103 Amendments of Paolo DE CASTRO related to 2018/2037(INI)
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Commission’s communication on the Future of Food and Farming acknowledges that the common agricultural policy (CAP) is the most integrated policy in the EU and is enabling the EU farming sector to respond to citizens’ demands regarding not only food security, safety, quality and sustainability, but also environmental care, biodiversity and natural resources protection, climate change action and high animal welfare standards;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for a fair distribution of direct payments between the Member States, so that the gaps between the different regions of the Union can bewhich must take into account reliable socio- economic indexes, such as standard gross margins, added value per hectare, employment rates as well as labour, inputs and land closed soonerts;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Commission’s communication on the Future of Food and Farming acknowledges that the common agricultural policy (CAP) is the most integrated policy in the EU and is enabling the EU farming sector to respond to citizens’ demands regarding not only food security, safety, quality and sustainability, but also environmental care, climate change action, health and high animal welfare standards;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the new CAP should definitively eliminate the need to choose between two types of farming in the EU – competitive or sustainable – both of which are indispensable and can operate sustainably and entail diverse needs in that the former essentially requires suitable market tools and the latter necessitates effective income support;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas there are other instruments available to be used in rural communities via structural and cohesions funds, which are not necessarily being well synergized with the CAP, even though this would help the regions become more competitive faster;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the Omnibus regulation already provides for a genuine simplification of the CAP and a significant improvement of the measures aiming at fostering the resilience of farmers, as well as their position within the food supply chain;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the new delivery model (NDM) is, at the core of the Commission’s communication on the Future of Food and Farming, andinvolves many uncertainties regarding its implementation and mighto be welcomed, provided that it does not lead to the renationalization of the CAP, does not damage the proper functioning of the single market and ensures genuine simplification, not only at EU level but also at Member State and regional level, and flexibility for farmers, without adding new constraints on Member States and thus a new layer of complexity;
Amendment 148 #
Fa. whereas the EU food producing sector was the indirect but the main victim of the sanctions imposed by the Russian federation, which had direct, but also secondary effects on food production and food supply in the Single market;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas it is essential to ensure a fair standard of living to all farmers across EU regions and Member States, affordable prices for citizens and consumers, and access to quality food and healthy diets, while delivering on the commitments for environmental care, climate action, and animal and plant health and welfare;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas there is a need for an updated and fairer system of payments, as in many Member States the current system of entitlements is based on historic benchmarks which are now almost 20 years old and which constitute an obstacle to generational renewal and hinder young farmers’ access to farmland, as new entrants do not possess entitlements and are thus at a disadvantage;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas there is a need for an updated and fairer system of payments, as in many Member States the current system of entitlements is based on historic benchmarks which are now almost 20 years old and which constitute an obstacle tofairer and able to better reward farmers who provide increased levels of innovation, production quality, added value and occupation, while fostering generational renewal and hinder young farmers’ access to farm land, as new entrants do not possess entitlements and are thus at a disadvantage for young farmers and new entrants;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the emergence of new challenges, such as increasing global trade and increased duty free import into the EU from third countries, is necessitating fair and sustainable conditions for the global exchange of goods and services, within the framework of the WTO and in accordance with existing EU social, economic and environmental standards, which should be promoted;
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas while the focus on research and development for both product and process innovation is to be welcomed, more must be done to translate the results of research into farming practice, facilitated by EU-wide agricultural extensionand to promote a multi-actor approach where the farmers are at its centre, facilitated by EU-wide agricultural extension services and by knowledge exchange and training services;
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas while the focus on research and development for both product and process innovation is to be welcomed, more must be done to promote a multi- actors approach and to translate the results of research into farming practice, facilitated by EU-wide agricultural extension services, as well as advisory and training programs;
Amendment 290 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas the objectives of the Cork 2.0 Declaration for a Better Life in Rural Areas stipulate vibrant rural areas, multi- functionality, biodiversity in and outside agriculture, rare animal breeds and conservation crops, as well as organic agriculture, less-favoured areas and commitments in the context of Natura 2000, as well as the role of young people and women in rural development;
Amendment 292 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas the objectives and the synergies of the Cork 2.0 Declaration for a Better Life in Rural Areas stipulate vibrant rural areas, smart multi- functionality, biodiversity in and outside agriculture, rare animal breeds and conservation crops, as well as organic agriculture, less-favoured areas and commitments in the context of Natura 2000;
Amendment 300 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Ma. Whereas ensuring equal opportunities between women and men is a key factor in stemming the rural exodus and achieving a better life in rural areas;
Amendment 333 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
Recital P
P. whereas any changes to the current CAP must be introduced in such a way as to ensure stability for the sector, legal certainty and security of planning for farmers by means of adequate transition periods and measures;
Amendment 374 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses the need for the CAP to maintain the essential relationship between EU legislators, farmers and citizens;
Amendment 378 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that even the flexibility that Member States currently enjoy in definregarding the options set out ing basic rules may risk distortingegulations makes it possible to respond to specific situations, within a common framework and in a clearly defined manner, in such a way as to uphold the conditions of competition within the single market and guaranting unequalee a level playing field as regards access to support for farmers in different Member States or even in different regions;
Amendment 393 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Underlines the need to find adequate and efficient solutions in order to minimise any risk of distortion of competition within the Single Market;
Amendment 401 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that subsidiarity for Member States should only be granted within a common set of rules and tools agreed at EU level as part of a uniform approach to all programming efforts and eligibility criteria, should cover botBelieves that the additional subsidiarity should be granted only on condition that there are: a strong common set of rules, objectives and indicators concerning the main types of possible intervention tools and the criteria for the selection of measures Member States will be able to apply in their national operational plans, in order to ensure a uniform approach of the CAP’stwo pillars and ensure, in particular, a European approach in Pillar I and thus a level playing field;of the CAP throughout the Union, and for Pillar I in particular to guarantee the respect of conditions of fair competition.
Amendment 424 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Considers it necessary to introduce basic uniform criteria for the setting of similar penalties for equivalent non-compliances detected in the implementation of the various measures used by Member States or regions to achieve the common general objectives set by the EU;
Amendment 426 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Welcomes the greater responsibility of Member States in the implementation of the CAP , in order to make it more effective and better adapted to the realities of Europe's different agricultural models, provided that the CAP retains its common character and avoids distortions of competition between Member States;
Amendment 456 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the efforts of the Commission to establish programme design, implementation and control of an output-bas results-oriented approach in order to foster performance rather than compliance, while ensuring adequate monitoring via clearly defined, solid and measurable indicators at EU level, including an appropriate system of quality control and penalties;
Amendment 459 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that a merely output- based approach would involve the risk for Member States, which might not able, due to specific situations, to fully achieve all the results set out in their national plans, to be subject to ex-post reductions of their national envelopes as well as suspensions of financing;
Amendment 466 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Considers that, in the first pillar Member States can choose programmes from a priority catalogue established by the EU;
Amendment 508 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the member states to look for better synergies between the CAP and other policies and funds such as the cohesion, structural and other investment funds, in order to create multiplying effect for the rural areas;
Amendment 528 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Considers it necessary to maintain the current two-pillared architecture, particularlystressing that Pillar I, which ismust be dedicated to income support for farmers; considers it necessary, at the same time, to compensate for the provision of public goods on the basis of uniform criteria, while allowing and to encourage the provision of public goods, while preserving the possibility for Member States to take specific approaches to reflect local conditions;
Amendment 530 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Considers it necessary to maintain the current two-pillared architecture, particularly Pillar I, which is dedicated to income support for farmers; considers it necessary, at the same time, to compensatereward for the provision of public goods on the basis of uniformcommon, uniform objectives and criteria, while allowing Member States to take specific approaches to reflect local conditions;
Amendment 532 #
8. Considers it necessary to maintain the current two-pillared architecture, particularly a Pillar I entirely financed through EU funding, which is dedicated to income support for farmers; considers it necessary, at the same time, to compensate for the provision of public goods on the basis of uniform criteria, while allowing Member States to take specific approaches to reflect local conditions;
Amendment 533 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Considers it necessary to maintain the current two-pillared architecture, particularly Pillar I, which is dedicated to income support for farmers; considers it necessary, at the same time, to compensate for the provision of public goods on the basis of uniformcommon, uniform objectives and criteria, while allowing Member States to take specific approaches to reflect local conditions;
Amendment 541 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. underlines how a flexible, national programming approach should continue to be granted to Pillar II, while common rules and standards should be at the core of Pillar I, in order to provide all farmers in the EU with an efficient level playing field;
Amendment 547 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. States that pillar I of the CAP should continue to be financed entirely at EU level;
Amendment 570 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers that the current CAP architecture can onlyCAP can deliver its objectives only if sufficiently funded; calls, therefore, for the CAP budget to be maintained in the next MFF at and thus calls for maintaining in constant euros the CAP budget in the MFF at least athe current levels in order to achieve the ambitions of a revised and efficient CAP beyondafter 2020;
Amendment 582 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Warns against any possible national co-financing of direct payments, as this would lead to a disruption of the common nature of the CAP;
Amendment 603 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Believes that more targeted support for family farms is necessary and can be achieved by introducing a compulsory higher support rate for small farms; considers, moreover, that support for larger farms should be digressive, reflecting economies of scale, with the possibility for capping to be decided by the Member States; is necessary for diverse agricultural systems, especially family farms, to strengthen regional economies through a performant agriculture in economic, environmental and social terms; considers that this can be achieved by introducing a compulsory higher support rate for farmers managing sustainably productive farms which have the capacity provide employment and retain people in rural territories; stresses that, reflecting economies of scale, support for larger farms should be digressive, with mandatory capping to be decided at European level, with flexibility criteria to take into account employment levels generated by the farm or the co-operative it belongs to;
Amendment 640 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Amendment 645 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 655 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Underlines the necessity of identifying the key elements of a transparent and, simple, objective system of penalties and incentives for determining farmers’ eligibility for public funding, which should consist of voluntary and mandatory measuresand operational system determining farmers’ eligibility for support and of proportional penalties in case of non-compliance;
Amendment 679 #
12. Calls for the existingonsiders that the future system for calculating direct payments in Pillar I, which is often based on historic entitlements, to be replac should be based byon an EU-wide uniform method of calculating payments, in order to make the system simpler and more transparent, more transparent and able to better reward farmers who provide increased levels of innovation, production quality, added value and occupation;
Amendment 682 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for the existing system for calculating direct payments in Pillar I, which is often based on historic entitlements, to be replaced by an EU-wide uniform method of calculating payments, by avoiding disruptive financial consequences for farmers and in order to make the system simpler and more transparent;
Amendment 746 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses the need for a fair distribution of direct payments between Member States, which must take into account reliable socio-economic differences, different production cindexes, such as standard grosts and the amoumargins, added value per hectare, employments received by Member Stateates as well as labour, inputs uander Pillar II land costs;
Amendment 753 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses the need for a fair distribution of direct payments between Member States, which must take into account objective criteria, such as socio- economic differences, and different production costs and the amounts received by Member States under Pillar II;
Amendment 754 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Welcomes the results of the most recent Commission report on the POSEI implementation and reiterates that the POSEI must be maintained as a specific regime, distinct from CAP direct payments, in order to ensure a balanced territorial development by preventing the risk of abandonment of production due to challenges related with remoteness, insularity, small-size, difficult topography, and climate or economic dependence on few products;
Amendment 767 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Believes that, provided that a level playing field in the sSingle mMarket can beis guaranteed, vVoluntary cCoupled sSupport (VCS) payments should be maintained, as a tool to counteract specific difficulties, particularly those arising from the structural competitive disadvantage of less-favoured and mountainond reinforced, not only to prevent the loss of certain sectors on areas with specific difficulties but also as a tool to promote strategic productions, as protein crops, in the future, and with an yearly review to determine which sectors and productions should continue to receive support, as provided for in the Omnibus rRegulations, as well as thosein order to counter impacts which are more temporary in nature, and ariserising, for example, from a shift away from the oldcurrent entitlement scheme, for example or to compensate for the effects of Free Trade Agreements;
Amendment 794 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Takes the view that voluntary coupled support payments can also be used to promote environmentally-friendly production and the fight against global warming and that the amount can also be adapted to market conditions;
Amendment 816 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recalls that generational renewal is a challenge faced bying farmers in many Member States and that each national strategy must be therefore address this issue throughtackled as part of a comprehensive approach, including top-ups in Pillar I and targeted measmobilizing all the financial resources in Pillar II, as well as by means of new financial instruments and national measures, in order to incentivise famers to pass on their farming operationof CAP: the additional payment of young farmers in the first pillar, the measures to help young second-pillar farmers set up, which should be made mandatory for the Member States, and the support from new financial instruments;
Amendment 839 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Urges the Commission and the Member States to acknowledge that the new societal, technological and economic changes, such as clean energy, digitalisation, smart solutions have impacts on the rural life;
Amendment 845 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Recommends that the support to the "Young Farmer Scheme" should continue by increasing the maximum level of national funding allocation beyond 2 % for compulsory payments under the first pillar and by increasing the support rate under the second pillar in order to encourage generational renewal;
Amendment 847 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Stresses that one cannot expect the CAP to solve the problem of generational renewal in agriculture on its own and that there is a need for national incentives going beyond the strictly agrarian sphere;
Amendment 853 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Considers that this global approach must be consistent with all national competence systems in fields as diverse as taxation, social law, inheritance law, land law;
Amendment 861 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to boost the potential of rural hubs for sustainable, inclusive growth and innovation, taking account of the interest of the wider rural communities;
Amendment 862 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Proposes making it mandatory for Member States to implement as part of their rural development programmes start-up support measures for young farmers (young farmer grants) and measures to support farm modernisation, as provided for under the second pillar of the CAP, in order to enhance the financial support for people taking up farming;
Amendment 868 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)
Paragraph 15 c (new)
15c. Recommends that access to finance be improved through subsidised interest rates on loans for new entrants;
Amendment 871 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)
Paragraph 15 c (new)
15c. Recalls that rural areas and settlements need a special attention and integrated efforts to develop smart villages;
Amendment 875 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 d (new)
Paragraph 15 d (new)
15d. Calls for improved cooperation with the EIB and the European Investment Fund (EIF) to foster the creation of financial instruments dedicated to young farmers across all Member States;
Amendment 876 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 d (new)
Paragraph 15 d (new)
15d. Calls for a fair playing field for special technological improvements for rural hubs and grids;
Amendment 880 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Underlines the importance of rural development, including particular the LEADER initiative, in their supporting for sustainable and multi-functional agriculture and in fostering additional entrepreneurial activities and opportunities, in order to generproducing food and non-food goods and services and for forestry, which generate added value and jobs which very often cannot be relocated, income from the agri-tourism, and to secure community-supported agriculture and the provision of social services in rural areabio-economy and renewable energies sectors, all of which ensure a ‘presential’ economy in the regions;
Amendment 885 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Underlines the importance of rural development, including the LEADER initiative, in supporting multi-functional agriculture and in fosteringsilviculture, in fostering innovation, investments and additional entrepreneurial activities and opportunities, in order to generate income from agri-tourism, anddiversified and complementary activities like agri-tourism or partnership among farmers and other actors managing rural and protected areas, as well as to secure community- supported agriculture and the provision of social services in rural areas;
Amendment 886 #
16. Underlines the importance of rural development, including the LEADER initiative, in supporting multi-functional agriculture and, in fostering the investments and innovation, additional entrepreneurial activities and opportunities, in order to generate income from agri- tourism, and to secure community- supported agriculture and the provision of social services in rural areaand in enhancing the provision of environmental and climate actions;
Amendment 903 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission to introduce a multi-funded, investment approach in the post 2020 legislative period to ensure the smooth implementation of the integrated rural development tools, such as the smart villages initiative;
Amendment 905 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission to address the inequality between women and men in the rural environment – which is at the root of much of the rural exodus – ensuring the implementation of mandatory, positive-action corrective measures in all the Member States;
Amendment 910 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Underlines that rural development provides opportunities to generate income from agri-tourism and to secure community-supported agriculture and the provision of social services in rural areas;
Amendment 912 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Underlines the importance of the CAP to support the transition towards a circular economy model by facilitating the creation and further development of new and existing value chains linked to the creation of jobs and growth in rural areas;
Amendment 920 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Calls for the integration of the different networks in the rural area, such as the ENRD and the EIP under the Smart villages approach and with the help of the Leader method;
Amendment 923 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16c. Calls on the Commission to set up the smart villages initiative measures and to create the smart villages as priority of the next rural development policy;
Amendment 924 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 d (new)
Paragraph 16 d (new)
16d. Urges the Commission to keep in mind the possibility of a cross-fund integration during the preparation of the new legislation;
Amendment 930 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission, in view of the limited results of the current greening measures, to introduce a new and comprehensive legal framework which allowsallowing for the integration of the variousdifferent types of environmental actions at present, such as cross compliance, greening and the good agricultural and environmental conditions (GAEC) standards,currently existing under Pillar I (cross compliance, greening payments) as well as agrio-environmental measures (AEMs) for rural development, so that farmerunder Pillar II, in order to improve the greening results can deliver effectively and with less bureaucracy on environmental care, biodiversity and climate actiod help all farmers more effectively in the adaptation of their farming systems, as imposed by the environmental and climatic challenges and citizens demands , without having to bear excessive administrative burden, while ensuring that Member States have adequate control andmaintain a level of action to takinge into account local agricultural conditions;
Amendment 961 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Considers that the Commission's future legislative proposals should be able to support the largest number of farmers in their efforts to modernize towards more sustainable agricultural development;
Amendment 969 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Considers that this ambition for the CAP must be based on a first level corresponding to a simplified and reinforced conditionality and constituting a common base applicable to all farms, and on a second level to go beyond conditionality and including both the current climate and environmental measures of the second pillar and a new European incentive scheme in the first pillar;
Amendment 979 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 c (new)
Paragraph 17 c (new)
17c. Considers that the Commission must present an improved system, determined at European level, with mandatory enhanced conditionality applicable in all Member States, additional agri-environmental tools, along with a mandatory new European incentive scheme, to be settled by each Member State for farmers who can voluntarily participate and for which payment levels would reflect the level of ambition of the different environmental practices;
Amendment 981 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 d (new)
Paragraph 17 d (new)
17d. Proposes that this new form of greening should be accompanied by significant, coordinated and more efficient means in Pillar II through targeted tangible and intangible investments (knowledge transfer, training, advice, exchange of know-how, networking, EIP innovation) as another driver of change;
Amendment 990 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Believes that this new framework should be underpinned by the possible allocation of a minimum amount of the total available budget to AEMs, including organic agriculture, support for biodiversity, agroforestry, and genetic diversity in animals and plants;
Amendment 1027 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to foster innovation, research and modernisation in agriculture by supporting traininga strong advisory system, better adapted to beneficiaries 'needs and agricultural extension as a pre- condition in programme design and implementation in all Member States, while fostering targeted training, the transfer of know-how and the exchange of best practice models between Member States, with a general focus on new technologies and digitalization;
Amendment 1028 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to foster innovation and modernisation in agriculture by supporting training and agricultural extension as a pre-condition in programme design and implementation in all Member States, while fostering the transfer of know-how, for which cooperatives and other producer organizations have been identified as having a crucial role, and the exchange of best practice models between Member States;
Amendment 1046 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Stresses the importance of making available to all farmers the new spatial and digital technologies for the development of precision farming, which will help them in the technical and economic management of their holding in order to be more efficient both economically and in terms of sustainability;
Amendment 1047 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Highlights the importance and the need for the CAP, Horizon 2020 and other supportive funding schemes, to encourage farmers to invest in new technologies adapted to their farm size, such as precision and digital farming tools that improve the resilience and environmental impact of agriculture;
Amendment 1048 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls on the Commission to focus on the quality of life in rural areas, to make the living attractive for all people, especially for the young generation;
Amendment 1053 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls, without prejudice to a redefinition of the total amount of Union support for rural development, the current rural development programmes in accordance with article 10 (2) of (EU) 1305/2013 shall continue to apply until 2024 or until a new reform is adopted;
Amendment 1074 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Urges the Commission and the Member States to give more emphasis on the entrepreneur-opportunities for services to- and from the villages;
Amendment 1076 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Calls on the Commission to foster a regulatory and policy framework that creates incentives for research and development for the agricultural sector;
Amendment 1078 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 c (new)
Paragraph 19 c (new)
19c. Underlines the need of accelerating the knowledge transfer from research to farm level with the aim to improve resilience, resource efficiency and sustainability of agriculture in Europe;
Amendment 1089 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission to maintain the current common market organisation (Single CMO) framework, including the specific policy instruments and the individual sector plans (wine, andolive oil, apiculture, fruit and vegetables) and the EU school fruit, vegetables and milk scheme, with the ultimate aim of strengthening the sustainability and competiveness of each sector while enabling access for all farmers;
Amendment 1090 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission to maintain the current single common market organisation (Single CMO) framework, inclu regarding the individual sector plans (wine, apiculture, and fruit and vegetables) and the EU school fruit, vegetables and milk scheme, within the first pillar and with the ultimate aim of strengthening the sustainability and competiveness of each sector while enabling access for all farmers;
Amendment 1094 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission to maintain the current common market organisation (CMO) framework, including the individual sector plans (wine, and fruit and vegetables, beekeeping) and the EU school fruit, vegetables and milk scheme, with the ultimate aim of strengthening the sustainability and competiveness of each sector while enabling access for all farmers;
Amendment 1099 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls on the Commission, in view of the inadequacy of existing market instruments for crisis management, to propose new market management tools – both public and private – to avoid serious market crises and, to this end, to adapt competition law to the specificities of the agricultural sector;
Amendment 1106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Amendment 1144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Reminds the Commission that risk management strategies, only based on insurance systems and income stabilization tools, are not sufficiently effective when price volatility is significantly fluctuating compared to production cost levels, which is the case for agricultural markets;
Amendment 1148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Believes that, when risk management tools are not sufficient to cope with massive market disturbances, the future CAP should be able to better, more efficiently and quickly react to market crises, via European crisis management measures aiming at restoring balanced market conditions, such as the milk production reduction scheme implemented in 2015;
Amendment 1185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Underlines the importance of the role of interbranch organisations for producers when faced by the cornering of added value for high-quality products by the rest of the sector; such organisations can take action to increase price levels while safeguarding the reputation of products;
Amendment 1186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Stresses that the Omnibus regulation has introduced new possibilities for farmers to enhance their bargaining power within the food supply chain; believes that these provisions are essential in the framework of the future CAP and should be further improved;
Amendment 1202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Commission to allow and indeed encourage – particularly in the dairy, olive oil and fruit and vegetable sectors – active crisis management instruments, such as voluntary sector agreements to manage supply in quantitative terms among producers, producers organisations and processors, via inter-branch organisations whose agreements must be applied to all operators in the chain by extending the scope of rules, and to examine the possibility of extending such instruments to other sectors;
Amendment 1210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Urges the Commission, in the light of the recent experience with the milk market, to put forward effective measures to regulate supply on the internal market in times of crisis and with a similar effect to milk quotas, along with a rapid-response mechanism to compensate farmers when prices fall below a certain level; those measures should meet the objectives of maintaining territorial balance and supporting the maintenance and viability of dairy farms in areas which are less competitive and highly dependent on milk production;
Amendment 1216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Asks the Commission to introduce an integrated, coherent approach to speed up decisions to use the current crisis management tools;
Amendment 1220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls for an in-depth review of the current crisis reserve mechanism in order to create an independent financial instrument exempt from the budgetary principle of annuality, so as to permit budgetary transfers from one year to the next, thereby enabling quick and effective responses to crisis situations, including those involving animal and plant health, disease-related issues and food safenot subject to the principle of annuality of the budget so as to allow transfers from one year to the next, especially when market prices are sufficiently high, and will increase the speed and effectiveness of crisis responses, including animal health issues, plant diseases, food safety and security;
Amendment 1235 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Believes that while tradehey agreements are generally beneficial to the EUfor some agricultural sector overall,s and necessary forto strengthening the EUnion’s position on the globalworld agricultural market, theyrade agreements also pose a number of challenges that require reinforced safeguard mechanismdifficulties which require coherence between trade policy and certain objectives of the CAP concerning family farm income, the future of certain rural territories, which in practice implies the establishment of safeguard mechanisms or even exclusion of the most sensitive sectors from the negotiations and the application of the principle of reciprocity in production conditions, so as to ensure a level playing field between farmers in the EU and in the rest of the worlduropean Union their foreign competitors;
Amendment 1284 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls for initiatives to further promote EU production, safety and environmental standards and quality production schemes, through both labelling anEuropean origin labelling schemes and reinforced marketing activitiprogrammes on internal and third-country markets, as well as the maintenance and improvement of specific policy instruments for certain productions;
Amendment 1287 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Welcomes the steady increase in the budget available for promotional schemes and programmes and urges the EC to maintain the pace of increase of this budget due to the increasing interests from producers;
Amendment 1295 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26b. Calls for reducing the red tape and unnecessary conditions to allow also smaller producers partake in these schemes;
Amendment 1311 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Stresses that Parliament and the Council should, via the co-decision procedure, set the general objectives, measures and financial allocations, and determine the level of flexibility needed to enable the Member States to cope with their specificities and needs in line with the single market, while avoiding distortion of competition deriving from national decisions;
Amendment 1318 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Warns against the risks deriving from the possibility for Member States to independently define their national plans and to yearly review their decisions, without a strongly common set of rules, objectives and measures defined at EU level;
Amendment 1321 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 b (new)
Paragraph 27 b (new)
27b. Highlights how such a possibility would expose farmers to a great degree of uncertainty deriving from political decisions taken at national level, which could significantly vary according to the orientations of the governments in charge;