlights the importance of research, development and innovation for speeding up the transformation to a resource- efficient Europe; notes that greater innovation is particularly needed in environmentally friendly material extraction, chemistry, agriculture, recycling, re-use potential, and the substitution of environmental impacting material, technologies and design for less material and energy use;

2012/03/13
Committee: ENVI

2011/2068(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. ~~Urges Member States to~~Calls on the Commission to analyse the impact of a shift towards environmental taxation in public revenues ~~accounting for an EU average of more than 10% by 2020, in line with the best performing Member States; emphasises that this will allow~~; requests the Commission's analysis to focus on the potential for cuts in other taxes such as on labour, increases in competitiveness and creat~~e a~~ion of global level playing field; emphasises that such a possible shift should not lead to an increase of the total tax burden for the private sector;

2012/03/13
Committee: ENVI

2011/2068(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Urges the Commission and Member States to pr~~esent concrete plans for~~ovide a definition of "environmentally harmful subsidies" on the basis of objective criteria and to present plans on how to progressively phas~~ing~~e out ~~all~~ environmentally harmful subsidies before 2020 thereby taking into account all relevant economic, social and ecological impacts;

2012/03/13
Committee: ENVI

2011/2068(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ~~assess the economic value of ecosystems and integrate these values into reporting and accounting systems by 2015~~further develop a possible assessment of the economic value of ecosystems;

2012/03/13
Committee: ENVI

2011/2068(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Emphasises that biodiversity is essential to the existence of human life and the well-being of societies, both directly and indirectly, through the ecosystem services it provides; welcomes and supports the EU biodiversity strategy up to 2020~~, including all its targets and actions~~; highlights the importance of mainstreaming biodiversity protection, also within a resource-efficient Europe;

2012/03/13
Committee: ENVI

2011/2068(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Highlights the importance of sustainable agriculture, ~~dietary changes to reduce animal protein intake~~informing consumers of the benefits of a healthy, balanced diet made up of high-quality regional and seasonal agricultural products and diminishing imported land use;

2012/03/13
Committee: ENVI

2011/2068(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Reiterates the importance of a set of coherent, measurable and clear sectoral targets, including an overall target, in order to implement the vision and the milestones of the Roadmap; calls on the Commission to bring forward a concrete proposal for such targets for the EU by 2013 at the latest and to ensure that all EU policies are consistent with the targets set; considers that the milestones included in the Roadmap should be considered as taEmphasises that enterprises have a strong and continuous self-interest in resource efficiency and know best how to improve their resource efficiency; therefore urgets ~~until more detailed targets are set; calls on Member States to include corresponding targets in their own~~the Commission to refrain from setting compulsory resource efficiency ~~strategie~~targets;

2012/03/13
Committee: ENVI

2011/2068(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Supports the ~~proposal by the~~ Commission to establish ~~a lead indicator complemented by a set of indicators on land, water, materials and carbon~~in consultation with all key stakeholders a non-binding lead indicator for resource efficiency complemented by a set of indicators on land, water, materials and carbon; reiterates that these indicators must be based on a robust, consistent, clear and widely accepted methodology; underlines that these ~~must~~could be based on an internationally consistent footprint approach that takes the full life cycle impacts into account only if this will not generate disproportionately additional costs for the private sector, especially small and medium-sized enterprises;

2012/03/13
Committee: ENVI

2011/2051(INI)

Britta REIMERS, George LYON

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas the European Union must still have sufficient instruments to be prepared for market and supply crises ~~and market and price fluctuations~~ in the agricultural sector in the future,

2011/03/21
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

George LYON, Marit PAULSEN, Sylvie GOULARD, Giommaria UGGIAS, Lena EK, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Recital L

L. whereas there should not be any differentiation in the treatment of farmers according to size of holding and legal form for the purpose of direct payments, although the possibility of introducing a basic allowance for small farmers should not be excluded,deleted

2011/03/21
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

George LYON, Marit PAULSEN, Giommaria UGGIAS, Anne E. JENSEN, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Recital O

O. whereas, because the world economy is becoming integrated more rapidly, trade systems are as rule being liberalised more by multilateral negotiations (the Doha Round) and whereas in relation to imports from third countries environmental, animal welfare, plant protection and consumer protection standards need to be raised to EU level and minimum employment standards should be complied with,deleted

2011/03/21
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital P a (new)

Pa. whereas there should be an appropriate further development of the education and further training as of farmers as well their employers knowing that education makes an important contribution to the success of the agricultural enterprises,

2011/03/21
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Britta REIMERS, George LYON

Motion for a resolution
Recital P b (new)

Pb. whereas there should be support of adaption for the infrastructure to the strong requirements of the demographic change in the rural areas,

2011/03/21
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

George LYON, Marit PAULSEN, Liam AYLWARD, Sylvie GOULARD, Giommaria UGGIAS, Britta REIMERS, Anne E. JENSEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. WBroadly welcomes the cCommission Communication ~~from the Commission concerning a reform of agricultural policy; calls, however, for the principles set out below to be incorporated in the legislative proposals~~"The CAP towards 2020: meeting the food, natural resources and territorial challenges of the future", in particular option 2 for reform; calls, however, for the Commission to clarify as soon as possible its overall strategy for a viable and sustainable CAP for the future;

2011/03/21
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

George LYON, Richard ASHWORTH, Marit PAULSEN, Liam AYLWARD, Sylvie GOULARD, Giommaria UGGIAS, Carl HAGLUND, Anne E. JENSEN, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Calls for the CAP to remain structured around two pillars; Points out that pillar 1 should remain fully financed by the EU budget and yearly based, while multiannual programming, a voluntary and contractual approach and co- financing should continue to apply under pillar 2;

2011/03/21
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

George LYON, Marit PAULSEN, Liam AYLWARD, Sylvie GOULARD, Vincenzo IOVINE, Giommaria UGGIAS, Carl HAGLUND, Anne E. JENSEN, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. Insists that the two pillar structure should serve the purpose of clarity, each pillar complementing the other without overlapping; the first pillar should deliver EU-wide objectives which require 'across- the-board' action whereas the second pillar should be outcome-oriented and flexible enough to easily accommodate national, regional and/or local specificities;

2011/03/21
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

George LYON, Marit PAULSEN, Liam AYLWARD, Sylvie GOULARD, Anne E. JENSEN, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. In the case of direct farm payments, advocates moving away from historical and individual reference values and calls for a transition to a uniform area-based regional or national premium for decoupled payments in the next financing period; recognises, however, that the situations in the individual Member States are very disparate, often requiring speci~~al measures per region~~fic regional adjustments through targeted measures;

2011/03/21
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

George LYON, Marit PAULSEN, Sylvie GOULARD, Vincenzo IOVINE, Lena EK, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Insists, in line with the Commission Communication, that direct payments be distributed to active farmers only, defined according to appropriate objective and non-discriminatory criteria granting the possibility of support to all natural or legal persons whose agricultural activity forms a significant part of their economic activities, or whose principal business or company object consists of exercising an agricultural activity, in line with Article 28(2) of Regulation EC No. 73/2009;

2011/03/21
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

George LYON, Marit PAULSEN, Liam AYLWARD, Sylvie GOULARD, Lena EK, Anne E. JENSEN, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)

12b. Does not believe that the Commission's proposal to introduce an upper ceiling for direct payments would deliver its objectives as it would simply result in the administrative splitting up of large agricultural holdings for pure accountancy purposes; is of the opinion that a degree of degression in the amounts large-scale farms receive from the basic direct payments could be envisaged;

2011/03/21
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

George LYON, Marit PAULSEN, Sylvie GOULARD, Lena EK, Anne E. JENSEN, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Stresses the need for an adequate basic allowance for small farmers, which Member States can optionally determine in those Member States where these farms help to stabilise rural development; calls for these Member States to decide, in accordance with subsidiarity, what percentage of the direct payments to be incorporated in the new subsidy system should be made available to their small farmers; stresses, however, that this must not hamper the necessary structural change;deleted

2011/03/21
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

George LYON, Marit PAULSEN, Sylvie GOULARD, Anne E. JENSEN, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls for a further simplification of the direct payment system, for example simplified transfer rules for payment entitlements in the event of non- activation, merging of minimum payment entitlements, simplification of the rules governing the national reserve and changes to gear them more to young farmers or reduce them, depending on the transition to the regional/national single area payment, abolition of handwritten cattle registries, an effective and unbureaucratic monitoring system for both pillars and uniform penalties; considers that administrative systems which can be proven to be operating well should be looked upon favourably in the light of the scale of monitoring prescribed;deleted

2011/03/21
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

George LYON, Sylvie GOULARD, Lena EK, Anne E. JENSEN, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Calls for the introduction of a second-tier of direct payments consisting of 25 to 30% of the basic direct payments in each Member State to be used as an EU-wide incentivisation scheme targeted at enhancing sustainability by improving both resource and production efficiency, making EU agriculture more competitive, in line with the recently published Commission's 'Roadmap for moving to a competitive low carbon economy in 2050';

2011/03/21
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

George LYON, Marit PAULSEN, Liam AYLWARD, Sylvie GOULARD, Lena EK, Anne E. JENSEN, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)

14b. Calls for a list of EU agreed measures to be established that will deliver the above-mentioned sustainability element of the first pillar with the twin- objective of enhancing farm environmental sustainability throughout Europe while improving farm competitiveness2; __________________ 2 See Annex 2 for an indicative list of measures

2011/03/21
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

George LYON, Richard ASHWORTH, Marit PAULSEN, Liam AYLWARD, Sylvie GOULARD, Lena EK, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 d (new)

14d. Believes that the EU has a role to play in meeting the challenges of food security and energy security, and therefore needs to ensure that agriculture plays a full role in meeting both these challenges; Believes therefore, that it is inappropriate for compulsory set-aside to be included in the list of sustainability measures as proposed by the Commission;

2011/03/21
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

George LYON, Marit PAULSEN, Liam AYLWARD, Sylvie GOULARD, Vincenzo IOVINE, Giommaria UGGIAS, Lena EK, Anne E. JENSEN, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 e (new)

14e. Calls, however, for farmers to have the freedom to opt in to the measures if they want to receive the sustainability payment, and there will be no additional penalties if they choose not to;

2011/03/21
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

George LYON, Marit PAULSEN, Liam AYLWARD, Sylvie GOULARD, Vincenzo IOVINE, Giommaria UGGIAS, Lena EK, Anne E. JENSEN, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 f (new)

14f. Believes that any controls put in place to check the implementation of the payments received under the sustainability top-up should be accommodated within the current integrated agricultural control system (IACS), so as to avoid the duplication of control systems under pillar 1, and that when on-farm checks are necessary, they take place at the same time as the checks already carried out for cross-compliance requirements and direct payments entitlements, or at the same time as checks on compliance with agri- environmental measures under pillar 2;

2011/03/21
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

George LYON, Marit PAULSEN, Liam AYLWARD, Sylvie GOULARD, Anne E. JENSEN, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 g (new)

14g. Believes that compensation for natural disadvantages should still lie in the second pillar; however calls, in line with the Commission's proposals to strengthen the fight against land abandonment and to guarantee local food production for local communities across the EU, for the possibility to be left to Member States to top up the support received by farms situated in areas with natural handicaps through an additional support scheme under pillar 1 using up to 10% of the national basic direct payments;

2011/03/21
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

George LYON, Marit PAULSEN, Liam AYLWARD, Sylvie GOULARD, Lena EK, Anne E. JENSEN, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Considers that decoupling has essentially proved its worth, ~~given the increased effect on income and~~allowing greater autonomy in decision-making on the part of farmers and the associated simplification of the CAP, and calls for this also, in general, to apply to suckler cow and sheep premiums; recognises, however, that in certain sectors and regions such as mountain regions, where there are no alternatives to relatively labour-intensive livestock farming, there may be considerable economic and environmental drawbacks which cannot be reconciled with the aims of the Treaty; acknowledges, therefore, that production- based premiums might be defensible within a narrowly defined framework for a limited period even after 2013, ensuring farmers respond to market signals, placing the vast bulk of the CAP into WTO green box and the associated simplification of the CAP, therefore calls for decoupling to continue to apply as a general guiding principle for direct payments;

2011/03/21
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

George LYON, Liam AYLWARD, Sylvie GOULARD, Anne E. JENSEN, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15 a. Recognises, however, that in certain sectors and regions such as disadvantaged regions (hill and mountain farming, specific climatic areas, etc.), where there are no alternatives to livestock farming, there may be considerable economic and environmental drawbacks which cannot be reconciled with the aims of the Treaty; Furthermore, given the move from a historical to an area support model, considers that an adequate margin for flexibility should be left to Member States; acknowledges, therefore, that production- based premiums remain defensible at WTO level, as part of the fight against land abandonment and in order to boost certain national priorities such as encouraging organic production or specific grassland-based livestock production;

2011/03/21
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

George LYON, Liam AYLWARD, Sylvie GOULARD, Anne E. JENSEN, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Calls ~~– without casting any doubt on~~ the re~~sults of the 2008 Health Check of the CAP –~~fore for appropriations under Article 68 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 ~~primarily~~ to be allocated within WTO limits for measures to promote ~~territorial coherence and boost key~~key and vulnerable sectors (e.g. the dairy and sheep sectors and suckler cows), or for area- based environmental measures (e.g. organic farming) which to date have not been included in the second pillar; considers that the budget for Article 68 could – subject to contrary results of an impact assessment – cover up to 10% of direct payments, protein crops programmes, extensive grazing systems);

2011/03/21
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

George LYON, Marit PAULSEN, Sylvie GOULARD, Anne E. JENSEN, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Observes that, for historical reasons, farms in the European Union have a very diverse structure as regards size, employment arrangements and legal form; is aware that direct payments are moving away from a historical basis to area-based payments and that the provision of public goods is independent of farm size; rejects, therefore, measures which discriminate against particular types of farm;deleted

2011/03/21
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

George LYON, Sylvie GOULARD, Anne E. JENSEN, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Calls on the Commission to submit by 30 June 2016 a report setting out comprehensively how livestock farming in Europe can be safeguarded in the long term with regard to multifunctionality and regional aspects (such as mountain areas, Nordic regions and extremely remote areas) and also dealing with the question of how far the aims of the CAP can be realised in a more efficient, targeted way by means of decoupled, indirect support, e.g. premiums for extensive grassland or pasture land;deleted

2011/03/21
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

George LYON, Marit PAULSEN, Sylvie GOULARD, Anne E. JENSEN, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Considers that direct payments should be made only to active farmers; realises that, under the system of decoupled direct payments, each farmer who uses farmland for production or who tends it in order to maintain GAEC should receive direct payments; calls on the Commission therefore to devise a definition of ‘active farmer’ which the Member States can administer without additional administrative effort, while it should be ensured that traditional farming activities (full-time and various degrees of part- time) are classified as active farming;deleted

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

George LYON, Marit PAULSEN, Sylvie GOULARD, Anne E. JENSEN, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Subheading before paragraph 20

~~Resource protection and environmental policy component~~deleted

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

George LYON, Marit PAULSEN, Liam AYLWARD, Sylvie GOULARD, Anne E. JENSEN, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Considers that better resource protection is an element in sustainable farming, which should involve separate support for environmental measures going beyond the requirements of Cross Compliance (CC), which already entail many environmental measures, and being geared to multiannual applications, as a result of which greater environmental benefits can be attained;deleted

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

George LYON, Marit PAULSEN, Sylvie GOULARD, Anne E. JENSEN, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Considers that resource protection should be directly linked to the granting of direct payments in order to attain these environmental objectives to the maximum without the need to introduce new, bureaucratic environmental conditions into the first pillar; considers that a flat- rate income payment, as envisaged in a top-up model in the first pillar, must cover costs and income losses;deleted

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

George LYON, Marit PAULSEN, Sylvie GOULARD, Anne E. JENSEN, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Considers therefore that any environmental advantages can be attained more effectively and directly by means of second-pillar measures adopted by the Member States, which should ideally build on existing agrienvironmental measures or should supplement measures which take into account climatic and geographical differences in the Member States; observes that resource protection programmes should be pursued everywhere by means of a priority catalogue of area-based measures in the second pillar which are subject to basic requirements, particularly in the fields of climate, environment and innovation (Annex I), and are 100% EU-financed; regards the greening of direct payments in the first pillar as lying in the fact that any recipient of direct payments in the EU must implement at least two priority area- based resource protection programmes in order to be eligible for the complete farm payment; believes that the administration involved in these measures can be minimised by managing them in accordance with the system of the existing agrienvironmental programmes, thus avoiding duplication of monitoring and additional application and administration procedures;deleted

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

George LYON, Marit PAULSEN, Britta REIMERS, Liam AYLWARD, Sylvie GOULARD, Anne E. JENSEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

~~23. Calls for the resources allocated to greening to be reserved for recipients of direct payments and only disbursed in connection with greening;~~deleted

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

George LYON, Marit PAULSEN, Liam AYLWARD, Sylvie GOULARD, Anne E. JENSEN, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Regards this model as making a substantial contribution to the simplification of the direct payments system and to the attainment of new compulsory environmental objectives; observes that, under this model, there is no need to step up the current rate of monitoring and the current monitoring capacities, as existing checks can be used, and that checks in the second pillar can be combined in the basic and regeneration programme; considers also that no new systems of payments or penalties need be introduced;deleted

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

George LYON, Marit PAULSEN, Liam AYLWARD, Sylvie GOULARD, Anne E. JENSEN, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Realises that resources from the first pillar (as for a top-up model) should be used to pay for this environmental component; believes, however, that Member States where direct payments lie below the EU average should be given the option of making the payment by means of cofinancing from the first pillar or instead by means of financing entirely from the second pillar; observes that the Member States must notify the Commission of their decision on the financing by 31 July 2013; notes that individual Member States' modulation resources should be used;deleted

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

George LYON, Marit PAULSEN, Liam AYLWARD, Sylvie GOULARD, Anne E. JENSEN, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

~~26. Advocates compensation for natural disadvantages in the second pillar and rejects a complementary payment in the first pillar on account of the additional administrative work involved;~~deleted

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

George LYON, Marit PAULSEN, Liam AYLWARD, Sylvie GOULARD, Giommaria UGGIAS, Anne E. JENSEN, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Considers that direct payments are no longer justified without cross compliance (CC) and therefore that the CC system should apply to all recipients of direct payments19;

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

George LYON, Marit PAULSEN, Richard ASHWORTH, Liam AYLWARD, Sylvie GOULARD, Anne E. JENSEN, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)

27a. Points out that the cross-compliance system makes the granting of direct payments subject to compliance with statutory requirements and the maintenance of farmland in good agricultural and environmental condition, and remains one of the appropriate means of optimising the provision of baseline eco-system services by farmers and meeting new environmental challenges by securing the provision of basic public goods; notes, however, that the introduction of cross-compliance has raised a whole range of problems relating to administrative issues and acceptance by farmers, who had the impression that they were losing a degree of freedom in their work; calls therefore for the administrative burden on farmers to be reduced through a simplified implementation system for cross- compliance requirements;

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

George LYON, Richard ASHWORTH, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 b (new)

27b. Rejects, therefore, the introduction of burdensome and unclear requirements derived from the water framework directive into the cross-compliance system until clarification is established as regards the state of play of implementation of this directive in all Member States;

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

George LYON, Marit PAULSEN, Richard ASHWORTH, Liam AYLWARD, Sylvie GOULARD, Lena EK, Anne E. JENSEN, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 c (new)

27c. Believes that genuine efforts are being made to simplify the system and reduce the administrative red-tape placed on farmers; calls however for a simplified, more proportionate and risk-based approach by the Commission and Member States to the implementation of regulatory controls, the conduct of compliance audits and the system of penalties;

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

George LYON, Marit PAULSEN, Liam AYLWARD, Sylvie GOULARD, Anne E. JENSEN, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 d (new)

27d. Is ready to consider the introduction of a small farmers' scheme under pillar 1, only if the primary objective of such a system is to simplify administrative procedures and paper work for small farmers and as long as it does not undermine competitiveness or frustrate the necessary modernisation of EU agriculture; such a scheme could consist of taking recipients of direct payments out of the mainstream basic direct payments system when they are currently below a certain amount of annual support; Takes the view that such a scheme should be voluntary on Member States and allow them sufficient flexibility to determine who is eligible as a 'small farmer' in each country;

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

George LYON, Marit PAULSEN, Liam AYLWARD, Sylvie GOULARD, Anne E. JENSEN, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Calls, in view of the greater concentration of direct payments on resource protection and environmental measures, for a substantial reduction of the scope of CC; calls on the Commission to make significant progress in simplifying and harmonising rules on monitoring;deleted

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

George LYON, Liam AYLWARD, Sylvie GOULARD, Anne E. JENSEN, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Considers that CC should be restricted to monitoring for compliance with fundamental and recognised standards and standards closely related to farming, which lend themselves to systematic monitoring;deleted

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

George LYON, Sylvie GOULARD, Anne E. JENSEN, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

31. Could envisage a modest adaptation of the requirements to maintain GAEC with regard to altered environmental and production conditions (climate change, biomass), if the introduction of the new requirements in a comparable way throughout Europe were guarantedeleted;

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

George LYON, Marit PAULSEN, Sylvie GOULARD, Anne E. JENSEN, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Subheading before paragraph 32

Market ~~instruments and safety net~~safety net and trade relations

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

George LYON, Richard ASHWORTH, Lena EK, Anne E. JENSEN, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33

33. Considers that the health check approach should be pursued further, as these existing market instruments have also demonstrated their value as a safety net; takes the view that these market measures, and in particular intervention, should only be used as a minimum safety net in case of extreme price crises and ~~potential~~major market disruption;

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

George LYON, Marit PAULSEN, Anne E. JENSEN, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Considers that, in view of the anticipated environmental and climate dangers and the risk of epidemics and considerable price fluctuations on agricultural markets, additional risk prevention is of vital importance, particularly at individual farm level;deleted

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

George LYON, Sylvie GOULARD, Giommaria UGGIAS, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35

35. Recalls that market-orientated production and direct payments are at the heart of any insurance against risk, and that it is farmers who are responsible for risk prevention; ~~supports the Member States, in this context, in making national risk insurance instruments available to farmers;~~

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36

36. Considers that a m~~ulti-stage~~inimum safety net comprising private storage, and public intervention, market disruption instruments and an emergency clause would confer the greatest possible benefit; calls for private storage and public intervention to be permitted for specific sectors where market disruptions are of limited duration; calls furthermo should be available to tackle market crisis and believes the Commission must have the powers and the resources to react quickly to a major crisis; considers there for a market disruption instrument and an emergency clause to be established for all sectors in common, making it possible for the Commission, under certain circumstances, in the event of crises to take action over a limited period which goes beyond the existing instrumene, that a special reserve budget line which could be swiftly activated should be made available in future EU budgets to provide a rapid reaction tool in the event of severe crises in the agricultural markets;

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

George LYON, Marit PAULSEN, Liam AYLWARD, Sylvie GOULARD, Anne E. JENSEN, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37

37. Considers that the use of these instruments ~~which have been described should be triggered only by a political assessment by the EU leg~~could be complemented by new economic and financial tools that are innovative and flexible such as futures markets or private mutualislat~~ure~~ion funds;

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Britta REIMERS, George LYON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39

39. Continues to support the Commission's proposal to lower the intervention thresholds for market crops to zero~~, maintaining a – possibly reduced – intervention threshold only in the case of wheat~~;

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40

40. Considers that private-sector insurance schemes, such as multi-hazard insurance, must be developed in view of increasing risks; is aware of the fact that, without public contributions to the financing (from the EU and Member States), this would be difficult; supports the adoption of an EU-wide and WTO- compliant environment to ensure that no distortions of competition occur among Member States; rejects, however, the introduction of EU-wide insurance systems;deleted

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

George LYON, Sylvie GOULARD, Anne E. JENSEN, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41

41. Considers rather that these measures should be promoted optionally, by decision of the Member State, in the first pillar (now Article 69) within the existing financing ceiling of the Member State concerned and that Member States should be allowed, initially, on the basis of national and regional needs, to use up to 2% of direct payments for risk management, stabilisation and prevention measures; considers that, in justified cases, Member States should be allowed to make additional resources available from national funds;deleted

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42

~~42. Calls on the Commission to examine the extent to which producer groups or sectoral associations can be extended to all production sectors and incorporated into the risk prevention schemes;~~deleted

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

George LYON, Marit PAULSEN, Sylvie GOULARD, Anne E. JENSEN, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43

43. Takes the view, therefore, that the Commission should devise common rules on support from Member States for risk management systems, possibly by creating common rules in the common market organisation, in order to keep to a minimum any distortion of competition and trade; calls, furthermore, on the Commission to notify all measures to introduce risk management and to submit an appropriate impact assessment with the legislative proposal;deleted

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

George LYON, Sylvie GOULARD, Anne E. JENSEN, Britta REIMERS, Lena EK, Marielle DE SARNEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44

44. Acknowledges that in the WTO negotiations the EU has offered to abolish export refunds, albeit with the proviso that other trading partners (particularly the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand) also bring their export support into line with WTO rules; calls for the EU likewise to formulate a system for export credits which complies with WTO rulesReaffirms the EU commitment to phase-out export refunds by 2013 if this move is reflected in WTO partners abandoning in parallel similar measures and measures having equivalent effect, in particular the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand;

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

George LYON, Richard ASHWORTH, Marit PAULSEN, Liam AYLWARD, Vincenzo IOVINE, Giommaria UGGIAS, Carl HAGLUND, Anne E. JENSEN, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44 a (new)

44 a. Recalls that EU farmers are required to produce food to the highest safety, environmental, quality and animal welfare standards and should be rewarded for doing so; believes that imports from third countries should, respecting WTO rights and obligations, meet equivalent standards to ensure fairer competition; calls on the Commission to uphold the interests of European farmers in the context of multilateral and bilateral trade agreements negotiated on behalf of the EU;

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

George LYON, Liam AYLWARD, Giommaria UGGIAS, Lena EK, Anne E. JENSEN, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45

45. Advocates that the 2006 sugar market reform be ~~extend~~reviewed toin 20~~20 in its existing form in order to develop a system for the subsequent period which can operate without quotas~~15 with a view to bringing in further reforms by 2020;

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

George LYON, Marit PAULSEN, Liam AYLWARD, Sylvie GOULARD, Giommaria UGGIAS, Anne E. JENSEN, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47

47. ~~Observes that~~Asks for solutions to be formulated at global level to tackle abuses of speculation in agricultural commodities ~~should be combated; ad~~and extreme price voclat~~es a worldwide notification system for agricultural stocks; observes~~ility as they potentially put food security at risk; insists in thatis con~~sideration should be given to maintaining stocks of vital agricultural commoditie~~text that the EU should adopt a coordinated approach with its trade partners in order to avoid further markets disruptions;

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

George LYON, Marit PAULSEN, Sylvie GOULARD, Giommaria UGGIAS, Anne E. JENSEN, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Subheading before paragraph 48

Pillar 2: Rural development

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

George LYON, Richard ASHWORTH, Marit PAULSEN, Liam AYLWARD, Sylvie GOULARD, Vincenzo IOVINE, Carl HAGLUND, Anne E. JENSEN, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48

48. ~~Is aware of the importance of~~Points out that rural development under the second pillar, in view of its environmental, modernisation and structural improvement achievements, but also for attaining political objectives, which should also benefit farmers; calls therefore for second-pillar measures to be better suited to their objectives, so that the effectiveness of grows now an integral part of the CAP architecture and should remain an important element of the future CAP through a well-equipped rural development strategy with a reinforced focus on growth and innovation in rural areas, improving th,e e~~mployment and climate measures and measures for the benefit of rural areas can be increased; considers that, in this context, particular attention should be devoted to assisting young farmer~~nvironment, mitigating and adapting to climate change, modernising and restructuring agriculture, strengthening cohesion in EU rural areas, revitalising disadvantaged areas and areas at risk of abandonment, improving agricultural added-value and competitiveness and creating new jobs in rural areas;

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

George LYON, Richard ASHWORTH, Marit PAULSEN, Liam AYLWARD, Sylvie GOULARD, Anne E. JENSEN, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49 a (new)

49 a. Calls, in line with the Commission Communication, for a more outcome- oriented approach through a general move towards the use of delivery tools that set goals and empower farmers and rural communities to choose their own systems to meet multiannual targets and objectives, such as outcome agreements and simple contracts;

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

George LYON, Marit PAULSEN, Liam AYLWARD, Sylvie GOULARD, Carl HAGLUND, Anne E. JENSEN, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49 c (new)

49 c. Emphasises in the context of the EU 2020 Strategy that research and development, the use of new technologies and best agricultural practices are crucial to develop sustainable intensive and precision farming techniques in order to improve competitiveness and increase production and agricultural productivity while reducing the use of scarce resources such as water, land and energy; takes the view that investment in agricultural innovation should be further encouraged with a view to increase the use of the best available technologies on farms, inter alia through the CAP and EU research and development framework programmes, in order to address new challenges, starting with feeding a projected global population of 9 billion people in 2050 while making a better use of resources;

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

George LYON, Liam AYLWARD, Sylvie GOULARD, Lena EK, Anne E. JENSEN, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49 d (new)

49 d. Believes that farmers can actively contribute to biodiversity, landscape management and environmental protection, as well as climate change adaptation and mitigation, in a cost- effective way; calls for the CAP to provide the opportunity for the vast bulk of agricultural land to be covered by agri- environmental schemes to further incentivise a majority of farmers for the delivery of additional eco-system services while encouraging more sustainable, lower-input production models such as organic farming, precision farming, the development of high-nature-value farming and sustainable intensive agricultural practices; recalls in this context that the agri-environmental programmes must be designed so as to closely fit national and regional priorities and specificities, and be clearly differentiated from the sustainability element of the first pillar in their objectives, scale and tools;

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

George LYON, Liam AYLWARD, Sylvie GOULARD, Anne E. JENSEN, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50

50. Advocates ~~in this connection that~~for the compensatory allowance for disadvantaged areas to be retained in the second pillar~~; considers that it should be ascertained what cofinancing rate appears to be appropriate; calls on the Commission to retain the existing c~~, independently of the voluntary national top-up under pillar 1; Believes that this will ensure that agricultural activity takes place so that land continues to be managed and local food is produced for local communities across the EU, thereby reducing the threat of land abandonment and ensuring a balanced territeoria ~~for demarcation of disadvantaged areas~~l management as well as a rational development of agricultural production across the EU;

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

George LYON, Marit PAULSEN, Liam AYLWARD, Sylvie GOULARD, Giommaria UGGIAS, Anne E. JENSEN, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50 a (new)

50 a. Stresses that less favoured areas are often of high value in terms of the cultivated landscape, biodiversity preservation and provision of environmental benefits, as well as rural areas dynamism; Asks the Commission, therefore, to orientate its compensatory programmes for these specific areas towards these goals through a careful choice of biophysical selection criteria; Recalls in this context that the European Parliament, in its resolution of 5th May 2010, asked for additional criteria to be considered such as 'isolation' to address difficulties arising from distance from the market, remoteness and limited access to services, as well as the inclusion of a 'field-capacity days' criterion to address the interaction between soil types and climate and notably reflect maritime climate difficulties;

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

George LYON, Sylvie GOULARD, Giommaria UGGIAS, Carl HAGLUND, Anne E. JENSEN, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51

51. Stresses at the same time, however, that rural structures differ widely in the Member States and therefore require different measures; calls therefore for flexibility to allow the Member States to adopt voluntary measures, thwhich could be co-financ~~ing rate for which should be based on the rates current at the time~~ed by the EU on the condition that these measures have been notified to the Commission and approved;

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

George LYON, Marit PAULSEN, Liam AYLWARD, Sylvie GOULARD, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Anne E. JENSEN, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52

52. Advocates that, in the case of measures which are of particular importance to Member States, an optional increase of ~~25% in~~the national financing in the second pillar (top- up) should be possible; Stresses however, that these top-ups should not lead to a renationalisation of pillar 2 or increase the gap in Member States' ability to co- finance their priorities;

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

George LYON, Marit PAULSEN, Liam AYLWARD, Sylvie GOULARD, Lena EK, Anne E. JENSEN, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53

53. Calls for a~~brupt changes in the allocation of appropriations in the second pillar to be avoided, as Member States require certainty to enable them to plan and continuity of financing~~ fair redistribution of second pillar funds to be achieved between Member States, according to objective criteria that must reflect the diversity of needs in European rural areas and the different priority objectives to be achieved by different Member States; Advocates for these changes to be achieved after a transition period in parallel with the changes made to first pillar funds distribution and so as to avoid sudden changes that may be disruptive;

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54

54. Advocates that it should not be compulsory for national cofinancing to come from public funds; ~~consid~~requests the Commission to offers th~~at at least 10 percentage points of any national~~e opportunity on a regional or local level for using a system of private co-financing instead of public co-financing ~~should come from public funds;~~; making sure that there is no change of an efficient control instrument to an exclusion criterion for the participation in the second pillar for financially weak regions in Europe;.

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

George LYON, Sylvie GOULARD, Anne E. JENSEN, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55

55. Calls for simplification and a review of the ~~cross-compliance rule~~requirements and controls for the second pillar, considers simplification of the current indicator system to be necessary ~~and takes a critical view of the introduction of quantitative targets~~;

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

George LYON, Marit PAULSEN, Liam AYLWARD, Sylvie GOULARD, Lena EK, Anne E. JENSEN, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56

56. Welcomes the move towards greater coordination at EU level ~~of EU funds; advocates, however, that the funds be preserved as politically autonomous instrument~~between rural development programmes and cohesion policy in particular, with a view to avoiding duplication, contradictory objectives and overlapping; recalls however, that the scale of the projects under EU cohesion policy and rural development programmes is different and therefore advocates for the funds to remain distinct and for rural development programmes to maintain their focus on rural communities;

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

George LYON, Marit PAULSEN, Sylvie GOULARD, Giommaria UGGIAS, Anne E. JENSEN, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Subheading before paragraph 57

~~Miscellaneous~~deleted

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

George LYON, Marit PAULSEN, Liam AYLWARD, Sylvie GOULARD, Anne E. JENSEN, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57

~~57. Observes that there is a need for action with regard to national tax law applicable to farms in order to distribute the tax burden more evenly over a period of years;~~deleted

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2020(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Expresses surprise~~Takes note of at the large sums placed in the reserve and calls for the relevant legislative acts to be adopted in order to enable ~~optimum~~appropriate use to be made of those sums, with special reference to the ~~acts relating to~~need to conclude international fisheries agreements; on time; (A large sum in the reserve is necessary in order for the Commission to have room for manoeuvre and to meet its obligations.)

2011/07/20
Committee: PECH

2011/2020(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Deplores the overall reduction in commitment and payment appropriations for control and enforcement of the CFP that the Commission is proposing, in particular as regards the financial contribution to the Member States in payment appropriations; considers that the Commission should make greater efforts to facilitate and promote the uptake of appropriations in this area;

2011/07/20
Committee: PECH

2011/2020(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. ~~Welcome~~Demands, nonetheless, th~~e increase in~~at the appropriations for the Community Fisheries Control Agency, whose work needs to be supported and promoted, be kept at the same level than in 2011;

2011/07/20
Committee: PECH

2011/2020(BUD)

Christa KLASS, Britta REIMERS, Anja WEISGERBER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Notes that the volume of appropriations for policies relating to the conservation, management and exploitation of living aquatic resources (line 1107) remains largely unchanged, but, in view of the 2010 outturn, calls on the ~~Commission~~Member States to make greater use of the initial appropriations available to ithem;

2011/07/20
Committee: PECH

2011/0429(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 4

(4) The Commission has conducted a review of the list of priority substances according to Article 16(4) of Directive 2000/60/EC and to Article 8 of Directive 2008/105/EC and come to the conclusion that it is appropriate to amend the list of priority substances by identifying new substances for priority action at Union level, setting EQS for them, or removing existing substances from the list and updating according to scientific progress the EQS for some existing substances, and setting biota EQS for some existing and new priority substances.

2012/11/13
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Annex II a (new)

ANNEX IIa ‘ANNEX II SUBSTANCES TO BE INCLUDED INTER ALIA IN THE FIRST WATCH LIST DRAWN UP BY THE COMMISSION CAS number1 EU number2 Name of substance 1066-51-9 not applicable Amino-methyl phosphonic acid (AMPA) 298-46-4 206-062-7 Carbamazepine 57-12-5 not applicable Free cyanide 1071-83-6 213-997-4 Glyphosate 15687-27-1 239-784-6 Ibuprofen 3380-34-5 222-182-2 Triclosan 9029-97-4 231-175-3 Zinc and its compounds 57-63-6 200-342-2 17-alpha-ethinylestradiol 50-28-2 200-023-8 17-beta-estradiol 15307-79-6 239-346-4 Diclofenac __________________________ 1 CAS: Chemical Abstracts Service. EU number: European Inventory of Existing Commercial Substances (EINECS) or European List of Notified Chemical Substances (ELINCS).

2012/11/13
Committee: ENVI

2011/0416(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2 – point c

Council Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009
Article 2 – point d

(d) “division” means the territory of a Member State, or any part thereof as delimited with a view to the selection of returning holdings; a list of such divisions appears in Annex I;

2012/05/10
Committee: AGRI

2011/0416(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 3 – paragraph 1

Council Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009
Article 3

TAt the request of a Member State, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 19a for the purpose of ~~establish~~amending the list of divisions per Member State.

2012/05/10
Committee: AGRI

2011/0416(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 3 – paragraph 2

Council Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009
Article 3

~~Until the establishment of that list of divisions by the Commission, the divisions shall be those set out in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EU) No 1291/2009.~~deleted

2012/05/10
Committee: AGRI

2011/0416(COD)

George LYON, Liam AYLWARD, Britta REIMERS

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II — Main Issue "Identification and registration of animals" — SMR 8 — last column

Articles 3, 4 (with the exception of paragraph 6) and 5

2012/10/16
Committee: AGRI

2011/0288(COD)

George LYON, Liam AYLWARD, Britta REIMERS

Council Regulation (EC) No 21/2004 of 17 December 2003 establishing a system for the identification and registration of ovine and caprine animals (OJ L 5, 9.1.2004, p. 8) 1 ____________________ 1 The Commission will issue guidelines for Member States on the interpretation of the rules applicable for the purpose of cross compliance. These guidelines will provide an appropriate degree of flexibility at farm-level so as to respect the principle of proportionality when implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 21/2004 while keeping with the spirit of the legislation and ensure full animal movement traceability.

2012/10/16
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7

(7) Electronic identification systems based on radio frequency identification have considerably improved in the last ten years. That technology allows a faster and more accurate reading of individual animal identity codes directly into data processing systems resulting on a reduction of time needed to trace potential infected animals or infected food, saving labour costs but at the same time increasing equipment costs. If the electronic identification is faulty, the failure of the technology must not result in penalty payments being imposed on farmers.

2012/02/17
Committee: ENVI

2011/0229(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 — paragraph 1 — point 3

Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000
Article 4 — paragraph 2 — subparagraph 1

~~Member States may introduce national provisions to make compulsory the use of an electronic identifier as one of the two means of identification provided for in paragraph 1.~~deleted

2012/04/02
Committee: AGRI

2011/0229(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 — paragraph 1 — point 3

Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000
Article 4 — paragraph 2 — subparagraph 2

~~The Member States that make use of this option shall provide the Commission with the text of such national provisions.~~deleted

2012/04/02
Committee: AGRI

2011/0229(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16

(16) Making EID mandatory throughout the Union may have economically adverse effects on certain operators. It is therefore appropriate that a voluntary regime for the introduction of EID is established. Under such a regime, EID would be chosen by keepers that are likely to have immediate economic benefits. It is also desirable that the electronic identification systems in the Member States should be compatible.

2012/02/17
Committee: ENVI

George LYON, Britta REIMERS, Esther DE LANGE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Notes with concern~~Points out that the Commission proposal for the future MFF, setting an overall ceiling of EUR 382 92712 million for Heading 2 and a sub-ceiling of EUR 281 825 million for direct payments and market related expenditure, would lead to a reduction of EUR 37 755 million in real terms for this heading; ~~1 All figures for commitment appropriations (2014-2020), expressed in constant 2011 prices 2 All figures for commitment appropriations (2014-2020), expressed in constant 2011 prices~~Or. en

2012/09/05
Committee: AGRI

2011/0177(APP)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. ~~Considers that~~Recognises the need for budgetary constraint in these cu~~ts can not b~~rrent economic crisis but does not believe that these cuts are counterbalanced by expenditure foreseen in other headings (food aid for most deprived persons, agricultural research, food safety reserve, etc.) or by flexibility instruments for unforeseeable expenditure (reserve for agricultural crisis, European Globalisation Fund, etc.), as these are budgetary reserves which do not contain commitment appropriations;

2012/09/05
Committee: AGRI

2011/0177(APP)

George LYON, Britta REIMERS, Marit PAULSEN, Esther DE LANGE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Calls, on the~~refore, on the Council to increase~~ Council to recognise that agriculture spending has already taken significant reductions in Heading 2 and the subheading for direct payments and market related expenditure ~~to EUR 420 682 million and EUR 336 685 million respectively, correspond~~and therefore believes that if there are to be any further reductions ing t~~o a freeze in real terms, as requested in its earlier resolution~~he EU budget, the Council should look to other areas to make the necessary savings;

2012/09/05
Committee: AGRI

2010/2211(INI)

Britta REIMERS, George LYON, Liam AYLWARD

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Regards the current debate on the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) as important, given agriculture’s role as a strategic sector in the European Union, in particular, as regards food security;

2011/03/02
Committee: AGRI

2010/2211(INI)

Marit PAULSEN, Marian HARKIN, Britta REIMERS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Calls for improved policy coherence and better use of existing cohesion and research policy instruments in order to increase investments in agriculture and animal welfare related R&D of relevance for the rural community;

2011/03/02
Committee: AGRI

2010/2211(INI)

Marit PAULSEN, Marian HARKIN, Britta REIMERS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Considers that the duration of the multiannual financial framework (MFF) must be chosen in such a way as to allow for adequate and effective budget implementation capable of achieving the targets of a strong Europe; a~~nd that~~lso recognises that financial discipline is likely to be triggered by 2013, which will require a high degree of flexibility ~~is needed, given~~to respond efficiently to the unexpected challenges the CAP will certainly have to face in the future; considers that a special reserve budget line which could be swiftly activated should be made available in the EU budget in order to provide for a rapid reaction tool in the event of severe crises in the agricultural markets in the future;

2011/03/02
Committee: AGRI

2010/2211(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8 a. Recommends that, as a matter of principle for the future, the level of EU co-financing should reflect the European added value of the different investments made under the rural development programmes;

2011/03/02
Committee: AGRI

2010/2210(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. Whereas the new EU control package, consisting of the IUU Regulation, the Control Regulation and the Fishing Authorisations Regulation, constitutes a comprehensive set of instruments to combat this scourge of the oceans, since it specifies the flag, coastal, port and market State responsibilities of both the EU Member States and third countries;

2011/06/21
Committee: PECH

2010/2210(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Believes~~Is convinced that the IUU fishing is one of the most serious threats f~~acing~~or the biodiversity of the world’s oceans, for the livelihoods of all law-abiding fishermen as well as for the general workability and effectiveness of management schemes such as the Common Fisheries Policy; therefore calls on the Commission and the Member States to increase their efforts to fight global IUU fishing;

2011/06/21
Committee: PECH

2010/2210(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Considers that the new EU control package, consisting of the IUU Regulation, the Control Regulation and the Fishing Authorisations Regulation5 , constitutes a comprehensive set of instruments to combat this scourge of the oceans, since it specifies the flag, coastal, alls on the Commission to implement and to apply all instruments provided by the new EU Control Package to combat illegal, unreported and ~~market State responsibilities of both the EU Member States and third countries~~undocumented fishing activities with a speedy and non- compromising approach;

2011/06/21
Committee: PECH

2010/2210(INI)

Isabella LÖVIN, Carl HAGLUND, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Insists that the Commission and the control authorities in the Member States be provided with sufficient resources (human, financial, technological) enabling them to fully implement these regulations ~~and that they should not shy away from identifying and sanctioning EU interests when appropriate, since the credibility of the EU is at stake~~;

2011/06/21
Committee: PECH

2010/2210(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Encourages the Commission and Member States to identify and sanction violators of EU rules to safeguard the Union’s credibility on this issue;

2011/06/21
Committee: PECH

2010/2210(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Is alarmed at the use of such criminal activities as human trafficking, money laundering, corruption, handling of stolen goods, tax evasion and customs fraud by those engaged in IUU fishing, proving that a more comprehensive and integrated approach to the fight against IUU fishing should be explored;

2011/06/21
Committee: PECH

2010/2206(INI)

Marit PAULSEN, Liam AYLWARD, Britta REIMERS, Marian HARKIN, Elisabeth JEGGLE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3a (new)

3a. Believes that future rural and regional development programmes should effectively support the tourism sector. Special attention should be given to the promotion of knowledge transfer and cross-border exchanges of best practice, building upon the work of existing European networks such as NECSTouR;

2011/02/03
Committee: AGRI

2010/2206(INI)

Marit PAULSEN, Liam AYLWARD, Britta REIMERS, Marian HARKIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4a (new)

4a. Underlines that tourism activities must always respect the landscape and the environment. The objective – as stated in the European Landscape Convention – should be a balanced and harmonious relationship between social needs, economic activity and the environment;

2011/02/03
Committee: AGRI

2010/2206(INI)

Marit PAULSEN, Liam AYLWARD, Britta REIMERS, Marian HARKIN, Elisabeth JEGGLE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6a (new)

6a. Considers that there is a need to improve farmers’ marketing capacity and their access to local markets, thus enabling the catering sector to buy the local produce that they need more easily;

2011/02/03
Committee: AGRI

2010/2206(INI)

Marit PAULSEN, Britta REIMERS, Marian HARKIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Suggests that the Commission ~~prolong~~end the CALYPSO initiative ~~until after 2011 and that it award increased attention to rural and farm tourism in the programmes developed~~by 2011;

2011/02/03
Committee: AGRI

2010/2206(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10

10. Proposes, in view of the success of the ‘European capitals of culture’ and the ‘European heritage label’ initiatives, that a similar initiative be developed to devise a European label for rural areas of tourist interest; calls for that label to be ~~the centrepiece of the promotion measures contemplated.~~voluntary but based on commonly agreed standards inspired by, for instance, the European Landscape Convention;

2011/02/03
Committee: AGRI

2010/2112(INI)

Britta REIMERS, Marit PAULSEN

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas ensuring food security for Europe's citizens ~~and~~, providing consumers with food at reasonable prices and safeguarding farm incomes have been the core objectives of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) since its inception and remain key objectives of the European Union at present,

2010/11/08
Committee: AGRI

2010/2112(INI)

George LYON, Liam AYLWARD, Marit PAULSEN, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Whereas food security is a central issue for Europe and requires coherence and coordination between various sectoral policy areas at EU level namely: the CAP, energy policy, research programmes, development and trade policies, and financial regulation;

2010/11/08
Committee: AGRI

2010/2112(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Further believes that the European Union should guarantee an adequate standard of living for every person and particularly for those with insufficient economic resources, who are often children, elderly persons, migrants, refugees and unemployed persons;deleted

2010/11/08
Committee: AGRI

2010/2112(INI)

Mairead McGUINNESS, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Supports the formula Food Security - Nutrition - Quality - Proximity - Innovation - Productivity; believes that in order to achieve this the future CAP should take note of the public expectations that this should be both an agricultural and a food policy;

2010/11/08
Committee: AGRI

2010/2112(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Considers that the EU should support education and awareness-raising about healthy nutrition, given that informed choices about diet can prevent disease and also reduce the heavy strain on social spending in Europe; ~~also calls for more dietary support programmes, such as the School Fruit and School Milk programmes, and for the budgets for these programmes to be increased;~~

2010/11/08
Committee: AGRI

2010/2112(INI)

George LYON, Marit PAULSEN, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Reaffirms its support for the Most Deprived Persons programme; recalls that through its Farm Bill the US allocates significant support to its Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programme, which generates substantial revenues for the sector and the economy in general, in addition to alleviating some of the food needs of its poorest people;deleted

2010/11/08
Committee: AGRI

2010/2112(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Re~~affirms its support~~calls that a ruling is pending on the programme for the Mmost Ddeprived Ppersons programme; recalls that through its Farm Bill the US allocates significant support to its Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programme, which generates substantial revenues for the sector and the economy in general, in addition to alleviating some of the food needs of its poorest peoplewhich will help determine whether this should remain part of the CAP expenditure in the future; believes that social policy is better dealt with at Member State level;

2010/11/08
Committee: AGRI

2010/2112(INI)

George LYON, Liam AYLWARD, Marit PAULSEN, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Recalls that energy security and food security are very closely linked; recognises that energy costs are a key factor in determining the profitability of agriculture; encourages measures t~~o reduce the costs of energy and to foster more consistent support for research and development~~hat incentivise farmers to become more energy-efficient and therefore more sustainable, and recalls that further research and development is needed to achieve these objectives;

2010/11/08
Committee: AGRI

2010/2112(INI)

George LYON, Marit PAULSEN, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. C~~onsiders, therefore, that~~alls on the Commission to investigate whether a global system of food stocks would be beneficial, in helping to facilitate world trade when price spikes occur, warding off recurring protectionism and easing the pressure on world food markets; considers that these stocks should be managed by a common body under the aegis of the United Nations and make full use of the experience amassed by the FAO and the UN World Food Programme; calls on the Commission to play a leading role in advocating this global food-stock system;

2010/11/08
Committee: AGRI

2010/2112(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Reaffirms the position set out in its report on the future of the CAP after 2013; reaffirms its commitment to a strong agricultural and rural development policy which ensures food security for all, maintains the vitality of rural Europe, is supportive of innovation, competitiveness and employment, and plays its part in meeting ~~major global~~ challenges, such as climate change;

2010/11/08
Committee: AGRI

2010/2112(INI)

George LYON, Mairead McGUINNESS, Marit PAULSEN, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Calls for more measures to facilitate women's employment on farms and in rural areas, as well as equal ownership rights~~, access to pensions and direct payments~~;

2010/11/08
Committee: AGRI

2010/2112(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Notes that traditional agricultural practices, including small-scale farming and organic farming, can make a valuable contribution to food security, because they often represent the most effective way of utilising land through methods specifically developed in individual regions over lengthy periods of timall forms of sustainable agricultural practices make a valuable contribution to food security, particularly sustainable intensive practices which represent the most effective way of combining high productivity with sustainable land use, preservation of natural habitats, a positive impact on biodiversity and the fight against climate change;

2010/11/08
Committee: AGRI

2010/2112(INI)

Mairead McGUINNESS, Marit PAULSEN, George LYON, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Notes that all traditional agricultural pr~~actices, including small-scale farming and organic farming,~~oduction methods can make a valuable contribution to food security, because they often represent the most effective way of utilising land through methods specifically developed in individual regions over lengthy periods of time;

2010/11/08
Committee: AGRI

2010/2112(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Highlights the fact that products from small-scale farming supply local markets with fresh food, which is more environmentally sustainable than transported food and helps to support established farming communities; calls on the Commission to address these agricultural models in its future CAP proposals, including the possibility of creating special financial incentivesneed to preserve the diversity of agriculture in the EU; underlines the importance of farming in less favoured areas and calls on the Commission to provide continued support in these areas so as to ensure food production across Europe;

2010/11/08
Committee: AGRI

2010/2112(INI)

Marit PAULSEN, George LYON, Britta REIMERS, Elisabeth JEGGLE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Calls for a CAP that does not encroach on developing countries' ability to produce food, but which provides help for farmers to grow food locally; calls for the EU to support the agricultural sectors of developing countries, particularly by means of transfers of know-how;

2010/11/08
Committee: AGRI

2010/2111(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)

- having regard to the Commission communication of 16 July 2010 entitled "The TSE Road map 2. A Strategy paper on Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies for 2010-2015" (COM(2010)384),

2010/12/01
Committee: AGRI

2010/2111(INI)

Britta REIMERS, George LYON, Peter JAHR, Mairead McGUINNESS, James NICHOLSON

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)

- having regard to the study by the directorate general of the European Commission for agriculture and rural development on the "Economic Impact of Unapproved GMOs on EU Feed Imports and Livestock Production", 2007,

2010/12/01
Committee: AGRI

2010/2111(INI)

Britta REIMERS, George LYON, Peter JAHR, Mairead McGUINNESS

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas, historically, this significant deficit in protein crop production goes on the one hand back to previously established international trade agreements, especially with the United States, which allowed the EU to protect its cereal production and in return allowed duty-free imports of protein crops and oilseeds into the EU (GATT and 1992 Blair House Agreement), and is on the other hand related to significant progress in the efficiency of protein crop production and the use of new technologies outside the EU, leading to a competitive disadvantage of EU farmers who find protein crop production economically unattractive,

2010/12/01
Committee: AGRI

2010/2111(INI)

Britta REIMERS, Peter JAHR, George LYON

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas 70% (452 million tonnes in 2009) of the protein crops ~~consumed in the EU today~~, especially soy beans, are imported, mainly from Brazil, Argentina and the USA~~, the bulk of them being used~~; whereas approx. 60% of these imports (26 million tonnes) are by-products derived from vegetable oil production and are used as meals, especially soymeal, for animal feed,

2010/12/01
Committee: AGRI

2010/2111(INI)

Britta REIMERS, Peter JAHR, George LYON, Mairead McGUINNESS, James NICHOLSON

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas the ~~high degree of imports of protein crops for animal feed has made the entire~~ EU livestock sector ~~extremely~~is vulnerable to price volatility and trade distortions, ~~reflecting the consequences of increasingly liberalised agricultural market~~and depends on affordable and high quality protein imports; whereas the sector's competitiveness is undermined by the additional costs of protein imports for feed incurred by the lack of an EU technical solution to the current zero tolerance policy on low level presence of unapproved GMOs,

2010/12/01
Committee: AGRI

2010/2111(INI)

Britta REIMERS, Peter JAHR, Mairead McGUINNESS

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas farmers‘ knowledge of sustainable practices which link crop and livestock production through balanced crop rotation and adequate use of grassland areas ~~is being~~could be lost, and whereas domestic protein crop quality consequently does not offer the quality of compound feed needed in the various animal production sectors,

2010/12/01
Committee: AGRI

2010/2111(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J

J. whereas, in the context of climate change, the production of protein crops ~~substantially~~can contribute to reduces greenhouse gas emissions through the assimilation and fixation of nitrogen in the soil (amounting to up to 100 kgN/ha per month) and the subsequent reduction in the use of nitrogen fertiliser,

2010/12/01
Committee: AGRI

2010/2111(INI)

Britta REIMERS, Peter JAHR, George LYON

Motion for a resolution
Recital O a (new)

Oa. Whereas soy imports cannot be fully replaced by domestic proteins such as peas, beans and lupins, as they are not nutritionally equivalent, have lower total protein content, different amino acid profiles and are therefore not appropriate substitutes for all animals; whereas the 2007 DG AGRI report suggests that at most 10-20% of the EU imports of soybeans and soymeal could be replaced by an increase in domestic oilseed and protein seed acreage,

2010/12/01
Committee: AGRI

2010/2111(INI)

Britta REIMERS, Peter JAHR, Mairead McGUINNESS

Motion for a resolution
Recital P

P. whereas the ban on the use of animal protein in animal feed made of swill, bone and meat meal ~~must remain in place as long as there is no guarantee that forced cannibalism or transmission of diseases can be ruled out,~~ was introduced in times of crisis, it should be reconsidered for animals other than ruminants, provided that forced cannibalism or transmission of diseases can be ruled out; such measures would reduce the EU's dependency on protein imports and improve the sustainability of the EU feed and livestock chain,

2010/12/01
Committee: AGRI

2010/2111(INI)

Britta REIMERS, Peter JAHR, Mairead McGUINNESS

Motion for a resolution
Recital S

S. whereas ~~the Commission report on the impact of CAP measures in the protein sector revealed that there are three main areas in which~~ it is advantageous for farmers to grow protein crops in several areas: on- farm animal feed production using mixed crops such as cereals and beans; protein production for human consumption; and ~~organic farming~~all kinds of sustainable agriculture,

2010/12/01
Committee: AGRI

2010/2111(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital U

U. whereas, ~~instead of further encouraging~~next to cereal and maize ~~monocultures~~cultivation for feed and energy production, the use of extended crop rotation systems, on-farm mixed cropping and grass-clover mixtures ~~has greater~~can have environmental and agronomic benefits, since the growing of leguminous crops as part of a rotation system can prevent diseases and regenerate the soil,

2010/12/01
Committee: AGRI

2010/2111(INI)

Britta REIMERS, Peter JAHR, George LYON, Mairead McGUINNESS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Calls on the Commission to ensure that its legislative proposals for CAP reform include adequate measures ~~and instruments which integrate protein crop production into improved~~for improved crop rotation and research into plant breeding, with the aim of a more efficient protein crop protaduction ~~systems~~ so as to ~~overcom~~reduce the current protein deficit, improve farmers‘ revenues and address 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;

2010/12/01
Committee: AGRI

2010/2111(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Calls on the Commission swiftly to submit to Parliament and to the Council a report on the ~~scope for~~feasibility of increasing domestic protein crop production in the EU, including the potential extent for substituting imports, the potential effect on farmers‘ revenues, the contribution it would make to climate change mitigation, the effect on biodiversity and soil fertility, and the potential for reducing the necessary external input of mineral fertilisers and p~~esticide~~lant protection products;

2010/12/01
Committee: AGRI

2010/2111(INI)

Britta REIMERS, George LYON, Peter JAHR, Mairead McGUINNESS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Commission to carry out an appraisal evaluating the effects of current import tariffs and trade agreements on the various oilseed and protein crops, and ~~to review the current strategies adopted~~ proceed in the ongoing multilateral trade negotiations ~~as regards so-called ‘non-trade aspects’, which include the agri-environmental effects of increased crop rotation~~, while paying due attention to the EU's agriculture interests;

2010/12/01
Committee: AGRI

2010/2111(INI)

Britta REIMERS, Peter JAHR, George LYON, Mairead McGUINNESS, James NICHOLSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls on the Commission to ensure an unhindered supply of soya to the EU market by providing a technical solution on the low level presence of GMOs for protein crops for food and feed imported in the EU; recalls that shortages of soya imports impose an additional cost burden on the EU livestock and feedstuffs sectors, and puts the economic viability of domestic meat production at risk;

2010/12/01
Committee: AGRI

2010/2111(INI)

Marit PAULSEN, George LYON, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Commission, in cooperation with the Member States, to ~~revise the definition of good agricultural practices, including~~encourage the use of ~~mandatory~~ crop rotation with domestic protein crops ~~as a precautionary measure against crop disease and price volatility in the animal production sector~~where soil conditions allow;

2010/12/01
Committee: AGRI

2010/2111(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission to submit a report to Parliament on the current use of slaughter offal, swill, meat and bone meal and other animal protein sources in the Member States in accordance with the EU legislation on animal by-products, including, an overview (dates etc.) of calories used, and to propose options for the treatment and use of such protein sources in biogas plants, incineration and animal feed; urges the full application of the precautionary principle in relation to the possible use of animal proteins in any kind of animal feed, but calls on the Commission to - as suggested in the TSE Road map 2 - work towards the lifting of the suspension of the use of processed animal protein in feed for all animals other than ruminants, provided that the ban on intra-species recycling is maintained;

2010/12/01
Committee: AGRI

2010/2111(INI)

Britta REIMERS, George LYON, Peter JAHR, Mairead McGUINNESS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls on the Commission to introduce a framework programme ~~for decentralised agricultural research as part of research on agriculture and rural development and~~to improve European and international collaboration in agricultural research including on-farm training programmes on ~~improving the breeding of~~ locally adapted protein plants so as to ensure the applicability of new research in the field;

2010/12/01
Committee: AGRI

2010/2111(INI)

Britta REIMERS, George LYON, Peter JAHR, James NICHOLSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls on the Commission to ~~introduce a top-up payment for farmers cultivating~~ensure that any support for the production of protein crops, in~~cluding clover grass, as 10% of thei~~ the European Union complies with WTO rules in that it does not have trade distorting effects, and should not be discriminatory against farmers who manage soils that are not suitable for protaein crop production;

2010/12/01
Committee: AGRI

2010/2110(INI)

Marit PAULSEN, Liam AYLWARD, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Considers that the EU agricultural sector 1 OJ L 194, 18.7.2001, p. 26 has a clear added value for the European economy and a strategic role to play in the EU 2020 strategy towards tackling the economic, social and environmental challenges that the EU is facing; underlines the need to ensure policy coherence between the EU agriculture, trade and development policies;

2010/11/12
Committee: AGRI

2010/2110(INI)

Marit PAULSEN, George LYON, Liam AYLWARD, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Condemn~~Encourages the Commission~~'s approach, which far too often makes concessions on agriculture in order~~ to carry on seeking bilateral and multilateral trade agreements to obtain enhanced market access in third countries for industrial products and services; insists, however, that the impact of the concessions made on agriculture should be properly assessed and communicated to the Council and the Parliament prior to deals being reached in order to ensure progress on trade while providing EU agriculture with a sustainable future;

2010/11/12
Committee: AGRI

2010/2110(INI)

Marit PAULSEN, Liam AYLWARD, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Recalls that EU producers are obliged to meet the highest standards in terms of product hygiene, sustainable production methods, plant health, animal health and welfare, traceability, pesticide residue control, veterinary medicine and additives;

2010/11/12
Committee: AGRI

2010/2110(INI)

Marit PAULSEN, Liam AYLWARD, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Urges the Commission proactively to promote the EU's offensive agricultural interests, given the vast export potential of the EU's high quality agri-food products; underlines, inter alia, the need to step up promotion programmes, including through an increase in the percentage of EU cofinancing; notes that these measures are WTO-compatible, falling as they do into the ‘green box’;

2010/11/12
Committee: AGRI

2010/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Considers that, in a bid to secure a successful outcome to the DDA, the EU made an ~~extremely generous~~ offer on agriculture, ~~but this was not reciprocated by an equivalent level of ambition from other developed and advanced developing countries~~and urges the Commission to continue to seek an ambitious, balanced and comprehensive outcome of the DDA;

2010/11/12
Committee: AGRI

2010/2110(INI)

Liam AYLWARD, Britta REIMERS, George LYON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

~~19. Asks the Commission vigorously to defend the EU regime for authorising and marketing GMOs against challenges in the WTO;~~deleted

2010/11/12
Committee: AGRI

2010/2110(INI)

Marit PAULSEN, George LYON, Liam AYLWARD, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Considers it unacceptable that the Commission resumed negotiations with Mercosur without making publicly available a detailed impact assessment and without engaging in a proper political debate with the Council and the Parliament and calls on the Commission to keep the Council and the Parliament informed in due time as the negotiations continue;

2010/11/12
Committee: AGRI

2010/2106(INI)

Peter JAHR, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Albert DESS, Britta REIMERS, Herbert DORFMANN, Giovanni LA VIA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Considers that agriculture and forestry can be made to function as an integrated whole; while the aspects relating to production are essential, they are not inconsistent with the protection of forests or the other benefits deriving from them; it is necessary to strike the correct balance between the two and ensure interaction between them, for example through the more efficient allocation of available funding; ~~European~~ forestry policy~~, particularly under the second pillar of the~~ under the current CAP, must be continued with a~~n adequate~~ t least the same level of funding ~~under the post-2013 CAP~~;

2010/11/09
Committee: AGRI

2010/2106(INI)

Peter JAHR, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Albert DESS, Britta REIMERS, Herbert DORFMANN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Points out that, in accordance with the subsidiarity principle, forest policy should continue to be primarily a matter for the Member States, with additional support from the European Union in the context of the CAP or other relevant policy areas, such as environmental policy, regional policy, and others;

2010/11/09
Committee: AGRI

2010/2106(INI)

Peter JAHR, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Britta REIMERS, Albert DESS, Herbert DORFMANN, Giovanni LA VIA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Considers that forests are of major benefit in terms of public goods, for which the market reward ishas hitherto been insufficient; the European Union should provide assistance to forest owners from funding instruments as a reward for their efforts to implement measures to protect the genetic diversity of forests; reaffirms Parliament's view regarding the need for EU-funded support payments for additional areas, thereby rewarding farmers for reducing carbon emissions per production unit and/or increasing carbon storage in the soil, using sustainable production methods;

2010/11/09
Committee: AGRI

2010/2106(INI)

Peter JAHR, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Britta REIMERS, Albert DESS, Herbert DORFMANN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 12

12. Considers it necessary to improve and encourage associations of forest owners so as to boost the currently unused timber potential, to strengthen the market position vis-à-vis the major timber buyers and to improve communication between ~~them~~forest owners and provide them with consultancy services;

2010/11/09
Committee: AGRI

2010/2106(INI)

Peter JAHR, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Albert DESS, Britta REIMERS, Herbert DORFMANN, Giovanni LA VIA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 14

14. Reiterates its concerns regarding forest fires, which are a serious problem, and the need to take action ~~to prevent any deterioration in the composition of forests as a result of excessive forestation~~in the field of sustainable forest management and stand maintenance in order to minimise the forest fire risk.

2010/11/09
Committee: AGRI

2010/2100(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Recalls that agricultur~~al development must be grounded in the right to nourishment and the right to produce foo~~e in the EU and developing countries must be well supported, the right to food is protected and the production of nutritional, safe and high quality food is strengthened; insists that the EU must recognise and defend the developing countries' right to food s~~overeign~~ecurity;

2010/10/15
Committee: AGRI

2010/2100(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Recalls that agricultural development must be grounded in the right to nourishment and the right to produce food; insists that the EU must recognise and defend the developing countries' right to food s~~overeign~~ecurity;

2010/10/15
Committee: AGRI

2010/2100(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Recalls that since less-favoured communities tend to derive their subsistence from agriculture, the development of non-industrial forms of agriculture is necessarily a condition for realising the Millennium Development Goals; believes that subsistence agriculture can offer a response to the challenge of food se~~lf-sufficienc~~curity, by means of strengthening the vital role played by women, notably via on-the-spot processing and the widespread use of loans and microcredits, and involving small producers' cooperatives as key players in the definition of effective agricultural and commercial policies;

2010/10/15
Committee: AGRI

2010/2100(INI)

George LYON, Liam AYLWARD, Britta REIMERS, Marit PAULSEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Believes that the EU should support regional commercial agreements promoting local products and enable economic development that prioritises local food production and local food processing capacity;

2010/10/15
Committee: AGRI

2010/2100(INI)

Liam AYLWARD, George LYON, Britta REIMERS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Welcomes the fact that CAP reforms until now have considerably improved its impact on trade distortion and developing countries, and insists that this trend should be reinforced in the next CAP reform, notably through the phasing-out of export refunds by 2013;

2010/10/15
Committee: AGRI

2010/2100(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Believes ~~that price volatility results from the increased unregulated liberalisation of trade in agricultural products, and that it is necessary to create regulatory mechan~~safety nets against extreme price volatility should be available as a rapid reaction crismis t~~hat can~~ool to ensure a degree of market stability ~~and a more transparent food chain, thus responding to the need to guarantee producers a decent standard of living~~; increased market transparency is also required to ensure a fair return for farmers and a viable agricultural sector that will deliver food security;

2010/10/15
Committee: AGRI

2010/2100(INI)

Liam AYLWARD, George LYON, Britta REIMERS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Considers it essential to establish more sustainable and ~~less~~ energy~~-hungry~~ efficient forms of production at world level particularly in relation to the challenges posed by the growing global population, increasing food demands and pressure on natural resources;

2010/10/15
Committee: AGRI

2010/2100(INI)

Liam AYLWARD, Britta REIMERS, George LYON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Believes ~~it is not desirable to over- emphasise non-food~~there needs to be a balanced approach taken to the uses of land and agricultural ~~products (e.g. biofuels), to avoid a situation of competition between food supplies and the current fashion for renewable energy production~~resources for renewables and that the increased demand for renewables must not affect food supply;

2010/10/15
Committee: AGRI

2010/2100(INI)

Liam AYLWARD, George LYON, Britta REIMERS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Believes that a support strategy for developing countries to ensure food security and reduce poverty must include a plan for education and training, oriented towards job creation, which will ~~enable young people to study agricultural science~~focus on the sharing of traditional knowledge and best practice and will enable young people to study agricultural science and ensure innovation and knowledge are available to farmers with a view to developing better- quality, less costly and sustainable forms of production~~, thus containing the drift from the countryside and reducing poverty~~;

2010/10/15
Committee: AGRI

2010/2100(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10

10. Insists on the need to reinforce ~~research on a basis of public funding~~technological transfers to developing countries, research and access to innovation and new technologies (including biotechnologies, crop selection, and crop protection) as well as appropriate farm and soil management techniques, and to transmit the know-how to the farmers in the field of sustainable agriculture;

2010/10/15
Committee: AGRI

2010/2054(INI)

Marian HARKIN, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas 41% of the 14.6 million people working in agriculture in the European Union are women, of whom some 42% are regularly employed workers, 278% far~~e assisting family members and the remainder farm owners~~m owners and the remaining 31% assisting family members; whereas, moreover, the proportion of women farm owners is steadily increasing,

2010/11/17
Committee: AGRI

2010/2054(INI)

Marian HARKIN, George LYON, Britta REIMERS, Lena EK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Points out that it has always been in the interest of European unification to support women~~Recalls that the promotion of equality between men and women is a core objective of the EU;

2010/11/17
Committee: AGRI

2010/2054(INI)

Marian HARKIN, George LYON, Lena EK, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Points out that efforts are needed to create living conditions in rural areas which ~~correspond to those in urban areas while reflecting the realities of the countryside, in order to~~ offer women the prospect of staying and making a successful life there;

2010/11/17
Committee: AGRI

2010/2054(INI)

Marian HARKIN, George LYON, Britta REIMERS, Marit PAULSEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Insists on the fact that the wide range of rural businesses, including service- orientated businesses (e.g. farm tourism, direct marketing, care of the elderly and childcare), underpins service provision in rural areas and should be supported in a sustainable way ~~via the CAP~~;

2010/11/17
Committee: AGRI

2010/2054(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls, in this regard, for further efforts to be undertaken to equip all rural areas with the most up-to-date IT infrastructure ~~(e.g.~~, above all adequate broadband) access;

2010/11/17
Committee: AGRI

2010/2054(INI)

Marian HARKIN, Britta REIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls for ~~social systems to make adequate provision for women~~women to be properly integrated into social systems, taking account of their specific circumstances with regard to paid employment;

2010/11/17
Committee: AGRI

2010/2054(INI)

Britta REIMERS, Lena EK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Points out the need, especially in rural areas, for sustainable strategies to maintain ~~women’s~~the vocational skills ~~while they~~ of women who decide to take a career br~~ing~~eak to bring up families or act~~ing~~ as carers; calls for the reconciling of work and family life to be facilitated, with a view to enabling women to become or remain involved, and further develop their involvement, in various types of work;

2010/11/17
Committee: AGRI

2010/2054(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Calls for women'’s entrepreneurial spirit to be encouraged, for support to be given to networks of female entrepreneurs, and also for provision to be made ~~in the financial sector for~~to afford~~ing~~ rural businesswomen~~, including individually self-employed or part-time self-employed women with low earnings,~~ access to ~~investmen~~credit – thus empowering them more effectively in the marketplace and enabling them to develop businesses from which they can make a stable living;

2010/11/17
Committee: AGRI

2010/2040(INI)

Britta REIMERS, Carl HAGLUND

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that bnoth only the fisheries sector but also the tourism sector and environmental organisations share the concern that fisheries should be taken into account in policies dealing with maritime affairs as a whole;

2010/06/24
Committee: PECH

2010/2040(INI)

Britta REIMERS, Carl HAGLUND, Anne E. JENSEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Considers it essential to strengthen regional cooperation in order to achieve sustainable and more efficient management of marine and coastal resources, particularly where there is a complete interdependence of activities in the maritime area~~, as is the case in particular in the Mediterranean~~;

2010/06/24
Committee: PECH

2010/2040(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Draws attention in this context to the efficient cooperation of coastal states in the Baltic Strategy, which aims to promote dynamic growth in that region’s economy, environment and infrastructure;

2010/06/24
Committee: PECH

2010/2040(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Points out that fisheries is in a bad position legally, compared to other uses, as it is sacrificing fishing zones for offshore wind parks, sand and gravel extraction and other space-hungry uses;

2010/06/24
Committee: PECH

2010/2001(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the Commission's moderate fisheries and maritime policy proposals in the 2011 general budget despite the fact that the 2007-2013 multiannual financial framework does not take adequate account of the political importance of the common fisheries policy (CFP), in particular as regards the ~~political expectations from~~ greater European Union involvement in fisheries control, in fisheries research and in cushioning the social effects of what is a necessary reduction in capacity;

2010/07/20
Committee: PECH

2010/2001(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Considers that any further cuts in EU funding are not conducive to sustainable development in the fisheries sector and should therefore be avoided;

2010/07/20
Committee: PECH

2010/2001(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Welcomes the fact that the ~~Community Fisheries Control Agency is becoming increasingly active, which is reflected in the increase in the proposed budget appropriations for funding its activities~~proposed budget appropriations for the Community Fisheries Control Agency are to be increased , since this Agency carries out important work and should thus be given sufficient support to cope with its increasing workload;

2010/07/20
Committee: PECH

2010/2001(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. ~~Points out that the funds proposed for the development of an Integrated Maritime Policy (IMP) are not sufficient to cover the most important aspects of the launch of this new policy; c~~Calls for specific budget headings to be created for the European Union's new mIntegrated Maritime pPolicy (IMP), which must be endowed with ~~the~~sufficient appropriations ~~needed for successful development of the IMP; states that it must be ensured~~so that the IMP does not develop at the expense of the CFP;

2010/07/20
Committee: PECH

2010/0372(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3

(3) In order to ~~guarantee a uniform application of voluntary modulation of direct payments~~ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 378/2007 in ~~all~~the Member States, the Commission should be empowered to adopt implementing acts in accordance with Article 291 of the Treaty. Save where explicitly provided otherwise, the Commission should adopt those implementing acts concerned, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission as regards ensuring the integration of voluntary modulation in rural development programming and ensuring the financial management of voluntary modulation. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with ~~the provisions of~~ Regulation (EU) No ~~[xxxx/yyyy]~~182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on… [to be completed following the adoption of the regulation on control mechanisms, as referred to in Article 291(3) of the TFEU, currently the subject of discussion by the European Parliament and the Council]f 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission's exercise of implementing powers1. __________________ 1 OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13.

2011/04/28
Committee: AGRI

2010/0372(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4

(4) In order to ensure the efficient implementation of voluntary modulation and given the special nature of those acts, the Commission should, by means of implementing acts, fix the net amounts resulting from the application of voluntary modulation. ~~Given the nature of the envisaged implementing acts, the Commission should adopt those acts without the assistance of a committee.~~

2011/04/28
Committee: AGRI

2010/0372(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5

(5) For the same reason the Commission should be empowered to adopt implementing acts with the assistance of the Rural Development Committee established by article 91c of Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 of 20 September 2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD)5 to ensure the integration of voluntary modulation in the rural development programming. Furthermore, the Commission should be empowered to adopt implementing acts with the assistance of the Committee on the Agricultural funds established by Article 42d(1) of Council Regulation (EC) 1290/2005 of 21 June 2005 on the financing of the common agricultural policy6 , to ensure the financial management of voluntary modulation. __________________ 6 OJ L 209, 11.8.2005, p. 1deleted

2011/04/28
Committee: AGRI

2010/0370(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9

(9) In order to avoid speculation which would be harmful to end users in the smaller Aegean islands, it is important to specify that the specific supply arrangements may only apply to products of sound, fair and marketable quality.deleted

2011/07/13
Committee: AGRI

2010/0370(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18

(18) A derogation may be granted from the Commission's consistent policy of not authorising State operating aid for the production, processing and marketing of agricultural products listed in Annex I to the Treaty in order to mitigate the specific constraints on farming in the smaller Aegean islands as a result of their remoteness, insularity and distant location, small area, mountainous terrain and climate ~~and~~, their economic dependency on a small number of products and their distance from markets.

2011/07/13
Committee: AGRI

2010/0370(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1

1. This Regulation lays down specific measures for agriculture to mitigate the difficulties caused by the isolation, remoteness, insularity, distance from markets and small size of the smaller Aegean islands, referred to as ‘smaller islands’.

2011/07/13
Committee: AGRI

2010/0370(COD)

Britta REIMERS, Liam AYLWARD

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1

1. For the agricultural products covered by Annex I to the Treaty, to which Articles 107, 108 and 109 thereof apply, the Commission may authorise, in accordance with Article 108 of the Treaty, operating aid in the sectors producing, processing and marketing those products, with a view to mitigating the specific constraints on farming in the smaller islands as a result of their isolation, remoteness, insularity, small size, mountainous terrain and climate and their economic dependency on a small number of products and their distance from markets.

2011/07/13
Committee: AGRI

2010/0362(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7

(7) For dairies, the volume which will be delivered during the season is not always well planned. Even for dairy co-operatives (owned by farmers which posses processing facilities, by which 58% of EU raw milk is processed) there is a potential lack of adaptation of supply to demand: farmers are obliged to deliver all their milk to their co-operative and the co-operative is obliged to accept all the milk. Cooperatives are economic organisations in which milk producers participate on a voluntary basis and which they manage themselves. The existing co-operative structure will be respected in the proposals.

2011/03/28
Committee: AGRI

2010/0362(COD)

Britta REIMERS, Anne E. JENSEN, George LYON

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12

(12) Rules have been introduced at EU level for interbranch organisations in some sectors. These organisations can play useful roles in allowing dialogue between actors in the supply chain, and in promoting best practice and market transparency. Such rules should equally be applied in the milk and milk products sector, along with the provisions clarifying the position of such organisations under competition law whilst ensuring that they do not distort competition or the internal market orand do not lead to a renationalisation of the Common Agricultural policy by adversely affecting the ~~good~~proper functioning of the common market ~~organisation~~.

2011/03/28
Committee: AGRI

Britta REIMERS, Elisabeth JEGGLE

Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Recital 12

(12) In particular, taking into account the interest of consumers to receive adequate and transparent product information, it should be possible to determine appropriate voluntary indications of place of farming, on a case by case approach at the appropriate geographical level, while taking into account the specificities of some sectors, in particular concerning processed agricultural products.

2011/05/13
Committee: AGRI

2010/0354(COD)

Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 - point 2

Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007
Article 112 e - paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Marketing standards shall be revised only if all the groups concerned (farmers, processors, traders, consumers) benefit from the revision and the additional costs are not borne by producers alone.

2011/05/13
Committee: AGRI

2010/0354(COD)