34 Amendments of Elisabeth KÖSTINGER related to 2009/2155(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the objective should be to reduce the administrative costs of the CAP, both direct and indirect,
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas, continuing along the same lines as in the Treaties establishing the EC, the Lisbon Treaty, which entered into force on 1 December 2009, likewise assigns a central role to the Common Agricultural Policy in the integration of the European Union and incorporates unchanged the objectives of European agricultural policy,
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Recital H b (new)
Hb. whereas the Common Agricultural Policy is of central importance in the EU- 27 as a means not only of ensuring an adequate supply of safe food but also of continuing to respond to such challenges as the conservation of rural areas, mountain regions, disadvantaged areas, extremely peripheral areas and the multifunctionality of European agriculture,
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for the CAP to be outcome-driven rather than focused on regulation, withand for Member States to offering more help and advice to farmers, and believes that, to that end, a telephone helpline should be instituted in all Member States to assistppropriate advice to farmers;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Considers that the Member States should have the option, in rural development plans, to introduce a flat-rate land parcels scheme, particularly for small farms, on condition that compliance with the obligations entered into is guaranteed;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that the principle of cross- compliance should be maintained as one of the key concepts of CAP direct payments, but that strong simplification is recommended, without reducing their effectiveness;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the need for the CAP to be simpler, more transparent and more equitable; in this respect a single flat rate payment would be preferable;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls for the possibility of autonomous error correction which would allow recipients of payments who unintentionally broke the rules to inform the authorities without becoming liable to fines as a result;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls in this respect for only continuous and repeated infringements indicating a reluctance to adhere to legislgreater care to be taken to ensure that penalties are proportionate, particularly in the event of infringements of animal identificativeon requirements to be fined;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Believes that the fundamental objective of checks is to encourage farmers to comply more fully with the law and that yearly CC controls for statutory management requirements (SMR) shcould be reduced, or even abolished, if there have only been a few infringements in recent years;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Emphasises that the requirement for follow-up checks in relation to small infringements (triviality limit) should be abolishedreduced to random samples;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Considers that a telephone helpline for farmers, established by the Member States’ departments of agriculture,n increase in the information work performed by the Member States would help prevent infringements and give Member States the means to steadily reduce their inspection quota;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Considers that the number of CC requirements should not steadily increasebe reduced and their scope updated;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls for the authorisation of a practicable and transparent system of indicators with the aim of simplifying the assessment instruments for CC checks and calls for abolition of the current system and of the possibility of two or more penalties being imposed for a single error;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Calls on the Commission to analyse the disproportion between infringements of animal identification regulations, accounting for some 70%, and other requirements and to make appropriate changes;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Heading 3
Heading 3
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Considers that the provision of information should be reducedless information need be provided with applications, as the information needed can be found in the Board of Agriculture register;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls for more flexible payment arrangements to be permitted which make it possible to make payments even before all checks have been definitively completed;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls for more flexible payment arrangements to be permitted which make it possible to make payments even before all checks have been definitively completed;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Considers that a substantial simplification of the system of central databases for cattle, pigs, sheep and goats and the associated reporting is needed, which should in future at least make it possible for veterinary authorities to rest assured that there is reliable animal identification and to give them an overview of the principal animal populations and farm locations;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Stresses that electronic identification of bovine animals, sheep and goats should be voluntary and not compulsory;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Calls for the inspection quota for the identification of bovine animals to be reduced to 1%;
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 b (new)
Paragraph 31 b (new)
31b. Calls for far-reaching harmonisation of the currently very differentiated animal identification regulations;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Considers that for sheep and goats, as for pigs, herd identification is sufficient;