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2912 Amendments of Paolo DE CASTRO

Amendment 11 #

2024/0028(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) The temporary trade-liberalisation measures established by this Regulation should take the following form: (i) the suspension of the application of the entry price system to fruit and vegetables; (ii) the suspension of tariff-rate quotas and import duties; and (iii) the suspension of the application of Chapter V and Article 24 of Regulation (EU) 2015/478 of the European Parliament and of the Council5 . Through those measures, the Union will, in effect, temporarily provide appropriate economic and financial support to the benefit of Ukraine and the economic operators that are affected. _________________ 5 Regulation (EU) 2015/478 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2015 on common rules for imports (OJ L 83, 27.3.2015, p. 16).
2024/02/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 31 #

2024/0028(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) Subject to an assessment by the Commission carried out in the context of the regular monitoring of the impact of this Regulation and launched either following a duly substantiated request from a Member State or on the Commission’s own initiative, it is necessary to provide for the possibility to take any necessary measures for imports of any products falling under the scope of this Regulation which are adversely affecting the Union market or the market of one or several Member States for like or directly competing products. There is a particularly precarious situation in the markets for poultry, eggs, and sugar that may harm Union agricultural producers if imports from Ukraine were to increase. It is appropriate to introduce an automatic safeguard for eggs, poultry, and sugar products that is activated if quantities imported pursuant to this Regulation exceed the arithmetic mean of quantities in 2022 and the period 2021-2023.
2024/02/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 36 #

2024/0028(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. The application of Chapter V and Article 24 of Regulation (EU) 2015/478 shall be temporarily suspended with regard to imports originating in Ukraine.
2024/02/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 42 #

2024/0028(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
If a product covered by Article 1(1) originating in Ukraine is imported under conditions which adversely affect the Union market or the market of one or several Member States for like or directly competing products, the Commission may, by means of an implementing act, impose any measure which is necessary by me, including employing funds under Regulation (EU) 2024/… of the European Parliament ansd of an implementing actthe Council establishing the Ukraine Facility (COD 2023/0200) to purchase Ukrainian agricultural products destined for third countries in the framework of the Union's humanitarian food assistance which may also involve storage within Union territory. That implementing act shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 5(3).
2024/02/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 58 #

2024/0028(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5
5. In critical circumstances where delay would cause damage that would be difficult to repair, the Commission may provisionally impose any measure which is necessary by means of an implementing act. Such measures may only be imposed upon a duly substantiated request from a Member State pursuant to paragraph 3(a) of this Article and shall be adopted within 214 days after the request has been received. The implementing act shall be adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 5(4). The duration of a provisional safeguard measure shall not exceed 1250 days.
2024/02/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 72 #

2024/0028(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
If, during the period 6 June to 31 December 2024, cumulative import volumes of either eggs, poultry or sugar since 1 January 2024 reach the respective arithmetic mean of import volumes recorded in 2022 and the period 2021-2023, the Commission shall, within 214 days and after informing the Committee on Safeguards established by Article 3(1) of Regulation (EU) 2015/478:
2024/02/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 101 #

2024/0028(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 2
If, during the period 1 January to 5 June 2025, cumulative import volumes of either eggs, poultry or sugar for the period since 1 January 2025 reach five twelfths of the respective arithmetic mean of import volumes recorded 2022 andin the period 2021- 2023,the Commission shall, within 214 days and after informing the Committee on Safeguards, reintroduce for that product the corresponding tariff-rate quota suspended by Article 1(1), point b.
2024/02/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 117 #

2024/0028(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 3
For the purposes of this paragraph, the terms eggs, poultry and sugar refer to all products covered by the tariff-rate quotas in the Appendix to Annex I-A of the Association Agreement for, respectively, eggs and albumins, poultry meat and poultry meat preparations, and sugars, and the arithmetic mean shall be calculated by dividing the sum of import volumes in 2022 and the period 2021-2023 by twohree.
2024/02/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1 #

2023/2107(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A
A. whereas Japan is the EU’s closest partner in the Indo-Pacific region; whereas in 2022, the EU was Japan’s third largest trading partner, while Japan was the EU’s eighth largest trading partner; whereas together the EU and Japan account for almost a quarter of the world’s gross domestic product;
2023/09/22
Committee: INTA
Amendment 2 #

2023/2107(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement entered into force on 1 February 2019; whereas bilateral trade flows caught up to pre-pandemic levels in 2021 (EUR 124 billion) and in 2022 bilateral trade flows increased by 13.4% to EUR 140.6 billion in goods; whereas in 2022, EU exports to Japan amounted to EUR 71.5 billion in goods and EUR 35.4 billion in services;
2023/09/22
Committee: INTA
Amendment 6 #

2023/2107(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights that the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) that entered into force on 1 February 2019, is a landmark trade agreement benefittis a landmark trade agreement that goes beyond trade, strengthening bnoth only economies; underlines that since then, bilateral trade in goods and services between the EU and Japan has increased, with a positive trade balance for the EUc ties, but also consolidating bilateral cooperation at a global level, which is based on democratic values, the rule of law, free and fair trade, sustainable development, as well as a rules-based multilateral world order;
2023/09/22
Committee: INTA
Amendment 7 #

2023/2107(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Welcomes that since the entry into force of the EPA, bilateral trade in goods and services between the EU and Japan has increased, with a positive trade balance for the EU; welcomes the results after four years of the Economic Partnership Agreement between the EU and Japan, with an increase of 14,9 % of EU exports of good in 2022 over the previous year and an increase of 11,9 % of EU imports of good in the same period;
2023/09/22
Committee: INTA
Amendment 9 #

2023/2107(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Acknowledges that simplified procedures for obtaining tariff preferences and strong rules of origin have facilitated exports from EU companies and small and medium-sized enterprises to Japan; calls on the Commission to continue its outreach events to enable smaller companies to access information and benefit from the agreement;
2023/09/22
Committee: INTA
Amendment 10 #

2023/2107(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Recognises that the EPA has opened new markets for several agri-food sectors, including for fruits, vegetables, meat and wine, resulting in an increase of more than 30 % in EU agri-food exports to Japan since 2018; calls for further cooperation with Japan on the sustainability of global food systems, also taking into account that, in July 2023, the EU fully lifted the import restrictions for food in place following the 2011 Great East Japan earthquake;
2023/09/22
Committee: INTA
Amendment 14 #

2023/2107(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the ongoing work towards the extension of the list of geographical indications protecAsks the Commission to accelerate the remaining work for the third amendment to the list of geographical indications annexed to the EPA , bringing us closer to the protection of 300 geographical indications; highlights that the extension of geographical indications so far agreed by the EU and Japan is unprecedented uander the EPA believes it is an important step forward in the protection of EU geographical indications at the global level;
2023/09/22
Committee: INTA
Amendment 18 #

2023/2107(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls the importance ofUnderlines that the implementingation of the EPA fully and effectively, includinghas overall been smooth and successful but demands further progress in the areas of government procurement to ensure transparency, and in the implementation of sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) commitments to speed up and simplify import procedures;
2023/09/22
Committee: INTA
Amendment 21 #

2023/2107(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Asks Japan to further advance the facilitation for the access of European companies to public tenders, government procurement, and to develop the technical work to achieve a single point of access to tenders, with the information translated in European languages;
2023/09/22
Committee: INTA
Amendment 24 #

2023/2107(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Welcomes the progress made since the EU-Japan Summit 2023 on SPS import procedures, especially on the project for mutual recognition of zoning in the area of animal health;
2023/09/22
Committee: INTA
Amendment 25 #

2023/2107(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Calls on both parties to enhance regulatory cooperation in the fields of green technologies, notably on offshore wind power and renewable hydrogen, stepping up joint work on the energy and green transitions under the EU-Japan Green Alliance; welcomes the signature of a memorandum of cooperation on hydrogen to help establish a rules-based and transparent global hydrogen market;
2023/09/22
Committee: INTA
Amendment 27 #

2023/2107(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the negotiations on data flows under the EPA provided that these provisions will properly protectUnderlines the need to complete the EPA with provisions ensuring the free flow of data; welcomes the negotiations on data flows under the EPA and calls on both parties to agree on modern digital trade rules that preserve the high level of personal data and privacy protection in the EU;
2023/09/22
Committee: INTA
Amendment 30 #

2023/2107(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the launch of the EU- Japan digital partnership to advance cooperation on digital issues; welcomes, in this regard, the conclusion of the digital trade principles and the signature of the memorandum of cooperation on semiconductors, promoting a human-centric digital transformation based on democratic principles; welcomes, in this regard, the conclusion of the digital trade principles, covering data governance, digital trade facilitation as well as consumer and business trust, and the signature of the memorandum of cooperation on semiconductors, which namely foresees an early warning mechanism of critical disruptions in the semiconductors supply chain;
2023/09/22
Committee: INTA
Amendment 33 #

2023/2107(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses that the EU has a new approach to trade and sustainable development, which includes the possibility of sanctions as a last resort in cases of serious violations of the Paris Agreement and the core International Labour Organization (ILO) standards; believes that the Economic Partnership Agreement should be a ‘living agreement’ and calls on both parties to find ways to implement a number of innovative sustainable elements into the trade agreement;
2023/09/22
Committee: INTA
Amendment 35 #

2023/2107(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Welcomes the Japanese ratification of the fundamental ILO convention on the Abolition of Forced Labour (No. 105); encourages Japan to continue the works towards the ratification of the remaining ILO core convention on Discrimination in respect of Employment and Occupation(No. 111);
2023/09/22
Committee: INTA
Amendment 37 #

2023/2107(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Stresses the important role of civil society organisations and the domestic advisory groups in the monitoring and implementation of the agreement; asks Japan to develop ways of participation of civil society in the dialogue around the Trade and Sustainable Development provisions of the EPA; calls for closer cooperation between the EU and Japan domestic advisory groups and expects that their views on sustainability issues are taken into account in the government-to- government consultations provided in the agreement;
2023/09/22
Committee: INTA
Amendment 38 #

2023/2107(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Takes note that the negotiations for an agreement on the protection of investment are stalled and recalls the European Parliament resolution of June 2022 on the future of EU International Investment policy;
2023/09/22
Committee: INTA
Amendment 39 #

2023/2107(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Calls on both parties to continue to pursue a full and effective implementation of the EPA, strengthening the resilience of bilateral trade and investment relations and ensuring that citizens and businesses, especially SMEs, fully benefit from the opportunities that the agreement creates;
2023/09/22
Committee: INTA
Amendment 40 #

2023/2107(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 d (new)
7d. Welcomes the decision of Japan to join the Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement, which is an alternative system open to all World Trade Organization (WTO) members for resolving WTO disputes, pending the restoration of a reformed WTO dispute settlement system;
2023/09/22
Committee: INTA
Amendment 41 #

2023/2107(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 e (new)
7e. Asks the EU and Japan to explore the possibility of establishing a joint Trade and Technology Council, following the model existing between the EU and the USA; asks the Commission and Japan to explore ways of developing common strategies in economic security and technological cooperation; calls for further cooperation with Japan in the digital and green transitions, economic security, the resilience of global supply chains in strategic sectors, as well as in other relevant issues such as anti- coercion, export controls and investment screening, as the EU and Japan share common values and our strategic interests increasingly converge;
2023/09/22
Committee: INTA
Amendment 24 #

2023/2072(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls the European Commission and the Member States to deliver on open strategic autonomy to regain lost ground in all those fields where China's dominant position creates a risk of overdependance to the EU.
2023/09/11
Committee: INTA
Amendment 26 #

2023/2072(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on the European Commission and the Member States to conduct a process to increase the harmonization of the regulations on screening and control of foreign investments, and to fully implement the Foreign Direct Investment screening mechanism . Likewise, the Commission and the Member States must pay attention to investments by third countries, which could carry an indirect control position by China, through ownership or relevant participation in companies from those third countries.
2023/09/11
Committee: INTA
Amendment 30 #

2023/2072(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Is concerned about China’s assertive geopolitical and economic rise that has a considerable impact on the global economic and political developments particularly of the Global South, through its Belt and Road Initiative; calls on the Commission and the Member States to screen with a particular attention China’s acquisitions of critical infrastructures in the Western Balkans and in the EU neighbourhood countries; calls on China to increase transparency on Belt and Road Initiatives (BRI) projects, given that many BRI loans that have underperformed and became not financially viable.
2023/09/11
Committee: INTA
Amendment 43 #

2023/2072(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Urges the Commission and the Member States to secure the main use of EU infrastructures is preserved and protected, to allow the normal development of EU economic activity and trade, notably transport (ports, airports, train, and roads) energy and telecommunication infrastructures. Calls on the Commission to periodically report to the European Parliament on: a) the detection of possible dual use of strategic infrastructures that provide logistical and intelligence support to China; b) the full respect of EU trade legislation, especially due diligence, anti coercion and forced labour of goods entering the EU markets.
2023/09/11
Committee: INTA
Amendment 47 #

2023/2072(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls on the European Commission in coordination with the Member States, to design a rapid mechanism of response, in case of detection of dual use, or misuse, of the infrastructures in the EU, which are under property, participation or concession to China, that could lead to the cancellation of the rights of concession, and/or the suspension of the capacity of domain in the cases or property and participation.
2023/09/11
Committee: INTA
Amendment 48 #

2023/2072(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Calls on the Commission, in cooperation with the Member States, to activate procedures for the suspension and revocation of China's capacity of domain, or concessions in case that, in the context of the Russian aggression against Ukraine, China involves in the conflict on the side of the aggressor, to avoid any possible dual or direct use, jeopardising EU and/or Ukrainian security.
2023/09/11
Committee: INTA
Amendment 49 #

2023/2072(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6d. Calls on the European Commission and China to explore coordinated ways to boost trade and investment, looking to better adaptation of China to EU legislation and to the international and multilateral trade provisions.
2023/09/11
Committee: INTA
Amendment 50 #

2023/2072(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)
6e. Calls on the Commission to fully put in force the recently developed legislation and mechanisms to address the unbalanced trade relationship and mitigate EU vulnerabilities, such as the screening of Foreign Direct Investment, the review of Trade Defence Instruments, the International Procurement Instrument, the EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation, the export controls, the anti- coertion instrument the Critical Raw materials proposal, the Net Zero Industries Act, and the European Economic Security Strategy. Calls on China to cooperate to level the playing field limiting the assistance and the intervention in Chinese companies and removing the restrictions of European companies’ access.
2023/09/11
Committee: INTA
Amendment 58 #

2023/2072(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen the EU strategic autonomy notably by building diversified, secure and resilient supply chains and by increasing its actions in key areas such as research and development, cutting-edged technologies, critical raw materials, reindustrialisation and new infrastructures.
2023/09/11
Committee: INTA
Amendment 61 #

2023/2072(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls on the Commission to design actions to reduce the risks for EU own security and to develop internal resilience, strenghthening the security and integrity of its critical infrastructures, the supply chains and the technology base, notably the 5G and 6G networks, all of them essential for our normal economic activity and trade; calls the Commission and the Member States to review their networks security toolbox.
2023/09/11
Committee: INTA
Amendment 63 #

2023/2072(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Calls on the Commission, the EU institutions and the Member States to terminate any research funding to Chinese companies active in the areas of critical and strategic importance for the EU, such as ICT, and to channel risks related to contracting operators using Chinese equipment.
2023/09/11
Committee: INTA
Amendment 64 #

2023/2072(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 d (new)
7d. Calls on China to put in place and implement a responsible digital governance, with respect for privacy rights, freedom of expression and the rule of law in its digital governance policies, in the framework of WTO and multilateral standards; calls on the Commission to assess other areas under risk such as the semiconductors, quantum computing, blockchains, space, AI or biotechnologies, and consider legislation or tools for further protection against malicious software and cyber espionage.
2023/09/11
Committee: INTA
Amendment 65 #

2023/2072(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 e (new)
7e. Requires the Commission to share with the European Parliament, before the end of this parliamentary term, a detailed analysis of the risks for EU trade, regarding the semiconductors, quantum computing, blockchain, space, AI or biotechnologies and the possible need of EU action in these fields.
2023/09/11
Committee: INTA
Amendment 1 #

2023/2059(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A
A. whereas European ports are a key artery for EU and global trade, with 74 % of goods entering or leaving the EU by sea; whereas, in addition to its strategic function, ports are taking up an increasingly important role as the anchor of social and economic growth of the regions as well as in the supply, production, provision and storage of energy, and greening of transport and industry;
2023/09/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 9 #

2023/2059(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that geopolitical tension and supply chain disruption, alongside Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, represent significant challenges for the efficient operation ofduring the pandemic, ports have played a crucial role in ensuring the continuance of emergency supply chains; highlights that also in the new geopolitical context, alongside Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, the essential role of ports in keeping supply chains operational and setting up new alternative routes, including humanitarian lanes and solidarity lanes for Ukrainian exports, is again coming to the forefront; further underlines that European ports are pivotal in safeguarding energy supplies and in reducing energy dependency from Russia and will remain instrumental in repowering Europe in the short term, by enhancing the setting up of alternative routes for the provision of gas and increasing gas storage; in parallel, stresses that ports are and will be key in reinforcing efforts to prepare for a fossil- free energy landscape in Europe an ports; d will play an important role in the greening of transport, industry and energy generation;
2023/09/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 17 #

2023/2059(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights that an open, fair, sustainable and assertive EU trade policy, coupled with ambitious trade agreements, would strengthen the competitiveness and resilience of European portsare key for the competitiveness and resilience of European ports and for Europe’s growth and prosperity; recognises that Europe’s maritime manufacturing capabilities are essential to the Union's maritime strategic autonomy, innovation and sustainable growth as well as to the EU's ambitions to lead the twin green and digital transitions; believes that the EU Regulation on Foreign Subsidies and autonomous tools are essential to preserve and foster the European maritime industrial base;
2023/09/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 29 #

2023/2059(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the implementation of recent or pending EU legislation, including in the field of trade, will require investment and training for port operators and authorities; acknowledges that ports require significant investments to implement the obligations stemming from the Fit for 55 package and to be able to play their role in the green transition; underlines the importance of emerging technologies and digitalisation in European ports and the need to stimulate investment in the uptake of innovative solutions and support the digital transition in the port sector; recalls the importance of promoting sustainable investments in European ports, such as in electrification, hydrogen production, offshore wind energy, it will be key to boost ports' rail connections to TEN-T networks and to avoid botlenecks in these networks;
2023/09/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 39 #

2023/2059(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that in certain cases foreign trade andThe lack of an effective and efficient investment can causd trade defense policy can produce security vulnerabilities, in particular with regard to foreign ownership, control or access to EU critical infrastructure, including European ports; believes that foreign investments in essential and critical infrastructure that might enable effective participation or control (direct or indirect) in the management of the port should be thouroughly scrutinized; underlines that foreign investments, from state backed companies or state subsidies in all forms, that enable effective participation or direct or indirect control in the management of the port, should be avoided; considers that, in order to strengthen Europe's resilience, competetion on an equal footing must be ensured and that the level playing field and Europe's competitiveness can not be undermined with distortive foreign subsidies in European Ports;
2023/09/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 53 #

2023/2059(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Considers that a well-functioning Customs Union is fundamental to the EU’s competitiveness, sustainability and resilience; believes that a reformed and strengthened Customs Union with a common customs code will preserve the integrity of the Single Market, helping to maintain EU competitiveness in the twin green and digital transitions and avoid unfair competition between European ports;
2023/09/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 56 #

2023/2059(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Believes that tackling ‘port shopping’, a practice undermining the integrity of the EU internal market whereby traders target certain ports for products to enter the Single Market, is key; notes that currently customs controls are largely based on automated and targeted risk management, and that Member States employ national systems with national data to do this; underlines the urgency to have in place harmonised customs controls in all European ports to avoid different application of sanitary or due diligence standards;
2023/09/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 60 #

2023/2059(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls that the regulation on the screening of foreign direct investments2 addresses risks to security and public order resulting from investments from third countries, including those concerning European ports; believes the forthcoming review of the FDI Regulation should make foreign direct investment screening system mandatory in all Member States; considers that assessments on the basis of this Regulation should be more binding and take place within a reasonable timeframe safeguarding the attractiveness of Europe for new investments; _________________ 2 Regulation (EU) 2019/452 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 March 2019 establishing a framework for the screening of foreign direct investments into the Union (OJ L 79I, 21.3.2019, p. 1).
2023/09/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 67 #

2023/2059(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Emphasises the considerable role that the Global Gateway could play in strengthening the network of European ports with third countries, facilitating trade and expanding investment opportunities, hence creating mutually beneficial partnerships and promoting sustainable value chains; highlights in this regard the importance for the EU to step up its economic diplomacy.
2023/09/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 71 #

2023/2059(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Underlines the importance of a healthy, competitive and diversified maritime and logistics environment for ports; points however to the increasing market power of a small amount of stakeholders, in particular shipping lines, that risks to affect the fair power balance and level playing field between the different actors in the port ecosystem; as such, emphasizes the importance of effective and timely dialogue between ports and other logistics stakeholders in order to ensure well-functioning supply chains and avoid stranded assets.
2023/09/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 5 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4
– having regard to the Council conclusions of 16Note from the Austrian delegation, signed by 19 other Member States, discussed during the Council 'Agriculture and Fisheries' on 21 March 2022 on e"Enhancing the potential of plant-based proteins in Europe in line with the objectives set out in the European Green Deal, submitted by Austria and subsequently signed by 19 other Member States,";
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 40 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine have had dramatic effects on global trade and have made it more apparent that the EU needs to diversify its food supply chains and strengthen its production;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 56 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the sustainable production of all available types of protein is crucial to enable the transition towards more resilient food systems;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 74 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas plant-based proteins are also crucial for the transition towards more sustainable food systems with a reduced climate impact;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 116 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas the market for plant-based and alternative sources of proteins is steadily increasing due to consumer demand;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 142 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas cell-basedsmart agriculture and seafood farming are promising and innovative solutions;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 159 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J
J. whereas interest in insects for human and, in particular for animal consumption, is growing;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 179 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital L
L. whereas it is important to adopt a value chain approach in order to create added value for all sources of proteins, including plant-based protein sources;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 208 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to urgently present a comprehensive EU protein strategy introducing effective measures to increase the EU’s production of all sources of proteins in the short, medium and long term;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 235 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point 3
3. The development of plant-based and alternative protein for food and feedsustainable protein value chains for food and feed, based on increased research and innovation;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 297 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that the protein strategy should acknowledgecontribute to the environmental transition, through the sustainable development of all possible protein sources;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 326 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that developing the production of plant and alternative sources of proteinsustainable production all sources of protein, including plant-based sources, in the EU is an effective way of addressing many of the social, environmental and climate challenges that the EU faces;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 360 #

2023/2015(INI)

8. Stresses that European businessefarmers and agricultural producers must become more competitive;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 392 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission to propose medium- and long-term policy measures to close the nutrient loop, such as enabling the use of recovered nitrogen from digestate from bio-waste and other manure (RENURE) products;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 420 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4
Developing plant-based and alternative protesustainable protein value chains for food and feed
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 452 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses the importance of grasslands as a protein source, in particular in combination with livestock production; highlights the relevance of projects that extract high- quality protein as well as biomethanol from grasslands through biorefining;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 486 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Considers that innovative cell- based foodon, in particular new genomic techniques, can help increase protein production and support agriculture;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 540 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Calls for more research and development into plant-based and alternativeall sources of proteins, including plant-based proteins;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 562 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Underlines that improved coordination and collaboration between the supply chain’s stakeholders is needed to bridge the current gaps between farmers, their organizations, processors and retailers;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 589 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Recognises that the production of renewable energy at farm level is linked to the production of protein, and should be further facilitated;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 628 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 – point ii
ii. Novel food legislation that simplifies and speeds up authorisation processes, while ensuring the proper evaluation of potential risks for human consumption;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 656 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 – point vii
vii. A carbon removal certification framework that enables carbon farming practices related to the growing of protein- rich crops, while ensuring additional income for farmers;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 696 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 – point xiii
xiii. A clear research and development funding strategy to promote and stimulate the market uptake of sustainable protein sources, including plant-based proteins, for food and feed in the EU;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2 #

2023/2001(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A
A. whereas the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) is one of the most inclusive and sustainable trade deals ever signed; whereas substantial increase in trade flows and positive trends in cooperation between the two parties have been registered following its entry into application;
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 10 #

2023/2001(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas a number of Member States have not ratified the Agreement since its entry into application six years ago;
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 12 #

2023/2001(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Notes with satisfaction the considerable increase in bilateral trade in food and agricultural products between the EU and Canada and the 26 % increase in exports of EU agricultural products to Canada since the start of the provisional application of CETA; welcomes the significant increase in the number of the Union’s micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises exporting to Canada, as well as the increase in the value of exported products;
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 16 #

2023/2001(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that, in the implementation of CETA and all other EU trade agreements, due account must be taken of respect for sustainable agricultural production, reciprocity and the maintenance of high production standards, in particular sanitary and phytosanitary standards, as laid down in Union law;
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 17 #

2023/2001(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Underlines the importance of effective cooperation between the agricultural sectors of the Union and Canada in contributing to the mitigation of climate change and to environmental protection, including through the exchange of information on innovative farming practices, while limiting the administrative burden on producers;
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 20 #

2023/2001(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights the importance of recognising the system of geographical indications (GIs) as a key component of the agreement; underlines the need for further effective enforcement of GI protection for EU rights holders in Canada, also through better communication to stakeholders on CETA's GI commitments, in particular on the GI protection regime and on its enforcement;
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 24 #

2023/2001(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that, in order to maintain balanced market conditions, Canada does not use measures favouring local producers, such as differential taxes and mark ups, or measures that allow for direct delivery exclusively by local producers;
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 26 #

2023/2001(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Underlines the importance of swift amendment of the Annexes to the 2003 Agreement on Trade in Wines and Spirits Drinks to allow for the inclusion of certain GIs from Member States that joined the Union after 2003;
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 32 #

2023/2001(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Welcomes the progress made in eliminating most of the duties in trade of agricultural products between the Union and Canada, as well as the evolution of the use of tariff rate quotas (TRQs);
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 8 #

2023/0264(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recalls the Parliament resolution on “Upscaling the 2021-2027 MFF: a resilient EU budget fit for new challenges”; calls for an urgent revision of the EU long-term budget to respond more effectively to evolving needs, address funding gaps, increase flexibility and crisis responsiveness, and provide new funding for new political priorities, while maintaining that the repayment of recovery plan borrowing does not jeopardise EU programmes; calls on the Commission to present a proposal for a new batch of new resources as soon as possible;
2023/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 11 #

2023/0264(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights the role that agriculture plays in achieving the Union objectives of food security, sustainable growth, social inclusion, and combating climate change, while helping to diversify agricultural production, preserve biodiversity and develop local economies;
2023/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 29 #

2023/0264(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Points out the negative effects of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine on food security, and stresses the rapidly increasing importance of food and feed sovereignty;
2023/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 38 #

2023/0264(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines that inflation has been much higher than the 2 % deflator foreseen in the MFF, which will not compensate for the loss of value, imposing further strains on farmers’ profitability, especially small- scale and young farmers; highlights the fact that the CAP budget in the MFF 2021-27 is already lower than in the previous planning period and that the high inflation further depreciates the funding available to farmers particularly in the CAP Budget;
2023/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 49 #

2023/0264(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Is committed to ensuring that generational renewalConsiders that that the demographic challenge of ageing population is of particular concern in rural areas and is committed to ensuring that generational renewal, as the key for social, economic and environmental sustainability of rural areas and EU food autonomy, the future of agriculture and the traditional family farming model, must remain a high priority in the future CAP programming period; calls for the strengthening of support measures for young farmers and for the improvement of their access to land and credit;
2023/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 60 #

2023/0264(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Highlights the importance of redistributive income support mechanisms in supporting smaller and medium-sized farms and ensuring a fair and equitable distribution of Union funds;
2023/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 65 #

2023/0264(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the importance of funding research and innovation in the agri-food sector; recalls the importance of ensuring that research results reach farm level, in particular through the Horizon Europe programme and the European Innovation Partnerships (EIPs), recalls the importance of ensuring that research results reach farm level and are translated into accessible farm advisory services, underlines the role of stronger agricultural knowledge and innovation systems (AKIS), as well as the Farm Sustainability Data Network (FSDN) to encourage innovation projects and to diffuse their use;
2023/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 75 #

2023/0264(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the acceleration of the digital transformation in agriculture and rural areas to allow for more precise, efficient and sustainable agricultural systems in the EU with a higher environmental performance, as well as increase the attractiveness of employment in agriculture and rural communities for younger generations;
2023/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 78 #

2023/0264(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
10. Emphasises the important role of agri-cooperatives, and calls on Member States to provide more support for the cooperative sector to develop incentive schemes for setting up new cooperatives, helping to boost the competitiveness of the agri-food sector and the economic and social development of rural areas; stresses that this collaboration can help cooperatives’ members to adapt more easily to climate change, increase efficiency and diversify their production;
2023/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 83 #

2023/0264(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
11. Emphasises the need for careful monitoring of the national CAP strategic plans. Recalls that implementation of common agricultural policy (CAP) strategic plans began in January 2023, putting in place CAP’s new green architecture and taking an important step in the transition towards more sustainable food systems in the EU, emphasises the need for careful monitoring of the national CAP strategic plans; encourages Member States to improve the quality of data and indicators reported to the Union in order to realize the full potential of the new performance-based CAP and accurately assess its impact;
2023/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 88 #

2023/0264(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Welcomes the mobilisation of the crisis reserve to finance exceptional measures for Union farmers most affected by the war in Ukraine, climate events and market disturbances, recalls, however, that the crisis reserve only consists of about EUR 3 per hectare of the farmland in the EU, emphasises the urgent need for additional better-funded instruments for crisis management;
2023/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 91 #

2023/0264(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Recalls that, according to the Court of Auditors’ special report, climate spending in the 2014-2019 budget was not as high as reported, and that reliability issues could remain in the Commission's reporting for the 2021-2027 period, when the EU’s new climate spending target will rise to 30%, calls on the Commission to report on the contribution made by climate spending to EU climate and energy objectives, focusing in particular on measuring the impact of the budget on mitigating climate change and review the methodology of climate mainstreaming accountability, to allow better decision- making to ensure a full transition to a sustainable agricultural sector;
2023/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 95 #

2023/0264(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 c (new)
11c. Recalls the Court of Auditors’ Special report on conflict of interest in EU cohesion and agricultural spending, calls on the Commission to take action to improve the prevention, detection and reporting of conflicts of interests, and to promote transparency;
2023/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 96 #

2023/0264(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 d (new)
11d. Calls for the Commission to maintain an adequate level of funding in order to preserve the high sanitary and phytosanitary status in the EU, and rejects any decrease in co-financing rates for sanitary programmes and control of emerging diseases, which may jeopardise animal and plant health, and thus human health in the EU;
2023/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 97 #

2023/0264(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 e (new)
11e. Points out the significant potential of results-based carbon farming for tackling climate change through carbon sequestration and the preservation of biodiversity and eco-systems;
2023/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 98 #

2023/0264(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 f (new)
11f. Emphasises the value that circular economy and the agricultural sectors that work according to its principles can bring in achieving the goals set in the European Green Deal, encourages pilot projects to improve knowledge and increase the understanding of possible benefits of circular economy principles for the European food system;
2023/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 99 #

2023/0264(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 g (new)
11g. Reaffirms the significance of the Union's school fruit, vegetables and milk scheme to help children follow a healthy diet, with nutrition its primary focus; invites Member States to fully use their allocations of those schemes and prioritise sustainable, local, and high-quality production;
2023/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 100 #

2023/0264(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 h (new)
11h. Stresses the importance of Solidarity Lanes in ensuring that Ukrainian grain can reach countries most in need, supporting Ukraine's economy and preventing a global food crisis, notices, however, the impact of the surge in traffic, and calls on the Commission to provide funding for strengthening and improving the relevant infrastructure.
2023/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3 #

2023/0260R(NLE)

Draft opinion
Recital B
B. whereas the EU-Chile Association Agreement, which has been in force since 2003, has significantly expanded bilateral trade, including in the agri-food sector, and now needs to be modernisedplacing the EU as Chile's third largest trading partner, and now needs to be modernised, including by providing advanced mutual benefits for the agri- food sectors in the EU and in Chile;
2023/10/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 9 #

2023/0260R(NLE)

Draft opinion
Recital C
C. whereas the recent global crises and Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine have emphasised the need for diverse trading partners and reliable value chains; whereas one way to meet this need is to strengthen trade relations with like-minded partners, such as Chile;
2023/10/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 24 #

2023/0260R(NLE)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the modernisation of trade relations between the EU and Chile through the inclusion of new sustainability provisions in the trade and sustainable development chapter of the EU-Chile Advanced Framework Agreement, plus a review clause to account for changing environmental and social standards and, for the first time, a dedicated chapter on Trade and Gender Equality; notes, however, that the trade and sustainable development chapter lacks sanctions;
2023/10/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 38 #

2023/0260R(NLE)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Acknowledges the expansion of the elimination of tariffs on EU exports, leaving 99.9 % of exports tariff-free, which will improve export opportunities for EU agri-food producers;
2023/10/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 46 #

2023/0260R(NLE)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Recognises that the Agreement protects 216 EU agricultural geographical indications and 18 Chilean geographical indications, on the top of the existing agreement on wines and spirits, which protects 1745 EU GIs for wines and 257 EU GIs for spirits and aromatised wines; underlines the need for further effective enforcement of GI protection for EU rights holders in Chile as well as to consider expanding the list of GI products protected in both markets;
2023/10/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 51 #

2023/0260R(NLE)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the inclusion of a dedicated chapter on sustainable food systems that promotes bilateral and international cooperation towards a sustainable food system, including provisions on animal welfare; regrets, however,urges the Commission to make full use of the cooperation provisions contained in this chapter, also by facilitating the exchange of information on innovative farming practices, so that the ambition does not falls short of the Farm to Fork Strategy in terms of climate change mitigation, biodiversity and environmental protection;
2023/10/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 59 #

2023/0260R(NLE)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Insists that Chilean producers exporting to the EU apply the same, high production standards regarding traceability, animal welfare and use of veterinary medicinal and phytosanitary products as EU farmers; calls on the Commission to regularly update the European Parliament on the progress in the application of those standards.
2023/10/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 230 #

2023/0232(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 15 a (new)
(15a) 'agricultural productive land' means an area where the conditions of the soil has been optimised to sustain or increase the ecosystem services agricultural production provides;
2023/12/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 234 #

2023/0232(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 17
(17) ‘land take’ means the conversion of natural and semi-natural land and agricultural productive land into artificial land;
2023/12/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 321 #

2023/0232(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Member States may adapt the soil descriptors and soil health criteria referred to in paragraphs 1 to 5 applying to agricultural productive land for social, environmental and economic sustainability purposes.
2023/12/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 411 #

2023/0232(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) defining sustainable soil management practices, effective and predictable soil management practices taking into account the type, use and conditions of the soil and respecting the sustainable soil management principles listed in Annex III to be gradually implemented on all managed soils and, on the basis of the outcome of the soil assessments carried out in accordance with Article 9, regeneration practices to be gradually implemented on the unhealthy soils in the Member States;
2023/12/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 424 #

2023/0232(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) defining soil management practices and other practices affecting negatively the soil health to be reduced or avoided by soil managers.
2023/12/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 503 #

2023/0232(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) establish a minimum level of agricultural productive land areas where land take would be totally compensated.
2023/12/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 660 #

2023/0232(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) avoid, as far as possible, leaving soil bare by establishing and maintaining vegetative soil cover, especially during environmentally sensitive periods and being compatible with good local agronomic or forest practices;
2023/12/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 664 #

2023/0232(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) minimise physical soil disturbance to foster techniques of no tillage or conservation tillage if local conditions are favourable;
2023/12/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 670 #

2023/0232(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) ensure that machinery use is adapted to the strength of the soil, and that the number and frequency of operations on soils are limited so that they do not compromise long term soil health and the productive and ecosystem services that provides;
2023/12/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 675 #

2023/0232(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) when fertilization is applied, ensure adaptation to the needs of the plant and trees at the given location and in the given period, and to the condition of soil and prioritize biofertilizers from circular solutions that enrich the organiccarbon content, structure, fertility and biodiversity in the soil;
2023/12/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 681 #

2023/0232(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) ensure soil protection by the creation and maintenance of adequate landscape features at the landscape level, adapted to local climate conditions;109 __________________ 109 This principle does not apply to forest soils
2023/12/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 682 #

2023/0232(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) use site-adapted species in the cultivation of crops, plants or trees where this can prevent soil degradation or contribute to improving soil health, ecosystem functions and production capacities, also taking into consideration the adaptation to climate change;
2023/12/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 686 #

2023/0232(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
(ia) in the case of productive agricultural land, ensure adequate productivity and product quality levels;
2023/12/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 688 #

2023/0232(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point j
(j) in the case of crop cultivation, ensurpromote crop rotation and crop diversity,especially with the introduction of protein crops, taking into consideration different crop families, root systems, water and nutrient needs, and integrated pest management, while ensuring that it is adapted to particular climate and local conditions;
2023/12/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 694 #

2023/0232(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point l a (new)
(la) promote practices to improve crops nutrition and health, based on good soil conditions, such as the use of organic fertilizers, biostimulants, or biological control of soil diseases;
2023/12/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 696 #

2023/0232(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point l b (new)
(lb) promote the organization of farmers, for example through cooperatives, to carry out the same beneficial practices and multiply their impact;
2023/12/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 56 #

2023/0226(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
(14) NGT plants that could also occur naturally or be produced by conventional breeding techniques and their progeny obtained by conventional breeding techniques (‘category 1 NGT plants’) should be treated as plants that have occurred naturally or have been produced by conventional breeding techniques, given that they are equivalent and that their risks are comparable, thereby derogating in full from the Union GMO legislation and GMO related requirements in sectoral legislation. In order to ensure legal certainty, this Regulation should set out the criteria to ascertain if a NGT plant is equivalent to naturally occurring or conventionally bred plants and lay down a procedure for competent authorities to verify and take a decision on the fulfillment of those criteria, prior to the release or placing on the market of NGT plants or NGT products. Those criteria should be objective and based on science. They should cover the type and extent of genetic modifications that can be observed in nature or in organisms obtained with conventional breeding techniques and should include thresholds for both size and number of genetic modifications to the genome of NGT plants. Since scientific and technical knowledge evolves rapidly in this area, the Commission should be empowered in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to update these criteria in light of scientific and technical progress as regards the type and extent of genetic modifications that can occur in nature or through conventional breeding.
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 78 #

2023/0226(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
(18) Since the criteria for considering that a NGT plant is equivalent to naturally occurring or conventionally bred plants are unrelated to the type of activity that requires the deliberate release of the NGT plant, a declaration of the category 1 NGT plant status made prior to its deliberate release for any other purpose than placing on the market in the territory of the Union should also be valid for the placing on the market of related NGT products. In view of the high uncertainty existing at the field trial stage about the product reaching the market and the likely involvement of smaller operators in such releases, the verification procedure of category 1 NGT plant status prior to field trials should be conducted by national competent authorities as this would be less administratively burdensome for operators, and a decision should be taken at Union level only in case there are commentreasoned scientific objections to the verification report by other national competent authorities. Where the verification request is submitted prior to the placing on the market of NGT products, the procedure should be conducted at Union level in order to ensure effectiveness of the verification procedure and consistency of the category 1 NGT plant status declarations.
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 94 #

2023/0226(COD)

(21) Decisions declaring the category 1 NGT plant status should assign an identification number to the NGT plant concerned in order to ensure transparency and traceability of such plants when they are listed in the database and for the purpose of labelling of plant reproductive material derived from them.
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 109 #

2023/0226(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
(23) Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and the Council on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Council Regulation (EC) 834/2007(47 ) prohibits the use of GMOs and products from and by GMOs in organic production. It defines GMOs for the purposes of that Regulation by reference to Directive 2001/18/EC, excluding from the prohibition GMOs which have been obtained through the techniques of genetic modification listed in Annex 1.B of Directive 2001/18/EC. As a result, category 2 NGT plants will be banned in organic production. However, it is necessary to clarify the status of category 1 NGT plants for the purposes of organic production. The use of new genomic techniques is currently incompatible with the concept of organic production in the Regulation (EC) 2018/848 and with consumers’ perception of organic products. The use of category 1 NGT plants should therefore be also prohibited in organic production. _________________ 47 Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 (OJ L 150, 14.6.2018, p. 1).
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 116 #

2023/0226(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
(24) Provision should be made to ensure transparency as regards the use of category 1 NGT plant varieties, to ensure that production chains that wish to remain free from NGTs can do so and thereby safeguard consumer trust. NGT plants that have obtained a category 1 NGT plant status declaration should be listed in a publicly available database. To ensure traceability, transparency and choice for operators, during research and plant breeding, when selling seed to farmers or making plant reproductive material available to third parties in any other way, plant reproductive material of category 1 NGT plants should be labelled as category 1 NGTindicated by a mention in the national and EU variety registers.
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 167 #

2023/0226(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
(37) In order to enable NGT plants to contribute to the sustainability objectives of the Green Deal and the Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategies, cultivation of NGT plants in the Union should be facilitated. This requires predictability for breeders and farmers as regards the possibility to cultivate such plants in the Union. Therefore, the possibility for Member States to adopt measures restricting or prohibiting the cultivation of category 2 NGT plants in all or part of their territory, set out in Article 26b of Directive 2001/18/EC would undermine those goals.
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 171 #

2023/0226(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39
(39) To achieve the goal of ensuring the effective functioning of the internal market, NGT plants and related products should benefit from the free movement of goods, provi and the free movement of NGT plant products across the EU, the deliberate release of NGT plants and placing on the market of NGT products should be based on the harmonized requirements and procedures laid down in this Regulation, leading to the adoption of a decision uniformly applicable to all Member States. Member States shall not unilaterally derogate from the provisions set out in this Regulation in a way that would restrict, prohibit or hindedr they comply with the requirements of other free movement, placing on the market and deliberate release of NGT plants or related products within the territory of the Union law.
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 204 #

2023/0226(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2
(2) ‘NGT plant’ means a genetically modified plant obtained by targeted mutagenesis or cisgenesis, or a combination thereof, on the condition that it does not contain any genetic material originating from outside the breeders’ gene pool that temporarily may have been inserted during the development of the NGT plant;
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 208 #

2023/0226(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 4
(4) ‘targeted mutagenesis’ means mutagenesis techniques resulting in modification(s) of the DNA sequence at precisetargeted locations in the genome of an organism;
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 220 #

2023/0226(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 6
(6) ‘breeders’ gene poolgene pool for breeding purposes’ means the total genetic information available in one species and other taxonomic species with which it can be cross-bred, including by using advanced techniques such as embryo rescue, induced polyploidy and bridge crosses;
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 226 #

2023/0226(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b
(b) is progeny of the NGT plant(s) referred to in point (a), including progeny derived by crossing of such plants, on the condition that there are no further modifications that would make it subject to Directive 2001/18/EC or Regulation 1829/2003r progeny that has undergone further modifications and fulfils the criteria of equivalence to conventional plants, set out in Annex I;
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 230 #

2023/0226(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b a (new)
(b a) for which it is not feasible to provide an analytical method that detects, identifies and quantifies.
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 239 #

2023/0226(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 12
(12) ‘NGT product’ means a product, other than food and feed, containing or consisting of a NGT plant and food and feed containing, consisting of or produced from such a plant, and other products containing or consisting of such plants;
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 264 #

2023/0226(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. The rules which apply to Annex IB GMOs in Union legislation shall notalso apply to category 1 NGT plants.
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 279 #

2023/0226(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. 2a. Category 1 NGT plants and the products from such plants, are not subject to provisions established in Article 24 of this Regulation or Regulation 1829/2003.
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 284 #

2023/0226(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Category 1 NGT plants and products from such plants are not subject to provisions established in Article 26b of Directive 2001/18/EC.
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 300 #

2023/0226(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – title
Verification procedure of category 1 NGT plant status for requests submitted prior to the deliberate release for any other purpose than placing on the market
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 312 #

2023/0226(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 7
7. The other Member States and the Commission may make commentreasoned scientific objections to the verification report within 20 days from the date of receipt of that report. These objections must solely refer to the fulfilment of the criteria as set out in Annex I and must include a scientific justification.
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 328 #

2023/0226(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 8
8. In the absence of any commentreasoned scientific objections from a Member State or the Commission, within 10 working days from the expiry of the deadline referred to in paragraph 7, the competent authority that prepared the verification report shall adopt a decision declaring whether the NGT plant is a category 1 NGT plant. It shall transmit the decision without undue delay to the requester, the other Member States and to the Commission.
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 347 #

2023/0226(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 9
9. In cases where a commentreasoned scientific objection is made by another Member State or by the Commission by the deadline referred to in paragraph 7, the competent authority that prepared the verification report shall forward the the commentobjection(s) to the Commission without undue delay.
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 355 #

2023/0226(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 10
10. The Commission, after having consulted the European Food Safety Authority (‘the Authority’), shall prepare a draft decision declaring whether the NGT plant is a category 1 NGT plant within 45 working days from the date of receipt of the commentresoned scientific objection(s), taking the latter into account. The decision shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 28(2).
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 402 #

2023/0226(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Plant reproductive material, including for breeding and scientific purposes, that contains or consists of category 1 NGT plant(s) and is made available to third parties, whether in return for payment or free of charge, shall bear a label indicating the words ‘cat 1 NGT’, followed by the identification number of the NGT plant(s) it has been derived from.deleted
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 436 #

2023/0226(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point l
(l) methods for sampling (including references to existing official or standardised sampling methods), detection, identification and quantification of the NGT plant. In cases where it is not feasible to provide an analytical method that detects, identifies and quantifies, if duly justified by the notifier, the modalities to comply with analytical method requirements shall be adapted as specified in the implementing act adopted in accordance with Article 27, point (e) and the guidance referred to in Article 29(2);the NGT plant should fall under category 1 as to Art 3 (7)(c)
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 464 #

2023/0226(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1
1. The incentives in this Article shall apply to category 2 NGT plants and category 2 NGT products, where at least one of the intended trait(s) of the NGT plant conveyed by the genetic modification is contained in Part 1 of Annex IIIicle 52(1) of Regulation (EU) …/… (reference to Plant Reproductive Material) and it does not have any traits referred to in Part 2 of that Annex.
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 477 #

2023/0226(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1
Member StatesThe Commission shall take appropriate measures to avoid the unintended presence of category 2 NGT plants in products not subject to Directive 2001/18 or Regulation 1829/2003, only in the event that the category 2 NGT plants are able to be detected, identified and quantified by analytical method. These provisions shall not apply to category 1 NGT plants and products produced from or by such plants. The burden of proof of the unintended presence shall not be put on the NGT2 producer.
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 485 #

2023/0226(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1
Article 26b of Directive 2001/18/EC shall not apply to category 2 NGT plants.
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 500 #

2023/0226(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1
A NGT plant is considered equivalent to conventional plants when it differs from the recipient/parental plant by no more than 20 genetic modifications of the types referred to in points 1 to 5, in any DNA sequence sharing sequence similarity with the targeted site that can be predicted by bioinformatic toes not include foreign genetic material from outside the breeders’ gene pools.
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 512 #

2023/0226(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 1
(1) substitution or insertion of no more than 20 nucleotides;deleted
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 521 #

2023/0226(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 2
(2) deletion of any number of nucleotides;ed
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 525 #

2023/0226(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 3
(3) on the condition that the genetic modification does not interrupt an endogenous gene: (a) targeted insertion of a contiguous DNA sequence existing in the breeder’s gene pool; (b) targeted substitution of an endogenous DNA sequence with a contiguous DNA sequence existing in the breeder’s gene pool;deleted
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 530 #

2023/0226(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 3 – point a
(a) targeted insertion of a contiguous DNA sequence existing in the breeder’s gene pool;deleted
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 537 #

2023/0226(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 3 – point b
(b) targeted substitution of an endogenous DNA sequence with a contiguous DNA sequence existing in the breeder’s gene pool;deleted
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 548 #

2023/0226(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 4
(4) targeted inversion of a sequence of any number of nucleotides;deleted
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 553 #

2023/0226(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 5
(5) any other targeted modification of any size, on the condition that the resulting DNA sequences already occur (possibly with modifications as accepted under points (1) and/or (2)) in a species from the breeders’ gene pool.deleted
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 10 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
(2) Council Directive 2001/110/EC20 lays down definitions, names, common rules on composition, quality and labelling requirements for honey. _________________ 20 Council Directive 2001/110/EC of 20 December 2001 relating to honey (OJ L 10, 12.1.2002, p. 47).
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 18 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
(3) In light of the close link between the quality of honey and its origin and the need for the consumer not to be misled regarding the quality of the product, Directive 2001/110/EC lays down rules on the labelling of the origin where the honey has been harvested. In particular, Article 2(4) of that Directive requires the country or countries of origin where the honey has been harvested to be indicated on the label and provides that, if honey originates in more than one Member State or third country, the mandatory indication of the countries of origin may be replaced by one of the following, as appropriate: ‘blend of EU honeys’, ‘blend of non-EU honeys’, ‘blend of EU and non-EU honeys’. The different rules adopted on this basis by Member States may have misled consumers and may have hindered the functioning of the internal market. In the light of the Green Deal and the Farm to Fork Strategy’s objective of strengthenupporting consumers in making informed choices, including on the geographical origin of their food, and the details of this origin in case of blending, and in the interest to preserve the efficient functioning of the internal market throughout the Union through a harmonisation of the labelling rules, it is appropriate to revise the rules for honey origin labelling and provide that the country or countries of origin should be mentioned on the packaging. In light of the reduced size of the packs containing only a single portion of honey (breakfast packs) and the resulting technical difficulties, it is therefore appropriate to exempt those packs from the obligation of listing all individual countries of origin, where the honey originates in more than one countryin descending order and with their respective percentages on the packaging.
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 19 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
(3) In light of the close link between the quality of honey and its origin and the need for the consumer not to be misled regarding the quality of the product, Directive 2001/110/EC lays down rules on the labelling of the origin where the honey has been harvested. In particular, Article 2(4) of that Directive requires the country or countries of origin where the honey has been harvested to be indicated on the label and provides that, if honey originates in more than one Member State or third country, the mandatory indication of the countries of origin may be replaced by one of the following, as appropriate: ‘blend of EU honeys’, ‘blend of non-EU honeys’, ‘blend of EU and non-EU honeys’. The different rules adopted on this basis by Member States may have misled consumers and may have hindered the functioning of the internal market. In the light of Green Deal and the Farm to Fork Strategy’s objective of strengthening consumers in making informed choices, including on the geographical origin of their food, and the details of this origin in case of blending, and in the interest to preserve the efficient functioning of the internal market throughout the Union through a harmonisation of the labelling rules, it is appropriate to revise the rules for honey origin labelling and provide that the country or countries of origin should be mentioned on the packaging. In light of the reduced size of the packs containing only a single portion of honey (breakfast packs) and the resulting technical difficulties, it is therefore appropriate to exempt those packs from the obligation of listing all individual countries of origin, where the honey originates in more than one countryin descending order and with their respective percentages on the packaging.
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 29 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) Given the particular interest shown by consumers in the geographical origin of honey in relation to its characteristics and quality, and the need for full transparency in this area, the country or countries of origin in which the honey was harvested must appear on the label in the same visual field as the indication of the product. In light of the reduced size of the packs containing only a single portion of honey (breakfast packs) and the resulting technical difficulties, it is therefore appropriate to exempt those packs from the obligation of listing all individual countries of origin, where the honey originates in more than one country.
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 34 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) Given the particular interest shown by consumers in the geographical origin of honey in relation to its characteristics and quality, and the need for full transparency in this area, the country or countries of origin in which the honey was harvested must appear on the label in the same visual field as the indication of the product.
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 35 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 b (new)
(3b) Recalling that the 2023 DG Health - JRC - and OLAF reports on honey adulteration "EU Coordinate action "From the hives"" and "EU Coordinate action to deter certain fraudulent practices in the honey sector - Analytical testing results of imported honeys" highlight a very high percentage of imported honeys suspected of adulteration and confirm a range of frauds that exist in the honey sector. Aware of the fact that some operators use "customised" sugar syrups that are very difficult to detect even when the most sophisticated analytical techniques. Noting with regret the lack of official, validated analytical methods for detecting new types of adulteration with sugar syrups means that national authorities are unable to identify as fraudulent honeys. Pointing out that the honey market is faced with a significant supply of honeys that have been adulterated by the addition of sugar syrups, either during the honeyflow or at some stage in the packaging process. Convinced that several elements need to be clarified or improved in the honey directive to limit the possibilities of fraud and facilitate controls: complementing mandatory traceability measures with a block-chain system, rejecting filtered honey and honeys whose excessive water content has been reduced by vacuum evaporation.
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 39 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 b (new)
(3b) In light of the reduced size of the packs containing only a single portion of honey (breakfast packs) and the resulting technical difficulties, it is therefore appropriate, where the honey originates in more than one country, to ensure that all countries of origin are indicated on the packaging by using the corresponding "Country Code".
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 45 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 d (new)
(3d) Stressing that in order to limit as much as possible fraud linked to the addition of products that do not correspond to the designation "honey", by making it possible, inter alia, to validate the percentage of honeys used in the composition of blends, and in order to offer maximum transparency for the consumer, the European rules on traceability must be supplemented by the introduction of a block-chain system so that, at all levels of the chain, the essential information concerning the origin of the honey or honeys in a blend can be known. Convinced that it must be ensured that the new traceability requirements set out in the Directive complement the horizontal rules already applicable to the agri-food sector (rf. Article 18 of Regulation No. (EC) 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council. Noting that in the event of an inspection at any stage of production, access to detailed knowledge of the origin (country-region, year of production, producer identifier) of the honeys making up a blend makes it much easier for a honey analysis laboratory to check the geographical indication on the honey packaging and detect fraud. Being of the view that the additional rules on traceability (block-chain system) only concern beekeepers who sell their honey to other operators who do not resell it under the name of the original producer. These rules should not add to the administrative burden on producers, but they should make it easier for consumers and the supervisory authorities to keep track of the honey's entire journey from harvesting to bottling.
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 47 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 e (new)
(3e) Acknowledging that the term filtered honey used in Directive 2001/110 is misinterpreted by consumers, who confuse this industrial filtration with the filtration carried out by beekeepers after extracting their honey to remove particles of wax and other foreign elements from the honey. Consequently, filtered honeys as defined in Directive 2001/110/EC should no longer be allowed to be marketed under the name "honey" and the definition of "filtered honey" should be deleted from the text of the Directive. Noticing that the removal by filtration of some or all of the pollen and figurative elements present in a honey and a filter mesh size of less than 100 µm no longer allows the correct identification of the geographical and/or botanical origin of a honey. This makes it much more difficult to differentiate between sugar syrup or a mixture of honey and syrup and honey. Industrial filtration makes it impossible to trace honey using an analytical approach such as melissopalynology. Underlining that Annex II of Directive 2001/110 should be amended to specify the level of filtration permitted, which does not significantly alter the density and pollen spectrum of the honey, but which does remove most of the foreign matter in the honey.
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 49 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 f (new)
(3f) Recalling that both the definition of honey in Directive 2001/110 EC and that of the Codex Alimentarius clearly specify the work carried out by bees in the hive after they have harvested their crop, which they transform by combining it with specific materials of their own, deposit, dehydrate, store, and leave to ripen in the combs of the hive. Dehydration followed by ripening are operations carried out by the bees. Outside the European Union, some countries accept that the work of bees is limited to harvesting nectar secretions from plants or honeydew in the production of honey. Unripe honeys produced in this way have a moisture content well in excess of the 20% threshold laid down in Directive 2001/110/EC. Operators work with heated vats under a vacuum to limit the boiling temperature of the water in the honey. However, this process degrades the final product, depleting its aromas and enzymes. Insists that the Honey Directive should prohibit this vacuum evaporation process for honeys.
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 50 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 f (new)
(3f) Given the particular interest shown by consumers in the geographical origin of honey in relation to its characteristics and quality, and the need for total transparency in this area, the country or countries of origin in which the honey was harvested must appear on the label in the same visual field as the indication of the product.
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 51 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 g (new)
(3g) Noticing with concern Heat treatment above 40°C (± 5°C) causes degradation of certain constituents of the honey. The indicators currently used, namely HMF and the diastase index, make it possible to evaluate the significant degradation of honeys but do not make it possible to highlight the degradation of more sensitive honey constituents such as invertase. Consumer must be able to differentiate between honeys not exposed to treatments involving heating above 40°C (± 5°C) and other honeys. The words "virgin honey or unheated honey" must thus appear on the label. In order to control the absence of thermal degradation of a honey, a minimum threshold must be set for the presence of invertase in honey, an enzyme that is much more sensitive and degrades very rapidly once high temperatures are reached.
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 54 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
(7) Therefore, considering, in particular, that consumers are increasingly aware of health concerns linked to the consumption of sugar, it is appropriate to revise the rules on the use of statements on sugar for fruit juices to allow consumers to make informed choices. It is therefore appropriate to reintroduce, without a time limitation, the possibility for the industry to use the statement indicating that no fruit juices contain added sugars as well as the indication that fruit juices contain added sugars.
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 57 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) In light of the Green Deal and the Farm to Fork Strategy’s objective of supporting consumers in making informed choices, including on the geographical origin of their food, and in the interest to preserve the efficient functioning of the internal market throughout the Union through a harmonisation of the labelling rules, in line with the current legislation on fresh fruits, it is appropriate to revise the rules for fruit juices and provide that the country or countries of origin of the fruits used for producing fruit juices should be indicated in descending order and with their respective percentages on the packaging.
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 64 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) Whereas Annex to Directive 2001/112/EC lists in Part II, Point 2 ingredients that may be used in manufacturing of products covered by the Directive. Limited amount of ingredients are allowed to be used in manufacturing of fruit juices and fruit nectars. There is an increasing consumer interest in innovative products that contain other ingredients from natural sources such as spices and aromatic herbs (which are already allowed in tomato juice), providing a new taste to the consumer. Since organoleptic characteristics may change, the name of the ingredient should accompany the legal name to better inform consumers in line with the Regulation (EU) 1169/2011.
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 65 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 16 a (new)
(16a) In light of the Green Deal and the Farm to Fork Strategy’s objective of supporting consumers in making informed choices, including on the geographical origin of their food, and in the interest to preserve the efficient functioning of the internal market throughout the Union through a harmonisation of the labelling rules, in line with the current legislation on fresh fruits, it is appropriate to revise the rules for jams, jellies, marmalades and sweetened chestnut purée and provide that the country or countries of origin of the fruits used for obtaining such products should be indicated in descending order and with their respective percentages on the packaging.
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 71 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Directive 2001/110/EC
Article 2 – paragraph 2
(1a) paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: 2. the product names referred to in Annex I, points 2 and 3, shall apply only to the products defined therein and shall be used in trade to designate them. These names may be replaced by the simple product name ‘honey’, except in the case of "comb honey", "honey with pieces of comb" and "industrial honey".
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 74 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – introductory part
Directive 2001/110/EC
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – points a, b, c (new), d (new)
(2) in paragraph 4, points (a) and (b) are replaced by the following and points (c) and (d) are added:
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 86 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2001/110/EC
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) The country of origin where the honey has been harvested shall be indicated on the label and on the front of the package close to the commercial name of the product. If the honey originates in more than one country, the countries of origin where the honey has been harvested shall be indicated on the front label of packs containing more than 25 g in descending order and with their respective percentage in the blend; if the packs contain less than 25 g. the origin of all countries shall be indicated with the corresponding "country code";
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 88 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2001/110/EC
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) The country of origin where the honey has been harvested shall be indicated on the label and on the front of the package close to the commercial name of the product. If the honey originates in more than one country, the countries of origin where the honey has been harvested shall be indicated on the front label of packs containing more than 25 g in descending order and with their respective percentage in the blend;
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 103 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
(b) For the purpoexcept in the cases of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 and in particular Articles 12 to 15 thereof, the particulars to be indicated according to point (a) of this paragraph shall be considered as mandatory particulars in accordance with Article 9 of that Regulation.honey intended for industry, these names may be supplemented by indications relating to: - floral or vegetable origin, if the product comes entirely or essentially from the origin indicated and has the organoleptic, physico-chemical and microscopic characteristics thereof, - regional, territorial or topographical origin, if the product comes entirely from the origin indicated, - specific quality criteria.
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 106 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2001/110/EC
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point b a (new)
(ba) For honeys produced and imported into the EU, each honey marketed under an identification other than that of the harvesting beekeeper must have an identifier linked to a block- chain traceability system enabling the competent authorities to trace the entire history of the honey back to the harvesting beekeepers or operators in the case of imported honeys. Any personal information that may be included in the traceability system will only be accessible to consumers with the prior agreement of the producers of the batch or batches in question.
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 111 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2001/110/EC
Article 2– paragraph 4– point b b (new)
(bb) except for honeys intended for industrial use, these names may be supplemented by indications referring to the absence of significant heat treatment. The term referring to the absence of significant heat treatment such as "raw honey" or "unheated honey" may be included on the label on the front of the commercial packaging of the honey if no heat treatment has degraded highly sensitive enzymes such as invertase, from harvesting to potting, while complying with the conditions referred to in Annex II, points 6 (diastase index and hydroxymethylfurfural content) and 7 (invertase index).
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 116 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Directive 2001/110/EC
Article 3
Article 3 of Directive 2001/110/EC is amended as follows: In the case of honey intended for industry, bulk containers, packaging and sales documentation shall clearly indicate the full product name as set out in point 3 of Annex I.
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 121 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Directive 2001/110/EC
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 of Directive 2001/110/EC is amended as follows: The first sentence of Article 4 of Directive 2001/110/EC is replaced by the following: The Commission may adopt methods for verifying the compliance of honey with the provisions of Directive 2001/110/EC and of this Directive, including the implementation of blockchain-type traceability incorporating a minimum of criteria (criteria set out in Annex 3). These methods shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 7(2) of Directive 2001/110/EC.
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 131 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c
Directive 2001/112/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 4
Without prejudice to Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council**, the statement ‘no added sugars’, ‘no fruit juices contain added sugars’ may appear on the label in , or any other same field of vision astatement likely to have the nsame of the products referred to in Part I, point 1, of Annex I to this Directivemeaning for the consumer, may appear on the label.
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 138 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c
Directive 2001/112/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The products listed in Annex I, shall indicate the country of origin where the fruit has been harvested on the label and on the front of the package close to the commercial name of the product. If fruits originate in more than one country, these countries of origin where the fruits have been harvested shall be indicated on the front label of packaging in descending order and with their respective percentage in the blend. If such products are obtained with two or more species of fruits, the countries of origin in which such fruit species were collected are indicated on the packaging label with the relevant percentages that were used to obtain the final product.
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 139 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point d
Directive 2001/112/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 6
6. Without prejudice to Article 22 of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 for mixtures of fruit juice and fruit juice from concentrate, reduced-sugars fruit juice and reduced-sugars fruit juice from concentrate, and for fruit nectar obtained entirely or partly from one or more concentrated products, the labelling shall bear the words ‘from concentrate(s)’ or ‘partially from concentrate(s)’, as appropriate. That information shall be entered close to the product name, standing out well from any background, in clearly visible characters.;
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 147 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Directive 2001/113/EC
Article 2 a (new)
(1a) The products listed in Annex I, shall indicate the country of origin where the fruit has been harvested on the label and on the front of the package close to the commercial name of the product. If fruits originate in more than one country, these countries of origin where the fruits have been harvested shall be indicated on the front label of packaging in descending order and with their respective percentage in the blend. If such products are obtained with two or more species of fruit, the countries of origin in which such fruit species were collected are indicated on the packaging label with the relevant percentages that were used to obtain the final product.
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 159 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 a (new)
Directive 2001/110/EC
Annex 1 – paragraph 2 – point b – point viii
Annex I to Directive 2001/110/EC is amended as follows: In paragraph 2, point (b)(viii) is deleted and replaced by the following: (viii) raw or unheated honey: the honey obtained which has been extracted from the combs, decanted and then, if necessary, sieved. Honey so designated has not been heated to the extent that its enzymes and other thermally sensitive elements are degraded to such an extent that they no longer comply with the criteria laid down in points 6 and 7 of Annex II.
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 167 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Directive 2001/112/EC
Annex 1 – part 1 – point 6 a
The product obtained from the product defined in point 1(a) where naturally occurring sugars have been removduced by at least 30 % by using a process authorised under the conditions laid down in Part II, point 3, of Annex I, which maintains all the otherthe European Commission Delegated Act. The product maintains essential physical, chemical, organoleptical and nutritional characteristics of an average type of juice of the fruit from which it comes, defined in the European Commission Delegated Act. Flavour, pulp, and cells obtained by suitable physical means from the same species of fruit may be restored to the reduced-sugar fruit juice.
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 171 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Directive 2001/112/EC
Annex 1 – part 1 – point 6 b
The product obtained from the products defined in point 1(b) or point 2 and/or in point 6(c), where naturally occurring sugars have been removduced by at least 30 % by using a process authorised under the conditions laid down in point 3 of Part II of Annex I, which maintains all the otherthe European Commission Delegated Act, and that have been reconstituted with potable water that meets the criteria set out in Directive 98/83/EC. The product maintains essential physical, chemical, organoleptical and nutritional characteristics of an average type of juice of the fruit from which it comes, and that have been reconstituted with potable water that meets the criteria set out in Directive 98/83/ECdefined in the European Commission Delegated Act. Flavour, pulp, and cells obtained by suitable physical means from the same species of fruit may be restored to the reduced-sugar fruit juice from concentrate.
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 172 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Directive 2001/112/EC
Annex 1 – part 1 – point 6 b
The mixing of reduced-sugar fruit juice from concentrate with fruit juice,d fruit juice, reduced- sugars fruit juice, concentrated reduced- sugars fruit juice, fromuit purée and/or concentrate,d fruit purée and/or fruit purée from concentrate is authorised in the production of reduced-sugar fruit juice from concentrate.; is authorised in the production of reduced-sugars fruit juice from concentrate.’; c) concentrated reduced-sugars fruit juice The product obtained from the products defined in point 6(a) by the physical removal of a specific proportion of the water content, and/ or the product defined in point (2) where naturally occurring sugars have been reduced by at least 30 % by using a process authorised under the conditions laid down in the European Commission Delegated Act. The product maintains essential physical, chemical, organoleptical and nutritional characteristics of an average type of concentrated juice of the fruit from which it comes, defined in the European Commission Delegated Act. Where the product is intended for direct consumption, the removal of water shall be at least 50 % of the water content. Flavour, pulp, and cells obtained by suitable physical means from the same species of fruit may be restored to the concentrated reduced-sugar fruit juice.
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 185 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b – point i – indent 4 a (new)
Directive 2001/112/EC
Annex 1 – part 2 – point 2 – indent 8 a (new)
– The following indent is added: - Spices and aromatic herbs For products made only from products listed in Annex I and spices and/or herbs, a descriptive name in line with Regulation (EU) 1169/2011 should be “[name Annex I] with (added) [name of the spice/herb]”.
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 188 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b – point i – indent 4 b (new) Directive 2001/112/EC
– the following indent is added: - Fiber For products made only from products listed in Annex I and fiber, a descriptive name in line with Regulation (EU) 1169/2011 should be “[name Annex I] with (added) fiber”
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 191 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b – point ii – indent 1 a (new)
Directive 2001/112/EC
Annex 1 – part 2 – point 3 – indent 4
– Indent 4 is replaced as follows: Enzyme preparations: pectinases (for breakdown of pectin), proteinases (for breakdown of proteins), and amylases (for breakdown of starch) and cellulases (for breakdown of cellulose) meeting the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 1332/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on food enzymes (1);
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 196 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b – point ii – indent 2
Directive 2001/112/EC
Annex 1 – part 2 – point 3 – indent 12 a (new)
– Processes to remove naturally occurring sugars, to the extent that they maintain all the other essential physical, chemical, organoleptical and nutritional characteristics of an average type of juice of the fruit from which it comes: membrane filtration, yeast fermentation. enzymatic process;
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 199 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2001/112/CE
Annex 3 – point h a (new)
(ha) Fruit juices containing added sugars shall indicate the corresponding added quantity on the packaging.
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 203 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 b (new)
Directive 2001/110/EC
Annex 2 – paragraphs 2 and 3
Annex II to Directive 2001/110/EC is amended as follows: In paragraph 2, the introductory text is amended as follows: When placed on the market as honey or used in any product intended for human consumption, honey shall not have added to it any food ingredient, including food additives, nor shall any other additions be made other than honey. Honey must, as far as possible, be free from organic or inorganic matters foreign to its composition. With the exception of point 3 of Annex I, it must not have any foreign tastes or odour, have begun to ferment, have an artificially changed acidity or have been heated in such a way that the natural enzymes have been either destroyed or significantly inactivated, or have been exposed to vacuum evaporation. Honey, when marketed as such or used in any product intended for human consumption, must comply with the compositional characteristics set out in points 1 to 6. In addition, when marketed as "raw honey" or "unheated honey", honey must also comply with the compositional characteristics set out in point 7. In paragraph 3, the introductory text "Without prejudice to point 2(b)(viii) of Annex I, neither pollen nor any other constituent particular to honey, may be removed except where this is unavoidable in the removal of foreign inorganic or organic matter." is replaced by the following: "No significant change in the pollen count or pollen spectrum of pollen smaller than 100 µm is permitted. No constituents of honey smaller than 100 µm may be removed. A new composition criterion (7) is added to Annex II. 7. invertase index (Gontarski unit) for "raw honeys" or "unheated honeys". Determined after processing and blending. - generally, not less than 50 U/kg - honeys with a low natural enzyme content, not less than 25 U/kg
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 204 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I a (new)
Directive 2001/110/EC
Annex 2 a (new)
Annex IIa MEASURES RELATING TO HONEY TRACABILITY Guidelines The identification data that must accompany honey throughout the food chain, from producer to consumer, and which must be entered into the blockchain system are as follows: 1. Harvesting beekeeper references 2. Lot defined by the harvesting beekeeper 3. The specific identifier assigned by the non-European operator ensuring the sale to the EU market of batches of honey harvested in a non-EU country. 4. The unique identifier (code) of each operator in the food chain who purchases and processes honey from the beekeeper- harvester. Importers of honey into the EU are treated in the same way as operators and the traceability of honeys applies to them too. 5. Year the honey was harvested if sold in bulk from the beekeeper down the chain. 6. The year of blending if honeys from different geographical origins (country of origin) are blended. 7. In the case of a blend of honeys, indication of the percentages of the different batches of honeys identified by their identifier and creation of a new identifier linked to the initial information. 8. Specific floral or plant origin if mentioned on the packaging of the honey marketed. 9. Geographical origin corresponding to the origin indicated on the marketed honey. The indication of origin must meet at least the requirements of Article 2(4)(a), i.e. the country of harvest. The information on origin may not be modified under any circumstances and must always appear when the honey is mixed or in transit. All packaging of blended honey, from the barrel to the jar, must be labelled with the last identifier assigned to the honey, so that it can be linked to all the honeys of origin and to the various blends made by the intermediary operator(s).
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 254 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Directive 2001/113/EC
Annex 1 – part 1 – point b – indent 2
– The name ‘jelly marmalade’ may be used where the product defined as citrus marmalade contains no insoluble matter except possibly for small quantities of finely sliced peel. In the name 'citrus marmalade', the term 'citrus fruit' may be replaced by the name of the citrus fruit used.;
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 256 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Directive 2001/113/EC
Annex 2 – paragraph 1 – indent 2
(2a) In Annex II, the second indent is replaced by the following: ‘– fruit juice, whether or not concentrated: only in jams’;
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 257 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 2 b (new)
Directive 2001/113/EC
Annex 2 – paragraph 1 – indent 4
(2b) In Annex II, the fourth indent is replaced by the following: ‘- red fruit juices, whether or not concentrated: only in jam and extra jam manufactured from rosehips, strawberries, raspberries, gooseberries, redcurrants, plums and rhubarb,
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1 #

2023/0038M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 6 October 2022 on the outcome of the Commission’s review of the 15-point action plan on trade and sustainable development,
2023/09/22
Committee: INTA
Amendment 14 #

2023/0038M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas the EU and New Zealand are like-minded partners who share fundamental values, such as respect for human rights, democracy and the rule of law, and both support a rules-based trading system, with the World Trade Organization (WTO) as its centrepiece;
2023/09/22
Committee: INTA
Amendment 17 #

2023/0038M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas New Zealand is situated in the dynamic and strategically important Indo-Pacific region ; whereas New Zealand is a member of the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership;
2023/09/22
Committee: INTA
Amendment 27 #

2023/0038M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas this is the first EU trade agreement aligned with the EU’s new approach to trade and sustainable development, which includes enforceable provisions with sanctions as a last resort;
2023/09/22
Committee: INTA
Amendment 33 #

2023/0038M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas open and fair trade is one of the four pillars of the EU’s Green Deal industrial plan;
2023/09/22
Committee: INTA
Amendment 35 #

2023/0038M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Considers this agreement to be of major significance for bilateral relations between the EU and New Zealand and the promotion of rules- and values-based trade, bringing benefits beyond purely economic gains;
2023/09/22
Committee: INTA
Amendment 38 #

2023/0038M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the fact that, a the agreement is comprehensive, economically balanced and it is the most ambitious and comprehenprogressive EU trade deal ever concluded,to date on sustainability; highlights that the agreement delivers on the priorities set out in Parliament’s resolutions of 25 February 2016 and 26 October 2017; notes that the agreement includes a dispute settlement mechanism to ensure that the rights and obligations contained therein are respected, so that businesses, workers and consumers can enjoy its benefits;
2023/09/22
Committee: INTA
Amendment 42 #

2023/0038M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Takes noteStrongly welcomes that the agreement integrates, for the first time, the new EU approach to trade and sustainable development and incorporates an unprecedented level of environmental and labour commitments to effectively implement fundamental International Labour Organization (ILO) conventions ratified by the parties and the Paris Agreement; points outstrongly welcomes the possibility of trade sanctions as a last resort, in instances of serious violations of the Paris Agreement and the core ILO standards; believes that the FTA sets a benchmark in this area; is aware that these levels may not be matched by future FTAs with less like-minded partners; calls on both parties to define a set of guiding principles to be considered essential to achieving the objectives of the Paris Agreement; expects concrete progress within a reasonable timeframe on the part of New Zealand towards the ratification and effective implementation of the two remaining ILO core conventions (No. 87 on freedom of association and the right to organise, and No. 138 on minimum wage), in accordance with the commitments laid down in the agreement; welcomes that the EU and New Zealand agreed to reflect the ILO recent decision to add occupational health and safety to core labour standards, as appropriate; welcomes that the agreement has a trade and gender equality article under the trade and sustainable development chapter and calls on both parties to promote women’s empowerment and gender equality; welcomes a dedicated provision on trade and fossil fuel subsidies reform and calls on the parties to intensify engagement on this issue at the WTO; welcomes that the agreement liberalises green goods and services at entry into force, with a list of such goods and services, and calls for a regular reviewing of this list; points out that the EU and New Zealand will cooperate on circular economy, deforestation-free supply chains and carbon pricing; stresses that the agreement includes a non-regression clause prohibiting the parties to weaken, reduce or fail to enforce labour and environmental standards to encourage trade; believes that the FTA sets a new benchmark to other trading partners in the area of sustainable trade;
2023/09/22
Committee: INTA
Amendment 56 #

2023/0038M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Believes that the agreement will level the playing field with other trading partners that already have FTAs with New Zealand; notes the high level of tariff liberalisation under the agreement, which will entail the removal of 100 % of New Zealand tariffs on EU exports at entry into force and the lifting of 98.5 % of EU tariffs on New Zealand trade after seven years; notes the counter-seasonal nature of our respective agriculture production; believes that the sensitive character of certain European agricultural sectors has been duly reflected by well-calibrated concessions in the formtaken into account through tariff-rate quotas and longer transition periods; calls on the Commission to monitor closely the management of tariff- rate quotas and longer transition periodsfor agricultural products and report back to Parliament; welcomes the inclusion of dedicated chapters on sustainable food systems and animal welfare respectively and anand calls on both parties to further exchange on outcomes for sustainable agricultural practices; also welcomes the animal welfare condition in the tariff rate quota for beef and the ambitious chapter on sanitary and phytosanitary matters;
2023/09/22
Committee: INTA
Amendment 75 #

2023/0038M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the protection that the agreement provides for the names of 163 European foodstuff geographical indications (GIs) and the complete list of EU GI wines and spirits, as well as the scope for (close to 2000 names); highlights that the agreement foresees the opportunity to adding more GI names in the future; notes that the agreement also includes comprehensive intellectual property provisions on copyright, trademarks and industrial designs, thereby ensuring effective protection and enforcement;
2023/09/22
Committee: INTA
Amendment 80 #

2023/0038M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Believes that the market-access commitments on goods, given the removal of relatively high duties on industrial products such as cars and textiles, and the commitments on services, including delivery, telecommunications, financial and international maritime transport services, have the potential to significantly boost bilateral trade; considers that the agreement promotes transparency and the use of international standards to facilitate market access, while safeguarding the levels of protection that each party deems appropriate; welcomes that the agreement explicitly reaffirms the right of each party to regulate to pursue legitimate policy objectives; appreciates New Zealand’s acceptance of EU type-approval certificates and the provisions of the annex on wine and spirits, which will respectively facilitate trade in the vehicles and wine and spirits sectors;
2023/09/22
Committee: INTA
Amendment 83 #

2023/0038M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the fact that the EU and New Zealand will reciprocally open up their procurement markets beyond what is already covered under the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement; stresses that EU companies will be allowed to tender for New Zealand central and sub-central government contracts on an equal footing with local companies;
2023/09/22
Committee: INTA
Amendment 87 #

2023/0038M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that the agreement includes a dedicated chapter on digital trade, which will ensure predictability and legal certainty in digital trade transactions and facilitate cross-border data flows, while respecting the EU acquis on the protection of data and privacy; welcomes that the agreement will help ensure a secure online environment for consumers and that it will preserve a high level of personal data and privacy protection in the EU; welcomes the inclusion of ambitious articles on the protection of source code and paperless trade;
2023/09/22
Committee: INTA
Amendment 89 #

2023/0038M(NLE)

11a. Urges both partners to ensure the active involvement of social partners and civil society, notably through the civil society forum and the domestic advisory group, on the implementation of the agreement; calls on both parties to ensure the swift establishment of well- functioning, effective and balanced domestic advisory groups and to ensure that their views on transversal sustainability issues are taken into account in a transparent manner in the government-to-government consultations provided in the agreement; calls on the Commission to ensure that the EU delegation to New Zealand is involved in the process of implementing the agreement from start to finish;
2023/09/22
Committee: INTA
Amendment 1 #

2022/2188(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the decision of the UK Government to pursue a hard Brexit upon its withdrawal from the EU was inevitably going to entail the disruptive disintegration of economic and trade ties and the divergence of regulatory regimes for farmers, agri-food producers, citizens and third-country trading partners;
2023/05/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3 #

2022/2188(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas it is necessary to preserve a level playing field and legal certainty for famers, agri-food producers and workers, citizens;
2023/05/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 6 #

2022/2188(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that UK requirements for unnecessary guarantees in relation to certain animal diseases are not in line with the standanrds of the World Organizations for Animal Health; regrets the fact that the UK is not respecting the obbligation to align its certification requirements with international standards;
2023/05/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 11 #

2022/2188(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Underlines that, although interim arrangements offered by the EU allowed to improve the situation, strucural solutions are needed for the acceptance of EU paperless certificates by the United Kingdom;
2023/05/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 13 #

2022/2188(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Acknowledges the introduction by the United Kingdom of the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill in May 2022, establishing new rules for release and marketing of "precision bred organisms" in England;
2023/05/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 14 #

2022/2188(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Calls on the EU to speed up the adoption of legislation on the use of new breeding techniques, in order to ensure a level playing field for EU farmers, while sustainably increasing yields and making crops more resilient to climate change and new pathogens, particularly in view of harmful organisms, floods, droughts, water shortages and other extreme weather conditions that are afflicting an increasing number of Member States;
2023/05/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 17 #

2022/2188(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the Commission to assess the level of protection of EU geographical indications protected in the United Kingdom by virtue of the Withdrawal Agreement and to launch discussions with the UK on new provisions pertaining to the protection of EU geographical indications registered from January 2021;
2023/05/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 18 #

2022/2188(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Calls on the Commission to keep Parliament fully informed in a timely manner of all difficulties that may arise, in particular possible breaches of the Agreements that might jeopardise the level playing field and fair competition for the EU’s farmers, agri-food producers and workers;
2023/05/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 42 #

2022/2188(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Takes note of the fact that even 12. with these unprecedented trade arrangements with a third country, EU-UK trade flows have been far more stagnant for goods and less dynamic for services in the period 2016-2022 than EU trade with other international partners and, therefore, the withdrawal of the UK from the EU has had, as expected, a negative impact on EU- UK trade flows, due to the creation of significant non-tariff barriers implying additional costs on both sides; recalls that this outcome is only one of the negative consequences of the UK’s withdrawal and is a direct result of the type of Brexit chosen by the UK Government;
2023/09/08
Committee: AFETINTA
Amendment 45 #

2022/2188(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. MCalls on the Commission to assess the level of protection of EU geographical indications in the UK and maintains its call for both parties to activate the ‘rendez- vous’ clause on the future protection of geographical indications registered after 2021;
2023/09/08
Committee: AFETINTA
Amendment 46 #

2022/2188(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Reiterates that the TCA is the delicate outcome of long and difficult negotiations and it should therefore be fully implemented in good faith, equally to the Withdrawal Agreement, in particular the Protocol on Ireland and Northern Ireland, and the recent Windsor Framework, for the mutual benefit of both parties; calls on both parties to fully exploit its huge potential to facilitate EU-UK trade to the greatest extent possible, while bearing in mind that the advantages of membership in terms of access to the EU single market and to the Customs Union, as well as of participation in other common and flanking policies, cannot, under any circumstances, be replicated through an FTA;
2023/09/08
Committee: AFETINTA
Amendment 52 #

2022/2188(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Takes note of the further postponement of the implementation of certain UK import procedures and checks on products coming from the EU; calls on the UK Government to clarify the schedule and requirements in order to avoid further uncertainty for businesses and to digitalize and simplify UK customs procedures to the extent possible, in order to avoid further frictions in trade between the EU and the UK; highlights that customs cooperation between the EU and the UK is important in order to support compatibility in customs legislation and procedures, and to promote trade facilitation;
2023/09/08
Committee: AFETINTA
Amendment 53 #

2022/2188(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Recalls that as a consequence of a separate sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) regulatory regime following its withdrawal from the EU, the UK is subject to all EU rules applicable to third countries not dynamically aligning with EU legislation; takes note of the fact that post-Brexit, the EU and UK remain important trading partners for agri-food products and that from January to October 2022, EU exports to the UK reached EUR 39.5 billion, a 15 % increase compared to 2021, while the UK was the third most important partner for the EU in terms of agri-food imports8 ; calls on the UK Government to consider an SPS agreement, as an alignment of this type woulexpedite the transition to a digital system for sanitary and phytosanitary certificates, and to consider an SPS agreement, as an alignment of this type would reduce the administrative and financial burden on both sides, and facilitate EU-UK agri-food trade, including trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland; _________________ 8 ‘Monitoring EU agri-food trade’, European Commission, Directorate- General for Agriculture and Rural Development, Brussels, 2022, https://agriculture.ec.europa.eu/system/files /2023-01/monitoring-agri-food-trade- oct2022_en_1.pdf.
2023/09/08
Committee: AFETINTA
Amendment 58 #

2022/2188(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Commends the ongoing work of the Trade Partnership Committee and of the specialised and trade-specialised committees, and urges the parties to fully explore their potential as bilateral bodies established under the TCA, which can discuss subjects of shared strategic importance and address all implementation issues in a direct manner; invites the Commission to continue the good practice of keeping the European Parliament fully and immediately informed of the ongoing work of and developments in these committees;
2023/09/08
Committee: AFETINTA
Amendment 65 #

2022/2188(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Calls on the Commission to keep the European Parliament fully and immediately informed about all complications that may jeopardise the level playing field and fair competition for EU businesses and workers;
2023/09/08
Committee: AFETINTA
Amendment 53 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the war against Ukraine and the ensuing significant increases in input prices are leading to a significant cumulative distortion on global agricultural, fisheries and aquaculture markets, in particular on the livestock feed, cereals and vegetable oil markets; whereas food production and access to food must not be endangered or used as a geopolitical weapon;
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 81 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas consumers are increasingly oriented toward healthy and safe food choices, sustainability of production, transparency in the supply chain, better traceability of all production and distribution processes in accordance with the right to have more information on the origin and production methods of the foodstuffs they consume;
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 104 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas, while 63% of low-income people worldwide are employed in agriculture and the overwhelming majority of them work on small farms- and medium-sized farms whose economic sustainability is currently threatened, many people are at risk of food shortages and hunger; whereas the availability of food varies due to climate, seasonality and limited production1 ; _________________ 1 https://www.ifad.org/en/covid19
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 218 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Highlights the resilience of the agri-food sector during the recent crisis, its ability to maintain the functioning of the food supply chains and ensure food security in very difficult circumstances;
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 221 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Stresses the need, due to the disruptions to global production chains and increased price volatility, to develop open strategic autonomy for the EU with the aim of ensuring access to key markets and reducing dependency on imports of critical goods such as plant-based protein sources and feed; reiterates that agri-food systems must be acknowledged as a crucial aspect of the EU’s open strategic autonomy in order to ensure sufficient availability of safe and good-quality food and to maintain functioning and resilient food supply chains and trade flows during future crises;
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 246 #

2022/2183(INI)

2. Calls on the Commission to take the necessary measures to provide farmers with planning security and guarantees, as well as adequate financial support, making it possible to maintain and, if necessary, increase food production in the EU; calls on the Commission to ensure that farmland is used primarily for the production of food and feed;
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 256 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Notes that the EU internal market is the world’s biggest importer and exporter of agri-food products; is convinced that the EU should use its position as a major global player to set the benchmark and direct international standards for resilient and sustainable food systems;
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 269 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the European Green Deal could be a milestone in the EU transition to a greener and more sustainable economy, while pointing out that many of the resulting measures might have adverse effects, which have not yet been properly assessed, on EU farms and food security; calls on the Commission to carry out a comprehensive assessment of the cumulative impact of Green Deal legislative proposals on the EU farmingstresses the risk of putting the EU agri- food sector at a competitive disadvantage owing to a lack of global convergence of standards and increased costs for consumers; calls on the Commission to carry out a comprehensive assessment of the cumulative impact of Green Deal legislative proposals on the EU farming sector and to propose proportionate measures, a suitable timeframe for adaptation and compensation mechanisms with a view to maintaining the competitiveness, productivity and social resilience of the EU agri-food sector;
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 290 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Calls on the Commission to develop an ambitious, comprehensive EU strategy on generational renewal in the agricultural sector, aiming at increasing the number of young farmers, improving their competencies and capabilities, in particular to fully exploit the opportunities offered by smart farming and artificial intelligence;
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 319 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to present a comprehensive EU protein and feed strategy that, on the one hand, focuses on domestic production in order to fully exploit its potential and reduce dependence on imports from third countries and, on the other, further safeguards income from sustainable production;
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 353 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Emphasises the importance of granting equal access to technological and scientific innovations, including plant breeding innovations capable of improving the resistance of varieties and fostering the diversity of genetic resources and food production systems, in compliance with EU food safety regulations; stresses that forging strong relationships with trade partners on research, development and the transfer of knowledge in areas such as land management, climate change adaptation and mitigation, and fair and resilient value chains could be a key factor in fostering more sustainable agri-food production while safeguarding agricultural productivity and supporting the competitiveness of EU farming on global markets;
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 449 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to raise the limits for the use of nitrogen fertilisers derived from animal manure, e.g. RENURE2 , digestate from bio-waste, and any other effective and verified instrument, in line with the limits currently applicable to fertilisers; calls on the Commission to consider a temporary exemptions to bring down the cost of fertilisers for nowand, where appropriate, to amend the limits set in Council Directive 91/676/EEC concerning the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources, while seeking the introduction of long-term framework provisions to promote a circular economy on farms and reduce dependence on third- country resources; _________________ 2 RENURE: REcovered Nitrogen from manURE
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 489 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Reiterates the importance of supporting local production and the consumption of seasonal, local products from short and verified supply chains, which reduce waste and losses, while providing affordable, healthy, certified, quality products with a reduced environmental footprint;
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 502 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Stresses the important role of farmers in the production of renewable energies in the EU, and the need to eliminate the existing limits of self- consumption, in order to provide a concrete contribution towards the development of best practices of circular economy and clean energy production;
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 9 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas in 2020, a majority (57.6 %) of farm managers (all genders) were at least 55 years of age and approximately only 10 % of farm managers were under 40 years old; whereas a relatively high proportion of farmers have 65 years of age or more in many Member States;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 18 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A e (new)
Ae. whereas almost all EU regions are experiencing a steady increase in average farm sizes and a concentration of production on fewer and larger farms; whereas the number of farms in EU-27 declined between 2013 and 2016 from about 15 to 10 million (-32%) with the strongest decline being among small farms 1a; _________________ 1a The Future of the European Farming Model: Socio-economic and territorial implications of the decline in the number of farms and farmers in the EU, 2022
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 24 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas farms run by managers of 40 years old or younger have the lowest income on average at EU level and that farms run by women have lower incomes in comparison with men 1a; _________________ 1a EU Farm economics overview, 2021
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 25 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas in 2020 slightly more than two thirds (68.4%) of farm managers in the EU’s 9.1 million holdings were male;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 28 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas 72.3% of farm managers in the EU in 2020 had only practical experience, while barely 10.2% had full agricultural training and the remaining 17.5% only basic agricultural training;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 32 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas farming remains a predominantly family activity as in 2020 almost nine in ten (86.1%) people who worked regularly in agriculture in the EU were the sole holder (farmer) or members of his/her family;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 50 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that the low level of intergenerational renewal in farming, while part of a larger trend of demographic decline, is a general EU concern for the sector, affecting particularly remote rural areas; ;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 70 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that a fair and dignified income and quality of life for farmers and their families is essential in attracting young and new people to the sector and that Member States must devote at least 3% of their direct payments envelope to this objective;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 77 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. 6. Recalls that although the number of new entrants from outside the agricultural sector is growing, intra- family succession is still the dominant form of entry into farming;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 102 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Points out that the Court of Justice of the European Union has been recognising in its rulings the specific nature of agricultural land as well as a set of public interests and objectives that can justify the establishment of land market regulation measures;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 111 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Underlines that fears of retirement, primarily due to inadequate safety nets for pensioners, leads older farmers to use direct payments as a form of support in retirement and retain land;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 112 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Acknowledges the positive effect of CAP young’s farmers measures on the number of young farmers, in particular those located in more peripheral rural areas 1a; _________________ 1a SWD (2021) 78 final
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 113 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Highlights the positive contribution of LEADER projects and initiatives to social inclusion and to challenges faced by young people, notably when prioritising youth in selection criteria and in setting up youth local action groups;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 157 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Member States to develop coherent strategies to promote generational change, combining different measures in a complementary way, such as financial support, tax breaks and incentives, to improve links between EU policies and national and regional policies; calls on the Commission to promote the sharing of best practices between Member States in this regard, with a focus on increasing efficiency, simplification and accessibility when designing measures for young farmers;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 183 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Stresses that generational renewal needs both younger and older generations and therefore intergenerational cooperation and dialogue must be fostered;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 188 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Member States to promote innovative models of intergenerational collaboration, such as partnerships, share farming or land- matching services; recalls the potential of the cooperation measures under the CAP Strategic Plans in this regard and regrets that only 5 Member States have made use of this possibility; calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure an enabling administrative framework that facilitates the adoption of these innovative approaches;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 224 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Member States to regulate agricultural land markets in order to promote land access for young farmers by all means available, such as pre-emptive rights in favour of young farmers, price controls, acquisition caps or obligations to maintain agricultural activity; calls, furthermore, for the establishment of national plans aimed at facilitating land mobility;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 237 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Member States to ensure the transparency of the rural land market, while maintaining up-to date public information on land markets and land planning, planning and ownership, communicating about land sales and monitoring land concentration;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 245 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to establish an EU observatory on farmland, as part of the Rural Observatory, to monitor, in particular, trends and prices for land sale and rental, tenancy regimes, as well as changes in farmland use and land abandonment;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 255 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Highlights that land lease is a viable alternative to gain access to land, locking fewer resources; calls on Member states to adopt policies to promote long- term land leasing, such as tax exemptions, providing security of tenure and time to invest
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 310 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Insists that generational renewal remain a high priority in the future programming period in order to receive, namely on the CAP, to be supported in a mandatory and increased supportway;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 313 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Encourages politicians, schools, media, farmers, local associations, to work together in promoting a positive image of farming and rural areas and to communicate on the farmer’s role in food production and environmental services;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 314 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 b (new)
27b. Points out that the decisions to enter the farming sector are taken earlier than the stage of farm transfer, to which most of the current policy instruments are being directed; considers therefore that public policies should address farmer’s needs prior to the installation;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 315 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 c (new)
27c. Stresses the importance of providing tailored advisory services, in particular to support young farmers and new entrants, prior to their installation and in the following years; highlights the potential of diversifying the models of advice to better address farmers diversity (e.g. peer-to-peer learning, mentoring schemes);
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 316 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 d (new)
27d. Highlights the importance of integrating in the training schemes for new entrants and young farmers, in addition to the technical, business and digital contents, also contents on soft skills, communication, leadership, mental health and well-being, among others;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 317 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 e (new)
27e. Considers that diverse options of facilitating the farm transmission process should be fostered in public policies at European and national level, such as existing farms acting as incubators for start-up businesses or new models of business allowing progressive transfer of land and assets between a farmer and his/her successors
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 322 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Underlines the role of young farmer’s organisations, cooperatives and farmer organisations in helping young farmers overcome barriers to installation, providing guidance services and enhancing their participation in the policy dialogue; calls for the gender-balanced representation of young farmers’ in their governance bodies to be ensured;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 328 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
30. Underlines the impact and potential of digital technologies onfor young farmers' activities and business opportunities, and that a strong political commitment is required at all levels of policy implementation to ensure connectivity andbroadband infrastructure and connectivity and a particular focus on digital inclusion;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 331 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Highlights the importance of reliable internet access for young farmers quality of life in rural areas, namely to overcome social isolation, access education and training opportunities, as well as for service provision;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 25 #

2022/2053(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the importance of carbon farming as a new business model for EU agriculture with a view to allowing the sector’s active contribution to the green transition to provide new and complementary sources of income and business development opportunities, following a market-based approach;
2022/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 82 #

2022/2053(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the importance of maintaining consistency in all measures within EU policies, notably the common agriculture policy (CAP) and Sustainable Food Systems Framework, to ensure that enabling conditions are created for the upscaling of carbon farming and insists that beyond any measures taken in the CAP additionality of the new carbon capture business model must be assured;
2022/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 98 #

2022/2053(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines the importance of CAP fundnew funds in addition to established CAP resources in stimulating action on emissions reductions by providing public and private funding to improve knowledge, technical support and cooperation among land managers;
2022/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 111 #

2022/2053(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the commitment to ensure transparency and accountability by establishing a robust science-based EU regulatory framework for the accounting and certification of carbon removals; points out that the future certification framework should take into account existing national initiatives and their operating structures,preserving those that have proven their effectiveness;
2022/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 117 #

2022/2053(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Underlines the need to take into account other relevant international private sector initiatives, without compromising the robustness and rigour of the EU initiative and to stimulate B2B markets for trade in agricultural sequestered CO2 or the promotion of crop management practices which enhance carbon sequestration, such as regenerative agriculture or other sustainability schemes;
2022/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 123 #

2022/2053(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Calls for measures to avoid trading between companies and/or the industrial sector who may acquire credits to compensate for emissions instead of implementing a combined package of measures to reduce emissions;
2022/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 140 #

2022/2053(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Underlines the role of producer organisations such as cooperatives to jointly implement farming practices to enable their farmer members to promote carbon sequestration in a collective and coordinated way, increasing their effectiveness and sharing the cost of implementation and of monitoring, reporting and verification;
2022/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 172 #

2022/2053(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
11. Calls for the use of innovative bio- based products to be incentivised, including, if relevant, through appropriately amending the relevant EU legislative framework. and taking advantage of the policy for boosting Biomethane within RePowerEU and use the digestates obtained for carbon removals;
2022/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 179 #

2022/2053(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Considers it necessary to include the use of organic fertilisers as eligible practice to promote carbon sequestration on agricultural land with the aim of reducing reliance on chemical fertilisation and promoting the circular economy;
2022/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1 #

2022/2040(INI)

Draft opinion
Citation 1 a (new)
– having regard to the Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 December 2021 establishing rules on support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States under the common agricultural policy (CAP Strategic Plans) and financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Regulations (EU) No 1305/2013 and (EU) No 1307/2013;
2022/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2 #

2022/2040(INI)

Draft opinion
Citation 1 b (new)
– having regard to the Regulation (EU) 2021/2117 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 December 2021 amending Regulations (EU) No 1308/2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products, (EU) No 1151/2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs, (EU) No 251/2014 on the definition, description, presentation, labelling and the protection of geographical indications of aromatised wine products and (EU) No 228/2013 laying down specific measures for agriculture in the outermost regions of the Union;
2022/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3 #

2022/2040(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas food supply chains are increasingly vulnerable and at risk from the impacts of climate change and natural disasters such as drought, flood, pests and diseases, as well as logistical challenges which were intensified as a result of lockdowns and restrictions during the COVID pandemic, and most recently due to the illegal, unprovoked and unjustifiable Russian war of aggression against Ukraine;
2022/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 5 #

2022/2040(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas creating more resilience in food systems requires long term consistency and commitment to building more self-reliance and sustainability into European agricultural production and supply chains;
2022/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 11 #

2022/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas these external shocks cannot serve as justifications for reshoring, isolationism or a rushed-up inward reorientation of the Union policies that would imply higher prices and a loss of jobs and disrupt even more the existing supply chains;
2022/10/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 15 #

2022/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
A b. whereas the disruption of Union supply chains and the economic and social consequences on European citizens are further exacerbated by the steady deterioration of the rule of law and democracy in some Member States;
2022/10/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 17 #

2022/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
A c. whereas the Union needs to preserve its internal cohesion and solidarity and a balanced position between all international partners, in particular the US and China;
2022/10/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 18 #

2022/2040(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Considers the fact that recent supply chain disruption, notably caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, has highlighted the EU agricultural sector’s reliance on complex import and export chains; calls for a shift to a sustainable, resilient and fair agricultural model anchored in the EU territories;
2022/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 21 #

2022/2040(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Highlights the resilience of the agri-food sector during the COVID-19 pandemic, its ability to maintain the functioning of the food supply chains and ensure food security in what were very difficult circumstances;
2022/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 21 #

2022/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas more transparent, traceable and standardised supply chains within a WTO and Union legislative framework are needed;
2022/10/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 22 #

2022/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
B b. whereas more Free Trade International Agreements, as well as investments in third countries, are urgently needed together with an effort to mitigate geopolitical tensions, invest in infrastructures and transportation, diversify the supply chains, promote social, economic and environmental sustainability, advance in circular economy and improve warehousing;
2022/10/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 23 #

2022/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
B c. whereas the Union does not produce enough key raw materials and components needed for the transition to a sustainable and digital economy, and relies heavily on imports both for commodities and for manufactured products;
2022/10/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 31 #

2022/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas food supply chains are increasingly vulnerable and at risk from the impacts of climate change and natural disasters such as drought, flood, pests and diseases, as well as logistical challenges which were intensified as a result of lockdowns and restrictions during the COVID pandemic, and most recently due to the illegal, unprovoked and unjustifiable Russian invasion of Ukraine;
2022/10/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 33 #

2022/2040(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that import dependency for inputs increases vulnerability of food producers to external shocks, as now observed in fuel, fertiliser and feed chains; calls for EU production to be recalibrated towards more domestic production and sustainable practices which reduce the need for inputs, and to focus primarily on EU demand for healthy food; calls on Member States to ensure greater farmer autonomy in this respect via the CAP strategic plans, notablyinter alia, through strong support for organic production and the organic sector as a whole;
2022/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 44 #

2022/2040(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights that localised, short supply chains can contribute significantly to the resilience of food supply chains overall, which ensures profitable paths for production and distribution; stresses that actors in such chains can face specific challenges, such as weaker access to government supportpublic support measures; highlights the important role young farmers and small and medium farmers play in maintaining the economic resilience of rural areas and the functioning of the food supply chains; calls on Member States to provide strong support for cooperation measures under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development in order to expand and strengthen the networks of small producers, along with more targeted and efficient measures to support young producers;
2022/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 50 #

2022/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
G a. whereas the Union may achieve positive changes only by actively supporting the global development agenda, creating positive economic spill- overs for our partners and reinforcing the socio-ecological and digital transition;
2022/10/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 51 #

2022/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
G b. whereas the Covid-19 pandemic confirmed that coordination and solidarity within the Union and between the Union and third countries is crucial to tackling major crises and that the Union and its partners should avoid protectionist measures while focusing on preventing supply chain disruptions and allowing the cross-border flow of essential products, in particular food products and medicines;
2022/10/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 52 #

2022/2040(INI)

G c. whereas the Commission in the Pharmaceutical Strategy for Europe has recognised the importance of fostering pharmaceutical production and investment in Europe and cooperating with international partners to work towards enhanced regulatory cooperation;
2022/10/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 53 #

2022/2040(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Reiterates that climate change and biodiversity loss pose a high risk of disrupting both primary production and logisticdue to crop damage and reduced harvests both in the short and longer term, and that measures taken to address these challenges are essential and valid measures towards having more resilient supply chains;
2022/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 58 #

2022/2040(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Is concerned that various factors contribute to logistical challenges which are more frequent and more serious than in the past, with disruption to international supply chains affecting imports of key materials or ingredients, as well as exports of goods from the EU, particularly in the agriculture and food sector, with such phenomena as border blockages requiring rapid deployment of Solidarity or Green Lanes to aid movement of key food and feed supplies, for example during the COVID pandemic and due to conflict situations;
2022/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 62 #

2022/2040(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Recognises that problems on a much larger scale have arisen due to the impact of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, highlighting the dependence of many non-EU countries on basic food supplies from Ukraine, and that this presents the EU and other regions with an urgent need to consider how to reconfigure food trade patterns in the years to come;
2022/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 63 #

2022/2040(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Recognises the possible impact of research and development of innovative agricultural technologies on the resilience of food production and distribution, stresses the need to ensure that the farmers, including small, medium and young farmers, have access to the benefits of such R&D;
2022/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 64 #

2022/2040(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights that the health and labour conditions of agri-food workernegative impacts on the health, safety and working labour conditions of agri-food workers since 2020 have resulted in fewer people willing to work in countries other than their own, and has affected labour availability in the supply chain, and this requires a new approach to making the sector more appealing as a secure workplace, as well as to training for young people to expand the labour pool;
2022/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 71 #

2022/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Considers the fact that recent supply chain disruptions, notably caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and, most recently, by the illegal, unprovoked and unjustifiable Russian invasion of Ukraine has highlighted the Union reliance on complex import and export chains, in particular for specific sectors;
2022/10/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 72 #

2022/2040(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the need for market regulation and appropriate public provisions regarding strategic stocks, to tacklelessen the impacts of market crises and price volatility whether caused by natural disasters, failure of logistical bottlenecks or geopolitical crises, to secure supplyies and to prevent speculation; calls for market transparency and timely information on public and private stocks;
2022/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 73 #

2022/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Notes that import dependency for inputs increases vulnerability of food producers to external shocks, as now observed in fuel, fertiliser and feed chains; calls for Union production to be recalibrated towards more domestic production and sustainable practices which reduce the need for inputs, and to focus primarily on Union demand for safe, affordable and high-quality food;
2022/10/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 75 #

2022/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3 c. Highlights the resilience of the agri-food sector during the COVID-19 pandemic, its ability to maintain the functioning of the food supply chains and ensure food security in what were very difficult circumstances;
2022/10/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 82 #

2022/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Urges the Commission to develop a coordinated set of solutions aimed at increasing the resilience of Union supply chains by creating long-term, sustainable and inclusive development partnerships and alliances, diversifying suppliers, promoting domestic production and appropriate, targeted and proportionate stock-piling of critical raw materials and products to tackle market crises and price volatility, to secure supply and to prevent speculation;
2022/10/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 89 #

2022/2040(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that EU engagement in global food governance must be directed at better WTO recognisetion and promoteion of the right to food, as well as the food sovereignty and security of its trading partners and their right to regulate their exports and stocks to secure their own needs.
2022/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 92 #

2022/2040(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Believes strongly that resilient supply chains can only be guaranteed in the long term by the sustainability of production and the defence of producers against unfair competition, either from imports or from unfair practices, whether in the EU or in third countries.
2022/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 94 #

2022/2040(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. In the face of rapidly rising food prices and inflation which is affecting food affordability, calls on the Commission and Council, together with Member States, to consider putting into action point 2 of article 40 of TFEU as regards to regulation of prices of basic food products.
2022/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 98 #

2022/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Welcomes the EU Chips Act that represents a decisive and important step in the Union’s ambitious race for digital sovereignty and strategic autonomy in order to achieve Europe’s independence in the supply of this category of semiconductors;
2022/10/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 101 #

2022/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Calls on the Commission to enter into consultations with relevant third countries in order to seek cooperative solutions to address future supply chain disruptions and to involve, where appropriate, coordination in relevant international fora while ensuring robust engagement with the stakeholder community;
2022/10/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 118 #

2022/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Underlines that coordination and solidarity within Member States and between the Union and third countries is crucial to tackling major crises, as proved by the Covid-19 pandemic; stresses that populist movements and extremist parties established in some Member States are often in contrast with Union interests and principles, including increased coordination and solidarity, and prefer stocking the fire of divisions, in particular in time of uncertainty;
2022/10/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 120 #

2022/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to prevent supply chain disruptions and allow the cross-border flow of medicines by limiting any export restrictions on medicines, active pharmaceutical ingredients and other manufacturing input, adopting targeted regulatory flexibilities, establishing priority lanes for freight and air transport of medicines and ensuring cross-border mobility of workers; stresses the need to ensure medicines and their ingredients are exempted from sanctions to limit any potential adverse effects on patients;
2022/10/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 121 #

2022/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6 c. Urges the Commission to support Member States by developing targeted Union rules on medicines procurement, under the current public procurement Directive, aimed at ensuring long-term sustainability, competition, security of supply and stimulating investments in manufacturing; calls on the Commission to propose incentives, such as EU funds and State Aid, to stimulate the production of critical goods such as off-patent medicines, to achieve its open strategic autonomy in view of any crisis, while ensuring long term resilient supply chains;
2022/10/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 125 #

2022/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Stresses that fair, sustainable and value-based trade and markets which respect international law, as well as working with cooperatives partners, will reinforce the Union’s supply chains and ensure a level playing field and fair competition for workers and businesses to compete globally;
2022/10/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 149 #

2022/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Underlines the importance to carry out an ambitious EU digital agenda with the aim to build strategic international partnerships, building on the experience of the Trade and Technology Council with the US, and to secure a leading position for the Union in digital trade and in the area of technology, most importantly by promoting innovation;
2022/10/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 169 #

2022/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Highlights that the Union is deeply involved in global supply and value chains and that solutions pushing towards isolationism, an increase in non-tariff barriers on Union imports or an excessive inward reorientation of its policies would have very negative effects on Union workers and businesses, increase political and economic degradation and shrink the Union’s global economy share;
2022/10/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 172 #

2022/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15 b. Underlines that the Union should focus on improving the production of critical goods and services, and that the introduction of effective autonomous strategic policies requires more cohesion among Member States and a much deeper European integration with a stronger and democratic European governance to further strengthen the link between trade, industrial, social, foreign policies, development, security, financial and taxation;
2022/10/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 173 #

2022/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)
15 c. Stresses the importance for the Union to actively seek genuine partnerships and better connections with developing countries and create lasting partnerships based on fair, sustainable value-based trade and development cooperation able to address local problems such as famine, poverty and inequality, epidemics and climate change; highlights that this may be achieved by enhanced cooperation with international development institutions as well as more support to Union’s international projects, which fall under the Global gateway strategy and the NDICI-Global Europe;
2022/10/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 180 #

2022/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Calls on the Commission to urgently relaunch the negotiations around the ongoing trade agreements, to finalise those where an agreement is near, and to focus on new ones, including Association and Economic partnerships’ agreements, in line with the review of the TSD chapter;
2022/10/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 1 #

2022/2020(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Aa. having regard to the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the Union of 18 July 20181a, and to the proposal for its revision1b; __________________ 1a OJ-L 193/30.07.2018, p. 1 1b COM(2022) 223 final - Proposal for Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union (recast)
2022/06/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2 #

2022/2020(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Ba. having regard to Regulation (EU) No 2021/2116 on the financing, management and monitoring (FMM) of the common agricultural policy (CAP);
2022/06/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3 #

2022/2020(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Ca. having regard to the Annual Activity Report 2021 by the Directorate General for Agriculture and Rural Development of the European Commission;
2022/06/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 5 #

2022/2020(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recalls that, from 1st January 2023, the budget of the CAP implemented under shared management will be subject to the provisions of Regulation (EU) No 2021/2116 on the financing, management and monitoring (FMM) of the common agricultural policy;
2022/06/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 6 #

2022/2020(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Recalls that the effectiveness and good reputation of the CAP depends on correct and efficient use of funds, for which audit and control are basic tools, and that the Commission’s audit role remains essential in assessing use of funds and contributing to the budget discharge process with the European Court of Auditors;
2022/06/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 9 #

2022/2020(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that under shared management, Member States are responsible for setting up a management and control system for payments and must ensure that it is capable of detecting and correcting irregularities; stresses that a distinction must be made between deliberate fraud and unintentional error, and suggests that Member States consider using an ad-hoc register where serious, intentional and repeated problems are identified;
2022/06/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 12 #

2022/2020(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Insists that, for the reputation of the CAP, the standard of control systems must be robust and fully compliant with its new Common Agricultural Policy regulations in order to secure the proper implementation, in particular, of the new delivery model from 1 January 2023, and encourages the exchange of best practices to ensure this across all Member States;
2022/06/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 19 #

2022/2020(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that Member States execute payments to CAP beneficiaries through accredited paying agencies (PAs), which perform on-the-spot checks to ensure the eligibility of applications and the correct execution of payments; , and considers that these checks must be coordinated, rigorous and effective, without increasing the level of bureaucracy faced by farmers;
2022/06/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 21 #

2022/2020(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recalls that, during the COVID pandemic, drones were used for audit and control purposes to carry out remote sensing; calls for sharing the best practices from that experience, as well as use of geo-tagged photos, to build on it and in order to make the most effective use of the technology in future; calls likewise for retention of good practices developed in the remote auditing referred to in the Annual Activity Report 20212a of DG AGRI; __________________ 2a Point 2.1.1.2.1
2022/06/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 22 #

2022/2020(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Welcomes the Commission’s proposals on IT use in the proposal for revision of the Financial Regulation3a particularly to include use of electronic systems and digital controls to ensure adequate audit trails; __________________ 3a COM(2022) 223 final, point (d) of Articles 36(2) and point (a) of Article 63 (4)
2022/06/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 25 #

2022/2020(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Notes the role of certification bodies (CBs) appointed as independent audit bodies by Member States; observes that CBscertification bodies already provide an opinion on the proper functioning of PAs’paying agencies' management and control systems, and since 2015;
2022/06/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 27 #

2022/2020(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Recalls that, from 1 January 2023, certification bodies must establish if Member States governance systems function properly, and whether expenditure is eligible according to the Financial Regulation4a; __________________ 4a Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 2021/2116 and in particular its Article 37
2022/06/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 29 #

2022/2020(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that the main objective of thise assurance model is to ensure that the remaining risk to the budget is below the materiality threshold of 2 %; recognises the low error rates for the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund and the continuous decrease in error rates for the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development over the past financial years; notes furthermore that the overall adjusted error rate for the CAP funds overall for 2021 is below the materiality rate of 2%, for the third year in a row, at 1.84%;
2022/06/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 38 #

2022/2020(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Approves of the simplifications introduced in the CAP for 2023-27, facilitating management by national authorities alongside their responsibilities for audit and control which must be carried out effectively to ensure errors and irregularities do not increase under this simplification;
2022/06/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 50 #

2022/2020(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Believes that digitalisation and the adoption of more sophisticated IT tools couldan improve the efficiency of the assurance process; supports the extension of the use of the risk-scoring tool Arachne. and particularly welcomes the references to this in the Financial Regulation revision proposal5a, referring to a single integrated IT system for data-mining and risk scoring; __________________ 5a Point (d) of Article 36(2), Article 36(6), Article 36(7) and Article 36(8)
2022/06/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 57 #

2022/2020(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses the importance of the correct implementation by the European Court of Auditors of the protection of the financial interest of the Union measures outlined in Regulation on control and penalties6a; __________________ 6a Title IV Chapter I
2022/06/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 59 #

2022/2020(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Considers that the new delivery model under the FMM regulation must not hamper the European Court of Auditors in its task of assessing effectiveness, efficiency and economy of expenditure of EU funds under the new arrangements for the Common Agricultural Policy; seeks reassurance that the documentation required by point (c) of Article 9(3) of the same Regulation will be sufficient for the Court of Auditors to be able to verify cases of non- compliance with eligibility criteria for individual beneficiaries as per its Article 55;
2022/06/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 62 #

2022/2020(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Welcomes the Commission’s explanations in its 2021 Annual Activity Report on action taken regarding conflicts of interest, particularly to ensure correct implementation in shared management by Member States authorities; welcomes likewise the adoption in 2021 and the dissemination of the Guidance on the avoidance and management of conflicts of interest under the Financial Regulation as a further measure for improvements in the way funds are administered and controlled;
2022/06/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 12 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
— having regard to Commission communication of 30th of June 2021 on a Long-term Vision for the EU’s Rural Areas - Towards stronger, connected, resilient and prosperous rural areas by 20401a; _________________ 1a https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/default/files /strategy/strategy_documents/documents/l tvra-c2021-345_en.pdf
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 13 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 b (new)
— having regard to the Draft Commission Regulation declaring certain categories of aid in the agricultural and forestry sectors and in rural areas compatible with the internal market in application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and repealing Commission Regulation (EU) No 702/20142a; _________________ 2a https://ec.europa.eu/competition- policy/public-consultations/2022-agri_en
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 14 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 c (new)
— having regard to the European Commission Communication on "Safeguarding food security and reinforcing the resilience of food systems";
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 16 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)
— having regard to the European Commission's Communication on "A Renovation Wave for Europe - greening our buildings, creating jobs, improving lives";
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 17 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 b (new)
— having regard to the new European Bauhaus initiative;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 19 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 21 a (new)
— Having regard to the responsibilities of the EUMS under the UN Convention to Combat Desertification;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 21 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 23 a (new)
— having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the "New EU Forest Strategy for 2030";
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 68 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas about 60 % of the EU’s D. forests are owned by 16 million private forest owners, of whom a significant share are small-holders, while the other share of approximately 40% of EU's forests is publicly owned; whereas involving and motivating these owners through a comprehensive policy and legislative framework, based on the recognition of their property rights, experience as managers and specific challenges, will be key to achieving the strategy’s targets, including the provision of climate and other ecosystem services; whereas member States are obliged to set an example for sustainable forest management in their publicly owned forests for the public good;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 87 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas most recent data gathered under Article 17 of the Habitats Directive indicates that only 49 % of forests habitats have a good conservation status; whereas focusing solely on aggregated data might be insufficient to identify and address key information on the most urgent issues and it is therefore necessary to consult more specific local indicators on trends in condition and pressures; whereas these indicators do not support an overall negative assessment of the state of the EU’s forests, but show both positive and negative trends that require nuanced case- by-case responses;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 92 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas almost 23% of European forests are to be found in Natura 2000 sites, with the share in some Member States exceeding 50%, and almost half of the natural habitats in Natura 2000 areas are forests;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 99 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
E b. whereas agroforestry, defined as land use systems in which trees are grown in combination with agriculture on the same land unit, is a suite of land management systems, which boost overall productivity, generate more biomass, maintain and restore soils, combat desertification and provide a number of valuable ecosystem services;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 108 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E c (new)
E c. whereas global voluntary certification schemes for sustainable forest management are currently in place; whereas certification schemes are an essential tool to meet EUTR requirements for due diligence3a; _________________ 3a https://op.europa.eu/en/publication- detail/-/publication/afa5e0df-fb19-11eb- b520-01aa75ed71a1/language-en
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 112 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E d (new)
E d. whereas in 2020, the area covered by forests and other wooded land equated to 45.1 % of the EU-27’s land area, a slightly higher proportion than the area of land used for agriculture11a; _________________ 11a https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/3 217494/12069644/KS-FK-20-001-EN- N.pdf/a7439b01-671b-80ce-85e4- 4d803c44340a?t=1608139005821
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 117 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E e (new)
E e. whereas Europe’s forests are of immense value in terms of climate mitigation, since forest ecosystems absorb and store around 10 % of Europe’s greenhouse gas emissions, and there is potential to increase that capacity;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 167 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Is concerned by the increasing pressure on the EU’s forests and their habitats and stresses the urgent need to increase forest adaptation to climate change and ecosystem resilience;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 188 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Notes that over the past decades, the EU’s forest resources have been increasing in terms of forest cover and volume, and that currently forests and other wooded areas cover around 45% of the total EU land area, representing close to 180 million hectares; further notes that according to EUROSTAT, between 1990 and 2020, the area of EU forests increased by 10.2 million hectares4a;highlights that forests represent significant parts of the territories of some Member States, which makes them dependent on forestry; further stresses out that in the EU-28 forests, every year more wood grows than is harvested and that 75% of the net annual increment is utilised by fellings5a; _________________ 4a https://www.eca.europa.eu/Lists/ECADoc uments/SR21_21/SR_Forestry_EN.pdf 5a p 89-90, https://foresteurope.org/wp- content/uploads/2016/08/SoEF_2020.pdf
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 198 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines that the strategy must align with the work undertaken in international forums, such as FOREST EUROPE and the Food and Agriculture Organization, and should avoid duplicating work and increasing administrative burden; further believes that, given the EU’s strong commitment to promoting the sustainable use of resources globally, the strategy should be implemented in such a way as to serve as a model of best practices;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 205 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Calls on the European Commission to provide a comprehensive impact assessment of the strategy to identify the implications for market conditions, rural areas and the various funding needs, including for research and innovation, skills development, infrastructure, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and biodiversity enhancement;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 209 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Recognises the key role of forests and the entire forest-based vaolue chain in protecting the climate and biodiversity and in achieving, by 2050, a sustainable and climate-neutral economy; underlines that the multi-functional role of forests comprises multiple socioeconomic functions, such as the provision of raw and nature-based materials, which leads to jobs and economic growth in rural areas, the provision of clean water and air, protection against natural hazards and recreational value; stresses that the implementation of the strategy must ensure a balanced provision of all services and maintain competitiveness and innovation; underlines that the successful provision of services requires sustainable active management;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 215 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Welcomes the European Commission's communication on "A long-term Vision for the EU's Rural Areas - Towards stronger, connected, resilient and prosperous rural areas by 2040" and the acknowledgement of the role of forests and of sustainable forest management in safeguarding decent work and livelihoods in rural areas; ; considers that the important environmental, social and economic of forestry in rural areas should be preserved; is concerned, though, that the contribution of agriculture, forestry and fisheries to rural regions has decreased both in economic and employment terms to 12% of all jobs and 4% of gross value added, while crucially maintaining food security in the EU13a; calls therefore on the European Commission to find new ways to make the combination of different funds more attractive and easily implemented, reflecting and leveraging on the multi- functional character of forests and forest ecosystem services; _________________ 13a https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscor ner/detail/en/IP_21_3162
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 223 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses that forests contribute to climate change mitigation via carbon sequestration, carbon storage and the substitution of wood and wood products for fossil fuels, fossil-based products, materials and energy sources and derived products; notes that the strategy has a particular focus on storage in the construction sector and believes its implementation should support a broader use of different options forso as to ensure the best combination of sequestration, storage and substitution, in line with the goals of the bioeconomy strategy; and in order to achieve a post-fossil-fuel economy;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 240 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Highlights that for both the long- lived and short-lived wood-based products to contribute optimally to climate change mitigation and a circular economy requires that they be used in the most efficient and sustainable way; believes that the cascading principle8 is a goodn important guideline for efficient use, but must not use a static approach and therefore must be adjusted regularly to reflect innovative uses; stresses that a well-functioning, un- distorted market incentivises the efficient use of wood- based resources; _________________ 8 As outlined in the Commission’s ‘Guidance on cascading use of biomass with selected good practice examples on woody biomass’.
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 257 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Underlines the importance of a reliable supply of wood, wood-based products and forest-based biomass to achieve the EU’s sustainability goals, including the 2050 carbon neutrality objective, and notes that the demand is thus expected to continue to grow; believes that the EU’s forestry sector provide the most sustainably sourced raw materials; calls on the Commission to consider displacement effects and monitor any effects on the availability of wood following the implementation of measures under the strategy;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 264 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Recalls that 2.1 million people work in the forest-based sector, while the extended forest-based value chain supports 4 million jobs in the green economy, not accounting for retail activities and non- wood activities such as forest-related leisure activities, scientific work on forests, etc.; calls on the Commission and the Member States to assess the effects of a shift in the balance of forest functions on the overall employment situation, especially in rural and mountainous areas; highlights the important role that forests play in the creation of green jobs and in growth in rural areas;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 276 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2
Protection, restoration, re- and afforestation and sustainable management
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 282 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Takes note of the Commission’s announcement on developing additional voluntary indicators and threshold values for sustainable forest management; underlines the need to align the Commission’s work with that of FOREST EUROPE and the Food and Agriculture Organization, as well as to engage with the Member States' national and regional competent authorities, public and private forest managers to ensure that indicators and value ranges are fit-for-purpose for their application at the local level under specific bio-geographic conditions; points out that coherence must be achieved with the Forest Europe think thank on sustainable forest management, since the European Commission and all EU Member States are among Forest Europe signatories;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 290 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Takes note of the work of the Commission on developing guidelines on biodiversity friendly afforestation and reforestation; stresses that the focus should be particularly in those Member States where forest cover is low, on land that is not suitable for food production, close to urban and peri-urban areas as well as in mountainous areas, where appropriate;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 299 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Highlights that pressure on forests from diseases and parasites, natural disasters and other disturbances is being increasingly intensified by climate change, particularly in the regions of Europe facing the highest average temperature rises, such as the Mediterranean, and that strengthening forests’the resilience of the various forest ecosystems is a matter of urgency; notes the role that restoration and afforestation can play in strengthening resilience and enhancing biodiversity; notes that sustainable forest management consists of a broad array of actions and adaptive practices, many of which can play a key role in climate mitigation;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 304 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Highlights that pressure on forests from pests and diseases, natural disasters and other disturbances is being increasingly intensified by climate change and that strengthening forests’ adaptation resilience is a matter of urgency; notes the role that restoration and afforestation can play in strengthening resilience and enhancing biodiversity; notes that sustainable forest management consists of a broad array of actions and adaptive practices, many of which can play a key role in climate mitigation;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 308 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Notes with high concern that large-scale and more intense wildfires are becoming an increasing challenge across the European Union, with forest firefighting representing a yearly budget of EUR 2.2 billion for EU governments and public agencies; underlines the need for more resources and development of science-based fire management to tackle the effects of climate change in forests and calls on the European Commission and the Member States to better promote and make use of the integrated fire management concept12a; _________________ 12a https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/default/files /181116_booklet-forest-fire-hd.pdf
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 341 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Reiterates its call for the protection of primary and old-growth forests and stresses the need to createset a definition, build upon existing definitions and based on a comprehensive EU framework, for what constitutes primary and old-growth forests with Member States and forest stakeholders before any designation; welcomes the ongoing work of the Working Group on Forests and Nature and underlines the need to consider a diverse and comprehensive set of attributes and ensure flexibility to account for specific and diverse conditions in bio- geographic regions and forest types; across all Member States;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 353 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Further calls on the European Commission to acknowledge the work done so far in some Member States in identifying, mapping and assessing these forests and to encourage the exchange of best practices and knowledge sharing;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 357 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Calls on the European Commission to conclude the list of activities allowed in these forests, in full respect with the protection and strict protection status of these forests and to thoroughly evaluate the impact of the protection regime on the local communities affected; calls on the Commission to put forward a just transition fund for these communities, for professional reconversion, since the distribution of these forests is uneven, 90% of them being located in just four Member States6a; _________________ 6a https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repos itory/handle/JRC124671
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 361 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16c. Welcomes the pledge to plant, in full respect of ecological principles, at least 3 billion additional trees by 2030, set out in the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030; takes note of the Commission Staff Working Document “The 3 Billion Tree Planting Pledge for 2030”, accompanying the Commission’s Communication on the “New EU Forest Strategy for 2030”; calls on the Commission to include in its additionality principles the trees planted under the new CAP’s eco-schemes and the “Environmental, climate-related and other management commitments” as well as those under the National Recovery and Resilience Plans, since both the new CAP and the Recovery and Resilience Facility will have been implemented after the adoption of the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030; stresses that since land is a finite resource, the conversion of agricultural land must be avoided, especially under the new geopolitical circumstances, as well as the conversion of pastures and natural grasslands, since it leads to no significant changes identified in soil organic carbon7a; notes the opportunity for urban forest development in this area; _________________ 7a p.41 of the Commission Staff Working Document “The 3 Billion Tree Planting Pledge for 2030”
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 386 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Notes that the European agricultural fund for rural development is the main source of support for forestry measures, accounting for 90% of total EU forestry financing; further notes that between 2014 and 2020, Member States only spent 49 % of the available funds, and that the Commission has identified administrative burden, insufficient attractiveness of the premiums and a lack of advisory services as reasons for this low usage; , no adequate remuneration for the provision of ecological services7a and a lack of advisory services as reasons for this low usage; outlines that the European Commission’s 2017evaluation of forestry measures concluded that the effect of rural development support for forests was generally positive and could contribute significantly to delivering economic, environmental and social benefits8a; _________________ 7a https://www.eca.europa.eu/Lists/ECADoc uments/SR21_21/SR_Forestry_EN.pdf 8a https://www.eca.europa.eu/Lists/ECADoc uments/SR21_21/SR_Forestry_EN.pdf
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 395 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Although rural development spending has been available to support mainly two forestry measures, several other rural development measures could have had an impact on forests; regrets though the fact that the European Commission does not track forestry expenditure under other rural development measures;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 398 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Calls on the European Commission and the Member States to better promote the other EU financing sources, like the LIFE programme, Horizon Europe, the European Regional Development Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the EIB Natural Capital Financing Facility;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 399 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 c (new)
17c. Takes note of the European Commission’s conclusion that forestry aid measures have not created any significant distortion of competition in the internal market and in the light of this experience, it should be therefore possibly to exempt those aid measures from the notification obligation irrespective of whether they are co-financed by EAFRD; calls on the European Commission to consider eligible under the aid for forest- environmental and climate services and forest conservation also the commitments regarding the protection and strict of protection of forests stemming from the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and the New EU Forest Strategy for 2030; calls on the European Commission to prolong the undertaking of these commitments for periods longer than seven years, especially in the case of strictly protected forest areas;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 412 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Acknowledges the important contribution of existing certification schemes to the further uptake of sustainable forest management and as an essential tool to meet EUTR requirements8a; takes note of the Commission’s announcement on developing a voluntary ‘closer-to-nature’ certification scheme; encourages the Commission to cooperate with existing certification schemes and believes that to create added value, the certification must be based on a mandatory framework with clear requirements and must offer foresters a price premium for the provision of ecosystem services; calls on the European Commission, after concluding the work on the "closer-to-nature" definition, to assess both the added value and the costs for forest owners of such a certification scheme; _________________ 8a https://op.europa.eu/en/publication- detail/-/publication/afa5e0df-fb19-11eb- b520-01aa75ed71a1/language-en
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 444 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Underlines the importance of the forestry sector as a provider of jobs in rural communities and notes with high concern the steady decline of 7% in employment in the forestry and logging sector between 2000 and 2019, according to EUROSTAT9a and the high number of accidents in the sector; calls on the Commission and the Member States to monitor the effects of measures taken under the strategy on employment and work safety and highlights the importance of making this type of employment attractive, taking measures to increase the safety of work and adequately training workers; _________________ 9a https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php?title=Forests,_forest ry_and_logging#Employment_and_appar ent_labour_productivity_in_forestry_and_ logging
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 449 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Stresses the importance of attracting young people and female entrepreneurs in the sector, especially in the context of digital and green transitions of the forest-based activities; welcomes the Commission proposals to promote the establishment of a skills partnership under the Pact for Skills and make use of the European Social Fund Plus to work together to increase the number of upskilling and reskilling opportunities in forestry, creating quality jobs and providing workers with opportunities and adequate working conditions in the wood-based bioeconomy;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 473 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Believes that in order to ensure the availability of high-quality data, remote sensing technologies must be combined and proof checked with data acquired by ground-based monitoring and must be interpreted in close cooperation with local experts;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 485 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Takes note of the idea to introduce strategic plans for forests under the framework on forest observation, reporting and data collection; further notes that several Member States already have national strategies for forests in place, therefore work duplication and increasing administrative burden must be avoided;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 492 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Believes that due to the multi- functional contribution of forests to high- level EU goals and the different administrative levels and stakeholder groups involved, the cornerstones of the strategy’s implementation must be close cooperation and the exchange of best practices with national and regional experts, stakeholders, private and public forest managers, scientists and civil society; underlines that governance must take EU and Member State engagement in international processes into account;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 505 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Highlights the importance of the Civil Dialogue Group on Forestry and Cork to properly involve stakeholders in the development and implementation of EU forest related policies;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 517 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
30. Expresses its concern about reports of illegal logging, firmly condemns that illegal logging and deforestation have resulted in cases of murder and violence against forestry personnel, journalists and activists and calls on the Commission and the Member States to increase their efforts to effectively implement relevant national and EU legislation and define illegal logging;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 520 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Calls on the Member States to encourage the commercialisation of felled wood and trimmed wood/roundwood, instead of living trees from publicly- owned forests, as a method to prevent illegal logging and overexploitation, which would give state authorities more control over the volume of cut and commercialised wood, thereby discouraging illegal practices by privately contracted firms;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 523 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 b (new)
30b. Calls on the European Commission to promote mirror clauses in international bioeconomy markets and to make use of pan-European and international partnerships and foreign trade agreements to promote the EU’s climate ambition and the sustainability of forest use outside the EU;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2 #

2022/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that the EU industrial strategy must be implemented in a coherent and coordinated way; stresses that freeair, sustainable and value-based trade and open markets which respect international law, as well as working with cooperative partners, will reinforce the EU’s industrial base; urges the Commission to deliver an ambitious trade agenda, in line with the Paris Agreement and the UN Sustainable Development Goals;
2022/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 19 #

2022/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Is concerned that both the current and the proposed EU legislation envisages too many bureaucratic hurdles for EU businesses; calls on the Commission to cut un-necessary red-tape, fully implement the principles of better regulation and ‘think small first’, and to carefully apply the SME Test in its impact assessments;
2022/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 25 #

2022/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that for the EU to be competitive in open markets, every sector must receive sufficient support in developing its respective technological base and in promoting the research and innovation efforts carried out by public and private stakeholders; stresses that the Commission and the Member States should cooperate in the design and implementation of the Industrial Strategy, in order to guarantee increased coherence with the Commercial Policy, by diversifying and exploiting synergies, as well as to make different sectors more competitive at international level; calls on the Commission to draw up annual implementation reports for presentation to the European Parliament;
2022/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 42 #

2022/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for further negotiations to secure future-oriented trade agreements and to continue with the reform of the World Trade Organization; points out that trade and access to third markets are crucial in supporting the EU’s economic recovery and resilience, with the aim of strengthening the EU’s autonomy, diversifying its supply chains and guaranteeing its independence from any single producerReiterates its support for a multilateral agenda and urges WTO members to agree at the next MC12 on a work plan of reform to update the World Trade Organization rule book, and restore a level playing field and fair competition for workers and businesses; points out that trade and access to third markets are crucial in supporting the EU’s economic recovery and resilience;
2022/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 44 #

2022/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Urges the Commission to pursue an open strategic autonomy to reduce dependence in critical sectors, diversify our value chains and guarantee its independence from single producers;
2022/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 48 #

2022/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Strongly insists that the fight against illicit trade and the prevention of unfair competition, as well as strategic investment and takeovers by hostile actors, must remain a key priority; urges the Commission to work to pursue a trade and investment agenda to fight unfair policies and practices, such as the tripartite EU, US, Japan agreement;
2022/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 51 #

2022/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Calls on the Commission to adopt and enforce a proper toolbox of measures to secure a level playing field for EU’s workers and businesses to compete globally, such as the International Procurement Instrument, due diligence, anti-coercion and foreign subsidies;
2022/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 52 #

2022/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Welcomes the efforts made by the EU-US Trade and Technology Council to coordinate approaches to key global trade, economic and technologies issues, as well as the ambitious agenda set for its second meeting;
2022/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 53 #

2022/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7 c. Underlines the importance to carry out an ambitious EU digital agenda with the aim to build strategic international partnerships, and to ensure a leading position for the EU in digital trade and in the area of technology, most importantly by promoting innovation;
2022/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 54 #

2022/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 d (new)
7 d. Highlights the importance to continue WTO negotiations on e- commerce and to reach a comprehensive and ambitious set of rules to facilitate business operations, especially for SMEs, and to strengthen consumers’ trust in the online environment;
2022/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 55 #

2022/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 e (new)
7 e. Welcomes the Commission’s initiative for a European Chips Act that represents a decisive and important step in the EU’s ambitious race for digital sovereignty and strategic autonomy in order to achieve Europe’s independence in the supply of this category of semiconductors;
2022/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 56 #

2022/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 f (new)
7 f. Highlights that the violence of the Russian invasion in Ukraine and the COVID-19 pandemic raised awareness of the risk of disruption on the supply of raw materials, such energy supply and agriculture commodities; stresses that the surge of energy prices is having a strong impact on the prices of agricultural raw materials and inputs, in particular fertilisers, underlining the need for new resilience schemes in order to ensure reliable supplies of safe, affordable and high-quality food for all EU consumers;
2022/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 65 #

2022/2008(INI)

8 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to work together and support the growth of enterprises to increase their competitiveness in trade and access to third country markets and to face the challenges of global technology giants.
2022/04/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 49 #

2022/0402(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) Pursuant to the second subparagraph of Article 81(3) TFEU, the Council, on a proposal from the Commission, may adopt a decision establishing that aspects of family law having cross-border implications may be adopted in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure. In this regard, the European Parliament underlined the importance of moving to the ordinary legislative procedure and to qualified majority voting in areas related to the protection of fundamental rights in the Union, including through the activation of the sectoral passerelle clause on family law with cross-border implications (Article 81(3), second subparagraph, TFEU)1a; _________________ 1a European Parliament resolution of 11 July 2023 on the implementation of the passerelle clauses in the EU Treaties (2022/2142(INI))
2023/07/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 60 #

2022/0402(CNS)

(13a) The child-parent relationship calls into question an essential aspect of the child’s identity, in particular, not only the right to a personal identity but also the right to live and grow up in a stable family environment. The best interests of the child should always prevail. The European Court of Human Rights has expressly stated that the best interests of the child reduces the margin of appreciation of the State Parties in the recognition of the child-parent relationship1a. Consequently, it becomes necessary to proceed with the recognition of parenthood regardless of the family context and the way in which the child is conceived. It is also necessary to guarantee the full legitimisation of the family, the conjugal relationship, understood as a nucleus of stable affections and relationships between persons, and of the children resulting from such relationship. _________________ 1a ECtHR, Judgment 22.11.2022 [Section III], D.B. and Others v. Switzerland - 58252/15 and 58817/15.
2023/07/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 62 #

2022/0402(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
(14) Under Article 21 TFEU and secondary legislation relating thereto as interpreted by the Court of Justice, the respect of a Member State’s national identity under Article 4(2) TEU and a Member State’s public policy cannot serve as justification to refuse to recognise a parent-child relationship between children and their same-sex parents for the purposes of exercising the rights that a child derives from Union law. In fact, the protection of the interests of the child should prevail over considerations of national identity and public policy, so that the child can live in a stable and recognised family free from any stigma, including from a legal point of view. This is particularly true if one considers that the best interest of the child is an integral part of the concept of public policy, thus favouring the entry into national law of new family and conjugal relations. In addition, for the purposes of exercising such rights, proof of parenthood can be presented by any means52 . Therefore, a Member State is not entitled to require that a person presents either the attestations provided for in this Regulation accompanying a court decision or an authentic instrument on parenthood, or the European Certificate of Parenthood created by this Regulation, where the person invokes, in the context of the exercise of the right to free movement, rights that a child derives from Union law. This should not, however, prevent a person from choosing to present in such cases also the relevant attestation or the European Certificate of Parenthood provided for in this Regulation. To ensure that Union citizens and their family members are informed that the rights that a child derives from Union law are not affected by this Regulation, the forms of the attestations and of the European Certificate of Parenthood annexed to this Regulation should include a statement specifying that the relevant attestation or the European Certificate of Parenthood do not affect the rights that a child derives from Union law, in particular the rights that a child enjoys under Union law on free movement, and that, for the exercise of such rights, proof of the parent-child relationship can be presented by any means. _________________ 52 Judgments of the Court of Justice of 25 July 2002, C-459/99, MRAX, ECLI:EU:C:2002:461, paragraphs 61 and 62, and of 17 February 2005, C-215/03, Oulane, ECLI:EU:C:2005:95, paragraphs 23 to 26.
2023/07/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 67 #

2022/0402(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 a (new)
(17a) Furthermore, according to the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights, the best interests of the child also entails the legal identification of the persons responsible for raising them, meeting their needs and ensuring their welfare, as well as the possibility for the child to live and develop in a stable environment1a. It is therefore clear that the child will have an interest in the legal recognition of their relationship with the parents. _________________ 1a ECtHR, 10.4.2019 [GC], Advisory opinion requested by the French Court of Cassation
2023/07/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 127 #

2022/0402(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 56
(56) Considerations of public interest should allow courts and other competent authorities establishing parenthood in the Member States to disregard, in exceptional circumstances, certain provisions of a foreign law where, in a given case, applying such provisions would be manifestly incompatible with the public policy (ordre public) of the Member State concerned. However, tThe courts or other competent authorities should not be able to apply the public policy exception in order to set aside the law of another State when doing so would be contrary to the Charter and, in particular, Article 21 thereof, which prohibits discrimination.
2023/07/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 152 #

2022/0402(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 75
(75) Considerations of public interest should allow Member State courts or other competent authorities to refuse, in exceptional circumstances, to recognise or, as the case may be, accept a court decision or authentic instrument on the parenthood established in another Member State where, in a given case, such recognition or acceptance would be manifestly incompatible with the public policy (ordre public) of the Member State concerned. However, tThe courts or other competent authorities should not be able to refuse to recognise or, as the case may be, accept a court decision or an authentic instrument issued in another Member State when doing so would be contrary to the Charter and, in particular, Article 21 thereof, which prohibits discrimination.
2023/07/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 209 #

2022/0402(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
This Regulation shall not affect the competence of the authorities of the Member States to deal with parenthood matters in solely domestic cases.
2023/07/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 246 #

2022/0402(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22
Public policy (ordre public) 1. The application of a provision of the law of any State specified by this Regulation may be refused only if such application is manifestly incompatible with the public policy (ordre public) of the forum. 2. Paragraph 1 shall be applied by the courts and other competent authorities of the Member States in observance of the fundamental rights and principles laid down in the Charter, in particular Article 21 thereof on the right to non- discrimination.Article 22 deleted
2023/07/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 272 #

2022/0402(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) if such recognition is manifestly contrary to the public policy of the Member State in which recognition is invoked, taking into account the child’s interests;deleted
2023/07/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 278 #

2022/0402(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) upon application by any person claiming that the court decision infringes his fatherhood or her motherhood over the childtheir parenthood over the child and if the decision if it was given without such person having been given an opportunity to be heard and to present evidence;
2023/07/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 286 #

2022/0402(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2
2. Point (a) of paragraph 1This Article shall be applied by the courts and other competent authorities of the Member States in observance of the fundamental rights and principles laid down in the Charter, in particular Article 21 thereof on the right to non- discrimination.
2023/07/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 289 #

2022/0402(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1
1. AnOnly partyies entitled under national law may challenge or appeal against a court decision on the application for refusal of recognition.
2023/07/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 301 #

2022/0402(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) if such recognition is manifestly contrary to the public policy of the Member State in which recognition is invoked, taking into account the child’s interests;deleted
2023/07/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 306 #

2022/0402(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) upon application by any person claiming that the authentic instrument infringes his fatherhood or her mothertheir parenthood over the child, if the authentic instrument was formally drawn up or registered without that person having been involved;
2023/07/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 311 #

2022/0402(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 2
2. Point (a) of paragraph 1This Article shall be applied by the courts and other competent authorities of the Member States in observance of the fundamental rights and principles laid down in the Charter, in particular Article 21 thereof on the right to non- discrimination.
2023/07/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 316 #

2022/0402(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 1
The jurisdiction of the court of the Member State of origin establishing parenthood may not be reviewed. The test of public policy referred to in point (a) of Article 31(1) may not be applied to the rules relating to jurisdiction set out in Articles 6 to 9.
2023/07/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 323 #

2022/0402(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 1
1. An authentic instrument which has no binding legal effect in the Member State of origin shall have the same evidentiary effects in another Member State as it has in the Member State of origin, or the most comparable effects, provided that this is not manifestly contrary to public policy (ordre public) in the Member State where it is presented.
2023/07/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 327 #

2022/0402(CNS)

2. The public policy (ordre public) referred to in paragraph 1is Article shall be applied by the courts and other competent authorities of the Member States in observance of the fundamental rights and principles laid down in the Charter, in particular Article 21 thereof on the right to non- discrimination.
2023/07/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 379 #

2022/0402(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Notwithstanding paragraph 1, Member States shall accept an authentic instrument which has no binding legal effect in the Member State of origin but which has evidentiary effects in that Member State, provided that this is not manifestly contrary to the public policy (ordre public) of the Member State in which acceptance is sought.
2023/07/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 385 #

2022/0402(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 2 – point -a (new)
(-a) the number of requests for the recognition of parenthood submitted pursuant to this Regulation
2023/07/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 389 #

2022/0402(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 a (new)
Article70a Guidelines 1. After the entry into force of this Regulation and before the date from which it shall apply, as indicated in Article 72 of this Regulation, the Commission shall publish guidelines to national authorities on how to apply and enforce this Regulation. 2. The Commission shall update every two years thereafter the guidelines taking into account, inter alia, the experience that has been gained in the application and enforcement of this Regulation and any relevant case law of the Court of Justice.
2023/07/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 107 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) In line with the waste hierarchy set out in Article 4(2) of Directive 2008/98/EC, and in line with life-cycle thinking to deliver the best overall environmental outcome, the measures provided for under this Regulation aim at reducing the amount of packaging placed on the market in terms of its volume and weight, and preventing the generation of packaging waste, especially through packaging minimisation, avoiding packaging where it is not needed, and increased re-use of packaging, when it can be demonstrated that re-usable packaging achieves higher environmental benefits compared to single-use packaging . In addition, the measures aim at increasing the use of recycled content in packaging, especially in plastic packaging where the uptake of recycled content is very low, as well as higher recycling rates for all packaging and high quality of the resulting secondary raw materials while reducing other forms of recovery and final disposal.
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 112 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) Food packaging materials represents a positive contribution to the prevention of food loss and food waste along the supply chain, for example packaging that reduces food loss in transport, storage and distribution, and that preserves the quality and hygiene of food for longer, or that extends shelf life.
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 114 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15 a (new)
(15a) Fostering a sustainable bio- economy can contribute to decreasing Europe's dependence on imported raw materials. Improving market conditions for bio-based recyclable packaging and compostable biodegradable packaging and reviewing existing law hampering the use of those materials offers the opportunity to stimulate further research and innovation and to substitute fossil fuel-based feedstocks with renewable sources for the production of packaging, where beneficial from a lifecycle perspective, and support further organic recycling.
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 125 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
(22) In order to establish harmonised rules on packaging design to ensure its recyclability, without compromising its functionality, the power to adopt delegated acts should be delegated to the Commission to set out detailed criteria for packaging design for recycling per packaging materials and categories, as well as for the assessment of the packaging recyclability at scale including for categories of packaging not listed in this Regulation. In order to give economic operators and Member States sufficient time to collect and report the necessary data to establish the “at scale” recycling methodology, the manufacturers should ensure that packaging is recycled at scale as of 2035. That should ensure that packaging complies with the design for recycling criteria, and is also recycled in practice on the basis of the state of the art processes for separate collection, sorting and recycling.
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 133 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
(29) In order to prevent barriers to the internal market and ensure the efficient implementation of the obligations, economic operators should ensure that the plastic part of each unitbatch of packaging contains a certain minimum percentage of recycled content recovered from post- consumer plastic waste.
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 140 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
(35) The bio-waste waste stream is often contaminated with conventional plastics and the material recycling streams are often contaminated with compostable plastics. This cross-contamination leads to waste of resources, lower quality secondary raw materials and should be prevented at source. As the proper disposal route for compostable plastic packaging is becoming increasingly confusing for consumers, it is justified and necessary to lay down clear and common rules on the use of compostable plastic packaging, mandating it only when its use brings a clear benefit for the environment or for human health. This is particularly the case when the use of compostable packaging helps collect or dispose of bio-waste. . This contamination leads to environmental and economic impacts and waste of resources and should be prevented at source. Mandating compostable plastic packaging for applications strictly linked to food and food waste, may help to reduce this contamination. Therefore, , it is justified and necessary to lay down clear and common rules on the use of compostable plastic packaging, mandating it only when its use brings a clear benefit for the environment or for human health. This is particularly the case when the use of compostable packaging helps collect or dispose of bio-waste. The EN 13432 standard “Packaging - Requirements for packaging recoverable through composting and biodegradation" specifies requirements and procedures to determine the compostability and anaerobic treatability of packaging and packaging materials in industrial controlled conditions and should represent the harmonised specification of what packaging can be considered compostable and biodegradable across Member States.
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 142 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36
(36) For limited packaging applications made of biodegradable plastic polymersThere is a demonstrable environmental benefit of using compostable packaging for specific packaging applications, in particular those strictly linked to food and food waste prevention, there is a demonstrable environmental benefit of using compostable packaging, which enters composting plants, including anaerobic digestion facilities under controlled conditions. Furthermore, where appropriate waste collection schemes and waste treatment infrastructures are available in a Member State, there should be a limited flexibility in deciding whether to mandate the use of compostable plastics for lightweight plastic carrier bags on its territory. In order to avoid consumer confusion about the correct disposal and considering the environmental benefit of circularity of the carbon, all other plastic packaging should go into material recycling and the design of such packaging should ensure that it does not affect the recyclability of other waste streams.
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 148 #

2022/0396(COD)

(40) Packaging should be designed so as to minimise its volume and weight while maintaining its ability to perform the packaging functions. The manufacturer of packaging should assess the packaging against the performance criteria, as listed in Annex IV of this Regulation. In view of the objective of this Regulation to reduce packaging and packaging waste generation and to improve circularity of packaging across the internal market, it is appropriate to further specify the existing criteria and to make them more stringent. The list of the packaging performance criteria, as listed in the existing harmonised standard EN 13428:200057, should therefore be modified. While marketing and consumer acceptance remain relevant for packaging design, they should not be part of performance criteria justifying on their own additional packaging weight and volume. However, this should not compromise product and packaging specifications for craft and industrial products and food and agricultural products that are registered andEU geographical indications, and or otherwise protected by under the Union intellectual property law or agreements between the EU and third countries which recognise EU geographical indication protection schemes, as part of the Union’s objective to protect intellectual property, cultural heritage and traditional know-how. On the other hand, recyclability, the use of recycled content, and re-use may justify additional packaging weight or volume, and should be added to the performance criteria. Packaging with double walls, false bottoms and other characteristics only aimed to increase the perceived product volume should not be placed on the market, as it does not meet the requirement for packaging minimisation. The same rule should apply to superfluous packaging not necessary for ensuring packaging functionality. _________________ 57 Packaging – Requirements specific to manufacturing and composition – Prevention by source reduction.
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 163 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 61
(61) In orderPackaging should contribute to ensure a high level of environmental protection in the internal market, as well as a high level of food safety and hygiene, food waste prevention and comply with the EU food traceability requirements and facilitate the achievement of the packaging waste prevention targets, u. Unnecessary or avoidable packaging that do not contribute to these aims, should not be allowed to be placed on the market. The list of such packaging formats is provided in Annex V of this Regulation. In order to adapt the list to the technical and scientific progress the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission to amend the list.
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 166 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 61 a (new)
(61a) The Regulation No 1308/20131a applies to products of the fruit and vegetables sector which are intended to be sold fresh to the consumer and that may only be marketed if they are sound, fair and of marketable quality and if the country of origin is indicated. These marketing standards referred to in paragraph 1, should apply at all marketing stages including packaging. _________________ 1a Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (OJ L 347)
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 185 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 90
(90) Waste prevention is the most efficient way to improve resource efficiency and to reduce the environmental impact of waste. It is important therefore that economic operators take appropriate measures to reduce the waste generation by eliminating excessive packaging and restrict the uses of certain packaging formats, extending the life span of packaging, re-designing products so that no packaging or less packaging can be used, including bulk sales, and by shifting from single use packaging to reusable packaging. The Commission should assess the link between these measures and the setting of EU food waste reduction targets.
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 186 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 100
(100) Member States should setmay up return and collection systems for packaging waste, so that they are channelled to the most appropriate waste management alternative, according to the waste hierarchy. The systems should be open for participation for all interested parties, in particular for economic operators and public authorities and be established taking into account the environment and consumer health, safety and hygiene. Return and collection systems shouldmay also be applicable for packaging of imported products under non-discriminatory provisions.
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 188 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 102
(102) It has been shown that well- functioning dDeposit and return systems ensuremay support a very high collection rate, especially of beverage bottles and cans. In order to support the achievement of the separate collection target for single use plastic beverage bottles laid down in Directive (EU) 2019/904 and to further drive high collection rates of metal beverages containers, it is appropriate that Member States establish may deposit and return systems. Those systems willmay contribute to the increase of the supply of good quality secondary raw material suitable for closed loop recycling and reduce beverage containers litter.
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 189 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 103
(103) Deposit and return systems should be obligatory for single use plastic beverage bottles and metal beverage containers. Member States might also decide to include other packaging in these systems, in particular single use glass bottles, and should ensure that deposit and return systems for single-use packaging formats, in particular for single use glass beverage bottles, are equally available for reusable packaging, where technically and economically feasible. They should consider establishing deposit and return systems also for reusable packaging. In such situations, a Member State should be allowed, while observing the general rules laid down in the Treaty and complying with the provisions set out in this Regulation, adopt provisions which go beyond the minimum requirements set out in this Regulation.
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 197 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation establishes requirements for the entire life cycle of packaging as regards environmental sustainability and labelling, to allow its placing on the market, as well as for the extended producer responsibility, prevention, collection, treatment and recycling of packaging waste.
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 212 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 29 a (new)
(29a) 'traceability’ means the ability to trace and follow a food, feed, food- producing animal or substance intended to be, or expected to be incorporated into a food or feed, through all stages of production, processing and distribution;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 222 #

2022/0396(COD)

(41) ‘compostable packaging’ means packaging capable of undergoing physical, chemical, thermal or biological decomposition such that most of the finished compost ultimately decomposes into carbon dioxide, mineral salts, biomass and water, according to Article 47(4), and does not hinder the separate collection and the composting process or activity into which it is introduced in industrially controlled conditions in accordance with European harmonised standards for packaging recoverable through composting and anaerobic digestion;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 239 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. All packagingFrom 1 January 2030, all packaging placed on the market shall be recyclable.
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 240 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States shall endeavour to phase out the disposal of packaging waste compliant with Article 6(2).
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 241 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) it is designed for recycling or for compostable packaging is compliant with point a), b) and c) of Annex III;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 277 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. From 1 January 2030, the plastic part in packaging shall contain the following minimum percentage of recycled content recovered from post-consumer plastic waste, per unitbatch of packaging:
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 297 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. From 1 January 2040, the plastic part in packaging shall contain the following minimum percentage of recycled content recovered from post-consumer plastic waste, per unitbatch of packaging:
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 313 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 6
6. By 1 January 2030, the financial contributions paid by producers to comply with their extended producer responsibility obligations as laid down in Article 40 shall be modulated based on the percentage of recycled content or bio-based content used in the packaging.
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 315 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 7
7. By 31 December 2026, the Commission is empowered to adopt implementing acts establishing the methodology for the calculation and verification of the percentage of recycled content recovered from post-consumer plastic waste, per unitbatch of plastic packaging, and the format for the technical documentation referred to in Annex VII. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 59(3).
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 326 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. By 31 December 2026, the Commission shall publish a report assessing: (a) the possibility to introduce bio- based feedstock targets for plastic packaging, considering their potential contribution to meet the targets set out in Article 7(1) and (2); (b) sustainability requirements for bio-based feedstock; the Commission shall consider the existing sustainable criteria laid down in Article 29 of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 when assessing requirements for non-fossil bio-based feedstock. 2. Based on the assessment set out in the report referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 58 to supplement this Regulation in order to: (a) establish bio-based targets used in plastic packaging towards achievements of the recycled content targets under Article 7(1) and (2); (b) establish sustainability requirements for bio-based feedstocks to be eligible to contribute towards the targets.
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 328 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. By [OP: please insert the date = 24 months from the entry into force of this Regulation], packaging referred to in Article 3(1), points (f) and (g), sticky labels attached to fruit and vegetables and, very lightweight plastic carrier bags, bags for fruits and vegetables or for other food sold loose, required for hygiene reasons or where it is demonstrated that contribute to prevent food waste, shall be compostable in industrially controlled conditions in bio-waste treatment facilities.
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 341 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. The Commission shall, no later than 31 May 2026, request the European standardisation organisations to update the harmonised standard on the requirements for packaging recoverable through composting and biodegradation - test schemes and evaluation criteria. This standard shall consider the composting times, admissible levels of visual contamination and other requirements needed to reflect the actual conditions in the bio-waste treatment facilities, including anaerobic digestion processes, in line with the scientific and technological developments.
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 346 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. Packaging shall be designed so that its weight and volume is reduced to the minimum necessary for ensuring its functionalitys, as laid down in Article 3 paragraph 1, taking account of the material that the packaging is made of.
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 349 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. Packaging not necessary to comply with any of the performance criteria set out in Annex IV and packaging with characteristics that are only aimed to increase the perceived volume of the product, including double walls, false bottoms, and unnecessary layers, shall not be placed on the market, unless the packaging design is subject to geographical indications of origin and/or intellectual property right protected under Union legislation.
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 385 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1
1. EWithout prejudice to traceability requirements laid down in Article 18 of the Regulation n. 178/2002 1a,economic operators shall not place on the market packaging in the formats and for the purposes listed in Annex V. _________________ 1a Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety (OJ L 31, 1.2.2002).
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 392 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Without prejudice to Article 8 of this Regulation, economic operator shall not place on the market packaging in the formats and for the purposes listed in point 2 of Annex V as of 18 months after the adoption of the delegated act laid down in paragraph 2b.
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 393 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. The Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 58 in order to supplement the provisions laid down in point 2 of Annex V. The Commission shall consider the list of fresh fruit and vegetables laid down in part IX of Annex I of Regulation No 1308/20131aand assess where the restriction on the market of the packaging in the format and for the purposes listed in point 2 of Annex V would create water loss or turgidity loss, microbiological hazards or physical shocks. In this regards the Commission should take into consideration the provisions laid down in Article 76 of Regulation No 1308/2013. _________________ 1a Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (OJ L 347)
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 405 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 58 to amend Annex V in order to adapt it to technical and scientific progress with the objective to reducing packaging waste. When adopting those delegated acts,By [OP: Please insert the date = 8 years after the date of entry into force of this Regulation] the Commission shall consider the potential of the restrictions on the use of specific packaging formats to reduce the packaging waste generated while ensuring an overall positive environmental impact, and shall take into account the availability of alternative packaging solutions that meet requirements set out in legislation applicable to contact sensitive packaging, as well as their capability to prevent microbiological contamination of the packaged product. To that end, the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council, accompanied, if the Commission finds it appropriate, by a legislative proposal.
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 438 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. The manufacturer and the final distributor making available on the market within the territory of a Member State in sales packaging alcoholic beverages in the form of beer, carbonated alcoholic beverages, fermented beverages other than wine, aromatised wine products and fruit wine, products based on spirit drinks, wine orproducts falling under Nomenclature codes 2204 (wine of fresh grapes, incl. fortified wines; grape must, partly fermented and of an actual alcoholic strength of > 0,5% vol or grape must with added alcohol of an actual alcoholic strength of > 0,5% vol), 2205 (vermouth and other wine of fresh grapes, flavoured with plants or aromatic substances) and 2208 (undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength of < 80%; spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages), other fermented beverages mixed with beverages, soda, cider or juice, shall ensure that:
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 443 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. The manufacturer and the final distributor making available on the market within the territory of a Member State in sales packaging alcoholic beverages in the form of beer, carbonated alcoholic beverages, fermented beverages other than wine, aromatised wine products and fruit wine, products based on spirit drinks, wine or other fermented beverages mixed with beverages, soda, cider or juice, shall ensure that:
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 452 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 5
5. The manufacturer and the final distributor making available on the market within the territory of a Member State in sales packaging alcoholic beverages in the form of wine, with the exception of sparkling wine, shall ensure that: (a) products are made available in reusable packaging within a system for re-use or by enabling refill; (b) those products are made available in reusable packaging within a system for re-use or by enabling refill.deleted from 1 January 2030, 5 % of those from 1 January 2040, 15 % of
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 470 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
6. The manufacturer and the final distributor making available on the market within the territory of a Member State in sales packaging non- alcoholic beverages in the form of water, water with added sugar, water with other sweetening matter, flavoured water, soft drinks, soda lemonade, iced tea and similar beverages which are immediately ready to drink, pure juice, juice or must of fruits or vegetables and smoothies without milk and non- alcoholic beverages containing milk fat, shall ensure that:
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 514 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. The packaging design subject to geographical indications of origin protected under Union legislation shall not comply with paragraphs 4 and 6 of this Article.
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 528 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Member State will be exempted from the obligation under paragraph 2, 3, 4 and 6 under the following conditions: (a) the rate of separate collection as required under Article 43(3), (4) (4b) of the respective packaging format as reported to the Commission under Article 50(1) point (c) is above 90 % by weight of such packaging placed on the market on the territory of that Member State in the calendar years 2026 and 2027. Where such reporting has not yet been submitted to the Commission, the Member State shall provide a reasoned justification, based on validated national data, and description of the implemented measures, that the conditions for the exemption set out in this paragraph are fulfilled; (b) at the latest 24 months before the deadline laid down in paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article, the Member State notifies the Commission of its request for exemption and submits an implementation plan showing a strategy with concrete actions, including timeline that ensure the achievement of the 90 % separate collection rate by weight of the packaging.
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 565 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. A final distributor making available on the market food and beverages filled and consumed within the premises of the HORECA sector shall ensure that separate collection systems are set up for the different fractions of packaging waste materials by 2030.
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 566 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. By 1 January 2029, Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure thatThe systems referred to in article 43, paragraph 1, may take the form of a deposit and return systems are set up for:
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 567 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) single use plastic beverage bottles with the capacity of up to three litres; and
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 568 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) single use glass beverage bottles;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 569 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 1 – point a b (new)
(ab) beverage cartons; and
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 570 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 1 – point a c (new)
(ac) reusable packaging.
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 571 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The obligatprovisions laid down in paragraph 1 does not apply to packaging for:
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 573 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) wineproducts falling under Nomenclature codes 2204 (wine of fresh grapes, incl. fortified wines; grape must, paromatised wine products, (a) and spirit drinks; tly fermented and of an actual alcoholic strength of >; 0,5% vol or grape must with added alcohol of an actual alcoholic strength of > 0,5% vol), 2205 (vermouth and other wine of fresh grapes, flavoured with plants or aromatic substances) and 2208 (undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength of < 80%; spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages);
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 574 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 3
3. Without prejudice to paragraph 1 of this Article, a Member State will be exempted from the obligation under paragraph 1 under the following conditions: (a) required under Article 43(3) and (4) of the respective packaging format as reported to the Commission under Article 50(1) point (c) is above 90 % by weight of such packaging placed on the market on the territory of that Member State in the calendar years 2026 and 2027. Where such reporting has not yet been submitted to the Commission, the Member State shall provide a reasoned justification, based on validated national data, and description of the implemented measures, that the conditions for the exemption set out in this paragraph are fulfilled; (b) deadline laid down in paragraph 1 of this Article, the Member State notifies the Commission of its request for exemption and submits an implementation plan showing a strategy with concrete actions, including timeline that ensure the achievement of the 90 % separate collection rate by weight of the packaging referred to in paragraph 1.deleted the rate of separate collection as at the latest 24 months before the
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 577 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 4
4. Within three months of receipt of the implementation plan submitted pursuant to paragraph 3, point (b), the Commission may request a Member State to revise that plan, if it considers that it does not comply with the requirements set out in point (c) of that paragraph. The Member State concerned shall submit a revised plan within 3 months of receipt of the Commission’s request.deleted
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 578 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 5
5. If the separate collection rate of the packaging referred to in paragraph 1 in a Member State concerned decreases and remains below 90 % by weight of a given packaging format placed on the market for three consecutive calendar years, the Commission shall notify the Member State concerned that the exemption no longer applies. The deposit and return system shall be established by 1 January in the second calendar year following the year in which the Commission notified the Member State concerned that the exemption no longer applies.deleted
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 580 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 6
6. Member States shall endeavour to establish and maintain deposit and return systems in particular for single use glass beverage bottles, beverage cartons and for reusable packaging. Member States shall endeavour to ensure that deposit and return systems for single-use packaging formats, in particular for single use glass beverage bottles, are equally available for reusable packaging where technically and economically feasible.deleted
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 587 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 2
2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 5(5), Article 6(4), Article 6(6), Article 7(9), Article 7(10), Article 7(11), Article 7(11b), Article 8(5), Article 22(4 (2a), Article 26(16) and Article 57(3) shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of ten years from date of entry into force of this Regulation. The Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power no later than nine months before the end of the five-year period. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration, unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension no later than 3 months before the end of each period.
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 588 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 6
Flower pots intended to be used only for the selling and transporting of plants and not intended to stay with the plant throughout its life time
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 597 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 15
Flower pots used throughout different stages of production or intended to staybe sold with the plant throughout its life time
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 598 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Conditions to be considered when mandating or introducing the use of compostable packaging format on the market:
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 601 #

2022/0396(COD)

(ca) it is compliant with standard EN 13432 or any relevant new EU standard
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 607 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Part I – point 6
6. Legal requirements: the packaging design shall ensure that the packaging and packaged product can comply with the applicable legislation including the protection of geographical indications and relevant intellectual property rights protected under Union legislation.
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 6 #

2022/0212(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. is committed to ensuring generational renewal in the agricultural sector by facilitating the takeover of farms by young people and by women as they play a fundamental role by maintaining the economic resilience of rural areas;
2022/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 11 #

2022/0212(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. stresses the importance of funding research and innovation in the agri-food sector through the budget of the Horizon Europe programme, EIPs, pilot projects, preparatory actions and the introduction of innovative agriculture technologies as well as sustainable assisted evolution bio- technologies; recalls the need for farmers to be provided with technical assistance, including small, medium and young farmers, to be provided with technical assistance in order to enable them to have access to the benefits of such programmes;
2022/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 28 #

2022/0212(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. insists that an increase in the budget is necessary in view of the major challenges the agri-food sector is facing in 2022 and will continue to face in 2023; recalls the need of sufficient margins under the ceilings to address unforeseen circumstances as uncertainty in the economic outlook persists;
2022/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 32 #

2022/0212(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Reiterates the need to support and enable EU farmers and agricultural and food producers to be prepared to future challenges, while safeguarding their income and competitiveness in order to empower them to ensure food security;
2022/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 34 #

2022/0212(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Recalls that the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine have emphasised the strategic role that agriculture plays in ensuring food security; highlights the need of sufficient budgetary support to continue guaranteeing the availability of safe, high-quality food at affordable prices;
2022/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 36 #

2022/0212(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6 c. Reiterates that these continuing crises are having strong consequences, including a surge on prices of energy and agricultural inputs like fertilizers putting at risk the income of our farmers;
2022/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 37 #

2022/0212(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6 d. Points out that a number of agricultural sectors have been hit hard by the COVID-19outbreak and other crises; calls for the continuation and increase of targeted reinforcements of the relevant budget lines for market support measures, in particular, taking into consideration the negative impact of African swine fever and the avian flu on EU farmers and consequently on the food supply chain;
2022/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 456 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – title
Union 20305 reduction targets for chemical plant protection products
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 467 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall contribute, through the adoption and implementation of measures to ensure the achievement of national targets in accordance with Article 5 to achieving by 20305 a 50 % Union-wide reduction of both the use and risk of chemical plant protection products (‘Union 20305 reduction target 1’) and the use of more hazardous plant protection products (‘Union 20305 reduction target 2’), compared to the average of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017 (collectively referred to as ‘the Union 20305 reduction targets’).
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 481 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. Progress towards achieving the Union 20305 reduction targets shall be calculated annually by the Commission in accordance with the methodology set out in Annex I.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 484 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Commission shall, by 31 December 2029, carry out an evaluation of the feasibility to achieve the Union 2035 reduction targets, on the basis of the availability of alternative non-chemical pest control instruments and low-risk plant protection products, following the crop-specific rules laid down in Article 15.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 485 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. On the basis of the findings of its evaluation, the Commission may present appropriate legislative proposals for a review of the Union 2035 reduction targets and relevant contributions by Member States.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 392 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. This Regulation establishes a framework within which Member States shall put in place, without delay, effective and area-based restoration measures which together shall cover, by 2030, at least 20 % of the Union’s land and sea areas and, by 2050, all degraded ecosystems in need of restoration.
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 423 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5
(5) ‘favourable reference area’ means the total area of a habitat type in a given biogeographical region or marine region at national level that is considered the minimum necessary to ensure the long- term viability of the habitat type and its species, and all its significant ecological variations in its natural range, and which is composed of the area of the habitat type and, if that area is not sufficient, the area necessary for the re-establishment of the habitat type that is possible to restore when social and economic sustainability, current land use and national socioeconomic cost-benefit analysis are taken into consideration;
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 447 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 13
(13) ‘urban green space’ means all green urban areas; broad-leaved forests; coniferous forests; mixed forests; natural grasslands; moors and heathlands; transitional woodland-shrubs and sparsely vegetated areas, with the exclusion of areas used for agricultural purposes, - as found within cities or towns and suburbs calculated on the basis of data provided by the Copernicus Land Monitoring Service as established by Regulation (EU) 2021/696 of the European Parliament and of the Council110; _________________ 110 Regulation (EU) 2021/696 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 April 2021 establishing the Union Space Programme and the European Union Agency for the Space Programme and repealing Regulations (EU) No 912/2010, (EU) No 1285/2013 and (EU) No 377/2014 and Decision No 541/2014/EU (OJ L 170, 12.5.2021, p. 69).
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 469 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall put in place the restoration measures that are necessary to improve to good condition areas of habitat types listed in Annex I which are not in good condition. Such measures shall be in place on at least 30 % of the area of each group of habitat typeoverall areas listed in Annex I that is not in good condition, as quantified in the national restoration plan referred to in Article 12, by 2030, on at least 60 % by 2040, and on at least 90 % by 2050.
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 482 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall put in place the restoration measures that are necessary to re-establish the habitat types listed in Annex I in areas not covered by those habitat types, with the exclusion of areas used for agricultural purposes. Such measures shall be in place on areas representing at least 30 % of the additional overall surface needed to reach the total favourable reference area of each group of habitat types listed in Annex I, as quantified in the national restoration plan referred to in Article 12, by 2030, at least 60 % of that surface by 2040, and 100 % of that surface by 2050.
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 488 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall put in place the restoration measures for the terrestrial, coastal and freshwater habitats of the species listed in Annexes II, IV and V to Directive 92/43/EEC and of the terrestrial, coastal and freshwater habitats of wild birds covered by Directive 2009/147/EC that are necessary to improve the quality and quantity of those habitats within the Natura 2000 network, including by re- establishing them, and to enhance connectivity, until sufficient quality and quantity of those habitats is achieved.
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 499 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4
4. The determination of the most suitable areas for restoration measures in accordance with paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of this Article shall be based on the best available knowledge and the latest scientific evidence of the condition of the habitat types listed in Annex I, measured by the structure and functions which are necessary for their long-term maintenance including their typical species, as referred to in Article 1(e) of Directive 92/43/EEC, and of the quality and quantity of the habitats of the species referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article. Areas where the habitat types listed in Annex I are in unknown condition shall be considered as not being in good condition.
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 537 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 8 – point a
(a) force majeure; including natural disasters;
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 545 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 8 – point b
(b) unavoidable habitat transformations which are directly or indirectly caused by climate change; or
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 556 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 8 – point c a (new)
(c a) necessary measures to ensure food security and food production;
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 565 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 9 – point a
(a) force majeure; including natural disasters;
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 572 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 9 – point b
(b) unavoidable habitat transformations which are directly or indirectly caused by climate change: or
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 581 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 9 – point c a (new)
(c a) necessary measures to ensure food security and food production;
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 605 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall put in place the restoration measures that are necessary to improve to good condition areas of habitat types listed in Annex II which are not in good condition. Such measures shall be in place on at least 30 % of the area of each group of habitat typeoverall areas listed in Annex II that is not in good condition, as quantified in the national restoration plan referred to in Article 12, by 2030, on at least 60 % by 2040, and on at least 90 % by 2050.
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 614 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. The determination of the most suitable areas for restoration measures in accordance with paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 shall be based on the best available knowledge and the latest scientific evidence of the condition of the habitat types listed in Annex II, measured by the structure and functions which are necessary for their long-term maintenance, including their typical species, referred to in Article 1(e) of Directive 92/43/EEC, and of the quality and quantity of the habitats of the species referred to in paragraph 3. Areas where the habitat types listed in Annex II are in unknown condition shall be considered as not being in good condition.
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 671 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall remove the barriers tor use other methods that have the same impact on longitudinal and lateral connectivity of surface waters identified under paragraph 1 of this Article, in accordance with the plan for their removal referred to in Article 12(2), point (f). When removing barriers, Member States shall primarily address obsolete barriers, which are those that are no longer needed for renewable energy generation, inland navigation, water supply or other uses.
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 675 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall remove the barriers to longitudinal and lateral connectivity of surface waters identified under paragraph 1 of this Article, in accordance with the plan for their removal referred to in Article 12(2), point (f). When removing barriers, Member States shall primarily address obsolete barriers, which are those that are no longer needed for renewable energy generation, inland navigation, water supply or other uses.
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 684 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall adopt implementis empowered to adopt delegated acts ing acts to establish acordance with Article 20 to develop practical and cost- effective methods for monitoring pollinator populations. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 21(2).
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 724 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) share of agricultural land with high-diversity landscape features.deleted
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 727 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) share of agricultural land with high-diversity landscape features.deleted
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 734 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Member States shall put in place restoration measures to ensure that at least 7% of the arable land at national level is devoted to high-diversity landscape features or non productive areas or features, including land lying fallow.
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 773 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
For organic soils in agricultural use constituting drained peatlands, Member States shall put in place restoration measures, including rewetting. Those measures shall be in place on at least:
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 781 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) 30 % of such areas by 2030, of which at least a quarter shall be rewetted;
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 796 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) 50 % of such areas by 2040, of which at least half shall be rewetted;
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 808 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) 70 % of such areas by 2050, of which at least half shall be rewetted.
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 891 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall prepare national restoration plans and carry out the preparatory monitoring and research needed to identify the restoration measures that are necessary to meet the targets and obligations set out in Articles 4 to 10, taking into account the latest scientific evidence, as well as the needs of local communities and stakeholders.
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 893 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall prepare national restoration plans and carry out the preparatory monitoring and research needed to identify the restoration measures that are necessary to meet the targets and obligations set out in Articles 4 to 10, taking into account the latest scientific evidence and socio-economic impacts of the restoration measures.
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 921 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point a – point iv
(iv) the areas, with the exclusion of areas used for agricultural purposes, most suitable for the re- establishment of habitat types in view of ongoing and projected changes to environmental conditions due to climate change;
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 963 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 7 – introductory part
7. When preparing their national restoration plans, Member States shall take the following into accountpromote greater regulatory coordination and coherence with the following:
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1019 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) a description of the restoration measures planned, or put in place before the entry into force of this Regulation, for achieving the targets and obligations set out in Articles 4 to 10 and a specification regarding which of those restoration measures are planned, or put in place, within the Natura 2000 network established in accordance with Directive 92/43/EEC;
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1035 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point j
(j) the estimated co-benefits for climate change mitigation associated with the restoration measures over time, as well as wider socio-economic benefits of those measures; including an assessment of the proposed measures’ socio-economic impacts especially regarding the bio-based industrial value chains and impacts on bioeconomy
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1040 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point j
(j) the estimated co-benefits for climate change mitigation associated with the restoration measures over time, as well as wider socio-economic benefiimpacts of those measures;
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1056 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point l
(l) the estimated financing needs for the implementation of the restoration measures, which shall include the description of the compensation envisaged and of the support to stakeholders affected by restoration measures or other new obligations arising from this Regulation, and the means of intended financing, public or private, including (co-) financing with Union funding instruments;
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1062 #

2022/0195(COD)

(n) a summary of the process for preparing and establishing the national restoration plan, including information on public participation and, of how the needs of local communities and stakeholders have been considered and of how local communities and stakeholders have been provided with the necessary knowledge, advice and services to support the implementation and management of restoration measures;
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1093 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. When assessing the draft national restoration plan, the Commission shall evaluate its compliance with Article 12, as well as its adequacy for meeting the targets and obligations set out in Articles 4 to 10, as well as the Union’s overarching objectives referred to in Article 1, the specific objectives referred to in Article 7(1) to restore at least 25 000 km of rivers into free-flowing rivers in the Union by 2030 and the 2030 objective of covering at least 10% of the Union’s agricultural area with high-diversity landscape features.
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1094 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. When assessing the draft national restoration plan, the Commission shall evaluate its compliance with Article 12, as well as its adequacy for meeting the targets and obligations set out in Articles 4 to 10, as well as the Union’s overarching objectives referred to in Article 1, the specific objectives referred to in Article 7(1) to restore at least 25 000 km of rivers into free-flowing rivers in the Union by 2030 and the 2030 objective of covering at least 10% of the Union’s agricultural area with high-diversity landscape features.
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 83 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3
(3) ‘installation’ means a stationary technical unit within which one or more activities listed in Annex I, in Annex Iab or in Part 1 of Annex VII are carried out, and any other directly associated activities on the same site which have a technical connection with the activities listed in those Annexes and which could have an effect on emissions and pollution;;
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 90 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point d a (new)
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 23
(da) Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 23 is replaced by the following: "‘poultry’ means poultry as defined in point 19 of Article 24 of Council Directive 90/539/EEC of 15 October 1990 on animal health conditions governing intra- Community trade in, and imports from third countries of, poultry and hatching eggs(25); Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council on transmissible animal diseases81a;" _________________ 81a OJ L84, 31.3.2016, p.1-208 Or. en (Directive 2010/75/EC)
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 93 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point e
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 23b
(23b) ‘cattle’ means domestic animals of the species Bos taurus;deleted
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 100 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point e
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 23c
‘livestock unit’ or ‘LSU’ means the grazing equivalent of one adult dairy cow producing 3 000 kg of milk annually, without additional concentrated foodstuffs, which is used to express the size of farms rearing different categories of animals, using the conversion rates, with reference to actual production within the calendar year, set out in Annex II to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 808/2014**’.a standard unit of measurement that allows for the aggregation of the categories of livestock unit relevant for the purposes of this Directive, in order for those categories to be compared; notwithstanding Annex Ia, those livestock categories cover pigs and poultry whose unit coefficients are listed in Annex Ib;
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 106 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – second subparagraph
‘By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, Member States may set a procedure for the registration of installations covered only by Chapter V or Chapter VIa.’.
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 116 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 24
Directive 2010/75/EU
Chapter VIa – title
SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR INTENSIVE REARING OF POULTRY, AND PIGS AND CATTLE
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 123 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 70a
This Chapter shall apply to the activities set out in Annex Ia which reach trearing of pigs or poultry in installations of 750 livestock units (LSU) or more. The capacity thresholds proximate equivalent in LSU shall be basetd out in that Annex. n the coefficients that are established in Annex Ib to this Directive.
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 130 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 70b – first paragraph
If two or more installations are located close to each other and if their: (a) they are operator ised by the same or if the instalperator, or (b) on a lastions are under the control of operators who are engaged in an economic or legal relationship, the installations concerned shall be considered as a single unit for the purpose of calculating the capacity threshold referred to in Article 70a. ng basis all their management and operational functions are preformed as if they were a single economic entity and they are operated by entities participating in a same group, as defined in Article 2, point (11), of Directive 2013/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, they shall be considered as a single unit for the purpose of calculating the capacity threshold referred to in Article 70a. The simple fact of being members of a same cooperative shall not entail that the requirement set out in point (b) of the first subparagraph is met.
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 135 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 70c – Title
Permits and simplified registration procedure
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 140 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 70c – paragraph 1a (new)
By way of derogation from the first paragraph to this Article, Member States may set a specific procedure for the registration of the installations only covered by this Chapter. The procedure for the registration shall be specified in a binding act and include at least a notification to the competent authority by the operators of the intention to operate its activity. Member States may use any similar pre- existing procedure for the registration. They shall avoid administrative burden and additional costs for the operators. Member States shall issue the permits within six months from the date of the operator's application.
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 153 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 70c – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) the nature and quantities of foreseeable emissions from the installation into each medium under normal operating conditions.
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 158 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 70c – paragraph 3
3. Applications shall also include a non-technicalIn duly justified cases, applications may include a summary of the information referred to in paragraph 2.
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 159 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 70c – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall take necessary measures to ensure that the operator informs the competent authority, without delay, of any planned substantial change to the installations falling within the scope of this Chapter which may have consequences for the environment. Where appropriate and within two months from the notification of the operator, the competent authority shall reconsider and update the permit.
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 168 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 70d – first paragraph – second subparagraph
The operator shall keep a record of, and process, all monitoring results, for a period of at least 62 years, in such a way as to enable the verification of compliance with the emission limit values and environmental performance limit values set out in operating rules referred to in Article 70i.
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 170 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 70d – paragraph 2
2. In the event of non-compliance with the emission limit values and environmental performance limit values set out in the operating rules referred to in Article 70i, Member States shall require that the operator takes the measures necessary to ensure that compliance is restored within the shortest possiblein a reasonable period of time.
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 172 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 70d – paragraph 3
3. The operator shall ensure that any land spreading of waste, animal by- products or other residues generated by the installation is undertaken in accordance with the best available techniques, as specified in the operating rules referred to in Article 70i, and other relevant Union legislation and that it does not cause significant pollution of the environment, in accordance with relevant Union legislation.
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 173 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 70e – paragraph 3
3. The operator shall, without delay, make available the data and information listed in paragraph 2 of this Article to the competent authority upon duly justified request. The competent authority may make such a request in order to verify compliance with the operating rules referred to in Article 70i. The competent authority shall make such a request if a member of the public requests access to the data or information listed in paragraph 2 of this Article. Nonetheless, without prejudice to Article 4(2) second subparagraph of Directive 2003/4/EC, at the request of the operator, those parts of such reports that involve sensitive commercial or industrial information, or which include personal data within the meaning of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 that are not strictly necessary for the purpose of this Article, shall not be published.
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 189 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 70g – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) the reports of inspections of the installations falling within the scope of this Chapter. Nonetheless, without prejudice to Article 4(2) second subparagraph of Directive 2003/4/EC, at the request of the operator, those parts of such reports that involve sensitive commercial or industrial information, or which include personal data within the meaning of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 that are not strictly necessary for the purpose of this Article, shall not be published.
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 194 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 70h – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) they have a sufficientlegitimate interest;
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 204 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 70i – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The Commission shall establish operating rules containing requirements consistent with the use of best available techniques for the activities listed in Annex Iab, which shall include the following:
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 213 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 70i – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The operating rules shall take into account inter alia the nature, type, size and density of these installations and the specificities of pasture based cattle rearing systems, where animals are only seasonally reared in indoor installations.
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 227 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 27
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 74 – paragraph 2
2. In order to allow the provisions of this Directive to meet its objectives to prevent or reduce pollutants emissions and achieve a high level of protection of human health and the environment, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt a delegated act, in accordance with Article 76, to amend Annex I or Annex Ia by including in those Annexes an agro- industrial activity that meets the following criteria:
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 231 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 27
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 74 – paragraph 2 – point (a)
(a) it has or is expected to have an impact on human health or the environment, in particular as a consequence of pollutant emissions and use of resources;deleted
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 233 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 27
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 74 – paragraph 2 – point (b)
(b) its environmental performance diverges within the Union;deleted
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 235 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 27
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 74 – paragraph 2 – point (c)
(c) it presents potential for improvement in terms of its environmental impact through the application of best available techniques or innovative techniques;deleted
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 237 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 27
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 74 – paragraph 2 – point (d)
(d) its inclusion within the scope of this Directive is assessed, on the basis of its environmental, economic and social impacts, to have a favourable ratio of societal benefits to economic costs.deleted
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 268 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex II
Directive 2010/75/EU
Annex Ib (new)
Type of animal Coefficient - Poultry - 0,018 - Production pigs (over 30 kg) - 0,375 - Sows - 1
2022/11/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 161 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24 a (new)
(24a) Member States should be able to provide that the contribution to costs associated with the exercise of powers and responsibilities by the recognised producer group is compulsory for all producers of products designated by that geographical indication.
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 175 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39
(39) The procedures for registration, amendment and cancellation of geographical indications, including the scrutiny and the opposition procedure, should be carried out in the most efficient way. This can be achieved by using the assistance for the scrutiny of the applications provided by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). While a partial outsourcing to EUIPO has been considered, the Commission would remain responsible for registration, amendment and cancellation, due to a strong relation with the Common Agricultural Policy and to the expertise needed to ensure that specificities of wine, spirit drinks and agricultural products are adequately assessed.
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 192 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 55
(55) Provisions concerning geographical indications in Regulations (EU) No 1308/2013, concerning the wine sector, and (EU) 2019/787, concerning the spirit drinks sector, need to be amended in order to align them to the common rules on registration, amendment, opposition, cancellation, protection and controls of the geographical indications set out in this Regulation. In particular for wine, additional changes are needed to the definition of protected geographical indications in line with the Trade Related Agreement on Intellectual Property. For reasons of consistency with this Regulation, the provision on the tasks of the EUIPO laid down in Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council33 should also be amended. _________________ 33 Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 on the European Union trade mark (OJ L 154, 16.6.2017, p. 1).
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 197 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 56
(56) In order to supplement or amend certain non-essential elements of this Regulation, 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 in respect of defining sustainability standards and laying down criteria for the recognition of existing sustainability standards; clarifying or adding items to be supplied as part of accompanying information; entrusting the EUIPO with the tasks related to scrutiny for opposition and the opposition procedure,the tasks related to operation of the register, publication of standard amendments to a product specification, consultation in the context of the cancellation procedure, establishment and management of an alert system informing applicants about the availability of their geographical indication as a domain namedevelopment of a Union alert system to fight against online counterfeiting of geographical indications, informing applicants about the availability of their geographical indication as a domain name, monitoring of the registration of domain names in the Union which would conflict with the names included in the Union register of geographical indications, scrutiny of third country geographical indications other than geographical indications under the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications34 , proposed for protection pursuant to international negotiations or international agreements;, establishing appropriate criteria for monitoring performance of the EUIPO in the execution of the tasks entrusted to it; laying down additional rules on the use of geographical indications to identify ingredients in processed products; laying down additional rules for determining the generic status of terms;, establishing the restrictions and derogations with regard to the sourcing of feed in the case of a designation of origin;, establishing restrictions and derogations with regard to the slaughtering of live animals or with regard to the sourcing of raw materials; laying down rules for determining the use of the denomination of a plant variety or of an animal breed; laying down rules which limit the information contained in the product specification for geographical indications and traditional specialities guaranteed; laying down further details of the eligibility criteria for traditional specialities guaranteed; laying down additional rules to provide for appropriate certification and accreditation procedures to apply in respect of product certification bodies; laying down additional rules to further detail protection of traditional specialities guaranteed; laying down for traditional specialities guaranteed additional rules for determining the generic status of terms, conditions for use of plant variety and animal breed denominations, and relation to intellectual property rights; defining additional rules for joint applications concerning more than one national territory and complementing the rules of the application process for traditional specialities guaranteed guaranteed; complementing the rules for the opposition procedure for traditional specialities guaranteed to establish detailed procedures and deadlines; supplementing the rules regarding the amendment application process for traditional specialities guaranteed; supplementing the rules regarding the cancellation process for traditional specialities guaranteed; laying down detailed rules relating to the criteria for optional quality terms; reserving an additional optional quality term, laying down its conditions of use; laying down derogations to the use of the term ‘mountain product’ and establishing the methods of production, and other criteria relevant for the application of that optional quality term, in particular, laying down the conditions under which raw materials or feedstuffs are permitted to come from outside the mountain areas. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making35 . In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States’ experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts. _________________ 34 https://www.wipo.int/publications/en/detail s.jsp?id=3983 35 OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1.
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 201 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 57 a (new)
(57a) Producer groups should prepare a sustainability report comprised of a description of the impact on sustainability of the method of obtaining the product designated by a geographical indication, and of the information necessary to understand how sustainability affects the development, performance and position of that product.
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 215 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) traditional specialities guaranteed; and optional quality terms for agricultural products.
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 217 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) optional quality terms for agricultural products.
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 508 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) any misuse, counterfeiting, imitation or evocation, even if the true origin of the products or services is indicated or if the protected name is translated or accompanied by an expression such as ‘style’, ‘type’, ‘method’, ‘as produced in’, ‘imitation’, ‘flavour’, ‘like’ or similar.
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 560 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 2 – point d – point ii
(ii) dissemination of information and promotion activities aiming at communicating the attributes of the product designated by a geographical indication to consumers, including the development of tourism services relating to sustainable and responsible rural tourism in the geographical area referred to in the product specification;
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 563 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. By way of derogation from paragraph 2 of this Article, Member States may decide to grant one, two or more, or all of the powers and responsibilities referred to in that paragraph only to the recognised producer groups referred to in Article 33.
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 572 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 2
2. A producer group may be designated as recognised producer group subject to a prior agreement concluded between at least two-thirds of the producers of the product bearing a geographical indication, accounting for at least two-thirds of the production of that product in the geographical area referred to in the product specification. As an exception, Member States may confer on an authority, as referred to in Article 8(2), and on a single producer, as referred to in Article 8(3), shall be deemed to be a recognised producer groupthe powers and responsibilities referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article and in Article 32(2).
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 589 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1
1. Country-code top-level dDomain name registries establishedoperating in the Union may,shall, ex-officio or upon the request of a natural or legal person having a legitimate interest or rights, revoke or transfer a domain name registered under such country-code top- level domain to the recognised producer group of the products with the geographical indication concerned, following an appropriate alternative dispute resolution procedure or judicial procedure, if such domain name has been registered by its holder without rights or legitimate interest in the geographical indication or if it has been registered or is being used in bad faith and its use contravenes Article 27.
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 590 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 2
2. Country-code top-level dDomain name registries establishedoperating in the Union shall ensure that any alternative dispute resolution procedure established to solve disputes relating to the registration of domain names referred to in paragraph (1), shall recognise geographical indications as rights that may prevent a domain name from being registered or used in bad faith.
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 707 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 54 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
For the purposes of this Chapter, agricultural products means agricultural products intended for human consumption listed in Annex I to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and other agricultural products and foodstuffs listednot listed in that Annex but processed using products listed in that Annex, set out in Annex II to this Regulation.
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 803 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
(ia) cigars,
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 68 #

2022/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
(2) A framework for increasing the Union’s resilience in the field of semiconductor technologies should be established, stimulating investment, promoting workforce skills and knowledge, including on chip design, production and research and development, strengthening the capabilities of the Union’s semiconductor supply chain, and increasing cooperation and coordination among the Member States and, the Commission and like-minded third countries.
2022/10/18
Committee: INTA
Amendment 74 #

2022/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
(4) It is necessary to take measures to build capacity and strengthen the Union’s semiconductor sector in line with Article 173(3) of the Treaty. These measures do not entail the harmonisation of national laws and regulations. In this regard, the Union should reinforce the competitiveness and resilience of the semiconductor technological and industrial base, whilst strengthening the innovation capacity of its semiconductor sector, reducing dependence on a limited number of third country companies and geographies, and strengthening its capacity to design and produce advanced components. The Chips for Europe Initiative (the ‘Initiative’) should support these aims by bridging the gap between Europe’s advanced research and innovation capabilities and their sustainable industrial exploitation. It should promote capacity building to enable design, production and systems integration in next generation semiconductor technologies, enhance collaboration among key players across the Union and like- minded third countries, strengthening Europe's semiconductor supply and value chains, serving key industrial sectors and creating new markets. EU should promote cooperation and coordination with like- minded partners rather than racing subsidies.
2022/10/18
Committee: INTA
Amendment 81 #

2022/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
(5 a) Strengthening the Union’s technological leadership requires leading- edge and custom chips, in particular for future-proof and strategic sectors such as telecommunication infrastructure. It is thus necessary to ensure that the bolstering of Europe’s semiconductor value chain prioritises reinforcing European chip design capabilities and leverages the Union’s existing leadership in strategic assets such as 5G and 6G technologies ascross-sector enablers and critical infrastructure.
2022/10/18
Committee: INTA
Amendment 89 #

2022/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) Given the globalised nature of the semiconductor supply chain, international cooperation with third countries is an important element to achieve a resilience of the Union’s semiconductor ecosystem. The actions taken under this Regulation should also enable the Union to play a stronger role, as a centre of excellence, in a better functioning global, interdependent semiconductors ecosystem. The Commission, assisted by the European Semiconductor Board, should cooperate and, build partnerships and make full use of current free trade agreements with third countries with a view to seeking solutions to address, to the extent possible, disruptions of the semiconductor supply chain.
2022/10/18
Committee: INTA
Amendment 93 #

2022/0032(COD)

(7 a) As the establishment of a fully self-sufficient domestic semiconductor supply chain is unrealistic and expensive, with estimated incremental upfront investment costs of more than $1 trillion[1], the Union must secure resilient global sources of supply through diversification and building of international partnerships with like- minded third countries. The Union’s trade policy and initiatives such as the EU-US and EU-India Trade and Technology Councils (TTC) and the EU-Taiwan Trade and Investment Dialogue are essential, as well as EU-Japan Strategic Partnership and upcoming EU-South Korea Digital Partnership, for the establishment of these relationships.
2022/10/18
Committee: INTA
Amendment 111 #

2022/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
(28) In light of this, the Commission, in consultation with the European Semiconductor Board, should prepare the ground for a certification of green, trusted and secure chips and embedded systems that rely on or make extensive use of semiconductor technologies. In particular, they should discuss and identify the relevant sectors and products in need of such certification, taking into account existing international standards and the need to ensure the sufficient involvement of stakeholders across the semiconductor value chain and carried out in an open access.
2022/10/18
Committee: INTA
Amendment 117 #

2022/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30 a (new)
(30 a) The Commission should assess and monitor the actual or potential adverse human rights and environmental impact in the semiconductor supply chain that have been or should have been identified in accordance with applicable Union legislation or Member States legislation setting out due diligence and reporting requirements on corporate sustainability.
2022/10/18
Committee: INTA
Amendment 141 #

2022/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 46
(46) A number of sectors are critical for the proper functioning of the internal market and preserving the competitiveness of European industries. Those critical sectors are the sectors listed in the Annex of the Commission proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the resilience of critical entities61 [2]. For the purposes of this Regulation, defence, telecommunication, and other activities that are relevant for public safety and security should be additionally considered as a critical sector. Sectors critical to the economic well-being of Europe, such as the automotive sector, should also be considered. Certain measures should only be enacted fuor the purpose of securing supply to critical sectors. The Commission may limit the emergency measures to certain of these sectors or to certain parts of them when the semiconductor crisis has disturbed or is threatening to disturb their operation. _________________ 61 COM(2020) 829. 16.12.2020.
2022/10/18
Committee: INTA
Amendment 169 #

2022/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 16
(16) ‘critical sector’ means any sector referred to in the Annex of the Commission proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the resilience of critical entities, the defence sector, telecommunication and other activities that are relevant for public safety and security;, as well as sectors critical wellbeing of Europe eg. automotive.
2022/10/18
Committee: INTA
Amendment 187 #

2022/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point d – point 2
(2) address the knowledge and skills shortage, attracting and mobilising new talent and supporting the emergence of a suitably skilled workforce for strengthening the semiconductor sector, including via reskilling and upskilling of workers on research, design and production.
2022/10/18
Committee: INTA
Amendment 206 #

2022/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) facilitating the transfer of expertise and know how between Member States and region, regions and international partners encouraging exchanges of skills, knowledge and good practices and encouraging joint programmes;
2022/10/18
Committee: INTA
Amendment 246 #

2022/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 7
7. National competent authorities designated pursuant to Article 26(1) shall map undertakings operating along the semiconductor supply chain in their national territory, including non- confidential information on the services or goods, and contact information, and request information from other relevant authorities and from individual undertakings operating along the semiconductor supply chain on the actual or potential adverse human rights and environmental impacts in the semiconductor supply chain that have been or should have been identified in accordance with applicable Union legislation or Member States legislation setting out due diligence and reporting requirements on corporate sustainability. They shall notify this list and any subsequent update to the Commission. The Commission mayshall issue guidance, after consulting the European Semiconductor Board, to further specify the information to be gathered and define the technical specifications and formats.
2022/10/18
Committee: INTA
Amendment 250 #

2022/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall, after consulting the European Semiconductor Board, assess risks that may disrupt, compromise or negatively affect the supply of semiconductors (Union risk assessment), including risks resulting from adverse human rights and environmental impacts. In the Union risk assessment, the Commission shall identify early warning indicators.
2022/10/18
Committee: INTA
Amendment 282 #

2022/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 3
3. When a semiconductor undertaking established in the Union is subject to a third country priority rated order measure, it shall inform the Commission. Should that obligation significantly impact the operation of certain critical sectors, the Commission may oblige that undertaking, where necessary, proportionate and as a last resort measure, to accept and prioritise orders of crisis relevant products in the line with paragraph 4, 5 and 6.
2022/10/18
Committee: INTA
Amendment 296 #

2022/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 3
3. The European Semiconductor Board shall support the Commission in international cooperation, including information gathering and, crisis assessment and coordination of responses to supply shortages, in line with international obligations.
2022/10/18
Committee: INTA
Amendment 306 #

2022/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 a (new)
Article 26 a International cooperation 1. The Commission, on behalf of the Union, shall pursue cooperation with relevant third countries on mutual support and benefits in the field of semiconductor supply, building on complementarities and interdependencies along the semiconductor supply chain. 2. The Commission shall enter into consultations or cooperation, on behalf of the Union, with relevant third countries with a view to seeking cooperative solutions to address future supply chain disruptions, in compliance with international obligations. This may involve, where appropriate, coordination in relevant international for a, and should ensure robust engagement with the stakeholder community. 3. In future investment and trade agreement of the Union with relevant third countries, collaboration in the field of semiconductors and along the entire semiconductor supply chain shall be a priority. 4. For the purpose of implementing actions under the Initiative's component referred to in Article 5, point d, the Commission may set up an exchange programme for doctoral researchers in semiconductors engineering. The programme shall finance exchange periods for doctoral researchers between two or more higher education institutions in the Union and EEA members, including universities and research and technology organisations, and the relevant third countries. The cooperation agreement shall aim for the reciprocal participation of legal entities established in the Union in equivalent programmes of associated countries.
2022/10/18
Committee: INTA
Amendment 38 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. 1. Whereas farmers’ associations in businesses such as agri-food cooperatives play a fundamental role in rural areas as businesses owned by farmers that add value to their products, reduce production costs, set people in the villages where the farmers live, create jobs in rural areas and diversify the local economy;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 39 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas Article 174 of TFEU states that the Union shall aim at reducing disparities between the levels of development of the various regions, with particular attention to be paid to some regions, notably rural areas;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 45 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the Rural Development Groups (RDGs), following the30 years as a permanent management tool in the EAFRD, have proven to be an effective tool for public/private territorial partnership, since they have experienced and versatile technical teams committed to the European rural areas; Whereas, moreover, these groups have succeeded in placing the following elements into the same equation: territory, revitalisation, bottom-up approach, innovation, integrated approach, decentralised management, networking integration and cooperation;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 47 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the overall share of population in rural areas has been slightly decreasing at EU level in the past decade, namely due ageing and outmigration (urbanisation); whereas populations are likely to shrink in four out of five rural regions by 2050 of the EU1a ; whereas remote rural areas are set to further lose inhabitants; _________________ 1a EUROSTAT 2021(https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/pr oducts-eurostat-news/-/ddn-20210520-1)
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 54 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas the share of people older than 65 years is generally the highest in rural areas, and is expected to increase in the future;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 56 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas the average employment rate in the EU’s rural areas evolved favourably from 2012-2020 although differently between Member States and with variation in the quality of employment offer; whereas the share of population that is at risk of poverty or social exclusion, is higher in rural areas than in cities and towns
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 59 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A e (new)
Ae. whereas transport infrastructures and connections were identified by citizens as the key needs in rural areas 2a; _________________ 2a Flash Eurobarometer 491 - A long term Vision for EU Rural Areas, April 2021
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 60 #

2021/2254(INI)

Af. whereas very-high-speed connections are available only to one out of six rural residents; whereas there is a substantial gap between rural and urban areas concerning basic digital skills, with 28% of the adults living in rural areas had basic or above basic digital skills, compared to 62% for adults living in cities (2019);
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 62 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A g (new)
Ag. whereas one of the objectives for the Common Agriculture Policy for the current programming period is to promote employment, growth, gender equality, including the participation of women in farming, social inclusion and local development in rural areas;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 65 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A h (new)
Ah. whereas in 2016, for every farmer younger than 35 years, there were more than six farmers older than 65 years 3a; whereas the share of young female farmers is especially low; _________________ 3a CAP specific objectives explained - Structural change and generational renewal,https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/def ault/files/food-farming- fisheries/key_policies/documents/cap- briefs-7-structural-change_en.pdf
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 66 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A i (new)
Ai. whereas rural areas can play a major role in achieving the Paris Agreement target of reaching climate neutrality by 2050 and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG);
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 82 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that policies and actions at EU level combined with national and, regional and local ones are key to securing the prosperity and well-being of rural European citizens, as well as tackling the challenges they face, namely population decline and ageing, fewer quality job opportunities, a lack of access to high- quality services and public facilities of general interest, climate and environmental pressures, lower digital connectivity and a wider gender equality gap, together with a limited access to innovation;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 101 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the central role rural areas can play in addressing societal challenges, by providing ecosystem services to mitigate climate change and environmental deterioration, ensuring sustainable food production, preserving rural heritage, fostering nature protection and biodiversity and contributing to a just, green and digital transition;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 102 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the central role rural areas can play in addressing societal challenges, by providing ecosystem services to mitigate climate change and environmental deterioration, ensuring sustainable and sufficient food production, preserving rural heritage, and contributing to a just, green and digital transition;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 116 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Highlights that demographic change and ageing will affect all regions but most particularly rural areas which will influence negatively their growth potential, skills development and access to services, as presented in the 8th Cohesion Report;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 117 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that rural areas are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of crisis, such as the COVID pandemic and the war in Ukraine but are also capable of offering new opportunities in response to such crisis; highlights that the covid-19 pandemic resulted in new behaviours in living, working and interacting that generates new opportunities for rural areas
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 131 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Underlines the effects deriving from the unbalanced coexistence of large carnivores and people in rural areas, in particular for the agricultural sector; calls on the Commission and the Member States to take concrete measures to promote the sustainable development of rural areas as well as a balanced presence of large carnivores, in such a way as to allow local agriculture, and in particular traditional agricultural practices such as pastoralism, to be safeguarded;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 134 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Draws attention to the important function of small and medium-sized farms in maintaining rural populations, preserving land management and related landscape shaping and ecological functions, and mitigating shrinking demographic trends for rural areas.
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 165 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Agrees on the need for a common, EU-wide, functional definition of rural areas, while recognising its various specificities and urges the Commission to quickly develop and operationalise such a definition;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 169 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Supports the development of a Rural Pact; considers that it needs concrete objectives, deliverables, multilevel governance and monitoring systems, and institutional responsibilities; stresses the importance of involving local and regional authorities and stakeholders in its governance structure for the successful outcome of the initiative;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 175 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the announcement of a Rural Observatory to improve data collection and analysis on rural areas; considers it a valid instrument for informing, designing and monitoring better public policies, as well as to monitor progress on the implementation of the long-term vision and future rural strategies; considers that the rural observatory should be an opportunity to identify data gaps, promote a more granular statistical approach and to develop indicators at an adequate geographical level to capture population’s needs;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 181 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses the importance of implementing a rural proofing mechanism for EU initiatives so as to assess their potential impact on rural areas; urges the Member States to promote the development and implementation of effective mechanisms for rural proofing at national level and calls on the Commission to assist them; underlines the importance of involving local and regional authorities in the definition and implementation of rural proofing mechanisms, as well as in their governance at both European and national level
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 192 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Insists that rural citizens must benefit, like any other citizen, from equitable conditions for achieving their professional, social and personal goals, with a particular focus on more vulnerable groups, thereby effectively upholding the European Pillar of Social Rights; stresses that targeted interventions fostering effective generational renewal are essential as well as the promotion of decentralized and modern educational structures in order to establish equivalent living conditions between urban and rural areas;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 193 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Insists that rural citizens must benefit, like any other citizen, from equitable conditions for achieving their professional, social and personal goals, with a particular focus on more vulnerable groups, thereby effectively upholding the European Pillar of Social Rights; underlines that services of general interest in rural areas need to be of comparable quality with those in urban areas; stresses that targeted interventions fostering effective generational renewal are essential;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 203 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Asks the European Commission to pay particular attention to the implementation of article 174 of the EU treaty and ensure that all EU policies will apply the "do no harm to cohesion" principle, particularly in the rural areas;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 204 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Stresses the need for rural areas to provide quality infrastructure to enable their inhabitants to live in dignity, especially in the areas of public health, transport, housing and the provision of banking services;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 209 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to develop specific actions, in line with article 10 of the European Pillar on Social Rights, to improve the working conditions, safety and health of workers in the rural areas, including the living and working conditions of seasonal and migrant workers;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 231 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Underlines the central role agriculture and the agrifood sector plays in rural areas; insists that sustainable agriculture, providing fair income to farmers, is crucial for the vitality of these territories;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 232 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Underlines the central role agriculture and forestry plays in rural areas; insists that sustainable agriculture, providing fair income to farmers, is crucial for the vitality of these territories;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 242 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Draws attention to the role of agri- food cooperatives in the environmental, economic and social sustainability of rural areas by adding value to their members’ products, diversifying the local economy, and making joint environmental investments for their members which are more efficient than if farmers do so individually, urges the European Commission and the Member States to promote through their policies the creation and integration processes of cooperatives in rural areas.
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 259 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Recognises the importance of geographical indications as tools for rural development, given their usefulness in generating economic activity and establishing a population in the territory, highlighting their excellence in both the agricultural and artisanal sectors;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 267 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses that diversification of and innovation in the rural economy with a more territorial and less sectoral approach, based on local potential are crucial to drawing opportunities from the digital and green transition; calls on the Member States to put in place measures to support the fair transition and diversification of the rural economy; Moreover, it is necessary for the various administrations to coordinate efforts and resources in order to avoid bureaucratic duplication;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 282 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Regrets that the work of rural women is still not properly recognised; calls on the Commission and the Member States to take action to design and implement measures to fight gender gaps and to promote the inclusion of women in farming, in particular by exploring the possibility of supporting shared co- ownership of European farms as an instrument to increase the transparency of women’s agricultural work and as a new formula that creates rights for them;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 283 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Regrets that the work of rural women is still not properly recognised; calls on the Commission and the Member States to take action toby designing and implementing measures to fight gender gaps, , namely to increase women’s participation in representative bodies and in decision making positions, facilitate co- ownership of businesses, provide targeted training and skills development and counteract the migration of high qualified women form rural areas;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 304 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Highlights the central role of rural areas in the transition to a low-carbon economy; stresses that initiatives in rural areas, such as renewable energy infrastructure, must contribute effectively to the economic and social vitality of such areas; calls on the Commission and Member States to facilitate and enable the uptake of initiatives by local actors, namely the creation of rural energy communities;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 347 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses that the digital transition brings about new opportunities for rural areas, which are only accessible if there is adequate, stable and accessible broadband coverage; warns of the risks of the widening of the rural digital gap as a result of the lack of 5G coverage, and calls on Member States to mobilise all available instruments to prevent it, particularly with the support of the EU cohesion policy and MS´s recovery and resilience plans;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 356 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Draws attention to the fact that the comparative lack of digital skills in rural areas can preclude rural communities from benefiting from the opportunities of digitalisation; calls for measures that ensure digital inclusion and support an enabling environment for rural digital innovation; welcome initiatives pursued by national and regional administrations to developed measures and strategies to promote digital skills in rural areas and within the agrifood sector
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 359 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Draws attention to the fact that the comparative lack of digital skills in rural areas can preclude rural communities from benefiting from the opportunities of digitalisation; calls for measures that ensure digital inclusion, especial in the context of population ageing, and support an enabling environment for rural digital innovation;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 367 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Identifies a need for a greater commitment and funding from all policy levels directed at cultural and arts projects within rural areas; acknowledges that the longer distances, low population density and capacity issues in establishing networks of partners in rural areas should be taken into consideration in the funding of arts and cultural institutions in rural areas;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 378 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Highlights that rural communities vitality depend on the existence and maintenance of different types of local meeting places, which are a strong marker for place-based identity and for social interaction;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 390 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Welcomes the REPowerEU plan to reduce dependence on Russian fossil fuels but is strongly concerned with the proposals to increase significantly the transfer possibility of resources from shared management funds, which, if followed, will be detrimental to medium and long -term policy planning towards a fair green and digital transition, including/especially for rural areas
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 410 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Regrets the persistent obstacles to the multi-fund approach, which hamper the deployment of integrative approaches in rural areas and asks for clear guidelines on the multi-fund implementation; calls on the Commission to improve synergies and coordination between EU funding instruments, and with national instruments, and to pursue simplification, in particular for smaller projects, which are key for rural areas and to consider the application of simplified costs as the most effective measure to achieve administrative simplification;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 415 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Calls on the Commission to advance in 2022 a targeted legislative proposal enabling the possibility of the transfer of resources between all shared management funds when supporting rural territorial strategies, allowing to address rural areas needs in an holistic way, in order to promote employment, growth, gender equality, social inclusion and local development in rural areas
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 418 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23b. Call on the Commission to advance in 2022 a targeted legislative proposal extending the scope of the “Lead Fund” approach to interventions co- financed by more than one shared management fund as well as to further simplifying it by specifying that the rules of the Lead Fund shall apply in its entirety.
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 420 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses the role that all EU policies and funds, both shared and those under direct management, must play in supporting rural areas by incorporating a rural dimension in the design of their measures and interventions; calls on the Commission to develop a mechanism to assess and monitor the contribution each fund makes to the rural areas;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 430 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Highlights the Commission study’s conclusions on LEADER’s effectiveness in delivering solutions to address economic, social and development challenges and opportunities at local level and in contributing to for sustainable rural development1a ; calls on Member States to support LEADER/Community-Led Local Development (CLLD), thereby facilitating and promoting multi-fund approaches; considers that the meaningful earmarking of assistance for CLLD under all relevant funds at EU level, including the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), would contribute to stronger and more sustainable territorial development; _________________ 1a European Commission, Directorate- General for Agriculture and Rural Development, Dwyer, J., Kubinakova, K., Powell, J., et al., Evaluation support study on the impact of leader on balanced territorial development : final report, 2022, https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2762/01039
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 435 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Calls on Member States to make better use of all available tools to support rural areas, such as tax incentives to individuals and businesses looking to settle in rural areas, aimed at creating jobs and incentivising the establishment of new residents, as well as to encourage private companies to promote remote working, aiming at actively combat depopulation;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 442 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Stresses that empowering rural communities, which requires capacity building, particularly in the most remote and less populated areas, will promote greater social cohesion, innovation, entrepreneurship and a stronger sense of belonging;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 461 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Notes that while EU legislation envisages multilevel governance approaches and partnerships, there is resistance to their application in a meaningful way; calls on Member States to support these approaches by allocating responsibility at the appropriate local level and ensuring political ownership and strong coordination of policies and investments across all levels of governance; recalls that Eurobarometer showed that rural residents have stronger confidence in regional and local governments;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 465 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Draws attention to the role of agri- food cooperatives in the environmental, economic and social sustainability of rural areas, adding value to the products of their members, creating employment, diversifying the local economy and contributing for the fixation of rural population; urges the Commission and the Member States to promote, with their policies, the processes of creation and integration of cooperatives in rural areas.
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 467 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Draws attention to the need to improve coordination between the different administrative levels in order to promote measures to actively combat depopulation, including the establishment of tax incentives for new residents in rural areas.
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 471 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Takes note of the Commission’s intention to take stock by mid-2023 of the actions taken by the EU and Member States for rural areas and to produce a public report on that basis in early 2024; considers that this evaluation could pave the way to a fully integrated Rural Action Plan in the 2028-2034 programming period; invites therefore the Commission to directly involve all relevant stakeholders and managing authorities to this evaluation exercise through a large consultation process and the setting up of working groups within the Rural Pact community;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 492 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
31. Calls for the long-term vision to be developed into a true rural strategy at EU level to coordinate the contribution of all EU funds and policies in rural areas, to be fully integrated into future programming periods and calls on all Member States to develop rural strategies at national level and regional level;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 499 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Calls for the implementation of a Rural Proofing mechanism to ensure that the legislation adopted adequately meets the demands of rural territories, since legislation sometimes tends to have a focus on urban areas;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 500 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
32. Calls on the Commission to assess in a timely manner the potential impact of the EAFRD’s detachment from the common provisions for shared management funds, Regulation (EU) 2021/1060, in the development of integrated territorial approaches in rural areas and to draw lessons for the next programming periods;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 501 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Invites the Commission to explore alternative policy strategies and approaches for funding articulation in the next programming period that would allow for a truly integrated territorial development in rural areas, including examining the option of one national strategy and one regulation for all shared management funds.
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 502 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32 a. Calls on the Commission to assess in a timely manner to what extent Member States have developed measures to support social and territorial cohesion in rural areas within national Recovery and Resilience Plans;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 19 #

2021/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas organic farming has the potential of ensuring an ambitious balance between the three levels of sustainability; whereas this potential must be supported through actions aimed at improving the quality and availability of production inputs, as well as through increased research and technological development, capable of strengthening EU organic farming and production;
2022/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 60 #

2021/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Welcomes organic farming’s systemic approach to sustainability which delivers many positive externalities; recognises that organic farming is based on a stronger synergy between animals and land with benefits for climate change mitigation and adaptation and for soil protection; considers that the prohibition of synthetic pesticides and synthetic fertilizers for organic farming enhances water and air quality as well as biodiversity (30% more); recognises that animal welfare standards for organic farming are the highest ones;
2022/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 69 #

2021/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines that the development and growth of the organic sector must be accompanied by market-driven and holistic supply chain developments as well as policy driven measures to stimulate further supply and demand for organic food and to ensure consumer trust, and the combination of the two approaches should allow a balanced development in order to safeguard the future profitability of the organic market and organic farming in the EU; stresses that the environmental benefits of organic farming should not be supported only by consumers of organic products willing to pay a higher price, but the CAP budget should properly reward organic farmers for the public goods that they deliver, through the protection of the environment and of natural resources, through the reduction of inputs and higher animal welfare standards;
2022/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 98 #

2021/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that Member States should engage all stakeholders, especially organic farmers and associations, local and regional authorities, consumer and private sector representatives and the hospitality industry, in a consultative process when adopting and reviewing their national OAPs to achieve the best possible synergies and to reach the objective of increased area under organic farming as settled in the their National Strategic Plan;
2022/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 107 #

2021/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Acknowledges that organic production often involves higher production costs and, therefore, needs higherrequires that market prices to recover those costand direct supports to be sufficient to recover those costs in order to allow fair earnings for farmers; points out that higher prices for consumers may represent a barrier to expansion but that they are necessary to ensure the continuation of organic farming and its further uptakee development of the organic sector will allow economies of scale in processing and logistics that could decrease the margins of those intermediary operators; considers that some retailers have excessively high margins on organic products and keeps in mind that the EU action plan for organic farming proposes to use the Directive on Unfair Commercial Practices; considers that the transfer of the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD) to the European Social Fund PLUS (ESF+) should allow to develop food aid programs in response to the social consequences of the sanitary crisis, and that organic products should have their place inside this programs;
2022/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 152 #

2021/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Believes that increasingthe review of the green public procurement (GPP) in 2019 should be publicised in the Member States canin order to serve as a strong stimulus for action towards the organic target; believes that the EU institutions should lead by example; calls on the Commission to researchcontinue investigations on current structural and logistical barriers and to promote the use of GPP criteria in the Member States;
2022/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 157 #

2021/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Points out that local and regional authorities play an important role in supporting the structuring of the organic sector in terms of production, logistics and trade, easing the access to land for organic farmers facilitating the creation of organised cooperation between producers and consumers, raising awareness at local level, and particularly by supplying organic food in canteens and developing educational programmes for preschools and schools;
2022/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 168 #

2021/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Highlights the importance of improving transparency in the organic food supply chain and of better traceability of all production and distribution processes in accordance with the right of European consumers to have more information on the origin and production methods of the foodstuffs they consume; notes that innovative digital tools such as blockchain and mandatory labelling on the origin of all EU food products have the potential to significantly increase transparency and traceability, thereby combatting fraud and illegal production methods, as well as improving consumer confidence;
2022/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 173 #

2021/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Underlines that it is essential for the Commission, the Member States and stakeholders to engage actively in identifying ways in which the existing certification and control mechanisms can be made more robust to prevent fraud in organic production and trade, both in the EU and in non-EU countries, as well as to prevent additional administrative burdens and costs for farmers, including by using IT solutions; calls on the Commission to create a special funds to cover costs of certification;
2022/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 177 #

2021/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Urges the Commission to strengthen customs checks by means of direct, unified control mechanisms in coordination with the Member States and in full compliance with the principle of subsidiarity in order to prevent food fraud, adulteration and imports of products not complying with EU organic production standards, as well as to avoid the risk of putting the EU organic sector at a competitive disadvantage owing to a lack of global convergence of standards and increased costs for consumers;
2022/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 221 #

2021/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Notes the potential of short, local and seasonal food supply chains and direct marketing opportunities for organic producers and rural economies to deliver economic and environmental benefits by securing incomes and creating employment, while contributing to animal welfare, as well as environmental, biodiversity and climate protection; calls on the Member States to allocate sufficient resources to support for investments allowing the development of short food chains in particular to increase the number of mobile slaughterhouses or on-farm processing facilities;
2022/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 226 #

2021/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Notes the potential of short, local and seasonal food supply chains and, farmers' markets and other direct marketing opportunities for organic producers and rural economies to bridge the gap between EU producers and consumers, deliver economic and environmental benefits by, securinge incomes and creatinge employment, while contributing to animal welfare, as well as environmental, biodiversity and climate protection;
2022/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 242 #

2021/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses the fundamental importance of expanding the structured exchange of knowledge and best practices on organic farming among Member States and farmers; believes in the benefits of growing collaboration between scientists, advisory services, the education sector, farmers and their associations and organizations, and society in this respect; highlights the important role to be played by farm advisory services, which Member States must include in their CAP strategic plans, in the development of the organic sector;
2022/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 252 #

2021/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Considers that the use of digital technologies, including precision farming and blockchain, as well as scientific innovations such as plant breeding innovations capable of improving the resistance of varieties and fostering the diversity of genetic resources and food production systems, can play a role in the development of organic farming;
2022/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 268 #

2021/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses the need for research and innovation to overcome restrictions in organic agriculture and livestock production, such as the availability of organic protein feed, vitamins, plant protection products, fertilisers and genetic resources and to encourage meeting societal expectations on animal welfare and efficient resource use; welcomes the Commission’s intention to earmark Horizon Europe funding in this respect; calls on the Commission to stimulate and foster cooperation between research communities working on organic and conventional food and farming;
2022/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 272 #

2021/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls on the Commission while reviewing the Directive on sustainable use of pesticides to define the biocontrol products and their four categories (microorganisms, invertebrates biocontrol agents, semiochemicals and natural substances) as well as to lighten the approval procedure for basic substances according their level of risk in particular for substances authorised for a food use, and the procedure for extension of use to approved basic substances; considers that biocontrol products could ever replace 40% of synthetic pesticide uses that the many companies involved in the biocontrol sector continue to innovate to reduce the consumption of synthetic pesticides;
2022/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 301 #

2021/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Supports the Commission’s intention to extend the EU Market Observatories’ analysis to organic products; stresses the importance of intensifying collection and improving availability of accurate and timely data on the organic sector, particularly on production, consumption, trade within the EU and with non-EU countries and delivery on sustainability, including farm gate and retail prices, consumer preferences, supply chain structures, added value and farmers’ share in supply chains, in order to shape and monitortake action to remedy supply and demand imbalances and to drive the EU’s policy on organic production, evaluate consumption and production trends and increase transparency and confidence in the organic sector through determining environmental, economic and social effects;
2022/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3 #

2021/2208(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that a policy on ensuring food security in developing countries must mirror the founding principles of the common agricultural policy, in that its primary goal must be to provide affordable safe foodnutritious, safe, affordable and high quality food throughout the year for its citizens while affording a fair standard of living for its farmers;
2021/12/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 7 #

2021/2208(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recalls Sustainable Development Goal 2, which aims to achieve zero hunger by 2030; Highlights that current food systems are unable to provide the world's population with diversified and quality food in sufficient quantity and to cope with the climate, social, health, and economic crises as confirmed by the COVID-19 pandemic; underlines that 3 billion people cannot afford healthy food and that 800 million people suffer from hunger; highlights that according to the UN's estimates, by the end of 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic might double the number of people facing severe hunger; regrets that food and nutrition security are not a priority in the Team Europe approach despite the escalating food crisis; urges the EU to mobilise additional resources to secure nutritious, safe, affordable and high quality food, particularly for those left furthest behind;
2021/12/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 15 #

2021/2208(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that agriculture and food security are the foundation blocks for broader economic development,e EU's role as an enabler in the transformation of food systems so they can be more resilient, sustainable, and fair within and outside the EU and its role to tackle all forms of malnutrition in humanitarian, development, and any fragile contexts and insists that agricultural development must support self-sufficient agricultural production systems and food sovereignty in developing countries;
2021/12/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 25 #

2021/2208(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. PUrges the EU to guarantee the coherence of European agricultural and trade policies in line with the commitments to Policy Coherence for Development (PCD); points out the need for clear guidelines on how to achieve policy coherence for development at EU level while also addressing potentially conflicting policy objectives; calls on the Commission to provide support for developing countries to protect their sensitive and infant industries, promote food security, support climate change mitigation for agriculture, and meet EU and international sustainability standards for the export of their agricultural products;
2021/12/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 38 #

2021/2208(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls the importance of systematically assessing the effects of new policies on developing countries in order to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals; with a particular focus on SDG 2 "Zero Hunger";
2021/12/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 50 #

2021/2208(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Underlines the essential role of women and girls in food systems; recalls that while the majority of smallholder farmers in developing countries are women, they are severely disadvantaged in their access to food and their burden of work; emphasizes that EU policies concerning fair, sustainable, and resilient food systems have to explicitly address gender inequality, especially women and girls' access to nutritious food, land, credit, knowledge, dignified work, natural resources and markets, and to ensure their rights and participation in decision making;
2021/12/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 60 #

2021/2208(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the necessity to reinforce research and share innovations between the EU and developing countries to increase food system resilience, especially in the context of climate change and to boost responsible and ethical innovations to promote sustainable agricultural practices; highlights that poor infrastructure and sanitation in developing countries are also closely linked to food instability, and must be targeted in the effort to improve food security; emphasizes on the importance of implementing the circular economy in agricultural production systems to increase their sustainability and resource- efficiency, and to decrease food losses and waste to the best extent possible;
2021/12/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 75 #

2021/2208(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses that all actors of the agri- food sector need to exercise due diligence over their supply chain, namely to set up responsible and effective practices regarding the environment, human rights and good governance (e.g. minimum age requirements and occupational safety); welcomes the announcement of legislative initiatives in 2021-2022 to enhance cooperation of primary producers to support their position in the food chain; insists that the legislation should not only cover EU based producers but also protect producers and farmers from developing countries who work with European companies;
2021/12/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 10 #

2021/2200(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas the Indo-Pacific region has become a geopolitical and geoeconomic reality; whereas the region’s growing economic, demographic, and political weight makes it a key player in shaping the international order and in addressing global challenges; whereas the global economy’s centre of gravity has shifted from the Atlantic to the Pacific;
2022/03/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 16 #

2021/2200(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas the EU currently has four bilateral trade agreements in place in the region (with Japan, Singapore, South Korea and Vietnam) and, five strategic partnerships (with ASEAN, China, India, Japan and South Korea) and two connectivity partnerships (with Japan and India);
2022/03/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 24 #

2021/2200(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas geopolitical competition between the United States and China continues to rise with significant effects on global tradein the global order between key players continues to rise, namely between US and China, with significant effects on global trade; whereas recent events have affected globally sustainable supply chains and sourcing of critical raw materials and escalating energy and food prices; whereas EU- China relationship has a multifaceted nature where China is both a cooperation and negotiating partner, but is also an economic competitor and a systemic rival in a number of areas;
2022/03/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 34 #

2021/2200(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) – led by ASEAN and signed as well by Australia, China, Japan, the Republic of Korea and New Zealand – entered into force in January 2022, thereby creating the world’s largest trading bloc; whereas the RCEP stands to promote greater regional cooperation in trade and investment and in digital trade while addressing regulatory issues to ease cross- border movements while including only limited provisions on labour and environment; and failing to be inclusive, people-oriented, weak on human rights, with lack of consultation of civil society organisations.
2022/03/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 44 #

2021/2200(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas the COVID-19 crisis has accelerated a number of geopolitical trends that were already under way; whereas it also highlighted the need for deepening international cooperation namely in the health sector; whereas it has also shown vulnerabilities in the global supply chains and has made clear the need for more diversification;
2022/03/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 55 #

2021/2200(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the EU strategy for cooperation in the Indo-Pacific, which identifies tradesustainable and fair trade and investment as a priority; believes its main focus on inclusiveness and cooperation is essential; calls for the EU’s strategic approach and engagement with the Indo- Pacific region to be developed based on the multilateral, rules-based international order with a modernised World Trade Organization at its core, based on the principles of open environment for trade and investment, a level playing field, reciprocity and mutual benefit, based on shared values and principles, including a commitment to respecting democracy, human rights and the rule of law; stresses that this new approach should constitute a fundamental reorientation based on sharedcommon interests as the region is vital to EU prosperity;
2022/03/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 57 #

2021/2200(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Calls on the Commission to increase its engagement with the Indo- Pacific region to build partnerships that reinforce the rules-based international order, address common global challenges, and lay the foundations for a just and sustainable economic recovery that creates long-term prosperity for both regions; reaffirms this engagement should be based on promoting democracy, the rule of law, human rights, labour rights and ratification of ILO Conventions, and universally agreed commitments such as the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals ( SDG’s), and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.
2022/03/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 59 #

2021/2200(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Considers that the Indo-Pacific region is vital for mitigating climate change and protecting the planet’s ecological balance; believes that the EU’s engagement should seek to contribute to achieving the SDGs goals, to addressing climate change and environmental degradation and to supporting sustainable and inclusive socio-economic development, with the Green Deal at its core; therefore, calls on the Commission to engage in bilateral and multilateral cooperation with partners to meet the objectives of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD); recalls the Indo-Pacific region is still severely hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, therefore a stronger focus is needed on securing access to the COVID-19 vaccine; calls on the Commission to work with countries of the region for pandemic preparedness including engaging in an international pandemic treaty; welcomes recent progress on the negotiations for a Covid- 19 related TRIPS waiver and insists that any outcome should cover vaccines, diagnostics and treatments.
2022/03/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 60 #

2021/2200(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1 c. Underlines that the Indo-Pacific region hosts major waterways that are of vital importance to EU trade and that 40% of the EU’s foreign trade passes through the South China Sea, making ocean governance and stability in this region a shared concern and area of cooperation; believes the EU should reinforce cooperation with Indo-Pacific partners in bilateral, regional and multilateral contexts, with the ASEAN, the African Union in the Western Indian Ocean and the ACP, to promote the rules-based international order, access to open markets and ensure a stable trading environment promoting economic growth, job creation and better living standards; underlines that further diversifying and deepening trade and investment ties should result in mutually supportive trade and economic relations with the region fostering inclusive economic growth and stability, promoting and facilitating connectivity; outlines that policy-making and cooperation with the region should promote inclusivity and assure that the voices of civil society, the private sector, social partners and other key stakeholders are taken into account.
2022/03/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 62 #

2021/2200(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to strengthen partnerships with all relevant actors in the Indo-Pacific, taking into consideration sub-regional dynamics and specificities, and to work closely with its Indo-Pacific like-minded partners to reinforce value chains by strengthening and diversifying trade relations in order to reduce strategic dependencies in critical supply chains with a particular focus on technologies and raw materials, by working towards the full implementation and better enforcement of existing trade agreements, by finalising ongoing trade negotiations and by developing cooperation in strategic sectors; underlines the importance of working together with like-minded Indo-Pacific countries on establishing technical standards, to further promote the EU as a global standard-setter;
2022/03/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 70 #

2021/2200(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that the EU should make better and more strategic use of its economic leverage while respecting the political and economic specificities of its partner countries in order to reach its geopolitical goals, by deploying its full, integrated range of policy instruments for this purpose; and to promote global and binding standards on development, fiscal fairness, consumer protection, labour rights, and climate change while contributing to the region’s stability, security, prosperity and sustainable development, in line with the principles of democracy, rule of law, human rights and international law.
2022/03/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 83 #

2021/2200(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the substantial growth in bilateral trade between the EU and South Korea since the FTA entered into force in 2011; is pleased with the recent steps taken by South Korea in respect of the ratification and implementation of International Labour Organization (ILO) Conventions No 29, No 87 and No 98 and the implemented changes on the labour code; calls on South Korea to speedily take the necessary steps to ratify the outstanding ILO Convention No 105; supports further cooperation between the EU and South Korea on semiconductors;
2022/03/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 85 #

2021/2200(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the remaining EU Member States to proceed with the internal ratification of the EU-Singapore IPA and PCA, signed in October 2018, in particular given the importance of Singapore as the EU’s largest FDI destination in Asia, with EU FDI stocks in Singapore amounting to EUR 256 billion at the end of 2020; calls on Singapore to make increased efforts towards ratifying and implementing the fundamental ILO conventions;
2022/03/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 90 #

2021/2200(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Believes the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement has been instrumental in creating more sustainable trade; welcomes the increase in the preference utilisation rates for EU exports to Japan in 2020; underlines that further progress is needed in the implementation of the agreement, in particular as regards the utilisation rates of tariff rate quotas opened by Japan for EU exporters, the liberalisation of trade in services and; welcomes the undertakings of Japan towards the ratification ofthe outstanding ILO Cconventions No 105 and further calls for swift progress on the ratification of ILO convention No 111;
2022/03/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 96 #

2021/2200(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Call onUrges the Member States to ratify the EU-Vietnam IPA and PCA so that it enters into force and creates favourable conditions to boost EU investment in Vietnam and in the region, in particular in areas promoting green transformation and the circular economy; underlines the importance of the TSD Chapter for the EU and calls for a swift set up of the Domestic Advisory Groups (DAG); urges Vietnam to guarantee a full implementation of the sanitary and phytosanitary provisions; invites Vietnam to complete its key labour reforms in accordance with the agreement and to swiftly ensure the ratification of ILO Convention No 87 by 2023;
2022/03/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 104 #

2021/2200(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for continuing actions oriented at raising awareness among businesses, stakeholders, civil society, social partners and citizens of existing FTAs in the region and the opportunities they provide; calls for strengthened technical and financial support where necessary to help partner countries to effectively implement FTAs, in particular the chapters on TSD;
2022/03/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 113 #

2021/2200(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for substantive progress and the conclusion of negotiations on the EU- Australia and EU-New Zealand FTAs by no later than mid 2022 in order for the European Parliament to be able to duly ratify these balanced agreements in the current parliamentary mandate, not compromising the content of the agreement over the calendar;
2022/03/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 115 #

2021/2200(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the decision to resume negotiations with India on a comprehensive trade agreement with India and supports, as an intermediate andand mutually beneficial trade agreement promoting shared values of freedom, democracy, pluralism, the rule of law, equality, respect for human rights, a commitment to promoting an inclusive, coherent and rules-based global order, effective multilateralism, fighting climate change, enforceable trade and sustainable development and promoting peace and stability in the world; welcomes as a positive step, the conclusion of a stand- alone IPA and possibly of an agreement on geographical indications; welcomes the establishment of permanent structures such as high-level dialogues in several sectors; calls on India to step up its engagement and meet the EU’s ambition on content and timetable;
2022/03/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 122 #

2021/2200(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Underlines the need for the EU to pursue its multifaceted engagement with China, especially in this geopolitically challenging global contextdialogue with China, taking into account the present geopolitically challenging global context, including on the Russian invasion of Ukraine; stresses that it is important to continue engaging bilaterally to promote solutions to common challenges and to cooperate on issues of common interest;.
2022/03/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 124 #

2021/2200(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Acknowledges that the discussions on the ratification of the Comprehensive Investment Agreement between the EU and China have been put on hold in the European Parliament for the moment; believes, however,considers that dein spite ourf multiple diffvergences wethe EU should continue to maintain dialogue at all levels and through various channels to be able to understand eplomatic dialogue with interlocutors at all appropriate levels to find a way out of the present situation; recalls that is essential full respect for universal values and to abide by international standards including with regard to its impacht others positions and in particular to find a way out of the present situation; n climate, the environment, biodiversity, poverty, health, labour rights and human rights; urges China, in the context of promoting sustainable trade and development, to take concrete action towards the ratification and implementation of the four outstanding fundamental ILO conventions; calls on the Commission, the Council and all Member States to uphold the EU’s core values.
2022/03/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 136 #

2021/2200(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Is looking forward toBelieves that the EU-China Summit taking place in April 2022; trusts that it will could contribute to calming the recently escalating trade and geopolitical tensions between both parties, that it will allowallowing for progress towards developing a much more balanced economic relationship based on reciprocity and that it will help to resolve the crisis linked to sanctions imposed on EU policymakers, including members of the European Parliament;
2022/03/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 144 #

2021/2200(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes recent progress in negotiations on the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement with Indonesia, including on sustainability related areas, and renewed commitment by both sides to conclude this agreement; stresses that according to the Commission, the agreement could bring 2.3 % growth to the GDP of Indonesia by 2032;
2022/03/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 147 #

2021/2200(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Regrets the fact that negotiations on a bilateral trade and investment agreement with Philippines, which started in 2015, have been put on hold; acknowledge due to continuous violation of human rights and conditions to progress were not met; recalls that negotiations should only resume once the worrying and critical situation concerning human rights and the rule of law in Philippines has improved;
2022/03/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 1 #

2021/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution on the 15th of January 2020 on the European Green Deal(2019/2956(RSP)),
2022/04/27
Committee: INTA
Amendment 2 #

2021/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 b (new)
— having regard to its report of 2 June 2021 on the trade-related aspects and implications of COVID- 19(2020/2117(INI)),
2022/04/27
Committee: INTA
Amendment 4 #

2021/2177(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
B a. having regard to the political and commercial significance of improving relations with India – a strategic partner of the EU- in the field of trade including the field of agriculture, food and GIs, which an FTA will greatly enhance;
2022/01/13
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 6 #

2021/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas India abstained during the 11th Emergency Special Session of the UN General Assembly on the resolution 'Humanitarian consequences of the aggression against Ukraine' while 140 countries voted in favour;
2022/04/27
Committee: INTA
Amendment 10 #

2021/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas the EU is India’s third- largest trading partner and leading foreign investor, while India is the EU’s ninth- largest trading partner and only accounted for less than 2.1 % of its total trade in goods in 2021; whereas there is untapped potential for stronger, deeper and mutually beneficial economic cooperation, as long as European standards are protected;
2022/04/27
Committee: INTA
Amendment 15 #

2021/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas India still faces important challenges in relation to sustainable development, human rights and the environment, notably with respect to the situation of minorities and the fundamental freedoms; whereas the European Parliament voiced its concern on the Citizenship (Amendment) Act,2019 (CAA), excluding Muslims to citizenship protection;
2022/04/27
Committee: INTA
Amendment 19 #

2021/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
E b. whereas India has not yet ratified all fundamental ILO conventions, namely the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention (No. 87)and Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention (No. 98); whereas the workforce of the informal economy of India still accounts for more than 90 % of the entire workforce; whereas this leaves millions of people without social insurance and a life in uncertainty1a; _________________ 1a https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public /---ed_emp/--- ifp_skills/documents/publication/wcms_73 4503.pdf
2022/04/27
Committee: INTA
Amendment 20 #

2021/2177(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that the Ministerial Conference has repeatedly reproached IndiaIndia has been reproached at ILO Ministerial Conferences for non-compliance with ILO conventions, including in the field of agriculture;
2022/01/13
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 21 #

2021/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E c (new)
E c. whereas agriculture is only 20 per cent of India’s GDP, it employs 42 % of the total employment1a; whereas India ranks second globally in food and agricultural production; whereas India is one of the largest milk producers globally, it excluded dairy products in its agreements with Australia and the United Arab Emirates; whereas food security is a right, but stock piling global supplies is problematic, especially of perishable foods; whereas Indians farmer’s protested for more than a year against laws passed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi that would have allowed farmers to sell produce directly to buyers; whereas the laws were retracted in the end; _________________ 1a https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.A GR.EMPL.ZS?locations=IN
2022/04/27
Committee: INTA
Amendment 22 #

2021/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E d (new)
E d. whereas the European Commission presented the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence and amending Directive (EU) 2019/1937 on 23 February; whereas the European Parliaments has called for a legislative proposal on an effective traceability mechanism for goods produced through forced and child labour;
2022/04/27
Committee: INTA
Amendment 25 #

2021/2177(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Draws attention to the fact thatNotes that while India’s legal order allows the cultivation of genetically modified organisms for the purpose of processing them into food and feed, its GMO regime is similar to the EU’s in terms of rigorousness and strictness;
2022/01/13
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 30 #

2021/2177(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Draws attention to the fact that India’s legal order seems to imposes less stringent restrictions on the agricultural use of hormonal and antimicrobial preparations, while underlining that exports to the EU of products not in compliance with EU rules in these areas remain forbidden;
2022/01/13
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 33 #

2021/2177(INI)

4. Recalls that, under India’s legal order, multinational corporations can abuse patent protection for plants and animals to exploit farmers to a level comparable to slavery;deleted
2022/01/13
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 37 #

2021/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Stresses the economic and strategic importance of this agreement, which will only succeed if it manages to align the EU and India agenda and values in relation to sustainable development – to stimulate growth and employment, boost competitiveness, fight against poverty, make progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and support workers’ rights and fundamental freedoms;
2022/04/27
Committee: INTA
Amendment 38 #

2021/2177(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that the above circumstancesany greater market access in an FTA to Indian agricultural products should not result in giveing Indian companies and multinational corporations involved in trading in Indian agricultural products and foodstuffs an unfair competitive advantage over EU farmers that can be classified as dumpingdue to lower standards not in compliance with international law;
2022/01/13
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 42 #

2021/2177(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Recalls the existing high value duties imposed by India on several EU agricultural products (wine, citrus fruits, olive oil, dairy products, fruit and vegetables) as well as the high number of non-tariff barriers applied by India on the import of EU agricultural products;
2022/01/13
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 45 #

2021/2177(INI)

6. Notes that, as a result of the above circumstances, the EU-India agricultural and food trade balance last year reached a deficit of EUR 1.8 billion, andwhile that imbalances in agricultural trade between the EU and India is steadily increasingremained stable in the last decade, so there is an interest for the EU producers to be able to access the Indian market to redress/address this imbalance;
2022/01/13
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 45 #

2021/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that the existing negotiating mandate is comprehensive and broad enough for negotiations to restart; takes the view, however, that an addendum is necessary to ensure thatNotes that for a swift adoption a trade agreement a complete revision of the negotiating mandate is not possible due to time restraints; stresses that the current mandate should be interpreted to be in line with modern standards to ensure that the environmental and human rights standard are at the core of the prospective comprehensive trade agreement; contains as integral parts thereof a dedicated chapter for SMEs, a dedicated chapter on raw materials to remove all export duties on raw materials, and an ambitious and enforceable trade and sustainable development chapteralls for an ambitious, binding and enforceable trade and sustainable development chapter which is subject to suitable and effective dispute settlement system with a sanctions-based mechanism that fully respects international commitments, and is aligned with the Paris Agreement and the European Green Deal,;
2022/04/27
Committee: INTA
Amendment 52 #

2021/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Urges the Indian government to urgently ratify the two remaining fundamental ILO conventions 87 and 95 and makes it a precondition for the EU before signing any prospective trade agreement; stresses that given the informal nature of the Indian labour market there are many challenges regarding the implementation and enforcement of the International Labour Standards; calls upon the Commission to ensure that all fundamental ILO conventions are applied in the prospective trade agreement; calls upon the Commission to ensure that the prospective trade agreement between the EU and India is in line with the European Green Deal, the Farm2Fork strategy and COP26;
2022/04/27
Committee: INTA
Amendment 55 #

2021/2177(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to negotiate a separate agreement on the protection of geographical indications before negotiating an EU-India trade agreement, stresses that the conclusion of the trade agreement and the investment agreement between the EU-India should be conditional on the latter;
2022/01/13
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 64 #

2021/2177(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission not to negotiate a reduction in the existing tariff and non-tariff protectionNotes that the trade agreement is a real opportunity to gain access to this major and rapidly growing market and calls ofn the EU’s common internal market for agricultural products that can be grown in the EU and for foodstuffs produced from themCommission to negotiate a reduction or removal of the existing tariff for the EU agricultural products;
2022/01/13
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 65 #

2021/2177(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the text of the agreement - as consistently done in previous EU FTAs - provides protection of the EU’s common internal market by preventing: (i) the importation of non- authorized genetically modified organisms in foodstuffs, feed and seeds; (ii) the importation of agricultural products and foodstuffs with higher levels of pesticide residues than providallowed for in EU law, through systemic application of EU rules on MRLs; (iii) the importation of agricultural products and foodstuffs in whose production hormonal preparations which are banned in the EU have been used; (iv) the introduction of antimicrobial- resistant strains of microbes.
2022/01/13
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 66 #

2021/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – introductory part
6. Encourages the negotiators to make good progress in achieving a comprehensive, state-of-the-art and WTO- compatible free trade agreement, giving priority to areas conducive to sustainable growth, addressing inequalities, and the digital and green just transitions, as follows:
2022/04/27
Committee: INTA
Amendment 69 #

2021/2177(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Draws attention to the fact that the trade agreement will require both parties to make robust commitments on both the social and environmental aspects of sustainability including the relevant ILO conventions, the decent work agenda, key environmental conventions including the Paris Cop21 commitments on climate change, and cooperation on animal welfare;
2022/01/13
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 80 #

2021/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point iii
iii. the elimination of onerousunjustified technical barriers to trade, including a review of the increasing number of obstacles of late such acurrent technical barriers ion ICT, medical devices, toys, alcoholic beverages, polished diamonds, food and steel; the agreement should seek to ensure compliance with the international standards of the International Organization for Standardisation (ISO), International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) and International Telecommunication Union (ITU), go beyond the WTO Technical Barriers to Trade Agreement, ensurepreventing that there is no duplication of testing and certification, and streamline licensing schemes, quality control orders and clinical investigations;
2022/04/27
Committee: INTA
Amendment 103 #

2021/2177(INI)

vii a. the inclusion of the newly presented circular economy action plan to ensure less waste, consumer empowerment, making sustainable products the norm and lead global efforts on circular economy
2022/04/27
Committee: INTA
Amendment 107 #

2021/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point x
x. effective bilateral measures on safeguards in addition toline with the existing WTO trade defence instruments;
2022/04/27
Committee: INTA
Amendment 125 #

2021/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Invites the EU’s negotiating team to make best use of India’s commitment to multilateralism and an international rules-based trading orderRegrets the lack of progress to reform the WTO and to urges India to play a more decisive role in ongoing efforts to reform the WTO; applaudto secure meaningful results at the next MC 12 in line with its economic and political weight; notes the EU and India’s co-sponsored reform proposal for the WTO Dispute Settlement Body and calls on India to join the multi- party interim appeal arbitration arrangement; commends the commitment of EU and Indian leaders to enhancing coordination on global economic governance, notably in the WTO and G20; expects to be briefed about the results of the EU-India Senior Officials’ Dialogue, which aims to deepen bilateral cooperation on WTO issues under the auspices of the High-Level Dialogues on Trade and Investment;
2022/04/27
Committee: INTA
Amendment 137 #

2021/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. ReaffirmNotes that an investment protection agreement could be an adequate stepping stone for further strengthening bilateral trade relations; encourages the negotiators to agree onput more pressure on the founding of a multilateral investment court, and to only accept a dedicated EU- India investment court system as a stepping stone to a multilateral investment courtmporary solution, to which both the EU and India should adhere;
2022/04/27
Committee: INTA
Amendment 141 #

2021/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. WelcomNotes the establishment of two joint working groups to ramp up regulatory cooperation on goods and services, including on green and digital technologies and on resilient supply chains with representatives from different stakeholders, including social partners, NGOs and business representatives, on equal footing; stresses the crucial role of the High-Level Dialogues on Trade and Investment for ensuring good progress overall, including on long- standing market access issues; expects to be briefed and consulted promptly and regularly about the results of these dialogues;
2022/04/27
Committee: INTA
Amendment 144 #

2021/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the negotiators, as a matter of priority, to agree on the establishment of a bilateral ex ante consultation platform between the EU and India designed to facilitate discussions and consultations in advance of any new measures ;believes that such a platform subsidies that could negatively affect trade or investment; takes the view that business and industry associations should be able to bring any new trade or investment irritants to the attention of the secretariat of this platform; believehould have representatives from different stakeholders, including social partners, NGOs and business representatives, on equal footing; considers that the platform shcould eventually be made an integral part of the governance framework of the future trade agreement;
2022/04/27
Committee: INTA
Amendment 148 #

2021/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Considers that the conclusion of the EU-India free trade agreement should be supported with the establishment of a joint committee to provide joint monitoring, structured dialogue, and oversight by the European Parliament and both chambers of the Parliament of Indiato improve coordination, implementation and review of the measures of the TSD chapter and the agreement as a whole by the European Parliament and both chambers of the Parliament of India; stresses that the involvement of civil society in monitoring the implementation of the agreement is crucial, and calls for the swift establishment of Domestic Advisory Groups following the entry into force of the agreement and for the balanced representation of civil society therein, including independent organisations from the labour and environmental sectors; highlights that the Commission is failing to take into account the repeated demand from the European Parliament for greater enforceability and monitoring of commitments, for instance through the use of sanctions and a reform of the Domestic Advisory Group system;
2022/04/27
Committee: INTA
Amendment 1 #

2021/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas since the Lisbon Treaty, foreign direct investment has remained an exclusive competence of the European Union, as enshrined in Article 3(1)(e), Article 206 and Article 207 TFEU; whereas the EU’s international investment policy should be furtherneeds to accelerate and strengthen its reformeds to address the current challenges;
2022/03/17
Committee: INTA
Amendment 17 #

2021/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas, in order to attract investment, labour standards, respect for the environment and corporate social responsibility should not be lowered in the sustainable development chapters of EU IIA;
2022/03/17
Committee: INTA
Amendment 22 #

2021/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas foreign direct investment (FDI) in developing countries is a primary means of financing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; whereas such capital can support job creation, and social and environmental improvements as set out in the SDGs;
2022/03/17
Committee: INTA
Amendment 23 #

2021/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas the EU is a global leader in investment policy reform; whereas significant reform of investment policy has been undertaken at European and international level since the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, at the insistence and with the support of the European Parliament; whereas the EU has launched and concluded IIAs with third countries, reformed investment protection provisions, replaced ISDS with ICS, launched multilateral negotiations for an investment court, proposed legislation to regulate foreign subsidies, and adopted legislation for the screening of inward foreign direct investment; whereas these developments are significant steps in the right direction for a modernised and sustainable investment policy; whereas much more remains to be done to advance this reform agenda;
2022/03/17
Committee: INTA
Amendment 27 #

2021/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that the EU’s investment policy needs to meet the expectations of investors and beneficiary states, but also the EU’s broader economic interests and external policy objectives; considers that EU international investment policy needsshould continue to be reformed in order to address a variety of challenges and transform it into an integrated and coherent policy framework;
2022/03/17
Committee: INTA
Amendment 33 #

2021/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines that investment can and should have a positive impact on sustainable development and create jobs; recalls that investment agreements should serve to facilitate investment, as well as provide a regulatory framework for minimum standards and commitments; points out that inbound and outbound investments need to meet the needs of the real economy; calls on the Commission to continue reviewing the EU’s investment policy to ensure consistency with the European Green Deal and the Sustainable Development Goals;
2022/03/17
Committee: INTA
Amendment 44 #

2021/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that the definition of investment as codified in EU IIAs covers not only greenfield investments, but alsoshould not cover financial instruments that can be held for purely speculative purposes or for the extraction of rent;
2022/03/17
Committee: INTA
Amendment 46 #

2021/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Underlines that greater transparency and tighter controls on arbitration have been introduced with the ICS, including the creation of a permanent tribunal, a permanent appeal mechanism, a code of conduct and improved substantive provisions, such as reiterating the right to regulate, improving transparency and preventing arbitration for loss or expectation of profits;
2022/03/17
Committee: INTA
Amendment 67 #

2021/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Urges the Commission to exclude invensure consistments in fossil fuels or any other activities that pose significant harm to the environment and human rightcy between IIAs and EU environment policies, labour rights and human rights, in particular by excluding investments in fossil fuels from treaty protections, in particularcluding investor- state arbitration mechanisms, and by including in the sustainable development chapters provisions that help to comply with the Paris Agreement and international treaties on labour and gender equality;
2022/03/17
Committee: INTA
Amendment 73 #

2021/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Points out that even in the absence of legal proceedings, the explicit or implicit threat of recourse to investment arbitration can enhance the position of investors in negotiations with states (the ‘chilling effect’); calls on the Commission to follow the same line as in recent trade IIA and to clarify the right of the government to prioritise legitimate public policy objectives, even if it may affect the profit expectations of an investor;
2022/03/17
Committee: INTA
Amendment 77 #

2021/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that IIAs do not contain investor obligations; stresses that only foreign investors can launch investment cases against states; regrets the fact that having a case dismisseTakes note of provisions in IIAs for environmental, labour and corporate responsibility obligations for states and investors and the non-lowering of standards, but regrets that the reform of investor obligations has not kept pace with that of investor rights; notes that in the majority of IIAs, only foreign investors can launch investment cases against states; urges the Commission to accelerate multilateral discussions to expand investor obligations and its the best possible outcome for respondent stateenforcement, including through negotiations for a UN Binding Treaty on Business and Human Rights;
2022/03/17
Committee: INTA
Amendment 78 #

2021/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses that EU and Member State IIAs must ensure full compatibility with the provisions of forthcoming instruments on sustainable corporate governance, forced labour and deforestation in order to advance the enforcement of investor obligations; notes that progress in these areas and the continued strengthening of EU IIA provisions should ensure that EU investors in third countries, in particular in developing countries, transparently demonstrate strategies to actively contribute to the achievement of the SDGs and the Paris goals, and are subject to accountability mechanisms, in particular by providing access to justice for victims in third countries;
2022/03/17
Committee: INTA
Amendment 81 #

2021/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Is concerned that recent EU IIAs still contain broadWelcomes recent reforms limiting protection standards, and underlines that EU IIAs should not allow protection standards which canto be used to challenge legitimate public policies; asks the Commission to further reform this area to only allow protection against discrimination, direct expropriation and, the gross denial of justice, and the specific cases of state abuses that EU investors in third countries may face; and to ensure that foreign investors are not accorded superior rights to those enjoyed by domestic investors;
2022/03/17
Committee: INTA
Amendment 89 #

2021/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Underlines the fact that EU IIAs negotiated after 2009 still include sunset clauses which prevent easy termination; points out thatcalls on Member States and the other contracting parties can agree to neutralise sunset clauses in current agreements and not to include sunset clauses in new investment agreements;
2022/03/17
Committee: INTA
Amendment 95 #

2021/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Underlines that the considerable damages awarded by investment tribunals have imposed a significant financial burden on respondent states; points out that the use of valuation methods generally used by adjudicators is highly controversial owing to their very wide margin of discretion and reliance on highly complex and inherently speculative assumptions; invites the Commission to review the provisions governing compensation in EU IIAestablish transparency rules and safeguards in relation to the provisions governing compensation in EU IIAs; encourages the Commission to include in the negotiations on the Multilateral Investment Court the introduction of rules setting out in a transparent manner the compensation to be paid by states;
2022/03/17
Committee: INTA
Amendment 100 #

2021/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that the increasing recourse by investors to third parties to finance their litigation in exchange for a return in the outcome of an award (third-party funding) is adding incentives to increase the number of claims; invitestakes note of progress to make third-party funding for investor-state disputes more transparent, and calls on the Commission to support the restriction of third- party funding for investor-state disputes or even to propose measures to restrict this practice which encourages speculation on awards;
2022/03/17
Committee: INTA
Amendment 103 #

2021/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Calls Draws attention to the Menumber States to terminate or modernise anyof existing Member State bilateral investment treaties thatwhich contain ISDS, any treaties that contain protection standards beyond protection against direct expropriation, nationality-based discrimination or the gross denial of justice, and any treaties that protect fossil fueoutdated provisions and standards including overly broad protection standards, ISDS, and transparency provisions which fall below the modernised EU standard; Calls on the Member States to terminate their bilateral investment treaties or modernise them to bring them into line with the new approach set out in EU IIAs, including preparations to conduct future cases through the Multilateral iInvestments Court;
2022/03/17
Committee: INTA
Amendment 109 #

2021/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Points out that delays in Member State ratification of EU IIAs delays the replacement of BITs with transparent and modern provisions that equally protect all EU investors in third countries; calls on Member States to swiftly ratify concluded EU investment agreements; notes that continued delays in the entry into force of EU IIAs seek to undermine the credibility of the Union as an effective international actor;
2022/03/17
Committee: INTA
Amendment 113 #

2021/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission to ensure that all of the Member States’ bilateral investment treaties are fully compatible with EU law; supports the Commission in strictly applying the conditions for authorising the negotiation, signature and conclusion of new agreements by Member States; including transparently demonstrating the compatibility of BIT provisions with minimum EU standards;
2022/03/17
Committee: INTA
Amendment 123 #

2021/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Points out that the ECT is the most litigated investment agreement in the world today; welcomes efforts to modernise the ECT and the EU’s position to exclude protection for most fossil fuel investments; emphasises that the reformed ECT should also include the addition of renewable/clean hydrogen to the list of protected energy materials; notes that investments considered ‘significantly harmful’ under the EU taxonomy would remain protected according to the EU’s position; underlines that amending the ECT requires unanimity of all contracting parties voting at the annual conference;
2022/03/17
Committee: INTA
Amendment 131 #

2021/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Urges the Commission to ensure that a revised ECT will immediately prohibit fossil fuel investors from suing contracting parties for pursuing policies to phase out fossil fuels in line with their commitments under the Paris Agreement; urges the Commission to ensure that in the revised ECT the investment protection is only granted to real investors and not to purely financial or speculative investors; calls on the Commission and the Member States to start preparing for the possibility of a coordinated exit from the ECT, including with an impact assessment to assess the potential effects of withdrawal, with a view to formal submission to the Council in the event of the negotiating objectives not being achieved by June 2022;
2022/03/17
Committee: INTA
Amendment 137 #

2021/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Welcomes the Court of Justice’s clarification that ISDS provisions in the ECT are not applicable in the case of intra- EU disputes; notes with concern that the Achmea ruling did not deter arbitration tribunals from continuing to hear intra-EU investment disputes; welcomes the recent declarations from the Commission and a majority of Member States reflecting the Achmea ruling; supports the request from several Member States for a ruling from the Court of Justice, and considers this should offer definitive clarification on the issue to prevent any future intra-EU arbitration being admissible under the ECT; urges the Commission to make its best efforts to assert these judgments in the existing intra EU arbitration proceedings;
2022/03/17
Committee: INTA
Amendment 141 #

2021/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Is concerned that many Contracting Parties seem not to share EU ambitions in the field of climate change mitigation, sustainable development and energy transition, despite the fact that all of them are also signatories of the Paris Agreement; urges the Commission to ensure the alignment of the ETC with the Paris Agreement and the objectives of the European Green Deal, while preserving the EU’s ability to develop public policy measures consistent with its commitment to become the first climate neutral continent by 2050;
2022/03/17
Committee: INTA
Amendment 146 #

2021/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Notes that in the context of theSupports the ongoing negotiations in UNCITRAL Working Group III discussions,in which the EU and its Member States are pursuing the establishment of a standing mechanism to resolve investment disputes: the multilateral investment court; stresses, however,welcomes the global lead the EU is providing in these negotiations; notes that this proposal does not cover the modernisation of substantive protection standards; considers the institutional structure of the MIC should be a first step towards establishing binding interpretations and the reform and modernisation of substantive protection standards, including robustly protecting the right to regulate;
2022/03/17
Committee: INTA
Amendment 150 #

2021/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. CStrongly criticises the significant delay in the ratification and implementation of the UN Convention on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor- State Arbitration; calls on the Member States to adopt without delay the proposal for a Council decision on thefor its conclusion, on behalf of the EU, of the UN Convention on Transparency; points to recent rulings of the ECJ on exclusive and shared competences in Trelaty-based Investor- State Arbitraion to international treaty ratification which may offer guidance on unblocking the ratification of this Convention;
2022/03/17
Committee: INTA
Amendment 159 #

2021/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4 a (new)
Investment facilitation
2022/03/17
Committee: INTA
Amendment 161 #

2021/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Underlines the importance of maintaining, strengthening and implementing the clauses in the new EU IIAs that prohibit the lowering of standards, as they are critical to avoid a "race to the bottom" in countries attracting foreign investment; calls on the Commission to analyse their effectiveness further, in particular in developing countries, to ensure that tax policy and development finance are aligned to support a "race to the top"; notes that tax revenues are crucial for developing countries to provide basic public services; and urges the Commission to work at multilateral level to promote sustainable investment facilitation which is not pursued through competitive tax breaks among others by continuing its work on the Joint Initiative on Investment Facilitation for Development in the framework of the WTO that aims to increase the participation of developing and least-developed WTO members in global investment flows;
2022/03/17
Committee: INTA
Amendment 164 #

2021/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. Is of the opinion that investment facilitation is a good instrument to improve the EU's competitiveness and economic growth; calls on the Commission to use this tool to strengthen the EU's strategic autonomy, in particular the energy, raw materials and semiconductor sectors, especially in the current geopolitical climate;
2022/03/17
Committee: INTA
Amendment 6 #

2021/2079(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B
B. whereas agriculture on islands is hampered by their remote location, insularity and environmental specificities, small holdings, limited diversity in production, dependence on local markets, the climate crisis, environmental degradation, biodiversity loss and a lack of energy, limitations in the access to fresh water and digital infrastructure;
2021/11/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 14 #

2021/2079(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas insular territories in the Union account for 80% of European diversity and represent a landscape and environmental treasure that requires specific protection;
2021/11/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 16 #

2021/2079(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
B b. whereas a substantial part of the socio-economic development of islands is based on sectors with a high temporary rate as it is the case for agriculture and tourism; whereas this socio-economic development is sometimes threatened by the islands’ own geological, geographical, climatic specificities, and diverse characteristics;
2021/11/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 20 #

2021/2079(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B c (new)
B c. whereas islands have faced specific difficulties during the COVID-19 pandemic due to their geographical isolation and difficulties in accessing basic supplies from mainland territories, such as fuel or water;
2021/11/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 28 #

2021/2079(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to maintain appropriate funding, including through thedequate levels of funding via POSEI programmes for the outermost regions and smaller Aegean islands in its entirety within the CAP and without budget cuts, to enhance agricultural competitiveness, ensure sustainable management of natural resources and support balanced territorial development on EU islands;
2021/11/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 33 #

2021/2079(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Calls on the Commission to maintain the long-term co-financing rate for the outermost regions at 85% for the EAFRD in order to ensure the socio- economic development of these territories and thereby alleviate the problems arising from their remote location;
2021/11/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 34 #

2021/2079(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Urges the Commission to increase the financial allocations for POSEI in the event of exceptional situations, such as the current one faced by the agricultural sector in the island of La Palma (Canary Islands) after the eruption of the volcano which began on 19 September 2021; calls for urgent action by the EU to ensure that the aid reaches the affected farmers in a rapid and effective manner; recalls that the eruption endangers a unique agricultural sector such as the Canary Islands banana industry, with estimated losses that exceed 100 million euros;
2021/11/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 35 #

2021/2079(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the need to strengthen both the integrated territorial development approach towards islands and initiatives such as those on smart villages and digital innovation hubs with regard to islands in order to support sustainable agriculture and food production; highlights the importance of promoting the smart use of energy and water in order to ensure that islands make the most out of their scarce resources available;
2021/11/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 49 #

2021/2079(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Regrets that EU policies do not always take into account the specific characteristics of the most remote island territories and that the needs of these regions are under-represented in European legislation; recalls that the EU lacks a specific strategy to address the problems and challenges of outermost regions; calls on the European Commission to consider launching a strategy to study and analyse the needs of these territories in detail;
2021/11/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 57 #

2021/2079(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Member States to utilise all available tools under cohesion policy to reinforce food sovereignty and the self-sustainability of islands and make them an integral part of the transition towards sustainable food systems, thus turning geographical handicaps into opportunities;
2021/11/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 58 #

2021/2079(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Calls on the Commission to take into account the specific problems faced by European islands during COVID-19; calls on the Commission to take into account their impact on agriculture and livestock farming in islands where the isolation and cessation of the economy put at risk the access to basic supplies as fuel and water from mainland territory;
2021/11/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 68 #

2021/2079(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for the Commission to promote island policies during regional planning processes to support sustainable agriculture, food production and agro- tourism with funds complementary to those from the EAFRD; urges it also to assess the real cost of insularity.
2021/11/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 72 #

2021/2079(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls for the Long-Term Vision for Rural Areas to specifically integrate the particularities of outermost regions and Aegean islands; stresses that the Rural Observatory represents a unique opportunity for the production of adequate and updated high-quality data for island territories focused, amongst others, on access to land, establishing the grounds for the development of a holistic agricultural and economic development of islands;
2021/11/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 5 #

2021/2043(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the proper functioning of the single market is key to safeguarding sufficient, affordable and high quality agri-food supplies across the EU and is the best tool to ensure recovery for allcompetitiveness, vibrant rural areas, decent incomes, a fair standard of living and a prompt recovery for the European agricultural community; notes that in some Member States the COVID-19 pandemic has led to certain types of local restrictions; recalls that national measures cannot undermine the fundamental principles of the single market;
2021/05/04
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 10 #

2021/2043(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the importance of enhancing the resilience of EU agri-food systems, including regional and local food systems, as well as of short supply chains, as set out in the Farm to Fork Strategy; stresses, however, that the strategy should be based on a comprehensive ex-ante, scientific and cumulative impact assessment based on public consultations with representatives of the agri-food chain and other relevant stakeholders, and not lead to additional barriers and greater fragmentation within the single market;
2021/05/04
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 23 #

2021/2043(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Notes the recent increase in national labelling requirements for food and drink products; underlines that these requirements must be justified and, proportional and in line with EU harmonized food and drink regulatory framework, especially with regard to safety issues, and should not create obstacles to the smooth movement of food products across the EU;
2021/05/04
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 25 #

2021/2043(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Highlights the importance of improving transparency in the EU Single Market, and of better traceability of all production and distribution processes in accordance with the right of European consumers to have more information on the origin and production methods of the foodstuffs they consume; notes that an appropriate EU mandatory labelling on the origin of food products have the potential to significantly increase transparency and traceability, as well as avoid disruptions of the internal market;
2021/05/04
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 40 #

2021/2043(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Considers it unacceptable that quality differences exist betweendifferences, which are not due to legitimate factors such as consumers preferences, the place of manufacturing, specific local requirements, differences in technologies or in sourcing of raw materials, exist in the quality of food products which are advertised and distributed in the single market under the same brand name and with the same packaging; welcomes the Commission’s incentives to address the issue of dual food quality in the single marketand calls for the implementation of all the necessary measures in order to avoid any obastacle to the functioning of the European single market, taking into due account the existing differences in market conditions, purchasing powers and fiscal regimes among Member States.
2021/05/04
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 6 #

2021/2038(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Identifies trade policy as a strategic geopolitical tool for the transatlantic agenda; highlights the need to identify joint actions based on shared interests and values in order to contribute to a global sustainable and inclusive economic recovery; stresses that ‘workers and wages’ and more resilient and responsible supply chains should be at the core of such an agenda; in this regard encourages both sides to design similar tools to ban forced labour and exploitative labour conditions and to cooperate on improving respect for workers' rights and environmental standards in trade agreements including by building on each other's experience to enforce these provisions more efficiently; encourages both sides to join forces in promoting human rights, environmental and workers' rights also at the multilateral level;
2021/05/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 19 #

2021/2038(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the US support for the new Director-General of the WTO, the US’s return to the Paris Agreement, the WTO tariff rate quota agreement and, the temporary suspension of Airbus Boeing tariffs, the announcement to start discussions to address global steel and aluminum excess capacity as well as the US willingness to engage in discussions on a potential TRIPS waiver;
2021/05/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 30 #

2021/2038(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Recognises at the same time that some diverging interests remain; in this regard, urges both sides to resolve bilateral disputes; urges the US to remove unilateral trade measures and refrain from taking further ones; urges the removal of section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminium; calls for a rapid and lasting solution on aircraft subsidies; calls for the suspension of announced trade retaliation on economic sectors such as footwear in Member States that have implemented a Digital Services Tax (DST) while negotiations are ongoing in the OECD framework; expects both sides to address the EU's concerns regarding the US Buy American Act and the Jones Act;
2021/05/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 43 #

2021/2038(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for enhanced cooperation on WTO reform, including reinstating the appellate body,the reform of its 3 core functions which entails reforming and reinstating the appellate body as well as reinforcing the monitoring and deliberative function among others by making sure open plurilateral agreements can be included; urges both sides to cooperate on regulating trade in health products, setting an ambitious environmental agenda, and agreeingmong others by relaunching the negotiations on the Environmental Goods Agreement; expects both sides to agree on concrete deliverables for the 12th WTO Ministerial Conference (MC12); encourage including an agreement on fisheries, a declaration on trade and health, a work programme for reform of the dispute settlement system, a work programme on industrial subsidies and state owned enterprises as well as substantial progress on e-commerce negotiations; encourages both sides to update WTO rules on state owned enterprises, industrial subsidies and overcapacity as well as technology transfer to efficiently address the challenges posed by China: in this regard also supports expanding the trilateral initiative with Japan; expects both sides to stick to multilateral agreements;
2021/05/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 59 #

2021/2038(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Advocates, wherever possible, a joint strategic approach towards China, addressing the roots of unfair trade practices and tackling industrial subsidies, state-owned enterprises and human rights concerns by including a discussion on the US phase one agreement with China and the EU's CAI;
2021/05/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 69 #

2021/2038(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on both sides to use trade as a mean to fight climate change and achieve upward convergence; in this regard urges both sides to cooperate on pricing carbon and in particular to coordinate on the development of a carbon border adjustment mechanism;
2021/05/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 71 #

2021/2038(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Advocates a joint approach on tackling the COVID-19 crisis among others by increasing the availability and affordability of vaccines; in this regard calls on both sides to refrain from any export restricting measures, enhance production capacity, ensure the proper functioning of supply chains and engage constructively on a potential TRIPS waiver; encourages both sides to increase regulatory cooperation to facilitate essential access to medicines.
2021/05/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 90 #

2021/2038(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Encourages both sides to find a framework for joint action and look for selective agreements via the relaunch of a high-level strategic dialogue; calls for a stronger regulatory, green and digital partnership through the Trade and Technology Council and; calls for a coordinated approach to critical technologies, a carbon border adjustment mechanism ands well as to digital and global taxes.
2021/05/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 96 #

2021/2038(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls for a continued and enhanced transatlantic parliamentary dimension on trade including within the framework of the Transatlantic Legislators' Dialogue; calls more specifically for the establishment of a sub- committee on Trade & Technology within the Transatlantic Legislators' Dialogue to complement the executive part of the Trade & Technology Council and to exercise democratic control thereof;
2021/05/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 101 #

2021/2038(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Urges the Commission, as common practice, to be transparent in its cooperation with the United States among others by publishing all proposals that are sent to the United States as well as by guaranteeing the involvement of the European Parliament and civil society in the development of these proposals so as to enhance consumers' and citizens' trust;
2021/05/28
Committee: INTA
Amendment 1 #

2021/2037(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that in 2020 China for the first time ranked as the EU’s largest partner for trade in goods, with the trade balance further deteriorating to the EU’s detriment; the volume of trade between China and the EU will require, in the medium term, a framework of agreements of which the GI and the CAI are only two first steps; for any broader agreement to be possible in the future, China must show full respect to the values in which the EU is based, and it must include an instance of democratic control where the European Parliament must develop its competences.
2021/05/27
Committee: INTA
Amendment 14 #

2021/2037(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Is convinced that the EU-China bilateral trade and investment relationship is of strategic importance and should be rules-based, with the multilateral trading system at its core; calls on the Commission and China to closely cooperate to reform the WTO rulebook to make the organization more flexible and fit for the challenges of the 21st century, in order to contribute to a more sustainable development, and promote the green transition and digital revolution; expects China to match its economic weight to its international obligations and restore a level playing field by addressing industrial subsidies, SOEs and overcapacity , forced technology transfer public procurement and intellectual property.
2021/05/27
Committee: INTA
Amendment 26 #

2021/2037(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Is concerned about the increasingly unbalanced EU-China bilateral economic and trade relationship; stresses that rebalancing and a more level playing field are vital to EU interests; China and the EU must build a level playing field and a fruitful relationship, despite the differences between both economic systems; for that, the Union must complete its range of autonomous instruments: (screening of foreign direct investments; export of double use technology; state subsidies; access to public procurement; protection in front of coercive measures form third countries); and China must consider the need to meet European standards in aspect related to Trade, especially in the area of human rights and working conditions.
2021/05/27
Committee: INTA
Amendment 44 #

2021/2037(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Urges the Chinese Government to ratify and implement ILO Convention n°29 on Forced Labour, ILO Convention n°105 on the Abolition of Forced Labour, ILO Convention n°87 on Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organize and ILO Convention n°98 on the Right to Organize and to Collective Bargaining; urges China to ratify the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights;
2021/05/27
Committee: INTA
Amendment 48 #

2021/2037(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Urges China to re-engage in the work of the global forum on steel excess capacity to eliminate overcapacity and restore a level playing field;
2021/05/27
Committee: INTA
Amendment 51 #

2021/2037(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Highlights that counterfeit is a top priority for EU’s efforts in intellectual property protection; is concerned that China remains at the origin of a dominant share of counterfeit and pirated goods arriving in the EU, in terms of both value and volume; underlines how the agreement on GIs represents a first step in the fight against counterfeit and urges the European Commission to increase the efforts to protect EU's intellectual property;
2021/05/27
Committee: INTA
Amendment 67 #

2021/2037(INI)

5. Welcomes the conclusion at the political level of the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI); recalls that the CAI has to be considered in the context of a strengthened EU toolbox of unilateral measures; underlines it will thoroughly scrutinise the agreement, including its sustainable development section, and take stock of the human rights context, before determining its position;; reiterates its most serious concern about the various abuses of human rights in China, and recalls that full respect of universal values, despite the differences between both systems is essential; takes the position that the ratification of the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI), by the European Parliament, is suspended until the Chinese retaliatory sanctions are lifted.
2021/05/27
Committee: INTA
Amendment 100 #

2021/2037(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Considers it necessary to conclude a Bilateral Investment Agreement with Taiwan
2021/05/27
Committee: INTA
Amendment 4 #

2021/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the significant role played by geographical indications (GI) and traditional specialities guaranteed (TSG) in enhancing consumer trust in keyparts of the food chain, thereby protecting the reputation of the EU food and drink sector in the single market and international markets, despite the fact that they only represent 7 % of total EU food and drink sales;.
2021/06/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 10 #

2021/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that GIs have major economic value in the agriculture sector; the value of all these products has increased to more than EUR 75 billion, which corresponds to more than 7% of the total EU food and drink sales, of which over one fifth derives from exports outside the EU; stresses, therefore, the need to protect GI and TSG as intellectual property rights, both within the single market and worldwide through bilateral and multilateral agreements with non-EU countries;
2021/06/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 14 #

2021/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. regrets the refusal, in the framework of the ongoing negotiations for the modernisation of the EU-Chile Association Agreement, of granting exclusive protection to flagship EU geographical indications, in particular in the wine sector; calls on the Commission to further enhance the protection of Intellectual Property Rights, notably Geographical Indications, in all EU trade agreements;
2021/06/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 24 #

2021/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Believes that GIs should be better protected against all practices of commercial misconduct in Union law, including when used as ingredients or in services; highlights the importance to ensure that the reputation of the GIs in question is not weakened by a third party.
2021/06/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 31 #

2021/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. NRecalls the growth in importance of online sales during the COVID crisis, when agro-tourism was halted, preventing visits to many direct sellers, and notes the still greater potential of the online market for GIs and TSGs, but stresses that it can only be achieved if intellectual rights are better protected; calls on the Commission to be at the forefront of online protection by including it in bilateral and multilateral trade agreements, mostly online; points out that the protection of GIs should apply to all goods that are sold through means of electronic commerce and that procedures should be made available to GIs producers to prevent the registrations in bad faith of domain names that undermine GIs protection;
2021/06/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 34 #

2021/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. stresses on the necessity of guaranteeing a better protection for GIs and TSGs; calls on the Commission to work at international level, and in particular when negotiating bilateral agreements, to protect the system of GIs as a whole;
2021/06/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 35 #

2021/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Invites the Commission to improve and overall strengthen the IP control system and its enforcement for GIs at EU level and to legally define the concepts of "Agro-Food Fraud and Crime" and "imitation" at EU level, in order to avoid that EU quality production continues to be counterfeited, causing huge economic damage to both EU farmers and economic operators; in this respect, invites the Commission to fully assess the potential of IT tools, such as AI and blockchain;
2021/06/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 41 #

2021/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Considers it essential to protect intellectual property rights to, by promote ing innovation, in particular with the aim of introducing more resilient agricultural varieties to cope with climate change and help to achieve the objectives of the European Green Deal;
2021/06/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 52 #

2021/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Stresses that varieties obtained through sustainable biotechnologies, should only be protected under the Community Plant Variety Right and not under the patent law, since these varieties cannot be distinguished from other existing ones.
2021/06/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 11 #

2021/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Regrets the lack of a comprehensive EU monitoring framework for methane emissions, especially in the agriculture sector, where the sources of methane emissions are often diffuse and make measurement, reporting and verification challenging; welcomes the European Commission's initiative to develop, in cooperation with international partners, an international emissions observatory; calls on the Commission, therefore, to improve the measurement, reporting and verification of methane emissions in the agricultural sector;
2021/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 14 #

2021/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Regrets the lack of a comprehensive EU monitoring framework for methane emissions; calls on the Commission, therefore, to improve the measurement, reporting and verification of methane emissions in the agricultural sector, in which further disaggregation of emission factors and their determination on a scientific basis is required for all EU production systems before progress beyond level 2 approaches can be made;
2021/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 21 #

2021/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Recalls that agriculture plays an important role in addressing climate change adaptation and mitigation; highlights that European agriculture is the only major system in the world that significantly reduced greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) since 1990 and that the emissions from EU agriculture are among the lowest worldwide; underlines that reducing European production to fight climate change runs the risk of exporting GHG emissions (“carbon leakage”) and accepting lower animal health and welfare standards, leading to a shift in production towards other parts of the world and to an abandonment of certain land upon which grazing is the only means of valorisation and which constitutes a rich source of biodiversity with environmental, social and economic repercussions on EU rural regions and landscapes;
2021/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 28 #

2021/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Takes note of the scientific data provided by International Energy Agency and the European Environment Agency included in the Communication of the European Commission on an EU Strategy to reduce methane emissions, according to which both world and EU agriculture contributes to the anthropogenic methane emissions between 23 – 31%; underlines, however, that EU’s GHG emissions from European agriculture (including livestock) registered a reduction of 22.2% between 1990-20181a in the EU-28, due to the reductions in agricultural emissions of methane by 21% (enteric fermentation by 22%, and manure management by 17%); notes in this regard that, since 2005, emissions from the European agriculture have not contributed to the increase of global warming1b; _________________ 1aEEA - https://www.eea.europa.eu/data- and-maps/data/data-viewers/greenhouse- gases-viewer 1bMyles Allen “Measuring and reducing methane emissions in the agricultural sector” (https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs /2014_2019/plmrep/COMMITTEES/ENV I/DV/2021/05- 26/Allen_ENVI_2021_EN.pdf)
2021/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 34 #

2021/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1 c. Calls on the European Commission to clarify the share contribution of EU agriculture to the EU's anthropogenic methane emissions, to differentiate this share to the world’s agriculture one and to estimate the contribution of the imported agri-food products to the EU anthropogenic methane emissions, through the EDGAR- FOOD database;
2021/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 39 #

2021/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1 d. Emphasises that a significant share of global methane emissions in the agri-food sector originates outside of the EU; emphasizes the need for the EU to take the lead in exchanges of best practices with its third countries' trading partners with the aim to reduce methane emissions from agriculture, including, for example, through forestry-based initiatives;
2021/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 44 #

2021/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1 e. Calls for the definition of policies and measures to encourage and support improved climatic performance of agricultural and livestock production through reductions in methane emissions, in line with the principle of ensuring access for all population groups in Europe to healthy, safe and sufficient food;
2021/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 53 #

2021/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Urges the Commission to ensure positive synergies between climate regulation and the Industrial Emissions Directive in order to avoid double regulation; welcomes the announcement of the European Commission to revise the Effort Sharing Regulation (ESR) in order to reflect the increased carbon reduction target through increased incentives to reduce methane emissions, for example through specific dedicated eco-schemes and carbon farming initiatives under the new CAP;
2021/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 58 #

2021/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes that although agriculture offers the second-highest overall methane-emission reduction potential of any sector, its methane-emission sources are diffuse and therefore potentially difficult to monitor, report and verify;
2021/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 63 #

2021/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. HStresses the importance of recognizing the progress made by the agri-food sector to offset emissions and restore soil fertility; highlights that further research and investment in mitigation measures and technologies is of paramount importance; considers that there is great potential in adapting diet of and developing feed additives for ruminant and bovine species, which could reduce methane emissions without having negative effects on the livestock sectoralls, in this regard, on the European Commission to develop and constantly update, in line with the latest state-of-the-art technologies, an inventory of best practices for the farming sector and in cooperation with farmers, stakeholders, Member States and local, regional and national authorities; supports the stimulating uptake of regenerative agriculture practices, improving also the access to technologies, data, training and information, and diversifying farmers’ income through payments for ecosystem services, thereby increasing their resilience; considers that there is great potential in adapting diet of and developing feed additives for ruminant and bovine species, which could reduce methane emissions without having negative effects on the livestock sector, while decreasing the dependence of imported plant proteins; underlines, in this regard, that the livestock sector not only has a great potential to help the EU successfully achieve its methane emissions' reduction targets, but also has a key role in preserving unique biodiversity functions;
2021/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 73 #

2021/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights that research and investment in mitigation measures and technologies is of paramount importance and can obtain bigger decreases; considers that there is great potential in adapting diet of and developing feed additives for ruminant and bovine species, which could reduce methane emissions without having negative effects on the livestock sector, which is crucial if we are to maintain population levels in rural areas and ensure that those areas offer a vibrant and thriving living environment;
2021/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 83 #

2021/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Looks forward to the work of the International Methane Emissions Observatory in the hope that, with a view to achieving a more dynamic system that more accurately assesses the weight of methane emitted by ruminant livestock, which is clearly less than the other gases that cause global warming, it will revise methane's global warming potential (GWP), a measurement system which statically assesses methane emitted over 100 years and whose results overestimate the impact of short-lived gases like methane;
2021/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 84 #

2021/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Acknowledges that, according to the FAO, well management practices of livestock can lead to a 30%3a decrease in GHG emissions, including methane emissions, and that healthy animals require less natural resource inputs like feed and water as they move through the production system; calls on the European Commission and Member States to facilitate the uptake of agricultural technologies including precision farming, nitrification inhibitors and advanced animal nutrition to reduce the methane emissions from agriculture; _________________ 3a http://www.fao.org/3/ca7089en/ca7089en. pdf
2021/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 90 #

2021/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Highlights that economic viability is critical in maintaining sustainable livestock farms and ensuring the development and implementation of future mitigation practices, as well as a secure and stable supply of food; stresses the need that future policy decisions have to ensure that the livestock activity can deliver and at the same time continue to be able to project itself; underlines that the sector must continue to constitute a real source of employment and the profession must remain attractive for the young generations;
2021/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 93 #

2021/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Stresses that, rather than looking at individual links in isolation, the efficiency and emissions reductions of the livestock production value chain must be considered as a whole;
2021/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 95 #

2021/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3 c. Emphasizes the importance of new animal feed strategies able, inter alia, through the supplementary feeding of red algae (Asparagopsis), to reduce methane emissions in the livestock sector; underlines the need for new scientific research and innovation in anaerobic digestion and composting as an effective solution to recycle organic waste materials (production of biomass and organic fertilizers) and prevent methane emissions;
2021/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 105 #

2021/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that value-added utilisation of agricultural residues and other by-products is an important driver of the circular economy and bio-economy, only if it's done in a sustainable way; recalls, in this regard, that in order to meet new environmental targets, a balance of plant and animal production should be maintained, which will ensure sufficient amount of nutrients and organic matter in the soils in the EU, positively influencing the biodiversity and contributing to more healthy and balanced dietary habits of the Europeans; encourages farming models able to be sustainable socially, environmentally and economically; calls for the acceleration of European biogas production from agriculture waste in a sustainable way, as an important tool for reducing methane emissions;
2021/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 120 #

2021/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Highlights the active engagement of the agricultural sector in climate action and recognizes the full potential of woodlands and grasslands; calls for the development of nutrient management systems and innovative dietary solutions to reduce methane emissions in the livestock sector and for methods to calculate the true impact of methane on the environment to be developed in light of more recent research on the lifecycle of methane;
2021/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 124 #

2021/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Member States to promote the establishment of community manure and slurry management centres, for both composting and biogas, and to support the transfer of the energy generated to the electricity grid;
2021/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 140 #

2021/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. CWelcomes the announcement of the European Commission to set up an expert group with the aim of analysing the life-cycle methane emissions matrix; considers that farm level certification schemes for climate effective farming, including common measurement and verification data for methane reductions, will be an important tool for monitoring and incentivising methane reductions at farm level; highlights the need to assess not just the impact on methane emissions of specific livestock management and animal welfare choices, imported or domestic feeds and intensive or pastoral farming choices, but also of the impact of supplementing the animal diet with feed additives on animal health, pest resilience, food safety(toxicity), productivity, product quality, environmental impact;
2021/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 152 #

2021/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Acknowledges that animal production is the only possible activity on permanent grassland, allowing the survival, economic stability and existence of rural farms in hill and mountain regions, thus preventing the overgrowth of such areas and the excessive reproduction of large carnivores (bears, wolves), the promotion of animal production therefore being essential in such areas; underlines that carbon storage by grasslands compensates up to 45% of GHG emissions (almost all of the enteric fermentation produced by ruminants); stresses the need to integrate the carbon stored by grasslands and their capacity not to release carbon in order to better assess the mitigation potential of agriculture;
2021/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 167 #

2021/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls on the Commission to include in its forthcoming Long Term Vision for Rural Areas cross-sector cooperative approaches with and amongst farmers and local communities in order to develop and promote circularity also in the field of sustainable biogas production, aiming at reducing methane emissions;
2021/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 173 #

2021/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Takes the view that technical mitigation measures will complement other significant advances in the livestock sector in rural areas, in keeping with the EU's farm to fork strategy;
2021/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4 #

2021/2003(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the gender action plan III (GAP III), and in particular, the commitment of 85 % of the EU’s official development aid (ODA) being allocated to programmes having gender equality as a significant or as a principal objective; calls for 20 % of ODA in each country to be allocated to programmes having gender equality as one of its principal objectives; expects that no ODA spending to counterwill be spent on projects that could reverse or harm gender-equality achievements; emphasises the need for coordinated and coherent EU action and calls for close cooperation with other actoall relevant actors and stakeholders;
2021/05/19
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 6 #

2021/2003(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Highlights that all crisis have a strongly gendered impact and none more than the current COVID-19 pandemic; underlines that due to the asymmetric impact of the pandemic on sectors and occupations as well as the different position of men and women in the labour market, more women than men have lost their jobs and are more likely to be among furloughed workers;
2021/05/19
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 9 #

2021/2003(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. HighlightUnderlines that funding needs to be accessible for local and small civil society organisations that work most closely with girls and women in all their diversity and different life situations; emphasises the key role of the neighbourhood, development and international cooperation instrument and stresses that administrative and implementation barriers should be avoided, since theyat might haimperde the involvementwork of the most relevant actors; recalls the urgent need for significant funding for sexual and reproductive health and rights;
2021/05/19
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 13 #

2021/2003(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Stresses its previous position calling for a specific chapter on trade and gender equality and women’s empowerment, in the upcoming modernisation of the EU Chile Association agreement; observes with interest the progress made on a trade and gender chapter in the negotiations and calls for a swift conclusion in 2021;
2021/05/31
Committee: INTA
Amendment 16 #

2021/2003(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the increased level of support for gender-responsive budgeting, the creation of specific gender indicators and the collection of gender- disaggregated data; expects the Commission to consult Parliament on the monitoring systemincluding via programmes to support public finance management; expects concrete steps towards supporting universal social protection systems, and recognising, reducing and redistributing unpaid care and domestic work;
2021/05/19
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 18 #

2021/2003(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Welcomes the intention to increase overall funding for education with 10% of the humanitarian aid budget devoted to funding for education in emergencies; underlines that gender-responsible budgeting should also support programmes aimed at enhancing women’s capacity as political leaders and promoting young leaders programmes;
2021/05/19
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 20 #

2021/2003(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Emphasises the importance of investing in women-entrepreneurship and women-led businesses, as well as funding projects offering business development services and support for employment, including for women in recovery contexts and in forced displacement;
2021/05/19
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 21 #

2021/2003(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Welcomes the creation of specific gender indicators, which must be clear, measurable and time-bound, and the collection of gender-disaggregated data; expects the Commission to consult the Parliament on the monitoring system which should be in line with, but not limited to, the SDGs and should include EU specific indicators based on international human rights standards, such as the CEDAW, the Istanbul Convention, the IPCD program of action and its review conferences, the EU Strategic Approach to WPS and the relevant ILO conventions;
2021/05/19
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 22 #

2021/2003(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Recalls that the Interinstitutional Agreement adopted on 16 December 2020 accompanying the 2021-2027 MFF Regulation, sets gender equality as an horizontal principle for the 2021-2027 period and forms an integral part of budgetary transparency; calls on the Commission to develop and present to the European Parliament the methodology to measure gender relevant expenditure at programme level in the MFF 2021-2027, including as far as NDICI implementation is concerned;
2021/05/19
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 44 #

2021/2003(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to table binding measures on pay transparency which can be a useful tool to detect gaps and discrimination within the same sector and bridge the gender pay gap; regrets nonetheless the delay in publishing this proposal and asks the Commission to put forward the proposal as soon as possible building on examples like the one on Switzerland with public procurement policy;
2021/05/31
Committee: INTA
Amendment 54 #

2021/2003(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Notes that e-commerce has a potential to connect more female entrepreneurs with international markets; however, calls for the Commission to support women in adopting new technologies such as blockchain that due to its peer-to-peer nature, anonymity and efficiency can help certain women to overcome some discriminatory legal and cultural barriers to trade, improve their access to finance and help them to integrate in global value chains;
2021/05/31
Committee: INTA
Amendment 61 #

2021/2003(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to ensure that sufficient resources are available to promote the core value of gender equality in its trade and investment policies and to ensure that the secretariats of the EU institutions responsible for trade policy and negotiations have the knowledge and technical capacity to incorporate the gender perspective. in the entire process of trade negotiations and policy formulation, by appointing gender focal points
2021/05/31
Committee: INTA
Amendment 65 #

2021/2003(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Is convinced that sharing best practices between the EU and organisations active in researching and promoting women economic empowerment such as ILO, ITC, UNCTAD, World Bank and creation of networks involving academia, CSOs and other stakeholders is indispensable for achieving results; stresses in this context also the role of parliaments; calls on the Commission to ensure that sufficient resources are available to promote the core value of gender equality also in its trade and investment policies and to ensure that the secretariats of the EU institutions responsible for trade policy and negotiations have the knowledge and technical capacity to incorporate the gender perspective in the entire process of trade negotiations and policy formulation;
2021/05/31
Committee: INTA
Amendment 67 #

2021/2003(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Welcomes ISO International Workshop Agreement (ISO/IWA 34) on global definitions related to women’s entrepreneurship (with an aim to facilitate policymaking, data collection and access to capacity building, finance, and markets for women's economic empowerment);
2021/05/31
Committee: INTA
Amendment 92 #

2021/0366(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
(21) The Commission should continue to work in partnership with producer countries, and more generally in cooperation with international organisations and bodies, and should be reinforcing its support and incentives with regard to protecting forests and transition to deforestation-free production, acknowledging the role of indigenous peoples and local communities, improving governance and land tenure, increasing law enforcement and promoting sustainable forest management, climate-resilient agriculture, sustainable intensification and diversification, agro- ecology and agroforestry. In doing so it should acknowledge the role of indigenous peoples and local communities in protecting forests. Building upon the experience and lessons learned in the context of the already existing initiatives, the Union and the Member States should work in partnership with producer countries, upon their request, to exploit the multi-functionalities of forest, support them in the transition to sustainable forest management, and address global challenges while meeting local needs and paying attention to the challenges faced by smallholders in line with the Communication to Stepping up Action to Protect and Restore the World’s Forests. The partnership approach should help producer countries in protecting, restoring and sustainably using forest, hence contributing to the objective of this Regulation to reduce deforestation and forest degradation.
2022/03/31
Committee: INTA
Amendment 107 #

2021/0366(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
(32) To strengthen the Union’s contribution to halting deforestation and forest degradation, and to ensure that commodities and products from supply chains related to deforestation and forest degradation are not placed on the Union market, relevant commodities and products should not be placed or made available on the Union market, nor exported from the Union market unless they are deforestation-free and have been produced in accordance with the relevant legislation of the country of production and international human rights, particularly the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities. To confirm that this is the case, they should always be accompanied by a due diligence statement.
2022/03/31
Committee: INTA
Amendment 125 #

2021/0366(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 48
(48) Competent authorities should carry out checks at regular intervals on operators and traders to verify that they effectively fulfil the obligations laid down in this Regulation. Moreover, competent authorities should carry out checks when in possession of and based on relevant information, including substantiated concerns submitted by third parties. For a comprehensive coverage of the relevant commodities and products, the respective operators and traders and the volumes of their share of commodities and products, a twofold approach should apply. Competent authorities should thus be required to check on a certain percentage of operators and traders, whilst also covering a specific percentage ofaccording to a plan based on a risk-based approach covering operators and traders as well as relevant commodities and products. Such percentagechecks should be higher for relevant commodities and products from high-risk countries or parts thereof.
2022/03/31
Committee: INTA
Amendment 136 #

2021/0366(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 57
(57) Regulation (EC) No 2173/2005 lays down Union procedures for the implementation of a FLEGT licensing scheme through bilateral Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs) with timber-producing countries. To respect bilateral commitments that the European Union has entered into and to preserve the progress achieved with partner countries that have an operating system in place (FLEGT licensing stage), this Regulation should include a provision declaring wood and wood-based products covered by a valid FLEGT license as fulfilling the legality requirement under this Regulation.of this Regulation concerning the condition that relevant commodities and products may not be placed or made available on the Union market, or exported from the Union market if they are not produced in accordance with the relevant legislation of the country of production
2022/03/31
Committee: INTA
Amendment 199 #

2021/0366(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) they have been produced in accordance with the relevant legislation of the country of production and international human rights, particularly rights of indigenous peoples and local communities; and
2022/03/31
Committee: INTA
Amendment 241 #

2021/0366(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) the complexity of the relevant supply chain, in particular difficulties in connecting the supply chain of commodities and/or products to the plot of land where they were produced;
2022/03/31
Committee: INTA
Amendment 269 #

2021/0366(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 9
9. Each Member State shall ensure that the annual checks carried out by their competent authorities cover at least 5% of the, based on the risk analysis under paragraph 4, cover operators placing, making available on or exporting from the Union market each of the relevant commodities on their market as well as 5% of the quantity of each of the relevant commodities placed or made available on or exported from their market.
2022/03/31
Committee: INTA
Amendment 294 #

2021/0366(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) destroyonating the relevant commodity or product or donating it to charitable or public interest purposes or if not possible, destroying it.
2022/03/31
Committee: INTA
Amendment 307 #

2021/0366(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 10
10. Customs authorities may donate for charitable or public interest purposes or if not possible, destroy a non-compliant relevant commodity or product upon the request of the competent authorities or where they deem it necessary and proportionate. The cost of such measure shall be borne by the natural or legal person holding the relevant commodity or product. Articles 197 and 198 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 shall apply accordingly. Upon request of competent authorities, non-compliant relevant commodities and products may alternatively be confiscated and placed by customs at the disposal of the competent authorities.
2022/03/31
Committee: INTA
Amendment 341 #

2021/0366(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 2
2. Partnerships and cooperation should allow the full participation of all stakeholders, including civil society, indigenous peoples, local communities and the private sector including, SMEs and smallholders.
2022/03/31
Committee: INTA
Amendment 343 #

2021/0366(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Commission shall supply specific administrative and capacity building support to governments, local governments, civil society organisations and producers, particularly small producers and trade unions in third countries aimed at facilitating for these actors to live up to the administrative requirements of this Regulation.
2022/03/31
Committee: INTA
Amendment 112 #

2021/0297(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) The general objectives of the GSP are to support eradication of poverty in all its forms, in line with Agenda 2030 and Sustainable Development Goal 17.12 and to promote the sustainable development agenda, while averting harm to EU industry’s interests. The 2018 GSP Mid- term Evaluation and the 2021 supporting Study for the Impact Assessment underpinning this Regulation concluded that the GSP framework under Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 has delivered on these main objectives, which were at the core of the 2012 overhaul of Council Regulation (EC) No 732/200815 , although noting a limited impact on sustainable development and environmental protection, together with a lack of progress on democracy and human rights. _________________ 15 Council Regulation (EC) No 732/2008 of 22 July 2008 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences from 1 January 2009 and amending Regulations (EC) No 552/97, (EC) No 1933/2006 and Commission Regulations (EC) No 1100/2006 and (EC) No 964/2007 (OJ L 211, 6.8.2008, p. 1).
2022/02/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 142 #

2021/0297(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) The scheme should consist of a basic arrangement (‘standard GSP arrangement’), and two special arrangements, namely the ‘special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance – GSP+’ and the ‘special arrangement for the least-developed countries - EBA’. It, therefore, continues the structure of the previous ten years, which is considered a success, as it focuses on the countries most in need and addresses the varying developmental needs of beneficiaries.
2022/02/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 147 #

2021/0297(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) The special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance (GSP+) is based on the integral concept of sustainable development, as recognised by international conventions and instruments such as the 1986 UN Declaration on the Right to Development, the 1992 Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, the 1998 International Labour Organisation (ILO) Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, the 2000 UN Millennium Declaration, the 2002 Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable Development, the ILO Centenary Declaration for the Future of Work of 2019, the Outcome Document of the UN Summit on Sustainable Development of 2015 "Transforming Our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development", the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Consequently, the additional tariff preferences provided for under the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance should be granted to those developing countries which, due to a lack of diversification, are economically vulnerable, have ratified core international conventions on human and labour rights, climate and environmental protection and good governance, and commit to ensuring the effective implementation thereof. The special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance should help those countries to assume the additional responsibilities resulting from the ratification and effective implementation of these conventions. The list of conventions relevant for GSP should be updated to better reflect the evolution of core international instruments and standards and take a proactive approach to sustainable development in keeping with the Sustainable Development Goals and Agenda 203018 . In this regard, the following conventions are added: the Paris Agreement on Climate Change (2015) – replacing the Kyoto Protocol; the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD); the First Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict (OP-CRC-AC); ILO Convention No 81 on Labour Inspection; ILO Convention No 144 on Tripartite Consultation; and the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime. _________________ 18 United Nations (2015). Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 25 September 2015, Transforming our World: the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development (A/RES/70/1), available at: https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/post 2015/transformingourworld
2022/02/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 155 #

2021/0297(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
(16) The Commission and where appropriate the European External Action Service should monitor the status of ratification of the international conventions on human and labour rights, environmental protection and good governance and their effective implementation, by examining the relevant information, in particular where available the conclusions and recommendations of the relevant monitoring bodies established under those conventions. Every threewo years, the Commission should present to the European Parliament and the Council a report on the status of ratification of the respective conventions, the compliance of the beneficiary countries with any reporting obligations under those conventions, and the status of the implementation of the conventions in practice.
2022/02/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 159 #

2021/0297(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
(17) For the purposes of monitoring of implementation and, where applicable, subsequent granting or withdrawal of tariff preferences, reports from relevant monitoring bodies are essential. However, such reports may be supplemented by other information available to the Commission, including information obtained under bilateral or multilateral technical assistance programmes, and through other sources of information, provided they are accurate and reliable. This could include information from the European Parliament and the Council, governments, international organisations, civil society, social partners, or complaints received through the SEP provided they satisfy the relevant requirements. Shortcomings identified during the monitoring process may inform the Commission’s future programming of development assistance in a more targeted manner.
2022/02/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 160 #

2021/0297(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
(18) In July 2020, the Commission appointed the Chief Trade Enforcement Officer with the role of enforcing trade rules. In this connection, in November 2020, the Commission launched a new complaints mechanism, the Single Entry Point (‘SEP’), as part of its increased efforts to strengthen the enforcement and implementation of trade commitments. Through the SEP, the Commission receives complaints on various matters related to trade policy, including breaches of the GSP commitments. The SEP is accessible to citizens, entities, trade unions, stakeholders or civil society established in the Union or in the beneficiary countries and complaints may be submitted anonymously. Such new system of complaints should be integrated and formalised within the framework of this Regulation.
2022/02/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 186 #

2021/0297(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25 a (new)
(25 a) The Commission should initiate the procedure for temporary withdrawal when it considers that there are sufficient reasons to believe that a beneficiary country is in breach of its obligations under the current regulation. In determining whether such reasons exist, it should take into consideration all relevant and credible information emanating from, inter alia, the relevant monitoring bodies, civil society organisations, stakeholders and Union institutions. The Commission should initiate the procedure for temporary withdrawal when it is requested to do so by the European Parliament in its annual report on the implementation of the generalised scheme of tariff preferences.
2022/02/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 197 #

2021/0297(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36
(36) The Commission should report regularly to the European Parliament and to the Council on the effects of the scheme under this Regulation through the relevant institutional committees. By 1 January 203029, the Commission should report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the mid-term application of this Regulation and assess the need to review the scheme. The report is necessary to analyse the impact of the scheme on the development, trade and financial needs of beneficiaries as well as on bilateral trade and on the Union's tariff income, with particular attention to the sustainable development goals.
2022/02/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 203 #

2021/0297(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10 a (new)
(10 a) ‘plan of action’ means a forward looking and priority-oriented list of measures, including legislative ones, to be adopted and actions to be taken by a beneficiary country which are considered necessary to effectively implement the core international conventions referred to in Annex VI, including a timeframe for each listed measure and action and identifying as precisely as possible the relevant institution or structure responsible for its implementation and oversight;
2022/02/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 206 #

2021/0297(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10 b (new)
(10 b) ‘tariff suspension schedule’ means the schedule included in the plan of action and according to which the tariff preferences are granted, following the benchmarks and timeframe agreed in the plan of action;
2022/02/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 207 #

2021/0297(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10 c (new)
(10 c) ‘list of issues’ means a list of the salient issues in relation to attaining effective implementation of the international conventions relevant to the GSP+ arrangement, as identified by the monitoring bodies or based on any accurate and reliable sources of information, including as provided by relevant stakeholders and civil society organisations, and based on the conclusions outlined in the report referred to in Article 14 and relative to the preceding monitoring cycle;
2022/02/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 209 #

2021/0297(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11 a (new)
(11 a) ‘serious and systematic violation’ means widespread and systematic violations or abuses, including but not limited to the following: i. genocide; ii. crimes against humanity; iii. torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; iv. slavery or forced labour; v. extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and killings; vi. enforced disappearance of persons; vii. arbitrary arrests or detentions; viii. trafficking in human beings, including people-smuggling; ix. sexual and gender-based violence; x. other violations of the laws and customs of war; xi. violations or abuses of freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; xii. violations or abuses of freedom of opinion and expression; xiii. violations or abuses of freedom of religion or belief; xiv. failure to communicate nationally determined contributions in the framework of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, with the information necessary for clarity, transparency and understanding;
2022/02/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 211 #

2021/0297(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12
(12) ‘complaint’ means a complaint submitted, also anonymously, to the Commission through the Single Entry Point. by citizens, entities, trade unions, stakeholders or civil society from the Union or the beneficiary countries covered by the schemes referred to in Article 1 paragraph 2 and relating to conditions and reasons referred to in Articles 9 and 19;
2022/02/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 216 #

2021/0297(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) there is sufficient ground to consider that serious and systematic infringement and violations of the conditions set out in Article 19.1 points (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) exist.
2022/02/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 220 #

2021/0297(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Countries that benefit from the standard arrangement referred to in paragraph 1 shall ratify the conventions listed in Annex VI, and adopt a National Action Plan for the implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, in conformity with the Guidance on National Action Plans of the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights, within five years upon the application of the preferences.
2022/02/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 224 #

2021/0297(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. BWith regard to the economic criteria referred to in Article 4 paragraph 1 (a) and (b), by 1 January of each year following the entry into force of this Regulation the Commission shall review Annex I. To provide a standard GSP beneficiary country and economic operators with time for orderly adaptation to the change of the country's status under the scheme:
2022/02/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 250 #

2021/0297(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a The plan of action referred to in paragraph 1 point d) shall: (a) include a timetable of measures that are necessary to effectively implement the relevant conventions; (b) include a tariff suspension schedule, based on the benchmarks against which the progress in the implementation of the relevant conventions is assessed; (c) be jointly agreed between the Commission and the applicant country for a period of two years; (d) serve as a basis for the report referred to in Article 14; (e) be made publicly available.
2022/02/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 252 #

2021/0297(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. The Common Customs Tariff ad valorem duties on all products listed in Annex III and Annex VII, which originate in a GSP+ beneficiary country, shall be suspended according to the tariff suspension schedule referred to in Article 9(1a) point b).
2022/02/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 253 #

2021/0297(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. Common Customs Tariff specific duties on products referred to in paragraph 1 shall be suspended entirelyaccording to the tariff suspension schedule referred to in Article 9(1a) point b), except for products for which the Common Customs Tariff duties include ad valorem duties. For products with Combined Nomenclature code 1704 10 90, the specific duty shall be limited to 16 % of the customs value.
2022/02/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 255 #

2021/0297(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. As of the date of the granting of the tariff preferences provided under the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance, the Commission shall, with regard to each of the GSP+ beneficiary countries, keep under review and monitor the status of ratification of the relevant conventions and their effective implementation, as well as the cooperation of the GSP+ beneficiary country with the relevant monitoring bodies. In doing so, the Commission shall examine all relevant information, in particular the conclusions and recommendations of the relevant monitoring bodiesassess in a transparent manner and based on objective criteria the progress made by the GSP+ beneficiary countries in implementing their plans of action, and examine all relevant information, in particular the conclusions and recommendations of the relevant monitoring bodies, as well as duly substantiated information submitted by individual citizens, private sector actors, civil society organisations, representatives of trade unions, other relevant stakeholders and any complaints received. A cycle of two years for the review, monitoring and assessment (hereinafter monitoring cycle) is hereby established.
2022/02/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 262 #

2021/0297(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. At the beginning of each monitoring cycle, the Commission shall send a list of issues to all GSP+ beneficiary countries outlining implementation issues that need to be addressed during the cycle. The lists of issues shall be made publicly available.
2022/02/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 265 #

2021/0297(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. At the end of each monitoring cycle, the Commission shall assess which benchmarks have been met by the GSP+ beneficiary country with regard to the implementation of the relevant conventions. Where relevant and based on the tariff suspension schedule, it shall adopt an implementing act establishing, in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 39(2), on which products tariff duties shall be suspended.
2022/02/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 270 #

2021/0297(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. By 1 January 20276, and every threewo years thereafter, the Commission shall present to the European Parliament and to the Council a report on the status of ratification of the relevant conventions, the compliance of the GSP+ beneficiary countries with any reporting obligations under those conventions and, the status of the effective implementation thereof, and a list of products on which tariffs are suspended.
2022/02/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 276 #

2021/0297(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3
3. In drawing their conclusions concerning effective implementation of the relevant conventions, the Commission and where appropriate the European External Action Service shall assess the implementation of the plans of action, also based on the conclusions and recommendations of the relevant monitoring bodies, as well as, without prejudice to other sources, information submitted by the European Parliament or the Council as well as third parties, including governments and international organisations, civil society, and social partners. The Commission and, where applicable, the European External Action Service shall provide recommendations on issues and actions to be prioritised in the following monitoring cycle, including on the provision of technical assistance and development support, as appropriate. In case of major shortcomings in implementing the plans of action, the report shall indicate which measures the country shall undertake in order to comply with the obligations under Article 9(d).
2022/02/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 281 #

2021/0297(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. The special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance shall be withdrawn temporarily, in respect of all or of certain products, including certain sectors or economic operators, originating in a GSP+ beneficiary country, where that country does not respect its binding undertakings as referred to in Article 9, points (d), (e) and (f), or the GSP+ beneficiary country has formulated a reservation which is prohibited by any of the relevant conventions or which is incompatible with the object and purpose of that convention as established in Article 9, point (c).
2022/02/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 283 #

2021/0297(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3
3. When requested by the European Parliament or, on its own initiative, where, either on the basis of the conclusions and of the GSP+ beneficiary country’s follow up to recommendations and priority actions as provided by the report referred to in Article 14 or on the basis of the evidence available, including evidence submitted through a complaint, the Commission has a reasonable doubt that a particular GSP+ beneficiary country does not respect its binding undertakings as referred to in Article 9, points (d), (e) and (f), including with regard to the implementation of its plan of action, or has formulated a reservation which is prohibited by any of the relevant conventions or which is incompatible with the object and purpose of that convention as established in Article 9, point (c), it shall, in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 39(2), adopt an implementing act to initiate the procedure for the temporary withdrawal of the tariff preferences provided under the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance. The Commission shall inform the European Parliament and the Council thereof. In its assessment of whether the GSP+ beneficiary country does not respect its binding undertakings referred to in Article 9 point (d), the Commission will in particular take into account whether the relevant monitoring bodies, treaty and supervisory mechanisms have signalled a potentially serious failure to effectively implement the relevant conventions, based on indicators such as: - the establishment of commissions of inquiry, fact-finding missions, country special rapporteurs, or other monitoring mechanisms by the UN Human Rights Council or General Assembly; - findings by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN Special Procedures or other UN independent human rights experts; - relevant procedures in the framework of the ILO Committee of Application of Standards, such as the introduction of a special paragraph; - rulings and opinions by international human rights courts; - reports by prominent local and international human rights groups; - relevant indicators for the effective implementation of Multilateral Environmental and good governance Conventions.
2022/02/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 287 #

2021/0297(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) where relevant, state the grounds for the reasonable doubt referred to in paragraph 3 which may call into question the right of the GSP+ beneficiary country to continue to enjoy the tariff preferences provided under the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance;
2022/02/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 300 #

2021/0297(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1
1. An eligible country shall benefit from the tariff preferences provided under the special arrangement for the least- developed countries referred to in Article 1(2), point (c), if that country is identified by the United Nations as a least-developed country and if the country is compliant with the conditions referred to in Article 19 paragraph 1.
2022/02/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 307 #

2021/0297(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The preferential arrangements referred to in Article 1(2) may be withdrawn temporarily, in respect of all or of certain products, including certain sectors or economic operators, originating in a beneficiary country, for any of the following reasons:
2022/02/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 311 #

2021/0297(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) serious and systematic violation of principles laid down in the conventions listed in Annex VI, or failure to abide by the obligation to ratify these conventions, as referred to in Article 4(1a);
2022/02/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 370 #

2021/0297(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. For the purposes of this Chapter, ‘directly competing product’ means a product which, after or prior to industrial processing, has characteristics comparable to those of the product under consideration.
2022/02/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 376 #

2021/0297(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 4
4. An investigation, including the procedural steps referred to in Articles 25, 26 and 27, shall be concluded within 129 months from its initiation.
2022/02/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 389 #

2021/0297(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Without prejudice to Section I of this Chapter, on 1 January of each year, the Commission, on its own initiative and in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 39(2), shall adopt an implementing act in order to remove the tariff preferences referred to in Articles 7 and 12 with respect to the products from GSP sections S-11a and S-11b or to products falling under Combined Nomenclature codes 1006, 1701, 2207 10 00, 2207 20 00, 2909 19 10, 3814 00 90, 3820 00 00, 38249956, 38249957, 38249992, 38248400, 38248500, 38248600, 38248700, 38248800, 38249993, and 38249996 where imports of such products, originate in a beneficiary country and their total value:
2022/02/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 390 #

2021/0297(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Without prejudice to Section I of this Chapter, on 1 January of each year, the Commission, on its own initiative and in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 39(2), shall adopt an implementing act in order to remove the tariff preferences referred to in Articles 7 and 12 with respect to the products from GSP sections S-11a, S-11b and S-11b2a or to products falling under Combined Nomenclature codes 2207 10 00, 2207 20 00, 2909 19 10, 3814 00 90, 3820 00 00, 38249956, 38249957, 38249992, 38248400, 38248500, 38248600, 38248700, 38248800, 38249993, and 38249996 where imports of such products, originate in a beneficiary country and their total value:
2022/02/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 397 #

2021/0297(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(a a) for products falling under Combined Nomenclature codes 1006 and 1701 exceeds the share referred to in point 2 a of Annex IV of the value of Union imports of the same products from all countries and territories listed in Annex I, columns A and B, during a calendar year
2022/02/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 404 #

2021/0297(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) for products under GSP sections S- 11a, S-11b and S-11b2a exceeds the share referred to in point 3 of Annex IV of the value of Union imports of products in GSP sections S-11a and S-11b from all countries and territories listed in Annex I, columns A and B, during a calendar year.
2022/02/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 409 #

2021/0297(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2
2. Paragraph 1 shall not apply to EBA beneficiary countries, nor shall it apply to countries with a share for the relevant products referred to in paragraph 1 not exceeding 6 % of total Union imports of the same products.
2022/02/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 414 #

2021/0297(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 1
By 1 January 20276 and every threewo years thereafter, the Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and to the Council a report on the effects of the scheme covering the most recent three-year period and all of the preferential arrangements referred to in Article 1(2).
2022/02/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 417 #

2021/0297(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 2
By 1 January 203029, the Commission shall submit, to the European Parliament and to the Council, a report on the application of this Regulation. Such a report may, where appropriate, be accompanied by a legislative proposal.
2022/02/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 423 #

2021/0297(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – subheading 1
Modalities for the application of Article 8 and Article 29
2022/02/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 433 #

2021/0297(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 2
2. Article 8 shall apply for each of the GSP sections S-2a, S-3 and S-5 of Annex III, when the percentage share referred to in paragraph 1 of that Article exceeds 17,50 %.
2022/02/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 434 #

2021/0297(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 2 a (new)
2a. Article 29 shall apply for products falling under Combined Nomenclature codes 1006 and 1701, when the percentage share referred to in paragraph 1 of that Article exceeds 10 %
2022/02/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 60 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 31
(31) The Union’s renewable energy policy aims to contribute to achieving the climate change mitigation objectives of the European Union in terms of the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. In the pursuit of this goal, it is essential to also contribute to wider environmental objectives, and in particular the prevention of biodiversity loss, which is negatively impacted by the indirect land use change associated to the production of certain high in direct land- use change risks biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels. Contributing to these climate and environmental objectives constitutes a deep and longstanding intergenerational concern for Union citizens and the Union legislator. As a consequence, the changes in the way the transport target is calculated should not affect the limits established on how to account toward that target certain fuels produced from food and feed crops on the one hand and high indirect land-use change-risk fuels on the other hand. In addition, in order not to create an incentive to use biofuels and biogas produced from food and feed crops in transport, Member States should continue to be able to choose whether count them or not towards the transport target. If they do not count them, they may reduce the greenhouse gas intensity reduction target accordingly, assuming that food and feed crop-based biofuels save 50% greenhouse gas emissions, which corresponds to the typical values set out in an annex to this Directive for the greenhouse gas emission savings of the most relevant production pathways of food and feed crop-based biofuels as well as the minimum savings threshold applying to most installations producing such biofuelSustainable biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels that co-generate valuable protein for animal and human consumption, and are deforestation free, should be a building block of the decarbonisation of the transport, within reasonable limit preventing unwanted negative impacts on the availability of food and feed resources.
2022/02/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 113 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive 2018/2001
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) From 31 December 2026, and without prejudice to the obligations in the first sub-paragraph, Member States shallmay only grant no support to the production of electricity from forest biomass in electricity-only-installations, unless such electricity meets at least one of the following conditions: on condition that the following three requirements are met: i) cogeneration is guaranteed and that this provides for the energy enhancement of at least 50% of the thermal energy generated by the process; ii) the woody biomass used in the plants comes in order of priority from agroforestry plantations with integrated agricultural production, perennial short rotation coppice planted on previously abandoned land, or forest waste from sustainable forest management on a territorial scale; iii) the plants have an electrical power not exceeding 10 MWe and are equipped with suitable filter systems for fine dust;
2022/02/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 115 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
(i) it is produced in a region identified in a territorial just transition plan approved by the European Commission, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/… of the European Parliament and the Council establishing the Just Transition Fund due to its reliance on solid fossil fuels, and meets the relevant requirements set in Article 29(11);deleted
2022/02/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 116 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive 2018/2001
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point b – point ii
(ii) it is produced applying Biomass CO2 Capture and Storage and meets the requirements set in Article 29(11), second subparagraph.deleted
2022/02/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 119 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive 2018/2001
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point ba (new)
(ba) the conditions referred to in point b) above may be waived if at least one of the following conditions occurs: i) the electricity is produced in a region identified in a territorial just transition plan approved by the European Commission, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/… of the European Parliament and the Council establishing the Just Transition Fund due to its reliance on solid fossil fuels, and meets the relevant requirements set in Article 29(11); ii) the electricity is produced applying Biomass CO2 Capture and Storage and meets the requirements set in Article 29(11), second subparagraph.
2022/02/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 160 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 22 a – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall endeavour to increase the share of renewable sources in the amount of energy sources used for final energy and non-energy purposes in the industry sector by an indicative average minimum annual increase of 1.1 percentage points by 2030.
2022/02/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 163 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 22 a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Member States shall ensure that the contribution of renewable fuels of non- biological origin used for final energy and non-energy purposes shall be 50 % of the hydrogen used for final energy and non- energy purposes in industry by 2030. For the calculation of that percentage, the following rules shall apply:
2022/02/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 165 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 22 a – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) For the calculation of the denominator, the energy content of hydrogen for final energy and non-energy purposes shall be taken into account, excluding hydrogen used as intermediate products for the production of conventional transport fuels.
2022/02/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 167 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 22 a – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) For the calculation of the (b) numerator, the energy content of the renewable fuels of non-biological origin consumed in the industry sector for final energy and non-energy purposes shall be taken into account, excluding renewable fuels of non- biological origin used as intermediate products for the production of conventional transport fuels.
2022/02/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 203 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15 – point a – point i
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 26 – paragraph 1
For the calculation of a Member State's gross final consumption of energy from renewable sources referred to in Article 7 and of the greenhouse gas intensity reduction target referred to in Article 25(1), first subparagraph, point (a), the share of biofuels and bioliquids, as well as of biomass fuels consumed in transport, where produced from food and feed crops, shall be no more than one percentage point higher than the share of such fuels in the final consumption of energy in the transport sector in 2020 in that Member State, with a maximum of 7 % of final consumption of energy in the transport sector in that Member State.;
2022/02/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 212 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15 – point a – point ii – introductory part
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 26 – paragraph 1
(ii) the second, third and fourth subparagraph is replaced by the followingare deleted:
2022/02/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 215 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15 – point a – point ii
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 26 – paragraph 1
Where the share of biofuels and bioliquids, as well as of biomass fuels consumed in transport, produced from food and feed crops in a Member State is limited to a share lower than 7 % or a Member State decides to limit the share further, that Member State may reduce the greenhouse gas intensity reduction target referred to in Article 25(1), first subparagraph, point (a), accordingly, in view of the contribution these fuels would have made in terms of greenhouse gas emissions saving. For that purpose, Member States shall consider those fuels save 50 % greenhouse gas emissions.;deleted
2022/02/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 345 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point a a (new)Directive (EU) 2018/2001

Annex IX – part A
(a a) In part A, the following point (r) in inserted: (r) Intermediate and cover crops.
2022/02/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 38 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) In order to better prevent carbon leakage, the CBAM should be accompanied by favourable investment and production conditions in the Union, involving, for example, the more effective use of agricultural organic matter such as livestock manure to replace chemical fertilisers, financial incentives for innovation, the removal of administrative barriers and reduction of adjustment costs, especially for small and medium- sized enterprises and the agricultural sector.
2021/11/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 74 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
(6 a) Global warming already reached 1.18°C in December 2020, leading to world wide draughts, floods, storms and heatwaves. If we continue at the current trend, global warming will reach 1.5°C in 2034. The outcome of the COP 26 in Glasgow, lacks the needed ambition and stronger commitments to turn the tide. The new announcements and updates of the NDCs after Glasgow will reduce temperature rises only by 0.1%, still leading to a disastrous estimated temperature rise between 1.8°C and 2.9°C by 2100;
2021/12/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 80 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) The initiative for a carbon border adjustment mechanism (‘CBAM’) is a part of the ‘Fit for 55 Package’. That mechanism is to serve as an essential element of the EU toolbox to meet the objective of a climate-neutral Union by 2050 in line with the Paris Agreement by addressing risks of carbon leakage resulting from the increased Union climate ambition. The CBAM should serve as one element in the EU’s comprehensive strategy towards global sustainable trade and the ambition to reduce global carbon emissions;
2021/12/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 84 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
(9 a) It is necessary to come forward with a holistic and comprehensive impact assessment of the entire fit for 55 package. Stakeholders, both within and outside of the EU borders, will not only feel the consequences of the separate proposals, but will also experience combined effects of the various proposals together, as they are all interlinked. Therefore, aside from the 13 separate impact assessments already carried out, an impact assessment of the entire package as a whole should be performed.
2021/12/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 109 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) While the objective of the CBAM is to lower global carbon emissions by preventing the risk of carbon leakage, this Regulation would also encourage the use of more GHG emissions-efficient technologies by producers from third countries, so that less emissions per unit of output are generated. Special attention, intensive dialogue, administrative, technical and financial support is needed regarding LDCs, empowering them to reach the green transition in a sustainable and fair way and enabling them to be full- fledged participators in global sustainable trade;
2021/12/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 112 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 28
(28) ‘indirect emissions’ mean emissions from the production of electricity, heating and coolingthe goods referred to in Annex I, which isare consumed during the production processes of others goods.
2021/11/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 115 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
(12 a) To meet the Union objectives and international commitments, such as those under WTO agreements and the Paris agreement and in line with the principle of CBDR, the Commission should come forward with a proposal and sufficient funding to support LDCs in complying with the various CBAM requirements. This should entail, amongst others, the necessary administrative and technical assistance and financial support to facilitate LDC’s adaptation to the new obligations established by this regulation as well as support the help them cut emissions and accomplish the green transition.
2021/12/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 116 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. The authorised declarant shall keep records of the documentation, certified by an independent person, required to demonstrate that the declared embedded emissions were subject to a carbon price in the country of origin of the goods and keep evidence of the proof of the actual payment for that carbon price which should not have been subject to an export rebate or any other form of compensation on exportation.
2021/11/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 117 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 b (new)
(12 b) In the transitional phase, producers of LDCs in the sectors covered by the CBAM should be supported in complying with the administrative requirements of the CBAM and assisted in mapping the real emissions of their production processes. At the same time, possible environmental and energy improvements in the production process (such as regarding raw material use, circular economy aspects, energy efficiency and use of renewable energy) should be proposed, technical and knowledge transfers should take place and best practices should be shared.
2021/12/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 118 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 c (new)
(12 c) During the implementation phase, when revenues will be generated from the sale of CBAM certificates and the financial consequences of the CBAM will be sensed in third countries, sufficient support and funding should be attributed to helping LDCs in implementing the environment, climate, energy and resource related improvements to help them lower emissions, cut CBAM costs and accomplish the green transition.
2021/12/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 120 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 d (new)
(12 d) As the sole aim of the CBAM is to reduce global carbon emissions, the revenues generated from the sale of CBAM certificates, or the equivalent in financial value of these revenues, should be channeled towards global climate funding. Sufficient funding should be made available to realize the support for LDCs as stipulated above;
2021/12/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 121 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall require thatThe competent authorities shall exchange any information that is essential or relevant to the exercise of their functions and duties. The European Union Agency for the cooperation of Energy Regulators shall support the coordination between competent authorities.
2021/11/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 132 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
All information acquired by the competent authority in the course of performing its duty which is by its nature confidential or which is provided on a confidential basis shall be covered by an obligation of professional secrecy. Such information shall not be disclosed byoutside the competent authorityies and the central administrator without the express permission of the person or authority that provided it. It may be shared with customs authorities, the Commission and the European Public Prosecutors Office and shall be treated in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 515/97.
2021/11/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 139 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The Commission shall calculate the price of CBAM certificates as the average price of the closing prices of EU ETS allowances on the common auction platform in accordance with the procedures laid down in Commission Regulation (EU) No 1031/201054 for each calendar week. By applying the revised Decision (EU) 2015/1814 on the Market Stability Reserve of allowances, the Commission establishes a minimum and a maximum prices for EU ETS allowances in order to enhance the efficiency and keep under control the social impacts of the transition and to avoid the possibility to circumvent the CBAM certificates system. _________________ 54 Commission Regulation (EU) No 1031/2010 of 12 November 2010 on the timing, administration and other aspects of auctioning of greenhouse gas emission allowances pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC (OJ L 302, 18.11.2010, p. 1).
2021/11/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 158 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 2
2. Before the end of the transitional period, the Commission shall present a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the application of this Regulation. The report shall contain, in particular, the assessment of the possibilities to further extend the scope of embedded emissions to indirect emissions and to other goods at risk of carbon leakage than those already covered by this Regulation, especially in the agricultural and food sector, as well as an assessment of the governance system. It shall also contain the assessment of the possibility to further extend the scope to embedded emissions of transportation services as well as to goods further down the value chain and services that may be subject to the risk of carbon leakage in the future.
2021/11/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 166 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1
1. TUntil the phasing out of free allowances, the CBAM certificates to be surrendered in accordance with Article 22 shall be adjusted to reflect the extent to which EU ETS allowances are allocated free of charge in accordance with Article 10a of Directive 2003/87/EC to installations producing, within the Union, the goods listed in Annex I.
2021/11/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 166 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
(30) The use of the first criterion allows listing the following industrial sector in terms of cumulated emissions: iron and steel, refineries, cement, organic basic chemicals and polymers, and fertilisers.
2021/12/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 167 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) the carbon price due in a country of origin for the embedded emissions in the imported goods, which is not subject to an export rebate or other form of compensation on exportation.
2021/11/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 172 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
(32) In particular, organic chemicals are not included in the scope of this Regulation due to technical limitations that do not allow to clearly define the embedded emissions of imported goods. For these goods the applicable benchmark under the EU ETS is a basic parameter, which does not allow for an unambiguous allocation of emissions embedded in individual imported goods. A more targeted allocation to organic chemicals will require more data and analysis.deleted
2021/12/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 178 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
(33) Similar tTechnical constraints apply to refinery products, for which it is not possible to unambiguously assign GHG emissions to individual output products. At the same time, the relevant benchmark in the EU ETS does not directly relate to specific products, such as gasoline, diesel or kerosene, but to all refinery output.
2021/12/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 213 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 53
(53) In light of the above, an extensive dialogue with third countries should continue and t, trade partners, EU’s and third country’s industries, federations, international organisations, NGO’s, think tanks and all other involved stakeholders should continue in order to boost global climate action and maximize engagement and the chances of the CBAM succeeding. There should be space for cooperation and solutions that could inform the specific choices that will be made on the details of the design of the measure during the implementation, in particular during the transitional period.
2021/12/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 219 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 55
(55) As the CBAM aims to encourage cleaner production processes, and in line with the CBDR principle, the EU stands ready to work with low and middle- income countries towards the de- carbonisation of their manufacturing industries. Moreover, the UnCommission should support less developed countriecome forward with a proposal and sufficient funding to support LDCs with the necessary technical and financial assistance in order to facilitate their adaptation to the new obligations established by this regulation. In the transitional phase, producers of LDCs in the sectors covered by the CBAM should be supported in complying with the administrative requirements of the CBAM, assisted in mapping the real emissions of their production processes and supported to determine production process improvements. During the implementation phase, when the CBAM has financial consequences, LDCs should be supported to cut emissions and thus CBAM costs and accomplish the green transition.
2021/12/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 233 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation establishes a carbon border adjustment mechanism (the ‘CBAM’) for addressing greenhouse gas emissions embedded in the goods referred to in Annex I, upon their importation into the customs territory of the Union, in order to reduce global carbon emissions by preventing the risk of carbon leakage.
2021/12/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 271 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 15 a (new)
(15 a) ‘indirect emissions’ mean emissions from the production of electricity, heating and cooling, which is consumed during the production processes of goods.
2021/12/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 274 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16
(16) ‘embedded emissions’ mean direct emissions released during the production of goods and inputs of CBAM products into those goods, as well as indirect emissions from the production of electricity, heating and cooling consumed during the production of goods, calculated pursuant to the methods set out in Annex III;
2021/12/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 278 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 28
(28) ‘indirect emissions’ mean emissions from the production of electricity, heating and cooling, which is consumed during the production processes of goods.deleted
2021/12/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 287 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. Embedded emissions in goods other than electricity shall be determined based on the actual emissions in accordance with the methods set out in Annex III, points 2 and 3. When actual emissions cannot be adequately determined, the embedded emissions shall be determined by reference to default values in accordance with the methods set out in Annex III, point 4.1. In determining indirect emissions from the consumption of electricity, heating and cooling embedded in goods other than electricity, the annual average emissions intensity of the marginal or other price- setting generator in the relevant electricity market shall be used. Where such data are not available, the average emissions intensity of fossil fuel-based generation plants in the relevant power market supplying the producing installation shall be used instead;
2021/12/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 291 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission is empowered to adopt implementdelegated acts, ing actscordance with Article 28, concerning detailed rules regarding the elements of the calculation methods set out in Annex III, including determining system boundaries of production processes, emission factors, installation-specific indirect emissions related to electricity, heating and cooling consumption, installation-specific values of actual emissions and default values and their respective application to individual goods as well as laying down methods to ensure the reliability of data on the basis of which the default values shall be determined, including the level of detail and the verification of the data. Where necessary, those acts shall provide that the default values can be adapted to particular areas, regions or countries to take into account specific objective factors such as geography, natural resources, market conditions, prevailing energy sources, or industrial processes. The implementing acts shall build upon existing legislation for the verification of emissions and activity data for installations covered by Directive 2003/87/EC, in particular Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2018/2067.
2021/12/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 292 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 7
7. The implementing acts referred to in paragraph 6 shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 29(2).deleted
2021/12/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 397 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 a (new)
Article 24 a Revenues from the sale of CBAM certificates In line with the Union objectives and international commitments, such as those under WTO agreements, the Paris agreement and the CBDR principle, the Commission should come forward with a proposal and sufficient funding to support LDCs. This should entail, amongst others, the necessary administrative and technical assistance and financial support to facilitate LDC’s adaptation to the new obligations established by this regulation and the accomplishment of a sustainable transition. In the transitional phase, producers of LDCs in the sectors covered by the CBAM should be supported in complying with the administrative requirements of the CBAM and assisted in mapping the real emissions of their production processes. At the same time, possible environmental and energy improvements in the production process (such as regarding raw material use, circular economy aspects, energy efficiency and use of renewable energy) should be proposed, technical and knowledge transfers should take place and best practices should be shared. During the implementation phase, when revenues will be generated from the sale of CBAM certificates and the financial consequences of the CBAM will be sensed in third countries, sufficient support and funding should be attributed to helping LDCs in implementing the environment, climate, energy and resource related improvements to lower emissions, cut CBAM costs and accomplish the green transition.
2021/12/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 401 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 b (new)
Article 24 b To ensure that the sole aim of the CBAM is to reduce global carbon emissions, the revenues generated from the sale of CBAM certificates, or the equivalent in financial value of these revenues, shall be channeled towards global climate funding. Sufficient funding shall be made available to accomplish the goals set out in the previous paragraph.
2021/12/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 413 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – title
27 Circumvention and absorption
2021/12/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 420 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. The following shall be considered as circumvention practices, processes or work referred to in the first subparagraph: (a) Any slight modification of the product to which CBAM is to be applied in order to place it under customs codes not subject to the obligations of this Regulation, provided that the changes made do not alter its essential characteristics (b) Falsification of the identity of the producer of the product in question, its nature or the process involved in its production (c) The reorganisation by exporters or producers of their patterns and channels of sale with a view to possibly circumventing the obligations laid down in this Regulation, or to undermining its effects (d) The shipment of the product to which the mechanism applies through third countries which are exempt from the obligations or which are more favourable to them (e) Any other measures to possibly avoid or circumvent the obligations set out in this Regulation, or to undermine their effects, including on overall GHG emissions
2021/12/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 430 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3
3. A Member State or any party affected or benefitted by the situations described in paragraph 2 may notify the Commission if it is confronted, over a two- month period compared with the same period in the preceding year with a significant decrease in the volume of imported goods included in the scope of this Regulation and an increase of volume of imports of slightly modified products, which are not included in the list of goods in Annex I. The Commission shall continually monitor any significant change of pattern of trade of goods and slightly modified products at Union level. The Commission shall provide information to the Member States once an interested party or a Member State has submitted a request justifying the initiation of an investigation and the Commission has completed its analysis, or when the Commission itself has determined the need to initiate an investigation
2021/12/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 441 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Following a complaint by an interested party or on its own initiative, the Commission may decide, after an investigation, to extend the obligations laid down in this Regulation, as necessary to prevent future circumvention of the Mechanism, where the measures in force are being circumvented
2021/12/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 447 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Investigations shall be carried out by the Commission. The Commission may be assisted by the customs authorities and the investigationshall be concluded in due time
2021/12/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 448 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. The Commission decision finding circumvention shall impose a penalty in accordance with Article 26 on the authorised declarant involved in the circumvention and, where appropriate, on the operator of the facility located in the third country who is related to the authorised declarant. Where appropriate, the penalty shall also entail the withdrawal of the import authorisation and shall be extended to the operator
2021/12/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 450 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 5 d (new)
5 d. Where a party submits sufficient information showing that, after the entry into force of this Regulation, an approved declarant has been absorbing the cost of CBAM certificates such that there has been no or insufficient change in resale prices or subsequent selling prices of the imported product in the Union, and that such situation has no sufficient cause or economic justification other than to undermine the effects of the obligations laid down in this Regulation, the Commission shall initiate an investigation.A Member State shall have the power to request the initiation of investigations where it detects a case of absorption of irregular cost (a) The Commission shall provide information to Member States once a party has submitted sufficient information to justify the initiation of the investigation and the Commission has completed its analysis (b) Investigations shall be carried out by the Commission.The Commission may be assisted by the customs authorities.During an investigation pursuant to this Article, the interested party shall be given the opportunity to clarify the situation regarding resale prices and subsequent selling prices (c) If it is concluded that the obligations laid down in this Regulation should have led to movements of such prices, the Commission shall take appropriate measures to restore the effectiveness of the obligations laid down in this Regulation
2021/12/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 458 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. This committee of experts shall be inclusive and consist of people who, together, are knowledgeable of all the various effects of the CBAM, representing the interests of all affected stakeholders and society as a whole.
2021/12/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 468 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall collect the information necessary with a view to extending the scope of this Regulation to indirect emissions and goodgoods and services other than those listed in Annex I, such as all the sectors covered by the ETS and downstream sectors, and develop methods of calculating embedded emissions based on environmental footprint methods.
2021/12/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 490 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Before the end of the fourth year following the entry into force of this Regulation, the Commission shall conduct a review of the carbon leakage risks posed to EU ETS installations producing products listed in Annex I of this Regulation for export beyond the customs territory of the Union. This review shall take into account relevant risk factors, including the extent to which third countries have adopted equivalent carbon pricing or regulatory policies to the Union, the ability of EU ETS installations to deduct carbon prices already paid in the EU or pass on emission costs in third country markets, and the prospects for global cooperation on carbon leakage protection.
2021/12/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 492 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. If the remaining risk of carbon leakage to exporters determined by the review referred to in paragraph 4 is deemed to place into question the effectiveness of the Union’s climate policy of pricing emissions for EU ETS installations, the Commission shall propose legislative amendments to eliminate this risk. If necessary, any such legislative proposals shall respect the WTO legal principles of non- discrimination and shall not distort existing trade patterns to the Union’s advantage.
2021/12/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 531 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 2 – point i (new)
i) Organic chemicals and polymers
2021/12/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 536 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 2 – introductory part
2. Determination of actual direct embedded emissions for simple goods
2021/12/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 537 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
For determining the specific actual embedded emissions of simple goods produced in a given installation, only direct emissions shall be accounted for. For this purpose, the following equation is to be applied:
2021/12/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 538 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 2 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
‘Attributed emissions’ mean the part of the installation’s direct emissions during the reporting period that are caused by the production process resulting in goods g when applying the system boundaries of the process defined by the implementing acts adopted pursuant to Article 7(6). The attributed emissions shall be calculated using the following equation:
2021/12/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 539 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 2 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
nulldeleted
2021/12/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 540 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 2 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Attrg = DirEm + EmH,imp –EmH,exp + Gcorr,imp – Gcorr,exp + Emel –Emel,exp
2021/12/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 541 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 2 – paragraph 4
Where DirEm are the direct emissions, resulting from the production process, expressed in tonnes of CO2e, within the system boundaries referred to in the implementing act pursuant to Article 7(6). ; EmH,imp are the indirect emissions accounted for heat imported to the installation and consumed within the system boundaries of the process; EmH,exp are emission equivalents of heat exported from the process system boundaries; Gcorr,imp is a correction factor taking into account imports of waste gases or greenhouse gases used as process input; Gcorr,exp is a similar correction factor for exports of such gases from the system boundaries of the process; Emel are the indirect emissions accounted for electricity consumed within the system boundaries of the process, including any electricity consumed from the relevant power grid from which the installation is supplied; Emel,exp are emission equivalents of electricity exported from the process system boundaries; EmH is to be calculated using the emission factor for heat given in the implementing act pursuant to Article 7, Emel is to be calculated using the emission factor for electricity given in that act. Where offsite power is consumed, the annual average emissions intensity of the marginal or other price-setting generator in the relevant electricity market shall be used.Where such data are not available, the average emissions intensity of fossil- fuel based generation plants in the relevant power market supplying the producing installation shall be used instead. For Gcorr the implementing act shall specify the types of gases and of their use eligible for corrections, and relevant calculation factors.
2021/12/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 14 #

2021/0213(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 a (new)
(3 a) On 31 January 2022, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) of 31 January 2022 published a report entitled ‘Review 01/2022: Energy taxation, carbon pricing and energy subsidies’.
2022/03/29
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 19 #

2021/0213(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
(9) Rules should be laid down to base energy taxation on the energy content of energy products and electricity, coupled with their environmental performances, including their greenhouse gas savings performance. For those purposes, reference should be made to the definitions of Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council30 , to Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council31 , and to Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council32 . Moreover, the list of energy products should be updated to include certain energy products, in order to ensure a unified and standardised treatment of those fuels. _________________ 30 Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on energy efficiency, amending Directives 2009/125/EC and 2010/30/EU and repealing Directives 2004/8/EC and 2006/32/EC (OJ L 315, 14.11.2012, p. 1). 31 Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources (recast) (OJ L 328 21.12.2018, p. 82). 32 Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2020 on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment, and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 (OJ L 198, 22.6.2020, p. 13).
2022/03/29
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 34 #

2021/0213(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 36
(36) Every five years and for the first time five years after the entry into force of this Directive, the Commission should report to the Council on the application of this Directive, examining in particular the minimum levels of taxation, the impact of innovation and technological developments, especially as regards energy efficiency, the use of electricity in transportrenewable energy sources in transport, their contribution to reducing emissions and the justification for the exemptions, reductions and differentiations laid down in this Directive. The report should take into account the proper functioning of the internal market, environmental and social considerations, the real value of the minimum levels of taxation and the wider relevant objectives of the Treaties.
2022/03/29
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 75 #

2021/0213(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point b – paragraph 1
Member States may also refund to the producer, including active customers, renewable energy self-consumers, renewable energy communities and local energy communities, some or all of the amount of tax paid by the consumer on electricity produced from products specified in this paragraph.
2022/03/29
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 89 #

2021/0213(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Article 31 – paragraph 2
The report by the Commission shall, inter alia, examine the minimum levels of taxation, the impact of innovation and technological developments, in particular as regards energy efficiency, the use of electricity in transportrenewable energy sources in transport, their contribution to reducing emissions and the justification for the exemptions, reductions and differentiations laid down in this Directive. The report shall take into account the proper functioning of the internal market, environmental and social considerations, the real value of the minimum levels of taxation and the relevant wider objectives of the Treaties.
2022/03/29
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 46 #

2021/0201(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) Taking into account that the capacity to sequester carbon by agricultural and forest ecosystems depends on the sustainable management of land, forests and agroforestry, which offers a form of climate protection as sustainable management enhances resilience to climate change, sustainable management of forests is one of the tools to ensure their increased absorption of CO2. The positive effect can be enhanced harnessing the carbon sink potential of forest stands and the use of long-lived timber products can ensure emissions are deferred.
2022/02/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 48 #

2021/0201(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
(6) The binding annual targets for net greenhouse gas removals should be determined for each Member State by a linear trajectory and following impact assessments. The trajectory should start in 2022, on the average of greenhouse gas emissions reported by that Member State during 2021, 2022 and 2023 and end in 2030 on the target set out for that Member State. FThe Commission should assign specific funds for improvement of calculation systems, and for Member States that improve their methodology of calculating the emissions and removals, a concept of technical correction should be introduced. A technical correction should be added to the target of that Member State corresponding to the effect of the change in methodology on the targets and the efforts of the Member State to achieve them, in order to respect environmental integrity subject to scientific review. Where targets are not met, Member States should revise their National Energy and Climate Plans and long-term strategies to ensure additional action is taken to enhance sinks with relation to biodiversity and reduce vulnerability of the land to natural disturbance.
2022/02/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 56 #

2021/0201(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) The Communication of 17 September 2020 on Stepping up Europe’s 2030 climate ambition33 outlined an option to combine agriculture non-CO2 greenhouse gas emissions with land use, land use change and forestry net removals, thus creating a newly regulated land sector. Such combination can promote synergies between land-based mitigation actions and enable more integrated policymaking and policy implementation at national and Union level. To this end,, as well as strengthening the incentives to comply with reduction targets using carbon farming and CO2 removals. However, considering the sensitivity of both the agriculture and the forestry sector, as well as the potential reversibility of GHG removals by natural carbon sinks, methods of calculating relative weights of emissions and removals should be considered after in- depth analysis, before the obligation for Member States to submit integrated mitigation plans for the land sector ishould be reinforced. _________________ 33 COM(2020) 562 final.
2022/02/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 63 #

2021/0201(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) The land sector has the potential to become rapidly climate-neutral by 2035 in a cost- effective manner, and subsequently generate more greenhouse gas removals than emissions in the short and long term. A collective commitment aiming to achieve climate-neutrality in the land sector in 2035 at EU level can provide the needed planning certainty to drive land- based mitigation action in the short term and form a sound basis for action after 2035, considering that it can take many years for such action to deliver the desired mitigation outcomes and positive climate impact. Moreover, the land sector is projected to become the largest sector in the EU greenhouse gas flux profile in 2050. It is therefore particularly important to anchor that sector to a trajectory that can effectively deliver net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. By mid-2024, the Member States should submit their updated integrated national energy and climate plans in accordance with Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council34 . The plans should take into account the specificities within Member State territories, and include relevant measures by which each Member Statone best contributes to the collective target of climate neutrality in the land sector at EU level in 2035. On the basis of these plans in a sustainable long-term approach. On the basis of these plans, and taking into account findings of the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change, the Commission should propose national targets, ensuring that the Union- wide greenhouse gas emissions and removals in the land use, land use change and forestry sector and the emissions from the agriculture non-CO2 sectors are at least balanced by 2035. Contrary to the EU level target of climate neutrality for the land sector by 2035, such national targets will be binding and enforceable on each Member State. _________________ 34 Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action, amending Regulations (EC) No 663/2009 and (EC) No 715/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Directives 94/22/EC, 98/70/EC, 2009/31/EC, 2009/73/EC, 2010/31/EU, 2012/27/EU and 2013/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 2009/119/EC and (EU) 2015/652 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p.1).
2022/02/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 67 #

2021/0201(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) The land sector has the potential to become rapidlymove towards climate- neutral by 2035 in a cost-effective manner,ity through carbon removals and subsequently generate more greenhouse gas removals than emissions. A collective commitment aiming to achieve climate-neutrality in the land sector in 2035 at EU level can provide the needed planning certainty to drive land- based mitigation action in the short term, considering that it can take many years for such action to deliver the desired mitigation outcomes. Moreover, the land sector is projected to become the largest sector in the EU greenhouse gas flux profile in 2050. It is therefore particularly important to anchor that sector to a trajectory that can effectively deliver net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. By mid-2024, the Member States should submit their updated integrated national energy and climate plans in accordance with Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council34 . The plans should include relevant measures by which each Member State best contributes to the collective target of climate neutrality in the land sector at EU level in 2035. On the basis of these plans, the Commission should propose indicative national targets, ensuring that the Union-wide greenhouse gas emissions and removals in the land use, land use change and forestry sector and the emissions from the agriculture non-CO2 sectors are at least balanced by 2035. Contrary to the EU level target of climate neutrality for the land sector by 2035, such national targets will be binding and enforceable on each. Contributions to achieve that target should be fairly distributed among sectors and Member States. _________________ 34 Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action, amending Regulations (EC) No 663/2009 and (EC) No 715/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Directives 94/22/EC, 98/70/EC, 2009/31/EC, 2009/73/EC, 2010/31/EU, 2012/27/EU and 2013/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 2009/119/EC and (EU) 2015/652 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 1).
2022/02/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 71 #

2021/0201(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) Forests provide important benefits for biodiversity, soil stabilisation, purification of air and water, carbon sequestration and storage and potentially the provision of long-lived wood products. However, the nature and function of forests is highly variable across the Union, notably north, where timber production is more prevalent, to south, where soil conservation is a priority and other specific multifunctional forest types (Mediterranean forest or Dehesa) often need specific conservation and ecological measures, which need long time periods for sinking CO2. Such Mediterranean forests are more vulnerable to climate change due to direct impacts such as drought or temperature-induced forest dieback or evolution of aridity, for which an aridity index should be used as one of the tools needed to strengthen the resilience of the Union’s forests.
2022/02/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 81 #

2021/0201(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) In order to enhance greenhouse gas removals, individual farmers or forest managers need a direct incentive to store more carbon on their land and their forests while providing other societal benefits and protecting biodiversity. New business models based on carbon farming incentives and on the certification of carbon removals need to be increasingly deployed in the period until 2030. Such incentives and business models willshould also enhance climate mitigation in tha circular and sustainable bio- economy, including through the use of durable harvested wood products, in full respect of ecological principles fostering biodiversity and the circular economy. Hence, new categories of carbon storageircular economy products should be introduced in addition to the harvested wood products. The emerging business models, farming and land management practices to enhance removals, with incentives to implement ecosystem-based and biodiversity friendly approaches, contribute to a balanced territorial development and economic growth in rural areas. They also create opportunities for new jobs and provide incentives for relevant training, reskilling and upskilling.
2022/02/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 82 #

2021/0201(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) In order to enhance greenhouse gas removals, individual farmers or forest managers need a direct incentive to store more carbon on their land and their forests. New business models based on carbon farming incentives and on the certification of carbon removals need to be increasingly deployed in the period until 2030. Such incentives and business models will enhance climate mitigation in the bio- economy, including through the use of durable harvested wood products, in full respect of ecological principles fostering biodiversity and the circular economy. Hence, new categories of short and long- life carbon storage products should be introduced in addition to the harvested wood products. The emerging business models, farming and land management practices to enhance removals contribute to a balanced territorial development and economic growth in rural areas. They also create opportunities for new jobs and provide incentives for relevant training, reskilling and upskilling.
2022/02/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 84 #

2021/0201(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) The Commission, Member States and national competent authorities should assign specific budgets for funds and investments in infrastructure for new decarbonisation and climate mitigation technologies, including specific funds for small and medium farms and forest owners. Union and national competent authorities should work closely with relevant stakeholders to develop an enabling environment and adequate financial support mechanisms for the transition to carbon neutrality.
2022/02/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 102 #

2021/0201(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
(15) In view of setting out the indicative net greenhouse gas removals targets for the Member States for the period from 2026 to 2030, the Commission should exercise a comprehensive review to verify the greenhouse gas inventory data for the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. For this purpose, a comprehensive review should be carried out in 2025, in addition to the comprehensive reviews that the Commission is to carry out in 2027 and 2032 in accordance with Article 38 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999.
2022/02/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 110 #

2021/0201(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) indicative targets for net greenhouse gas removals in the land use, land use change and forestry sector for Member States for the period from 2026 to 2030;
2022/02/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 148 #

2021/0201(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 Regulation (EU) 2018/841
3. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts setting out the indicative annual targets based on the linear trajectory for net greenhouse gas removals for each Member State, for each year in the period from 2026 to 2029 in terms of tonnes CO2 equivalent. These national trajectories shall be based on the average greenhouse gas inventory data for the years 2021, 2022 and 2023, reported by each Member State. The value of the 310 million tonnes CO2 equivalent net removals as a sum of the targets for Member States set out in Annex IIa may be subject to a technical correction due to a change of methodology by Member States. The method for determination of the technical correction to be added to the targets of the Member States, shall be set out in these implementing acts. For the purpose of those implementing acts, the Commission shall carry out a comprehensive review of the most recent national inventory data for the years 2021, 2022 and 2023 submitted by Member States pursuant to Article 26(4) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999.
2022/02/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 167 #

2021/0201(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Regarding the proposal for AFOLU after 2030, and before2027, the Commission shall conduct a thorough impact assessment, including at the Member State level and down to farm level, to identify implications regarding administrative requirements, cost of efforts to be undertaken, likely effects on income from incentives, as well as the specific provisions, governance and targets to be adopted.
2022/02/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 190 #

2021/0201(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. Where, in the period from 2021 to 2025, total emissions exceed total removals in the land accounting categories referred to in Article 2(1), or where, in the period from 2026 onwards, the annual balance of greenhouse gas emissions over removals exceeds the net emissions limit established in the linear trajectory and in Annex IIa, in the land accounting categories referred to in Article 2(2), [accounted for in accordance with this Regulation,] in a Member State, that Member State may use the managed forest land flexibility set out in this Article in order to comply with Article 4(1).
2022/02/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 195 #

2021/0201(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall submit evidence to the Commission concerning the impact of natural disturbances, extreme weather incidents and climate impacts, which may impede increase of natural sinks, calculated pursuant to Annex VI in order to be eligible for compensation of remaining sinks accounted for as emissions against its forest reference level, up to the full amount of unused compensation by other Member States set out in Annex VII for the period from 2021 to 2025. In case the demand for compensation exceeds the amount of unused compensation available, the compensation shall be distributed proportionally among the Member States concerned.’;
2022/02/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 221 #

2021/0201(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13c – paragraph 2
An amount equal to the amount in tonnes of CO2 equivalent of the excess greenhouse gas net emissions, multiplied by a factor of 1,083, shall be added to the greenhouse gas emission figure reported by that Member State in the following year, in accordance with the measures adopted pursuant to Article 15.;
2022/02/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 223 #

2021/0201(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) synergies between climate mitigation and the development of bioeconomy, associated to the substitution of carbon- and fossil-intensive materials with wood-based materials for purposes other than energy production.
2022/02/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 225 #

2021/0201(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) compliance with the targets pursuant to Article 13c.;deleted
2022/02/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 237 #

2021/0201(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) 2018/1999
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 1 – point ii
the Member State’s commitments and indicative national targets for net greenhouse gas removals pursuant to Article 4(1) and (2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/841 and its contributions aim towards reaching the Union objective of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2035 and achieving negative emissions thereafter pursuant to Article 4(4) of that Regulation;’;
2022/02/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 246 #

2021/0201(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Annex IIa – introductory part
The Union target and the indicative national targets of the Member States of net greenhouse gas removals pursuant to Article 4(2) to be achieved in 2030.
2022/02/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 258 #

2021/0201(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III
Regulation (EU) 2018/1999
Annex V – Part 3 – paragraph 4 a (new)
The Commission should ensure collection and analyses of GIS geo-spatial data at the EU level in cooperation with, and using data from, the European Environmental Agency, the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change, the Commission’s Joint Research Centre and other bodies, as well as the European Earth Observation Programme Copernicus, and provide assistance to the Member States to apply Tier 3 methods, in order to ensure consistency and transparency of the data from 2026 onwards.
2022/02/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 41 #

2021/0200(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) Climate neutrality by 2050 must be reached in a manner that ensures adequate food production, secures a just transition, and does not threaten food security, taking into account the efforts that agriculture sector is already making, as well as the major role it plays in the development of rural areas, its contributions to the economy and employment, and stressing the exemplary way the sector rallied to maintain food security and consumer expectations during the COVID-19 pandemic.
2022/02/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 57 #

2021/0200(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) For that purpose, the greenhouse gas emission reduction target for 2030 needs to be revised, for each Member State. The revision of the greenhouse gas emission reduction target should use t to be able to play its part in addressing this transnational challenge. The revision of the greenhouse gas emission reduction target must respect the principle of "leaving no-one behind" and avoid shifting the burden of responsibility onto the Member States facing the greatest transformational challenges. The same methodology should be used that was followed when Regulation (EU) 2018/842 was first adopted, where the national contributions were determined in consideration of the different capacities and cost-efficiency opportunities in Member States so to ensure a fair and balanced distribution of the effort. The reduction of the maximum greenhouse gas emissions for each Member State in 2030 should thus be determined in relation to the level of its 2005 reviewed greenhouse gas emissions covered by this Regulation, excluding verified greenhouse gas emissions from installations that operated in 2005 and which were only included in the emission trading system of the Union after 2005.
2022/02/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 71 #

2021/0200(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
(16) In addition to that flexibility, considering the close relationship between the agriculture and forestry sectors, when establishing a new political and legal framework to achieve the EU s climate goals, a limited quantity of net removals and net emissions from land use, land-use change and forestry (‘LULUCF’) may be taken into account for Member States’ compliance under Regulation (EU) 2018/842 (‘the LULUCF flexibility’). In order to ensure that sufficient mitigation efforts are deployed until 2030, it is appropriate to limit the use of the LULUCF flexibility by separating the use of such flexibility into two separate time periods, each capped by a limit corresponding to half of the maximum amount of total net removals set out in Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2018/842. It is also appropriate to bring the title of Annex III in line with the amendment to Regulation (EU) 2018/841 carried out by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/268 of 28 October 202037 . As a consequence, there is no longer a need for Regulation (EU) 2018/842 to provide for a legal basis allowing the Commission to adopt delegated acts to amend the title of its Annex III. Article 7(2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/842 should therefore be deleted. __________________ 37 Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/268 of 28 October 2020 amending Annex IV to Regulation (EU) 2018/841 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the forest reference levels to be applied by the Member States for the period 2021-2025 (OJ L 60, 22.2.2021, p. 21).
2022/02/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 76 #

2021/0200(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 a (new)
(17a) Member States and competent authorities should assign specific budgets to incentivise farmers to deliver emission reductions, and provide investment in infrastructure for decarbonisation technologies, including for small and medium farms. EU and national authorities should work closely with all relevant stakeholders to develop an enabling environment and vital financial support mechanisms for the transition to carbon neutrality so that the sector can fully contribute to the goal of reaching net zero GHG emissions.
2022/02/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 77 #

2021/0200(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 b (new)
(17b) Tools such as the adopted Climate, Energy and Environmental State aid guidelines (CEEAG) are instrumental to ensure that the agricultural sector plays a full role in the achievement of the EU s climate targets, while maintaining food production at affordable prices. The Commission should ensure the addition of new sub-sectors to the guidelines as required, such as these covered by the Emission Trading System or included in the carbon leakage list.
2022/02/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 85 #

2021/0200(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 1
(1) In Article 1, “30%” is replaced as follows: “ Subject matter In order to achieve the objectives of Paris Agreement and the goal of climate neutrality by 2050 at the latest and negative emissions thereafter, this Regulation lays down obligations on Member States with respect to their minimum contributions for the period from 2021 to 2030 to fulfilling the Union's target of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by 40%”; below 2005 levels in 2030 in the sectors covered by Article 2 of this Regulation. This Regulation also lays down rules on determining annual emission allocations and for the evaluation of Member States‘ progress towards meeting their minimum contributions.”
2022/02/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 75 #

2021/0114(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) There should be a financial contribution provided, directly or indirectly, by the public authorities of a third country. The financial contribution may be granted through public or private entities. Whether a public entity provides a financial contribution should be determined on a case-by-case basis with due regard to elements such as the characteristics of the relevant entity and the legal and economic environment prevailing in the country in which the entity operates including the government’s role in the economy. Financial contributions may also be granted through a private entity if its actions can be attributed to the third country. A dominant market position in a third country such as a monopoly could also be considered as a financial contribution.
2022/02/11
Committee: INTA
Amendment 90 #

2021/0114(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
(16) TIn exceptional cases the Commission shcould take into account the positive effects of the foreign subsidy on the development of the relevant subsidised economic activity, where it relates to the fulfilment of public policy objectives. The Commission shcould weigh these positive effects against the negative effects of a foreign subsidy in terms of distortion on the internal market in order to determine, if applicable, the appropriate redressive measure or accept commitments. The balancing may also lead to the conclusion that no redressive measures should be imposed. The Commission should reach any such conclusion in close cooperation with the Member State(s) concerned. Categories of foreign subsidies that are deemed most likely to distort the internal market are less likely to have more positive than negative effects.
2022/02/11
Committee: INTA
Amendment 111 #

2021/0114(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
(22) The Commission should be given adequate investigative powers and resources to gather all necessary information. It should therefore have the power to request information from any undertaking or association of undertakings throughout the whole procedure. In addition, the Commission should have the power to impose fines and periodic penalty payments for failure to timely supply the requested information or for supplying incomplete, incorrect or misleading information. The Commission could also address questions to Member States or to third countries. Furthermore, the Commission should have the power to make fact-finding visits at the Union premises of the undertaking, or, subject to agreement by the undertaking and the third country concerned, at the premises of the undertaking in the third country. The Commission should also have the power to take decisions on the basis of facts available if the undertaking in question does not cooperate.
2022/02/11
Committee: INTA
Amendment 139 #

2021/0114(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
(35) It should be ensured that the principles governing public procurement, notably proportionality, non- discrimination, equal treatment, and transparency, are respected, and compliance to applicable environmental, social and labour law and standards, as regards all undertakings involved in the public procurement procedure, regardless of investigations initiated and pending pursuant to this Regulation.
2022/02/11
Committee: INTA
Amendment 154 #

2021/0114(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 48
(48) In order to ensure a level playing field on the internal market also in the long term, with a view to ensuring adequate coverage of cases investigated both through notifications as well as ex officio, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the CommissionCommission should evaluate the functioning and effectiveness of this Regulation at the latest three years after its entry into force, and every two years thereafter, and present that evaluation by means of a report to the European Parliament and the Council. That report should include an assessment of whether or not this Regulation should be amended. Where the report proposes amending the Regulation, it may be accompanied by a legislative proposal, in particular in respect of amending the notification thresholds for concentrations and for public procurement procedures, exempting certain categories of undertakings from the notification obligations under this Regulation, introducing lower notification thresholds specific to certain economic sectors, as well as amending the time limits for the preliminary review and the in-depth investigations of notified concentrations or notified financial contributions in the context of a public procurement procedure. In relation to financial contributions in the context of a public procurement procedure, the power to adopt such actsevaluation should be exercisconducted in a way that takes into account the interests of SMEs. ItDuring its of particular importance that the Commission carries out appropriate consultations during the preparations of those acts, including at expert level, and that those consevaluation, the Commission should consider to abrogate the present Regultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making47 . In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council should receive all documents at the same time as Member States' experts, and their experts systematically should have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts. _________________ 47 Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making (OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1), if it considers that the development of multilateral rules to address distortive subsidies has rendered this Regulation fully redundant.
2022/02/11
Committee: INTA
Amendment 181 #

2021/0114(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a – point iii a (new)
(iii a) (iii a) the benefit of a domestic captive market in the third country, such as a monopoly position
2022/02/11
Committee: INTA
Amendment 202 #

2021/0114(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) the level and evolution of economic activity of the undertaking concerned on the internal market;
2022/02/11
Committee: INTA
Amendment 213 #

2021/0114(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
(2 a) To ensure efficiency and transparency, the Commission shall publish guidelines on the application of this Article. Those guidelines shall be regularly updated, in close cooperation with the Member States, while keeping the European Parliament informed.
2022/02/11
Committee: INTA
Amendment 226 #

2021/0114(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
a foreign subsidy from countries which are not signatories to the OECD arrangement on officially supported export credits;
2022/02/11
Committee: INTA
Amendment 228 #

2021/0114(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 b (new)
a foreign subsidy in sectors with structural overcapacity;
2022/02/11
Committee: INTA
Amendment 229 #

2021/0114(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
(1) TIn exceptional circumstances the Commission shallmay, where warranted, balance the negative effects of a foreign subsidy in terms of distortion on the internal market with positive effects on the development of the relevant economic activity for the fulfilment of public policy objectives.
2022/02/11
Committee: INTA
Amendment 247 #

2021/0114(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
(2 a) The Commission shall undertake such assessment in close cooperation with Member States and the European Parliament.
2022/02/11
Committee: INTA
Amendment 252 #

2021/0114(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
(1) TWithout prejudice to Article 5, the Commission shall impose redressive measures in order to remedy the distortion on the internal market actually or potentially caused by a foreign subsidy, the Commission may impose redressive measures. The undertaking concerned may also offer commitments.
2022/02/11
Committee: INTA
Amendment 270 #

2021/0114(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 6
(6) Where the undertaking concerned proposes to repay the foreign subsidy including an appropriate interest rate, the Commission shall, in consultation with the Member State(s) concerned could accept such repayment as commitment ifonly where it can ascertain that the repayment is transparent and effectively contributes towards remedying the distortive effect, while taking into account the risk of circumvention.
2022/02/11
Committee: INTA
Amendment 282 #

2021/0114(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
The Commission mayshall on its own initiative examine information from any source regarding alleged distortive foreign subsidies, including Member States and undertakings or their professional associations, regarding alleged distortive foreign subsidies. The Commission shall provide information to the Member States once an interested party or a Member State has submitted a request justifying the initiation of an investigation and the Commission has completed its analysis thereof, or where the Commission has itself determined that there is a need to initiate an investigation.
2022/02/11
Committee: INTA
Amendment 293 #

2021/0114(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) inform the undertaking concerned, Member States and the European Parliament; and
2022/02/11
Committee: INTA
Amendment 297 #

2021/0114(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3
(3) Where the Commission, after a preliminary assessment, concludes that there are no sufficient grounds to initiate the in-depth investigation, either because there is no foreign subsidy or because there are no indications of an actual or potential distortion on the internal market, it shall close the preliminary review and inform the undertaking concernedand Member States concerned, and the European Parliament.
2022/02/11
Committee: INTA
Amendment 303 #

2021/0114(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
(2) Where the Commission finds that a foreign subsidy distorts the internal market pursuant to Articles 3 to 4 and without prejudice to Article 5, it mayshall impose redressive measures (‘decision with redressive measures’).
2022/02/11
Committee: INTA
Amendment 314 #

2021/0114(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point 2
(2) there is a serious risk of substantial and irreparable damage to competition on the internal market.
2022/02/11
Committee: INTA
Amendment 319 #

2021/0114(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Interim measures shall be limited in time.
2022/02/11
Committee: INTA
Amendment 326 #

2021/0114(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) contain a statement that, pursuant to Article 14, a lack of cooperation from the undertaking concerned allowrequires the Commission to take a decision on the basis of the facts that are available.
2022/02/11
Committee: INTA
Amendment 333 #

2021/0114(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
(1) The Commission mayshall conduct the necessary inspections of undertakings.
2022/02/11
Committee: INTA
Amendment 350 #

2021/0114(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3
(3) Where an undertaking concerned, including a public undertaking which is directly or indirectly controlled by the State, fails to provide the necessary information to determine whether a financial contribution confers a benefit to it, that undertaking maywill be deemed to have received such benefit.
2022/02/11
Committee: INTA
Amendment 353 #

2021/0114(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4
(4) When applying facts available, the result of the procedure mayshould be less favourable to the undertaking concerned than if it had cooperated.
2022/02/11
Committee: INTA
Amendment 366 #

2021/0114(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1
In a concentration, the assessment whether there is a distortion on the internal market within the meaning of Articles 3 or 4 shall be limited to the concentration at stake. Only foreign subsidies granted in the three calendar years prior to the conclusion of the agreement, the announcement of the public bid, or the acquisition of a controlling interest or known future subsidies that have been approved by the authorities concerned of the third country, and will become effective within one year following the concentration, shall be considered in the assessment.
2022/02/11
Committee: INTA
Amendment 380 #

2021/0114(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) the joint venture itself or one of its parent undertakings is established in the Union and generates an aggregate turnover in the Union of at least EUR 2500 million; and
2022/02/11
Committee: INTA
Amendment 389 #

2021/0114(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 4
(4) If the undertakings concerned fail to meet their obligation to notify, the Commission mayshall review a notifiable concentration in accordance with this Regulation by requesting the notification of that concentration. In that case the Commission shall not be bound by the time limits referred to in Article 23(1) and (4).
2022/02/11
Committee: INTA
Amendment 407 #

2021/0114(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)
The Commission shall publish notification of the in-depth investigation in the Official Journal of the European Union and invite interested parties, including Member States and third countries, to submit any relevant information in writing within a fixed timeframe.
2022/02/11
Committee: INTA
Amendment 421 #

2021/0114(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2
(2) For the purpose of Article 28, a notifiable foreign financial contribution in an EU public procurement procedure shall be deemed to arise where the estimated value of that public procurement is equal or greater than EUR 1250 million for public works or infrastructures, and EUR 50 million for services.
2022/02/11
Committee: INTA
Amendment 438 #

2021/0114(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 2
(2) The obligation to notify foreign financial contributions under this paragraph shall extend to economic operators, groups of economic operators referred to in Article 26(2) of Directive 2014/23/EU, Article 19(2) of Directive 2014/24/EU and Article 37(2) of Directive 2014/25/EU, main subcontractors and main suppliers. A subcontractor or supplier shall be deemed to be main where their participation ensures key elements of the contract performance and in any case where the economic share of their contribution exceeds 3020 % of the estimated value of the contract.
2022/02/11
Committee: INTA
Amendment 463 #

2021/0114(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 4
(4) The Commission may adopt a decision closing the in-depth investigation no later than 20150 days after it received the notification. In exceptional circumstances, this time limit may be extended after consultation with the concerned contracting authority or contracting entity.
2022/02/11
Committee: INTA
Amendment 477 #

2021/0114(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 6
(6) In all cases, the contracting authority or the contracting entity shall inform the Commission of any decision relating to the outcome of the public procurement procedure, in the month after the procedure is concluded.
2022/02/11
Committee: INTA
Amendment 486 #

2021/0114(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 2
(2) The Commission mayshall, where relevant, publish a report on the results of its market investigation into particular sectors, particular types of economic activity or particular subsidy instruments and invite comments from interested parties.
2022/02/11
Committee: INTA
Amendment 491 #

2021/0114(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 4 a (new)
(4 a) Following a market investigation, the Commission may engage in dialogue with the third country concerned, with the objective to end the distortive effects of a subsidy scheme. This dialogue shall not prevent the Commission from taking further action under the provisions of this Regulation, including the application of interim or redressive measures.
2022/02/11
Committee: INTA
Amendment 494 #

2021/0114(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 1
(1) The powers of the Commission under Article 9 shall be subject to a limitation period of ten years, starting on the day on which a foreign subsidy is granted to the undertaking concerned. Any action taken by the Commission under Articles 8, 11, 12, 13 or 134 with respect to a foreign subsidy shall interrupt the limitation period. After each interruption, the limitation period shall start to run afresh.
2022/02/11
Committee: INTA
Amendment 497 #

2021/0114(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1
(1) The Commission shall publish a summary notice of the decisions adopted pursuant to Article 8(2). and to Article 34 (2).
2022/02/11
Committee: INTA
Amendment 498 #

2021/0114(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 1
(1) Decisions adopted pursuant to Articles 8, 9, 15, 24(3), 25, 30(1), 32 and 324 (2), shall be addressed to the undertakings or to the association of undertakings concerned. The Commission shall notify the decision to the addressee without delay and shall give the addressee the opportunity to indicate to the Commission which information it considers to be confidential. The Commission shall provide the contracting authority or the contracting entity concerned with a copy of any Commission decision addressed to an undertaking participating in a public procurement procedure.
2022/02/11
Committee: INTA
Amendment 505 #

2021/0114(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 7
(7) An investigation pursuant to this Regulation shall not be carried out and measures shall not be imposed or maintained where such investigation or measures would be contrary to the Union’s obligations emanating from any relevant international agreement it has entered into. In particular, no action shall be taken under this Regulation which would amount to a specific action against a subsidy within the meaning of Article 32.1 of the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures and granted in a third country which is a member of the World Trade Organisation. This Regulation shall not prevent the Union from exercising its rights or fulfilling its obligations under international agreements.
2022/02/11
Committee: INTA
Amendment 508 #

2021/0114(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 a (new)
(1 a) The first such implementing act shall be adopted no later than one year after the entry into force of this Regulation.
2022/02/11
Committee: INTA
Amendment 509 #

2021/0114(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 44
(1) The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts for the purposes of: (a) amending the thresholds for notifications as set out in Articles 18 and 27, in the light of the practice of the Commission during the first five years of application of this Regulation, and taking into account the effectiveness of application; (b) exempting certain categories of undertakings concerned from the obligation to notify pursuant to Articles 19 and 28, in light of the practice of the Commission in the first five years of application of this Regulation, in case this practice allows to identify economic activities where foreign subsidies are unlikely to distort the internal market; (c) amending the timelines for review and in-depth investigations as set out in Articles 24 and 29. (2) Delegated acts referred to in paragraph 1 shall be adopted in accordance with Article 45.Article 44 deleted Delegated acts
2022/02/11
Committee: INTA
Amendment 519 #

2021/0114(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 45
(1) The power to adopt delegated acts is conferred on the Commission subject to the conditions laid down in this Article. (2) The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 44 shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of time starting two years after the date of entry into force of this Regulation. (3) The delegation of power referred to in Article 44 may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect on the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force. (4) Before adopting a delegated act, the Commission shall consult experts designated by each Member State in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making of 13 April 2016. (5) As soon as it adopts aArticle 45 delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the Council. (6) A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 44 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 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 of the Council.Exercise of the delegation
2022/02/11
Committee: INTA
Amendment 521 #

2021/0114(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 1
1. Within fivthree years after the entry into force of this Regulation at the latest, and every two years thereafter, the Commission shall present a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the applicationview and evaluate the functioning and effectiveness of this Regulation, accompanied, where the Commission considers it appropriate, by relevant legislative proposalsnd present a report to the European Parliament and the Council on its application.
2022/02/11
Committee: INTA
Amendment 525 #

2021/0114(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a.Where the report recommends amendments to this Regulation and where the Commission considers it appropriate in light of its practice during the application of this Regulation and taking into account the effectiveness of application, the report may be accompanied by relevant legislative proposals, including: a) to amend the thresholds for notifications as set out in Articles 18 and 27; b) to exempt certain categories of undertakings concerned from the obligation to notify pursuant to Articles 19 and 28, especially where the practice of the Commission enables the identification of economic activities where foreign subsidies are unlikely to distort the internal market; c) to establish specific thresholds for notifications for certain economic sectors, especially where the practice of the Commission enables the identification of economic activities where foreign subsidies are more likely to distort the internal market; d) to amend the timelines for review and in-depth investigations as set out in Articles 24 and 29; e) to abrogate the present Regulation, if the Commission considers that multilateral rules to address distortive subsidies have rendered this Regulation fully redundant.
2022/02/11
Committee: INTA
Amendment 14 #

2021/0000(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that the agreements on the mMultiannual fFinancial fFramework, Next Generation EU, the own resources (OR) decision, the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) and the Rule of Law (RoL) regulation constitute a viable baseline for innovative policies indispensable to tackle existing and unexpected or unpredictable challenges; and is convinced that the common issuance of bonds at EU level is a sea change in EU public finances, which adds value by mutualising the outstanding credit rating of the EU budget based on its OR system crucial to implement European priorities, support public investments and reforms and represents an economic stimulus for a sustainable and fair recovery in the EU replacing outdated recovery policies;
2021/02/03
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 35 #

2021/0000(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Highlights that women, as well as vulnerable and marginalised groups, have been over-proportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic and social consequences, constituting a majority of workers in the care sector and sectors particularly affected by unemployment and lockdowns while also being victims of the sharp increase of domestic and gender-based violence; recalls that the employment, the gender pay and the gender pension gaps remain extremely high; underlines that the European Semester process and the RRF should contribute to tackle those inequalities; calls for strengthening gender equality through the integration of gender mainstreaming and for the Commission to accelerate the introduction of an effective, transparent, comprehensive, result-oriented and performance-based methodology for all EU programmes;
2021/02/03
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 48 #

2021/0000(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the need for the recovery and resilience plans to deliver public goods like pandemic prevention and to contribute to implementing the European Pillar of Social Rights, the EU’s climate and biodiversity objectives, The Paris agreement, the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the European Green Deal and the digital and green transformation andof Europe as well as the Gender Equality Strategy;
2021/02/03
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 52 #

2021/0000(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Emphasises that the European Parliament should be better included in the European Semester process, including the Country Specific Recommendations; stresses the importance of a more inclusive social dialogue with social partners, civil society, youth organisations, local and regional authorities in shaping the European Semester; recalls the role for the European Parliament in the governance of the RRF through the regular “recovery and resilience dialogue” which will enable the Parliament to invite the Commission to discuss different items related to the Facility;
2021/02/03
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 53 #

2021/0000(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses how the social tracking methodology to be developed for the Recovery and Resilience Funds can play a key role to improve the European Semester in order to better incorporate social and environmental issues on an equal footing to fiscal coordination, by for example paying more attention to aggressive tax planning, poverty reduction, gender equality, social justice, social cohesion and upward convergence;
2021/02/03
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 62 #

2021/0000(INI)

6a. Emphasises that the EU budget and national budgets are negatively impacted by tax evasion and a comprehensive approach is needed to fight tax fraud, tax avoidance and aggressive tax planning as well as aggressive tax competition; thus calls for an annual survey on the European tax gap including a listing of harmful tax practices, revenue impacts of tax evasion etc.;
2021/02/03
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 1 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Whereas agricultural biodiversity includes all components of biological diversity of relevance to food and agriculture; whereas it includes the variety and variability of ecosystems, animals, plants and micro-organisms, at the genetic, species and ecosystem levels which are necessary to sustain key functions of the ecosystems;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1a. Whereas the major direct drivers of biodiversity loss are changes in land and sea use; natural resource extraction; climate change; pollution; and invasion of alien species; whereas those drivers result from adverse set of underlying causes related notably with production and consumption patterns, human population dynamics and trends, trade and technological innovations1a; _________________ 1aIPBES, “Global assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services”, 2019
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 b (new)
-1b. Whereas the long term trends in farmland and forest common bird and grassland butterfly populations demonstrate that Europe has experienced a major decline in farmland biodiversity; whereas this is primarily due to loss, fragmentation and degradation of natural ecosystems, mainly caused by agricultural intensification, intensive forest management, land abandonment and urban sprawl 1b; _________________ 1bEEA, “The European environment – state and outlook 2020”, 2019.
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 c (new)
-1c. Whereas agricultural land accounts for almost half of the EU area and forests cover about 42% of the EU territory; whereas the sustainable management of agricultural lands contribute to wider ecosystem functions such as biodiversity protection, carbon sequestration, maintenance of water and air quality, soil moisture retention with reduction of runoff, water infiltration and erosion control;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 5 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 d (new)
-1d. Whereas agriculture and forestry are key components of the European economy and society, providing safe, quality and affordable food and representing a major component of the viability of rural areas, in terms of preserving employment and economic opportunities, quality of life and the environment;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 6 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 e (new)
-1e. Whereas the specific nature and structural features of the EU agricultural sector, mainly composed by small farms based on family labour, two-thirds of which with less than 5 ha in size, and where around one third of the managers are 65 years old or over, poses specific challenges that need to be taken into consideration by policy makers in designing measures and policies involving the sector;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 17 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that agricultural productivity and resilience depend on biodiversity to guarantee the long-term sustainability of our food systems; underlines, furthermore, that much of the biodiversity across Europe has been created by farming and its survival is dependent on the continued active and sustainable management of farmland;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 51 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Stresses that the implementation of this strategy will not be as effective as intended from an environmental point of view, unless alternatives and support are provided to ensure that farmers and their businesses do not lose market competitiveness; calls on the Commission to put in place the necessary mechanisms to ensure that third countries which export products to the EU also implement the new measures that apply to European farmers and thus make biodiversity protection more effective globally;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 59 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Recalls the importance of encouraging the collective approach, taking advantage of its multiplier effect, to promote the actions of the biodiversity strategy, and calls on the Commission to promote and support associative enterprises, such as agri-food cooperatives, in the implementation of measures to protect biodiversity in a collective manner;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 86 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises the strong link with the Farm to Fork strategy and the need for a holistic approach to the food system; calls on the Commission to establish an evidence-based evaluation of the implementation of the strategy’s measures and targets, in particular of the individual and cumulative impacts on the social and economic sustainability of agriculture and forestry in the EU, on food security and prices, and on the potential risks of displacing biodiversity losses abroad by the replacement of local agricultural and forestry production with imports;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 112 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that biodiversity conservation is a key societal goal, requiring a broad and inclusive debate, and the effective participation of everyone in society, in particular those more affected by the measures, such as the farming community and forest-based sector, while at the same benefiting from their knowledge and experience, and creating a sense of ownership and increased commitment with biodiversity protection, vital for the successful implementation of the strategy;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 123 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Considers that more focus should be put at all policy levels in developing win-win solutions for biodiversity protection where the three dimensions of sustainability, economic, social and environmental are promoted;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 209 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Considers that organic farming is not the only environmentally sustainable production method and calls on the Commission also to promote other environmentally friendly production methods, such as integrated production, a method which is widely established in many Member States and which optimises the use of natural resources, protects soil, water and air and promotes biodiversity;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 240 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Highlights the importance of enhancing biodiversity in agro-systems at all levels, from fields to landscapes; considers fundamental to reinforce scientific research on the relations between agriculture practices, ecological processes and ecosystems services, promoting the development of innovative practical solutions and the site-specific knowledge necessary to promote ecosystem services in a wide range of ecological contexts;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 286 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Considers that the Strategy’s objectives on the reduction of use and risk of pesticides will foster environmentally- friendly innovative solutions for crop protection, such as the development of new biological active substances, promotion of natural pest control methods, more precise and effective application techniques and of epidemiological models to better control pests and diseases, reducing the need for pesticides;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 288 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Recalls that in order to achieve an effective reduction of plant protection products we need to apply all the tools at our disposal without excluding those offered by biotechnology, which includes new genomic techniques for which a legislative framework should be established for their implementation in the EU;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 296 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Highlights that the excessive use of fertilisers is a source of air, soil and water pollution and climate impacts, with negative effects on biodiversity; recalls that nutrients are essential for agricultural production and for keeping healthy soils; urges Member States to put forward in their Strategic Plans measures promoting the efficient management and circularity of nutrients, as well strongly support education of farm advisors and farmers; stresses that improved management of nutrients presents both economic and environmental benefits;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 297 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Calls on the Commission to establish the appropriate regulatory framework to speed up the adoption of new plant health solutions, including plant protection products with a lower impact, such as low-risk substances or biosolutions;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 313 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
10. Regrets the fact that agricultural production is being increasingly concentrated in a limited range of agricultural crops, varieties and genotypes; underlines that preserving genetic variability in all its components is crucial to promoting the diversity and richness of agricultural ecosystems and to the preservation of local genetic resources, in particular as a repository of solutions to help in facing the environmental and climatic challenges that lie ahead.
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 317 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Draws attention to the fact that in perennial crops, such as the traditional European wine grape varieties of Vitis vinifera, the loss of diversity occurs also by loss of genetic diversity within the varieties themselves; regrets that the UE vegetative propagation systems are designed in a way that does not promote the conservation of intra-variety biodiversity; calls on the Commission to promote regulatory changes to the EU vegetative propagation regulations, encouraging “on farm” conservation of genetic variability of the traditional European varieties.
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 318 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Commission to develop ambitious, appropriate and renewed regulations and plans to prevent the incursion of invasive species into the different European territories and seas with comprehensive protocols, to prevent the entry of both plant and animal species, which can generate major negative impacts on biodiversity, but also on agriculture and fisheries, resulting in large economic losses, including the design of lines of action for the management of invasive species and the effects that they may cause in different ecosystems and sectors.
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 325 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Underlines that the abandonment of agricultural fields affects between 10 and 50% of the agricultural land of the EU, which causes the loss of traditional landscapes, increases the risk of soil erosion and deteriorates habitats for numerous farmland species; recalls the fundamental role of the measures for Areas Facing Natural Constraints in avoiding land abandonment and maintaining human occupation in these areas, but also in forest fire prevention and in protecting specific ecosystems and natural resources, such as High Nature Value farmland areas.
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 327 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10c. Highlights the fundamental role of farm advisory systems in disseminating innovation and knowledge, stimulating the exchange of experiences, promoting practical demonstrations, in particular by working at local level to better adapt to the specific realities on the ground; calls on Member States to provide comprehensive advice to farmers on adopting production systems and management practices promoting biodiversity on farmland.
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 331 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 d (new)
10d. Underlines that research and innovation are key drivers in accelerating the transition to sustainable food systems notably by providing advanced knowledge enabling farmers to produce food with fewer inputs and to increase the delivery of the ecosystem services, while supporting a social and economic sustainable development; stresses that particular efforts are needed in the dissemination and exchange of knowledge to ensure broader and inclusive uptake by farmers.
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 334 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 e (new)
10e. Considers that digital technologies can help European farmers to provide safe and quality food while helping preserving biodiversity and minimising the environmental impact of agriculture; stresses that work is needed to ensure that everyone benefits from the digitalization opportunities, by improving network connectivity in rural areas and by facilitating the implementation of digital agriculture in an inclusive manner, through training and rural extension that considers the farmers' culture and specific conditions.
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3 #

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
— having regard to the European Food Safety Authority scientific opinion "General approach to fish welfare and to the concept of sentience in fish", adopted on 29 January 20091a, _________________ 1a The EFSA Journal (2009) 954, 1-27
2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT
Amendment 4 #

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 b (new)
— having regard to the Aquatic Animal Health Code, OIE, 2015,
2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT
Amendment 5 #

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 c (new)
— having regard to the European Commission’s study “Welfare of farmed fish: Common practices during transport and at slaughter”, September 2017,
2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT
Amendment 9 #

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)
— having regard to the Council conclusions of 28 June 2021 on animal welfare during maritime long distances transport to third countries1a, _________________ 1a https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/docu ment/ST-10235-2021-INIT/en/pdf
2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT
Amendment 14 #

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 22 a (new)
— having regard to the OIE Aquatic Animal Health Strategy 2021-20253a, _________________ 3a https://www.oie.int/app/uploads/2021/05/e n-oie-aahs.pdf
2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT
Amendment 92 #

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas the European livestock farms employ around 4 million people (salaried and non-salaried), 80% of whom reside in the more recent EU Member States3a; _________________ 3a https://op.europa.eu/en/publication- detail/-/publication/04af47b0-0c38-11eb- bc07-01aa75ed71a1/language-en
2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT
Amendment 96 #

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K b (new)
Kb. whereas livestock farming is the main beneficiary of second pillar aid to farms in disadvantaged areas, which make up 50% of the European UAA, and of Agro-Environmental Measures, which compensate for the additional costs linked to unfavourable location or the obligations of having to respect specific legislation4a; _________________ 4a https://op.europa.eu/en/publication- detail/-/publication/04af47b0-0c38-11eb- bc07-01aa75ed71a1/language-en
2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT
Amendment 103 #

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K c (new)
Kc. whereas EU fish intra-trade plays an essential role in the whole EU fishery trade and it accounted in 2014 for 86% of total trade within and outside the EU, volumes sold within the EU reaching at 5,74 million tonnes with a value of EUR 20,6 billion, the highest registered since 20065a. _________________ 5a https://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/201 6/february/tradoc_154321.pdf
2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT
Amendment 114 #

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that transport is stressful for animals andhe scientific literature on animal transport is scarce and that the transport is stressful for animals, especially when not properly conducted, and it can have a potential impact not only on their health and welfare, but on consumer's health as well;
2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT
Amendment 125 #

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Takes note of the fact that, albeit factors such as extreme temperatures, lack of food, water and rest, loading and unloading6a are catalysed by the length of the journey, it is not the journey duration per se that causes welfare issues for live animals during transport; further notes that, provided conditions are optimal, healthy and fit farm animals could possibly be exposed to long transport durations without necessarily compromising their welfare5a; _________________ 5a https://www.researchgate.net/publication/ 221974187_Road_transport_of_farm_ani mals_Effect_of_journey_duration_on_ani mal_welfare 6a Results from scientific projects (Hartung et al., 2006; Marahrens et al., 2003) show that the main source of stress is the loading and unloading procedure and not the duration of transportation
2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT
Amendment 127 #

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Emphasises that live animal transport is the result of the specialization of farmers in one or more stages of the animal’s life, of the management of environmental issues and of the various production systems across the EU, which arise from different geographical, climatic, environmental and traditional factors and that it supports the economic strength and social vibrancy of territories across the EU, which contain main production areas being located in depopulating areas or in areas with natural constraints across the EU;
2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT
Amendment 129 #

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Emphasises that due to the complex relationships among the various needs and requirements of farmed fish and their behavioural and physiological consequences, as for all animals it is impossible to find one single measurement or welfare indicator that will cover all possible husbandry systems, farmed species and situations;
2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT
Amendment 132 #

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that in the Council conclusions of 16 December 2019 on animal welfare, all Member States recognised the challenges that long- distance transport implies for animal welfare, the shortcomings and inconsistencies in enforcing the rules and the need for better rule enforcement, as well as the need to review and update the current legislation, in the light of the latest scientific knowledge;
2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT
Amendment 145 #

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 does not fully take into account the different transport needs of animals, according to species, age, size and physical condition, or specific feeding and watering requirements; underlines that for terrestrial farm animals, transport is prescribed in more details in the Regulation, but not for fish;
2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT
Amendment 301 #

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Takes note of the Commission’s findings that, with some exceptions, the systems in place for livestock vessel approval are insufficient to minimise the risks, mainly because the majority of the competent authorities inspecting livestock vessels do not have adequate procedures, or access to specific technical expertise, to verify vessels’ emergency systems, systems for water pumps and feeding, ventilation and drainage, all ofnon veterinary systems which are critical for animal welfare during a journey on a livestock vessel;
2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT
Amendment 370 #

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
36. Points out that Member States are solely responsible for creating sanction systems, which ultimately leaves each of them to define their own administrative and sanctioning procedures, as well as the level of penalties for infringements in the event of animal welfare violations during transport, thereby resulting in very different systems all across the EUnd unfair competition between operators all across the EU, as well as avoidance of some routes, leading, in some cases, to longer transport distances and times;
2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT
Amendment 385 #

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)
37a. Is also aware of the inconsistencies in risk-based animal welfare road controls, which is generated by the lack of police training of police officers, the insufficient human resource and the lack of equipment and infrastructure;
2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT
Amendment 420 #

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
41. Regrets the fact that, in spite of the mandatory use of control post facilities for unloading, watering, feeding and resting of animals during long journeys, thvehicle drivers of the vehicles do not always stop or unload the animals in keeping with the requirements of the regulation, as has been reported on various occasions;
2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT
Amendment 427 #

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42 a (new)
42a. Takes note of the paucity of updated scientific knowledge on fish species specific requirements regarding oxygen, pH, salinity and temperature, and their different abilities to cope with variances of these parameters during transport;
2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT
Amendment 510 #

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50 a (new)
50a. Recalls that, according to the European Implementation Assessment of the European Regulation 1/2005, ascertaining the state of pregnancy of live animals is still problematic7a; _________________ 7a https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/ etudes/STUD/2018/621853/EPRS_STU(2 018)621853_EN.pdf
2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT
Amendment 532 #

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52 a (new)
52a. Notes with concern the absence of an authorised transporter for the sea leg of the journey, in some cases8a; _________________ 8a https://op.europa.eu/en/publication- detail/-/publication/fc8d71e4-93f5-11ea- aac4-01aa75ed71a1/language-en/format- PDF/source-130896440
2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT
Amendment 535 #

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53
53. Considers that the presence of a veterinarian for the leg of the journey at sea to provide real-time support for sick or injured animals on vessels, as well as to adjust the watering and feeding of the animals to their immediate needs constitutes good practice;
2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT
Amendment 548 #

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53 a (new)
53a. Notes the limited number of inspections after loading of a vessel, as recommended in the Network Document, but not specifically mentioned by the Regulation 1/2005;
2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT
Amendment 573 #

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55
55. Notes that, in the absence of a certification and audit instrument by an independent body2a, once livestock crosses the EU border, respect for animal welfare standards may be difficult to guarantee, both en route and on arrival, as third countries are not bound by EU legislation; recalls the judgement of the Court of Justice of the European Union, which states that EU welfare rules are binding until the final place of destination in third countries; _________________ 2a https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/ etudes/STUD/2021/690877/IPOL_STU(20 21)690877_EN.pdf
2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT
Amendment 587 #

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57
57. Stresses that inadequate journey planning in terms of administrative procedures, unrealistic journey times and lack of coordination with border posts, as well as an excessive bureaucratic burden, can create a cascade of delays at borders and ports, when a large number of trucks arrive at the port and all livestock needs to be loaded on board a single vessel;
2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT
Amendment 608 #

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 61
61. Points out the lack of an EU-level system to verify and ensure the existence of control posts in third countries and that these control posts comply with the rules, as well as the lack of an official EU updated list of resting posts outside the EU; takes note of the work done in the past by the independent certification and audit bodies in creating a list of such control posts outside the EU along the frequent road transport routes;
2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT
Amendment 610 #

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 61 a (new)
61a. Recalls the external independent audits taking place outside the EU until 2013 and their positive impact on animal welfare, as the only effective tool in monitoring, checking and enforcing the provisions of the EU Regulation 1/2005 during the stages of the journey taking place outside the EU and in complying with the judgement of the European Court of Justice of 23 April 2015;
2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT
Amendment 617 #

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 63 a (new)
63a. Takes note of the best available legislative environments, such as the Exporter Supply Chain Assurance System (ESCAS)3a, through which the Australian Government legally monitors, audits and holds accountable all actors involved in the supply chain, ensuring the traceability throughout the transport of live animals and their welfare at all stages of the journey, from loading, until slaughtering in a third country; _________________ 3a https://www.agriculture.gov.au/export/con trolled-goods/live- animals/livestock/information-exporters- industry/escas
2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT
Amendment 109 #

2020/2263(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Believes that rationalisation designed to achieve a uniform VAT system must at the same time take into account the historical application of reduced rates targeted at strategic sectors; stresses in this connection, the importance of appropriate tax treatment for equestrian and equine activities in the broad sense;
2021/10/21
Committee: ECON
Amendment 31 #

2020/2260(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the EU internal market is the world’s biggest importer and exporter of agri-food products; is convinced that the EU should use this position to set the benchmark in terms of standards for sustainable food systems, based on the respect of human and labour rights, the precautionary principle, environmental protection and animal welfare;
2021/02/09
Committee: INTA
Amendment 32 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 b (new)
- having regard to its resolution on European protection of cross-border and seasonal workers in the context of the COVID-19 crisis adopted on 19 June,
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 47 #

2020/2260(INI)

3. Believes that sustainable production should become a key characteristic of EU agri- food products, expanding the concept of quality to social and environmental aspects, on top of their worldwide reputation for being safe and healthy; stresses, in this regard, that EU quality production and Geographical Indications, combined with an ambitious EU promotion policy, should be considered as an asset with regard to the objective to foster sustainable trade;
2021/02/09
Committee: INTA
Amendment 74 #

2020/2260(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to pursueensure consistency and coherence between the objectives of the Farm to Fork Strategy and the Common Commercial Policy, and to pursue these objectives through the development of Green Alliances in all relevant forums, including the UN Food Systems Summit 2021;
2021/02/09
Committee: INTA
Amendment 79 #

2020/2260(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses the need, also highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic, to develop a EU open strategic autonomy, with the aim of ensuring access to key markets and critical goods, as well as protecting economic assets; reiterates that food security must be acknowledged as a crucial aspect of the open strategic autonomy, in order to secure the functioning of food supply systems during future crisis;
2021/02/09
Committee: INTA
Amendment 84 #

2020/2260(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Highlights the importance of transparency in the food supply-chain and of traceability of all production and distribution processes; notes that innovative digital tools and mandatory origin labelling of food products have the potential to significantly increase transparency and traceability, thus improving consumer confidence;
2021/02/09
Committee: INTA
Amendment 91 #

2020/2260(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises the importance of enforceable Trade and Sustainable Development chapters in trade agreements, which include sanction-based dispute mechanisms, to promote biodiversity, foster more sustainable agri-food production and, stop EU-driven global deforestation; urges and raise labour standards, in line with the eight ILO core Conventions; urges particular support for developing countries to promote food security and provide assistance on alignmenting with European standards for sustainabilityle agri-food systems;
2021/02/09
Committee: INTA
Amendment 120 #

2020/2260(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the risk of putting the EU agri-food sector at a competitive disadvantage in the absence of global convergence of standards, and of leading to increased costs for consumers; calls on the Commission to present a comprehensive and cumulative impact assessment of the targets envisaged in the Strategy, as well as proportionate measures, adequate time- frame for adaptation and compensation mechanisms to maintain the competitiveness of the EU agri-food sector and, in particular by ensureing reciprocity of standards; for all agri-food and forestry products imported into the EU;
2021/02/09
Committee: INTA
Amendment 134 #

2020/2260(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Urges the Commission to strengthen customs checks in order to prevent food frauds, enhance protection of IPRs, notably Geographical Indications, and avoid the possible entry of plant and animal pests into the EU thus ensuring the highest level of sanitary and phytosanitary protection;
2021/02/09
Committee: INTA
Amendment 140 #

2020/2260(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Emphasises the importance of granting access to technological and scientific innovations, including sustainable bio-technologies able to foster the diversity of genetic resources and food production systems, with special attention for local breeds and varieties; stresses that building strong relationships with trading partners in terms of research and development of these innovations could be a key factor in fostering more sustainable agri-food production while safeguarding agricultural productivity;
2021/02/09
Committee: INTA
Amendment 216 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas Europe’s food system should deliver food and nutrition security in a way that contributes to social well- being and, maintains human and animal health and restores ecosystem health; whereas currently, the food system is responsible for a range of impacts on human and animal health and on the environment, the climate and biodiversity; whereas the way in which we produce and consume food needs to transform in order to ensure coherence with the SDGs, the Paris Agreement, the Convention on Biological Diversity and EU policies, particularly in the areas of sustainability, the environment, climate, public health, animal welfare, working conditions, food and economic sustainability for farmers;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 323 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. considering that the EU is the only agricultural actor worldwide, that has significantly reduced greenhouse gas and nitrate emissions coming from agriculture, as well as the use of antibiotics in livestock; and that the new commitments expected from the sector to adapt to the requirements of the European Green Deal should take into account the achievements of EU agriculture in recent decades;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 348 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas the farm-to-fork strategy recognises the substantial efforts made to reduce the use of antimicrobials in animals, further strengthened by the new EU Regulations on Veterinary Medicinal Products and Medicated Feed, thus contributing to the global effort to reduce antibiotic resistance; whereas the EU must ensure that treating animals with antimicrobials remains possible where needed to ensure that the health and welfare of animals is protected at all times;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 353 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Cc. whereas the European Commission’s One Health Action Plan Against Antimicrobial Resistance recognises that immunisation through vaccination is a cost-effective public health intervention with proven economic benefits and a control measure for AMR;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 355 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C d (new)
Cd. whereas the uptake of smart and digital farming technologies to continuously monitor animal health and welfare has the potential to ensure effective disease prevention and the implementation of animal welfare standards;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 356 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C e (new)
Ce. whereas it is necessary to ensure consistency and coherence amongst the measures envisaged by the farm to fork strategy and the CAP and CFP, the Trade Policy, the EU biodiversity strategy , as well as other related EU policies and strategies;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 378 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas it is important that consumers are trained, informed and enabled to take responsibility for the consequences of their choice of food stuffs, including the price, on the whole food system, from production to processing and distribution; whereas this requires a healthy and sound food environment which ensures that the healthy and sustainable choice is also the easy and affordable choice, and fosters and encourages consumption patterns, available for all consumers, that support human health while ensuring the sustainable use of natural and human resources and animal welfare;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 412 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas the European food system has played a crucial role during the COVID-19 pandemic, demonstrating its resilience with farmers and their cooperatives or producers organisations, workers employed along the food value chain, processors and retailers working together under difficult conditions and sanitary risks, including lockdowns, to ensure that European consumers continue to have access to safe, affordable, and high quality products without impediment;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 491 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the farm to fork strategy as an important step in ensuring a sustainable, fair and resilient food system, which is central to achieving the goals set out in the European Green Deal, the European Pillar of Social Rights and in the SDGs; emphasises the inextricable links between healthy people, decent working conditions, healthy societies and a healthy planet, encourages the Commission to translate the strategy into concrete legislative and non-legislative action as soon as possible, involving not only farmers but all actors in the food chain, including consumers;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 531 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that the contribution to climate change mitigation and the viability of the European model of agriculture, as well as the resilient supply of sustainable and safe food, are not mutually exclusive objectives and can be achieved with a balanced and evidence- based approach;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 543 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Welcomes the Commission's proposal to develop a contingency plan for ensuring food supply and food security in order to coordinate a common European response to crises affecting food systems ; insists that a prevention approach is needed to avoid panic movements and overreactions by people, firms or Member States; considers that it will be an adequate response to the growing expectations about food security that are to be addressed at European level; urges the Commission to consider strategic food stock issues in the way that it does for strategic petroleum stocks across European Union;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 548 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Urges the Commission to integrate food aid issues in the farm to fork strategy since 33 millions of Europeans suffer from lack of food, especially single parent families and students, and the social and economic consequences of the pandemic will increase that figure; recognises the unique role of the food aid associations across the European Union that need to be more supported because of the growing number of people who need help; considers that the resilience of our food system need to increase the connections between food policies and agricultural policies at every level from the local to the European level;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 574 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the announcement of an impact-assessed proposal for a legislative framework for sustainable food systems that should be based on transparent data and take into account the latest scientific knowledge; invites the Commission to use this proposal to set out a holistic common food policy in which all actors make their contribution, aimed at reducing the environmental and climate footprint of the EU food system in order to make Europe the first climate- neutral continent by 2050 and strengthen its resilience to ensure food security in the face of climate change and biodiversity loss, leading a global transition towards sustainability from farm to fork, based on the principle of a multifunctional and competitive agricultural sector while ensuring consistency between policdifferent EU policies and strategies by taking into account the existing legislation in order to enable all actors in the European food system to develop long-term plans based on realistic and transparent objectives that respond to rational criteria based on the best scientific knowledge; suggests that the respective base lines and progress achieved in each Member State be taken into account, while promoting the exchange of know-how and best practices between Member States; stresses the need to include the entire food and beverage chains including processing, marketing, distribution and retail;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 622 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Points out that the Mediterranean Diet, inscribed by UNESCO in 2010 in the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, is known as a healthy and balanced diet with a high nutritional, social and cultural value based on respect for the territory and biodiversity, which guarantees the conservation and development of traditional and artisanal activities related to sustainable fishing and agriculture and plays a protective role in the primary and secondary prevention of the main chronic degenerative diseases;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 626 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that the Commission should base the legislative proposals on ex-ante scientific impact assessments describing the calculation methods for the targets, the baselines and the reference periods of each individual target, following consultation with the Member States; considers that the cumulative effects of the legislative proposals should also be taken into account; urges the Commission to maintain and strengthen a structured dialogue with all the stakeholders;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 634 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that the Commission should, for the remaining legislative proposals announced in the strategy, rely on scientifically sound ex-ante impact assessments describing the calculation methods for each target and the baselines and reference periods for each of them, taking into account the cumulative effects of the legislative proposals and the need to adapt them to the reality of each Member State;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 666 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Recalls that the social dimension must be fully integrated in all future initiatives of the farm to fork strategy along with the economic and environmental dimensions to achieve a much-needed policy coherence for sustainable development; insists that improvement of working conditions, in line with the 8 ILO core Convention, collective bargaining, social protection, investment in public services, inclusive governance and fair taxation should be included as sustainability criteria;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 668 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Recalls that for the FAO, agroecology is a fundamental part of the global response to climate change and for the creation of sustainable food and agricultural systems, the new legislative framework for sustainable food systems, to be proposed until 2023, must be based on the principles and elements defined by the FAO as agroecology in order to trigger a true agroecological transition;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 710 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the decision to revise the 3. directive on the sustainable use of pesticides and the reduction targets for pesticides, fertilisers, and antibiotics; emphasises the importance of pursuing these targets through holistic and circular approaches, such as agroecological practices; urges that new solutions be made available, aware of the complexity and costs of the process of testing and validation, through investment in the search for active substances with a lower environmental impact that are equally effective in protecting production, and by incentivising new technologies; insists that each Member State should establish robust quantitative reduction targets, accompanied by well- defined support measures ensuring accountability at all levels to help reach these targets; reiterates its call for the translation into legislation of the above targets and objectives and calls on the Commission to clarify how it will deal with individual Member States’ contributions to Union-wide targets and to clarify the baselines for these targets; calls on the Commission to ensure that these targets are EU targets to which all Member States must contribute through national action; underlines, in this context, that the successes already achieved, as well as Member States’ different starting points, circumstances and conditions, are to be taken into account, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 730 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the decision to revise the 3. directive on the sustainable use of pesticides and the reduction targets for pesticides, fertiliserexcess of nutrients, and antibiotics; emphasises the importance of pursuing these targets through holistic and circular approaches, such as agroecological practices; insists that each Member State should establish robust, according to its climatic and agricultural production characteristics, should establish robust, effective and proportionate quantitative reduction targets, accompanied by well- defined support measures ensuring accountability at all levels to help reach these targets; reiterates its call for the translation into legislation of the above targets and objectives as well as support for implementation at farm level and further research and development for innovative farming solutions; acknowledges that these targets could have negative impact on the viability of the sector, farmers income and food security and should therefore be subject to an impact assessment prior to setting any targeted reduction and calls on the Commission to clarify how it will deal with individual Member States’ contributions to Union-wide targets and to clarify the baselines for these targets;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 752 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the decision to revise the directive on the sustainable use of pesticides and the collective reduction targets for pesticides, fertilisers, and antibiotics; emphasises the importance of collectively pursuing these targets through holistic and circular approaches, such as agroecological practices; insists that each Member State should establish robust quantitative reduction targets, accompanied by well- defined support measures ensuring accountability at all levels to help reach these targets; reiterates its call for the translation into legislation of the above targets and objectives and calls on the Commission to clarify how it will deal with individual Member States’ contributions to Union-wide targets, taking into account different realities and characteristics of each Member State in terms of pesticides, fertilisers and other chemical use, and to clarify the baselines for these targets;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 803 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Considers that the reduction targets for phytosanitary products that will finally be established should be accompanied by sustainable alternatives available on the market with equivalent effectiveness in the protection of plant health, in order to avoid the lack of necessary treatments for crops in the EU and the proliferation of organisms harmful to plants;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 834 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Recalls that simply reducing the volume of phytosanitary products will not automatically reduce the resulting environmental impact; notes that tools and technologies already exist and are under development to reduce their impact on the environment or on human health and asks the European Commission to take them into account when revising the Directive;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 857 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Calls on the Commission to establish the appropriate regulatory framework to speed up the adoption of new plant health solutions, including plant protection products with a lower impact, such as low-risk substances or biosolutions;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 866 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Recalls that in order to achieve an effective reduction of plant protection products we need to apply all the tools at our disposal without excluding those offered by sustainable biotechnology, which includes new genomic techniques for which a legislative framework should be established for their implementation in the EU;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 872 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 e (new)
3e. Emphasises the need to improve policy coordination between agricultural legislation, particularly legislation on plant protection products, biocides and fertilisers, and, inter alia, water legislation, in order to ensure the protection of our water resources, particularly those used for drinking water supply , from overexploitation and agricultural pollution;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 908 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises the importance of recognising the significant impact of unsustainable production practices in agriculture, and especially animalimal farming and food production on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and land use; stresses the need to enhance natural carbon sinks and reduce agricultural emissions of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, in particular in the feed and livestock sectors; acknowledges that healthy animals require less natural resource inputs like feed and water and that effective management practices of livestock can lead to a 30% decrease in GHG emissions1a; recognises anaerobic digestion and composting as an effective solution to recycle organic waste materials and prevent GHG emissions, while producing renewable energy, enabling reuse of nutrients and carbon, thus improving soil fertility; calls for regulatory measures and targets to ensure progressive reductions in all GHG emissions in these sectors; _________________ 1aFAO, "Mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions in livestock production" (2013)
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 938 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises the importance of recognising the significant impact of agriculture and especially animal production on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions andefforts made by European agriculture to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and the need to make further progress in reducing them and in reducing the impact of agricultural activity on land use; stresses the need to enhance natural carbon sinks and reduce agricultural emissions of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, in particular in the feed and livestock sectors; calls for regulatory measures and targets based on scientific knowledge to ensure progressive reductions in all GHG emissions in these sectors;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 963 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Takes note of the opportunities of manure management in promoting organic fertilisers, improving soil carbon content and, thus, contributing to carbon sequestration; further encourages EU waste legislation to look at agricultural residues as possible sources of fertilisers, bedding material and bioenergy;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1074 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the notion of rewarding carbon sequestration in soils; stresses, however, that intensive and industrial agriculture and farming models with negative impacts on biodiversity should not receive climate funding or be incentivised; calls for the proposals to be in line with the environmental objectives and the ‘do no harm’ principle of the Green Deal; calls on the European Commission together with the Member States to define what kind of production models are considered as intensive and industrial and to provide instruments to bring about change on those farms to become consistent with the principles and objectives defined in the Green Deal;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1092 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the notion of rewardefforts made by European farmers and food producers, in particular SMEs, in order to reduce their climate and environmental impact and stresses the importance to reward production models improving carbon sequestration in soils; stresses, however, that intensive and industrial agriculture and farming models with negative impacts on biodiversity should not receive climate funding or be incentivisedbe incentivised through climate funding; calls for the proposals to be in line with the environmental objectives and the ‘do no harm’ principle of the Green Deal;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1124 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the European Commission to promote EU-wide specialised training programmes, in order to make farmers aware of the benefits and the practice of integrating woody vegetation with agriculture at local, regional and global scales; stresses the importance of using agro-forestry and forests curtains to increase productivity and alternatives to the use of fertilisers in agricultural production;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1190 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Welcomes the acknowledgment of the crucial role played by seed diversity in ensuring the sustainability and resilience of food production; calls for a meaningful reform of the seeds marketing legal framework that would enable a wide range of crop diversity in the EU and ensure that different types of diversity have facilitated access to the market;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1201 #

2020/2260(INI)

7b. Regrets the lack of a European policy on both animal and plant genetic resources, vital to ensure seed security;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1236 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for CAP National Strategic Plans to ensure adequate financial support and incentives to promote new, innovative, digital and ecological ‘green’ business models for agriculture and artisanal food production, notably through fostering short supply chains and quality food production, as well as adopting innovative cultivation techniques with the aim of reducing inputs per unit of product and restoring soil fertility;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1247 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for CAP National Strategic Plans to ensure adequate financial support and incentives to promote new ecological ‘green’ business models for agriculture and artisanal food production, notably through fostering short supply chains and quality food production, such models should support farmers in the transition towards climate neutrality;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1281 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Welcomes the explicit recognition of a safeguard of the social rights of workers in the food chain; recalls that this has been endorsed by the European Parliament with the introduction of the social conditionality for the CAP basic payment in its position on the national strategic plans Regulation;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1286 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Highlights that agri-cooperatives require a supportive legislative environment to further develop innovative business models that can deliver on the objectives of the farm to fork strategy and contribute to the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1287 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Underlines that the COVID 19 pandemic presents the EU with the unique opportunity to rethink the European agriculture and food systems with a more sustainable and socially just vision;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1298 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Recalls that the European food system delivers a sufficient and varied supply of safe, nutritious, affordable and sustainable food to people at all times and underlines that increasing the economic, environmental and social sustainability of food producers will ultimately increase their resilience; encourages the Commission and Member States to consider the food supply chain and its workers as a strategic asset for the safety and well-being of all Europeans; and to ensure that working and social protection conditions throughout the EU food supply chain meet national, EU and international standards for all workers;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1398 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Expresses its deep concern about the emergence of zoonotic diseases that are transferred from animals to humans (anthropozoonoses), such as Q fever, avian influenza and the new strain of influenza A (H1N1), which is exacerbated by anthropogenic climate change, the destruction; calls for a better management of the veterinary prevention and promotion of high standards of animal health and animal welfare also with trading partners in order to prevent spread of zoonotic diseases and to promote the high levels of bBiodiversity, environmental degradation and our current food production systemssecurity developed in EU as the best practice at global level;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1407 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Acknowledges the importance of plant health for sustainable food production systems, and points to the need of raising public awareness and providing adequate training emphasising preventive approaches to dealing with pests and diseases;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1457 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Urges the Commission to propose mechanisms that support cooperation between the various links in the chain, for example, by prioritizing stable market- oriented trade relations; considers that collaboration between the different segments of the food chain will be essential in the future, as it has been during the worst months of the covid-19 crisis;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1480 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Urges the Commission to follow up on Directive (EU) 2019/633 on unfair trading practices22 and the EU code of conduct on responsible business and marketing practices by producing a monitoring framework for the food and retail sectors and providing for legal action if progress in integrating economic, environmental and social sustainability into corporate strategies is insufficient, and in so doing promoting and rewarding the efforts of sustainable agricultural producers while increasing the availability and affordability of healthy, sustainable food options and reducing the overall environmental footprint of the food system; stresses the importance of halting and addressing consolidation and concentration in the grocery retail sector in order to ensure fair prices for farmers; recalls the importance of making farmers more resilient in the market by getting more value out of the food chain, which is achieved by encouraging their participation in producer organisations or cooperatives; _________________ 22 OJ L 111, 25.4.2019, p. 59.
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1513 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the Commission to bring forward proposals for better cooperation between farmers, already allowed under competition rules, and to support investment in improving production and marketing structures to make them more robust, stable, secure and profitable for farmers as means of helping strengthen their position in the chain;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1519 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Recognises that retailers and wholesalers can help move sustainable products away from market niches and into mainstream markets; highlights their growing commitment to create transparency, promote healthy diets through consumer information, reformulation, promotion of organic products and treatment of food waste, which they offer in response to the already strong demand from its customers;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1521 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)
13c. Calls for the recognition of the food distribution system, based on the proximity of retail outlets to consumers, both in urban and rural areas, as essential to ensure access to food to all European citizens, avoiding the so-called food deserts that occur in the USA;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1543 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Urges the review of the funding dedicated to the EU promotion programme for agricultural and food products, including the EU school scheme, with a view to enhancing its contribution to sustainable production and consumption, notably by focusing on educational messages and class hours at all school levels about the importance of healthy nutrition and promoting greater consumption of fruit and vegetables within a balanced and varied dietary regime, with the aim of reducing obesity rates;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1636 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for measures to reduce the burden that highly processed foods with high salt, sugar and fat content place on public health; regretstresses that the introduction of nutrient profiles is greatly delayed and stresses that a robust set of nutrient profiles must be developactivities implemented by national authorities must be strengthened and harmonised to restrict or prohibit the use of false nutritional claims on foods high in fats, sugars and/or salt; calls for a mandatory EU-wide front-of- pack nutrition labelling system based on independent science, dietary guidelines and portion sizes; stresses that the front-of-pack nutrition labelling system should help consumers to make healthier food choices by providing them with detailed and comprehensible information on the food they consume, eschewing simplistic solutions, without undermining the competitiveness of the European agricultural system or damaging quality supply chains; supports the promotion of healthier diets through consumer awareness campaigns and activities providing information on the importance of a varied and balanced diet that does not exclude any food, provided that it is consumed in the right amount and frequency and is accompanied by adequate physical activity;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1650 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for measures toat European level to encourage product reformulation of products not covered by EU quality schemes and reduce the burden that highly processed foods with high salt, sugar and fat content place on public health; regrets that the introduction of nutrient profiles is greatly delayed and stresses that a robust set of nutrient profiles must be developed to restrict or prohibit the use of false nutritional claims on foods high in fats, sugars and/or salt; calls for a mandatory EU-wide front-of-pack nutrition labelling system based on independent science and urges Member States to support the implementation of the upcoming EU system and refrain from unilateral actions that could hinder the harmonization work of the European Commission;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1656 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for measures to reduce the burden that highly processed foods with high salt, sugar and fat content place on public health; regrets that the introduction of nutrient profiles is greatly delayed and stresses that a robust set of nutrient profiles must be developed tostresses that a robust set of initiatives must be developed to promote healthier diets by enhanced consumer food and nutrition education, and restrict or prohibit the use of false nutritional claims on foods high in fats, sugars and/or salt; calls for a mandatoryharmonised EU-wide front- of- pack nutrition labelling system based on independent scienceable to provide exhaustive and nutrient-specific information, based on independent science and on the reference intakes of the average consumer, without misleading and influencing purchasing choices, as provided by Regulation (EU)1169/2011;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1698 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Notes that healthy products, including food, may contain natural or synthetic ingredients, which have different impacts on the environment and the health of consumers. Calls for the introduction of mandatory labelling schemes for healthy products, indicating whether an ingredient is of synthetic origin when obtained by a chemical synthesis, especially in the case natural equivalents exist;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1703 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the European Commission to consider digital consumer information as a key element in making information on healthy and sustainable diets available to consumers in the EU;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1710 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Calls on the Commission to strengthen the EU single market and provide clarity and simplicity for all players in the food sector, offering a more harmonised and science-based approach, which is currently lacking, in areas such as front-of-pack labelling, origin labelling, waste management, food donations, to name but a few, so that Europe can uphold sustainability standards in the food chain at the international level;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1719 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16c. Recalls the growing importance attached by producers and consumers to origin labelling; insists that such labelling should be established at EU level, should not undermine the smooth functioning of the internal market, be fully verifiable and traceable, and should be compatible with the EU's international obligations;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1756 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the fact that the strategy rightly recognises the role and influence of the food environment in shaping consumption patterns and the need to make it easier for consumers to choose healthy and sustainable diets; reiterates the importance of promoting sustainable diets by raising consumer awareness of the impacts of consumption patterns and providing information on diets that are better for human health and have a lower environmental footprint; underlines that food prices must send the right signal to consumers; welcomes, therefore, the strategy’s objective that the healthy and sustainable choice should become the most affordable one, while recognising the need to properly reward farmers and food producers for the social, economic and environmental added value they create by complying with the objectives of the strategy;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1773 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the fact that the strategy rightly recognises the role and influence of the food environment in shaping consumption patterns and the need to make it easier for consumers to choose healthy and sustainable diets; reiterates the importance of promoting sustainable diets by raising consumer awareness of the impacts of consumption patterns and providing information on diets that are better for human health and have a lower environmental footprint and alerting consumer on the proliferation of ultra- processed products that are presented as healthy copies; underlines that food prices must send the right signal to consumers; welcomes, therefore, the strategy’s objective that the healthy and sustainable choice should become the most affordable one;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1872 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Highlights the recognition in the strategy that Europeans’ diets are not in line with recommendations for healthy eating, and that a population-wide shift in consumption patterns is needed towards more healthy andfood, with the right balance between plant-based foods and less red andmeat, less processed meatproducts, sugars, salt, and fats, which will also benefit the environment; emphasises that EU-wide guidelines for sustainable and healthy diets, taking into account the cultural and regional diversity of European foods and diets, would bring clarity to consumers on what constitutes a healthy and sustainable diet and inform Member States’ own efforts to integrate sustainability elements in national dietary advice; calls on the Commission to develop such guidelines and specific actions to effectively promote healthy, balanced and varied diets, which include also an increased consumption of plant- based dieproducts;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1894 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Highlights the recognition in the strategy that Europeans’ diets are not always in line with recommendations for healthy eating, and that a population-wide shift in dietary consumption patterns is needed towards more healthy and plant-based foods and less red and processed meat, sugars, salt, and fats, which will also benefit the environment; acknowledges that the healthy choice may not always be the most sustainable and affordable choice and vice-versa; emphasises that EU-wide guidelines for sustainable and healthy diets wshould bring clarity to consumers on what constitutes a healthy and sustainable diet and inform Member States’ own efforts to integrate sustainability elements in national dietary advicee science-based and take into account the cultural and regional diversity of European foods and diets, as well as consumer needs and preferences ; calls on the Commission to develop such guidelines and specific actions to effectively promote healthy plant-based diets;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1944 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Considers that the further development of plant protein production and alternative sources of proteincomplementary sources of nutrition for human food and animal feed such as insects or algae, in the EU is a way of effectively addressing many of the environmental and climate challenges that EU agriculture is facing, as well as preventing deforestation in countries outside the EU;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 2035 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Reiterates its call to take the measures required to achieve a Union food waste reduction target of 30 % by 2025 and 50 % by 2030 compared to the 2014 baseline; underlines that binding targets and common criteria for measuring food waste in the different links of the food chain are needed to achieve this;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 2059 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. WelcomesRegrets that the proposed revision of EU rules on date marking is not accompanied by a comprehensive revision of rules on the distribution of food stuffs, with the objectives of identifying and eliminating potential barriers to waste reduction, promoting efficiency as well as boosting competition and innovation; stresses that any change to date marking rules should be science based and should improve the use of date marking by actors in the food chain and its understanding by consumers, in particular ‘best before’ labelling, while at the same time not undermining food safety or quality;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 2068 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Welcomes the proposed revision of EU rules on date marking; stresses that any change to date marking rules should be science based and should improve the use of date marking by actors in the food chain, including Horeca, and its understanding by consumers, in particular ‘best before’ labelling, while at the same time not undermining food safety or quality;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 2079 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Expresses its concern on the dynamics resulting from the process of concentration and the increasing dominant power of financial investors in the food supply chain, which lead to lower food quality and worsening of working conditions;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 2117 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Underlines the importance EU funding for research and innovation as a key driver in accelerating the transition to a more sustainable, healthy and inclusive European food system while facilitating investments needed to encourage agro- ecological practices in both social and technological innovation, and the crucial role of farm advisory services in ensuring the transfer of knowledge to the farming community, drawing on the existing specialised training systems for farmers in Member States; highlights the need to deliver tailored solutions to develop new skills and business models for all actors in the supply chain, especially SMEs, while avoiding additional administrative burdens;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 2119 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Underlines the importance EU funding for research and innovation as a key driver in accelerating the transition to a more sustainable, healthy and inclusive European food system while facilitating investments needed to encourage agro- ecological practices in both social and technological innovation, and the crucial role of farm advisory services in ensuring the transfer of knowledge to the farming community, drawing on the existing specialised training systems for farmers in Member States; stresses the strategic importance of collective approaches through producer organisations and cooperatives to bring farmers together in achieving their goals;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 2147 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Notes that in order to achieve the goals set out in this strategy, we must take advantage of scientific and technological progress, highlighting recent advances in both the versatility, safety and sustainability of new technologies for genetic improvement, promoting a legislative process in the EU that provides the necessary certainty for the development of this innovative sector, at the service of a more sustainable and healthy European food system;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 2176 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
25b. Recalls that the transition to this system will require significant investments and it cannot be accomplished without the complicity and support of European farmers;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 2179 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 c (new)
25c. Considers the allocated budget to achieve the ambitions of the EU Green Deal and the Just transition mechanism to be insufficient to deal in a socially sustainable manner with the consequences of the expected transformation; calls for the Just transition mechanism to cover as well agricultural regions that may be adversely affected and underlines the need to ensure the proper involvement of social partners in the definition and implementation of future initiatives of the strategy;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 2262 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Welcomes the explicit reference to the risk of asymmetries between the new requirements for European producers and those for imported products and calls once again on the European Commission to demand effective reciprocity in the negotiation of agreements with third countries;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 2264 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Believes that environmental, social and economic sustainability must be at the heart of the future EU trade policy and every bilateral trade agreement in order to give substance to the farm to fork strategy;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 2278 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to strengthen control mechanisms both at origin and at the border in trade with third countries to safeguard the animal and plant health of European agriculture and prevent the entry of pests and diseases from outside the EU;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 7 #

2020/2216(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas our action to combat climate change requires important decisions to be taken in the field of agricultural and livestock production in the European Union, raising the requirements for these sectors to contribute to greater environmental sustainability, also with the support of artificial intelligence: considering that we should impose identical requirements on products from third countries with which we conclude free trade agreements;
2021/02/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 12 #

2020/2216(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B
B. whereas the Farm to Fork strategy sets out to reduce the use of pesticides by 2030, which could be assisted through the use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, which can enable the creation of new tools to replace those pesticides that could pose a risk to human health, as well as favour a more limited use of them with precision agriculture;
2021/02/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 26 #

2020/2216(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas the process of setting up Digital hubs for agriculture, which are expected to have an important role in the introductions and implementation of AI and digital solutions, has started in several Member States;
2021/02/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 29 #

2020/2216(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C b (new)
C b. whereas some sectors of agriculture already apply AI technologies with potential for growth to a larger scale for the sector; notes that in numerous others the use of such technologies remains absent limited;
2021/02/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 30 #

2020/2216(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C c (new)
C c. whereas education and training is crucial for the smooth and successful introduction of AI technologies in the agricultural sector, both among the newer generation, but also among the current members of the agricultural community;
2021/02/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 31 #

2020/2216(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C d (new)
C d. whereas information about good AI practices should be available to broader range of experts and stakeholders in order to increase awareness and create opportunities for the sector across the whole EU, but also on regional and local level, where applicable;
2021/02/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 32 #

2020/2216(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C e (new)
C e. whereas the agricultural sector, its digitalisation and the application of AI in the sector depend on reliable data and stable infrastructure from other sectors such as aero-spatial and meteorological tools as well as tools for soil testing and measuring animal indicators, among others; whereas this might imply the need for a technological upgrade and improvement in some regions and Member States;
2021/02/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 33 #

2020/2216(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C f (new)
C f. whereas AI technologies and digitalisation have the potential of improving the agricultural performance in areas with natural constraints (ANC), which often suffer from access to limited resources and considerable seasonal variations; whereas because of their constraints they often remain out of the scope of the main research;
2021/02/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 34 #

2020/2216(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C g (new)
C g. whereas AI research and work in the field of agriculture and animal husbandry has the potential of increasing the attractiveness of the sector for younger people and thus contribute to solving the issue of generational renewal;
2021/02/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 35 #

2020/2216(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C h (new)
C h. whereas the demonstration or use of not fully functional AI technologies in the agri-food sector, or of studies, which are not fully completed, risks jeopardizing the trust of the agri-food community in the AI;
2021/02/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 36 #

2020/2216(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C i (new)
C i. whereas agri-food start-ups play an important role for the sector in terms of introduction of new technologies and techniques, which can benefit and facilitate the introduction of AI technologies in it;
2021/02/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 37 #

2020/2216(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C j (new)
C j. whereas AI has the potential of contributing to collecting more accurate and up-to-date data with regards to animal welfare, which on the other hand can improve the quality of sectoral research and respectively the decision making processes;
2021/02/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 40 #

2020/2216(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that issues related to the wellbeing of agricultural workers and/or operatoimprovement of working conditions of agricultural workers and the reduction of high production costs for European farmers, animal welfare, andmong other ethical aspectsissues, should be a priority when it comes to assessing the applicability of AI in the sector;
2021/02/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 47 #

2020/2216(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Strongly believes that the AI achievements and digitalisations should be accessible to all agricultural producers and breeders irrespective of the size or location of their farm or facilities;
2021/02/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 49 #

2020/2216(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Calls on the responsible authorities in the Member States to prepare and implement smooth transition to any new AI-based model of agriculture by including socially responsible and just policies and solutions for the workers in the sector;
2021/02/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 51 #

2020/2216(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1 c. Calls on the EC to facilitate and guarantee within its remits the fair and equal funding, access and distribution of AI achievements among the various sectors such as agriculture with the aim of avoiding new divisions and a two-speed EU on issues such as AI;
2021/02/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 52 #

2020/2216(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1 d. Believes that the competent national authorities should prepare and publish analyses on the impact of introduction of AI technologies on work places and workers in short-, mid- and long-term with the aim of helping the labour market adjust accordingly and avoid social and economic exclusion;
2021/02/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 53 #

2020/2216(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1 e. Underlines the role which the social partnership and dialogue with employers, employees and their unions or representatives has to play in the area of designing socially responsible and just transition to AI in the agricultural sector;
2021/02/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 54 #

2020/2216(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 f (new)
1 f. Urges the Member States to include all sectoral partners, including workers' representatives and syndicates of agricultural workers, should such exist, in the discussions and the development of sectoral AI plans and strategies;
2021/02/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 82 #

2020/2216(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines that the family-model of European agriculture should be preserved and that the introduction of AI technologies could be harnessed to support the family model and sustain traditional practiceshelp to steer this production model in particular and help to strengthen the maintenance of traditional practices that now generate low profitability for their future survival;
2021/02/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 97 #

2020/2216(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Believes that AI technologies can and should be used to improve the traceability ofand labelling of agri-food products, including issues such as origin or production methods, thus providing greater transparency and useful information to European consumers;
2021/02/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 118 #

2020/2216(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls on the Member States to foresee resources for technological and material upgrade and renewal in the scientific bases, which work on or with AI, such as agricultural institutes, universities or other specialised bodies, with the aim of collecting more up-to-date and accurate data about the effect of AI on the plants, animals, soils, water among others;
2021/02/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 127 #

2020/2216(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls on the Member States to consider inclusion of more AI trainings and courses both as part of their general but also specialised agri-food focused higher education, but also any other appropriate level of education, as part of both formal and informal education in their respective constituencies;
2021/02/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 129 #

2020/2216(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Calls the Member States with ANC to provide sufficient resources for research on use of AI in these areas in order to facilitate farmers there to make better use of the available resources;
2021/02/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 130 #

2020/2216(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6 c. Calls on the European Commission to design and put in place a digital platform or a website dedicated to the AI developments in the EU agri-food sector;
2021/02/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 134 #

2020/2216(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Calls on the EC to conduct thorough analyses on the use of data collecting and measuring and magnetic- and wave-based devices on the most commonly bred agricultural animals such as cattle, sheep, goat, pigs, poultry and bees, which will be crucial for the design and use of AI on EU level.
2021/02/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2 #

2020/2202(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas in 2021 EU imports of goods from the United Kingdom are estimated at EUR 146 billion, which is a marked decline both compared to 2020 (- 13.6%) and to 2019 (-24.8%); whereas in the same year EU exports of goods to the United Kingdom are estimated at EUR 283 billion, up by 1.9% compared to 2020 but still 11.4% below the level registered in 2019;
2022/10/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 3 #

2020/2202(INI)

A b. whereas EU imports and exports of goods with the rest of its partners sharply rose in 2021 compared to 2020 and above the 2019 pre-pandemic levels, while trade with the United Kingdom is still far from its pre-pandemic level;
2022/10/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 16 #

2020/2202(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the UK’s withdrawal from the EU has resulted in trade and supply chain disruptions and rising costs for traders in various sectors, investors and industry due to transportation shortages, shipping delays and customs border commotion, difficulties in complying with changing import rules and customs border commotion as a consequence of dual regulatory systems and additional formalities; notes that this has resulted in an overall decline in the UK’s trade in goods and services with the EU, in stark contrast to trade between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland which has increased significantly since the Protocol began operating in January 2021;
2022/10/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 28 #

2020/2202(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Underlines that the rigorous, timely and full implementation of the Withdrawal Agreement and of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, which are based on international law, is and will always remain a key priority for the Union;
2022/10/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 35 #

2020/2202(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Urges the Commission to continue monitoring the United Kingdom’s regulatory system in the areas covered by the TCA, in order to ensure that it does not conflict with the TCA provisions and that Union workers and businesses are not put at a competitive disadvantage;
2022/10/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 42 #

2020/2202(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls on the Commission to keep the European Parliament fully informed in a timely manner of all difficulties that may arise, in particular possible breaches of the Agreements, putting at risk a level playing field and fair competition for Union's workers and businesses.
2022/10/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 43 #

2020/2202(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Welcomes the Commission proposal to lay down rules and procedures governing the exercise of Union's rights under the Withdrawal Agreement and the Trade and Cooperation Agreement.
2022/10/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 9 #

2020/2140(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Highlights that the proper implementation of the CAP interventions is strictly related to the beneficiaries’ compliance with the commitments set out at Union level; stresses that the increased flexibility of Member States in allocating CAP subsidies risks further aggravating abuses, and urges therefore the Commission to avoid renationalisation of the CAP;
2021/01/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 14 #

2020/2140(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Notes that the current compliance system has proven effective as recognised by the ECA and has ensured equal treatment and efficient implementation across the Union; is strongly concerned that a new, hybrid system without Union- wide eligibility rules does not contribute in terms of either simplification or performance of the CAP, and puts at risk the equal treatment of farmers and Member States; stresses that the new control and audit system might increase significantly administrative burden and lead to disproportionate loss of resources, due to its complexity;
2021/01/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 25 #

2020/2140(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Highlights that CAP support to young farmers has proven to be an essential tool, to be further strengthened; believes that digitalisation and innovation could be decisive instruments for the revitalisation of rural areas making them more attractive to young farmers;
2021/01/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 28 #

2020/2140(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Stresses that investments contributing to a resilient, sustainable and digital economic recovery in line with the agri-environment-climate objectives pursued under the European Green Deal are fundamental for the social and economic development of rural areas;
2021/01/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 35 #

2020/2140(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls on the Commission to update its analysis of CAP fraud risks more frequently; encourages it to assess Member States’ fraud prevention measures, sharing best practices;
2021/01/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 40 #

2020/2140(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Recalls its concern at the alleged cases of conflict of interests and land- grabbing by oligarchs with possible involvement by governments and public authorities; invites the Commission to further intensify the controls in order to better identify the final destination of CAP funds;
2021/01/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4 #

2020/2131(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that small and medium- sized enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of the EU economy; underlines that the proper functioning of the internal market and the creation of a capital market union remains an absolute priority for SMEs; highlights that due regard should be given to the innovation cycle and market deployment of newly available technologies; stresses that the wellbeing of EU single market depends on the ability of EU SMEs to adapt to the impending revolution in information technologies; recognizes the role of micro enterprises and startups in the process of deployment of new and disruptive technologies of tomorrow. Therefore, sufficient support must be given to them; recognizes the importance of maintaining strong and predictable intellectual property rights framework;
2020/09/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 26 #

2020/2131(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Encourages the Commission to fully support SMEs in overcoming all barriers that prevent their access to third- country markets; calls on the Commission to reduce administrative and regulatory burden for SMEs and facilitate surpassing of red tape; calls on the Commission to support SMEs focusing on green technologies and innovations that are already exporting goods and services to third countries and thereby, foster conditions for level playing field; requests the inclusion of an SME chapter in every trade agreement; underlines the need for the effective enforcement of trade agreements as a priority task of the Chief Trade Enforcement Officer; clear and strong efforts should be made in order to re-start International cooperation and revive a functioning multilateral dispute settlement system.
2020/09/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 42 #

2020/2131(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to take greater account of the role of SMEs when it comes to negotiating public procurement chapters in trade agreements; welcomes the announcement from the Commission that it will launch a new information portal on customs procedures and formalities; calls on the Commission to deliver on its objective of launching a self-assessment tool for rules of origin to help SMEs assess whether a product benefits from preferences under a given trade agreement; reiterates the importance of clear rules on cross border data flows in achieving EUs digital strategy objectives; reiterates that SMEs will play a pivotal role in scaling up data driven technologies and businesses; underlines the need to promote interoperability and access to data internationally in order optimize various processes in international trade;
2020/09/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 48 #

2020/2131(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that access to financing is essential for SMEs; asks the European Investment Bank to pay particular attention to SMEs when defining its policies; draws particular attention to SMEs, which need funding and technical assistance to comply with the Green Deal and digitalisation objectives in order to remain competitive; recalls that this also includes making progress on investment facilitation agreement, e-commerce directive and continued work on multilateral services agreement;
2020/09/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 52 #

2020/2131(INI)

6. Calls on the Commission to strengthen the EU’s safeguard and trade defence instruments in order to better protect European industry, in particular when it affects sectors with a majority of SMEs.; recognizes that the world is facing unprecedented and unforeseeable challenges, which is why a smart re- shoring and an EU wide strategy for protection of EU strategic sectors should be part of the EU SME strategy in order to improve the self-sufficiency of the European Union. Including, ensuring level playing field via the imposition of carbon border adjustment mechanism. Underlines that improving the resilience of various strategic supply chains and reducing reliance of EU industry on third countries should be a key element in the new SME strategy;
2020/09/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 58 #

2020/2131(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Stresses that the EU is experiencing an economic and social shock resulting in rapidly rising unemployment rates as well as sinking of the EU GDP in the second quarter of2020 by 12.1%; reminds that different regions in the EU are more adversely impacted than others; stresses the need for strong social safeguards and social inclusion in the SME strategy in order to balance this stark reality; recalls that this crisis is also an unprecedented opportunity to shift our priorities towards a more social and sustainable modus operandi; underlines that eliminating tax competition within the EU would significantly contribute towards social stability in the EU and could also contribute towards upskilling and reskilling of workers;
2020/09/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 9 #

2020/2126(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the CONT study entitled ‘The Largest 50 Beneficiaries in each EU Member State of CAP and Cohesion Funds’ and emphasises the importance of consolidating and harmonising EU reporting systems and create interoperability among them; stresses also that reporting systems for CAP and cohesion policy funds should contain information on final beneficiaries;
2021/11/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 35 #

2020/2126(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for the mandatoNotes the voluntary use of t he ARACHNE system by Member States, but underlines that this is not yet sufficient, calls for the preparation by the Commission and the mandatory use by Member States of a data mining system in order to achieve more transparency on the beneficiaries of CAP funds and where such funds end up, as well as the mandatory use of the Early Detection and Exclusion System for CAP funds in an effort to enhance transparency on the use of taxpayers’ money and to reinforce the protection of the Union’s financial interest; underlines the importance the data mining approach for the 1st pillar as well;
2021/11/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 49 #

2020/2126(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Recognises the work of OLAF and calls for increased efforts and vigilance in relation to the cases of conflict of interest and against oligarch structures, especially in certain Member States where these cases are more often identified; emphasises that these kind of misuses are to the detriment of the taxpayers’ money and EU’s financial interest;
2021/11/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 68 #

2020/2126(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Expresses its concern at the cases of high-level conflicts of interest and land- grabbing by oligarchs, which are possibly being facilitated by governments and public authorities; calls for extra scrutiny towards Member States by the Commission to this end; urges the Commission and Member states to immediately step up measures against land-grabbing, irregular tenders or other allocation procedures and misconduct of EU-money especially when national authorities and governments are involved;
2021/11/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 72 #

2020/2126(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. EUrges the Commission to swiftly address the severe violations of the principle of rule of law in some member states that are seriously jeopardising the fair, legal and impartial distribution of EU funds, emphasises the clear link between respecting the rule of law and the sound implementation of CAP funds; urges the Commission to be extra vigilant on rule of law matters and to activate its proportionate sanction system if needed with regard to EU funds;
2021/11/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 77 #

2020/2126(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
10. Encourages the harmonisation of cadastral systems at EU level and support interoperability with the Land Parcel Identification System (LPIS) in order to achieve transparency on ultimate beneficial users and often hidden parent- companies.
2021/11/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 11 #

2020/2117(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that, against the background of a sharp economic downturn, EU agri-food trade has remarkably remained broadly stable over the course of 2020, for both exports and imports, thanks in large part to the best efforts of farmers and SMEs in the agri-food sector; highlights that the Union’s yearly agri-food trade surplus exceeded EUR 60 billion; recalls in this context that agriculture and agri-food are key drivers for EU exports and economic recovery;
2021/04/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 18 #

2020/2117(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises the remarkablenoteworthy resilience of European agriculture; underlines its socio-economic importance as well as the high number of companies and jobs involved; stresses the importance of Europe’s agri-food production for the vitality and development of its rural areas; underlines that the success of European agriculture is strictly connected with the Common Agriculture Policy, that through the years has been the instrument to improve farmers' condition and guarantee food security in the EU;
2021/04/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 37 #

2020/2117(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls, however, that some European agri-food markets are in a highly vulnerable situation after a significant loss in sales, threatening their long-term sustainability; notes that the pandemic has had a significant impact on the wine, spirit and liqueur sectors, among others, given the drop in exports in terms of both volume and value; calls for further support, including, in particular, the extension of the extraordinary measures for the wine sector, to reactivate these exports and regain market share;
2021/04/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 50 #

2020/2117(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines that the post-COVID-19 recovery is a unique opportunity to set the agenda for sustainable growth; calls on the Commission, therefore, to presentspeed up its review of the 15-point action plan on TSD chapters without delayso it can be implemented in all ongoing negotiations without exception; expects the review to address the enforceability of TSD commitments as a matter of urgency, as it is not currently included; recalls, in this regard, the non- paper from the Netherlands and France on trade, social economic effects and sustainable development11 ; suggests that, as a minimum, recent advances in enforceability should be applied to EU trade policy, namely the ability to tackle any non-compliance by partners through unilateral sanctions, including the introduction of tariffs or quotas on certain products or the cross- suspension of other parts of an agreement; __________________ 11 Non-paper from the Netherlands and France on trade, social economic effects and sustainable development, accessed at ‘the Netherlands at International Organisations (permanentrepresentations.nl)’.
2021/04/20
Committee: INTA
Amendment 64 #

2020/2117(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that any EU economic stimulus plans and export support measures need to consider agriculture in view of the importance and diversity of the sector; also stresses that the review and overhaul of EU trade policy, as well as the announced reform of the World Trade Organization, must be an opportunity to better defend the European agricultural model and farmers’ interests; reiterates firmly that agriculture and agri-food products entering the European market must fully comply with EU rules and standards and to this extent frequent and thorough controls should be put in place to guarantee this compliance from products from third countries;
2021/04/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 66 #

2020/2117(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that high up-front costs, which will only repay themselves over time, and a lack of know-how and equipment are currently preventing developing countries from ‘going green’; demands that the Commission use all trade instruments and development cooperation policies at its disposal to increase financial support, technical assistance, technology transfers and digital penetration in order to empower developing countries and enable them to achieve sustainable resilience and to better implement due diligence across the supply chain;
2021/04/20
Committee: INTA
Amendment 74 #

2020/2117(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. underlines that the crisis following the Covid-19 pandemic should be an opportunity to rethink the EU trade policy especially for what concerns its environmental impact and to put EU agriculture concerns, especially of the most vulnerable sectors, as high priorities in the trading negotiations with third partners; is convinced that the EU should use its position as a major global player to set the benchmark and direct international standards for sustainable food systems, based on respect for human and labour rights, fair competition, the precautionary principle, environmental protection and animal welfare in accordance with World Trade Organization (WTO) rules;
2021/04/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 83 #

2020/2117(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Stresses that the EU, in line with its Green Deal principles, should not import products coming from deforested areas or with lower environmental standards; recalls therefore the need to have a full transparent supply chain to guarantee the respect of EU standards as well as a high level information for the consumers;
2021/04/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 86 #

2020/2117(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4 c. Stresses the need, due in part to the disruptions to global production chains and increased price volatility caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, to develop open strategic autonomy for the EU with the aim of ensuring access to key markets and reducing dependency on imports of critical goods such as plant- based protein sources; reiterates that agri- food systems must be acknowledged as a crucial aspect of the EU’s open strategic autonomy in order to ensure sufficient availability of safe and good-quality food and to maintain functioning and resilient food supply chains and trade flows during future crises, in line withArticle 2(1) of the Paris Agreement;
2021/04/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 89 #

2020/2117(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Emphasises that transparency and dialogue are key to creating support for trade policy; insists that the role and responsibilities of civil society and domestic advisory groups must be clearly defined in the EU’s internationalpolitical and trade agreements, and that financial assistance must be accompanied by capacity-building measures to enable it to function effectively;
2021/04/20
Committee: INTA
Amendment 92 #

2020/2117(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights the overall importance of a well-functioning internal market in order to enhance Europe’s export capacity and secure our producer network; stresses that the model of the EU agriculture, based mainly on small- and medium-sized family farms with limited financial capacity, could suffer from an unfair competition deriving from free trade agreements; calls therefore the Commission and the Member states to be prepared to defend and support this model with a coherent and holistic trade policy, taking into account all costs and benefits deriving from it.
2021/04/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 171 #

2020/2117(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Welcomes the proposal by several government leaders for an international treaty on the pandemic response and calls for this to include a strong trade pillar; underlines that the international trade framework must foster cooperation and put into place both structural and rapid response mechanisms to help governments overcome the challenges associated with health emergencies; maintains that progress needs to be made in the areas of transparency on available stocks, global supply networks, production capacities and product pricing of essential health products, the implementation and development of exemptions for public health security in the intellectual property rights framework, increasing the global mobility of essential services, protecting and fostering the resilience of SMEs, and developing an intersectional approach to tackle the negative impact of health crises on gender equality, income equality, and the position of minorities;
2021/04/20
Committee: INTA
Amendment 172 #

2020/2117(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Calls to establish a new Committee on Trade and Health on the 12th WTO Ministerial Conference in order to prepare guidelines on how governments can implement existing exemptions and flexibilities in international trade law to increase public health security, which mechanisms must be put in place to improve the global response to health emergencies and to lay the groundwork for a trade pillar for the negotiations on a future international treaty on the pandemic response;
2021/04/20
Committee: INTA
Amendment 174 #

2020/2117(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Emphasises, in this connection, the detrimental effects of unilateral measures such as export restrictions and prohibitions and the lack of transparency on global stocks and the subsequent price speculation on scarce essential goods, not least for low and middle-income countries; calls, therefore, for the adoption of the WTO trade and health initiative by the end of 2021 and for greatera new regulation to be drawn up that is much more demanding on transparency on the supply and, production and cost of essential medical products and services;
2021/04/20
Committee: INTA
Amendment 176 #

2020/2117(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls for a review of the European Directive on Intellectual Property Rights to ensure that patents do not hinder access to vaccines for COVID-19, to demand the necessary transparency from the industry and a cost-benefit analysis per product that allows for a fair and reasonable patent term and the necessary flexibility in exceptional situations for public health reasons;
2021/04/20
Committee: INTA
Amendment 177 #

2020/2117(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Calls on the European Commission to make efficient use of its power of centralized public purchasing of vaccines to demand the necessary transparency and contract compliance from suppliers;
2021/04/20
Committee: INTA
Amendment 182 #

2020/2117(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Is concerned about the recent rise in export restrictions on vaccines by the main manufacturing countries such as the US, the UK, China and India and by, to a lesser extent, the EU, and emphasises that this endangers the rapid global scaling up of vaccine production capacity; urges the Commission to engage with producing countries to swiftly eliminate export barriers and to replace the export authorisation mechanism with an export and import notification requirement; insists on having timely and comprehensive access to such data;
2021/04/20
Committee: INTA
Amendment 198 #

2020/2117(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Emphasises that international trade policy must play a proactive role in this endeavour by facilitating trade in raw materials, alleviating shortages of qualified and experienced personnel, solving supply chain problems and revisiting the global framework for intellectual property rights for future pandemics; insists, in this regard, on a constructive dialogue about a temporary waiver of the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) in order to ensure that countries do not face retaliation over COVID-19 related patent infringements during the pandemic; calls on the Commission to re-evaluate the TRIPS+ commitments in EU trade agreements in light of lessons learned, and to improve the work on increasing the effectiveness of IPR flexibilities such as, but not limited to, compulsory licensing in the context of bilateral negotiations and dialogue;
2021/04/20
Committee: INTA
Amendment 203 #

2020/2117(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Emphasises that international trade policy must play a proactive role in this endeavour by facilitating trade in raw materials, health and medical essential products alleviating shortages of qualified and experienced personnel, solving supply chain problems and revisiting the global framework for intellectual property rights for future pandemics; insists, in this regard, on a constructive dialogue about a temporary waiver of the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) in order to ensure thato countries do not face retaliation over COVID-19 related patent infringements during the pandemicbute to increasing the industrial capacity for vaccine protection;
2021/04/20
Committee: INTA
Amendment 222 #

2020/2117(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Welcomes the TPRrade Policy Review’s affirmation of multilateralism and the extensive proposals made for the necessary in-depth WTO reform of the WTO; shares; shares the emphasis placed by the Commission’s emphasis on sustainable development in its vision for WTO reform and urges the Commission to bring to beardeploy all efforts to implement a sustainable development agenda, including goals on gender, human rights and labour standards; stresses the importance of taking forward the WTO initiative on trade and climate and to assure the swift connection of the WTO and other organizations of the multilateral system as the WHO;
2021/04/20
Committee: INTA
Amendment 232 #

2020/2117(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Emphasises that reviving the WTO negotiating function will play a key role in any substantial reform of the organisation; highlights, in particular, the need to address competitive distortions caused by industrial subsidies and state-owned enterprises; calls for the Commission to actively pursue a solution to the mismatch between the level of development and the number of commitments undertaken within the international trading system; is convinced that EU leadership is crucial for any meaningful WTO reform to succeed; considers essential that the next WTO ministerial conference address the debate on intellectual property rights, the role of international trade in protecting the world from health threats, and also address the sanctions regime to prevent that the consequences of breaching international trade rules by some members, are paid by sectors not responsible for non- compliance;
2021/04/20
Committee: INTA
Amendment 245 #

2020/2117(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Supports thea new, forward-looking wide transatlantic agenda based on common interests and shared values; urges the Commission and the, giving impulse and priority to the development of the EU relations with all the Americas, based on common interests and shared values, aiming to counterbalance the development of the economic and trade cooperation in the Pacific, to achieve meaningful WTO reform and to find common solutions to common problems; in the new political context invites the new US administration to closely cooperate closely in orderwith the EU institutions to secure a level playing field and to agree on ambitious social, labour and environmental standards and build on each other’s experience to enforce these more efficiently enforce them; calls for joint efforts to overcomeget out of the pandemic, speed up the economic recovery and facilitate trade in vaccines and essential medical goods; reiterates that we should work together to achieve meaningful WTO reform and find common solutions to common problems;
2021/04/20
Committee: INTA
Amendment 264 #

2020/2117(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Welcomes the TPRrade Policy Review’s engagement towards Africa and the Eastern and Southern Nneighbourhoods and looks forward to concrete steps tofor deepening the EU’s relations with these partners; reiterates the importance of a strategic and sustainable partnership with Southe-East Asia, and India and Latin America; calls on all the EU institutions to maintain as a priority in a higher rank of our trade and development cooperation, the generation of greater resilience in front of pandemics and health emergencies;
2021/04/20
Committee: INTA
Amendment 1 #

2020/2114(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that the rules-basedfair, inclusive, rules-based and non-discriminatory multilateral trading system has been a key driver of global trade liberalisation, which has powered economic growth, job creation, improvement of living standards, income growth and the promotion of sustainable economic development, therefore strengthening prosperity, peace and security; recalls the importance of incorporating a gender perspective into the promotion of inclusive economic growth and to promote women’s empowerment that is key to the eradication of poverty; underlines importance of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement objectives as well as social, environmental and human rights; notes furthermore its role in fostering a predictable trade environment through the development of more transparent and fair trade rules and regulations; believes, however, that there is a need and motivation to rebuild trust in multilateral institutions in the face of global challenges and shifting world power dynamics;
2022/01/27
Committee: INTA
Amendment 14 #

2020/2114(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Regrets the growing tendencies towards protectionism and trade weaponisation that have developed in parts of the global economy; welcomes the strengthening of the EU’s trade enforcement efforts and the development of a toolbox of autonomous trade instruments to respond to these emerging challenges; notes the aim at a reformed and well-functioning multilateral rulebook with an effective functioning dispute settlement system at its core in the World Trade Organization (WTO); stresses the need, however, to remain fully engaged in efforts to reinvigorate the World Trade Organization (WTO) with a view to increasing its effectiveness, inclusiveness, transparency and legitimacy as the cornerstone of a liberalised global economy and to deal with the challenges posed by non-market economies; recalls the need for all WTO members to commit to modernize and equip the WTO with tools to address the trade challenges of the twenty-first century, including digital revolution, green, fair and sustainable transition, and to carry the reform agenda forward aiming at agreeing on a concrete work plan by the next MC12;
2022/01/27
Committee: INTA
Amendment 24 #

2020/2114(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Notes the need to work closely with like-minded partners, and to engage with all members of the WTO that are committed to a positio bring forward a positive agenda for reform; points out that a successful reform will require engaging with all parties involved agenda for reformnd taking into account their valid concerns when agreeing on a compromise solution; recognises that historically it has been EU- US cooperation that has been the main driving force for progress within multilateral trade negotiations, and therefore welcomes the positive statements on WTO reform made by the current US administration, which shand encourages the US to follow through on this with concrete proposals which could provide a basis for renewed engagement on actionable outcomes; supports a forward- looking transatlantic agenda based on common interests and shared values, aiming to achieve meaningful WTO reform, including of dispute settlement;its monitoring, negotiating and dispute settlement functions; regrets the stalemate at the WTO Appellate Body, which is depriving the global trading system of an enforceable dispute settlement system; urges all WTO members to engage on solutions to restore a fully functioning and independent Appellate Body.
2022/01/27
Committee: INTA
Amendment 33 #

2020/2114(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Welcomes the WTO’s close collaboration the World Health Organisation and other international organizations ensuring that trade plays a positive role in addressing the pandemics and subsequent crisis and in supporting the recovery of the global economy; urges the conclusion of an ambitious initiative in the area of trade and health, eliminating trade and regulatory restrictions that affect the distribution of and boosting the capacity to produce active ingredients, medicines, vaccines, treatments and equipment, and on transparency and global cooperation in times of crisis including temporary TRIPS waiver, in order to maintain the resilience of supply chains in the current context but for future crises as well; welcomes the purpose to strengthen pandemic prevention, preparedness and response capacity of the WTO;
2022/01/27
Committee: INTA
Amendment 38 #

2020/2114(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that democratic, legitimate, accountable and transparent global governance should feature greater participation of parliamentary bodies, as directly elected parliamentarians can function as a crucial link between citizens and the multilateral system; emphasises the importance of the work of the joint European Parliament and Inter- Parliamentary Union parliamentary conference on the WTO; underlines the need to ensure that parliamentarians have better access to trade negotiations and are involved in the formulation and implementation of WTO decisions; reiterates the need for all WTO members to enhance the exchange with stakeholders including civil society and business organisations and community and calls on improved cooperation with other international organisations such as the ILO, the UN system, the OECD and the IMF.
2022/01/27
Committee: INTA
Amendment 4 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
— having regard to the European Commission's Study to support the evaluation of the European Union Strategy for the Protection and Welfare of Animals 2012-2015,
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 7 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 b (new)
— having regard to the Council's conclusions on animal welfare - an integral part of sustainable animal production, adopted on 16th of December, 2019,
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 8 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 c (new)
— having regard to the Council's conclusions on an EU wide animal welfare label, adopted on 7th of December, 2020,
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 35 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas consumer's interest in the quality of food purchased is higher than ever;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 65 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the European livestock farms employ around 4 million people (salaried and non-salaried), 80% of whom reside in the more recent EU Member States1a; _________________ 1ahttps://op.europa.eu/en/publication- detail/-/publication/04af47b0-0c38-11eb- bc07-01aa75ed71a1/language-en
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 66 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas EU fish intra-trade plays an essential role in the whole EU fishery trade and it accounted in 2014 for 86% of total trade within and outside the EU, volumes sold within the EU reaching at 5,74 million tonnes with a value of EUR 20,6 billion, the highest registered since 20063a; _________________ 3a https://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/201 6/february/tradoc_154321.pdf
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 69 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E c (new)
Ec. whereas animal health and welfare are key to enabling food safety and security, public health and contributing to high quality standards in the EU;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 70 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E d (new)
Ed. whereas healthy livestock is a key component of achieving sustainable, lower-carbon farming;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 71 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E e (new)
Ee. whereas animal health and welfare are essential elements of any sustainable food system and impacts on animal health and welfare have direct effect on the sustainability of the food system;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 113 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Q. whereas livestock farming methods and production systems vary among the Member States;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 126 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital S
S. whereas the common agricultural policy (CAP) is one of the regulatory tools that can be used to improve the health and welfare of farm animals;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 128 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital S a (new)
Sa. whereas livestock farming is the main beneficiary of second pillar aid to farms in disadvantaged areas, which make up 50% of the European UAA, and of Agro-Environmental Measures, which compensate for the additional costs linked to unfavourable location or the obligations of having to respect specific legislation2a; _________________ 2ahttps://op.europa.eu/en/publication- detail/-/publication/04af47b0-0c38-11eb- bc07-01aa75ed71a1/language-en
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 130 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital T
T. whereas particular attention should be paid to ensuring that our political decisions do not weaken the European livestock-production sector, which would lead to the relocation of production to other parts of the world where livestock conditions and standards are lower than in Europe, and to other, connected problems, detrimental not only to the animal welfare standards, but also to the European environmental objectives;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 135 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital T a (new)
Ta. whereas consumer interest in the quality of food purchased is higher than ever, and whereas food quality in relation to animal welfare and animal health has an important part to play in achieving the goals of the Farm-to-Fork Strategy;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 146 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital U a (new)
Ua. whereas the uptake of smart farming technologies to continuously monitor animal health and welfare has the potential to ensure effective disease prevention and the implementation of animal welfare standards;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 147 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital U b (new)
Ub. whereas the adoption of DNA traceability technologies to track and trace every sick animal or infected food has the potential to ensure food safety and prevent food fraud by ensuring consumers;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 207 #

2020/2085(INI)

3a. Is aware of the fact that EFSA produced several opinions on the use of animal-based measures for species not covered by specific legislation (dairy cows and beef cattle) in response to the European Commission mandates; regrets the fact that these animal-based measures issued by EFSA have not been implemented so far; calls therefore on the European Commission to make sure these animal-based measures are updated with the latest scientific knowledge and integrated in the existing specific legislation;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 208 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Acknowledges that, as noted by scientific bodies, animal-based measures, though desirable, are not always enforceable and objectively verifiable; calls therefore on the European Commission, in the context of the revision of the European animal welfare legislation, to formulate very specific verifiable requirements in light of the latest scientific opinions and of the various production systems across Member States;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 209 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Welcomes the six objectives set out in the European Union Strategy for the Protection and Welfare of Animals 2012- 2015 and acknowledges that these objectives are still relevant3a; regrets though that the impact of the Strategy was very limited due to the lack of outcome indicators or quantifiable plans for tracking the progress of the Strategy actions, which contributed to a reduced level of accountability for the Strategy’s success; encourages, therefore, the European Commission to prepare a new strategy, with an output-oriented approach, as a proper environment to gather Member States’ representatives, scientific bodies, stakeholders, farmers and NGOs and exchange views and best practices in view of a more uniformed implementation of the animal welfare legislation across Member States, in line with the Green Deal objectives; _________________ 3ahttps://op.europa.eu/en/publication- detail/-/publication/1e912399-3905-11eb- b27b-01aa75ed71a1/language-en/format- PDF/source-178300128
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 215 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Welcomes the setting up of EU reference centres dedicated to the welfare of different species and categories of animals (EURCAWs), as part of the EU Strategy for the Protection and Welfare of Animals 2012-2015; encourages the European Commission to further develop the network of EURCAWs, especially for species not covered by the specific legislation, as an effective platform of coherent and uniform dissemination across Member States of technical information on the way the EU legislation should be implemented, in areas such as outcome-based animal welfare indicators, common requirements for competence of personnel handling animals, increasing transparency and adequacy of information to consumers on animal welfare;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 220 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Notes that the current EU legislation on animal welfare is not all inclusive and invites the European Commission to assess the need and impact for specific animal welfare legislation, in light of the latest scientific knowledge, for species not covered, in particular for goats, sheep, pullets, dairy and beef cattle, rabbits, turkeys, broiler and laying hen breeders and farmed fish;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 275 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Is aware of the limited overall coherence between the European Animal Welfare legislation and the 2014-2020 CAP as well as of the poor integration of the specific legislation into the National Plans for Rural Developments, with wide differences from one Member State to another; welcomes that the European Commission included animal welfare in the List of potential agricultural practices that eco-schemes could support, issued in January 2021; encourages the Member States to draw up animal welfare eco- schemes in their National Strategic Plans and calls on the European Commission to assess the achievability and enforceability of the animal based indicators and measures accompanying these eco- schemes, in order to have an output- oriented approach and to make possible the monitoring, impact and implementation of these schemes;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 283 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Proposes enhancing affordable training for farmers and operators in the sector handling animals by adding a specific module for initial and ongoing training with a view to honing skills; takes note of the scientific opinion on the welfare of pigs at slaughter, issued by EFSA in 2020, stating that the majority of the identified hazards originated from actions and behaviours of animal handlers and owners; encourages though Member States to incentivize trainings for farmers and handlers in their National Strategic Plans;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 292 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses that some measures believed to improve animal welfare are in fact counterproductive and may undermine other aspects of sustainability, namely welfare and health safety-related issues, as well as efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; cites, by way of example, that keeping rabbits in the open air increases stress and mortality levels, and that installing collective cages in rabbitries leads to aggressive behaviour among does, causing stress, injury and reduced performance; points out that outdoor rearing may also lead to a reduced control over droppings and emissions as well as to greater amounts of feed needed, thereby potentially having a greater carbon impact4a; _________________ 4aXin, H. et al., ‘Environmental impacts and sustainability of egg production systems’, Poultry Science, 90(1), 2011, pp. 263-277
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 325 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Applauds the Commission for publishing, on 12 May 2021, strategic guidelines for a more sustainable and competitive EU aquaculture, which pay particular attention to animal welfare, and welcomes the fact that Parliament’s Committee on Fisheries is drafting an own- initiative report on these guidelines; draws the attention to the limited synergy between 2014-2020 Common Fishery Policy and the farmed fish welfare; calls on the European Commission to put forward specific scientifically-sound provisions for farmed fish welfare;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 347 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Underlines that the rate of non- compliance with the animal welfare legislation is limited and has many limitation, amongst which unenforceable and unquantifiable animal-based indicators; notes that the frequency of inspections across Member States ranges from a minimum of 1% to a maximum of 30%; is concerned that this high variation of the frequency of inspections leads to either non-compliance with the Control Regulation, or to high pressure on farmers; calls therefore on the European Commission and on the Member States to standardise the implementation of the Control Regulation to reduce the variation of the frequency of inspections between Member States and livestock sectors;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 351 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Takes note of the lack of animal- based welfare indicators for the Council Directive 98/58/EC (general directive), as well as for the Council Directive 2008/120/EC (pigs), the Council Directive 2007/43/ EC (broilers) and the Council Directive 1999/74/EC (laying hens); acknowledges as well the lack of quantifiable requirements for the implementation and monitoring of environmental conditions such as air quality (nitrogen, CO2, dust), lighting (duration, brightness) and minimal noise, which not only affects the animal welfare, but also distorts competition because of the margins of interpretations; calls for the European Commission to set up enforceable and quantifiable such indicators, which should be species- specific and up to date from a scientific point of view;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 355 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Emphasises the importance of precision livestock farming technologies, including the potential of on-farm animal health and welfare monitoring tools, which help to prevent and better control disease outbreaks on farms;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 357 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. Calls for improved management of veterinary prevention and promotion of high animal health and welfare standards, notably on vaccination and preventing the unnecessary use of antimicrobials, to prevent the spread of zoonotic diseases;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 367 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Emphasis the lack of coherence between trade policy and animal welfare policy, which led to an unfair competitive environment for EU producers; calls for reciprocity in bilateral and multilateral trade agreements;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 384 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3
Animal Welfare Labelling
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 387 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Deplores the lack of a return on investment for farmers who take part in voluntary animal welfare recognition schemes; notes, further, that animal welfare labelling will only prove successful if a return on investment is forthcoming from the higher price point and only if farmers are guaranteed a fair share of the higher price paid by the consumer for the purchase of food products complying with EU animal welfare labelling requirements;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 391 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Notes there is little information available on the impact of the labelling systems studied on food businesses as well as on consumers' confidence and understanding of animal welfare practices;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 393 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Stresses that the introduction of animal welfare labelling requires, at an early stage, harmonised rules drawn up in collaboration with farmers and based on clear scientific indicators and large scale promotion campaigns, alongside with education and marketing actions targeting European consumers; calls for consideration to be given to an EU framework for voluntary labelling covering all livestock farms, so as to limit the risks of distorting competition in the internal market while leaving sufficient room for private initiatives;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 402 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Asks the Commission to propose an EU framework for voluntary animal welfare labelling which is linked to EU rules – which must be its basis – and which invites the Member States to record the various approaches used; calls for its specifications to be drawn up according to a technically realistic and scientifically- sound approach and for this EU framework to ensure that value is redistributed towards livestock farmers;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 404 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
30. Invites the Commission to conduct an in-depth examination of the possible implications of introducing mandatory labelling requirements at EU level, drawing in particular on experience gained in recent public labelling schemes in some Member Statesthoroughly assessing the impact on all the actors involved in the food supply chain, from farmers to consumers, drawing in particular on experience gained in recent public labelling schemes in some Member States; calls on the European Commission to avoid conflicts between possible future schemes with existing labelling frameworks, especially with those envisaged by the mandatory requirements in the animal welfare specific directives; is concerned about the results of a previous impact assessment conducted by the European Commission, in 2012, indicating that labelling would increase industry costs without necessarily increasing the benefits as well;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 37 #

2020/2077(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Sees the circular bio-economy as an opportunity for agriculture, enabling it generate renewable energy from biodegradable farm and municipal waste and its by-products: organic fertilisers, stresses the importance of enabling the farmers to use this renewable energy in their farms;
2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 67 #

2020/2077(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for prevention measures to be stepped up in the fight against food loss and waste, in all parts of the food chain, including processing and retail; calls for further measures to support shortening the food chain, thus decreasing the stages at which food waste is produced;
2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 87 #

2020/2077(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
10. Highlights the presence of old, disused agricultural buildings which pose serious problems in terms of their removal costs (asbestos, etc.)., before new uses can be made of them or the space they occupy;
2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 90 #

2020/2077(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Calls for broad recognition that young farmers are especially important in the development of a circular economy, and essential generational renewal in the countryside must be supported by sufficient measures;
2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 93 #

2020/2077(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10 b. Notes the opportunities that the circular economy can create for small and medium farmers, and their importance for the move towards a more inclusive, sustainable, environmentally and climate friendly food supply chain;
2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 97 #

2020/2077(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10 c. Highlights the importance of research and development in new sustainable agricultural technologies, and the need for farmers, in particular small and medium farmers, to have easy access to them;
2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 100 #

2020/2077(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 e (new)
10 e. Urges the development of a program for of cross-regional biogas production plants, that could use agricultural waste, food waste and green municipal waste closer to the source, while also creating much needed employment opportunities in the regions;
2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 102 #

2020/2077(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 f (new)
10 f. Calls for an integration of blue bioeconomy into the circular economy action plans.
2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 9 #

2020/2076(INI)

1. Takes note of the Commission’s initiatives to support European SMEs’ access to international markets; stresses, however, that SMEs have to deal with too many regulations and burdens and excessive bureaucracy; stresses that SMEs are kept at a competitive disadvantage bywhich might cause extra red tape or administrative burdens; stresses that support is needed for those SMEs which investing in climate neutrality to comply with the Green Deal while tryingand might face difficulties in short term to remain competitive and thrive on export markets;
2020/06/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 15 #

2020/2076(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Calls on the Commission to adopt a strong holistic approach in its work on the new industrial strategy; emphasizes that social rights, digitalisation, transport, trade and environmental policies are interlinked within the European industry;
2020/06/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 17 #

2020/2076(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Expresses concerns that, since the covid-19 outbreak, which has imposed closing of a large number of factories, many industrial sectors have suffered and continues to suffer colossal losses. World trade is set to plummet by between 13% and 32% in 2020 and estimates of expected recovery in 2021 are still uncertain;
2020/06/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 30 #

2020/2076(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to focus on domestic productivity within Europe, in order to establish less dependence ondiversify vulnerable supply chains in core industry sectors such as the tech and telecommunications, medical products and pharmaceuticals sectors, especially in times of global crisis, and to remain competitive on the global markets;
2020/06/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 31 #

2020/2076(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – point 1 (new)
(1) Recognises that the competitiveness of European industry is strongest if the EU maintains its leading role as the most innovative and most climate and environmentally friendly trade partner; calls on the Commission to include innovation and sustainable development goals into the core of EU trade, as well as the core of the industrial policy, and to apply the European Green New Deal as a guiding principle;
2020/06/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 32 #

2020/2076(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – point 2 (new)
(2) Recognises the significant impact the next industrial revolution and automation can have on international trade; notes that with anticipated optimisation of production also the international supply chain will be restructured, which will have a significant impact on the labour market and consequently will have an adverse effect on future job creation and the market as a whole; calls on the Commission to integrate strong social safeguards in its policy;
2020/06/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 42 #

2020/2076(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Supports, in principle, the initiative to reinforcCalls on the Commission to work with the other WTO members to carry forward an ambitious reform to ensure a trule-based multilateral trading system; expresses its concern, however, about the functioning of the WTO, owing to some international actors abusing their market powere level playing field for trading companies and to fully incorporate social and environmental standards, in line with the new Green Deal; urges the Commission, in this respect, to negotiate new rules to fight trade - distortive practices, including non-market policies and practices, SOEs and industrial subsides, leading to overcapacity, and forced technology transfer policies and practices;
2020/06/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 54 #

2020/2076(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to work towards effective and opuncil for a rapid and swift agreement on the International pProcurement that allows the EU to take swift, targeted and compelling measures and increase leverage to negotiate reciprocity and market openingInstrument in order to provide legal security, reciprocity and a level playing field to EU operators. Calls for the inclusion of a global catalogue of essential emergency products to avoid abuses by third country providers' in international trade during a global pandemic;
2020/06/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 64 #

2020/2076(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for a swift adoption of the reienforcement of the safeguard instruments in order to make them more efficient and better adapted to protect European industry and to tackle market distortions effectivelyregulation, which will protect EU’s rights under international agreements against illegal measures adopted by third countries, including through the use of retaliation, provided the new regulation is extended to intellectual property and services;
2020/06/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 73 #

2020/2076(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Calls onUrges the Commission to consider the urgentensure effective enforcement of intellectual property rights and the involvement of all actors in the fight against infringement and counterfeitingo tackle the trade of counterfeit and pirated goods throughout the international supply chain, in cooperation with all relevant actors, as key objectives of the intellectual property action plan;
2020/06/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 76 #

2020/2076(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the CommMember States to swiftly implement all provission to strengthes of the Regulation on the screening of foreign direct investment and to protect access to strategic industries,in order to defend strategic industries from hostile takeover, notably in the areas of healthcare and other crucial infrastructures, key enabling technologies, orand any other assets in the interests of security and cybersecurity.; calls on the Commission to come forward with a legislative proposal strengthening the EU antitrust rules in order to prevent and to tackle hostile takeovers by third country companies heavily subsidised by their governments, in particular in light of the COVID-19crisis and EU recovery;
2020/06/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 82 #

2020/2076(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 – point 1 (new)
(1) Calls on the Commission to continue negotiations on e-commerce, which is one of the few sectors that has been thriving despite the pandemic, to reach a deal by MC12; recalls that cross border data flows are vital for the digital economy; calls on the Commission to integrate strong safeguards on data transfer; recalls that EU still suffers from a lack of interoperability in domestic privacy laws and consumer protection laws;
2020/06/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 83 #

2020/2076(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 – point 2 (new)
(2) Calls on the Commission to continue its work towards a comprehensive and binding supply chain law; expresses a need for obligatory corporate due diligence that ensures more sustainability and crisis resistance of the value creation process in order to create more resilient value chains;
2020/06/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 57 #

2020/2074(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses that Cohesion policy should be in line with the aims of the European Green Deal, and its Farm to Fork and Biodiversity strategies;
2020/12/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 58 #

2020/2074(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Highlights that developing the circular economy should be a key priority within Cohesion policy, as it has a major role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and pollution, optimize material usage and waste management, longer lifecycle etc.; also underlines the significant role of bioeconomy and blue bioeconomy in the fight against climate change;
2020/12/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 79 #

2020/2074(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Considers that Cohesion policy funds can also support biogas production investments which can help reduce methane emissions in a sustainable way by using agricultural waste and residues to contribute to achieving circular economy;
2020/12/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 83 #

2020/2074(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support new recycling technologies in agricultural waste management; and encourage the use of bio-based plastics as replacement of plastic, though aiming to reduce plastic use overall; calls on the Commission to consider the possibility of a uniform labelling scheme for bio-based plastics;
2020/12/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 95 #

2020/2074(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Emphasises the importance of supporting short supply chains whose role has been also highlighted by border closures as a consequence of COVID 19, underlines that short supply chains can play a significance role in reducing the carbon footprint; also highlights the positive impact of short food chains which help to reduce food waste; and stresses the need to avoid over-packaging, whilst ensuring that food packaging is important for both hygiene and consumer information reasons;
2020/12/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 98 #

2020/2074(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Stresses the importance of keeping and attracting back young people to rural areas in order to use their contemporary knowledge and perspective on environment protection and climate change and to turn the demographically challenged rural areas into blooming, lively, sustainable communities. Therefore it is important to have adequate support from Cohesion policy programmes for young people;
2020/12/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 130 #

2020/2074(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Highlights the possibilities of brownfield developments and rehabilitation, which can create new industrial parks and incubator centres, with soil decontamination and environmental improvement of old industrial sites, to reducing the need for further greenfield site building, and attract companies and regional investments, thereby also creating jobs.
2020/12/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 137 #

2020/2074(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Believes that digitalisation and AI technologies can lead toward a more sustainable, resilient and resource- efficient agriculture and also create new types of jobs, but they require appropriate training and education, to which everybody should have access.
2020/12/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 141 #

2020/2074(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Emphasises the need for improving all types of connectivity (broadband, transport etc.) of rural areas in an affordable, sustainable and environment friendly way.
2020/12/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4 #

2020/2058(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Expects that under the future multiannual financial framework (MFF), the contribution to the agricultural and rural development domain will be maintained, in real terms, at least at current levels; insists that any additional measures relating to the green transition be financed with fresh money and additional EU own resources that will go beyond the MFF proposal;
2020/06/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 17 #

2020/2058(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Takes note of the Commission communication on the Sustainable Europe Investment Plan (COM(2020)0021), but emphasises that the elements proposed within it, including the Just Transition Fund, depend entirely on an ambitious MFF agreement; expresses its deep concern that the front-loading of EU budget funds to cover new spending requirements stemming from the COVID- 19 pandemic may deprive EU farmers of funding in the latter years of the MFF, which would be particularly damaging if they are expected to comply with newrigorous obligations under the Green Deal;
2020/06/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 27 #

2020/2058(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls on the European Commission and the Member States to utilise the Recovery and Resilience Facility, where appropriate, to provide complementary support to European farmers and cooperative businesses to coherently cope with the challenges deriving from the need to ensure compliance with new rules and to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change in a manner that does not threaten food production and respects the principle of sustainability;
2020/06/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 33 #

2020/2058(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that a significant percentage of the common agricultural policy (CAP) envelope, which represents the larges a significant share of the EU budget, will be set aside to support climate-related objectives; recalls that the reform of the CAP is still ongoing and that no decision has yet been made on the exact contribution to environmental and climate-related objectives and requirements; recalls also that the Commission evaluation deemed the CAP to be the appropriate framework to develop the targets in the European Green Deal and for this reason it must be adequately funded;
2020/06/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 52 #

2020/2058(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that the recent COVID- 19 outbreak has revealed the strategic role that agriculture plays in providing safe and high-quality food at affordable prices; insists that efforts made by EU farmers to produce food more sustainably must not be undermined by the import of products from third countries that do not meet the EU’s food safety, environmental protection, animal welfare and social standards.EU’s food safety, environmental conditionality, animal welfare and social standards apply fully to the import of products from third countries, completing the efforts made by EU farmers to produce food more sustainably;
2020/06/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1 #

2020/2039(INI)

Draft opinion
Citation 1 a (new)
- having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 14 November 2017 on the deployment of cohesion policy instruments by regions to address demographic change,
2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 10 #

2020/2039(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas the demographic changes and depopulation issues are severely burdening rural, peripheral, sparsely populated areas and islands, as well as impacting the challenge of ageing, generational renewal and agriculture development;
2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 13 #

2020/2039(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
B b. whereas one of the main issues affecting rural economies is the declining share of agriculture; whereas data has shown that only 10,7% of EU farmers are below 40 years old and the farming population is ageing, which will have an impact on the agricultural sector;
2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 28 #

2020/2039(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the ongoing depopulation of rural areas is not only having serious economic and social consequences but also hampering our chanccreating challenges ofin achieving the Green Deal’s ambitious objectives;
2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 38 #

2020/2039(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Calls the Commission to ensure that priority is given to creating opportunities for the labour market, supporting energy transition and developing transport and broadband infrastructure, in order to address structural challenges that are the main causes for migration from rural areas;
2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 42 #

2020/2039(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Stresses the need to foster and develop projects to promote the return of young people to rural areas by supporting youth employment, digital connectivity and entrepreneurship using best practices from member states;
2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 69 #

2020/2039(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Deplores the fact that the agreement on the multiannual financial framework is not ambitious enough to meet the challenges of demographic change; criticiseregrets the cuts to the EU’s two main instruments designed to promote sustainable development in rural areas: cohesion policy and the CAP.
2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4 #

2020/2038(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the fact that, following the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, more than 10 years ago, the Commission drew up a tourism strategy to maintain Europe’s status as the world’s No 1 tourist destination and tourism as the third largest socio-economic activity; also welcomes the subsequent agenda for sustainable European tourism, which recalls that rural areas invest in tourism in order to diversify their economies and increase their added value;
2020/09/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 22 #

2020/2038(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Emphasises the key importance of agro and rural tourism in the socio- economic growth and development especially in the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals;
2020/09/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 26 #

2020/2038(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Underlines that agro-tourism represents an important additional source of income for many farms and offers a wide range of opportunities to maintain the attractiveness of rural areas and create jobs through the entire tourism value chain;
2020/09/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 29 #

2020/2038(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Stresses the significance of the involvement of all regional and local actors as well as social and economic actors in the development of guidelines to ensure the appropriate balance between tourism and conservation of biodiversity, agriculture and cultural traditions;
2020/09/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 33 #

2020/2038(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that the production processes and the wide range of services of general interest provided by agriculture, as well as the diversity of certain activities and facilities, make farms places of discovery and experiences, where people of all ages can discover the cultural and natural heritage safeguarded by the rural communities and experience farming first hand and gain a better understanding of the responsibilities inherent in dealing with animals and natural resources;
2020/09/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 36 #

2020/2038(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Emphasises that tourism in rural areas should promote sustainable and responsible consumption and production (SDG 12), especially in relation to water, food, energy and plastic usage;
2020/09/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 40 #

2020/2038(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Outlines the necessity to strongly and decisively counter the counterfeiting market of food and wine products, marked by the PDO, PGI, TGS and GI in general;
2020/09/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 41 #

2020/2038(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Asks to carefully evaluate the crucial role of “wine and food” tourism, conveying investments in this sector, which turns out to be of vital importance to revive rural tourism;
2020/09/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 43 #

2020/2038(INI)

4. Considers that the integration and interlinking of sustainable local production, processing and marketing with tourist accommodation and the gastronomy sector promotes European cultural heritage and customs, as well as local traditions and food culture and gastronomy as a unique experience;
2020/09/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 51 #

2020/2038(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that accessibility and other requirements to increase competitiveness can be supported by the CAP Strategic Plans, the EAFRD funds and LEADER measures to promote targeted local development strategies and boost innovative approaches which because of their very nature are linked to rural communities and contribute to sustainable tourism.;
2020/09/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 61 #

2020/2038(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Underlines the urgent necessity to invest funds on the architectonic preservation of historically and culturally relevant villages, as well as to encourage the conversion of abandoned agricultural structures to family-run accommodation activities;
2020/09/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 63 #

2020/2038(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Points out the importance of the broadband extension, considering that cottages and farms are not always located in easily accessible points: proposes the creation of assistance services for touristic businesses operating in rural areas, guaranteeing free business consultancy and distributing material to prevent environmental impact.
2020/09/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 168 #

2020/2023(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Notes that contrary to the UK’s claim of relying on existing precedents, many proposals in the UK draft legal proposals go significantly beyond what has been negotiated by the EU in other FTAs with third countries in recent years, for example in the area of financial services, mutual recognition of professional qualifications and conformity assessment, equivalence of the SPS regime, or the cumulation of Rules of Origin;
2020/05/28
Committee: AFETINTA
Amendment 186 #

2020/2023(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 – point ii a (new)
(ii a) commitment by both parties not to adopt trade restrictive measures, unless the non-regression clause would be violated;
2020/05/28
Committee: AFETINTA
Amendment 258 #

2020/2023(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – point iv
(iv) environmental protection and climate change related standards, including a commitment to effectively continue implementing the Paris Climate Agreement, as well as the promotion of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals;
2020/05/28
Committee: AFETINTA
Amendment 264 #

2020/2023(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Points out that these provisions should ensure that standards are not lowered, while empowering both parties to modify commitments over time to lay down higher standards or include additional areas, in full compliance with the proportionality and necessity principles; stresses, moreover, that commitments and provisions should be enforceable by autonomous interim measures, a solid dispute settlement mechanism and remedies, with a view to dynamic alignment;
2020/05/28
Committee: AFETINTA
Amendment 267 #

2020/2023(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Emphasises the need to establish appropriate risk-control measures to prevent any fraud or circumvention in relation to imports into the EU of goods that are subject to trade defence measures, including in the framework of the implementation of the Protocol on Ireland and Northern Ireland;
2020/05/28
Committee: AFETINTA
Amendment 4 #

2020/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas the demographic old-age developments have different impacts in the European regions, affecting more severely rural and remote areas, areas which are also experiencing a decline in their population; whereas population decline may have a negative impact in the social, economic and territorial cohesion of the EU;
2020/10/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 8 #

2020/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
A b. whereas employed workers, in the 55-64 age group, represented 59,1% of the labour force in the EU in 20191a; whereas, in 2016, around one third of the managers of family farms were aged 65 or over and the majority (57%) were at least 55years old or more; whereas only one in ten farm managers were under the age of 40; _________________ 1a https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/tgm/table.dot ab=table∈it=1⟨uage=en&pcode=tesem050 &plugin=1
2020/10/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 14 #

2020/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B
B. whereas the current situation of older people on the labour market and more broadly in society shows that vast and decisive investment is needed in areas such as equal opportunities, lifelong learning and health, and more generally, employment assistance and health provision, in order to tackle the growing economic and social inequalities within the EU;
2020/10/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 18 #

2020/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas older people in rural or remote areas, may face higher risks of age-related risks, including poverty, poorer access to quality health care and services, less social support or opportunity for social interaction, and lack of access to public transport services;
2020/10/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 34 #

2020/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that the currenta political approach, based on a limited and damaging vision (‘any job at any cost’), should be phased out so that is essential based on a vision of employment and work can be seen inas a longer-term perspectivecomponent of the individual’s working life;
2020/10/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 36 #

2020/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Considers that creating opportunities for intergenerational dialogue is important to enrich the social life of rural older people, counteracting the risk of social isolation, and, at the same time, helping younger generations through the knowledge of the past and traditional practices to contributing for cultural and heritage preservation as well as a more cohesive society;
2020/10/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 40 #

2020/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that sustained efforts will still be required from the social partners and the European and national institutions and the society in general, to create a truly positive ‘culture’ of active ageing and non- discriminatory recruitment;
2020/10/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 66 #

2020/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that family workers still represent the vast majority of agricultural labour in Europe, but notes that this type of labour has been steadily declining for years and is expected to decline further in the near future, due to ageing and out- migration of young people from rural areas;;
2020/10/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 71 #

2020/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the importance of supporting the rural areas in their diversity, encouraging investments in projects that support local economies, including better transport accessibility and digital connectivity; Considers it important to recall that maintaining agricultural employment has direct implications for keeping rural economies alive; believes in addition that the challenge faced by all farmers, in understanding the role of, and engaging with, modern technology and innovation in agriculture should not be underestimated; stresses therefore stresses the importance of lifelong vocational training, advisory services and knowledge exchange, both within and outside the framework of the CAP.
2020/10/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 76 #

2020/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Notes that an ageing population, in particularly in agricultural and rural areas, is an unavoidable trend that must be taken into account when designing economic and social policies; considers that the issue of an ageing population requires a multidimensional approach, and stresses the importance of promoting a wider complementarity and synergy between policy areas and support instruments; reminds that adequate resources and services are essential to provide older people with an age-friendly environment;
2020/10/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 87 #

2020/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Highlights the role of the European structural and investment funds, in combination with other EU funds, in addressing the demographic challenges in rural areas, namely through the promotion of economic development and social inclusion;
2020/10/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 91 #

2020/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Highlights the role and importance of the CAP in encouraging generation renewal in the agricultural sector; Calls on Member States to favour actions to increase numbers of young farmers in their Strategic Plans and to promote the articulation with other instruments available at national and EU level;
2020/10/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 6 #

2020/2007(INI)

- having regard to the Communication of the European Commission of 23 March 2020 on the implementation of the Green Lanes under the Guidelines for border management measures to protect health and ensure the availability of goods and essential services,
2020/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 9 #

2020/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Citation 2 b (new)
- having regard to the Communication of the European Commission of 30 March 2020 ‘Guidelines concerning the exercise of the free movement of workers during COVID- 19 outbreak’,
2020/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 11 #

2020/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Citation 2 c (new)
- having regard to the Communication of the European Commission of 16 July 2020 ‘Guidelines on Seasonal Workers in the EU in the Context of the Covid-19 Outbreak’,
2020/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 29 #

2020/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission’s legislative proposal of March 2018 for establishing a European Labour Authority to ensure that EU rules on labour mobility are enforced in a fair, simple and effective way and prevents limitations to such mobility within the European internal market, which some Member States apply with bureaucratic hurdles or additional measures, hampering access to work;
2020/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 43 #

2020/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Calls for a swift implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights and in particular of Directive (EU) 2019/1152 on transparent and predictable working conditions, in order to guarantee - among others - the right to fair and equal treatment regarding working conditions, access to social protection and training for workers;
2020/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 46 #

2020/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Condemns the exploitation of workers in the agri-food sectors, which is a serious phenomenon affecting in particular seasonal and women workers; underlines that vulnerable workers, such as women and migrants, are at a particular risk of being subject to physical and psychological violence; calls therefore on the Commission and on Member States to strengthen the actions to prevent, suppress and punish exploitation and any other form of abuse;
2020/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 62 #

2020/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that family workers still represent the vast majority of agricultural labour in Europe, and that insufficient generational renewal, aggravated by the lack of profitability of many agricultural holdings, which makes this activity unattractive for the incorporation of young people, is one of the major challenges faced by the farming sector across the EU, resulting in fewer farmers in the sector year after year;
2020/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 67 #

2020/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Stresses the necessity to guarantee agri-food supply chains and food security, especially during the current COVID-19 crisis; notes that seasonal workers are crucial to the smooth and proper functioning of the agricultural sectors, in particular for the fruit, vegetable and wine sectors; points out that it is fundamental to protect and guarantee the rights, health and safety of workers in the agri-food sectors, especially during the current COVID-19 crisis;
2020/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 71 #

2020/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Stresses the importance of ensuring that rural areas are equipped with the necessary basic public service facilities in order to enable a proper and permanent incorporation of women into any labour activity in these territories;
2020/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 80 #

2020/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that technological innovation is, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and digital technologies are a driver of structural change within farms and agricultural labour markets, and that many holdings across Europe are not sufficiently prepared for taking up technologicalsuch innovation owing to the low level of agricultural training of their farm managers and workers, a level which differs significantly among Member States; calls therefore for the promotion of digital training and upskilling as well as for support and advice for both workers and employers in the agricultural sector;
2020/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 84 #

2020/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that technological innovation and digital technology is a driver of structural change within farms and agricultural labour markets, and that many holdings across Europe are not sufficiently prepared for taking up technological innovation owing to the low level of agricultural training of their farm managers, a level which differs significantly among Member States;
2020/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 86 #

2020/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Underlines that the new CAP should have a social dimension and a conditionality on social and labour requirements and standards, protecting the rights, wages and social security of all workers, including seasonal ones who are the most vulnerable on the market;
2020/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 91 #

2020/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls that maintaining farming employment plays a key roleand adequate profitability of agricultural holdings are essential in keeping rural economies alive and isare therefore of significant importance which shows an urgent need for measures beyond the CAP reform;
2020/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 96 #

2020/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Believes that the EU should not make legislation on EU minimum wages as this is a national competence.deleted
2020/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 99 #

2020/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Considers it vital to make progress on these issues in the European Union, to adopt measures at European level as a European minimum wage that can protect all workers, regardless of where they come from;
2020/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 10 #

2020/2006(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that sustainable forest management is essential not only from environmental but also from the social and economic points of view, as the sector employs at least 500 000 people directly1a and 2,6 million indirectly1b in the Union, and respectively 13 million and 41 million people worldwide1c; _________________ 1aEurostat database on forestry https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/forestry/ data/database 1bEuropean Parliament fact sheet of May 2019 on the European Union and forests 1chttp://www.fao.org/rural- employment/agricultural-sub- sectors/forestry/en
2020/06/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 50 #

2020/2006(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Believes that establishing a platform for multi-stakeholder and Member State dialogue on deforestation, forest degradation and on sustainably increasing world’s forest cover is an important element which can complement such a legal framework based on due diligence, and could help all stakeholders to drive actions to address these issues; calls for international actors to actively use that platform;
2020/06/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 55 #

2020/2006(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that improving traceability and transparency can help to ensure that only sustainably sourced goods are consumed; but only in combination with common and widely recognised labelling and certification systems, and calls for due diligence obligations to be part of public procurement rules;
2020/06/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 70 #

2020/2006(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for binding and enforceable environmental and social provisions to be included in free trade agreements (FTAs)with respect to the application of food safety, environmental and animal welfare standards so as to protect forests, natural ecosystems and human rights, particularly community tenure rights; calls foron the reopening of FTAs which do not contain such provisions, for example EU-Mercosur FTACommission to continue to closely monitor and enforce ongoing free trade agreements against those standards;
2020/06/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 98 #

2020/2006(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls for a more holistic approach in which the Union provides direct support to local authorities for greening, afforestation and sustainable forest management practices; believes, in particular, that poverty-induced use of forest wood as heating fuel must be addressed, including by financing clean alternatives;
2020/06/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 111 #

2020/2006(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Notes the unsustainable level of consumption in the EUnion, and that, for example, the Renewable Energy Directive (RED II) contains insufficient sustainability criteria, which both causes and intensifies land-use change; stresses that the Union funding mechanism should promote sustainable forest management and land-use;
2020/06/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 118 #

2020/2006(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses the importance of an observatory system for deforestation, forest degradation and changes in the world’s forest cover; encourages the increased use of the Copernicus satellite system to monitor forests;
2020/06/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 119 #

2020/2006(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls for a stronger role of the Union in helping local authority enforcement of forest protection regulations in force;
2020/06/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 58 #

2020/1998(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Considers that it is also necessary to strengthen further important priorities in the heading; calls, inter alia, for a substantial increase in the amount dedicated to SME objectives and actions, in particular with the scope of supporting and increasing the participation of women in SMEs and their access to markets; recalls the important role that Union agencies play in helping to achieve Union policy objectives; calls therefore for sufficient funding and staffing for all agencies in line with their tasks and responsibilities;
2020/10/20
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 60 #

2020/1998(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. reiterates the demand for a substantial increase in the amount dedicated to support SMEs, in particular in the tourism sector, so as to build up their capacity to recover from the consequences of the pandemic, in areas such as sustainability, digitalisation and innovation and foster concrete actions to promote EU tourism businesses; moreover, reiterates EP request to create a new specific budget line in order to take into consideration that this sector, which is of paramount importance for the whole EU economy, competitiveness, employment and social development, has been particularly hard hit by the COVID- 19 crisis and is experiencing a rapid and sharp drop in demand and a surge in job losses, putting many European SMEs at risk;
2020/10/20
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 83 #

2020/0300(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 7
(7) Environment action programmes have successfully guided the development of EU environment policy since the early 1970s. The 7th EAP will expire on 31 December 2020 and its Article 4 (3) requires the Commission, if appropriate, to present a proposal for an Eighth Environment Action Programme (8th EAP) in a timely manner with a view to avoiding a gap between the 7th and the 8th EAP. The European Green Deal announced the adoption of a new environment action programme.
2021/02/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 85 #

2020/0300(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 8
(8) The 8th EAP should support the environment and climate action objectives of the European Green Deal in line with the long-term objective to “live well, within the planetary boundaries” by 2050, which is already established in the 7th EAP. It should contribute to achieving the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals, while also making sure the shift towards more sustainable farming practices and food systems leaves no-one behind.
2021/02/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 93 #

2020/0300(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 9
(9) The 8th EAP should accelerate the transition to a regenerative economy that gives back to the planet more than it takes. A regenerative growth model recognises that the wellbeing and prosperity of our societies depend on a stable climate, a healthy environment and thriving ecosystems, which provide a safe operating space for our economies. As the global population and the demand for natural resources continues to grow, economic activity should develop in a way that does no harm but, on the contrary, reverses climate change and environmental degradation, minimises pollution and results in maintaining and enriching natural capital, therefore ensuring the abundance of renewable and non-renewable resources. Through continuous and stopping the loss of biodiversity. Through continuous technological and social innovation, adaptation to new challenges and co-creation, the regenerative economy strengthens resilience and protects present and future generations’ wellbeing.
2021/02/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 97 #

2020/0300(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 10
(10) The 8th EAP should set out thematic priority objectives in areas of climate neutrality, adaption to climate change, protecting and restoring biodiversity, circular economy, the zero pollution ambition and reducing environmental pressures from production and consumption. It should furthermore identify the enabling conditions to achieve the long-term and the thematic priority objectives for all actors involved, while also taking into account the achievements of EU in recent decades, which include already significant reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
2021/02/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 106 #

2020/0300(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 11
(11) Environment policy being highly decentralised, action to achieve the priority objectives of the 8th EAP should be taken at different levels of governance, i.e. at the European, the national, the regional and the local level, with a collaborative approach to multi-level governance. The integrated approach to policy development and implementation should be strengthened with a view to maximising the synergies between economic, environmental and social objectives, while paying careful attention to potential trade-offs and to the needs of vulnerable groups. Moreover, transparent engagement with local and regional governments, as well as non- governmental actors is important for ensuring the success of the 8th EAP and the achievement of its priority objectives.
2021/02/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 110 #

2020/0300(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 12
(12) Enhanced cooperation with partner countries, trade policy based on sustainability and high standards of production, particularly in the food and feed sector, good global environmental governance as well as synergies between internal and external Union policies are key to reach the Union’s environmental and climate objectives.
2021/02/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 126 #

2020/0300(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. The 8th EAP aims at accelerating the transition to a climate-neutral, resource-efficient, clean and circular economy in a just and inclusive way, and endorsesbuilds upon the environmental and climate objectives of the European Green Deal and its initiatives, while recognising the effects of previous and current EU efforts for a more sustainable, climate and environmentally friendly economy.
2021/02/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 132 #

2020/0300(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 3
3. The 8th EAP forms the basis for achieving the environmental and climate objectives defined under the United Nations 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals and its monitoring framework constitutes the environment and climate part of the EU’s efforts to measure progress towards greater sustainability, including climate neutrality and resource efficiency, wellbeing and resilience, maintaining food security and strengthening economic viability for communities most affected by the transition to a more sustainable economy.
2021/02/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 141 #

2020/0300(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. The 8th EAP has the long-term priority objective for 2050 that citizens live well, within the planetary boundaries in a regenerative economy where nothing is wasted, no net emissions of greenhouse gases are produced and economic growth is decoupled from resource use and environmental degradation. A healthy environment underpins the well-being of citizens, ensures that biodiversity thrives and natural capital is protected, restored and valued in ways that enhance resilience to climate change and other environmental risks. The Union sets the pace for ensuring the prosperity of present and future generations globally.
2021/02/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 145 #

2020/0300(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) irreversible, continuous and gradual reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and enhancement of removals by natural and other sinks in the Union to attain the 2030 greenhouse gas emission reduction target and achieve climate neutrality by 2050 as laid down in Regulation (EU) …/…32 ; _________________ 32 COM/2020/80 final.
2021/02/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 147 #

2020/0300(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) continuous progress in enhancing adaptive capacity, strengthening resilience and reducing vulnerability to climate changeof agriculture and food systems to climate change, while putting sufficient emphasis on the social dimension of the transition;
2021/02/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 150 #

2020/0300(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) advancing towards a regenerative growth model that gives back to the planet more than it takes, decoupling economic growth from resource use and environmental degradation, and accelerating the transition to a circular economy, while also promoting recovery of materials, improved and increased recycling of secondary raw materials, reduction of landfills, improvement of waste management infrastructure, and introduction of low-waste technologies;
2021/02/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 162 #

2020/0300(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) promoting environmental sustainability and reducing key environmental and climate pressures related to production and consumption, in particular in the areas of energy, industrial development, buildings and infrastructure, mobility and the food system, including all parts of the food supply chain.
2021/02/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 174 #

2020/0300(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – indent 3
— paying careful attention to synergies and potential trade-offs between economic, environmental and social objectives so as to ensure that citizens’ needs for affordable and quality nutrition, housing and mobility are met in a sustainable way that leaves no- one behind;
2021/02/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 179 #

2020/0300(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – indent 4
— regularly evaluating existing policies and preparing impact assessments for new initiatives, which are based on wide consultations, particularly with all governance levels and social partners, following procedures that are accountable, inclusive, informed and simple to implement, and which pay due regard to projected impacts on environment and climate;
2021/02/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 184 #

2020/0300(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) mobilising sustainable investments from public and private sources, including of funds and instruments available under the Union budget, via the European Investment Bank and at national level, while ensuring wide accessibility of financial instruments, especially to SMEs, small and medium farms and young farmers;
2021/02/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 193 #

2020/0300(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) ensuring that environmental policies and action are based on the best available scientific knowledge and strengthening the environmental knowledge base and its uptake, including by research, innovation, fostering green skills, and further building up environmental and ecosystem accounting, assessing any current barriers for the use of innovative agricultural techniques and increasing access to scientific innovation;
2021/02/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 202 #

2020/0300(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) harnessing the potential of digital and data technologies to support environment policy while minimising their environmental footprint, ensuring access to digital and data technologies;
2021/02/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 204 #

2020/0300(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) making full use of nature based solutions and social innovation, encouraging different types of cooperation in agriculture;
2021/02/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 216 #

2020/0300(COD)

— ensuring that the Union and the Member States’ financial assistance to third countries promotes the Sustainable Development Goals in the UN 2030 Agenda.
2021/02/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 220 #

2020/0300(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission, supported by the European Environment Agency and the European Chemicals Agency, shall regularly assess and report on the progress of the Union and the Member States with regard to achieving the priority objectives laid down in Article 2 on a regular basis, taking into consideration the enabling conditions laid down in Article 3.
2021/02/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 215 #

2020/0104(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) Against this background, it is necessary to strengthen the current framework for the provision of support to Member States and provide direct financial support to Member States through an innovative tool. To that end, a Recovery and Resilience Facility (the ‘Facility’) should be established under this Regulation to provide effective financial and significant support to step up the implementation of reforms and related public investments in the Member States, which at the same time should foster the mobilisation of private investments. The Facility should be comprehensive and should also benefit from the experience gained by the Commission and the Member States from the use of the other instruments and programmes.
2020/09/22
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 252 #

2020/0104(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) Reflecting the European Green Deal and the objectives of the Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategies, as Europe’s sustainable growth strategy and the translation of the Union's commitments to implement the Paris Agreement and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, the Facility established by this Regulation will contribute to mainstreaming climate actions and environmental sustainability and to the achievement of an overall target of 2530 % of the EU budget expenditures supporting climate objectives.
2020/09/22
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 1269 #

2020/0104(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 4 – point c – point 1
(1) as regards completion of the investment, the investment period by which the investment project must be implemented shall end no later than seven years after the adoption of the decisionshall allow for the implementation of infrastructural investments, in accordance with Article 15(3)(d);
2020/09/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 10 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
(1) The regulatory framework governing the Union’s cohesion policy for the period from 2021 to 2027, in the context of the next multi-annual financial framework, contributes to the fulfilment of the Union’s commitments to implement the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by concentrating Union funding on green objectives as well as the European Pillar of Social Rights. This Regulation implements one of the priorities set out in the Communication on the European Green Deal (‘the European Green Deal’)11 and is part of the Sustainable Europe Investment Plan12 providing dedicated financing under the Just Transition Mechanism in the context of cohesion policy to address the economic and social costs of the transition to a climate-neutral and circular economy, where any remaining greenhouse gas emissions are compensated by equivalent absorptions. _________________ 11 COM(2019) 640 final, 11.12.2019. 12 COM(2020) 21, 14.1.2020.
2020/05/06
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 15 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) The Fund must be a mechanism to provide financial support and aid also to sensible countries and regions which, over the past few years, have already made major efforts towards a more sustainable energy transition and EU climate neutrality;
2020/05/06
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 17 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
(1) The regulatory framework governing the Union’s cohesion policy for the period from 2021 to 2027, in the context of the next multi-annual financial framework, contributes to the fulfilment of the Union’s commitments to implement the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by concentrating Union funding on green objectives as well as the European Pillar of Social Rights. This Regulation implements one of the priorities set out in the Communication on the European Green Deal (‘the European Green Deal’)11 and is part of the Sustainable Europe Investment Plan12 providing dedicated financing under the Just Transition Mechanism in the context of cohesion policy to address the economic and social costs of the transition to a climate-neutral and circular economy, where any remaining greenhouse gas emissions are compensated by equivalent absorptions. _________________ 11 COM(2019) 640 final, 11.12.2019. 12 COM(2020) 21, 14.1.2020.
2020/05/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 34 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) In order to be successful, the transition has to be fair, inclusive and socially acceptable for all. Therefore, both the Union and the Member States must take into account its economic and social implications from the outset, and deploy all possible instruments to mitigate adverse consequences. The Union budget has an important role in that regard.
2020/05/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 38 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) The resources from the JTF should complement those from cohesion policy and under no circumstances should they reduce the resources available under cohesion policy.the latter;
2020/05/06
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 54 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
(6 a) The transition to a climate neutral and sustainable society is one of the most important common objectives of the Union, where the shared efforts by all are essential to its achievement. As such, access to the JTF should be conditional to the acceptance of a national objective of climate neutrality by 2050, as well as of the intermediate targets for 2030.
2020/05/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 68 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) Inclusive policies and strategies are necessary to avoid exacerbating inequalities in a just transition process. The promotion of social cohesion should be a guiding principle for support under the JTF, promoting gender equality, improved conditions for migrants and refugees, young and older workers and low-skilled workers and ensuring no one is left behind.
2020/05/06
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 73 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
(13) In order to provide flexibility for the programming of the JTF resources under the Investment for jobs and growth goal, it should be possible to prepare a self- standing JTF programme or to programme JTF resources in one or more dedicated priorities within a programme supported by the European Regional Development Fund (‘ERDF’), the European Social Fund Plus (‘ESF+’) or the Cohesion Fund. In accordance with Article 21a of Regulation (EU) [new CPR], JTF resources should be reinforced with complementary funding from the ERDF and the ESF+. The complementary funding from the ERDF and the ESF+ should under no circumstances reduce the financial allocations provided for the achievement of the objectives of these programmes and of cohesion policy. The respective amounts transferred from the ERDF and the ESF+ should be consistent with the type of operations set out in the territorial just transition plans.
2020/05/06
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 93 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15 a (new)
(15a) Member States should favour the adoption of bottom-up strategies in the preparation and implementation of the territorial just transition plans, ensuring the active participation of the relevant public authorities, economic and social partners from all sectors of activity, and other relevant civil society stakeholders. For an effective action at local level, the stakeholders at the level of the territories affected should, where feasible, be actively involved in the preparation of the territorial just transition plans.
2020/05/06
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 111 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The resources for the JTF under the Investment for jobs and growth goal available for budgetary commitment for the period 2021-2027 shall be EUR 7.5 billion in 2018 prices, which may be increased, as the case may benecessary, by additional resources allocated in the Union budget, and by other resources in accordance with the applicable basic act. The funding of the JTF shall not be to the detriment of resources allocated to the other MFF funds.
2020/05/06
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 112 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15 a (new)
(15 a) Member States should favour the adoption of bottom-up strategies in the preparation and implementation of the territorial just transition plans, ensuring the active participation of the relevant public authorities, economic and social partners from all sectors of activity, and other relevant civil society stakeholders, including from the agricultural sector. For an effective action at local level, the stakeholders at the level of the territories affected should, where feasible, be actively involved in the preparation of the territorial just transition plans.
2020/05/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 123 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The resources from the ERDF and the ESF+ allocated to the JTF shall not reduce the financial allocations provided for the achievement of the objectives of these two programmes and of cohesion policy.
2020/05/06
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 129 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) productive investments in SMEs, including start-ups, leading to job-creation, economic diversification and reconversion;
2020/05/06
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 135 #

2020/0006(COD)

(ca) investments to promote transport systems which improve urban mobility and make it more sustainable, also through the use of smart technological solutions;
2020/05/06
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 141 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e
(e) investments in digitalisation and digital connectivity, in particular for the roll-out of broadband in remote and rural regions;
2020/05/06
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 146 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point h
(h) upskilling and reskilling of workers and jobseekers;
2020/05/06
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 147 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point j a (new)
(ja) investments in social infrastructure and development of public services of general interest;
2020/05/06
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 148 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) productive investments in SMEs, including start-ups, leading to job creation, economic diversification and reconversion;
2020/05/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 202 #

2020/0006(COD)

3. The preparation and implementation of territorial just transition plans shall involve the relevant partners in accordance with Article [6] of Regulation (EU) [new CPR] and the relevant stakeholders at the geographical level of the affected territories referred in paragraph 1 of this article, in a bottom-up approach.
2020/05/06
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 204 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point j a (new)
(j a) the creation and development of social services of general interest;
2020/05/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 208 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point k a (new)
(k a) capacity building to collect, harmonise and disseminate data on labour.
2020/05/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 253 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) a description of the transition process at national level towards a climate- neutral economy, including a timeline for key transition steps which are consistent with the latest version of the National Energy and Climate Plan (‘NECP’). The transition process at national level shall be aligned with the net zero emissions target for 2050 and intermediate targets for 2030;
2020/05/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 259 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) an assessment of the transition challenges faced by the most negatively affected territories, including the social, economic, and environmental impact of the transition to a climate-neutral economy, identifying the potential number of affected jobs and job losses, the development needs and objectives, to be reached by 2030 linked to the transformation or closure of greenhouse gas-intensive activities in those territories and the challenges regarding energy poverty;
2020/05/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 170 #

2019/2213(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Welcomes the Commission for the establishment of a 232 million EUR aid package as response to the COVID-19 outbreak in Europe, aiming at effectively boosting global preparedness, prevention and the containment of this epidemics; believes that this action shall be considered as a first step to tackle the diffusion of the virus; urgently calls the Commission to make use of all relevant available programmes and instruments to define a more comprehensive, coordinated and effective EU response; demands the establishment of an ad hoc financial tool of support to be used for the ongoing sanitarian emergency, to effectively help and better coordinate the measures taken by Member States and local administrations to tackle the COVID-19 epidemic and limit its detrimental social and economic effects on the most affected regions, territories and their population;
2020/03/04
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 19 #

2019/2209(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Stresses the European Commission to provide further technical support to Eastern Partners in order to improve the external investment framework, particularly in the areas of predictability, certainty and investor protection.
2020/02/27
Committee: INTA
Amendment 22 #

2019/2209(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Stresses the European Commission to extend the cooperation with our Eastern Partners to strengthen the role of civil society for the scrutiny of trade agreements and relations.
2020/02/27
Committee: INTA
Amendment 4 #

2019/2197(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
- having regard to the Joint Communication on the Global EU response to COVID-19, JOIN(2020) 11 final, of 8 April 2020
2020/06/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 5 #

2019/2197(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
- having regard to the Joint Communication “Towards a comprehensive strategy with Africa”, JOIN(2020) 4 final of 9 March 2020.
2020/06/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 6 #

2019/2197(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
- having regard to the G20 Trade Ministers statements of 30March and 14 May 2020
2020/06/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 15 #

2019/2197(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas while significant parts ofthe first Parliament’s resolution of 30 May 2018 on the implementation of the Common Commercial Policy remain valobtained a wid,e some other parts need to be updated due to the new developments and configuration in international trade worldwide;upport on its approach towards a rules, value based and predictable trade system; whereas new developments since 2018, notably the implementation of the EU- Canada trade agreement and most recently the effects of the COVID19 pandemic on trade make necessary a throughout update of the previous report
2020/06/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 23 #

2019/2197(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas recent Eurobarometer figures show that around 60 % of the EU citizens believe that the EU’s trade policy brings benefits for them; whereas part of the public opinion is strongly vocal againstparts of the public opinion have different perception on trade policy and trade agreements; whereascalls on the Commission and the Member States must continue to develop a proper communication strategy on trade policy and trade agreements, which aims to tackle fake news on trade and to transmit as much information as possible, while targeting specific stakeholders and raising economic operators’ awareness about trade agreements;
2020/06/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 29 #

2019/2197(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas on 30 April the EU together with eighteen WTO members formally notified the ‘Multi-party interim appeal arbitration arrangement’ (MPIA) to the WTO; whereas this notification marks the start of the application of the MPIA to disputes arising between the participating WTO members in view of the stalemate of the Appellate Body (AB).
2020/06/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 34 #

2019/2197(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
B b. whereas on 14 March2020 the Commission adopted Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/402 under an urgency procedure to make the export of personal protective equipment subject to export authorisation in line with Regulation (EU) 2015/479 as a temporary measure that serves to help the EU face the surge in demand and prepare the EU's operational capacity to help out third countries.
2020/06/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 38 #

2019/2197(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
B c. whereas many countries impose tariffs on medical devices including patient monitors, diagnostic equipment and common medicines like antibiotics, painkillers, or insulin and virtually all countries charge import tariffs on soap; whereas tariffs have been exacerbated by the United States decision to impose additional duties on USD 370 billion in imports from China which include some aspects of PPE;
2020/06/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 41 #

2019/2197(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B d (new)
B d. whereas G20 Trade Ministers have committed to mitigate the impacts of COVID19 on international trade and investment by continuing to working together to deliver a free, fair, non discriminatory, transparent, predictable and stable trade and investment environment, and by keep our markets open to ensure the continued flow of vital medical supplies and equipment, critical agricultural products, and other essential goods and services across border.
2020/06/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 43 #

2019/2197(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B e (new)
B e. whereas 36 million jobs in the EU depend on exports outside the EU, out of which 13,7 million are occupied by women; whereas women are largely under-represented in extra-EU trade in the agricultural and manufacturing sectors; whereas only one in five exporting companies in the EU is led (i.e.owned and/or managed) by a woman and women account for 30% or less of the total workforce; calls on the EU and its Member States to include in ex-ante and ex-post impact assessments the country- specific and sector-specific gender impact of EU trade policy and agreements; stresses that the results of the gender- focused analysis should be taken into account in trade negotiations – considering both positive and negative impact throughout the whole process, from the negotiation stage to implementation – and should be accompanied by measures to prevent or compensate possible negative effects1a _________________ 1aEuropean Parliament resolution of 13 March 2018 on gender equality in EU trade agreements (2017/2015(INI).
2020/06/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 47 #

2019/2197(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Points out that despite the difficult global economic climate, the EU recorded a surplus of €84.6 billion in trade in goods with its trade agreement partners, compared to its overall trade deficit with the rest of the world of about €24.6 billion; recalls that over 36 million jobs being supported by exports to outside of the EU; notes that significant aspects of the global context have been shifting and have proven to be unpredictable in the last two years; reiterates its support for a rules- based, predictable and fair trading system that needs to be safeguarded;
2020/06/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 54 #

2019/2197(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that since the Commission adopted its latest trade strategy in 2015, entitled ‘Trade for All’, the EU has concluded and started applying a number of new trade agreements, notably the EU- Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA); the EU-Singapore and the EU-Vietnam FTA's.
2020/06/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 63 #

2019/2197(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Insists that EU trade strategy must continue to promote human rights, EU interests and values when contending with new challenges worldwide in order to keep and increase the competitiveness of its industry; considers, therefore, that an ambitious multilateral, plurilateral and plurbilateral agenda, the conclusion of mutually balanced, win-win trade agreements and their effective implementation and the elimination of unjustified trade barriers constitute the best way to make the EU more competitive in a globalised world
2020/06/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 70 #

2019/2197(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that choices in our relationship with the two other trade superpowers, China and the USA, which represent approximately 30 % of our trade exchanges, are key when it comes to driving EU trade policy;
2020/06/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 81 #

2019/2197(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that it is a critical moment for multilateralism and for the globDeeply regrets the impasse of the WTO and the multilateral trading system;
2020/06/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 86 #

2019/2197(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for a substantive reform of on the Commission to work with the other WTO, based on members to carry forward an ambitious reform to modernisinge its rule- book in order to make it more effective by providing structural and long-term solutions; encoto ensure a true level playing field for trading companies, respectful of social and environmental standards; urages WTO members to reach an ambitious and balanced agreement on the long-standing issue of fishery subsidies during the ministerial summit in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan and send out a clear signal that the WTO is still able to deliver on its negotiating functionthe Commission, in this respect, to negotiate new rules to fight trade - distortive practices, including non market policies and practices, SOEs and industrial subsides, leading to overcapacity, forced technology transfer policies and practices;
2020/06/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 90 #

2019/2197(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Urges WTO members to reach an ambitious and balanced agreement on the long-standing issue of fishery subsidies during the next ministerial summit and send out a clear signal that the WTO is still able to deliver on its negotiating function new recalls the importance of functional dispute settlement arbitration court for EU industry; regrets the current impasse of the WTO dispute settlement body;
2020/06/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 92 #

2019/2197(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Calls for the adoption of a global catalogue of essential emergency healthcare products within the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the World Health Organization (WHO), in order to stop price speculation and facilitate their trade; strongly encourages all countries to join the WTO Pharmaceutical Tariff Elimination Agreement (Zero for Zero) and for its scope to be extended to all pharmaceutical and medicinal products to ensure worldwide cross-border trade; calls on WTO members to make this topic a priority on the agenda of the next WTO Ministerial Meeting;1b _________________ 1bEuropean Parliament resolution of 17 April 2020 on EU coordinated action to combat the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences (2020/2616(RSP))
2020/06/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 94 #

2019/2197(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Recalls that emergency trade measures designed to tackle COVID-19, if deemed necessary, must be targeted, proportionate, transparent, and temporary, and that they shall not create unnecessary barriers to trade or disruption to global supply chains, are consistent with WTO rules;
2020/06/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 96 #

2019/2197(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Welcomes the multi-party interim appeal arbitration arrangement (MPIA), a new system that will allow the EU, together with other participating WTO members, to over come the current paralysis of the WTO’s Appellate Body and solve trade disputes amongst themselves;
2020/06/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 97 #

2019/2197(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Welcomes the progress on negotiations for the Multilateral Investment Court; notes that the International Court System, ICS, is intended to be a stepping stone towards the MIC; regrets the extremely slow progress of Member States dismantling intra-EUBITs; urges the Commission to take action where appropriate;
2020/06/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 103 #

2019/2197(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Takes note ofDeeply regrets the dramatic change in the US trade strategy over the past three years, which is focused on bilateral trade and often legally questionable unilateral trade measures; takes note of the limited progress made towards implementing the joint US-EU Statement of 25 July 2018; stresses the importance of relaunching the EU-US talks on the basis of the existing negotiating mandates adopted in April 2019 by the Council;
2020/06/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 109 #

2019/2197(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that despite recent tensions in transatlantic relations, the EU should continue to work with the USA as a partner, with whom it has to find solutions to trade issues of common interest;, such as the effects of the extra-territorial application of laws adopted by the US, which are contrary to international law.
2020/06/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 116 #

2019/2197(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Invites the Commission to find negotiated solutions with the USA, which include the issue of civil aircraft subsidies, and to reach a deal to ending the illegal imposition of US steel and aluminium tariffs; recalls the agreement found on the allocation of higher share in the tariff rate quota for high-quality beef with the purpose of reducing tensions in transatlantic relations while safeguarding EU interests in the agricultural sector; recalls its previous calls on the US to withdraw the anti-dumping and countervailing duties on ripe olives from Spain.
2020/06/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 135 #

2019/2197(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Encourages the Commission to negotiate an ambitious investment agreement, with an effective TSD chapter, which removes all barriers to EU investments, and looks forward to a conclusion of the negotiations by the end of 2020 as agreed in the EU-China Summit in 2019; firmly believes, however, that substance of the agreement should be prioritised over the speed of its conclusion;
2020/06/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 155 #

2019/2197(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Acknowledges the promising outcome presented in the Commission’s report regarding the implementation of free trade agreements (FTAs), in particular South Korea, Central and Latin America, Canada, Eastern partners, and African Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) countries; stresses that EU trade agreements have a clear track record of, in most cases, reaching their primary objective of creating significant opportunities for EU exporters on third- country trade markets;
2020/06/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 165 #

2019/2197(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Reiterates its concern over the poor use of preference utilisation in the EU’s FTAs; notes, in particular, a large divergence in utilisation by the EU’s exporters in different agreements and little divergence in utilisation between the EU’s importers; calls on the Commission to further analyse preference utilisation; highlights the importance of flexible, streamlined, and easy rules of origin in this regard; calls on the Commission together with the Member States to streamline work towards more effective trade promotion and communication strategies and to use the full potential of the EU Delegations around the world;
2020/06/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 178 #

2019/2197(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. CWelcomes the publication of the Joint Communication for a comprehensive EU-Africa Strategy; calls on the European Union to engage more with African countries in order to create an effective and solid partnership that would promote effectivesustainable economic development and growth in the African continent; stresses that the figures of the recent report of 10 February 2020 on the General Scheme of Preferences (GSP) covering the period 2018-2019 show an increase of the utilisation rate of the preferences by the countries benefitting from the scheme; calls on the Commission to increase its technical and economic aid for developing tradesupport via aid for trade measures between the EU and African countries as well as among the African countries themselves; notes in this regard that aid for trade should be a key component in trade relations with Africa in the aftermath of the COVID- 19crisis;
2020/06/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 197 #

2019/2197(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Welcomes the entry into force of the EU-Singapore trade agreement of 21 November 2019; welcomes its consent onprogress towards implementation of the EU- Vietnam agreement and calls for its quick implementacontinued speedy progress, notably in the establishment of joint institutions and the ratification of outstanding core ILO Conventions; views these agreements as a step towards concluding an FTA with the entire Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region;
2020/06/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 210 #

2019/2197(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Underlines its determination to establish the closest relationship possible with the United Kingdom, based on the principles regarding trade, investments and competitiveness, as set out in its resolution of 12 February 2020 on the proposed mandate for negotiations for a new partnership with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland7 ; notes that the Political Declaration of 17 October 2019 supported by the United Kingdom states that the future economic partnership will be underpinned by provisions ensuring a level playing field for open and fair competition, especially if no agreement if reached before the end of 2020; _________________ 7 Texts adopted, P9_TA(2020)0033.
2020/06/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 215 #

2019/2197(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Encourages the Commission to seize the momentum caused by the UK’s withdrawal to streamline our EU-policies, cut red tape and enhance competitiveness for EU companies and small and medium- sized enterprises (SMEs); stresses that the FTA should aim to allow for the closest possible market access and trade facilitation in order to minimise trade disruptions and to ensure a level playing field;
2020/06/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 221 #

2019/2197(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. WelcomNotes the conclusions of the trade negotiations with Mexico and the MERCOSUR counimportance of strengthening mutually beneficial trade and political relations with Latin America; stries, which have both the potential to deepen our strategic partnership with Latin America and to create additional opportunities in our trade relations with those countries; notes that such opportunses the importance of the recently concluded modernisation of the EU- Mexico Association agreement; notes that the association agreement with the Mercosur countries has not been concluded yet; invities would also give EU companies access to an increasingly growing market;the Commission to clarify its intention concerning future trade and association agreements on the issue of the split of the text.
2020/06/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 225 #

2019/2197(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Recalls its position expressed in its previous report on the implementation of the CCP; underlines that the 15-point action plan of 27 February 20188 set out by the Commission services represents a good basis for reflection in order to impropoints out that the new- generation agreements include human rights clauses and sustainable development chapters, to be implemented comprehensively in their entirety in order to safeguard and promote the observance of human rights, the Union’s values and high labour, social and environmental standards; notes the evaluation of the sustainable development chapters included in the Commission report on implementation of FTAs and calls for a timely implementation of existing TSD provisions; asks the Commission to develop a precise and specific methodology of monitoring and evaluating the implementation of these chapters, given the mechanisms in trade andat such an evaluation cannot be made on the basis of quantitative data only; calls on the Commission to present proposals on how to strengthen the enforcement of the sustainable development (TSD) chapters; _________________ 8 https://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/press/inde x.cfm?id=1803 in trade agreements, in light of the initiative launched by DG JUST for mandatory due diligence for EU companies, including the consideration of mandatory due diligence in EU trade agreements and a sanctions- based enforcement mechanism among other options.
2020/06/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 237 #

2019/2197(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. BWelievcomes that the current system already demonstrates some efficiency, as seen in the framework of the EU-Korea FTA in which the EU has requested the establishment of a panele establishment of a panel at the request of the EU under the EU-Korea FTA following South Korea’s failure to ratify International Labour Organisation (ILO) conventions on workers’ rights, notably on freedom of association and collective bargaining;
2020/06/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 242 #

2019/2197(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Recalls that the early efforts of the Commission and Parliament in the trade negotiations with Mexico and Vietnam paid off withsuccessfully encouraged the ratification by both countries respectively in November 2018 and July 2019 of the ILO Convention 98 on the right to organise and collective bargaining; congratulates both countries for such an important step;
2020/06/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 247 #

2019/2197(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
30. Believes that TSD chapters in trade agreements should drive the external dimension of the European Green Deal, and any new adjustment mechanism should be compatible with WTO rules as well as EU FTAs; stresses that EU companies that are users of intermediate goods should not be put at a competitive disadvantage;
2020/06/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 248 #

2019/2197(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30 a. Calls on EU leaders and the Commission to take bold decisions regarding the reform of the EU own resources system, including the introduction of a basket of new own resources; reaffirms its position, as set out in the MFF interim report, regarding the list of potential candidates for new own resources: a common consolidated corporate tax base, digital services taxation, a financial transaction tax, income from the emissions trading scheme, a plastics contribution and a WTO compatible carbon border adjustment mechanism;1c _________________ 1cEuropean Parliament resolution of 15 May 2020 on the new multiannual financial framework, own resources and the recovery plan (2020/2631(RSP))
2020/06/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 252 #

2019/2197(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
31. Notes that the EU trade and investment policy should be used as leverage towards responsible management of supply chains, which include ensuring that businesses uphold human rightseffective due diligence in supply chains must be central to EU trade and investment policy in order to uphold human rights, labour rights and environmental standards and ensure access to justice; recalls that voluntary measures have been largely ineffective; welcomes commitments from the Commission that it will present a legislative proposal by 2021;
2020/06/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 267 #

2019/2197(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
32. Recalls that the efforts to keep rules-based trade must play a crucial role in our trade strategy and in this context recalls the adoption on the modernisation of trade defence instruments in 2018, and the new foreign investment screening mechanism; stresses that the new foreign investment screening mechanism should never be a tool for protectionism; ;calls on the Commission for an effective TDIs enforcement to protect European industry from unfair market practices and for the evaluation and reinforcement of the safeguard instruments in order to make them more responsive to extraordinary circumstances and better adapted to protect European industry by effectively anticipating market disruptions from trade flow;
2020/06/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 275 #

2019/2197(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32 a. Calls on the Council for a rapid and swift agreement on the International Procurement Instrument in order to provide legal security, reciprocity and a level playing field to EU operators; calls for the inclusion of a global catalogue of essential emergency healthcare products to avoid in the future abuses by third country providers' in international trade during a global pandemic;
2020/06/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 281 #

2019/2197(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
34. Points out that the share of trade in services in the overall trade picture is underestimated; stresses that the EU is by far the world’s biggest exporter of services and that services represent about 70 % %of the EU’s gross domestic product (GDP); highlights in particular the relative resilience of trade in services during the COVID-19 crisis and underlines its role in the economic recovery in Europe;
2020/06/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 285 #

2019/2197(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35 a. Underlines the need to facilitate international recovery efforts through open and fair trade including through digital trade which necessitates a permanent moratorium on customs duties on electronic transmissions and an advancement of WTO e-commerce negotiations;
2020/06/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 287 #

2019/2197(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 b (new)
35 b. Underlines that foreign direct investment into the EU and the acquisition of healthcare and other key infrastructure by foreign investors has the potential to harm EU efforts to address the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe; welcomes in this regard the Communication from the Commission on Guidance to the Member States ahead of the application of the FDI Screening Regulation; urges Member States which have not yet established a screening mechanism to do so urgently; further calls on all Member States to use all available tools to ensure effective mechanisms are in place to assess potential investment and acquisitions for threats to critical health infrastructure in the EU, and to take mitigating or blocking measures as needed;
2020/06/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 288 #

2019/2197(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
36. Notes that SMEs account for approximately 30 % of the EU goods exports; supports the idea that a specific chapter on SMEs should be part of all proposed FTAs, as done in the EU-Japan agreement and Mexico, and that they should be included when revising existing FTAs; notes that trade barriers and bureaucracy are especially problematic for SMEs that cannot afford the extra work to overcome them; calls on the Commission to continue its efforts to support MSMEs, with specific focus on, and measures for women-led MSMEs; calls on the EU and its Member States to pay particular attention to the special circumstances of women-led MSMEs when establishing export help-desks, to take advantage of the possibilities created by FTAs and to strengthen services, technologies and infrastructures (such as access to internet) that are of particular importance to the economic empowerment of women and women-led MSMEs; calls on the Commission to help set up partnerships between female entrepreneurs in the EU and their counterparts in developing countries1d _________________ 1dEuropean Parliament resolution of 13 March 2018 on gender equality in EU trade agreements (2017/2015(INI))
2020/06/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 6 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
— having regard to Regulation No 1143/2014 of the EP and the Council on the prevention and management of the introduction and spread of invasive alien species and the consecutive Implementing regulations with updates of the List of invasive species, among which also tree species,
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 16 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)
— having regard to the responsibilities of the EU States under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) and the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD),
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 26 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union makes no reference to a common EU forest policy, and responsibility for forests lies with the Member States, but whereas the EU has a long history of contributing, through its policies, some of which already have implications on the Member States' forestry policies, to sustainable forest management (SFM) and the Member States’ decisions on forests;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 34 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas approximately 40% of EU's forests are publicly owned, Member States are obliged to set an example for sustainable forest management in their publicly owned forests for the public good;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 36 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas European forests absorb and store approximately 10% of EU carbon emissions, contributing thus to climate change mitigation efforts;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 41 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas forests and the entire forest-based value chain are fundamental to the further development of the circular bioeconomy as they provide jobs, ensure economic welfare in rural and urban areas, deliver climate change mitigation and adaptation services, offer health-related benefits, and protect the biodiversity and prospects of mountainous and rural areas and combat desertification;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 46 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas riverside forests have a very important role to play being natural protection against increase of water level during floods, but also in terms of preserving humidity in a situation of rising global temperature; whereas they play a key role in preserving biodiversity, but also tend to absorb among others agricultural mineral residues through the groundwater, thus limiting the expose of rivers to polluting factors; whereas in some member states there have been some regional projects of replanting riverside forests at least several meters from the river shore;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 47 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas properly funded high- quality research, innovation, collection of information, maintenance and development of databases, best practise and knowledge sharing are of utmost importance for the future of EU´s multifunctional forests and for the entire forest-based value-chain, in light of the increasing demands being placed upon them and the needs to meet the multiple opportunities and challenges facing the society;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 53 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the Rural Development Fund, in the framework of the CAP, has provided tools and resources to support the forestry sector and should continue to do in the post-2020 CAP, through a strong focus on Sustainable Forest Management (SFM);
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 55 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas sustainably managed forests are enormously important in guaranteeing jobs in rural areas, representing a benefit for human health, while at the same time making a vital contribution to the environment and biodiversity;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 61 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas access to natural forest terrains and/or forest products comprise a crucial element for some breeds of domesticated or semi domesticated autochthonous and local breeds of animals, which have a high socio- economic and cultural value, such as the East Balkan swine or the Black Iberian pig; whereas the quality of the products from these animals depend highly on the presence of acorns and other forest products, which is why it is crucial to allow the breeders have access to the necessary conditions for the respective animal breeding;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 65 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas the crucial role of sustainable forest management should be promoted to European society, which is increasingly disconnected from forests and forestry, underlining the multiple benefits forests provide under the economic, social and environmental, as well as cultural and historical point of view;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 67 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas almost 23% of European forests are to be found in Natura 2000 sites, with the share in some Member States exceeding 50%, and almost half of the natural habitats in Natura 2000 areas are forests;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 70 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Cc. whereas High Conservation Value Forests (HCV Forests) have a crucial role to play in preserving vulnerable habitats, but also in enhancing science; whereas some EU member states have adopted targeted policies towards HCVF, which is commendable; whereas the added value from these forests cannot be compared or measured in economic terms, which makes it difficult at times to be understood by forest owners, which is why some sort of compensatory mechanism could be further designed, if and where applicable;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 73 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Cc. whereas according to the latest estimations, only 26% of forest species and 15% of the forest habitats were found to be in favourable conservation status1a; _________________ 1a https://www.eea.europa.eu/themes/biodive rsity/forests/forest-dynamics-in-europe- and
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 75 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C d (new)
Cd. whereas forests can be sources of both primary forest products such as wood, they provide for valuable secondary products such as mushrooms, truffles, herbs, honey and berries, which are very important for the economic activities in some regions of the Union;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 77 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C d (new)
Cd. whereas it is clear that old growth forests, mixed stand forests and agroforestry offer climate, biodiversity and resilience benefits that exceed those of plantation forestry;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 80 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C e (new)
Ce. whereas agroforestry, defined as land use systems in which trees are grown in combination with agriculture on the same land unit, is a suite of land management systems, which boost overall productivity, generate more biomass, maintain and restore soils and provide a number of valuable ecosystem services;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 87 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C f (new)
Cf. whereas forests play a crucial role in the fight against soil erosion, but also desertification of land masses; whereas studies show that trees in parks and city- environment have positive effect on keeping lower temperatures as compared to treeless areas;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 90 #

2019/2157(INI)

Cg. whereas in the current programming period (2014-2020) there are measures in the CAP targeted at helping economic actors in building capacities with regard to forestry management;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 92 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C h (new)
Ch. whereas some forestry regions have been massively invaded by pests and insects such as woodworms and various fungi; whereas natural populations of chestnut forests have been massively invaded by Cryphonectria parasitica, which causes a serious threat for the survival of these populations, but also threatens man-led activities related to it, such as production and collection of chestnuts in the long run;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 110 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Recognises that the eight plus one priority areas of the strategy have been implemented with relatively few impediments, with the exception of ongoing challenges in the areas of ‘What forests do we have and how are they changing?’ and ‘Fostering coordination and communication’specifically concerning the public perception and information on the forestry sector and ‘Fostering coordination and communication’, specifically concerning forest-related policies;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 113 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Takes note of the fact that forests fulfil several, often-conflicting objectives (including regulating water quality, biodiversity protection and providing raw materials for paper, construction and energy), which is why, as a result, many of these forests fall consequently under distinct domains where the EU is competent, such as energy, agriculture, environment, climate and water, and many European Commission Directorates General are engaged in forest related issues1a although forests per se remain outside the realm of EU competences; calls, therefore, on the Commission and the Directorates Generals with forest- related competences to work strategically to ensure coherence in any forestry- related work and enhance the sustainable management of forests; as well as to review its organisational structures relevant to forest, agroforestry and the forest-based sector to ensure effective implementation of the strategy; _________________ 1ahttps://www.mdpi.com/1999- 4907/9/3/125/htm#
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 139 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises that the EU’s forests are multifunctional and characterised by great diversity, including differences in ownership patterns, size, structure, biodiversity, resilience and challenges; points out, in addition, that forests offer society a wide variety of ecosystem services including raw materials, improved air quality, absorbing and storing around 10% of EU carbon emissions thereby significantly contributing to climate change mitigation efforts, clean water, erosion control, and protection from droughts, floods and avalanches;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 157 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that forests and other wooded areas cover at least 43 % of the surface of the EU and that the sector employs at least 500 000 people directly3 and 2.6 million indirectly in the EU4 ; stresses that this workforce is dependent on a well- preserved and sustainably managed forest ecosystem in the long term; _________________ 3 Eurostat database on forestry, available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/forestry/d ata/database 4European Parliament fact sheet of May 2019 on the European Union and forests.
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 164 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Points out that over 60 % of the productive forests in the EU, and over 20 % worldwide are certified according to Sustainable Forest Management voluntary standards; notes also that the share of the round wood stemming from certified forests processed by the wood- based industries globally is higher than 20 % and that this share is reaching 50% in the EU;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 166 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that around 60% of the EU´s forests are privately owned; supports all measures improving the exchange of information and best practises as regards the implementation of sustainable forest management;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 190 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Acknowledges the crucial climate benefits of forests and the forest-based sector; highlights the need to increase CO2 sequestration in forests and agroforests, and their soils, carbon storage in wood- based products and the substitution of fossil-based materials and energy;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 202 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Underlines the importance of resilient and healthy forest ecosystems including fauna and flora, in order to maintain and enhance delivery of multiple ecosystem services forests provide such as biodiversity, clean air, water, healthy soils, wood and non-wood raw-materials; highlights that voluntary tools and legislations in place, such as the EU Birds and Habitats directives, affect land management decisions and must be respected and implemented appropriately;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 203 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Notes that farmers and forest owners are key actors in rural areas; welcomes the recognition of the role of forestry, agro-forestry and forest-based industries in the Rural Development Programme of the 2014-2020 CAP, and the improvements introduced through the Omnibus Regulation; encourages to safeguard this recognition in the CAP 2021-2027 and in the implementation of the European Green Deal;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 210 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Calls on the Member States to give the necessary provisions for breeders of autochthonous breeds of animals, which are dependent on access to forests, to get such smoothly so that jobs can be preserved in rural areas, which also preserves traditional knowledge and biodiversity, while at the same time providing quality products to the EU consumer;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 212 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Encourages the Member States to intensify their respective forestry stakeholders to reach to a broader segment of the population through educational tools and programmes both for pupils, but also for people of the other age groups, stressing the importance of forests both for human-led activities, but also for preserving biodiversity and various ecosystems;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 237 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Emphasises the crucial role of forests, agroforests, the forest-based sector and the bioeconomy in achieving the goals of the European Green Deal; stresses that achieving the EU’s environmental and climate goals will never be possible without multifunctional, healthy and sustainably managed forests and viable industries; encourages, in addition, actions tocalls on the Commission, in addition, to consider creating a special budget, outside the Common Agricultural Policy budget, to incentivise Member States to comply with EU-wide targets for increaseing forest cover, especially in areas not suitable for food production and those in proximity to urban areas, in order to mitigate adverse heat effects and pollution, while curbing deforestation;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 264 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses that an ambitious, 13. independent and self-standing EU Forest Strategy is needed for the post-2020 period which is not subordinate to any other sectoral strategy; notes that since agroforestry can have both agricultural and forestry characteristics, The EU Forest Strategy needs to be coordinated with the Farm to Fork Strategy; calls for a new EU Forest Strategy that builds on the holistic approach to SFM, taking into account all of the economic, social and environmental aspects of the forest-based value chain; stresses that a coordinated and coherent approach to forests, the forest- based sector and the multiple services they provide needs to be developed, given the growing number of national and EU policies directly or indirectly affecting forests and their management in the EU;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 281 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Takes the view that the EU Forest Strategy should act as a bridge between national forest and agroforest policies and EU objectives relating to forests and agroforests, recognising both the need to respect national competence and the need to contribute to wider EU objectives, while coherently addressing the specificities of both private forests and publicly owned ones;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 288 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Member States to improve national legislation to put in place, or strengthen where necessary, protection against illegal logging and loss of biodiversity;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 289 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Calls on the European Commission to encourage the commercialization of felled wood and trimmed wood/roundwood, instead of living trees from publicly-owned forests, as a method to prevent illegal logging and overexploitation, which would give state authorities more control over the volume of cut and commercialized wood, thereby discouraging illegal practices by privately contracted firms;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 302 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the European Commission to invest supplementary funds - additional to the budget already allocated to the CAP scheme - in an EU- wide action on reforestation, afforestation and to implement specific subsidies for forestry management and environmental protection, to contribute to the Green Deal 2050 climate change mitigation efforts;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 308 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Highlights the need to take into consideration the links between the forest- based sector and other sectors as well as the importance of digitalisation and investing in research and innovation, which can positively contribute to further solutions for climate change mitigation and job creation; stresses the crucial role of wood-based materials in substituting fossil-based alternatives in industries such as the construction industry, the textile industry, the chemical industry and the packaging industry;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 320 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Recognizes the value of wood for energy purposes, but calls on the Commission and Member States to consider introducing binding sustainability criteria for biomass, in order to avoid overexploitation of wood resources and forests;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 322 #

2019/2157(INI)

16b. Considers that the EU should encourage the use of locally-sourced timber, harvested wood products or forest biomass in order to minimise the carbon footprint created by transport of imports from third countries and to stimulate sustainable local production and jobs;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 332 #

2019/2157(INI)

17. Stresses that due to climate change, natural disturbances such as droughts, floods, storms, pest infestations, erosion and fires will occur more frequently, causing damage to forests in the EU; emphasises, in this context, the need to better prevent such events by making forests more resilient, for example by encouraging forest grazing and the conversion of at-risk forests to agroforests, through more research and innovation and by offering better support mechanisms for affected areas and properties sto they can beprotect and restored them;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 342 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the state or regional actors, which responsible for forests, to support either with adequate resources or expertise and knowledge the repopulation of riverside forests, where relevant, with local and/or specialised stakeholders, with the aim of creating biodiverse habitats, after the creation of which ecological services, such as absorption of harmful substances, which circulate through groundwaters, will be achieved;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 345 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Given the worrying increased risk of forest fires in Europe, calls on the European Commission to include support for silvopasture (forest grazing) within the agroforestry measure and to encourage Member States to implement it in the next Rural Development programme;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 348 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Calls on the members states where secondary forest products play an important socio-economic role to develop and enhance guidelines, or where necessary also national legislation with regard to practicing these activities;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 349 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 c (new)
17c. Calls on the member states to design initiatives for preserving and where necessary establishing HCV Forests with necessary mechanisms and instruments for incentivising and compensating, where applicable, forest owners, so that knowledge and science can advance vis-à-vis these forests, alongside preserving natural habitats;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 355 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Recognises the role of biodiversity in ensuring that forest ecosystems remain healthy and resilient; highlights the importance of the Natura 2000 sites; notes, however, that sufficientencourages further research into the relationship between biodiversity and resilience; notes, however, that technical advice and fresh financial resources are needed to manage such areas;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 388 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses the crucial importance of the CAP, forestry and agroforestry measures in implementing the EU Forest Strategy; encourages the continuity of forestry and agroforestry measures under the 2021-2027 CAP; highlights the need for other easily accessible, well- coordinated and relevant EU funding mechanisms;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 394 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Takes note of the challenge for both farmers and administrators in identifying and monitoring the preservation of landscape features, in particular those aiming to protect scarce woody vegetation; calls on the European Commission to reduce and simplify the administrative requirements, in order to boost woody vegetation promotion and preservation linked to landscape features policies associated with Pillar I and Pillar II payments;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 398 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls on the member states to align the various strategies and plans for forestry management so that the respective targets can be followed and corrected accordingly in due course, instead of creating administrative mosaics, which then threatens achieving the goals set in these strategic documents;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 402 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Takes note of the low uptake of the numerous measures within the 2014-2020 Rural Development Regulations designed to support the deliberate integration of woody vegetation with farming; therefore calls on the European Commission to bundle various agroforestry promotion initiatives in the post 2020 Common Agricultural Policy Reform into a unique “agroforestry” measure, which will promote the use of woody component in agrarian and forestry systems;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 404 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Calls on the European commission together with its respective agencies and centers, where necessary to invest in and where necessary intensify the research on finding a solution to the spread of the Cryphonectria parasitica on chestnut trees and forests;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 411 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 d (new)
21d. Calls on the European Commission to support the promotion of the recognition of the high quality products and ecosystem services that agroforestry delivers, by appropriate market promotion and agroforestry identification, or labelling;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 412 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 e (new)
21e. Acknowledges the lack of knowledge about agroforestry among many farmers; calls, therefore, on the European Commission to promote EU- wide specialised training programmes, in order to make farmers and female farmers aware of the benefits and the practice of integrating woody vegetation with agriculture at local, regional and global scales;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 414 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 f (new)
21f. Recognizes the significant capacity of agroforestry to boost overall biomass productivity and therefore encourages the European Commission to treat it as a productive measure; underlines that such mixed ecosystems produce more biomass and absorb more atmospheric carbon and therefore encourages promotion of agroforestry systems;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 421 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Underlines the essential role of high-level research and innovation in fostering the contribution of forests, agroforests and the forest-based sector to overcoming the challenges of our time; stresses the importance of the EU’s post- 2020 research and innovation programmes and recognises the role of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Research;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 436 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Stresses the importance of education and skilled, well-trained workforce as it comes to the successful implementation of sustainable forest management in practice; calls on the Commission and the Member States to continue to implement measures and to use existing European instruments such as the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the European Social Fund (ESF) and the European training programmes (ET2020) to support generation renewal and to compensate for the skilled workforce shortage in the sector;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 439 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Notes that digitalisation and sustainable technologies play a key role in providing added value in the further development of the forest-based sector; calls on the Commission and the Member States to encourage knowledge and technology transfer and sharing best practises on e.g. sustainable and active forest management;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 446 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses the need to develop an EU- wide Forest Information and Monitoring System for Europe under the shared responsibility of all of the relevant Commission Directorates-General, that is able to provide real-time information on forest resources, monitor whether natural reserves and protected trees are well preserved and forecast and measure the impact of natural disasters and disturbances on forest condition and health; stresses the importance of science- based, balanced information with socio- economic indicators for the development of any forest-related EU policy;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 449 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses the need to develop an EU- wide Forest Information System for Europe under the shared responsibility of all of the relevant Commission Directorates-General; stresses the importance of science-based, balanced information with socio-economic indicators for the development of any forest-related EU policy; notes that national forest inventories represent a comprehensive monitoring tool for assessing forestry stocks and take into account regional considerations;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 453 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses the need to develop an EU- wide Forest Information System for Europe under the shared responsibility of all of the relevant Commission Directorates-General; stresses the importance of providing real- time, science-based, and balanced information on European forest resources and aiming at forecasting the impact of natural disturbances and their consequences with socio-economic indicators for the development of any forest-related EU policy;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 459 #

2019/2157(INI)

24a. Welcomes the trend toward digitalization in the sector and calls on the European Commission to consider the implementation of an EU-wide digital wood-traceability mechanism for data gathering, consistent transparency, ensuring a level playing field, reducing uncompetitive behaviour and deliberate wrongful action in the wood trade, within and outside the EU, through a verification system; further takes the view that such a verification system would improve compliance, limiting and combating financial fraud, while hampering cartel practices and dismantling illegal logging logistical operations and movement; would further encourage exchanges of good practices with Member States which have already implemented such reforms at national level;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 6 #

2019/2156(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises the important role played by farmers in food production and how this is dependent on natural resources such as soil, water and forests; recognises the multifunctionality of forests, and stresses the need for a holistic and coherent approach for the protection, restoration and management of forests;
2020/04/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 48 #

2019/2156(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Asks the Commission to regularly present a report covering the trends of deforestation and exploitation of high carbon stock areas, such as peatlands, in third countries;
2020/04/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 52 #

2019/2156(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Underlines the need to include safeguard clauses in future trade agreements allowing the EU to suspend imports of related products from regions or countries where deforestation is observed;
2020/04/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 54 #

2019/2156(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Encourages the implementation of support measures aiming at increasing agricultural productivity in concerned countries, in order to reduce the social and economic pressure onto deforestation and exploitation of peatlands;
2020/04/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 61 #

2019/2156(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the need for further significant progress in developing and implementing an EU protein plant strategy and ensuring robust protein plant production within the EU, in order to reduce the dependence on imports, and reduce the pressure on forests due to land use change;
2020/04/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 69 #

2019/2156(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights the importance of further developing existing systems such as the FLEGT action plan as well as current legislation like REDD+ and the EU timber regulation, and promotion of current voluntary systems, in order to reduce the administrative burden of Member States, and to enable the transfer of knowledge and education for partners outside the EU;
2020/04/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 94 #

2019/2156(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Emphasises the importance of sustainable forest management within the EU and in third countries as an essential factor in ensuring the income of forest owners and farmers practicing agroforestry and in improving the resilience of forests, as well as enhancing carbon sequestration within forests.
2020/04/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 22 #

2019/2131(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A e (new)
A e. whereas the Directive (EU) 2019/633 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on unfair trading practices in business-to-business relationships in the agricultural and food supply chain is an important step forward in rebalancing of the bargaining power within the food supply chain and for its better functioning;
2019/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 37 #

2019/2131(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. whereas abusive practices and the increasing consolidation trend in the input and retail sectors of the agricultural and food supply chain distort competition and innovation, affecting directly and indirectly both producers and consumers;
2019/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 66 #

2019/2131(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the adoption of the Directive on unfair trade practices4 in the agricultural and food supply chain and; calls on the Commission to monitor closely progress on transposition thereof and promote the sharing of best practices between Member States ; _________________ 4Directive (EU) 2019/633 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on unfair trading practices in business-to-business relationships in the agricultural and food supply chain (OJ L 111, 25.4.2019, p. 59.
2019/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 77 #

2019/2131(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. CAcknowledges the possible role played by alliances of buyers in creating economic efficiencies in the agricultural and food supply chain; stresses, however, that the current lack of information does not allow for an evaluation of the economic effects of such alliances of buyers on the functioning of the supply chain; calls on the Commission to launch an in-depth analysis on the extent and effect of buying alliances on the economic functioning of the agricultural and food supply chain;
2019/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 85 #

2019/2131(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Asks the Commission to ensure dialogue with all relevant stakeholders on the functioning of the agricultural and food supply chain, and to adapt EU competition policy according to the most recent developments in the trading environment;
2019/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 37 #

2019/2055(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights that the proper implementation of the CAP interventions is strictly related to the beneficiaries’ compliance with the commitments set out at Union level; stresses that the increased flexibility of Member States in allocating CAP subsidies risks further aggravating abuses, and urges therefore the Commission to avoid renationalisation of the CAP;
2019/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 41 #

2019/2055(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Notes that the current compliance system has proven effective and has ensured equal treatment and implementation across the Union; is concerned that a system for eligibility of expenditures solely based on outputs does not contribute in terms of either simplification or performance of the CAP, and puts at risk the equal treatment of farmers and Member States;
2019/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 30 #

2019/2028(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 f (new)
4f. Welcomes the increased funding proposed by the Commission for promotion measures, which confirms the effectiveness of the improvements made by the last reform; considers that promotion measures are crucial to expand the share of Union exports on markets across the world;
2019/07/29
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 53 #

2019/2028(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 m (new)
6m. Asks for the maintenance of the appropriations for POSEI programmes at the maximum levels laid down in Union law, underlining the relevance of those programmes for the resilience of the agricultural producers and highlights the fragile economic situation of the outermost regions, which are still strongly hit by the crisis.
2019/07/29
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 118 #

2019/2028(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29 a. Deplores the limited role the European Parliament has in the supervision and governance of the EUTF; considers it fundamental that the European Parliament is able to monitor the activities of the Operational Committee and calls on the Commission to provide detailed information on the decisions taken in that Committee and ensure that the European Parliament is represented at its meetings;
2019/10/08
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 17 #

2019/0273(COD)

Draft legislative resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
- having regard to opinion 2/15 of the European Court of Justice,
2020/06/05
Committee: INTA
Amendment 18 #

2019/0273(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Citation 1 a (new)
- having regard to opinion 2/15 of the European Court of Justice,
2020/06/05
Committee: INTA
Amendment 19 #

2019/0273(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) Opinion 2/15 of the Court of Justice of the European Union1а provided clarity regarding the question of competences covered by comprehensive trade agreements. That opinion clarifies, inter alia, that provisions covered by Trade and Sustainable Development chapters fall within the exclusive competence of the Union and that the goal of sustainable development forms an integral part of the common commercial policy. __________________ 1а ECLI:EU:C:2017:376.
2020/06/05
Committee: INTA
Amendment 20 #

2019/0273(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) Dispute settlement provisions, including in regional and bilateral trade agreements, might lack the specificity necessary to adjudicate disputes effectively, necessitating a reliance on this Regulation.
2020/06/05
Committee: INTA
Amendment 44 #

2019/0273(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 654/2014
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a b (new)
(aa) the following point (ab) is inserted: (ab) In the event of the adoption by commercial policy measures by a third country that nullify or impair the commercial interests of the Union and constitute a clear breach of international law and which the Union has challenged at the WTO;
2020/06/05
Committee: INTA
Amendment 47 #

2019/0273(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 654/2014
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b c
(ba) the following point (bc) is inserted: (bc) In trade disputes relating to other international trade agreements, including regional or bilateral agreements, if adjudication is not possible, including because of lack of specificity of provisions, leading to a non-functioning dispute settlement procedure.
2020/06/05
Committee: INTA
Amendment 52 #

2019/0273(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 654/2014
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b b
(bb) where measures are taken to restrict the trade with a third country in situations under Article 3(aa) or Article 3(bb), such measures shall be commensurate to the nullification or impairment of the Union’s commercial interests caused by the measures of that third country and, as much as possible, provide relief to the Union’s sectors affected;
2020/06/05
Committee: INTA
Amendment 56 #

2019/0273(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 654/2014
Article 4 a (new)
(2a) The following article shall be inserted : Article 4a Request by the European Parliament or Member States 1. The European Parliament or Member States may ask the Commission to adopt or take appropriate steps to adopt the implementing acts referred to in Article 4. 2. If the European Parliament or a Member State decides to make use of the possibility referred to in paragraph 1, it shall supply the Commission with any evidence of cases referred to in Article 3 that nullifies or impairs the commercial interests of the Union. 3. After the receipt of a request, the Commission shall inform the European Parliament and Member States without delay of how it intends to follow up on the request.
2020/06/05
Committee: INTA
Amendment 118 #

2019/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) In light of the fact that the Union should continue to support rural development in 2021 and, where applicable, in 2022, Member States, that demonstrate the risk to run out of funds and not to be able to undertake new legal commitments in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013, should have the possibility to extend their rural development programmes or certain of their regional rural development programmes supported by the EAFRD to 31 December 2021 and to finance those extended programmes from the corresponding budget allocation for the year 2021. The extended programmes should aim at maintaining at least the same overall level of environment and climate ambition, thereby requiring at least the same overall level of EAFRD expenditure for the measures referred to in Article 59(6) of that Regulation.
2020/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 221 #

2019/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
In the event that a Member State does not need the complete annual breakdown for the year 2021 for the extension of its rural development programme or regional programmes, it may use a partial extension of the rural development programme or regional programmes.
2020/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 229 #

2019/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
The notification referred to in the second subparagraph shall be without prejudice to the need to submit a request to amend a rural development programme for the year 2021 and, where Article -1(2) of this Regulation applies, for the year 20212, as referred to in point (a) of Article 11(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013. Such anmendment shall not be taken into account for the limit of annual modifications as provided for in point (b) of Article 4(2) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 808/2014. That amendment shall aim at maintaining at least the same overall level of the EAFRD expenditure for the measures referred to in Article 59(6) of that Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013.
2020/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 285 #

2019/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Expenditure relating to legal commitments for Articles 14 to 18, points (a) and (b) of Article 19(1), Articles 20, 22 to 27, 35, 38, 39 and 39a of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 and under Article 35 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013, may also be paid between 1 January 2022 and 31 December 2023, or December 2024, in case of extended rural development programmes, when the EAFRD Funds 2014-2020 have been used up.
2020/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 291 #

2019/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Recognised producer organisation in the fruit and vegetables sector having an operational programme as referred to in Article 33 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 that has been approved by a Member State for a duration beyond 31 December 2021the end of the transitional period shall, by 15 September 2021, submit a request to that Member State to the effect that its operational programme:
2020/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 293 #

2019/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) be replaced by a new operational programme approved under Regulation (EU) [CAP Strategic Plan Regulation].; or
2020/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 296 #

2019/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) be completed on the basis of the legislation in force at the time of its approval.
2020/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 297 #

2019/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) continues to operate until its end under the conditions applicable under Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.
2020/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 309 #

2019/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 6
6. With regard to the aid schemes referred to in paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 of this Article, Articles 7(3), 9, 21, 43, 51, 52, 54, 59, 67, 68, 70 to 75, 77, 91 to 97, 99, 100, 102(2), 110 and 111 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, Articles 32, 33 and 34 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and the relevant provisions of delegated and implementing acts related to those Articles shall continue to apply after 31 December 2021the end of the transitional period in relation to expenditure incurred and payments made for operations implemented pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 after that date and until the end of the aid schemes referred to in paragraphs 3 and 4 of this Article.
2020/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 325 #

2019/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013
Article 28 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 a
For new commitments to be undertaken from 2021 Member States shall determine a shorter period of one to threeseven in their rural development programmes. If Member States provide for an annual extension of commitments after the termination of the initial period in accordance with the first subparagraph, from 2021 the extension shall not go beyond one year. As from 2021, for new commitments directly following a commitment performed in the initial period, Member States shall determine a period of one year in their rural development programmes. Or. it (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02013R1305-20190301)
2020/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 337 #

2019/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013
Article 29 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 a
For new commitments to be undertaken from 2021, Member States shall determine a shorter period of one to threeseven years in their rural development programmes. If Member States provide for an annual extension for the maintenance of organic farming after the termination of the initial period in accordance with the first subparagraph, from 2021 the extension shall not go beyond one year. As from 2021, for new commitments concerning maintenance that directly follow the commitment performed in the initial period, Member States shall determine a period of one year in their rural development programmes. Or. it (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02013R1305-20190301)
2020/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 347 #

2019/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013
Article 33 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a
For new commitments to be undertaken as from 2021 Member States shall determine a shorter period of one to threeseven years in their rural development programmes. If Member States provide for an annual renewal of commitments after the termination of the initial period in accordance with the first subparagraph, as from 2021 the renewal shall not go beyond one year. (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02013R1305-20190301)Or. it
2020/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 351 #

2019/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013
Article 39 – paragraph 1
(3a) in Article 39, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: “1. Support under point (c) of Article 36(1) shall only be granted where the drop in income exceeds 320 % of the average annual income of the individual farmer in the preceding three-year period or a three- year average based on the preceding five- year period excluding the highest and lowest entry. Income for the purposes of point (c) of Article 36(1) shall refer to the sum of revenues the farmer receives from the market, including any form of public support, deducting input costs. Payments by the mutual fund to farmers shall compensate for less than 70 % of the income lost in the year the producer becomes eligible to receive this assistance. Indexes may be used to calculate the annual loss of income of the farmer. ” Or. it (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02013R1305-20190301)
2020/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 412 #

2019/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point 12 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013
Article 43 – paragraph 4 a (new)
(12a) in Article 43, the following paragraph is inserted: “4a. Schemes pursuing the objective of carbon neutrality and composed by agricultural practices listed in Annex IXa shall be equivalent to the practices referred to in paragraph 2. When establishing those schemes, Member States may make use of additional equivalent practices to be assessed and approved by the Commission. The level of payment shall vary according to the level of ambition of each practice, based on non-discriminatory criteria, in order to offer an effective incentive for participation.” Or. en (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02013R1307- 20190301&from=EN)
2020/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 421 #

2019/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point 12 b (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013
Article 47 – paragraph 1
1. In order to finance the payment referred to in this Chapter, Member States shall use 30 % of the annual national ceiling set out in Annex II. (12b) In Article 47, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: "1. In order to finance the payment for agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment, Member States shall use 30 % of the annual national ceiling set out in Annex II, and may use up to an additional 3 % of that ceiling to finance the payment for practices pursuing the objective of carbon neutrality referred to in Article 43(4a) ." Or. en (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02013R1307- 20190301&from=EN)
2020/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 443 #

2019/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 68 – paragraph 1
(2a) in Article 68, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: "1. Planting rights granted to producers in accordance with Article 85h, Article 85i or Article 85k of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 before 31 December 2015 which have not been used by those producers and are still valid by that date may be converted into authorisations under this Chapter as from 1 January 2016. Such conversion shall take place upon a request to be submitted by those producers before 31 December 2015. Member States may decide to allow producers to submit such a request to convert rights into authorisations until 31 December 2020. 7. " Or. it (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02013R1308- 20190101&from=EN)
2020/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 447 #

2019/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point 2 b (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 68 – paragraph 2
(2b) in Article 68, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: "2. Authorisations granted pursuant to paragraph 1 shall have the same period of validity as the planting rights referred to in paragraph 1. If these authorisations are not used, they shall expire at the latest by 31 December 2018, or, where a Member State has taken the decision referred to in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1, at the latest by 31 December 2023. (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02013R1308-30. " Or. it 20190101&from=EN)
2020/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 448 #

2019/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point 2 c (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 154 – paragraph 2 a (new)
(https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02013R1308-(2c) In Article 154, the following paragraph is inserted: “2a. Member States may recognise as a producer organisation a group of producers referred to in Articles 3 and Article 45 of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012. In such cases, the “economic area” shall be the geographical area laid down in the product specification.” Or. en 20190101&from=EN)
2020/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 449 #

2019/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point 2 d (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 167 a (new)
(https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02013R1308-(2d) In Title II, Chapter III, Section 4, the following Article is added: “Article 167a Marketing rules to improve and stabilise the operation of the common market in the olive oil sector 1. In order to improve and stabilise the operation of the common market in the olive oil sector, producer Member States may lay down marketing rules to regulate supply. Such rules shall be proportionate to the objective pursued and shall not: (a) relate to any transaction after the first marketing of the produce concerned; (b) allow for price fixing, including where prices are set for guidance or recommendation; (c) render unavailable an excessive proportion of the yield that would otherwise be available. 2. The rules provided for in paragraph 1 shall be brought to the attention of operators by being published in full in an official publication of the Member State concerned. 3. Member States shall notify the Commission of any decisions taken under this Article.” Or. en 20190101&from=EN)
2020/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 451 #

2019/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Annex VIII – part I – point D – paragraph 7 a (new)
(3a) In Annex VIII, part I, section D, the following paragraph is added: “Notwithstanding points 1 and 3, in specific cases and for duly substantiated reasons and in the presence of homogeneous productive and environmental characteristics, Member States may authorise the processes referred to in Sections B and C to be carried out in a wine-growing zone bordering the zone in which the fresh grapes used were harvested.” Or. it (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02013R1308- 20190101&from=EN)
2020/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 452 #

2019/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point 3 b (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Annex VIII – part I – point D – paragraph 7 b (new)
(https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02013R1308-(3b) In Annex VIII, part I, section D, the following paragraph is added: “In winegrowing regions affected by the area bordering the two winegrowing areas and in the presence of homogenous productive and environmental characteristics, Member States may, notwithstanding points 1 and 3, authorise the processes referred to in Sections B and C to be carried out in a wine-growing zone bordering the zone in which the fresh grapes used were harvested.” Or. it 20190101&from=EN)
2020/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 455 #

2019/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Regulation (EU) No 228/2013
Article 30 – paragraph 2 – indent 1
– in the French overseas departments: EUR 267 5878 410 000, Or. en (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32013R0228&from=EN)
2020/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 460 #

2019/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Regulation (EU) No 228/2013
Article 30 – paragraph 2 – indent 2
– Azores and Madeira: EUR 102 086 210 000, Or. en (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32013R0228&from=EN)
2020/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 469 #

2019/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Regulation (EU) No 228/2013
Article 30 – paragraph 2 – indent 3
– Canary Islands: EUR 257 9768 420 000. Or. en (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32013R0228&from=EN)
2020/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 476 #

2019/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Regulation (EU) No 228/2013
Article 30 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – indent 1
– in the French overseas departments: EUR 235 9000 000, Or. en (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32013R0228&from=EN)
2020/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 478 #

2019/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Regulation (EU) No 228/2013
Article 30 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – indent 2
– Azores and Madeira: EUR 20 41 200 000, Or. en (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32013R0228&from=EN)
2020/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 487 #

2019/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
– Canary Islands: EUR 69 972 700 000. Or. en (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32013R0228&from=EN)
2020/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 492 #

2019/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Regulation (EU) No 229/2013
Article 18 – paragraph 2
2. The Union shall finance the measures provided for in Chapters III and IV up to an amount of EUR 23 00930 000. Or. en (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32013R0229&from=en)
2020/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 495 #

2019/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Regulation (EU) No 229/2013
Article 18 – paragraph 3
3. The amount allocated to finance the specific supply arrangements referred to in Chapter III shall not exceed EUR 6 837 110 000. Or. en (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32013R0229&from=en)
2020/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 504 #

2019/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – paragraph 1 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013
Annex IX a (new)
(https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02013R1307-The following annex is inserted in Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013: “Annex IXa List of practices beneficial for the climate and the environment referred to in Article 43(4a) (1) Anaerobic digestion (2) Better timing of fertilisation (3) Nitrification inhibitors (4) Precision farming (5) Variable Rate Technology (6) Increasing legume share on temporary grassland (7) Rice measures (8) Fallowing histosols (9) Low nitrogen feed (10) Feed additives to reduce methane emissions from enteric fermentation (11) Increasing milk yields of dairy cows through genetic improvements (12) Increasing ruminant feed efficiency through genetic improvements (13) Feed additives to reduce methane emissions from enteric fermentation (14) Vaccination against methanogenic bacteria in the rumen.” Or. en 20190301&from=EN)
2020/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 16 #

2018/2102(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital D
D. whereas Article 39 TFEU gives the CAP the objective of ensuring a fair standard of living for the agricultural community and for those in Europe’s rural areas;
2018/10/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 31 #

2018/2102(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Points out that, generally speaking, European competition policy is applied with the aim of systematically defending consumers, at the expensen approach which – owing to the inequality within the food supply chain that means that pressure is only brought to bear ofn agricultural producers – is not achieving the desired results; considers that these two interests should be placed on an equal footing;
2018/10/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 38 #

2018/2102(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Welcomes the Commission's proposal to tackle unfair trading practices in the business-to-business food supply chain as a vital step in rebalancing power within the chain and bringing transparency to the buyer-supplier relationship; highlights its importance in achieving a more sustainable and competitive food supply chain for the benefit of farmers, consumers and the environment;
2018/10/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 62 #

2018/2102(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that the inter-branch organisations model is the mosta successful form of organisation, because it in sectors in which farmers have previously been members of producers’ organisations subject to democratic scrutiny by the farmers themselves, as this model provides a structure for all the players in a sector; considers that this model should be promoted by the CAP;
2018/10/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 66 #

2018/2102(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission to facilitate the application of collective market management instruments in the event of a crisis, using tools that do not require public funds, such as product withdrawal carried out by means of agreements among food chain operators; points out that this measure could be applied by the inter-branch organisations themselves;
2018/10/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 47 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 51 #

2018/2037(INI)

Draft opinion
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;
2018/04/09
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 55 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 89 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 94 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 96 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 102 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 148 #

2018/2037(INI)

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;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 165 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 176 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 177 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 216 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 231 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 232 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 290 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 292 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 300 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 333 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 374 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses the need for the CAP to maintain the essential relationship between EU legislators, farmers and citizens;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 378 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 393 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 401 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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.
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 424 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 426 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 456 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 459 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 466 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Considers that, in the first pillar Member States can choose programmes from a priority catalogue established by the EU;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 508 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 528 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 530 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 532 #

2018/2037(INI)

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;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 533 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 541 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 547 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. States that pillar I of the CAP should continue to be financed entirely at EU level;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 570 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 582 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 603 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 640 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Considers it necessary to maintain a simplified scheme for Small Producers so as to facilitate their access to, and management of, CAP direct payments;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 645 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Underlines the necessity of identifying the key elements of a transparent and objective system of penalties and incentives for determining farmers’ eligibility for public funding, which should consist of voluntary and mandatory measures;deleted
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 655 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 679 #

2018/2037(INI)

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;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 682 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 746 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 753 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 754 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 767 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 794 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 816 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 839 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 845 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 847 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 853 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 861 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 862 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 868 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)
15c. Recommends that access to finance be improved through subsidised interest rates on loans for new entrants;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 871 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)
15c. Recalls that rural areas and settlements need a special attention and integrated efforts to develop smart villages;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 875 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 876 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 d (new)
15d. Calls for a fair playing field for special technological improvements for rural hubs and grids;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 880 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 885 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 886 #

2018/2037(INI)

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;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 903 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 905 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 910 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 912 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 920 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 923 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 924 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 930 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 961 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 969 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 979 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 981 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 990 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1027 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1028 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1046 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1047 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1048 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1053 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1074 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1076 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1078 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1089 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1090 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1094 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1099 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1106 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Highlights the results achieved through the Omnibus regulation in order to enhance and make more attractive to farmers the risk management tools available under the CAP;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1144 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1148 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1185 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1186 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1202 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1210 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1216 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1220 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1235 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1284 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1287 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1295 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26b. Calls for reducing the red tape and unnecessary conditions to allow also smaller producers partake in these schemes;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1311 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1318 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1321 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 8 #

2018/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A
A. whereas consumers make an associative link between brand, product and quality and expect products of the same brand to be identical inhave the same quality whether they are sold in their own country or in another Member State;
2018/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 10 #

2018/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas products of the same brand may have different characteristics deriving from legitimate factors such as consumers preferences in the destination regions, the place of manufacturing, specific local requirements, or differences in sourcing of raw materials due to their geographical or seasonal availability;
2018/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 31 #

2018/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C
C. whereas the analyses show that certain products contain less meat, or less of other ingredients, in certain countries, in most cases those countries which joined the EU in 2004, 2007 and 2013; whereas the analyses found instances of the same products being sold at considerably higherdifferent prices in those countries than in the so- called ‘old Member States’some Member States, compared to the others;
2018/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 62 #

2018/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Firmly believes that, in response to European citizens’ concerns about different products being sold under the same brand in different Member States, the practice of ‘one brand, one product, different content and proportional compositEU needs to develop a coherent and harmonized strategy to better enforce the existing legislative framework, which already sets out the provisions needsed to be stopped by means of an amendment to Directive 2005/29/EC of 11 May 2005 concerningensure that consumers are informed about food products, and not misled by unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices when making a purchasing decision;
2018/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 69 #

2018/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Urges the Commission to implement all the necessary measures in order to avoid any disruption of the European single market, taking into due account the existing differences in market conditions, purchasing powers and fiscal regimes among Member States;
2018/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 98 #

2018/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for the establishment of an agency or other specialised unit toWelcomes the Commission's efforts to assist national enforcement authorities in monitoring consistency of composition and proportional use of ingredients in identically branded and packaged food products., as well as identifying unfair commercial practices in the marketing of food products;
2018/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4 #

2018/2005(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission communication on a balanced and progressive trade policy to harness globalisation1 ; underlines the importance of this communication for a European agriculture sector that is suffering from unbalanced competition on both the EU and foreign markets; _________________ 1 with several global players which have developed intensive, export oriented and highly competitive farming systems; _________________ 1 COM(2017)0492. COM(2017)0492.
2018/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 13 #

2018/2005(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Acknowledges that the EU is the single largest exporter of agri-food products; perceives in this context the double phenomenon that on one hand, there is the need to maintain its market orientation and its compatibility with WTO rules whilst, on the other, that specific agricultural sectors cannot withstand full trade liberalisation and unfettered competition with imports;
2018/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 17 #

2018/2005(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Reminds, that EU trade policy is not just about interest but also about values;
2018/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 18 #

2018/2005(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Underlines that the trade and agricultural policies are intertwined and that the EU trade policy is a tool in promoting EU’s agricultural interests and therefore can contribute to the achievement of objectives of the common agricultural policy (CAP);
2018/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 19 #

2018/2005(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Highlights that trade and agricultural policies lie at the core of implementing Agenda 2030 and its Sustainable Development Goals. Focusing on inclusive, free and fair trade policies and aligning trade with the SDGs can significantly contribute to eradicating poverty and hunger worldwide.
2018/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 22 #

2018/2005(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 g (new)
1g. Acknowledges in this context that the WTO itself is a negotiating forum that offers rules and that the member countries themselves decide how far they want to go in removing trade barriers and distortions; reminds that with bilateral agreements the EU can set trade conditions over and above the WTO safety net;
2018/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 29 #

2018/2005(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that harnessing globalisation should involve both strengthening global discipline to prevent unfair competition and distortions of trade in agriculture, and avoiding undue exposure of sensitive EU agricultural sectors to competition from imports of products that are not subject to similar standards, costs and constraints as regards, for example, environmental protection, fundamental labour rights and animal welfare;
2018/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 44 #

2018/2005(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls for common measures of product information and labelling, the introduction of a mandatory country-of- origin labelling scheme for meat;
2018/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 47 #

2018/2005(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 e (new)
2e. Calls for an improvement in the control of imports of goods to ensure they strictly meet European health, food safety, social and environmental rules notably by strengthening the checks on imported agri-foods at origin and upon their arrival in the EU;
2018/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 62 #

2018/2005(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Urges to exercise utmost care when it comes to the liberalisation of the market access in vulnerable agricultural sectors and consideration of various procedures when it comes to the most sensitive products (including their exclusion);
2018/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 107 #

2018/2005(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to react strongly to US attacks against the WTO- compatible mechanisms of the CAP through the imposition of unjustified trade defence measures; recalls, in this respect, its resolution of 15 March 2018 on US measures on EU farm support under the CAP (in the context of Spanish olives)4 and expresses its concern with respect to the possible proliferation of such measures against other recipients of payments under the CAP; _________________ 4 Texts adopted, P8_TA(2018)0091.
2018/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 116 #

2018/2005(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the Commission’s initiative to create an advisory group on EU trade negotiations composed of representatives of a wide and balanced group of stakeholders; insists on the need for thea strong representation of EU farming organisations in such a group in view of the major impact of most of the negotiations in question on the agricultural sector.
2018/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2 #

2018/0332(COD)

Proposal for a directive
The Committee on Agriculture and Rural Developement calls on the Committee on Transport and Tourism, as the committee responsible, to propose rejection of the Commission proposal.
2019/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 19 #

2018/0256M(NLE)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Regrets that the provisions adopted in Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 (single CMO) in order to overcome problems encountered in the correct application of the entry prices of fruit and vegetable imports from Morocco are becoming ineffective for the higher categories, the so-called ‘baby’ varieties, which have much higher marketing prices but which are attributed a standard product value upon entry to the EU, as is the case with ‘cherry’ tomatoes; calls on the Commission to put an end to this anomaly;
2018/10/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 29 #

2018/0256M(NLE)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls for a proper labelling of these products so as to ensure full traceability;
2018/10/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 39 #

2018/0256M(NLE)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Emphasises that, although serious concerns remain regarding competitive disadvantages for EU farmers generated by the initial association agreement, this updated text does not alter the tariff rate quotas and the preferential import regime previously established, while it only provides European producers with a clarification on the geographical scope of the agreement;
2018/10/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 59 #

2018/0256M(NLE)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
10. Points out that the EU and Morocco have negotiated, as set out in the initial agreement concluded in 2012, an ambitious and comprehensive agreement on protecting the geographical indications and designations of origin of agricultural products, processed agricultural products, fish and fishery products that provides for the protection by Morocco of the full list of the EU’s geographical indications; points out, furthermore, that the procedure for concluding the agreement, which began in 2015, was suspended following the Court’s judgment of 21 December 2016; calls for that procedure to be resumed and finalised as soon as possible in conjunction with the conclusion of the agreement considered in this opinion, encompassing some geographical indications and designations of origin which were unduly excluded at the start of the negotiations.
2018/10/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 33 #

2018/0236(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 23 – paragraph 1
'Copernicus core users' which benefit from Copernicus data and Copernicus information and have the additional role of driving the evolution of Copernicus, comprising the Union institutions and bodies and European national, or regional public bodies entrusted with a public service mission for the definition, implementation, enforcement or monitoring of agricultural, environmental, civil protection, safety or security policies;
2018/09/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 34 #

2018/0236(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 23 – paragraph 2
‘other Copernicus users’ which benefit from Copernicus data and Copernicus information and include in particular research and education organisations, commercial and private bodies, legal entities, charities, non-governmental organisations, and international organisations.
2018/09/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 38 #

2018/0236(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) provide, or contribute to the provision of, high-quality and up-to-date and, where appropriate, secure space- related data, information and services without interruption and wherever possible at global level, meeting existing and future needs and able to meet the Union's political priorities, including as regards climate change, food security and security and defence;
2018/09/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 40 #

2018/0236(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) promote the role of the Union in the international arena as a leading actor in the space sector and strengthening its role in tackling global challenges and supporting global initiatives, including with regards to climate change, food security and sustainable development.
2018/09/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 44 #

2018/0236(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The financial envelope for the implementation of the Programme for the period 2021 – 2027 shall be EUR [168,75] billion in current prices.
2018/09/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 45 #

2018/0236(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) for Galileo and EGNOS: EUR [9,710] billion;
2018/09/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 46 #

2018/0236(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b
(b) for Copernicus: EUR [5,88,75] billion;
2018/09/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 58 #

2018/0236(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 50 – paragraph 1 – point a – indent 3
– land monitoring and agriculture to provide information on land cover and soils, land use and land use change, urban areas, inland water quantity and quality, forests, agriculture and other natural resources, biodiversity and cryosphere;
2018/09/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 60 #

2018/0236(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 50 – paragraph 1 – point a – indent 4
– climate monitoring change to provide information on anthropogenic CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions, essential climate variables, climate reanalyses, seasonal forecasts, climate projections and attribution, as well as soil erosion or other indicators at relevant temporal and spatial scales;
2018/09/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 77 #

2018/0231(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44
(44) A high level of health protection through the agricultural and food supply chain is necessary to allow the internal market to operate efficiently. A safe and sustainable agricultural and food supply chain is a prerequisite for society and for the internal market. Cross border health crises and food scares disrupt the functioning of the internal market by limiting the movements of persons and goods and disrupting production. In order to prevent cross border health crises and food scares, the Programme should support concrete actions, such as establishing emergency measures in the event of crisis situations and unforeseeable events affecting animal and plant health.
2018/11/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 88 #

2018/0231(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 47
(47) OIn view of an increasingly globalised agricultural and food supply chain, official controls carried out by the Member States are an essential tool for verifying and monitoring that relevant Union requirements are being implemented, complied with and enforced, in particular with regard to imported agricultural and food products. The effectiveness and efficiency of official control systems is vital for maintaining a high level of safety for humans, animals and plants along the food chain whilst ensuring a high level of protection of the environment and of animal welfare. Union financial support should be made available for such control measures. In particular, a financial contribution should be available to Union reference laboratories in order to help them bear the costs arising from the implementation of work programmes approved by the Commission. Moreover, since the effectiveness of official controls also depends on the availability to the control authorities of well trained staff with an appropriate knowledge of Union law, the Union should be able to contribute to their training and relevant exchange programmes organised by competent authorities.
2018/11/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 98 #

2018/0231(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
This Regulation establishes the Single Market programme for improvistreng the functioning of the internal market and theimproving its functioning in the fields of competitiveness of enterprises, includingespecially micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, agricultural and food supply chain and the framework for financing of development, production and dissemination of European statistics within the meaning of Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 (the 'Programme').
2018/11/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 120 #

2018/0231(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) contributing to a high level of health for humans, animals and plants along the foodagricultural and food supply chain and in related areas, including by preventing and eradicating diseases and pests, also by means of emergency measures in the event of large-scale crisis situations and unforeseeable events affecting animal or plant health, and to support the improvement of the welfare of animals as well as a sustainable agri-food production and consumption; (The change from "food chain" to "agricultural and food supply chain" applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.)
2018/11/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 147 #

2018/0231(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall implement information and communication actions relating to the Programme, andin order to raise awareness among consumers, citizens, businesses, especially in the agricultural and food supply chain, about the resources provided through the financial instruments of this Regulation, as well as about its actions and results. Financial resources allocated to the Programme shall also contribute to the corporate communication of the political priorities of the Union, as far as they are related to the objectives referred to in Article 3.
2018/11/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 64 #

2018/0225(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point k
(k) involving citizeneffectively citizens, relevant stakeholders and end-users in co- design and co-creation processes, strengthening the multi-actor approach;
2018/09/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 66 #

2018/0225(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point l
(l) improving science communication with a view to promoting social and political awareness of the potential of promising emerging tools and technologies.
2018/09/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 70 #

2018/0225(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point e
(e) cluster Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources', as described in Annex I, Pillar II, section 5; (The change from "cluster Food and Natural Resources" to "cluster Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources" applies throughout the text.)
2018/09/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 75 #

2018/0225(COD)

1. For each mission, a mission board may be established. It shall be composed of around 15 high level individuals including relevant stakeholders and end-users' representatives. The mission board shall advise upon the following:
2018/09/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 85 #

2018/0225(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex I – paragraph 3
It will include extensive consultations and exchanges with Member States, the European Parliament as appropriate, and with various stakeholders about priorities, including missions, under the 'Global Challenges and Industrial Competitiveness' pillar, and the suitable types of action to use, in particular European partnerships. Such consultations should promote exchanges with the private sector in order to better leverage its participation and investments, helping to deliver innovations with exploitation potential.
2018/09/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 87 #

2018/0225(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex I – paragraph 5
The Strategic Planning will help to develop and realise the implementation of policy for the relevant areas covered, at EU level as well as complementing policy and policy approaches in the Member States. EU policy priorities and the ongoing activities of relevant stakeholder groups to realise these priorities will be taken into consideration during the Strategic Planning process to increase the contribution of research and innovation to the realisation of policy. It will also take into account foresight activities, public and private sector studies and other scientific evidence and take account of relevant existing initiatives at EU and national level.
2018/09/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 99 #

2018/0225(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 1 – point 1.1 – paragraph 3
Health research and innovation research and innovation have played a significant part in this achievement but also in improving productivity and quality in the health and care industry. However, the EU continues to face novel, newly emerging or persisting challenges that are threatening its citizens and public health, the sustainability of its health care and social protection systems, as well as the competitiveness of its health and care industry. Major health challenges in the EU include: the lack of effective health promotion and disease prevention; the rise of non-communicable diseases; the spread of antimicrobial drug resistance and the emergence of infectious epidemics; increased environmental pollution; poor diets and malnutrition; the persistence of health inequalities among and within countries affecting disproportionally people that are disadvantaged or in vulnerable stages of life; the detection, understanding, control, prevention and mitigation of health risks in a rapidly changing social, urban and natural environment; the increasing costs for European health care systems and the progressive introduction of personalised medicine approaches and digitalisation in health and care; and the increasing pressure on the European health and care industry to remain competitive in and by developing health innovation vis-a-vis new and emerging global players.
2018/09/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 100 #

2018/0225(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 1 – point 1.1 – paragraph 7
Activities will contribute directly to the following Sustainable Development Goal (SDGs) in particular: SDG 2 - Zero Hunger; SDG 3 – Good Health and Well- Being for People; SDG13 – Climate Action.
2018/09/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 101 #

2018/0225(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 1 – point 1.2 – point 1.2.1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Improved nutrition and personalised nutrition throughout the life course.
2018/09/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 112 #

2018/0225(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.1 – paragraph 2
Meeting the goals of sustainable development, guaranteeing the production and consumption of safe, nutritious and healthy food, promoting sustainable practices in agriculture, aquaculture, fisheries and forestry, ensuring access to clean water, soil and air for all, cleaning up the seas and oceans, preserving and restoring the planet’s vital natural systems and environment requires that we harness the potential of research and innovation. But the pathways for the transition to sustainability and ways to overcome resilient barriers are hardly understood. Making the transition to sustainable consumption and production and restoring planetary health requires investing in technologies, new business models, and social and environmental innovation. This creates new opportunities for a sustainable, resilient, innovative and responsible European economy, boosting resource efficiency, productivity and competitiveness, and generating jobs and growth.
2018/09/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 122 #

2018/0225(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.1 – paragraph 4
They will help to maintain and enhance the provision of biodiversity and secure the long-term provision of ecosystem services, climate adaptation and carbon sequestration (both on land and sea). They will help reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) and other emissions, waste and pollution from primary production (both terrestrial and aquatic), processing, consumption and other human activities. They will trigger investments, supporting the shift towards a circular economy, bioeconomy and blue economy, whilst protecting environmental health and integrity. They will support identifying solutions to boost the multi functionality of European agriculture and to strengthen the production of local food.
2018/09/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 127 #

2018/0225(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.1 – paragraph 5
They will also foster participatory approaches to research and innovation, including the multi-actor approach and develop knowledge and innovation systems at local, regional, national and European levels. Social innovation with citizens' engagement and trust in innovation and food systems - through an increasing transparency of the food chain - will be crucial to encourage new governance, production and consumption patterns.
2018/09/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 135 #

2018/0225(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.1 – paragraph 8
Activities will contribute directly to the achievement of the following Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in particular: SDG 2 – Zero Hunger; SD 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation; SDG 11 – Sustainable Cities and Communities; SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production; SDG 13 – Climate Action; SDG 14 – Life Below Water; SDG 15 - Life on Land.
2018/09/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 148 #

2018/0225(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.3 – paragraph 1
Resilient and sustainable farming and forestry systems provide economic, environmental and social benefits in a changing context for primary production. In addition to contributing toensuring food and nutrition security, they feed into dynamic value chains, manage land and natural resources as well as deliver a range of vital public goods including carbon sequestration, biodiversity preservation, pollination and public health. Integrated approaches are needed to promote the multiple functions of agro- and forest (eco)systems taking into account the changing context for primary production, notably in relation to climate and environment, resource availability, competitiveness, demography and consumption patterns. It is also necessary to address the spatial and socio-economic dimension of agriculture and forestry activities and mobilise the potential of rural areas, according to the main objectives of the Common Agricultural Policy.
2018/09/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 194 #

2018/0225(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.5 – paragraph 1
The combined effects of population growth, resource scarcity and overexploitation, environmental degradation, climate change and migration create unprecedented challenges which require food system transformation (FOOD 2030).20 Current food production and consumption are largelypatterns are to some extent unsustainable while we are confronted with the double burden of malnutrition, characterised by the coexistence of undernutrition and obesity. Future food systems need to deliver sufficient safe, healthy, diverse, affordable and quality food for all, underpinned by resource efficiency, economic and environmental sustainability (including the reduction of GHG emissions, pollution and waste production), linking land and sea, reducing food waste, enhancing food production from the seas and oceans and encompassing the entire 'food value chain' from producers to consumers – and back again. This needs to go hand in hand with development of the food safety system of the future and the design, development and delivery of tools, technologies and digital solutions that provide significant benefits for producers and consumers and improve the competitiveness and sustainability of the food value chain. Furthermore, there is a need to foster behavioural changes in food consumption and production patterns towards nutritious and healthy diets, as well as to engage primary producers, industry (including SMEs), retailers, food service sectors, consumers, and public services. _________________ 20 SWD(2016) 319 final: European Research and Innovation for Food and Nutrition Security
2018/09/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 206 #

2018/0225(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.5 – paragraph 2 – indent 7
– Innovation and food systems for place-based innovation and empowerment of communities, fostering fair food chains through fair trade and pricing, inclusiveness and sustainability through, promoting partnerships among the various actors of the food chain and between industry, local authorities, researchers and society.
2018/09/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 212 #

2018/0225(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.6 – paragraph 1
Bio-based innovation lays the foundations for the transition away from a fossil-based economy by encompassing the sustainable sourcing, industrial processing and conversion of biomass from land and sea into bio-based materials and products. It also capitalises on the potential of living resources, life sciences and, industrial and agricultural biotechnology for new discoveries, products and processes. Bio- based innovation, including technologies, can bring new economic activities and employment to regions and cities, contribute to revitalising rural and coastal economies and strengthen the circularity of the bioeconomy.
2018/09/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 213 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 6
(3) Article 6 is deleted;
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 218 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 6
(3a) Article 6 Marketing years The following marketing years shall be established: (a) 1 January to 31 December of a given year for the fruit and vegetables, processed fruit and vegetables and banana sectors; (b) 1 April to 31 March of the following year for the dried fodder and silkworm sectors; (c) 1 July to 30 June of the following year for: (i) the cereals sector; (ii) the seeds sector; (iii) the olive oil and table olives sector; (iv) the flax and hemp sector; (v) the milk and milk products sector; (d) 1 August to 31 July of the following year for the wine sector; (e) 1 September to 31 August of the following year for the rice sector; (f) 1 October to 30 September of the following year for the sugar sector. content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32013R1308&qid=1543596647377&from=EN)is replaced by the following "Article 6 Marketing years The following marketing years shall be established: (a) 1 August to 31 July of the following year for the wine sector. " Or. en (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 248 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 b (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 17 – point i a (new)
(3b) In Article 17, the following point is inserted: " (i) rice. "
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 308 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 63 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States may make authorisations for new plantings available every two or three years, provided that the increase in the total area planted with vines is no more than the sum of the annual increase in the total area planted with vines under point (a) or (b) of this paragraph.
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 312 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 63 – paragraph 3 – point b
(5a) in Article 63, paragraph 3, point (b) is replaced by the following: "(b) the need to avoid a well-demonstrated risk of significant devaluation of a particular protected designation of origin or a protected geographical indication. " Or. it (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02013R1308- 20180101&from=FR)
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 317 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 b (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 63 – paragraph 4 a (new)
(5b) In Article 63, the following paragraph is added: " 4a. Member States may establish a national reserve. The following authorisations may be allocated to the national reserve: a. planting rights for which producers have not submitted a request of conversion by 31 December 2020, according to the possibility provided for by the transitional provisions laid down by article 68, and/or b. Unused authorizations for new plantings and /or c. Unused authorisations of replantings d. Planting authorisations deriving from the abandoned vineyards (as defined in regulation (UE) 2018/273, article 2, paragraph 1, letter d); "
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 321 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 b (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 64 – paragraph 2 – point h a (new)
(5b) in Article 64, paragraph 2, the following point is added: " (ha) producers aged 40 or younger (young farmers) who at the date of submission of the aid application are already managing a holding specialising in crops for wine production. "
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 332 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 c (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 64 – paragraph 2 – point f
(5c) In Article 64(2), point (f) is amended as follows: "(f) areas to be newly planted which contribute to increasing the competitiveness at farmof the holding and regional level; (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32013R1308&from=, at national and international level; " Or. en)
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 342 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 d (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 75 – paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
(5d) In Article 75, paragraph 1, the following point is added: " (ia) rice; "
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 344 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 e (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 75 – paragraph 1 – point i b (new)
(5e) In Article 75, paragraph 1, the following point is added: " (ib) honey; "
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 345 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 f (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 75 – paragraph 1 – point i c (new)
(5f) In Article 75, paragraph 1, the following point is added: " (ic) beehive products; "
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 366 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 81 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) the variety concerned belongs to the species Vitis vinifera or Vitis Labrusca; or
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 376 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
By way of derogation from the second subparagraph, Member States may authorise the replanting of Vitis Labrusca in existing historical vineyards as long as the existing planted surface of Vitis Labrusca is not increased.
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 379 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 92 – paragraph 1
(8a) In Article 92, the first paragraph is amended as follows: “1. Rules on designations of origin, geographical indications and traditional terms laid down in this Section shall apply only to the products referred to in points 1, 3 to 6, 8, 9, 11, 15 and 16 of Part II of Annex VII. (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02013R1308-Or. en 20180101&from=FR)
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 424 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 17
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 116 a – paragraph 3
3. Within the Union, the competent authority referred to in paragraph 2 or one or more delegated bodies within the meaning of point (5) of Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 operating as a product certification body in accordance with the criteria laid down in Chapter III of Title II of that Regulation, shall verify annual compliance with the product specification, during the wine production and during or after conditioning, including in the Member State in which the production of the wine takes place.
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 433 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point a
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 119 – paragraph 1
Labelling and presentation of the products referred to in points 1 to 11, 13, 15, 16, 18 and 19 of Part II of Annex VII marketed in the Union or for export shall contain the following compulsory particulars:;
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 443 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point a a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 119 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
Art 119 (1) (aa) In Article 119, paragraph 1, the following point is added: “(ga) the mandatory nutrition declaration, that may be limited to the energy value only;” Or. en (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32013R1308&qid=1543596647377&from=EN)
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 453 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point b a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 119 – paragraph 4 a (new)
(b a) In Article 119, paragraph 1, the following paragraph is added: “4a. The energy value shall be: (a) expressed with numbers and words or symbols; (b) calculated using the conversion factors listed in Annex XIV of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011; (c) expressed per 100ml; in addition, it may be expressed per consumption unit, easily recognisable by the consumer, provided that the unit used is quantified on the label and that the number of units contained in the package is stated; (d) expressed in average values based on: (i) the producer’s analysis of the wine; or(ii) a calculation from generally established and accepted data based on average values of typical and characteristic wines.”
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 496 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 151 – paragraph 1
(22a) in Article 151, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: “From 1 April 2015, the first purchasers of raw milk shall declare to the competent national authority the quantity of raw milk that has been delivered to them each month. (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32013R1308&from=en) and the average price charged. If the first purchaser is a cooperative, the average price will be communicated at the end of the marketing year referred to in point (c)(v) of Article 6 of this Regulation. Or. it
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 543 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22 b (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 164 – paragraph 1
(22b) The text of Article 164(1) is replaced by the following: “In cases where a recognised producer organisation, a recognised association of producer organisations or a recognised interbranch organisation, operating in athe tobacco specific economic area or areas of a Member Statetor on a transnational basis in the economic area of the European Union, is considered to be representative of the production of or trade in, or processing of, a given product, the Member State concerned tobacco, the European Union may, at the request of that organisation, make binding for a limited period of time some of the agreements, decisions or concerted practices agreed within that organisation on other operators acting in the economic area or areas in questtobacco sector in the economic area of the European Union, whether individuals or groups, who do not belong to the organisation or association. ” Or. it (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32013R1308&qid=1543596647377&from=EN)
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 557 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22 b (new)
(22b) Article 167a is inserted Article 167a Marketing rules to improve and stabilize the operation of the common market in olives and olive oil 1. In order to improve and stabilize the operation of the common market in olives and olive oil, producer Member States may lay down marketing rules to regulate supply, particularly by way of decisions taken by interbranch organizations recognized under Articles 157 and 158.Such rules shall be proportionate to the objective pursued and shall not:(a) relate to any transaction after the first marketing of the produce concerned; (b) allow for price fixing, including where prices are set for guidance or recommendation; (c) render unavailable an excessive proportion of harvest that would otherwise be available; 2. The rules provided for in paragraph 1 shall be brought to the attention of operators by being published in full in an official publication of the Member State concerned. 3.Member States shall notify the Commission of any decisions taken under this Article.
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 637 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 31 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Annex VII – part –1 (new)
(31a) In Annex VII, the following part is inserted: -1. Meat, meat products and meat preparations For the purposes of this Part of this Annex, “meat” means the edible parts of the animals as referred to in points 1.2 to 1.8 of Annex I of the Regulation EC 853/2004, including blood. The meat-related terms and names that fall under Article 17 of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 and that are currently used for meat and meat cuts shall be reserved exclusively for edible parts of the animals. “Meat preparations” mean fresh meat, including meat that has been reduced to fragments, which has had foodstuffs, seasonings or additives added to it or which has undergone processes that do not alter the internal muscle fibre structure of the meat enough for the characteristics of fresh meat to be eliminated. “Meat products” means processed products resulting from the processing of meat or from the further processing of such processed products, so that the cut surface shows that the product no longer has the characteristics of fresh meat. Names that fall under Article 17 of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 that are currently used for meat products and meat preparations shall be reserved exclusively for products containing meat. Poultry products and cuts defined in Regulation (EU) No 543/2008, which lays down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EU) No 1234/2007 as regards the marketing standards for poultry meat shall be reserved exclusively for edible parts of the animals and products containing poultry meat.
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 690 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 b (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. For the purpose of this Regulation, ‘designation of origin’ is a name which identifies a product: (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32012R1151&from=IT)(2b) In Article 5, paragraph 1, the introductory part is modified as following: “1. For the purpose of this Regulation, ‘designation of origin’ is a name traditionally used in a specific place which identifies a product:” Or. en
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 691 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. For the purpose of this Regulation, ‘geographical indication’ is a name which identifies a product: (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32012R1151&from=IT)(2a) In article 5, paragraph 2, the introduction part is modified as following: “2. For the purpose of this Regulation, ‘geographical indication’ is a name traditionally used in a specific place which identifies a product:” Or. en
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 712 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012
Article 13 – paragraph 1
(5a) In Article 13, the paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: “1. Registered names shall be protected against: (a) any direct or indirect commercial use of a registered name in respect of products not covered by the registration where those products are comparable to the products registered under that name or where using the name exploits, weakens or dilutes the reputation of the protected name, including when those products are used as an ingredient; (b) any misuse, imitation or evocation, even if the true origin of the products or services is indicated or if the protected name is translated or accompanied by an expression such as ‘style’, ‘type’, ‘method’, ‘as produced in’, ‘imitation’ or similar, including when those products are used as an ingredient; (c) any other false or misleading indication as to the provenance, origin, nature or essential qualities of the product that is used on the inner or outer packaging, advertising material or documents relating to the product concerned, and the packing of the product in a container liable to convey a false impression as to its origin; (d) any other practice liable to mislead the consumer as to the true origin of the product. Where a protected designation of origin or a protected geographical indication contains within it the name of a product which is considered to be generic, the use of that generic name shall not be considered to be contrary to points (a) or (b) of the first subparagraph. (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32012R1151&from=IT)” Or. en
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 735 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012
Article 53 – paragraph 2 – last subparagraph
Amendments shall be scrutinised taking into account other elements of the product specifications. Where appropriate, the Commission or the Member State concerned may invite the applicant to modify other elements of the product specificationsThe scrutiny of the application shall focus on the proposed amendment.
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 738 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 14 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012
Article 53 – paragraph 3 a new
(14a) In Article 53 (3a) (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32012R1151&from=IT), the following paragraph is added: “3a. The Commission shall adopt guidelines setting out criteria and a common methodology for the implementation and enforcement of the administrative process of Union and standard amendments to product specifications, in order to assure coherence in the implementation of standard amendments at national level. Within 3 year of entry into force of the reform, the Commission shall carry out a first evaluation of the effectiveness of the administrative process of Union and standard amendments to product specification, in order to assess the impact and coherence of the reform implementation at national level. Following the evaluation, the Commission shall present a report of the main findings to the European Parliament and to the Council.” Or. en
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 747 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 c (new)
Regulation (EU) No 251/2014
Article 3 – paragraph 4 a (new)
(3c) in Article 4, the following paragraph is added: “(4a) The oenological practices defined in Commission Regulation (EU) No 606/2009 shall apply to aromatised wine products.”
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 748 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 251/2014
Article 5 – paragraph 5 a (new)
(4a) In article 5 the following new paragraph is added: “5a. Where aromatised wine products are to be exported to third countries, Member States may permit sales denominations other than those set out in Annex II if such sales denominations are required by the legislation of the third country in question. Those sale denomination may appear in languages other than the official languages of the Union.”
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 749 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 4 b (new)
Regulation (EU) No 251/2014
Article 5 – paragraph 5 b (new)
(4b) The following paragraph is added: “5b) The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 33 to amend Annex II to this Regulation in order to take into account technical progress, scientific and market developments, consumers’ health or consumer need for information.”
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 750 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 4 e (new)
Regulation (EU) No 251/2014
Article 6 – paragraph 3 a (new)
(4e) In the article 6, the following is inserted: 3a. “The vintage year may appear on the labels of products provided that the grapevine product represents at least 75% of the total volume and that at least 85% of the grapes used to make those products have been harvested in the year in question.”
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 752 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 4 c (new)
Regulation (EU) No 251/2014
Article 7 a (new)
(4c) A new article is inserted: “Article 7a Nutritional declaration 1. The nutritional declaration of aromatised wine products, that may be limited to the energy value only, shall be indicated on the label. 2. The energy value shall be: (a) expressed with numbers and words or symbols; (b) calculated using the conversion factor listed in ANNEX XIV of Regulation (EU) 1169/2011; (c) average values based on: (i) The producer’s analysis of the aromatised wine product; or (ii) A calculation from generally established and accepted data. (d) expressed per 100ml. In addition, it may be expressed per consumption unit, easily recognizable by the consumer, provided that the unit used is quantified on the label and that the number of units contained in the package is stated. 3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 33 to further detail the rules for the indication of the energy value of aromatised wine products.”
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 753 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 4 d (new)
Regulation (EU) No 251/2014
Article 7 b (new)
(4d) a new article is inserted: “Article 7b List of ingredients 1. The list of ingredients of aromatised wine products, shall be indicated on the label or by means other than on the package or on the label. 2. When the list of ingredients is provided by means other than on the package or on the label, the information shall be easily accessible and specific, and visually separated from marketing content for the wine. 3. Ingredients shall be designated by their specific name. The base wine used should be considered a single basic product. As a consequence, listing of its ingredients should not be necessary. 4. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 33 to further detail the rules for the indication of the list of ingredients of aromatised wine products.
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 755 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 251/2014
Article 37 – paragraph 2 a (new)
(7a) In article 37, the following paragraph is inserted: “Articles 7a shall apply from 3 years after the publication of this Regulation (EU) 2019/...* Articles 7b shall apply from 5 years after the publication of this Regulation (EU) 2019/...*” Or. en (To be coordinate with new article 7a and new article 7b of the author)
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 756 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 7 b (new)
Regulation (EU) No 251/2014
Annex I – point 1 – point a – point iii a (new)
(7b) in Annex I, paragraph 1, point a, the following point iiia) is added: “(iiia) Spirit drinks (no more than 1% of the overall quantity).”
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 757 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 7 c (new)
Regulation (EU) No 251/2014
Annex I – point 2 – point f
(7c) in Annex I, point 2, point f) is replaced by the following: “(f) any other natural substances having a similar effect to those products, including steviol glycoside.”
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 758 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 7 d (new)
Regulation (EU) No 251/2014
Annex I – point 3 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
(7d) In Annex I, point 3, the following subparagraph is inserted: “Ethyl alcohol used quantum satis in the production process is not considered an addition of alcohol if the aromatisation does not lead to an increase of the total alcoholic strength of more than 1.2%.”
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 759 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 7 e (new)
Regulation (EU) No 251/2014
Annex II – section A – point 3
(7e) In Section A of Annex II, the point 3 is replaced by the following: “3)Vermouth: Aromatised wine: - whose characteristic taste has been obtained by the use of appropriate substances of Artemisia species.”
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 761 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 7 g (new)
Regulation (EU) No 251/2014
Annex II – Section B – point 8
(7g) Section B of Annex II point 8 is replaced by the following: “(8) Glühwein Aromatised wine-based drink -which is obtained exclusively from red and/or white wine, -which is flavoured mainly with cinnamon and/or cloves, and -which has an actual alcoholic strength by volume of not less than 7 % vol. Without prejudice to the quantities of water resulting from the application of Annex I, point 2, the addition of water is forbidden. Where it has been prepared from white wine, the sales denomination ‘Glühwein’ must be supplemented by words indicating white wine, such as the word ‘white’.”
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 322 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
An agricultural reserve intended to provide additional support for the agricultural sector for the purpose of market management or stabilisation or in the caseto be mobilized in order to promptly and effectively respond to crisis affecting the production of crises affecting the agricultural production or distribution (“the agricultural reserve”) shall be established at the beginning of each year in the EAGF.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 333 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Appropriations for the agricultural reserve shall be entered directly in the Union's budget. and mobilized during the financial year(s) when additional support is required, for the financing of the following measures:
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 338 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a (new)
(a) measures to take over the income stabilization instruments referred to in Article 70 of Regulation (EU) ... / ... [CAP Strategic Plans Regulation] in the event of a market crisis having a frequency higher than a predefined threshold per sector.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 341 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b (new)
(b) market disturbance prevention and management measures provided for in Articles 219, 220 and 221 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, proposed by the European Commission and implemented after the measures set out in point a of Article14 (1) subparagraph 2
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 354 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The amount of the agricultural reserve shall be gradually established over the period 2021-2027 through an annual financial allocation of at least EUR 400 million in current prices at the beginning of each year of the period 2021-2027to reach a maximum of EUR 1.5 billions. The Commission may adjust the amount of the agricultural reserve during the year when appropriate in view of market developments or perspectives in the current or following year and taking into account available appropriations under the EAGF.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 543 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 2
2. The sums referred to in paragraph 1 shall be paid into the Union's budget and, in the event of reuse,budget of the Union and shall be used exclusively to finance EAGF or EAFRD expenditure respectively and shall predominantly cover the agricultural reserve established under the EAGF within the limits laid down in Article 14.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 796 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
In the case of non-compliance due to negligence, the percentage of reduction shall be as a general rule maximum 3% of the total amount of the payments referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 454 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
(1) The Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions entitled ‘The Future of Food and Farming’ of 29 November 2017 sets out the challenges, objectives and orientations for the future Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) after 2020. These objectives include, inter alia, the need for the CAP to be more result-driven, to boost modernisation and sustainability, including the economic, social, environmental and climate sustainability of the agricultural, forestry and rural areas, and to help reducing the Union legislation- related administrative burden for beneficiaries. The new policy should also simplify matters for beneficiaries and guarantee them an adequate income.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 491 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) In order to retain the essential Union-wide elements to ensure comparability between Member State decisions, without however limiting Member States in reaching Union objectives, a framework definition for ‘agricultural area’ should be set out. The related framework definitions for ‘arable land’, ‘permanent crops’ and ‘permanent grassland’ should be set out in a broad way to allow Member States to further specify definitions according to their local conditions. The framework definition for ‘arable land’ should be laid down in a way that allows Member States to cover different production forms, including system such as agroforestry and arable areas with shrubs and trees and that requires the inclusion of fallow land areas in order to ensure the decoupled nature of the interventions. The framework definition of ‘permanent crops’ should include both areas actually used for production and not, as well as nurseries and short rotation coppice to be defined by Member States. The framework definition of ‘permanent grassland’ should be set in a way that allows Member States to specify further criteria and allows them to include species other than grasses or other herbaceous forage that can be grazed or that may produce animal feed, whether used for actual production or not. In view of the simplification objective, the framework definitions should avoid additional burdens or pursuing agronomic or economic requirements that are unrealistic for farmers.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 503 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
(6) Synergies between the EAFRD and Horizon Europe should encourage that the EAFRD makes the best use of research and innovation results, in particular those stemming from projects funded by Horizon Europe and the European Innovation Partnership (EIP) for ‘agricultural productivity and sustainability’, leading to innovations that have a direct positive impact in the farming sector and rural areas.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 613 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
(17) The CAP should keep ensuring food security, which should be understood as meaning access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food at all times. Moreover, it should help improving the response of Union agriculture to new societal demands on food and health, including sustainable agricultural production, healthier nutrition, food waste and animal welfare. The CAP should continue to promote production with specific and valuable characteristics, while at the same time helping farmers to proactively adjust their production according to market signals, for instance by preventing supply excesses in sectors characterised by excess production, and consumers’ demands.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 669 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
(24) Member States should set up farm advisory services for the purpose of improving the sustainable management and overall performance of agricultural holdings and rural businesses, covering economic, environmental and social dimensions, and to identify the necessary improvements as regards all measures at farm level provided for in the CAP Strategic Plans. These farm advisory services should help farmers and other beneficiaries of CAP support to become more aware of the relationship between farm management and land management on the one hand, and certain standards, requirements and information, including environmental and climate ones, on the other hand. The list of the latter includes standards applying to or necessary for farmers and other CAP beneficiaries and set in the CAP Strategic Plan, as well as those stemming from the legislation on water, on the sustainable use of pesticides, as well as the initiatives to combat antimicrobial resistance and the management of risks. In order to enhance the quality and effectiveness of the advice, Member States should integrate farm advisory bodies within the Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS), in order to be able to deliver up- to-date technological and scientific information developed by research and innovation.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 863 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43
(43) Young farmers and new entrants still face significant barriers regarding access to land, high prices and access to credit. Their businesses are more threatened by price volatility (for both inputs and produce) and their needs in terms of training in entrepreneurial and risk management skills are high. It is therefore essential to continue the support for the setting up of new businesses and new farms. Member States should provide for a strategic approach and identify a clear and coherent set of interventions for generational renewal under the specific objective dedicated to this issue. To this aimat end, Member States mayshould set in their CAP Strategic Plans preferential conditions for specific financial instruments for young farmers and new entrants, and should include in their CAP Strategic Plan the ring-fencing of at least an amount corresponding to 24% of the annual direct payments' envelope. An increase of the maximum amount of aid for the installation of young farmers and rural business start- ups, up to EUR 100. 000, which can be accessed also through, or in combination with, support in the form of specific financial instrument form of supports, should be established.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 963 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 55
(55) In order to ensure a clear strategic nature of these CAP Strategic Plans, and to facilitate the links with other Union policies, and notably with established long- term national targets deriving from Union legislation or international agreements such as those related to climate change, forests, biodiversity, and water, it is appropriate that there should be one single CAP Strategic Plan per Member State. Taking into account the administrative structure of Member States, the Strategic Plan shall, where appropriate, include regionalised rural development interventions.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1002 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 60
(60) Considering that flexibility should be accorded to Member States as regards the choice of delegating part of the design and implementation of the CAP Strategic Plan at regional level on the basis of avia Regional Intervention Programs in coherence with the national framework, in order to facilitate co- ordination among the regions in addressing nation-wide challenges, it is appropriate that the CAP Strategic Plans provide a description of the interplay between national and regional interventions.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1036 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 72
(72) In a context where Member States will have much more flexibility and subsidiarity on the design of interventions, networks are a key tool to drive and steer policy and to ensure sufficient attention and capacity in the Member States. A single network should ensure better coordination between networking activities at the Union and at the national and regional levels. The European and national CAP network replace the current European Network for Rural Development (ENRD) and EIP for ‘agricultural productivity and sustainability’ networks and the National Rural Networks, in the form of a platform providing for more exchange of knowledge in order to capture the results and added value of the policy at European level, particularly the Horizon Europe policy. In the same perspective of improvement of the exchange of knowledge and innovation, an EIP for ‘agricultural productivity and sustainability’ is set up, implementing the interactive innovation model in accordance with the methodology outlined in this Regulation.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1078 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) CAP Strategic Plans to be drawn up by Member States, States and,where appropriate, together with Regions setting targets, defining interventions and allocating financial resources, in line with the specific objectives and identified needs;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1085 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. This Regulation applies to Union support financed by the EAGF and the EAFRD for interventions specified in a CAP Strategic Plan drawn up by the Member States and approved by the Commission, covering the period from 1 January 20213 to 31 December 20279.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1108 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point h – point i
(i) a public or private law body, an entity with or without legal personality or a natural person, responsible for initiating or both initiating and implementing operations;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1109 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point h – point ii
(ii) in the context of State aid schemes, the bodentity which receives the aid;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1114 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
(i a) 'smart villages' are communities in rural areas that develop smart solutions to deal with challenges in their local context. They build on existing local strengths and opportunities to engage in a process of sustainable development of their territories. They rely on a participatory approach to develop and implement their strategies to improve their economic, social and environmental conditions, in particular by promoting innovation and mobilizing solutions offered by digital technologies. Smart villages benefit from cooperation and alliances with other communities and actors in rural and urban areas. The initiation and the implementation of smart village strategies may build on existing initiatives and can be funded by a variety of public and private sources;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1125 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States and, where appropriate, in collaboration with Regions, shall provide in their CAP Strategic Plan the definitions of agricultural activity, agricultural area, eligible hectare, genuine farmer and young farmer:
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1188 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii a (new)
(iii a) When evaluating compliance with the conditions for being head of the holding, Member States shall take into account the arrangements for the participation of various members in the leadership of associations, provided they are actively involved in the management of the holding
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1223 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) 'genuine farmers' shall be defined in a way to ensure that no support is granted to those whose agricultural activity forms only an insignificant part of their overall economic activities or whose principal business activity is not agricultural, while not precluding from support pluri-active farmers. The definition shall allow to determine which farmers are not considered genuine farmers, based on conditions such as income tests, labour inputs on the farm, company object and/or inclusion in registers. The definition shall take into consideration the changes to the definition of ‘active farmer’ made in Regulation (EU) 2017/2393 (Omnibus), which means that Member States shall use at least one of the eligibility criteria for determining who is a genuine farmer. Moreover, Member States shall be required to use the criterion for defining 'genuine farmers'.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1289 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) 'short supply chain' shall mean a supply chain to consumers from farms which are committed to promoting cooperation, local economic development and close relations with local society and the local area.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1326 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) to strengthen the socio-economic fabric of rural areas; to help create jobs and employment in general.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1336 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Those objectives shall be complemented by the cross-cutting objective of gender mainstreaming, of modernising the sector by fostering and sharing of knowledge, innovation and digitalisation in agriculture and rural areas, and encouraging their uptake, particularly within the AKIS framework.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1346 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) support viable farm income and resilience across the Union to enhance food security and providing secure, safe and high quality food for over 500 million of EU consumers;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1375 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) enhance market orientation and increase competitiveness, including greater focus on quality differentiation, research, technology and digitalisation;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1390 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) improve the farmers' position in the value chains;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1441 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) attract young farmers and facilitate business development in rural areasthe starting-up of new farms by young people;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1451 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) pPromote employment and provide incentives for job creation, growth, social inclusion and local development in rural areas, including bio-economy and sustainable forestry;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1468 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) improve the response of EU agriculture to societal demands on food quality, security and health, including safe, nutritious andthe mandatory labelling of origin, environmental sustainable foodility, food waste, as well asnd animal welfare.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1502 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. When pursuing the specific objectives Member States shall ensure simplification and performance of the CAP support through a tangible reduction of administrative burdens.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1521 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) impact indicators related to the objectives set out in Articles 5 and 6(1), but also considering external factors beyond the influence of farmers and foresters, and used in the context of the CAP Strategic Plans and of the CAP.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1549 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Member States and, where appropriate, Regions shall pursue the objectives set out in Title II by specifying interventions based on the types of interventions set out in Chapters II, III and IV of this Title in accordance with the common requirements set out in this Chapter.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1553 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Member States and, where appropriate, in collaboration with regions, shall design the interventions of their CAP Strategic Plans in accordance with the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and the general principles of Union law.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1557 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Member States and, where appropriate, in collaboration with regions, shall ensure that interventions are set out on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria, are compatible with the internal market and do not distort competition.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1562 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Member States may opt for certain elements of the strategic plan to be established at regional level, thus promoting the coherence of the overall strategy. Regional bodies may be tasked only with managing and implementing rural development measures.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1563 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Member States and, where appropriate, in collaboration with regions, shall establish the legal framework governing the granting of Union support to beneficiaries on the basis of the CAP Strategic Plan and in accordance with the principles and requirements set out in this Regulation and Regulation (EU) [HzR].
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1615 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Member States shall exempt from the system of conditionality under this Article: a) Beneficiaries receiving direct payments under Article 25 b) Farmers complying with the requirements laid down in Regulation 2018/848 as regards organic farming.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1618 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Beneficiaries who receive direct payments under Article 25 (small farmers) shall be exempt from the conditionality system as referred to in this article.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1620 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Farmers who comply with the requirements laid down in Article 29(1) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 as regards organic farming must be regarded as automatically complying with the conditionality system referred to in this article;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1622 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that all agricultural areas including land which is no longer used for production purposes, is maintained in good agricultural and environmental condition. Member States shall define, at national or regional level, minimum standards for beneficiaries with more than 5 ha of agricultural land for good agricultural and environmental condition of land in line with the main objective of the standards as referred to in Annex III, taking into account the specific characteristics of the areas concerned, including soil and climatic condition, agronomic differences between annual crops, permanent crops and other specialized productions, existing farming systems, land use, crop rotation, farming practices, and farm structures.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1636 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that all agricultural areas including land which is no longer used for production purposes, is maintained in good agricultural and environmental condition. Member States shall define, at national orand, where appropriate, at regional level, minimum standards for beneficiaries for good agricultural and environmental condition of land in line with the main objective of the standards as referred to in Annex III, taking into account the specific characteristics of the areas concerned, including soil and climatic condition, existing farming systems, land use, crop rotation, farming practices, and farm structures.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1644 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Within the strategic plan, Member States may adopt exemptions from some of the requirements in Annex III for specific categories of farmer, inter alia on the basis of particular products or size of holding.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1681 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Beneficiaries may not comply with GAEC n. 5, 8, 9 referred to in Annex III if they adopt equivalent agricultural practices set out by Member States in the voluntary schemes for climate and environment under Article 28, or in agri- environmental-climate commitments under Article 65, provided that these practices go beyond the relevant standards of GAEC n. 5, 8, 9.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1695 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 138 supplementing this Regulation with rules for good agricultural and environmental condition, including establishing the elements of the system of the ratio of permanent grassland, the year of reference and the rate of conversion under GAEC 1 as referred to in Annex III, the format and additional minimum elements and functionalities of the Farm Sustainability Tool for Nutrients.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1725 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2
2. The farm advisory services shall cover economic, environmental and social dimensions and deliver up to date technological and scientific information developed by research and innovation. They shall be integrated within the interrelated services of farm advisory bodies, researchers, farmer organisations, cooperatives and other relevant stakeholders that form the Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS).
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1729 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The main priority of advisory services must be to inform farmers about innovation, in order to tackle specific issues that they themselves have to address in applying CAP rules, which must have the sole purpose of helping farmers to do their work. For this purpose, it may be useful to apply the bottom-up approach more fully, under which development and innovation requirements are defined directly by farmers and not imposed 'from above'.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1731 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that the farm advice given is impartial and that advisorthose who provide the services have no conflict of interest. This paragraph shall not apply to relationships between cooperatives and their members.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1740 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. The farm advisory services set up by the Member State shall cover at least the following:
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1757 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point f a (new)
(fa) further improvements to competitiveness, sectoral integration, short supply chains and local markets, market orientation, and the promotion of entrepreneurship.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1775 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point f b (new)
(fb) support for young farmers’ farm startups and for assistance in the five years after setting up in farming.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1793 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Advisory bodies shall operate in at least half of the fields referred to in paragraph 4.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1830 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shallmay reduce the amount of direct paymentsbasic income support for sustainability as referred to in Subsection 1 of Section 2 of Chapter II of Title III to be granted to a farmer pursuant to this Chapter for a given calendar year exceeding EUR 60 000 as follows:a financial ceiling as set by the Member State.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1914 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Paragraph 1 shall not apply to cooperatives of farmers or of small owners or workers whose purpose is to manage property in association, thus assisting farmers by improving their competitiveness and their position within the agri-food chain.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1967 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
To calculate the amounts referred to in points a) and b), Member States shall use the actual salary costs or the average standard salaries linked to an agricultural activity at national or regional level multiplied by the number of annual work units declared by the farmer concerned.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1981 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
The estimated product of the reduction of payments shall primarily be used to contribute to the financing of the complementary redistributive income support for sustainability and thereafter of other interventions belonging to decoupled direct payments.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1996 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. In the case of a legal person, Member States may refrain from applying the reduction referred to in paragraph 1 where national law provides for the individual members to assume rights and obligations comparable to those of individual farmers who have the status of head of holding, in particular as regards their economic, social and tax status, or if legal persons are obliged to help strengthen the members’ agricultural structures.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2015 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall set an area threshold or a minimum limit for direct payments of 500 EUR per beneficiary and only grant decoupled direct payments to genuine farmers whose eligible area of the holding for which decoupled direct payments are claimed goes beyond this area threshold or beyond the 500 EUR.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2032 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point b
(b) the corresponding amounts equalling or exceeding those thresholds make an effective contribution to the objectives set out in Article 6(1) to which decoupled direct payments contribute.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2143 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23
Delegated powers The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 138 supplementing this Regulation with rules on: (a) the establishment of the reserve; (b) on access to the reserve; (c) the content of the declaration and the requirements for the activation of payment entitlements.Article 23 deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2152 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Where land is rented, payment entitlements shall be transferred to the eligible hectares.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2187 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shallapplying provisions set out in Article 15, may provide for a complementary redistributive income support for sustainability (‘redistributive income support’) under the conditions set out in this Article and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2200 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shallIn order to ensure redistribution of support from bigger to smaller or medium- sized farms by providing for a, Member States may grant redistributive income support in the form of an annual decoupled payment per eligible hectare, tohe amount of which should be established on the basis of criteria aimed at promoting the rational development of agricultural production and the better use of inputs in the case of farmers who are entitled to a payment under the basic income support referred to in Article 17.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2214 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall identify the criteria for calculating the amount to be granted for complementary redistributive income support for sustainability under the CAP Strategic Plans. Member States shall establish an amount per hectare or different amounts for different ranges of hectares, as well as the maximum numberdepending on the higher or lower intensity of thectares per farmer for which the criteria previously identified, for each farmer receiving redistributive income support shall be paid.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2226 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 4
4. The amount per hectare planned for a given claim year shall not exceed the national average amount of direct payments per hectare for that claim year.deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2233 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. The maximum number of hectares shall not apply to cooperatives of farmers or of small owners or workers whose purpose is to manage property in association, thus assisting farmers by improving their competitiveness and position in the agri-food chain.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2247 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2
2. As part of their obligations to contribute to the specific objective ‘attract young farmers and facilitate business development in rural areasfarm startups by young people’ set out in point (g) of Article 6(1) and to dedicate at least 24% of their allocations for direct payments to this objective in accordance with Article 86(4), Member States may provide a complementary income support for young farmers who have newly setare entitled to a payment under the basic income support as referred to in Article 17 and who are setting up for the first time andor who are entitled to a payment underhave set up in the 5 years preceding the first submission of the application for a payment to young farmers. By way of derogation, young farmers who in the blasic income support as referred to in At year of application of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 have received the support referred to in Article 50 of that Regulation may receive the support referred to in this article for a maximum total period as referred to in paragraph 3 of this article 17. .
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2267 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3
3. The cComplementary income support for young farmers shall take the form of an annual decoupled payment per eligible hectare granted for a maximum period of 7 years and calculated by dividing the maximum complementary income support for young farmers by the number of entitlements to aid based on property owned or leased by the farmer.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2300 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shallmay provide support for voluntary schemes for the climate and the environment (‘eco- schemes’) under the conditions set out in this Article and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2332 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall establish the list of agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment. The list may consist of measures of a type other than those covered under Article 65, or of measures of the same type but with a different level of requirement and it might include practices listed in Article 28 (5).
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2360 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 4
4. Those practices shall be designed to meet one or more of the specific environmental- and climate-related objectives laid down in points (d), (e) and (f) of Article 6(1) and shall be consistent with the objectives of Article 6 (1) (b).
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2389 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 5 – point a
(a) go beyondare at least equivalent to the relevant statutory management requirements and standards of good agricultural and environmental condition established under Section 2 of Chapter I of this Title;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2400 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 5 – point b
(b) go beyondare at least equivalent to the minimum requirements for the use of fertilisers and plant protection products, animal welfare, as well as other mandatory requirements established by national and Union law;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2414 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 5 – point d
(d) are different from commitments in respect of which payments are granted under Article 65.deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2441 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
6. Support for voluntary eco-schemes shall take the form of an annual payment per eligible hectare and it shall be granted as either:
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2454 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 6 – point b
(b) payments to compensatinge beneficiaries for all or partsome or all of the additional costs incurred and income foregone as a result of the commitments as set pursuant toloss of income resulting from commitments made according to this Article 65.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2458 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 7
7. Member States shall ensure that interventions under this Article are consistent with and do not compromise those granted under Article 65.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2467 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 8
8. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 138 supplementing this Regulation with further rules on the eco-schemes.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2483 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2
2. The Member States’ interventions shall help the supported sectors and productions or specific types of farming therein listed in Article 30 addressing the difficulty or difficulties they undergo byor improving their competitiveness, their sustainability or their quality. Member States may decide in their CAP Strategic plans to add more supported sectors to those listed in Article 30 based on justification included in their assessment of needs.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2511 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Coupled income support may only be granted to the following sectors and productions or specific types of farmsectors relating to the products listed ing the rein where these are important for economic, social or environmental reasons: cereals, oilseeds, protein crops, grain legumes, flaxlevant parts of Annex I to the Treaties, excluding fisheries and aquaculture, as defined and specified in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 (CMO Regulation), whemp, rice, nuts, starch re those sectors are importato, milk and milk products, seeds, sheepmeat and goatmeat, beef and veal, olive oil, silkworms, dried fodder, hops, sugar beet, cane and chicory, fruit and vegetables, short rotation coppice and other non-food crops, excluding trees, used for the production of products that have the potential to substitute fossil materialsnt for economic, social or environmental reasons. Member States shall identify in the CAP Strategic Plans the sectors and productions to which coupled income support may be granted.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2546 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2
2. Where the coupled income support concerns bovine animals or sheep and goatslivestock farming, Member States shall define asthe eligibility conditions for the support and the requirements to identify and register the animals in compliance with Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council32or Council Regulation (EC) No 21/200433respectively. However, without prejudice to other applicable eligibility conditions, bovine animals or sheep and goatslivestock shall be considered as eligible for support as long as the identification and registration requirements are met by a certain date in the claim year concerned to be fixed by the Member States. _________________ 32 Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 July 2000 establishing a system for the identification and registration of bovine animals and regarding the labelling of beef and beef products and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 820/97 (OJ L 204, 11.8.2000, p. 1). 33 Council Regulation (EC) No 21/2004 of 17 December 2003 establishing a system for the identification and registration of ovine and caprine animals and amending Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 and Directives 92/102/EEC and 64/432/EEC (OJ L 5, 9.1.2004, p. 8).
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2582 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) fruit and vegetables sector, as referred to in point (i) of Article 1(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, including fruit and vegetables for processing;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2584 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) fruit and vegetables sector, as referred to in points (i) and (j) of Article 1(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2592 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) other sectors referred to in points (a) to (h), (k), (m), (o) to (t) and (w) of Article 1(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2603 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) ensuring the proper functioning of types of interventions laid down in this Chapter; and an efficient, targeted and sustainable support of producer organisations and their associations in the fruit and vegetable sector in accordance with Articles 37 and 227 of Regulation 1308/2013.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2607 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the maximum level of Union financial assistance for market withdrawals referred to in point (ad) of Article 46(43(2) and for the types of interventions referred to in Article 52(3);
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2618 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) planning of production, including through the establishment of a European fruit and vegetables register, updated annually by species and variety, adjusting production to demand, particularly in terms of quality and quantity, optimisation of production costs and returns on investments and stabilising producer prices to enable producers who are members of POs/APOs to achieve a commercial value that is higher than the market average; those objectives relate to the specific objectives set out in points (a), (b), (c) and (i) of Article 6(1);
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2629 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) concentration of supply and the placing on the market of the products of the fruit and vegetables sector, including through direct marketing; those objectives relate to the specific objectives set out in points (a), (b) and (c) of Article 6(1);
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2633 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) research and development of sustainable production methods, including pest resilience, innovative practices boosting economic competitiveness and bolstering market developments; those objectives relate to the specific objectives set out in points (a), (b), (c) and (i) of Article 6(1) ;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2651 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) promotion and marketing of the products of the fruit and vegetables sector in order to increase their consumption, whether in a fresh or processed form; those objectives relate to the specific objectives set out in points (b), (c) and (ci) of Article 6(1);
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2657 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) increasing consumption of the products of the fruit and vegetables sector, whether in a fresh or processed form; those objectives relate to the specific objective set out in point (i) of Article 6;deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2670 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) investments in tangible and non- tangible assets, in particular focused on water saving, energy saving, ecological packaging and, waste reduction and the monitoring of production, deliveries and flows of stored and traded waste;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2675 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) actions to plan and adjust production to demand, particularly in terms of quality and quantity, of products of the fruit and vegetables sector, whether in a fresh or processed form;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2676 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) investments in tangible and non- tangible assets, and actions with a view to planning and adapting supply to demand;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2722 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point o
(o) advisory services and technical assistance, in particular concerning the maintaining and improvement of product quality, the improvement of marketing conditions, sustainable pest control techniques, sustainable use of pesticides and climate change adaptation and mitigation;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2731 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point p a (new)
(pa) measures to improve quality through innovation.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2740 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) setting up the initial capital stock and/or refilling of mutual funds by producer organisations and by associations of producer organisations recognised under Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2745 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 2 – point g
(g) harvest insurance, including index- based insurances that cover the occurrence of a measurable hazard, that contributes to safeguarding producers' incomes where there are losses as a consequence of natural disasters, adverse climatic events, diseases or pest infestations and at the same time ensuring that beneficiaries take necessary risk prevention measures;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2793 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 7 – point a
(a) at least 210% of expenditure under operational programs covers the interventions linked to the objectives referred to in points (d) and (e) of Article 42;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2799 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 7 – point b
(b) at least 5% of expenditure under operational programs covers the interventions linked to the objective referred to in point (c) of Article 42;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2803 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. operational programmes approved before the entry into force of the present regulation should be governed in accordance to the regulations under which they were approved until their completion unless the producer association or association of producer organizations voluntarily decides to adopt this regulation.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2824 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) 5% of the value of marketed production for: – the first operational program by a producer organisation that is the result of a merger or incorporation of several producer organisations; – producer organisations which have increased their size (in terms of both numbers of members and value of marketed production) over a given period and by a percentage to be defined; – producer organisations which reach a certain size (in terms of both numbers of members and value of marketed production), to be defined; associations of producer organisations which carry out marketing activities for the production of member producer organisations; – producer organisations which pursue the integration of 100% of their own production by marketing it together with other producer organisations, through a branch which should be a cooperative society: (1) established with the aim of marketing a given production; (2) the capital of which is 90% owned by the producer organisation; (3) which acquires considerable economic dimensions to be determined.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2844 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) producer organisations and associations of producer organisations operating in different Member States implementing interventions linked to the objectives referred to in points (b) and (e) of Article 42 transnationally;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2847 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 3 – point d
(d) operational program is for the first time implemented by a producer organization, an association of producer organisations or an association of producer organisations operating in different Member States recognised under Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2848 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 3 – point d a (new)
(da) operational program: – is for the first time implemented by a producer organisation that is the result of a merger or incorporation of several producer organisations; – by producer organisations which have increased their size (in terms of both numbers of members and value of marketed production) over a given period and by a given percentage to be defined; – by producer organisations which reach a certain size (in terms of both numbers of members and value of marketed production), to be defined; – by associations of producer organisations which carry out marketing activities for the production of member producer organisations; – by producer organisations which achieve the integration of 100% of their own production by marketing it together with other producer organisations, through a branch which should be a cooperative society: • established with the aim of marketing a given production; • the capital of which is 90% owned by the producer organisation; • which acquires considerable economic dimensions to be determined;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2879 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) technical assistance to beekeepers and bee keepers' organisations including promotion of good practice and information and publicity;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2893 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(fa) cooperation with specialised bodies for the implementation of research programs (including research and experimental programmes) in the field of beekeeping and apiculture products;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2894 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) market monitoring actions including actions to plan production and adjust supply to demand;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2943 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) improve competitiveness of Union wine producers including contributing to adaptation to climate change, to improvement of sustainable production systems and reduction of environmental impact of the Union wine sector; those objectives relate to the specific objectives set out in points (b) to (f) and (h) of Article 6(1);
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2956 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) use of wine making by-products for industrial, agronomic and energy purposes ensuring the quality of Union wine while protecting the environment; that objective relates to the specific objectives set out in points (d) and (e) of Article 6(1);
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2960 #

2018/0216(COD)

(h) improve competitiveness of Union grapevine products in third countries, including the creation, diversification and consolidation of the wine markets; that objective relates to the objectives set out in points (b) and (h) of Article 6(1);
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2968 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
(ia) preserve and promote viticulture in steep and/or less advantageous areas.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2973 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) restructuring and conversion of vineyards, including planting of surfaces granted under the authorisation scheme laid down in Chapter III, Title I, Part II of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and replanting of vineyards where that is necessary following mandatory grubbing up for health or phytosanitary reasons on the instruction of the Member State competent authority, but excluding the normal renewal of vineyards consisting of replanting of the same parcel of land with the same grape variety according to the same system of vine cultivation, when vines have to come to the end of their natural life;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2990 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) tangible and intangible investments in digitalisation and innovation consisting of development of innovative products and technological processes, connected with the products referred to in Part II of Annex VII to Regulation 1308/2013 or with by-products of wine making, processes and technologies, other investments adding value at any stage of the supply chain, including for knowledge exchange, and/or contributing to the adaptation to climate change;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3001 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – point h – introductory part
(h) promotion carried out in third countries, to improve the competitiveness of wine companies, open and consolidate third country markets, consisting of one or more of the following:
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3007 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – point h – point iv
(iv) studies of new or existing markets, necessary for the expansion and consolidation of market outlets;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3011 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – point h – point vi
(vi) preparation of technical files, including laboratory tests and assessments, concerning oenological practices, phytosanitary and hygiene rules, as well as other third country requirements for import of products of the wine sector, to prevent restriction of, or to facilitate access to third country markets;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3023 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The promotion measures referred to in letter (h) of paragraph 1 shall apply only to wines with a protected designation of origin or a protected geographical indication or wines with an indication of the wine grape variety.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3029 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The Union financial assistance at the maximum rate, referred to in the first subparagraph shall only be granted to micro, small and medium-sized enterprises within the meaning of Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC36 ;, as well as to producer organisations, including cooperatives, and their associations. However, it may be granted to all enterprises in the outermost regions referred to in Article 349 TFEU and the smaller Aegean islands as defined in Article 1(2) of Regulation (EU) No 229/2013. _________________ 36 Commission Recommendation of 6 May 2003 concerning the definition of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (OJ L 124, 20.5.2003, p. 36).
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3042 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
The Union financial assistance at itsthe maximum rate, referred to in the first subparagraph shall apply onlyonly be granted to micro, small and medium-sized enterprises within the meaning of Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC; h, as well as to producer organisation, including cooperatives, and their associations; However, it may, apply be granted to all enterprises in the outermost regions referred to in Article 349 TFEU and the smaller Aegean islands as defined in Article 1(2) of Regulation (EU) No 229/2013. […]
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3056 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 54 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
The Member States concerned shall ensure that the Union financial assistance for distillation of by-products of wine making is paid to distillers that process by-products of winemaking delivered for distillation into raw alcohol with an alcoholic strength of at least 92% by volume.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3067 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 54 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The Member States concerned shall ensure priority access for individual farmers and associations to Union financial assistance granted for all types of interventions in the wine sector.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3076 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) improvement of quality of olive oil and table olives; that objective relate to the specific objective set out in points (b) and (f) of Article 6(1);
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3078 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) crisis prevention and management, aimed at improving pest resilience, avoiding and dealing with crises in the olive oil and table olives markets, including the improvement of prevention and resilience to pests; that objective relate to the specific objective set out in point (h) of Article 6(1).
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3080 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 1
1. To pursue the objectives referred to in Article 56, the Member States referred to in Article 82(4) shall choose in their CAP Strategic Plans one or more of the types of interventions referred to in Article 60, to be defined at the level of the Member State. Within the chosen types of intervention, they shall define interventions.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3084 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 2
2. The interventions defined by the Member States referred to in Article 82(4) shall be implemented through approved operational programs of producer organisations and/or, associations of producer organisations and/or inter-branch organisations recognised under Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013. For this purpose, Articles 61 and 62 of this Regulation shall apply.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3088 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 1
1. The Union financial assistance to the eligible costs shall not exceed: (a) 75% of actual expenditure incurred for interventions linked to objectives referred to in points (a), (b), (c) and (e) of Article 56; (b) 75% of actual expenditure incurred for fixed assets investments and 50% for other interventions linked to objective referred to in point (d) of Article 56; (c) 50% of actual expenditure incurred for interventions linked to objective referred to in point (f) of Article 56; (d) 75% of the actual expenditure incurred for the types of intervention referred to in points (f) and (h) of Article 60(1) where the operational program is implemented in at least three third countries or non-producing Member States by producer organisations from at least two producing Member States, 50% of the actual expenditure where for this type of intervention this condition is not met.deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3089 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) 785% of the actual expenditure incurred for the types of intervention referred to in points (f) and (h) of Article 60(1) where the operational program is implemented in at least three third countries or non-producing Member States by producer organisations or associations of producer organisations from at least two producing Member States, 50% of the actual expenditure where for this type of intervention this condition is not met.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3094 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 2
2. The Union financial assistance shall be limited to 5%calculated as a percentage of the value of marketed production of each producer organisation or association of producer organisations, as defined by the Member State taking into account sectoral specificities, the level of aggregation and the various approaches to the market.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3096 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The percentage of assistance expenditure should be at least 50% over the course of the 2021-2027 programming period.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3097 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure complementary financing up to 50% of the costs not covered by the Union financial assistance.deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3131 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. As regards the objectives referred to in points (a) to (g) of Articles 56 and 59, Member States shall choose in their CAP Strategic Plans one or more of the following types of intervention:
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3132 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part
(a) investments in tangible and non- tangible assets; restructuring and conversion of olive groves; research and experimental production, as well as other actions, including actions for:
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3151 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 1 – point a – point viii
(viii) improving pest resilienceand animal disease resilience, including through appropriate cultivation practices;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3155 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 1 – point a – point x a (new)
(xa) improving the conditions for the growing, harvesting, delivery and storage of production;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3161 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) protecting public health against the use of dangerous substances at any trophic level of the food system
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3163 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) advisory services and technical assistance, in particular regarding climate change adaptation and mitigation, as well as the enhancement of the quality of the product; and combating pests and animal diseases;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3169 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) organic or integrated production;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3170 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) actions to increase the sustainability and efficiency of transport and of storage of products of one or more of the sectors referred to in point (f) of Article 40;the final product.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3172 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) plantings, replantings and modernisation of plantings in the sectors specified in point (e) of Article 39, for health reasons and to prevent their abandonment;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3173 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 1 – point e b (new)
(eb) for health reasons and to prevent their abandonment;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3174 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 1 – point e c (new)
(ec) modernisation of processing facilities in the sector specified in point (e) of Article 39;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3178 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) implementation and control of Union and national quality schemes;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3180 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) implementation of traceability and certification systems, in particular the monitoring of the quality of products sold to final consumers; the systems must make it possible to trace the origin of the olives and the oil at the various stages of the production chain.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3182 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. As regards the objective referred to in point (h) of Article 59 and point (f) of Article 56, Member States shall choose in their CAP Strategic Plans one or more of the following types of intervention:
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3188 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) replanting of orchards or olive groves where that is necessary following mandatory grubbing up for health or phytosanitary reasons on the instruction of the Member State competent authority or to adapt to climate change;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3197 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 2 – point h
(h) harvest and production insurance farm insurance, whether separately or in combination, that contributes to safeguarding producers' incomes where there are losses as a consequence of natural disasters, adverse climatic events, diseases or pest infestations and at the same time ensuring that beneficiaries take necessary risk prevention measures.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3208 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 61 – paragraph 1
1. In each sector concerned, the objectives and the interventions set out by the Member States in their CAP Strategic Plans shall be implemented through approved operational programs of producer organisations and/or associations of producer organisations recognised under Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and producer groups recognised under Regulation (EU) 1151/2012, under the conditions laid down in this Article.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3216 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 61 – paragraph 4
4. Operational programs shall be submitted by producer organisations and/or associations of producer organisations recognised under Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and producer groups recognised under Regulation (EU) 1151/2012 to the Member States for their approval.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3222 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 61 – paragraph 5
5. Operational programs may be implemented only by producer organisations or by associations of producer organisations recognised under Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and producer groups recognised under Regulation (EU) 1151/2012.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3243 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 63 – paragraph 1
1. TIn the case of implementation through approved operational programmes of producer organisations and/or associations of producer associations, the Union financial assistance shall be equal to the amount of the financial contributions referred to in point (a) of Article 62(1) actually paid and limited to 50% of the actual expenditure incurred.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3249 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 63 – paragraph 2
2. TIn accordance with the provisions of paragraph 1, the Union financial assistance shall be limited to 5% of the value of marketed production of each producer organisation or association of producer organisations.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3254 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 63 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Financial assistance other than that provided for in the preceding paragraphs shall be limited to 50% of the actual expenditure incurred.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3263 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) organic farming;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3287 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) cooperation and quality schemes;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3288 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) knowledge exchange and information.;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3290 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
(ha) thematic sub-programme for quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3291 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
(ha) protecting and preventing damage to agriculture by wildlife.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3323 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall only grant payments to farmers and other beneficiaries who undertake, on a voluntary basis, management commitments which are considered to be beneficial to achieving the specific objectives set out in Article 6(1) and which represent a novelty compared to commonly used agronomic practices..
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3349 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 5 – point d
(d) are different from commitments in respect of which payments are granted under Article 28.deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3359 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. go beyond the minimum requirements for the protection of public health against the use of dangerous substances at any trophic level of the food system
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3360 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. go beyond the minimum requirements established in the Directive 2009/128/EC
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3384 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 7
7. Member States may promote and support collective schemes and result- based payments schemes to encourage farmers to deliver a significant enhancement of the quality of the environment and the development of typical agricultural landscapes at a larger scale and in a measurable way.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3393 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. These types of management commitments may include organic farming premia for the maintenance of and the conversion to organic land; payments for other types of interventions supporting environmentally friendly production systems such as agro-ecology, conservation agriculture and integrated production; forest environmental and climate services and forest conservation; premia for forests and establishment of agroforestry systems; animal welfare; conservation, sustainable use and development of genetic resources; forest area development and sustainable management of forests, including the afforestation of land and the creation and regeneration of agroforestry systems; the protection, restoration and improvement of forest resources, taking into account adaptation needs;. Member States may develop other schemes under this type of interventions on the basis of their needs.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3425 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 11
11. Member States shall ensure that interventions under this Article are consistent with and do not compromise those granted under Article 28.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3442 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 66 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. In the case of a legal person, or a group of natural or legal persons, Member States may apply the support at the level of the members of those legal persons or groups where national law provides for the individual members to assume rights and obligations comparable to those of individual farmers who have the status of a head of holding, in particular as regards their economic, social and tax status, provided that they have contributed to strengthening the agricultural structures of the legal persons or groups concerned.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3462 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 67 – paragraph 2
2. These payments may be granted to farmers, forest holders and other land managers in respect of areas with disadvantages referred to in paragraph 1groups and/or cooperatives of farmers, forest holders and groups and/or cooperatives of forest holders. In duly justified cases they may also be granted to other land managers.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3468 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 67 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. In the case of a legal person, or a group of natural or legal persons, Member States may apply the support at the level of the members of those legal persons or groups where national law provides for the individual members to assume rights and obligations comparable to those of individual farmers who have the status of a head of holding, in particular as regards their economic, social and tax status, provided that they have contributed to strengthening the agricultural structures of the legal persons or groups concerned.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3477 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may only grant support for investments under the conditionunder this type of interventions for tangible and/or intangible investments, including in collective form and for collective use, which contribute to achieving the specific objectives set out in this Article and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plan6, especially with reference to boosting competitiveness.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3499 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) purchase of land with the exception of land purchase for environmental conservation or land purchased by young farmers through the use of financial instruments;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3542 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point h a (new)
(ha) new investments aimed at reinforcing and increasing production capacity in sectors subject to recurrent market imbalances.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3553 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall limit the support to the maximum rate of 75% of the eligible costs.deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3554 #

2018/0216(COD)

Member States shall limit the support to the maximum rate of 75% of the eligible costs. Member States must establish a priority for investments made by young farmers, pursuant to point (e) of Article 4(1) of this Regulation.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3594 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) collective investments and investments in digital and innovation technologies.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3603 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
By way of derogation from the points laid down in subparagraph 3 of this paragraph, Member States shall limit their support to a maximum rate of 90% of eligible costs for investments made by young farmers, pursuant to point (e) of Article 4(1) of this Regulation.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3604 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The investment intervention may include investments in basic/local services in rural areas, land purchase for environmental conservation, agricultural and forestry infrastructures linked to the environmental and climate-related issues, land purchased by young farmers through the use of financial instruments, restoring investments following natural disasters and catastrophic events, investments in irrigation respecting the river basin management, land consolidation and improvement, adapted seeds and animal breeds for improved efficiency. It may also include investments to guarantee and enhance forest conservation and resilience, and the provision of forest ecosystem and climate services; and measures and investments in support of the renewable energy and bio-economy, in forest technology and in processing, in mobilising and in marketing of forest products, in processing, marketing and/or development of agricultural products covered by the Annex I of the Treaty.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3624 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may grant support for the installation of young farmers and rural business start-upthe diversification of agricultural activities under the conditions set out in this Article and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans with the view of contributing to the achievement of the specific objectives set out in Article 6.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3685 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall grant support under this type of interventions in order to promote risk management tools, which help genuine farmers manage production and income risks related to their agricultural activity which are outside their control and which contribute to achieving the specific objectives set out in Article 6. These tools may consist of multi-risk management systems.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3694 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The support for cooperation may be given to different kinds of cooperation schemes, such as the setting up of quality schemes; collective environmental and climate action; the promotion of short supply chain and local markets; pilot projects; Operational Group projects within the EIP for agricultural productivity and sustainability local development projects, Smart Villages, buyers’ clubs and machinery rings; farm partnerships; forest management plans; networks and clusters; social farming; community supported agriculture; actions within the scope of LEADER; and the setting up of producer groups and producer organisations, as well as other forms of cooperation deemed necessary to achieve the specific objectives of the CAP
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3707 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) financial contributions to mutual funds, including the administrative cost of setting up and the initial capital stock of the mutual fund;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3711 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
(ba) financial contributions to an income stabilization instrument in the form of a mutual fund and providing: i) compensation to farmers in all sectors in the event of a sharp decline in their income; ii) compensation to farmers in a particular sector in the event of a sharp decline in their income.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3722 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) the types and coverage of eligible insurance schemes and, mutual funds and income stabilization tools;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3726 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) the methodology for the calculation of losses and triggering factors for compensation; including the use of biological, climatic or economic indexes established at the farm level or at the local, regional and national levels to calculate the annual production of the farmer or its annual income
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3738 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall ensure that support is granted only for covering losses of at least 20% of the average annual production, earnings or income of the farmer in the preceding three-year period or a three-year average based on the preceding five-year period excluding the highest and lowest entry. The support will be commensurate with the production, earnings or income that may be achieved.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3751 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. losses corresponding to at least 20% of the average annual production or average annual income of the farmer in the previous three years or its average triennial production calculated on the basis of the previous five years, excluding the highest value and the lowest value
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3755 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 6
6. Member States shall limit the support to the maximum rate of 780% of the eligible costs.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3764 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 – paragraph 1
1. Member States mayshall grant support for cooperation under the conditions set out in this Article and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans to prepare and to implement Operational Group projects of the European Innovation Partnership for agricultural productivity and sustainability as referred to in Article 114 and LEADER, referred to as community-led local development in Article 25 of Regulation (EU) [CPR], and to promote quality schemes, producer organisations or producer groups or other forms of cooperation, including producer cooperatives and groups recognised under Regulation(EU) No 1151/2012, including services aimed at improving the link between farmers and markets.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3775 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)
In particular, in reference to point (c) of Article 6(1), strengthening the position of primary producers within the food supply chain may be achieved through forms of cooperation, in order to guarantee a fair distribution of the added value, by introducing the financial resources and incentives required to support the creation and development of economic organisations, both vertical and horizontal, such as producer organisations, cooperatives, and their associations and inter-branch organisations, to also combat unfair and abusive trade practices along the food supply chain and by strengthening transparency in the markets and through crisis prevention tools.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3778 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 – paragraph 3
3. Member States may cover under this type of interventions the costs related to all necessary aspects of the cooperation, including certification costs relating to participation to an EU quality scheme.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3789 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 – paragraph 7
7. In the case of cooperation in the context of farm succession and with the further aim to encourage generational renewal at farm-level, Member States may grant support only to farmers having reached the retirement age as set under national legislation.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3794 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 – paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. LEADER, referred to as community-led local development in paragraph 1, provides for the active and leading involvement of farms and/or agroforestry enterprises.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3796 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may grant support for agricultural, forestry and rural business knowledge exchange and informathe exchange of knowledge and information among agricultural, forestry and rural businesses, individually or collectively, regarding environmental and climate protection, under the conditions set out in this Article and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3798 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may grant support for agricultural, forestry and, rural business and smart villages knowledge exchange and information under the conditions set out in this Article and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3803 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 – paragraph 2
2. Under this type of interventions Member States may cover costs of any relevant action, with priority given to measures involving young farmers, to promote innovation, access to training and advice and exchange and dissemination of knowledge and information which contribute to achieving the specific objectives set out in Article 6.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3812 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall limit the support to a maximum of 7585 % of the eligible costs.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3817 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 – paragraph 4
4. By way of derogation from paragraph 3, in outermost regions and other duly justified cases Member States may apply a higher rate or a higher amount than that set in in that paragraph to achieve the specific objectives set out in Article 6. This higher rate or amount is mandatory for the interventions indicated in this Article aimed at young farmers, pursuant to point (e) of Article 4(1) of this Regulation.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3821 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. The farm advisory services shall cover economic, environmental and social dimensions and deliver up to date technological and scientific information developed by research and innovation. In particular action shall cover: - innovation support and related techniques to optimise the economic performance of production systems in particular digital farming; - environmental sustainability; - animal welfare.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3824 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 a (new)
Article 72 a Thematic sub-programme for quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs Member States may establish a thematic sub-programme for quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs within their strategic plans. This sub- programme shall meet the objectives referred to in Article 6(1).
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3830 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 73 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The Managing Authority of the CAP Strategic Plan or other designatand any authorities identified at regional level for the management and execution of the Regional Operational Programme, containing rural development interventions, or other duly identified intermediate bodies, shall define selection criteria for interventions relating to the following types of interventions: investments, installation of young farmers and rural business start-up, cooperation, knowledge exchange and information, after consultation of the Monitoring Committee referred to in Article 111. Selection criteria shall aim to ensure equal treatment of applicants, better use of financial resources and targeting of the support in accordance with the purpose of the interventions. Member States may decide to not apply selection criteria for investment interventions clearly targeting environmental purposes or realised in connection with restoration activities.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3840 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 73 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The national and, where appropriate, the regional Managing Authority of the CAP Strategic Plan or other designated intermediate bodies shall define selection criteria for interventions relating to the following types of interventions: investments, installation of young farmers and rural business start-up, cooperation, knowledge exchange and information, after consultation of the Monitoring Committee referred to in Article 111. Selection criteria shall aim to ensure equal treatment of applicants, better use of financial resources and targeting of the support in accordance with the purpose of the interventions.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3852 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 73 – paragraph 4
4. Selection criteria may not be defined for operations that have received a Seal of Excellence certification under Horizon 2020 or Horizon Europe or have been selected under Life +, provided that such operations are consistent with the CAP Strategic Plan.deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3859 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 74 a (new)
Article 74a. Specific financial instruments The managing authorities shall establish a fund for the disbursement of the financial instruments, to provide support as collateral for loans requested by young farmers, pursuant to point (e) of Article 4(1) of this Regulation. The Member State may allocate to that fund up to 50 % of the envelope of interventions to be used for young farmers. The Member State may apply the financial instrument referred to in this Article in combination with the support referred to in Article 69 of this Regulation.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3904 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 82 – paragraph 6
6. Member States may decide in their CAP Strategic Plans to use up to 3at least 3 % of the Member States’ allocations for direct payments set out in Annex IV, after deduction of the amounts available for cotton set out in Annex VI, for types of intervention in other sectors referred to in Section 7 of Chapter III of Title III.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3963 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 85 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) 453% of the eligible public expenditure in the other regions.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3979 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 85 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) 80 % for management commitments referred to in Article 65 of this Regulation, for payments under Article 67 of this Regulation, for non-productive investments referred to in Article 68 of this Regulation, and for support for the European Innovation Partnership under Article 71 of this Regulation and for the LEADER, referred to as community-led local development in Article 25 of Regulation (EU) [CPR];
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3993 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 1
1. At least 5 %The Member States may choose the percentage of the total EAFRD contribution to the CAP Strategic Plan as set out in Annex IX shall beto reserved for LEADER, referred to as community-led local development in Article 25 of Regulation (EU) [CPR].
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4010 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
At least 30% of the total EAFRD contribution to the CAP Strategic Plan as set out in Annex IX shall be reserved for interventions addressing the specific environmental- and climate-related objectives set out in points (d), (e) and (f) of Article 6(1) of this Regulation, excluding interventions based on Article 66.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4028 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
At least 30% of the total EAFRD contribution to the CAP strategic plan as set out in Annex IX shall be reserved for interventions under Articles 68, 70, 71 and 72 for specific objectives aimed at fostering the development of an intelligent, resilient and diversified agricultural sector ensuring food security as defined in Article 6 (1) (a), (b) and (c) of this Regulation.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4054 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 4 – point b a (new)
(ba) The indicative financial allocations for the basic income support for the sustainability referred to in Subsection 2 of Section 2 of Chapter II of Title III, shall not be lower than 70% of the amounts set out in Annex VII.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4074 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
The indicative financial allocations for the coupled income support interventions referred to in Subsection 1 of Section 2 of Chapter II of Title III, shall be limited to a maximum of 103% of the amounts set out in Annex VII.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4099 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
By way of derogation from the first sub- paragraph, Member States that in accordance with Article 53(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 used for the purpose of voluntary coupled support more than 13% of their annual national ceiling set out in Annex II to that Regulation, may decide to use for the purpose of coupled income support more than 10% of the amount set out in Annex VII. The resulting percentage shall not exceed the percentage approved by the Commission for voluntary coupled support in respect of claim year 2018.deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4127 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
The percentage referred to in the first subparagraph, may be increased by a maximum of 2%, provided that the amount corresponding to the percentage exceeding the 103% is allocated to the support for protein crops under Subsection 1 of Section 2 of Chapter II of Title III.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4158 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 87 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
(aa) 30% for investments related to Article 68;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4163 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 87 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) 100% for expenditure under the schemes for the climate and the environment referred to in Title III, Chapter II, section II, subsection 4;deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4169 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 87 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) 40% for expenditure for natural or other area-specific constraints referred to in Article 66.deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4182 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 88 – paragraph 1
1. Member States and, where appropriate, regions shall set out, in their CAP Strategic Plan, an indicative financial allocation for each intervention. For each intervention, the multiplication of the planned unit amount, without the application of the percentage of variation referred to in Article 89, and the planned outputs, shall equal this indicative financial allocation.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4193 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 90 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
As part of their CAP Strategic Plan proposal referred to in Article 106(1), Member States ), Member States and, where appropriate, Regions may decide to transfer:
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4215 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 91 – paragraph 1
Member States and, where appropriate, together with regions shall establish CAP Strategic Plans in accordance with this Regulation to implement the Union support financed by the EAGF and the EAFRD for the achievement of the specific objectives set out to in Article 6.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4223 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 91 – paragraph 2
Based on the SWOT analysis referred to in Article 103(2) and an assessment of needs referred to in Article 96, Member State and, where appropriate, regions shall establish in the CAP Strategic Plans an intervention strategy as referred to in Article 97 in which quantitative targets and milestones shall be set to achieve the specific objectives set out to in Article 6. The targets shall be defined using a common set of result indicators set out in Annex I.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4232 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 91 – paragraph 4 a (new)
The approval of the CAP Strategic Plans and its implementation by Member States shall not cause any delays in the aid application period for beneficiaries nor in the timely payment of the aid, especially in the first year of implementation.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4244 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 92 – paragraph 1
1., Member States shall aim to make, through their CAP Strategic Plans and in particular through the elements of the intervention strategy referred to in point (a) of Article 97(2), a greater overall contribution to the achievement of the specific environmental, health- and climate-related objectives set out in points (d), (e) and (f) of Article 6(1) in comparison to the overall contribution made to the achievement of the objective laid down in point (b) of the first subparagraph of Article 110(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 through support under the EAGF and the EAFRD in the period 2014 to 2020.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4255 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 93 – paragraph 1
Each Member State shall establish a singlein collaboration, where appropriate, with regions shall establish national or regional CAP Strategic Plans for its enrespectirve territory.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4256 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 93 – paragraph 1
Each Member State shall establish a single CAP Strategic Plan for its entire territorynational CAP Strategic Plan may provide different measures applied to groups of territories with similar socio- economic or agronomic condition.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4262 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 93 – paragraph 2
Where elements of the CAP Strategic Plan are established and implemented at regional level via Regional Intervention Programmes, at regional level, the Member State shall ensure the coherence and the consistency with the elements of the CAP Strategic Plan established at national level.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4265 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 93 – paragraph 2
Where elements of the CAP Strategic Plan are established at regional level, the Member State shall ensure that those rural development elements are coherencet and the consistencyt with the elements of the CAP Strategic Plan established at national level.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4304 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 95 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) target and financial plans; including, where appropriate, the target and financial plans found within the Regional Intervention Programs;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4308 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 95 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) a description of the elements that ensuresystem providing services for advising farmers and other beneficiaries of CAP support on land management and farm management and of the elements that contribute to modernisation of the CAP;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4310 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 95 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) a list of regional operational programmes;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4324 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 95 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
(ea) Annex VI on the Regional Intervention Programs
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4342 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 96 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) details of the specific local needs to be defined in regional operational programmes.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4351 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 97 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) An overview of the economic architecture of the CAP strategic plan, describing the complementarity and basic conditions between the different interventions aimed at the specific objectives related to agricultural economic development and rural areas defined respectively in Article 6(1)(a) and (b) and Article 6(1)(g), (h) and (i);
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4363 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 97 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) an explanation of how the environment and climate architectures of the CAP Strategic Plan isreferred to in points (a) and (aa) are meant to contribute to already established long-term national targets set out in or deriving from the legislative instruments referred to in Annex XI;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4370 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 98 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The description of elements common to several interventions under the national strategy or regional operational programmes, as referred to in point (c) of Article 95(1), shall include:
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4376 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 99 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The description of each intervention specified in the strategy referred to in point (d) of Article 95(1), or of certain regionally managed rural development interventions specified in regional operational programmes, shall include:
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4389 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 99 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) the annual planned outputs for the intervention, and, where relevant, a breakdown per uniform or average unit amount of support;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4398 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 100 – paragraph 1
1. The target plan referred to in point (e) of Article 95(1) shall consist of a recapitulative table showing the targets as referred to in point (a) of Article 97(1), indicating the break-down in annual milestones.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4407 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 100 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d – paragraph 1
a breakdown of the Member States allocations for types of interventions in the form of direct payments after transfers as specified in points (b) and (c) based on indicative financial allocations per type of interventions and per intervention, specifying the planned outputs, the average or uniform unit amount and the maximum variation referred to in Article 89. Where applicable, the breakdown shall include the amount of the reserve of payment entitlements.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4408 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 100 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d – paragraph 3
Taking into account the use of the product of reduction of payments as referred to in Articles 15 and 81(3), these indicative financial allocations, the related planned outputs and the corresponding average unit amounts or uniform unit amounts shall be established before reduction of payments;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4409 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 100 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e
(e) a breakdown of the allocations for sectoral types of interventions referred to in Section VII of Chapter III of Title III per intervention and with an indication of the planned outputs and the average unit amount;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4410 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 100 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point f
(f) a breakdown of the Member States allocations for rural development after transfers to and from direct payments as specified in point (b), per type of interventions and per intervention, including totals for the period, indicating also the applicable EAFRD contribution rate, broken down per intervention and per type of region where applicable. In case of transfer of funds from direct payments, the intervention(s) or part of intervention financed by the transfer shall be specified. This table shall also specify the planned outputs per intervention and the average or uniform unit amounts, as well as, where applicable, a breakdown of the amounts planned for grants and amounts planned for financial instruments. The amounts for technical assistance shall also be specified;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4445 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Annex VI to the CAP Strategic Plan referred to in Article 95, paragraph 2, point (f) shall include the Regional Intervention Programmes.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4462 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall submit to the Commission a proposal for a CAP Strategic Plan, containing the information referred to in Article 95 no later than 1 January 2020]2.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4463 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Where the Member State provides for the submission of certain rural development measures to be managed at regional level, these measures shall be submitted to the Commission within three months of the submission of the national strategic plan. In all cases, the national strategic plan shall contain a basic set of rural development measures which shall replace regional management if the regional authorities do not submit such regional rural development measures within the prescribed time limits.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4464 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall assess the proposed CAP Strategic Plans on the basis of the completeness of the plans, the consistency and coherence with the general principles of Union law, with this Regulation and the provisions adopted pursuant to it and with the Horizontal Regulation, their effective contribution to the specific objectives set out in Article 6(1), the impact on the proper functioning of the internal market and distortion of competition, the level of administrative burden on beneficiaries and administration. The assessment shall address, in particular,, as well as the rural development interventions managed at regional level, addressing the adequacy of the strategy of the CAP Strategic Plan, the corresponding specific objectives, targets, interventions and the allocation of budgetary resources to meet the specific CAP Strategic Plan objectives through the proposed set of interventions on the basis of the SWOT analysis and the ex-ante evaluation.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4474 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Depending on the results of the assessment referred to in paragraph 2, the Commission may address observations to the Member States and to the Regions within three months of the date of submission of the CAP Strategic Plan and on the rural development measures managed at regional level. The Member State and the Regions shall provide to the Commission all necessary additional information and, where appropriate, revise the proposed plan.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4476 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Depending on the results of the assessment referred to in paragraph 2, the Commission may address observations to the Member States and, where appropriate, to the regional managing authority within three months of the date of submission of the CAP Strategic Plan.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4483 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
The Member State and, where appropriate, the regions shall provide to the Commission all necessary additional information and, where appropriate, revise the proposed plan.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4489 #

2018/0216(COD)

4. The Commission shall approve the proposed CAP Strategic Plan and any rural development measures managed at regional level provided that the necessary information has been submitted and the Commission is satisfied that the Plan is compatible with the general principles of Union law, the requirements set out in this Regulation, the provisions adopted pursuant to it and in Regulation (EU) [HzR].
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4494 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
The approval of each CAP Strategic Plan and any rural development measures managed at regional level shall take place no later than eight months following itstheir submission by the Member State and the Regions concerned.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4503 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
In duly justified cases, tThe Member State may ask the Commission to approve a CAP Strategic Plan which does not contain all elements. In that case the Member State concerned shall indicate separately the parts of the CAP Strategic Plan that are missinghave been omitted and provide indicative targets and financial plans as referred to in Article 100 for the whole CAP Strategic Plan in order to show the overall consistency and coherence of the plan. The missing elements of the CAP Strategic Plan shall be submitted to the Commission as an amendment of the plan in accordance with Article 107provide an overall view of the plan.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4510 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 6
6. Each CAP Strategic Plan and any rural development measures managed at regional level shall be approved by the Commission by means of an implementing decision without applying the Committee procedure referred to in Article 139.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4513 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 7
7. The CAP Strategic Plans and any rural development measures managed at regional level shall only have legal effects after their approval by the Commission.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4518 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. The approval of the CAP Strategic Plans and its implementation by Member States shall not cause any delays in the aid application period for beneficiaries nor in the timely payment of the aid, especially in the first year of implementation.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4523 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 107 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may submit to the Commission requests to amend their CAP Strategic Plans. where appropriate, the regional management authority may also submit to the Commission requests to amend the regional intervention programs
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4526 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 107 – paragraph 1
1. Member States and the Regions may submit to the Commission requests to amend their CAP Strategic Plans and the regional operational programmes.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4559 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Title 5 – chapter 3 a (new)
CHAPTER IIIa CONTENT OF REGIONAL OPERATIONAL PROGRAMMES Article 109a Content of regional operational programmes 1. Each regional operational programme shall contain the following sections: (a) an assessment of needs; (b) an intervention strategy; (c) a description of elements common to several interventions; (d) a description of the measures at regional level in coherence with the strategic plan implemented at regional level; (e) target and financial plans for measures implemented at regional level; (f) a description of the governance and coordination system; (g) a description of the elements related to simplification and reduced administrative burden for final beneficiaries. 2. Each regional operational programme shall contain the following annexes: (a) Annex I on the ex-ante evaluation and the strategic environmental assessment (SEA); (b) Annex II on the SWOT analysis; (c) Annex III on the consultation of the partners; (d) Annex IV on the additional national financing provided within the scope of the regional operational programmes. Article 109 b Assessment of needs The assessment of needs referred to in point (a) of Article 109(b)(1) shall include the following: (a) summary of the SWOT analysis as referred to in Article 103(2) based on territorial requirements; (b) identification of needs for each specific objective set out in Article 6 based on the evidence from the SWOT analysis. All the needs shall be described, regardless whether they will be addressed through the Regional Operational Programme or not; (c) for the specific objective of supporting viable farm income and resilience set out in point (a) of Article 6(1), an assessment of needs in relation to risk management; (d) where applicable, an analysis of the specific needs of vulnerable geographical areas; (e) prioritisation and ranking of needs, including a sound justification of the choices made and if relevant, why certain identified needs are not addressed or partially addressed in the regional operational programme. For the specific environmental and climate objectives referred to in points (d), (e), and (f) of Article 6(1), the assessment shall take into account the national environmental and climate plans emanating from the legislative instruments referred to in Annex XI. The most recent and most reliable data shall be used for this assessment. Article 119c Interventions The description of each intervention specified in the regional operational plan referred to in point (d) of Article 109(1) shall include: (a) the type of interventions it belongs to; (b) the territorial scope; (c) the specific design or requirements of that intervention that ensure an effective contribution to the specific objective(s) set out in Article 6(1). For environmental and climate interventions, articulation with the conditionality requirements shall show that the practices do not overlap; (d) the eligibility conditions; (e) the annual planned outputs for the intervention, and where relevant, a breakdown per uniform or average unit amount of support; (f) where applicable, the following information shall also be provided: (i) the form and rate of support; (ii) the calculation of the unit amount of support and their certification as referred to in Article 76; (g) the resulting annual financial allocation for the intervention, as referred to in Article 88. Where applicable, a breakdown on amounts planned for grants and amounts planned for financial instruments shall be provided; (h) a description of the use of ‘technical assistance’ as referred to in Articles 86(3) and 112; (i) an indication as to whether the intervention falls outside the scope of Article 42 TFEU and is subject to State aid assessment. Article 109d Amendments to regional operational programmes For amendments to regional operational programmes, the provision of Article 107 shall apply.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4564 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 110 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall designate a Managing Authority for their CAP Strategic Plans and one for each regional operational programme.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4587 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 110 – paragraph 3
3. The Member State or the Managing Authority may designate one or more intermediate bodies including local authorities, regional development bodies or non-governmental organisations, to carry out the management and implementation of CAP Strategic Plan or regional operational programme interventions.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4604 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 111 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
The Monitoring Committee shall meet at least once a year and shall review all issues that affect the CAP Strategic Plan and, where appropriate, the Regional Intervention Programs progress towards achieving its targets.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4607 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 111 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
The Member State and, where appropriate, the regions shall publish the rules of procedures of the Monitoring Committee and all the data and information shared with the Monitoring Committee online.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4615 #

2018/0216(COD)

The Member State and, where appropriate, regions shall decide the composition of the Monitoring Committee and shall ensure a balanced representation of the relevant public authorities and intermediate bodies and of representatives of the partners referred to in Article 94(3).
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4619 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 111 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
The Member State and, where appropriate, the regions shall publish the list of the members of the Monitoring Committee online.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4621 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 111 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. TAccording to its territorial scope, the Monitoring Committee shallmay examine in particular:
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4622 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 111 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) progress in CAP Strategic Plan and, where appropriate, in Regional Intervention Programs implementation and in achieving the milestones and targets;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4624 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 111 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) any issues that affect the performance of the CAP Strategic Plan and, where appropriate, of the Regional Intervention Programs and the actions taken to address those issues;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4645 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 112 – paragraph 1
1. At the initiative of a Member State, the EAFRD may support actions which are necessary for the effective administration and implementation of support in relation to the CAP Strategic Plan and the regional operational programmes, including the establishing and operating of the national CAP networks referred to in Article 113(1). The actions referred to in this paragraph may concern previous and subsequent CAP Strategic Plan periods.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4646 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 112 – paragraph 1
1. At the initiative of a Member State or, where appropriate, regions, the EAFRD may support actions which are necessary for the effective administration and implementation of support in relation to the CAP Strategic Plan, including the establishing and operating of the national CAP networks referred to in Article 113(1). The actions referred to in this paragraph may concern previous and subsequent CAP Strategic Plan periods.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4654 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 113 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall establish a national Common Agricultural Policy Network (national CAP network) for the networking of organisations and administrations, advisors, researchers, representatives of productive sectors and other innovation actors in the field of agriculture and rural development at national level at the latest 12 months after the approval by the Commission of the CAP Strategic Plan. This Network shall build on the already existing networking structures in the Member State.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4681 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 115 – paragraph 1
1. Member States and, in the case of Regional Intervention Programs, the regional managing authorities shall establish a performance framework which shall allow reporting, monitoring and evaluation of the performance of the CAP Strategic Plan during its implementation.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4699 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 115 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) the content of CAP Strategic Plans including, where appropriate, the Regional Intervention Programs;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4720 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 119 – paragraph 1
The Managing Authority and the Monitoring Committee shall monitor, according to their territorial competence, the implementation of the CAP Strategic Plan and progress made towards achieving the targets of the CAP Strategic Plan and, where appropriate, of the Regional Intervention Programs, on the basis of the output and result indicators.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4793 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 122 – paragraph 1
1. Member States and, where appropriate, regions shall organise each year an annual review meeting with the Commission, to be chaired jointly or by the Commission, which will take place not earlier than two months after the submission of the annual performance report.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4864 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 125 – paragraph 1
1. Member States and, where appropriate, regions shall carry out ex- ante evaluations to improve the quality of the design of their CAP Strategic Plans.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4871 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 126 – paragraph 1
1. Member States and, where appropriate, regions shall carry out evaluations of the CAP Strategic Plans shall be carried out by theincluding, where appropriate, the Regional Intervention Programs to improve the quality of the design and implementation of the plans, as well as to assess their effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, coherence, Union added value and impact in relation to their contribution to the CAP general and specific objectives set out in Articles 5 and 6(1).
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4873 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 126 – paragraph 2
2. Member States and, where appropriate, regions shall entrust evaluations to functionally independent experts.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4874 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 126 – paragraph 3
3. Member States and, where appropriate, regions shall ensure that procedures are in place to produce and collect the data necessary for evaluations.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4875 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 126 – paragraph 4
4. Member States and, where appropriate, regions shall be responsible for evaluating the adequacy of the CAP Strategic Plan interventions for the purpose of achieving the specific objectives set out in Article 6(1).
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4876 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 126 – paragraph 5
5. Member States and, where appropriate, regions shall draw up an evaluation plan providing indications on intended evaluation activities during the implementation period.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4877 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 126 – paragraph 6
6. Member States and, where appropriate, regions shall submit the evaluation plan to the Monitoring Committee no later than one year after the adoption of the CAP Strategic Plan.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4900 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 131 – paragraph 3
3. By way of derogation from paragraph 2, Articles 107, 108 and 109 TFEU shall apply to national support provided for an operations falling both within and outside the scope of Article 42 TFEU, save where support for working capital is provided through a financial instrument.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4903 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 131 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Payments made by Member States in relation to operations falling outside the scope of Article 42 TFEU shall be included by Member States in the rural development program and, where they comply with the criteria under this Regulation, shall be approved by the Commission.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4919 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 140 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 is repealed with effect from 1 January 20213.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4923 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 140 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
However, it shall continue to apply to operations implemented pursuant to rural development programs approved by the Commission under that Regulation before 1 January 20213.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4926 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 140 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 is repealed with effect from 1 January 20213.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4928 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 140 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
However, it shall continue to apply in respect of aid applications relating to claim years starting before 1 January 20213.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4930 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 140 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Articles 17 and 19 of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, as well as Annex I to that Regulation where relevant for Croatia, shall continue to apply until 31 December 20213.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 5094 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – GAEC 1 – Requirements and standards
Maintenance of permanent grassland based on a ratio of permanent grassland in relation to agricultural areadeleted
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 5116 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – SMR 1 – Requirements and standards
Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy Article 11(3)(e) and Article 11(3)(h) as regards mandatory requirements to control diffuse sources of pollution by phosphatesdeleted
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 5120 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – SMR 2 – Requirements and standards
Council Directive 91/676/EEC of 12 December 1991 concerning the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources (OJ L 375, 31.12.1991, p. 1): Articles 4 and 5deleted
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 5126 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – GAEC 5
Use of Farm Sustainability Tool for Nutrientsdeleted
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 5155 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – GAEC 8
Crop rotationdeleted
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 5171 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – GAEC 9 – Requirements and standards – indent 1
- Minimum share of agricultural area devoted to non-productive features or areasdeleted
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 5175 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – GAEC 9 – Requirements and standards – indent 1
- Minimum share of agriculturalrable area devoted to non-productive features or areas for farms with an arable area of more than 15 ha
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 5189 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – GAEC 10
Ban on converting or ploughing permanent grassland in Natura 2000 sideletesd
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 5247 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex X – Italy – Calendar year
2021: 71 203 710 2022: 71 203 710 2023: 71 203 710 2024: 71 203 710 2025: 71 203 710 2026: 71 203 71142 407 420 2022: 142 407 420 2023: 142 407 420 2024: 142 407 420 2025: 142 407 420 2026: 142 407 420 2027 and subsequent years: 71 203 71142 407 420
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 39 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) In view of the new model for implementing the Common Agricultural Policy and in order to ensure convergence of the rules and a much simpler procedure for final beneficiaries of the European Agricultural Funds that are 90% made up of farmers, most of the common rules in this Regulation will no longer be applied to the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development. Nonetheless, certain rules in this Regulation that pertain to economic governance, territorial development, visibility and communication rules and financial instruments continue to apply to aid funded by the EAFRD.
2018/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 75 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article premier – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Title II, Chapter III, Title III, Chapter II and Articles 41 and 43 shall apply to aid measures financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development ('the EAFRD'), and Articles 2 and 52 to 56 shall apply to financial instruments provided for in Article 74 of Regulation (EU) [...] ('CAP Strategic Plans Regulation') and supported under the EAFRD.
2018/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 35 #

2018/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
(5) In the Union, 80 to 85 % of marine litter, measured as beach litter counts, is plastic, with single-use plastic items representing 50 % and fishing-related items representing 27 %. Single-use plastics products include a diverse range of commonly used fast-moving consumer products that are discarded after having been used once for the purpose for which they were provided, are rarely recycled, and are prone to littering. A significant proportion of the fishing gear placed on the market is not collected for treatment. Single-use plastic products and fishing gear containing plastic are therefore a particularly serious problem in the context of marine litter and pose a severe risk to marine ecosystems, biodiversity and, potentially, to human health and are damaging activities such as tourism, fisheries and shipping. It should nonetheless be emphasised that the use of plastics in food containers for human consumption is highly regulated in the EU.
2018/09/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 49 #

2018/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) There are many different sources of plastic pollution, as has been demonstrated through monitoring conducted under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive and by civil society. It would therefore be appropriate to exchange the best practices in use in certain Member States to improve plastic recycling systems and cut down on waste, as these are currently giving rise to additional costs for farmers.
2018/09/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 99 #

2018/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2
(2) 'single-use plastic product' means a product that is made wholly or partly from plastic and that is not conceived, designed or placed on the market to accomplish, within its life span, multiple trips or rotations by being returned to the producer for refill or re-used for the same purpose for which it was conceived' means conceived, designed or placed on the market to be used once, for a short period of time and, based on a harmonised methodology, has been identified as accounting for a significant proportion of marine litter found in the EU;
2018/09/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 106 #

2018/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
(2 a) ‘plastic product’ means a product that is made mainly from plastic.
2018/09/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 205 #

2018/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – part E – indent 1
— Food containers, i.e. receptacles such as boxes, with or without a cover, designed and intended to be filled at the point of sale, used to contain food that is intended for immediate consumption from the receptacle either on-the-spot or take- away without any further preparation, such as food containers used for fast food, except beverage containers, plates and packets and wrappers containing food. This provision shall not apply to packaging wich is intended to etend the shelf-life of pre-prepared foods.
2018/09/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 214 #

2018/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – part G – indent 1
— Food containers, i.e. receptacles such as boxes, with or without a cover, designed and intended to be filled at the point of sale, used to contain food that is intended for immediate consumption from the receptacle either on-the-spot or take- away without any further preparation, such as food containers used for fast food, except beverage containers, plates and packets and wrappers containing food. This provision shall not apply to packaging which is intended to extend the shelf-life of pre-prepared foods.
2018/09/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1 #

2018/0166R(APP)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that the common agricultural policy (CAP), one of the most integrated policies, plays a crucial role in delivering key EU objectives such as food security; points out that the rules with which farmers must comply governing food, health and environmental protection have increased, while the relative share of agriculture in the EU budget keeps declining; underlines the need to support farmers' transition towards environmentally friendly farming practices and to valorise the delivery of environmental goods;
2018/09/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2 #

2018/0166R(APP)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that the common agricultural policy (CAP) plays a crucial role in delivering key EU objectives such as food security; points out that the rules with which farmers must comply governing food, health and environmental protection have increased, while the relative share of agriculture in the EU budget keeps declining; highlights also the competition to which the industry is subject as a result of the proliferation of new free trade agreements between the EU and third countries;
2018/09/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 16 #

2018/0166R(APP)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Calls for an increase of the overall EU budget at a higher level compared to the European Commission proposal, at 1,3% of the EU27's gross national income (GNI).
2018/09/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 20 #

2018/0166R(APP)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates its call for the CAP budget to be maintained in the 2021-2027 MFF at least at the level of the 2014-2020 budget for the EU-27 in real terms, given the fundamental role of this policyand added value of this policy; stresses the need to increase funding in line with responses to the various cyclical crises in sensitive sectors ; reaffirms its view that agriculture must not suffer any financial disadvantage as a result of political decisions such as political conflicts with trading partners, the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU or the funding of new European policies ;
2018/09/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 22 #

2018/0166R(APP)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates its call for the CAP budget to be maintainedjects the proposal to reduce CAP funding, given the fundamental role of this policy in the 2021-2027 MFF, and calls for at least at the same level of the 2014-2020 budget for the EU-27funding, in real terms, giveas in the fundamental role of this policy2014-2020 budget for the EU-27; reaffirms its view that agriculture must not suffer any financial disadvantage as a result of political decisions such as the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU or the funding of new European policies, with these challenges demonstrating the need to increase Member State contributions to 1.3% of their GDP;
2018/09/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 25 #

2018/0166R(APP)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates its call for the CAP budget to be maintained in the 2021-2027 MFF at least at the level of the 2014-2020 budget for the EU-27 in real terms, given the fundamental role of this policy to ensure economic, environmental and social sustainability of EU agriculture; reaffirms its view that agriculture must not suffer any financial disadvantage as a result of political decisions such as the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU or the funding of new European policies;
2018/09/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 32 #

2018/0166R(APP)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Considers it necessary for the next MFF to ensure an adequate CAP financing in order to guarantee the economic, environmental and social sustainability of European agriculture, by safeguarding farmers incomes, employment and development in rural areas and the provision of environmental public goods.
2018/09/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 40 #

2018/0166R(APP)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Disagrees with the Commission’s proposal for the next MFF, which would entail substantial cuts to the CAP; highlights the fact that the extent of the cuts varies according to the parameters used for the comparison; disagrees with the Commission’s approach of providing two calculation methods for the MFF (current vs constant); recalls that the funding level must be maintained in constant prices
2018/09/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 53 #

2018/0166R(APP)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the importance of direct payments as well as second-pillar funds for farmers; deplores in particular rural populations ; strongly opposes the severe cuts envisaged for the second pillar of the CAP, which makes a significant contribution to investment and employment in rural areasbrings a vital contribution to employment, investment, accessibility and territorial attractiveness in rural areas; calls for the rural development funding level to be restored to that of the 2014-2020 funding period ; stresses that it cannot be taken for granted that national co-funding will fill the budget gap;
2018/09/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 57 #

2018/0166R(APP)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the importance of direct payments as well as second-pillar funds for farmers; deplores in particular the severe cuts envisaged for the second pillar of the CAP, which makes a significant contribution to investment and employment in rural areas; stresses that it cannot be taken for granted that national co-funding will fill the budget gap; rejects the proposal that the EAFRD no longer be covered by the Structural Funds Regulation;
2018/09/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 62 #

2018/0166R(APP)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the importance of maintaining the current financial allocation for direct payments as well as second-pillar funds for farmers; deplores in particular the severe cuts envisaged for the second pillar of the CAP, which makes a significant contribution to investment and employment in rural areas; stresses that it cannot be taken for granted that national co-funding will fill the budget gap;
2018/09/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 65 #

2018/0166R(APP)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 – point a (new)
(a) Reiterates that the overall EARDF and EAGF total for the coming period should be 382,855,000,000 in constant prices to correspond to 2014-2020
2018/09/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 66 #

2018/0166R(APP)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 – point b (new)
(b) Stresses that the expectation that 40% of CAP will be spent on climate action can only be achieved if the funds for environmental and climate schemes are not subject to the reduction of payments (cap) outlined in Article 15 of the proposal establishing rules on strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States under the CAP;
2018/09/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 82 #

2018/0166R(APP)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Underlines the need to have a legally binding and compulsory MFF mid-term review;
2018/09/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 95 #

2018/0166R(APP)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal to allow the carry-over of crisis reserve funds; regrets the fact thatdisagrees with the initial amounts to be used to constitute the fund will not be sourced from outside the CAP budget but will instead be taken from direct payments in 2020 and will not be paid back to farmersbeing sourced as direct payments from the CAP budget.
2018/09/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 118 #

2018/0166R(APP)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Stresses the importance of setting up a specific budget line within heading I (3) "Single Market", to support the proper functioning of the single market and ensure consumer protection and food safety, in particular as regards the protection of food products with a geographical indication (GI), the correct origin labelling of food and the prevention of food frauds.
2018/09/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 128 #

2018/0166R(APP)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Stresses the importance of intensifying customs control for imports of agricultural and food products into the EU, establishing a specific budget line under Heading IV (11) "Border management" to fully realize the potential of the Customs Union and prevent illegal trade and fraud.
2018/09/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 131 #

2018/0166R(APP)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7 c. Calls for the creation of a new budget line under heading IV (10) "Migration", with a specific financial allocation for farmers actively involved in the integration of migrants into a regular labor market.
2018/09/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 101 #

2018/0088(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002
Article 8 a – paragraph 1– point b
(b) promote consistency and, transparency and clarity in formulating risk management recommendations;
2018/09/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 113 #

2018/0088(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002
Article 25 – paragraph 1 a – point c
(c) fourive members with the right to vote representing civil society and food chain interests, namely,: one from consumers organisations, one from environmental non-governmental organisations, one from farmers’ organisations, one from aquaculture products organisations and one from industry organisations. Those members shall be appointed by the Council in consultation with the European Parliament on the basis of a list drawn up by the Commission which includes more names than there are posts to be filled. The list drawn up by the Commission shall be forwarded to the European Parliament, together with the relevant background documents. As quickly as possible and within three months of notification, the European Parliament may submit its views for consideration to the Council, which shall then appoint those members.
2018/09/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 115 #

2018/0088(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a – point c
(c) fourive members with the right to vote representing civil society and food chain interests namely, one from consumers organisations, one from environmental non-governmental organisations, one from farmers organisations and one from industry organisation and three from industry organisations, representing respectively the agricultural, food and chemical sectors. Those members shall be appointed by the Council in consultation with the European Parliament on the basis of a list drawn up by the Commission which includes more names than there are posts to be filled. The list drawn up by the Commission shall be forwarded to the European Parliament, together with the relevant background documents. As quickly as possible and within three months of notification, the European Parliament may submit its views for consideration to the Council, which shall then appoint those members.
2018/09/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 122 #

2018/0088(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002
Article 28 – paragraph 5 a – subparagraph d – point iii a (new)
(iii a) Ensuring the expertise of a Panel responsible for a given assessment matches the competences required for such evaluation, proving understanding of a particular subject matter, and adopting the most appropriate methodology depending on the nature of the different chemical compounds.
2018/09/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 130 #

2018/0088(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002
Article 32 a
At the request of a potential applicant for a food law authorisation, the staff of the Authority shall advise on the relevant provisions and the required content of the application for authorisation. The advice provided by the staffwould facilitate the understanding ofn the Authority shall be without prejudice and non-committal as to the subsequent assessment of applications for authorisation by the Scientific Panelsrequirements of the studies to be conducted and serve to establish guidelines on criteria to apply in the studies where international protocols are missing or not suitable for the specific case.
2018/09/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 151 #

2018/0088(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002
Article 32 e
Without prejudice to the obligation of applicants for authorisations under food law to demonstrate the safety of a subject matter submitted to a system of authorisation, the Commission, in exceptional circumstances, may request the Authority to commission scientific studies with the objective of verifying evidence used in its risk assessment process. The studies commissioned may have a wider scope than the evidence subject torequested may be as thoroughgoing as necessary in each case to ensure proper verification.;
2018/09/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 163 #

2018/0088(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002
Article 38 – paragraph 1 a – introductory sentence
TExcept in cases which require exceptional treatment in the general interest, the disclosure of the information mentioned in paragraph (1)(c) to the public shall be without prejudice:
2018/09/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 171 #

2018/0088(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002
Article 39 – paragraph 2 – point 1
(1) the method, and other technical and industrial specifications relating to that method, used to manufacture or produce the subject matter of the request for a scientific output, including a scientific opinion, that must provide all the guarantees necessary to ensure respect for the environment and for public health;
2018/09/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 104 #

2018/0082(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
(9) The relevant rules should apply to business conduct by larger, that is to say non-small and medium-sized, operators in the food supply chain as they are the ones who normally possess stronger relative bargaining power when trading with small and medium-sized suppliertheir suppliers. Those rules should not be to the detriment of the various social formations consisting of and governed by agricultural producers, the aim of which is to promote the agricultural and food products of their members under the best possible market conditions.
2018/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 117 #

2018/0082(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
(11) As unfair trading practices may occur at any stage of the sale of an agricultural and food product, i.e. before, during or after a sales transaction, or in connection with the provision of services related to that product by the buyer or group of buyers to the supplier, Member States should ensure that the provisions of this Directive should apply to such practices whenever they occur.
2018/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 133 #

2018/0082(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 a (new)
(12 a) Nutrition labelling schemes unilaterally imposed by buyers on suppliers, which do not provide the consumers with comprehensive information, may discriminate between producers and mislead consumers in their choice of products. The imposition of such schemes may be considered as falling under the definition of unfair trading practice.
2018/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 149 #

2018/0082(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
(14) Complaints by producer or supplier organisations or associations of such organisations, including representative organizations, can serve to protect the identity of individual members of the organisation who are small and medium- sized suppliers and consider themselves exposed to unfair trading practices. Enforcement authorities of the Member States should therefore be able to accept and act upon complaints by such entities while protecting the procedural rights of the defendant.
2018/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 157 #

2018/0082(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
(15) The enforcement authorities of the Member States should have the necessary powers that enable them to effectively gather any factual information by way of information requests. They should have the power to order thebe impartial bodies with no conflicts of interest with operators in the agricultural and food supply chain and have an in depth knowledge of the functioning of the chain. They should guarantee the fair and proper functioning of the agricultural and food supply chain and promptly termination ofe a prohibited practice, where applicable. The existence of a deterrent, such as the power to impose fines and other equally effective sanctions and the publication of investigation results, can encourage behavioural change and pre-litigation solutions between the parties and should therefore be part of the powers of the enforcement authorities. Repeated infringements should be taken into account when determining the sanction to be applied. The Commission and the enforcement authorities of the Member States should cooperate closely so as to ensure a common approach with respect to the application of the rules set out in this Directive. In particular, the enforcement authorities should provide each other mutual assistance, for example by sharing all relevant information and assisting in investigations which have a cross-border dimension.
2018/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 204 #

2018/0082(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. This Directive applies to certain unfair trading practices which occur in relation to the sales of agricultural and food products by a supplier to a buyer that is not a small and medium-sized enterprise to a buyer that is not a small and medium-sized enterprise, as well as to the services provided by a buyer and related to those products.
2018/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 235 #

2018/0082(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) “buyer” means any natural or legal person established in the Union who buys, irrespective of their place of establishment, who buys agricultural and food products by way of trade. The term "buyer" may include a group of such natural and legal persons;
2018/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 270 #

2018/0082(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) "supply agreement" means an agreement between a supplier and a buyer that covers price, quantities, delivery and payments conditions, as well as rights and termination procedures.
2018/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 284 #

2018/0082(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) “perishable agricultural and food products” means agricultural and food products that will become unfit for human consumption unless they are stored, treated, packaged or otherwise conserved to prevent them from becoming unfitrapidly decay due to their natural characteristics, in particular in the absence of appropriate storage conditions.
2018/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 309 #

2018/0082(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part
(a) a buyer pays a supplier for perishablelater than: - 30 calendar days starting from the last day of the month of receipt of the supplier’s invoice for perishable agricultural and food products, or later than 30 calendar days after the receipt of the supplier’s invoicedate of delivery of the perishable agricultural and food products; or - 60 calendar days starting from the last day of the month of receipt of the supplier’s invoice for non-perishable agricultural and food products, or later than 360 calendar days after the date of delivery of the non-perishable food products, whichever is the lateragricultural and food products. Member States shall ensure that, in sales transactions and for services provided where the buyer is a public authority, these practices are equally prohibited. Thisese prohibitions shall be without prejudice:
2018/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 321 #

2018/0082(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – indent 1 a (new)
- to the rules on payment terms laid down in the statute of a producer organization or of an association of producer organizations, including cooperatives, of which an agricultural producer is a member, if that statute contains rules enabling members to scrutinise democratically their organisation and its decisions;
2018/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 345 #

2018/0082(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) a buyer unilaterally and retroactivelyimposes changes to the terms of the supply agreement concerning the frequency, timing or volume of the supply or delivery, the quality standards or the prices of the foodagricultural and food products or the services related to those products;
2018/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 462 #

2018/0082(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Member States shall ensure that the following trading practices are prohibited, if they are not agreed in clear and unambiguous terms at the conclusion of the supply agreement or in any subsequent agreement between the buyer and the supplier during the validity of the supply agreement, or if they are the result of the economic dependence of the supplier on the buyer, which enabled the buyer to impose these terms:
2018/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 508 #

2018/0082(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States shall ensure that the trading practices referred to in paragraph 2 points (b), (c) and (d) are prohibited if the ensuing payments from the supplier to the buyer are not related to the costs incurred by the buyer.
2018/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 520 #

2018/0082(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3a Contractual relations 1. Without prejudice to Articles 125 and 148 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, Article 168 of that Regulation applies to agricultural and food products as defined in Article 2 point (d) of this Directive. 2. Member States may identify, share and promote best practices concerning long- term contractualisation, aimed at strengthening the bargaining position of producers within the agricultural and food supply chain.
2018/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 532 #

2018/0082(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 a (new)
Article 4a Competent enforcement authority 1. The enforcement authority of the Member State in which a buyer suspected to have engaged in a prohibited trading practice is established, shall be competent to investigate unfair trading practices committed by the buyer. 2. If a supplier delivers its products to a recipient related to the buyer but established in a Member State which does not correspond to the place of establishment of the buyer suspected to have engaged in a prohibited trading practice, the enforcement authority of that Member State shall be competent to investigate unfair trading practices committed by the buyer. The recipient of the products shall be considered as jointly liable for infringements committed. 3. Where the buyer is established outside the Union, the enforcement authority of the Member State where the supplier is established shall be competent to investigate unfair trading practices committed against the supplier. 4. The enforcement authority shall also be competent to investigate unfair trading practices as regards the provision of services related to the supply agreement. The buyer shall be considered as jointly liable for any infringements committed by a third-party provider of the related services.
2018/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 565 #

2018/0082(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. POrganisations of producers organisations or associations of producer of suppliers or associations of organisations of producers or of suppliers, including representative organiszations, whose member(s) or member(s) of their members consider(s) that they are affected by a prohibited trading practice shall have the right to submit a complaint.
2018/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 626 #

2018/0082(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 a (new)
Article 6 a Obligations of the enforcement authority 1. Enforcement authorities shall control and ensure the proper and fair functioning of the agricultural and food supply chain in the Union. 2. Within 60 days from the receipt of a complaint, the enforcement authority shall inform the complainant about its decision to act or not to act on the complaint. 3.Where the enforcement authority considers that there are insufficient grounds for acting on a complaint, it shall adopt a formal motivated decision rejecting the complaint and inform the complainant about that decision. The decision shall be subject to judicial review. 4. Where the enforcement authority considers that there are sufficient grounds for acting on a complaint, it shall initiate and conduct an investigation, which shall be concluded within six months from the initiation of the investigation. In duly justified cases, the period of six months may be extended by an additional period of six months. 5. Where, as a result of the investigation, an infringement of the prohibitions laid down in Article 3 is established, the enforcement authority shall require the buyer to terminate the prohibited trading practice and impose a pecuniary fine or other equally effective sanctions on the author of the infringement, in accordance with national legislation. The fine and the other sanctions shall be effective, proportionate to the harm caused and dissuasive taking into account the nature, duration and gravity of the infringement. Repeated infringements by the same buyer shall be taken into account when determining the pecuniary fine and the other sanctions to be applied. 6. The enforcement authority may abstain from taking any measure referred to in paragraph 5 of this Article, if such decision would risk revealing the identity of a complainant or disclosing any other information in respect of which the complainant considers disclosure harmful to his interests, provided that the complainant has identified that information in accordance with Article 5(3). 7. The enforcement authority may decide to publish its decisions relating to paragraph 5 of this Article.
2018/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 670 #

2018/0082(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 a (new)
Article 11a Reporting on effects on consumers 1. The Commission shall carry out an evaluation to establish whether specific trading practices which are unfair have negative effects on consumers, and shall present a report on the main findings to the European Parliament, the Council and the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions. 2. On the basis of the findings of its report, the Commission may present appropriate legislative proposals.
2018/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 55 #

2017/9999(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission to resolve all the trade disputes currently underway between the EU and Australia before opening any negotiations on agricultural matters, such as, inter alia, the controversy related to the anti-dumping measures imposed by the Australian authorities on European tomato processing firms;
2017/09/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 72 #

2017/9999(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission to maintain a harmonized negotiating approach, balanced with the one adopted during the concomitant negotiations with New Zealand, while taking due account of the specificities differentiating the two markets;
2017/09/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 65 #

2017/2284(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights the need to focus on precision and digital agriculture, so as to prevent the dispersion of pesticides in areas where they are not needed; underlines the need for research into new low-risk substances and their ability to meet the environmental, health and economic requirements of agriculture and into the equipment and technology that could render them more efficient and reduce the potential exposure of farmers, operators and the general public.
2018/09/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 75 #

2017/2284(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the importance of low-risk organic pesticides and the need to promote the development, authorisation and marketing thereof in the EU; calls on the Commission to promote the necessary changes in the current regulations to introduce a common definition, making a clear distinction between organic and synthetic chemical plant protection products.
2018/09/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 5 #

2017/2254(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a critical global health issue that requires commitment and willingness of the Member States to cooperate within the EU and at the international level and a proactive, coordinated action; underlines the importance of taking a holistic approach to tackling AMR through the one-health approach, by ensuring coherence and coordination between human health, animal health and the environment;
2018/03/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 11 #

2017/2254(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls upon the Commission to support Member States in the development, assessment and implementation of national action plans against AMR, namely in what regards monitoring and surveillance systems and adequate support and incentive, taking into account the differences in reality among Member States;
2018/03/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 17 #

2017/2254(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take an ambitious approach to ensuring that the targets set out in their respective Action Plans are fully and effectively achieved, and to strictly monitorAction Plans, containing measurable (clearly defined quantitative or qualitative) goals, benchmarks and effective measures to achieve these goals, are effectively implemented, and theat results thatstrictly monitored have been achieved;
2018/03/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 33 #

2017/2254(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for legislative solutions that will assist farmers in reducing the need for the use of antibiotics in livestock farming, with the aim of prudent and responsible use of antimicrobialand consequently to reduce their use in livestock farming, reinforcing the obligation for a prudent and responsible use of these veterinary medicinal products; insists that such legislative solutions must address the prophylactic and metaphylactic use and the use in animals of antimicrobials that are of critical importance to human health;
2018/03/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 53 #

2017/2254(INI)

4. Calls for further research and development into new antimicrobials and encourages alternatives to be investigated, including the development of more sustainable farming systems based on less intensive farming models, underlying the need for incentives for EU and global coordination and cooperation on research programmes in order to stimulate the development of new antimicrobials, alternative therapies and (rapid) diagnostics;
2018/03/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 76 #

2017/2254(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that the prevention and control of infections in animals are key to tackling AMR in agriculture and therefore disease prevention must be the first step for legislation tackling AMR in agriculture, both to, via ensureing a high standard of animal welfare and, among others, and thus reduceing the need to resort to antibiotics; emphasises that the prescription-only status for antibiotics and the accountability of professionals in the various sectors, as well as the cooperation between the veterinarian and the livestock farmers, are key factors for success; believes that antibiotics should never be used as compensation for poor hygiene or inadequate animal husbandry;
2018/03/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 97 #

2017/2254(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Emphasises the crucial role of education and training programmes in raising awareness about antimicrobial resistance and the prudent use of antimicrobials in veterinary medicine for farmers and, veterinarians, professionals, and all those involved in livestock farming;
2018/03/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 111 #

2017/2254(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines the need to change the business culture employed by veterinary medicine producers, which encourages the use and overuse of certain medicines in order to generate profits;deleted
2018/03/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 121 #

2017/2254(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses that more cooperation between Member States, the Commission and the pharmaceutical industry is crucial in order to keep existing effective antimicrobials used in human and veterinary medicine on the market, explore alternative solutions to ensure availability of these antimicrobials on the market and promote its responsible use as well as preventive measures;
2018/03/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 141 #

2017/2254(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that awareness of the issue should be raised at the highest political level, involving all Heads of State and all relevant UN and international organizations and aim for compromises and ambitious outcomes; emphasises that international cooperation involving sharing information, knowledge and best practices in tackling AMR is crucial in the context of the one- health approach for the benefit of human and animal health globally.;
2018/03/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3 #

2017/2208(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A
A. whereas the second pillar of the common agricultural policy is an essential financing instrument for boosting economic growth and promoting competitiveness and employment in lagging regions’ rural areas, while at the same time providing the financial incentives needed to address specific territorial needs, which in turn contribute to achieving the three cross- cutting objectives of innovation, environmental/climate change mitigation and adaptation;
2017/11/13
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 21 #

2017/2208(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Takes the view that agriculture is part of the solution for enhancing sustainable growth, providing jobs and increasingmoting family businesses and creating new jobs, in ways which facilitate broad and non- discriminatory social inclusion and are an excellent instrument by means of which to combat poverty and inequalities and to increase levels of income in lagging regions, while at the same time helping to preserve the countryside and combat rural depopulation;
2017/11/13
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 47 #

2017/2208(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises the importance of the possible synergetic effects from ensuring that a large share of the total employment in lagging regions is in agriculture, with the prospect of being able to provide a solid basis for traditional quality products, promoting food security and environmental sustainability measures and developing tourism activities, specifically agro-tourism;
2017/11/13
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 59 #

2017/2208(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Reiterates the importance of innovation, digitalisation andof improving infrastructure, thus creating a positive environment and good foundation for boosting growth and enhancing cohesion in lagging regions; recalls that good infrastructure, especially the provision of high-speed internet connections helps keep people in rural areas and can help attract a high-calibre workforce needed for growth in those areas;
2017/11/13
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 40 #

2017/2193(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission to maintain a harmonised negotiating approach, balanced with the one adopted during the concomitant negotiations with Australia, while taking due account of the specific factors differentiating the two markets;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 10 #

2017/2128(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the fact that an implementation report for Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 is being undertaken with the aim of ensuring a high level of protection of both human and animal health as well as the environment, while safeguarding the competitiveness of the EU’s agriculture sector by providing access to a broad range of active substances and Plant Protection Products (PPP) for all farmers and producers, irrespective of the Members States they are operating in;(Does not affect the English version.)
2018/01/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 33 #

2017/2128(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that this regulation is part of the wider EU Plant Protection Products (PPP) regime, which also includes the Sustainable Use Directive (SUD) and, the regulation setting Maximum Residue Levels (MRL), and that all threee Regulation on Classification, Labelling and Packaging of Substances and Mixtures, and that all four parts must be considered together in order to identify whether they are fit for purpose, including with a view to reducing the total volume of PPPs used;
2018/01/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 88 #

2017/2128(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Points to the existence of specific requirements in each Member State and the lack of harmonisation in the methodologies used for the evaluations as the main causes of the lack of trust between states and the reason why they carry out re-assessments based on their own national models;
2018/01/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 119 #

2017/2128(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Regards the application of the mutual recognition procedure as an important tool to increase work sharing and ensure compliance with deadlines, as it allows applicants to apply for authorisation in another Member State which makes the same use of the product in question for the same agricultural practices, based on the assessment carried out for the authorisation in the original Member State, which, for its part, shall be responsible at all times for the assessment issued to Member States applying mutual recognition, as laid down in Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 on biocidal products;
2018/01/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 124 #

2017/2128(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Believes that establishing a single authority at EU level, responsible for all aspects of the evaluation and authorisation of active substances, would avoid duplication of work, significantly reducing costs and the administrative burden, and would ensure a uniformly high level of protection of the environment and human health as well as providing a 'one-stop shop' for the evaluation and registration of active substances;
2018/01/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 144 #

2017/2128(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Underlines the important role low- risk PPPs can play in a comprehensive strategy of integrated pest management; calls for a better implementation of the existing regulation in regards to the market authorization for low-risk PPPs; stresses the importance of the effectiveness of low-risk PPPs in order to increase acceptance and facilitate a broad uptake in farmers’ crop protection strategies.
2018/01/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 156 #

2017/2128(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Underlines the transformative role precision agriculture and digital farming can play regarding the use and application of PPPs; calls on the Commission to fully embrace this scientific and technological progress and ensure that farmers, consumers and the environment benefit from it;
2018/01/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 162 #

2017/2128(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8 c. Highlights the importance and the need for the Common Agricultural Policy, 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 optimize the use of PPPs, reduce environmental emissions and exposure to operators;
2018/01/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 86 #

2017/2117(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital M
M. whereas the protection afforded to certain animal species, especially to large carnivores, under the Habitats Directive has led to significantly increased attacks on herds of sheep and goats by wolves, bears and lynxes, thus worsening the precarious situation in which some farms find themselves;
2017/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 96 #

2017/2117(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas predators and large carnivores have in some regions of the European Union attained good conservation status; whereas the introduction of the possibility to amend the protection status of species in particular regions should be taken into account as soon as the desired conservation status is reached;
2017/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 350 #

2017/2117(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Invites the Commission and Member States to consider rural development measures to protect herds from attack from predators and look into reviewing the Habitats Directive, with the aim of controlling and managing the spread of predators in certain grazing areas;
2017/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 359 #

2017/2117(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Commission to promote the development of trans- boundary management plans for predators and large carnivore species in order to ensure that biodiversity, the agricultural fabric and the traditional practice of letting sheep and goat stocks graze in mountain regions are safeguarded;
2017/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 39 #

2017/2116(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas protein crops have the capacity to fix nitrogen without requiring nitrogenous fertilization, contributing to soil fertility and contrasting nitrogen leaching;
2017/11/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 43 #

2017/2116(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas the cultivation of protein crops generates a significant added value for the environment, which is not endangered by the relative use of plant protection products;
2017/11/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 88 #

2017/2116(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas the political agreement on the CAP reached by the Parliament, the Council and the Commission in 2013 envisages the possibility to grow nitrogen- fixing crops on ecological focus areas;
2017/11/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 91 #

2017/2116(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)
Ib. whereas this possibility has led to a sharp increase in the production of protein crops in the EU; whereas the Commission, in its report on the implementation of the ecological focus area obligation under the green direct payment scheme, highlights how EFAs with nitrogen-fixing crops represented almost 40% of the 8 million hectares of land declared as EFA in 2015;
2017/11/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 94 #

2017/2116(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I c (new)
Ic. whereas Commission delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1155 generally improves the environmental ambition of the greening measures of the CAP through a series of measures including a complete ban of the use of pesticides on ecological focus areas;
2017/11/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 282 #

2017/2116(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls on the Commission to take immediate actions aimed at avoiding any reduction in the current production level of protein crops, taking into due account the environmental benefits deriving from the conventional cultivation of nitrogen- fixing crops on ecological focus areas;
2017/11/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 23 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas the urban beekeeping gathers popularity in recent years, which shows sustainability, interest and has the potential of increasing awareness among a broader circle of citizens, including children, about the nature and benefits from beekeeping;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 34 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas a progressive loss of production has been registered over the last decade, despite the efforts of beekeepers to maintain and increase the number of hives;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 139 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital R
R. whereas approximately 100 000 tonnes of imported honey arrives in the EU from China everyduring the last few years – double the amount in 2002 – even though the number of bee colonies has declined in other parts of the world;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 163 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital AC
AC. whereas annual honey consumption varies hugely across the Member States: whilst Member States in Western Europe have an average consumption of 2.5-2.7 kg per person, the figure for Hungary, for example, is just 0.7 kgthe countries from the 2004, 2007 and 2013 enlargements are as low as 0.7 kg in some cases;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 164 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital AC a (new)
ACa. whereas the European quality schemes and particularly the GI schemes have a great importance for the preservation and creation of jobs; whereas more than 30 GIs for honey have been registered so far; whereas "European" and "made in Europe" is often associated with products with high value;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 227 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to include a new direct support scheme for beekeepers, while developing, asserting and incorporating a fair payment for ecological services, such as pollination, which is done by all bees of every registered bee family based on colony numbers in its proposals for the common agricultural policy post-2020;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 250 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission to support the planting of plant varieties with high nectar and pollen producing capacity during the flowering period, on the basis of their significant environmental role;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 259 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Considers that the creation of centres devoted to the breeding and safeguard of native bee species, and in particular of the most noble subspecies such as the Apis mellifera ligustica, should be further promoted;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 263 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Considers that beekeepers should be granted tax relief in every Member State in view of the agricultural and environmental significance of their work; urges the member states to cut the unnecessary red-tape, which will save time, efforts and financial resources from the beekeepers;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 268 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. calls on the beekeepers for an active dialogue with the competent authorities for a more effective application of the national programmes for the apiculture programmes with the aim of improving them and correcting any occurring problems;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 269 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. calls on the European Commission and the member states to increase awareness among the stakeholders in the sector about the advantages of introducing new technologies, which are not harmful to the bees, with the aim of risk and loss management;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 407 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Suggests making honey packaging plants which also process imported honey subject to EU food safety monitoring; this might be achieved by amending Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 420 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Asks the Commission to put forward a proposal incorporating honey into the scope of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;deleted
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1 #

2017/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
– having regard to Regulation (EU) No 2393/2017 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2017 amending Regulations (EU) No 1305/2013 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), (EU) No 1306/2013 on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy, (EU) No 1307/2013 establishing rules for direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the common agricultural policy, (EU) No 1308/2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and (EU) No 652/2014 laying down provisions for the management of expenditure relating to the food chain, animal health and animal welfare, and relating to plant health and plant reproductive material,
2018/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 25 #

2017/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the shortage of young people pursuing careers in farming is jeopardising the economic and social sustainability and growth of rural areas;
2018/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 64 #

2017/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the number of applications submitted for the measure regarding the setting up of young people in farming under the second pillar of the CAP, has, in some Member States, exceeded the value of the total farming start-ups provided for in the 2014-2020 programming period;
2018/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 88 #

2017/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Recommends thatWelcomes the decision to review, through the so-called Omnibus regulation, the limit placed on access to the supports (currently five years from the establishment of the business) should be reviewed provided for under the first pillar, increasing it from five to ten years from the establishment of the business; welcomes the option given to Member States to raise the value of this additional support from 25% to 50% of the value of the basic payment; recommends that the period in which a farm can benefit from this support be extended to at least seven years, compared to the current five, in order to encourage generational turnover;
2018/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 95 #

2017/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Welcomes the option for young farmers, provided for by the so-called Omnibus regulation, to receive rural development aid for their first farming business, even where they set up business jointly with other farmers, whether they be older than 40, with a view to greater generational turnover, or young farmers, by multiplying the support;
2018/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 110 #

2017/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recommends that assessments of the creditworthiness of farms by banks and credit institutions be improved, also by developing the CAP financial instruments;
2018/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 118 #

2017/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Draws attention to the opportunities for young farmers offered in the European Structural and Investment (ESI) Funds to design and implement financial instruments synergistically in the form of loan, guarantee or equity funds in order to provide access to finance to those in need;
2018/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 126 #

2017/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3
Administration and simplification of the implemented measures
2018/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 135 #

2017/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Recommends making a greater effort to simplify procedures and reduce payment approval time;
2018/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 224 #

2017/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Asks for the promotion of new models of collaboration between generations of farmers through partnership, share-farming, long-term leasing and other long-term arrangements, farm-to-farm arrangements and funds for national or regional organisations engaged in promoting and facilitating matching services between young and old farmers (such as land mobility services);
2018/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 225 #

2017/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls for the establishment of land banks charting unused land available for young farmers;
2018/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 263 #

2017/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to offer more training opportunities for training and advice for potential and confirmed young farmers, including farming, technological and entrepreneurial skills such as marketing, networking, communication, innovation, multifunctionality and diversification, and financial expertise;
2018/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 17 #

2017/2052(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that, through its Pillars 1 and 2, the CAP helps to stabilise farmers' incomes, environmental programmes and economic activity in rural areas and prevents depopulation in those areas; notes, in this context, that a budget of at least the current volume is needed so that the two-pillar structure of the CAP can be maintained with a view to helping farmers in every sector, achieving the key goal of innovation, protecting and creating jobs and increasing farmers' incomes; stresses that, for rural development to be effective, it must continue to be part of the CAP, and be sufficiently well funded to guarantee that rural areas are sustainable in the long run;
2017/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 19 #

2017/2052(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out that the CAP contributes to the stability of rural areas and the employment of over 44 million people in the entire food supply chain; stresses that, in a period during which the EU is facing numerous and significant challenges, only a strong and properly funded CAP can help strengthen Europe, making a significant contribution to addressing such challenges through the management of migration, increased employment and stronger economic growth;
2017/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 76 #

2017/2052(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to keep direct payments intact as they help to avoid distortions of competition between Member States, and to maintain them without any national co-financing; urges the Commission to take due accountinue of the process of convergence of direct payments between Member Statedifferent costs of production and labour, together with the contribution made by agriculture to employment in the individual Member States in continuing the process of external convergence of direct payments;
2017/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 90 #

2017/2052(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Strongly opposes any renationalisation of farming policies and is concerned about the trend towards the renationalisation of state responses to farming crises, in particular in the form of specific payments rather than proper EU action;
2017/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 109 #

2017/2052(INI)

5. Calls for continued support for thosee sectors most in need, including family farms and small and medium-sized farms, as well as the most disadvantaged, mountain and outermost regions; calls on the Commission to envisage increasing the envelope for programmes of options specific to isolation and insularity (POSEI), as called for by Parliament;
2017/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 111 #

2017/2052(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to ensure the necessary financial andpresent a proposal for a legal framework for the food supply chain in the EU and to guarantee that it is financed properly, in order to combat unfair trading practices in the single market;
2017/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2 #

2017/2044(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the proposed EUR 59,5 billion in commitments which represent a 1,7 % increase compared to 2017, and a 2,6 % increase in payments amounting to EUR 56,3 billion under the Draft Budget (DB) 2018 for Heading 2; notes, however, that the increase is mainly attributable to the lower amount of assigned revenue estimated to be available to the EAGF in the DB 2018 compared to the 2017 budget, and that commitment appropriations for the EAFRD basically remain at the same level as in the 2017 budgetmongst others as last instalments of significant past clearance decisions are due in 2017;
2017/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 5 #

2017/2044(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Welcomes that commitment appropriations for the EAFRD basically remain at the same level as in the 2017 budget, while the requested payment appropriations are actually increasing;
2017/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 7 #

2017/2044(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Notes that the main reason for no significant changes in the DB 2018 compared to Budget 2017 is that the majority of CAP expenditure concerns pre-allocated MS envelopes which show a relatively stable level of execution of the support over the years;
2017/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 8 #

2017/2044(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1 c. Notes that the 2017 budget includes the financing for the EUR 500 million solidarity package for the dairy and other livestock sectors, while the decrease of this market measure will not have an impact on the 2018 budget;
2017/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 13 #

2017/2044(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights that administrative costs have to be secured for the Common Agricultural Policy, especially to guarantee timely payments and to maintain adequate levels of effective control; insists that further cuts in administrative staff numbers can lead to higher delays and risks of error and should not jeopardise the implementation of the CAP;
2017/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 15 #

2017/2044(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Asks the Commission to ensure uniform application of the criteria of the active farmers clause with a view to the simplified but more reliable identification of these farmers;
2017/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 18 #

2017/2044(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights the importance of the rural development commitments and spending and their potential for the creation of jobs in areas of higher unemployment, especially for the younger generations; insists that the initiatives targeting young farmers, which support innovation and generation renewal, should be maintained;
2017/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 21 #

2017/2044(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to monitor, in a timely manner, the price volatility of agricultural products, which has adverse effects on farmers' incomes, and to react promptly and effectively when needed;
2017/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 22 #

2017/2044(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Welcomes that the reserve for crises in the agricultural sector is part of the DB 2018;calls on the Commission to reconsider the existing crisis reserve system, and to create a new instrument that enables rapid political intervention in the event of a crisis and does not rely on an annual financial discipline mechanism for its funding;
2017/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 23 #

2017/2044(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that Brexit could have a significant financial impact on agriculture; calls on the Commission to take into consideration the higher budgetary risk;deleted
2017/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 32 #

2017/2044(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights the importance of pilot projects to the agricultural and rural development sectors in recent years; therefore asks for continued support for ongoing and new pilot projects; calls on the Commission to carry out an ex-post evaluation of the efficiency and benefits of pilot projects and preparatory actions;
2017/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 37 #

2017/2044(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to take into consideration the modifications put forward in the Omnibus proposal for modernising and simplifying the CAP and to secure finance for them in the 2018 budget;
2017/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 39 #

2017/2044(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that it is essential that funds earmarked for research in the agri- food sector, in particular from the Horizon 2020 budget, remain fully available as such in order to stimulate innovation and smart solutions in the agricultural and rural development sectors; highlights the fact that these 'smart' solutions should maintain coherence with environment, climate and biodiversity policy objectives, ensure close cooperation with relevant stakeholders from all Member States, and incentivise and support initiatives tailored to the needs of smallholdings without economies of scale so that they may benefit from new technologies; notes that integrated 'smart' solutions – such as smart villages, precision farming, digitalisation, the shared and circular economy, and social initiatives – can contribute to agriculture and overall well- being in rural areas; urges the Commission to plan funding for 'smart' approaches in the light of the CAP reform and the Cork 2.0 Declaration;
2017/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 50 #

2017/2044(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Notes that Brexit has no direct impact on the 2018 Draft Budget; regrets however that the Reflection paper on the future of EU finances1a is drawing up some critical scenarios for agriculture and rural development partly due to the departure of the UK; therefore calls on the Commission and the Member States to show responsibility towards the CAP budget during the ongoing discussions. _________________ 1a https://ec.europa.eu/commission/publicati ons/reflection-paper-future-eu- finances_en
2017/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4 #

2017/2043(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the importance of agriculture and rural development in delivering a number of EU objectives, such as in the areas of food security, job creation, the environment and territorial balance, and the fact that agriculture and rural development constitute an important part of the overall EU budget; recognizes the role of the European Institutions in the implementation of the Common Agricultural Policy; recalls that spending on agriculture has declined in relative terms and now accounts for around 38 % of the EU budget;
2017/04/27
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 7 #

2017/2043(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Stresses the Member States to fully exploit the programming tools available under the current financial period on behalf of agriculture and rural development; urges the Commission to further ensure the smooth implementation of these programs;
2017/04/27
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 8 #

2017/2043(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. RStresses that the Commission should reliably estimate the needs of agriculture under Heading 2; requests that all available margins under Heading 2 be reserved for the agricultural sector, even despite of other existing political priorities; calls for consistent application of the principle that all revenue derived from agriculture remains within the agriculture budget;
2017/04/27
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 13 #

2017/2043(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. IStresses the important role of the crisis reserves; insists that any funds from the 2017 budget that are allocated to the agricultural sector crisis reserve through the financial discipline mechanism and are left unspent be made available in full as direct payments in the 2018 budget in accordance with Article 26(5) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013;
2017/04/27
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 14 #

2017/2043(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Notes that the points covered by the 'omnibus package' make the implementation potential higher, and that these points should find appropriate reflection in the 2018 budget; highlights that the budgetary implementation has to meet with the improved potential of this simplification; calls for sufficient funds to be made available in order to implement all elements of the CAP simplification; stresses that the simplification of the CAP should also ensure the further reduction of error rates in the use of the funds, while the positive changes also have to mean end user simplifications; supports all steps made towards the performance based approach;
2017/04/27
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 18 #

2017/2043(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that the active farmers clause set out in Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 ensures that any reputational risk associated with EU funds is eliminated; asks the Commission to ensure uniform application of the criteria of the active farmers clause with the view of a simplified but more reliable identification of these farmers;
2017/04/27
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 22 #

2017/2043(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Insists that the initiatives targeting young farmers should be maintained, which supports innovation and generation renewal;
2017/04/27
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 24 #

2017/2043(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. UHighlights the continuing imbalances in the food supply chain, in which the position of primary producers is considerably weaker than that of other actors; urges the Commission to incentivise the creation of producer organisations as one of several means of tackling unfair trading practices in the food supply chain, and recalls its repeated requests for EU legislation in this regard;
2017/04/27
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 34 #

2017/2043(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Insists that adequate amount of resources are provided for controls in food chain, with a particular attention to trade relations and the equal food nutrient contents throughout the EU;
2017/04/27
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 36 #

2017/2043(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that opportunities offered by ‘smart’ solutions should be further analysed and exploitedzed and exploited; notes that integrated 'smart' solutions - such as smart villages which cover precision farming, digitalisation, shared and circular economy, social aspects as well - can contribute to the overall well-being in rural areas; points out that villages need to be considered to ensure economically viable, attractive for living and environmentally sustainable rural areas; welcomes the existing and future projects which are targeting this approach; urges the Commission to plan reserve for the smart approaches in the light of the CAP reform and the Cork 2.0 Declaration;
2017/04/27
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 43 #

2017/2043(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Points out that active organizations in rural development (such as Local Action Groups) might face difficulties in accessing bank guarantees, which is a prerequisite for benefits from advance payments on running and animation cost; urges the Commission and the Member States to ensure the smooth implementation of the community based approaches;
2017/04/27
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 48 #

2017/2043(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the creation of new market observatories for crops and sugar; considers that new observatories coveringwhile recognising the Commission's effort to continue the reform aiming at further boosting the fruits and vegetables would be beneficial to thosesector, considers that producers groups and observatories covering this sectors and, together with the milk and meat sectors might be beneficial; notes that market observatories, would can make agricultural markets more transparent by giving a more precise overlook on sectors;
2017/04/27
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 54 #

2017/2043(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Highlights the importance of pilot projects to the Committee and, on behalf of the agricultural and the rural development sectors in recent years and asks for continued support, especially for those ongoing projects that have proved very successful;
2017/04/27
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 58 #

2017/2043(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Recognises the role of financial resources in alleviating any impacts resulting from price volatility; notes also that a sector specific income stabilisation tool based on a mutual fund is an appropriate approach; insists further that some specific agricultural sub-sectors and initiatives, such as bee-keeping and the school milk and fruit programmes are in need of staying in focus;
2017/04/27
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 60 #

2017/2043(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Asks that sufficient funds be earmarked for EU veterinary and phyto- sanitary actions; stresses that the current appropriation of EUR 20 million may not be sufficient to cover an increased number of epidemics such as avian influenza, lumpy skin disease and fresh outbreaks of Xylella fastidiosa.; notes that other risk management tools, in case of environmental incidents, market related hazards or revenue variations have also to be further maintained;
2017/04/27
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 44 #

2017/0328(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Regulation (EC) No 726/2004
Article 71a
The seat of the Agency shall have its seat in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. be located in a city of a European Union Member State on the basis of absolute assurance that: - it meets, without any exception or limitation, as from January 2019, all requirements, conditions and criteria necessary to ensure that the Agency can function effectively; - it ensures the full and immediate operational continuity of the Agency’s activities, which are highly important to society and of great scientific value. The Agency's remit shall relate to what is recognised as a fundamental right of European citizens to health protection. Its headquarters shall be selected under the ordinary legislative procedure pursuant to Articles 114 and 168(4)(b) TFEU.
2018/01/31
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 11 #

2016/2223(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Stresses that food waste must be analyzed in a cross-cutting manner, as it affects several policies at the same time, including agriculture, fisheries, food safety, environment, social affairs and tax policy; insists therefore on the need to better harmonize the different policies and establish the reduction of food waste as a clear objective of existing policies;
2017/02/09
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 21 #

2016/2223(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Calls on the Commission to carry out an impact assessment of the different policies to tackle food waste such as agriculture, fisheries, food safety, environment or tax policy;
2017/02/09
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 54 #

2016/2223(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Stresses the importance of bringing together farmers in cooperatives or professional associations in order to reduce food losses by strengthening their knowledge of markets, allowing more efficient programming, economies of scale and improving their capacity to market their production;
2017/02/09
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 75 #

2016/2223(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that increased research and, information is needed on enablingand incentives are needed in order to enable and promote the access to secondary market opportunities and alternative uses for productsfood surpluses, which would otherwise be ploughed back into the soil or wasted, giving priority to re-use for purpose of human consumption;
2017/02/09
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 96 #

2016/2223(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Notes that food waste is a problem at every stage of the chain, whether it is production, processing, marketing, transport or consumption; insists therefore on the need to improve communication between all actors in the food supply chain, in particular between suppliers and distributors, in order to match supply and demand, the discrepancies of which are one of the main causes of food waste;
2017/02/09
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 108 #

2016/2223(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Believes that farmer-led initiatives can offer viable economic solutions and provide value for products which might otherwise go to waste, by developing markets for products that would normally be excluded from the food chain, and highlights the potential of farmer-led social innovation projects such as gleaning and donation of excess foodstuffs to food banks;
2017/02/09
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 115 #

2016/2223(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Notes that the food industry has already taken initiatives to reduce food waste by strengthening cooperation with food banks throughout Europe; notes, however, that there are still barriers to donations, mainly of legal nature; calls on the Commission to clarify the interpretation of the legal provisions discouraging donations;
2017/02/09
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 142 #

2016/2223(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Points out that Regulation 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council includes among foods even water 'intentionally incorporated into the food during its manufacture, preparation or treatment' and that water is a key strategic resource for the entire agri-food industry;
2017/02/09
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 143 #

2016/2223(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Highlights the findings of the Special Report No 34 of the European Court of Auditors "Combating food waste: an opportunity for the EU to improve the use of resources in the food chain"', stressing that Commission's action regarding food waste has so far been sporadic and fragmented;
2017/02/09
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 154 #

2016/2223(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Regrets that the implementation of the Member States' obligation to report on their food waste has been delayed by the Commission, as well as the Commission's deadline to adopt an implementing act laying down a common methodology for the evaluation of the food quantities.
2017/02/09
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 155 #

2016/2223(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Stresses that food wastage, depending on the quality, type and quantity of water used for food production, also involves a substantial waste of water;
2017/02/09
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 159 #

2016/2223(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8 c. Regrets the lack of a common definition of 'food waste' at the European level, despite repeated calls from the European Parliament, the Council, the Committee of the Regions and the G20; calls, therefore, on the Commission to reflect on the establishment of such a definition.
2017/02/09
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 160 #

2016/2223(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Points to the importance of improving water management in agriculture, developing 'water-smart' food production systems and increasing water and food safety and security in areas that are most at risk because of climate change;
2017/02/09
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 164 #

2016/2223(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 d (new)
8 d. Stresses that the agriculture sector has a key role to play in reducing food waste and notes with concern that the Commission has never conducted a study to determine the impact of the different reforms on the volume of agricultural production and its effect on food waste; calls, therefore, on the Commission to integrate the issue of food waste into the next review of the CAP;
2017/02/09
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 166 #

2016/2223(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 d (new)
8d. Reiterates the importance of the 'water footprint' concept for food and feed;
2017/02/09
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 168 #

2016/2223(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 e (new)
8 e. Stresses the importance of the new "school schemes programmes" and in particular the introduction of compulsory accompanying measures, such as the promotion of conscious food consumption in education; stresses the importance of using these accompanying measures to convey educational messages about food waste and its prevention;
2017/02/09
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 9 #

2016/2222(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Notes the increased use of palm oil in processed food, with some 50 % of packaged goods now containing palm oil, and as a biofuel in comparison with other vegetable oils; calls for clear and transparent labelling of palm oil in processed goods;
2016/11/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 31 #

2016/2222(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Notes the alarming scale of deforestation driven by palm oil; notes that palm oil is an importantmonocultural palm plantations; notes that palm oil production represents one of the drivers of deforestation for commercial agriculture, where extremely biodiverse tropical forest is being converted to monocultural oil palm oil plantations;
2016/11/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 72 #

2016/2222(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Recognises the role of oil palm as part of diverse intercropping systems in ensuring food security and valuable income for smallholders;
2016/11/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 87 #

2016/2222(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Is concerned that the certification schemes do not guarantee genuinely sustainable palm oil, notably certified sustainable palm oil (CSPO) certification, which is not effectiveRecognizes the role of sustainable palm oil certification schemes, such as the certified sustainable palm oil (CSPO) certification. Encourages further strengthening of such schemes in guaranteeing the genuine sustainability of palm oil, and in ensuring relevant standards and compliance therewith;
2016/11/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 97 #

2016/2222(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Welcomes any multi-stakeholder initiative which aims at setting and implementing ambitious standards for sustainable palm oil production, as well as ensuring the respect of human, land and labour rights;
2016/11/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 95 #

2016/2221(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls the European Commission to promote, and the Members States to implement, simplified administrative requirements related to employment, taxes and social security, making the hiring process less complex and less redundant;
2016/12/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1 #

2016/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2
– having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), in particular Articles 39, 42 and 101 to 109 thereof,
2016/10/24
Committee: ECON
Amendment 42 #

2016/2100(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Calls for the establishment of a European observatory for food and agricultural prices at origin and at destination; draws attention to the Spanish origin-destination price index IPOD as a possible model for monitoring potential abuses by retailers of farmers and consumers;
2016/10/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 45 #

2016/2100(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Deplores the major differences arising on the market between producer prices and final prices, which are penalising both farmers and producers;
2016/10/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 61 #

2016/2100(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that producer organisations, in all their various forms, and European quality certification schemes are of key importance in giving farmers the wherewithal to face up to competition; calls on the Commission to improve the support arrangements for producer organisations and to ensure the continued recognition of quality certification schemes;
2016/10/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 68 #

2016/2100(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Believes that the unique nature of the olive oil sector calls for measures to strengthen the bargaining power of producers so as it results in a fairer distribution of the added value along the supply chain.
2016/10/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 69 #

2016/2100(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Underlines the opportunities deriving from the provisions of the CMO Regulation concerning the contractual negotiations in the olive oil sector;
2016/10/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 70 #

2016/2100(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6 c. Calls on the Commission to identify new means aimed at increasing the dimension of producer organisations and encouraging the creation of APOs in the olive oil sector, as preconditions to strengthen their bargaining power;
2016/10/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 71 #

2016/2100(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6 d. Believes that the market of olive oil for consumers should be considered as a single market, and that a relevant- market categorisation based on the geographical origin, commercial use and type of the product, does not suit the current situation of the sector.
2016/10/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 72 #

2016/2100(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)
6 e. Believes that, given the variations in the olive oil production due mostly to weather conditions, and in order to guarantee the objectives of the PO or APO's members, cases where POs are forced to purchase olive oil from non- members should be taken into consideration, while guaranteeing the ancillary nature of this activity to the marketing of the products of their own members.
2016/10/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 82 #

2016/2100(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls for further simplification of rules affecting the competitiveness of the farming industry, in keeping with the Horizon 2020 approach, with a view to fostering the emergence of innovative projects establishing links between the various stakeholders - from farmers to high-calibre researchers - in the process of modernising the industry as a whole;
2016/10/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 91 #

2016/2100(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Believes rules on the traceability and origin of raw materials and on food labelling to be of the utmost importance with a view to establishing a system that can ensure there is no unfair competition;
2016/10/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 104 #

2016/2100(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Is particularly concerned by the situation in the dairy sector, where retailers have been imposing prices well below costs following the end of the quota system;
2016/10/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 338 #

2016/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 5 a (new)
Agriculture and the Agri-food sector
2016/10/24
Committee: ECON
Amendment 339 #

2016/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Emphasizes that Article 42 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) accords a special status to the agricultural sector with regard to the application of competition law;
2016/10/24
Committee: ECON
Amendment 342 #

2016/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Recalls that the most recent reform of the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) sought to strengthen the position of farmers in the food supply chain through a series of derogations and exemptions from the provisions of Article 101 TFEU;
2016/10/24
Committee: ECON
Amendment 346 #

2016/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 c (new)
20c. Believes that the current crisis situation in farming worsens the already weak position of farmers in the food supply chain and calls for fresh initiatives to ensure that competition policy takes better account of the specific nature of agriculture;
2016/10/24
Committee: ECON
Amendment 347 #

2016/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 d (new)
20d. Finds it regrettable that, despite the publication of guidelines on the application of the specific rules set out in Articles 169, 170 and 171 of the Single CMO regulation1b , the scope of the current derogations remains unclear, difficult to implement and unevenly applied by national competition authorities; __________________ 1bRegulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007.
2016/10/24
Committee: ECON
Amendment 350 #

2016/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 e (new)
20e. Calls on the Commission to broaden its approach in terms of criteria for determining whether an agricultural undertaking, or a number of such undertakings linked by a horizontal agreement, is deemed to be in a 'dominant position', taking into consideration the degree of concentration and the constraints resulting from bargaining power from upstream and downstream sectors;
2016/10/24
Committee: ECON
Amendment 352 #

2016/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 f (new)
20f. Considers that the collective activities of producer organisations and their associations, such as production planning and sales negotiation, are necessary for achieving the aims of the CAP and that they should benefit from a presumption of compatibility with Articles 39 and 101 TFEU;
2016/10/24
Committee: ECON
Amendment 353 #

2016/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 g (new)
20g. Believes that full and satisfactory implementation of the 'Milk Package'1a is essential in order to strengthen the dairy sector and asks the Commission to propose that the 'Milk Package' should continue to apply beyond mid-2020 and to examine whether its rules could be extended to other sectors of agriculture; __________________ 1aRegulation (EU) No261/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2012 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards contractual relations in the milk and milk products sector.
2016/10/24
Committee: ECON
Amendment 354 #

2016/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 h (new)
20h. Calls on the Commission and the national competition authorities to address the concerns raised by the cumulative impact – particularly at the upper end of the food supply chain – of, on the one hand, national-level concentration in the retail sector and, on the other, the development of European- level alliances of major distributors;
2016/10/24
Committee: ECON
Amendment 355 #

2016/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 i (new)
20i. Takes note of the conclusions of the study "Economic impact of modern retail on choice and innovation in the EU food sector" of the Directorate General Competition, including the existence of a negative relationship that may exists between innovation and penetration of products under private labels on the food market; calls on the Commission to submit to Parliament the extent of the on- going discussions to determine whether this negative relationship does reduce innovation and variety of products available to consumers and what would be their long-term consequences for the supply chain and on the situation of farmers;
2016/10/24
Committee: ECON
Amendment 5 #

2016/2077(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas European producers are required to meet high standards of animal health and welfare that are not always compulsory in third countries exporting animals for slaughter to the EU; whereas consumers are becoming increasingly attentive to the conditions under which animals are being reared;
2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 10 #

2016/2077(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the majority of rabbits are farmed for meat production, with over 340 million rabbits slaughtered for meat ever year; whereas more than three quarters of all rabbit farming in the EU takes place in Italy, Spain and France, although it represents less than 1% of the EU's final livestock production;
2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 11 #

2016/2077(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas it is both important and necessary to achieve and maintain profitable rabbit production so that it can continue to help preserve the rural fabric and employment, particularly for women, in areas where other types of production are not possible, as well as continuing to offer varied, high-quality food to consumers;
2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 14 #

2016/2077(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas rabbit farmers and the sector as a whole have an interest in ensuring that rabbit breeding in line with the European production model continues to uphold the highest standards in the world with regard to food safety, animal health and welfare and respect for the environment;
2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 24 #

2016/2077(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas the housing of rabbits kept for farming purposes is one of the central questions discussed among stakeholders involved in their breeding, especially with regard to maintaining health and animal welfare;
2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 30 #

2016/2077(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas, since their domestication, the majority of rabbits in the EU are kept in barren environments, often in battery cages; whereas rabbits are often housed in sheds containing 500 to 1 000 breeding females and 10 000 to 20 000 growing rabbits;
2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 31 #

2016/2077(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas the domesticated rabbit has kept most of the wild rabbit’s natural behaviour, and intensive farming systems have severe negative implications for its welfare;deleted
2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 37 #

2016/2077(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas the domesticated rabbrabbit, like other species that coexist with hasumans, keept most of the wild rabbs elements of its natural behaviour, and intensivresearch therefore needs to be fcarming systems have severe negative implications for its welfareried out in this area and measures and conditions implemented during rearing to ensure as far as possible that rabbits are able to maintain this behaviour, provided that it is positive for their own health;
2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 53 #

2016/2077(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas, as in the case of other species such as poultry, research might be undertaken into alternative production systems, including organic production systems, that can offer consumers a wider range of food products and have hitherto been developed only to a limited extent;
2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 58 #

2016/2077(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas there are minimum EU standards for the protection of pigs1 , calves2 , laying hens3 and broiler chickens4 , as well as the general Council Directive for the protection of animals kept for farming purposes5 , but there is not as yet any specific EU legislation on minimum standards for the protection of the majority of species, including rabbits; _________________ 1 Council Directive 2008/120/EC laying down minimum standards for the protection of pigs, Official Journal L 47, 18.02.2009 p. 5-13. 2 Council Directive 2008/119/EEC of 18 December 2008 laying down minimum standards for the protection of calves. Official Journal L 10, 11.1.2009 p. 7-13. 3 Council Directive 1999/74/EC of 19 July 1999 laying down minimum standards for the protection of laying hens. Official Journal L203, 3.8.1999 p. 53-57. 4 Council Directive 2007/43/EC of 28 June 2007 laying down minimum rules for the protection of chickens kept for meat production, Official Journal L 182, 12.7.2007, p. 19-28. 5 Council Directive 98/58/EC of 20 July 1998 concerning the protection of animals kept for farming purposes. Official Journal L221, 8.8.1998 p. 23-27.
2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 68 #

2016/2077(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas rabbit breeding is already subject to national legislation in those Member States where rabbit meat production is principally concentrated;
2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 95 #

2016/2077(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Encourages the use of pen systems for groups, which are the most suitable system for rabbits because of their highly social behaviour; points out that the use of pen systems improves the welfare of farm rabbits and reduces the incidence of abnormal behaviour amongst themresearch, development and innovation in relation to rabbit welfare, including individual and group housing systems, with the aim of gaining better knowledge and making it possible to implement improvements to farms while at the same time guaranteeing their sustainability;
2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 103 #

2016/2077(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls for the mandatory origin labelling of rabbit meat, thereby allowing consumers to make informed and transparent purchasing choices, while highlighting the provenance of the product and protecting it from unfair competition;
2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 110 #

2016/2077(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Asks that, as is the case for other species, research be carried out to define alternative production systems, including organic production systems, so that rabbit farmers can opt for them on a voluntary basis and the diverse range of European consumers can be offered a wider range of products tailored to their needs;
2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 122 #

2016/2077(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that, to cut costs and save space, a typical barren wire cage for an adult doe in the EU israditionally, farmed adult does have had housing systems that are 60 to 65 cm long, 40 to 48 cm wide and 30 to 35 cm high; concludes that this mean, and the size of these housing systems that rabbits cannot move normally or adopt normal postures such as stretching outs increased over time and arrangements such as footrests have been introduced, switting and standing with their ears erect ( a ‘look out’ posture typical of the species), rearing up, turning around comfortably and hopping; underlines that this lack of exercish the aim of improving welfare and reducing foot lesions; takes the view that more research is needed with the aim of developing other strategies that will improve the can imalso lead to weakened or broken bones' welfare and health;
2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 128 #

2016/2077(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Notes with concern that there is a high rate of disease and mortality amongst caged farm rabbits, compared with other farmed species;deleted
2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 153 #

2016/2077(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Points out that rabbits can suffer from a wide range of welfare problems and diseases caused by breeding conditions, including fatal viruses, snuffles and sore hocks from sitting on wire-mesh cage floors; is aware that investigations6 have shown that on some farms sick and injured rabbits are not treated and many fall victim to eye and fungal infections and respiratory conditions; notes with concern that the vast majority of these animals end up in the food chain, either as pet food or as meat sold to consumers in supermarkets; _________________ 6 http://www.ciwf.org.uk/our- campaigns/investigations/rabbit- investigations/2014-the-biggest-secret-of- the-cage-age/
2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 161 #

2016/2077(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Underlines that, growing rabbits and does kept in pen systems, typically 750 cm²/rabbit for growers and 800 cm²/rabbit for does, benefit from more space for movement, social interaction and play, and that platforms in pen systems allow rabbits to avoid aggressors by getting out of the way, with separate housing for does when they are nursing a litter;iven that the space available for keeping rabbits is a significant factor for their welfare in both traditional and alternative housing systems, it is vital to expand the very limited knowledge currently available in this area, with a view to introducing measures that will help to improve welfare; further considers it necessary to study enrichment systems, such as platforms, so as to ensure that their design guarantees rabbits' health and improves their welfare; .
2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 188 #

2016/2077(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses that the widespread use of antibiotics in rabbit farming, especially in the intensive type of farming that uses cage systems, can lead to an increase in antimicrobial resistancee risk of increased antimicrobial resistance resulting from excessive reliance on antibiotics in rabbit farming;
2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 209 #

2016/2077(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission, in the light of the high number of rabbits being farmed and slaughtered in the EU and the severe animal welfare implications of the systems currently used for keeping rabbits,, to work together with all those involved in production to put forward soon legislative proposals on setting financially sustainable minimum standards for the protection of farm rabbits;
2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 220 #

2016/2077(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Invites the Commission to consider pen systems as the guiding principle when proposing measurstep up funding for research into the best forms of housing requirements for breeding does and for rabbits reared for meat production;
2016/09/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 52 #

2016/2062(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. UNotes that smart techniques in agriculture – such as the Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) –, can provide countless and diverse services and can contribute to enhanced resource efficiency, productivity and profitability as well as greater sustainability for the environment; acknowledges its potential beneficial effects on environment, soil compaction and mitigation climate change; urges that an EU framework be set up in relation to electric, remotely piloted aircraft systems and for drone operation;
2016/09/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 56 #

2016/2062(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Calls for aviation law requirement for RPAS, provided that the requirements regarding safety and privacy of each citizen and the properties are respected; notes that in order to unleash the full potential of RPAS technology beyond- visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) operation in rural areas is needed; calls for no weigh limitations to be set, whereas RPAS can replace larger vehicles on the transport carry greater payloads for longer distances on less power;
2016/09/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 6 #

2016/2047(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Welcomes the farmers’ support package announced in July 2016 and considers it a step toward better management of production; regrets, nevertheless, that the portion allocated to Union-level measures, compared with the amount allocated to national envelopes, is too small when production management must be Union-wide in order to avoid the risk of re-nationalisation and maintain a level playing field; considers that structural measures should be anticipated and integrated into the budgets of future years;
2016/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 41 #

2016/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas, in recent decades, market opening, preferential agreements signed by the EU with third countries and economic globalisation have accentuated price volatility;
2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 77 #

2016/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas, according to Commission data, countries with the most cooperatives are proving most resistant to the crisis;
2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 88 #

2016/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that volatility must be accepted as a given and that those operators who are most exposed must be supported in order to lessen its negative effectsmore incisive action and targeted instruments are required at EU level to tackle the problem of agricultural price volatility;
2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 106 #

2016/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the Union’s competitors make considerable sums of public money available for protecting their farmers from the effects of price volatility; points out that public support for agriculture provided by the United States, Brazil and China increased by 40%, 20% and 92% respectively between 2008 and 2012 while European public support in 2012 was 17% down on 2008;
2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 110 #

2016/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recognises the role played by cooperatives in helping farmers improve their position in the value chain and the contribution cooperatives can make towards mitigating the effects of excessive market volatility and improving income stability;
2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 116 #

2016/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Notes the reduction in CAP resources devoted to common market organisation (CMO) measures, opening up the prospect of CAP renationalisation, which runs counter to the European Union project;
2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 117 #

2016/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Notes with concern the reduction in CAP resources devoted to common market organisation (CMO) measures;
2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 146 #

2016/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that unregulated liberalisation of agricultural markets has helped heighten price volatility;
2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 153 #

2016/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that the objectives of the CAP include ensuring a fair standard of living for the agricultural community, stabilising markets and guaranteeing viable food production, with an emphasis on fairmers’ incomes for farmers and price stability;
2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 165 #

2016/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Considers that viable food production cannot be achieved without securingguaranteed when farmers are exposed to price volatility, since price volatility threatens the continued existence of European farms and that doing, which must be a long-term aim for the future CAP;
2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 185 #

2016/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. RecommendsStresses the importance of strengthening the organisational capability of the weakest links in the various agricultural sectors and strengthening contractual systems, which must go hand in hand with boosting farmers' negotiating power in the food chain through the right to negotiate their contracts collectively;
2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 191 #

2016/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Recommends that action should be taken to make contractual systems more effective by extending their use throughout the agri-food chain, so as to include large-scale retailers in particular, and to strike a proper balance between all stakeholders;
2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 196 #

2016/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Believes that, with a view to increasing farmers' bargaining power, it should be made compulsory for contracts to be signed between producers and buyers; stresses that those contracts should be of adequate length and should lay down the prices, payment periods and other terms for the supply of agricultural products;
2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 205 #

2016/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls on the Commission to pave the way for EU-level interbranch organisations to jointly defend the interests of producers in the sectors most oriented towards cross-border markets, such as the fruit and vegetable sector;
2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 214 #

2016/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Believes that cooperatives and producer organisations should be more closely involved in the process of ensuring insurance cover and setting up mutual funds;
2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 238 #

2016/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Takes the view that any state aid or incentive of any kind must be reserved for industries or staff who undertake contractually to support the proper functioning of the food supply chain and the equilibrium of the market by means of prices reflecting production costs in different sectors;
2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 261 #

2016/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission to study new tools to prevent and manage the risks associated with price volatility and thus to lay the foundations for discussion of the future reforms of the CAP towards 2050;
2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 287 #

2016/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Emphasises that, against a backdrop of deep uncertainty over agricultural prices, the EU must take more incisive action on the markets, involving the establishment of safety nets and prevention and crisis management systems based on countercyclical aid, in order to secure remunerative prices for farmers;
2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 289 #

2016/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Draws attention to the European Investment Bank's key role in developing and implementing innovative financial instruments to curb volatility for the benefit of farmers;
2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 315 #

2016/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls on the Commission to present European regulatory tools to prevent and effectively manage crises in the agricultural sector, notably by facilitating the organisation of production in terms of supply management and by developing insurance or other solutions adapted to the reality of farming today, ensuring balanced agriculture at territorial level and intervening at a certain price threshold, to be determined in such a way as to enable farms to remain viable;
2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 352 #

2016/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Stresses that studies conducted by certain food price observatories have revealed substantial discrepancies between prices received by the farmer and those paid by consumers;
2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 384 #

2016/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Believes that the remit of the European agricultural price observatory should be broadened to include the fruit and vegetables and olive oil sectors;
2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 385 #

2016/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
25b. Believes that the operation of the European agricultural price observatory should be improved and the necessary resources should be provided in order for it become a fully-fledged management tool rather than being used simply to compile statistics;
2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 390 #

2016/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 c (new)
29c. Points out that, if the European observatory is to include an efficient early warning system, it must supply more detailed data on the Member States on a monthly basis, so that proper account may be taken of the specific situations in the various parts of the EU;
2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 391 #

2016/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 d (new)
22d. Believes that the Commission should send early warnings to the Member States and to stakeholders and should take all necessary measures without delay;
2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 47 #

2016/0392(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) The measures applicable to spirit drinks should contribute to attaining a high level of consumer protection, preventing deceptive practices and attaining market transparency and fair competition. They should safeguard the reputation which the Union’s spirit drinks have achieved in the Union and on the world market by continuing to take into account the traditional practices used in the production of spirit drinks as well as increased demand for consumer protection and information. Technological innovation should also be taken into account in respect of spirit drinks, where such innovation serves to improve quality, without affecting the traditional character of the spirit drinks concerned. The production of spirit drinks is strongly linked to the agricultural sector, and is subject to the general rules for foodstuffs set down in Regulations 178/2006 on general food law principles, 1169/2011 on food information to consumers and 2017/625 on official controls. Besides representing a major outlet for the agriculture of the Union, this link is determinant for the quality and reputation of the spirit drinks produced in the Union. This strong link to the agricultural sector should therefore be emphasised by the regulatory framework.
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 57 #

2016/0392(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
(19) Procedures for the registration, modification and possible cancellation of Union or third country geographical indications in accordance with the TRIPS Agreement should be laid down whilst automatically recognising the status of existing protectregistered geographical indications of the Union. In view of making procedural rules on geographical indications consistent through all the sectors concerned, such procedures for spirit drinks should be modelled on the more exhaustive and well tested procedures for agricultural products and foodstuffs laid down in Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 while taking into account specificities of spirit drinks. In order to simplify the registration procedures and to ensure that information for food business operators and consumers is electronically available an transparent and exhaustive electronic register of geographical indications should be established. with the same legal value as Annex III of Regulation 110/2008 should be established. Geographical indications registered under Regulation 110/2008 should automatically be registered by the Commission. The Commission should complete the verification of geographical indications contained in Annex III of Regulation 110/2008, in accordance with Art. 20 of that Regulation, before the entry into force of this Regulation.
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 59 #

2016/0392(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19 a (new)
(19a) In order to ensure full compliance with the provisions concerning the protection of geographical indications of spirit drinks, consideration should be given to the adoption of rules preventing the fraudulent use of geographical indications to designate products in transit through Union territory, even where they are not intended for free circulation on the Union market.
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 62 #

2016/0392(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
(22) In order to take into account evolving consumer demands, technological progress, developments in the relevant international standards and the need to improve the economic conditions of production and marketing, the traditional ageing processes and, in exceptional cases, the law of the importing third countries, and in order to ensure the protection of geographical indications, while taking into account the importance of respecting traditional practices, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission in respect of the amendment of or derogations from the technical definitions and requirements of the categories of spirit drinks and the specific rules concerning some of them referred to under Chapter I of this Regulation, the labelling and presentation referred to under Chapter II of this Regulation, the geographical indications referred to under Chapter III of this Regulation and the checks and exchange of information referred under Chapter IV of this Regulation.
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 67 #

2016/0392(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point d – point i – introductory part
(i) either directly by using any of the following methods, individually or in combination:
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 70 #

2016/0392(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point d – point i – indent 2
- the maceration or similar processing of plant materials in ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin, distillates of agricultural origin or spirit drinks or a mixturecombination thereof within the meaning of this Regulation,
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 74 #

2016/0392(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – introductory part
(3) ‘mixture’ means a spirit drink listed in Part I of Annex II or corresponding to a geographical indication mixed with anyone or more of the following:
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 76 #

2016/0392(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
(7) ‘product specification’ means a file attached to the application for the protection of a geographical indication setting out the specifications which the spirit drink must comply with and corresponding to the "technical file" referred in Regulation 110/2008;
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 78 #

2016/0392(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8
(8) ‘presentation’ means the terms used on the labelling and on the packaging, includingas well as in advertising and sales promotion, in images or such like, as well as on the container, including the bottle and the closure;
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 81 #

2016/0392(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. The alcohol used in the production of alcoholic beveragespirit drinks and to dilute or dissolve colours, flavourings or any other authorised additives used in the preparation of alcoholic beveragespirit drinks shall be ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin.
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 82 #

2016/0392(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. The alcohol used in the production of alcoholic beveragespirit drinks and to dilute or dissolve colours, flavourings or any other authorised additives used in the preparation of alcoholic beverages shall be ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin.
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 86 #

2016/0392(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. Distillates used in the production of alcoholic beveragespirit drinks and to dilute or dissolve colours, flavourings or any other authorised additives used in the preparation of alcoholic beverages shall exclusively be of agricultural origin.
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 87 #

2016/0392(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Where ethyl alcohol or distillates of agricultural origin are to be marketed, the raw materials from which they have been obtained shall be specified in the electronic accompanying documents.
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 89 #

2016/0392(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) solely be sweetened in accordance with point (3) of Annex I and in order to round off the final taste of the product. The Member States' own legislation shall be taken into account.
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 111 #

2016/0392(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. Where a spirit drink meets the requirements of more than one of the categories of spirit drinks 15 to 47 of Part I of Annex II, it may be sold under one or more of the relevant sales denominations provided for under those categories.
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 121 #

2016/0392(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the alcohol used in the production of the foodstuffs originates exclusively from the spirit drinks referred to in the compound term or in the allusion(s), except for ethyl alcohol that may be present inof agricultural origin that may be used as a carrier for flavourings used for the production of that foodstuff; and
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 126 #

2016/0392(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3
3. A maturation period or age may only be specified in the presentation or labelling of a spirit drink where it refers to the youngest alcoholic component and provided that all the operations to age the spirit drink was agedtook place under supervision of the tax authorities of a Member State or a supervision affording equivalent guarantees. The Commission shall adopt a public register listing the bodies appointed by each Member State to supervise ageing processes.
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 128 #

2016/0392(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The maturation period or age and the sales denomination of a spirit drink shall be specified in the electronic accompanying documents.
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 129 #

2016/0392(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. Where the origin of a spirit drink is indicated, it shall correspond to the country or territory of origin in accordance with Article 60 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council16 . _________________ 16 Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament anplace or region where the relevant stage in the production process of the finished product took place which conferred ofn the Council of 9 October 2013 laying down the Union Customs Code (OJ L 269, 10.10.2013, p. 1)spirit drink its character and essential definitive qualities.
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 138 #

2016/0392(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Without prejudice to paragraph 1, in the case of spirit drinks produced in the Union and intended for export, the geographical indications and the terms in italics in Annex II may be repeated in a language other than an official language of the Union when this is a legal requirement of the importing country.
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 141 #

2016/0392(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – title
Use of a Union symbol for protected registered geographical indications
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 143 #

2016/0392(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. In order to take into account evolving consumer demands, technological progress, developments in the relevant international standards and the need to improve the economic conditions of production and marketing, while ensuring consumer protection and taking into account traditional practices, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts supplementing this regulation in accordance with Article 43 concerning:
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 145 #

2016/0392(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 3
3. In exceptional cases where the law of the importing third country so requires, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 43 concerning derogations from the provisions on presentation and labelling contained in this Chapter.deleted
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 149 #

2016/0392(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1
1. ProtectRegistered geographical indications may be used by any operator marketing a spirit drink produced in conformity with the corresponding product specification.
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 152 #

2016/0392(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. ProtectRegistered geographical indications and the spirit drinks using those protected names in conformity with the product specification shall be protected against:
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 159 #

2016/0392(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The protection of geographical indications referred to in paragraph 2 shall be extended to goods brought, in the course of trade, into the Union without being released for free circulation, where such goods, including their packaging, originate in third countries.
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 162 #

2016/0392(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3
3. ProtectRegistered geographical indications shall not become generic in the Union within the meaning of Article 32(1) .
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 165 #

2016/0392(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall take the steps necessary to stop the unlawful use of protectregistered geographical indications as referred to in paragraph 2.
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 168 #

2016/0392(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the name to be protectregistered as a geographical indication, as it is used, whether in trade or in common language, and only in the languages which are or were historically used to describe the specific product in the defined geographical area;
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 173 #

2016/0392(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 5
5. Where the application relates to a geographical area in a third country the application shall be lodged with the Commission, either directly or via the authorities of the third country concerned.
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 183 #

2016/0392(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Acts to cancel the registration of geographical indications shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 185 #

2016/0392(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall adopt implementing acts, without applying the procedure referred to in Article 44(2), establishing and maintaining a publicly accessible updated electronic register of geographical indications of spirit drinks recognised under this scheme (‘the Register’)., replacing and having the same legal value as Annex III of Regulation (EC) No 110/2008
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 192 #

2016/0392(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – title
Implementing powers with respect to existing protectregistered geographical indications
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 197 #

2016/0392(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 2
2. For a period of up to two years followingUp to the entry into force of this Regulation, the Commission, by means of implementing acts, may, on its own initiative, cancel the protecregistration of geographical indications referred to in Article 20 of Regulation (EU) No 110/2008 if they do not comply with point (6) of Article 2(1). Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 44(2).
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 199 #

2016/0392(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 5
5. The competent authorities or bodies referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 verifying compliance of the protectregistered geographical indication with the product specification shall be objective and impartial. They shall have at their disposal the qualified staff and resources necessary to carry out their tasks.
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 205 #

2016/0392(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall be responsible for checks on spirit drinks, in accordance with Regulation 2017/625. They shall take the measures necessary to ensure compliance with this Regulation and designate the competent authorities responsible on compliance with this Regulation.
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 208 #

2016/0392(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 2
2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Articles 5, 16, 38, 41 and 46(2) shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate five-year period of time from the entry into force of this Regulation. This delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for a period of identical duration unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such an extension not later than three months before the end of each period.
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 216 #

2016/0392(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point f
(f) any other natural carbohydrate substances or agricultural raw materials having a similar effect to the products referred to in points (a) to (e).
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 218 #

2016/0392(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point f
(f) any other natural carbohydrate substancessubstances of agricultural origin having a similar effect to the products referred to in points (a) to (e).
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 38 #

2016/0389(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) The coherence and compatibility of the data and the uniformity of the reporting formats are prerequisites for the preparation of European agricultural statistics, in particular as regards the efficiency of the collection, processing and dissemination procedures and the quality of the results.
2017/06/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 42 #

2016/0389(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) It is essential to minimise the administrative burden on micoenterprises and SMIs, which may not have the practical and organisational resources needed to cope with frequent and overly detailed collections.
2017/06/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 67 #

2016/0389(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 a (new)
Article 5a Data concerning aid payments under the CAP The Member States, through the bodies which manage payments from the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), shall compile from the documents dealing with the granting of direct aid the administrative information needed to properly assess the effectiveness of the instruments employed and provide a basis for future policy decisions. The bodies which manage payments from the EAGF and the EAFRD in each Member State: a) shall carry out a statistical analysis of the information concerning payments, aggregating the data on the volume of aid payments, the area involved and the number of beneficiaries for each region, on the basis of the type of measure and the levels of aid received; b) forward the aggregated results to the statistical services of the Member States and to the Commission,
2017/06/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 75 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
(7) It is thus appropriate to establish a Union binding target of at least 2735% share of renewable energy, to be accompanied by national binding targets. Member States should define their contribution topolicies for the achievement of this target as part of their Integrated National Energy and Climate Plans through the governance process set out in Regulation [Governance].
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 77 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
(8) The establishment of a Union and national binding renewable energy targets for 2030 would continue to encourage the development of technologies which generate renewable energy and provide certainty for investors. A target defined at the Union level would leave greater flexibility for Member States to meet their greenhouse gas reduction targets in the most cost-effective manner in accordance with their specific circumstances, energy mixes and capacities to produce renewable energyIt is necessary to translate the Union's 35% target for 2030 into targets for each member state.
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 84 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
(10) Member States should take additional measures in the event that the share of renewables at the Union level does not meet the Union trajectory towards the at least 2735% renewable energy target. As set out in Regulation [Governance], if an ambition gap is identified by the Commission during the assessment of the Integrated National Energy and Climate Plans, the Commission may take measures at Union level in order to ensure the achievement of the target. If a delivery gap is identified by the Commission during the assessment of the Integrated National Energy and Climate Progress Reports, Member States should apply the measures set out in Regulation [Governance], which are giving them enough flexibility to choose.
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 89 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
(11) In order to support Member States' ambitious contributions to the Union in reaching their targets, a financial framework aiming to facilitate investments in renewable energy projects in those Member States should be established, also through the use of financial instruments.
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 122 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 26
(26) To create opportunities for reducing the cost of meeting the Union targets laid down in this Directive and to give flexibility to Member States to comply with their obligation not to go below their 2020 national targets after 2020 , it is appropriate both to facilitate the consumption in Member States of energy produced from renewable sources in other Member States, and to enable Member States to count energy from renewable sources consumed in other Member States towards their own renewable energy share . For this reason, cooperation mechanisms are required to complement the obligations to open up support to projects located in other Member States . Those mechanisms include statistical transfers, joint projects between Member States or joint support schemes.
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 124 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 28
(28) It should be possible for imported electricity, produced from renewable energy sources outside the Union to count towards Member States’ renewable energy sharestargets. In order to guarantee an adequate effect of energy from renewable sources replacing conventional energy in the Union as well as in third countries it is appropriate to ensure that such imports can be tracked and accounted for in a reliable way. Agreements with third countries concerning the organisation of such trade in electricity from renewable energy sources will be considered. If, by virtue of a decision taken under the Energy Community Treaty18 to that effect, the contracting parties to that Treaty are bound by the relevant provisions of this Directive, the measures of cooperation between Member States provided for in this Directive should be applicable to them. _________________ 18 OJ L 198, 20.7.2006, p. 18. OJ L 198, 20.7.2006, p. 18.
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 142 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 57
(57) Several Member States have implemented measures in the heating and cooling sector to reach their 2020 renewable energy target. However, in the absence of binding national targets post- 2020, the remaining national incentives may not be sufficient to reach the long- term decarbonisation goals for 2030 and 2050. In order to be in line with such goals, reinforce investor certainty and foster the development of a Union-wide renewable heating and cooling market, while respecting the energy efficiency first principle, it is appropriate to encourage the effort of Member States in the supply of renewable heating and cooling to contribute to the progressive increase of the share of renewable energy. Given the fragmented nature of some heating and cooling markets, it is of utmost importance to ensure flexibility in designing such an effort. It is also important to ensure that a potential uptake of renewable heating and cooling does not have detrimental environmental side-effects, in particular as regards air quality.
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 151 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 62
(62) The European Strategy for a low- carbon mobility of July 2016 pointed out that although they play an important role for rural jobs and produce co-products, food-based biofuels have a limited role in decarbonising the transport sector and should be gradually phased out andmay have negative environmental impacts. Food-based biofuels should therefore be reduced and gradually replaced bywith advanced biofuels. To prepare for the transition towards advanced biofuels that need to be incentivized and minimise the overall indirect land-use change impacts, it is appropriate to reduce the amount of biofuels and bioliquids produced from food and feed crops that can be counted towards the Union target set out in this Directive, and to include an estimate for indirect land-use change in the calculation of greenhouse gas emissions.
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 188 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 71
(71) The production of agricultural raw material for biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels , and the incentives for their use provided for in this Directive, should not have the effect of encouraging the destruction of biodiverse lands Such finite resources, recognised in various international instruments to be of value to all mankind, should be preserved. It is therefore necessary to provide sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions savings criteria ensuring that biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels qualify for the incentives only when it is guaranteed that the agricultural and forest raw material does not originate in biodiverse areas or, in the case of areas designated for nature protection purposes or for the protection of rare, threatened or endangered ecosystems or species, the relevant competent authority demonstrates that the production of the agricultural and forest raw material does not interfere with such purposes. Forests should be considered as biodiverse according to the sustainiability criteria, where they are primary forests in accordance with the definition used by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) in its Global Forest Resource Assessment, or where they are protected by national nature protection law. Areas where the collection of non-wood forest products occurs should be considered to be biodiverse forests , provided the human impact is small. Other types of forests as defined by the FAO, such as modified natural forests, semi- natural forests and plantations, should not be considered as primary forests. Having regard, furthermore, to the highly biodiverse nature of certain grasslands, both temperate and tropical, including highly biodiverse savannahs, steppes, scrublands and prairies, biofuels , bioliquids and biomass fuels made from agricultural raw materials originating in such lands should not qualify for the incentives provided for by this Directive. The Commission should establish appropriate criteria to define such highly biodiverse grasslands in accordance with the best available scientific evidence and relevant international standards.
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 209 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 77
(77) In order to minimise the administrative burden, the Union sustainability and greenhouse gas saving criteria should apply only to electricity and heating from biomass fuels produced in installations with a fuel capacity equal or above to 20 MW in case of solid biomass fuels and with a fuel capacity equal or above to 2 MW in case of gaseous biomass fuels.
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 228 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) ‘energy from renewable sources’ means energy from renewable non-fossil sources, namely wind, solar (solar thermal and solar photovoltaic) and , geothermal energy , ambient heat, tide, wave and other ocean energy, hydropower, biomass, landfill gas, sewage treatment plant gas, biogases and biogasesmethane;
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 230 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point g
(g) ‘biofuels’ means liquid or gaseous fuel for transport produced from biomass;
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 233 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point q
(q) ‘non-food cellulosic material’ means feedstocks mainly composed of cellulose and hemicellulose, and having a lower lignin content than ligno-cellulosic material; it includes food and feed crop residues (such as straw, stover, husks and shells), grassy energy crops with a low starch content (such as ryegrass, switchgrass, miscanthus, giant cane and cover crops before and after main crops), industrial residues (including from food and feed crops after vegetal oils, sugars, starches and protein have been extracted), and material from biowaste;
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 234 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point q
(q) ‘non-food cellulosic material’ means feedstocks mainly composed of cellulose and hemicellulose, and having a lower lignin content than ligno-cellulosic material; it includes food and feed crop residues (such as straw, stover, husks and shells), grassy energy crops with a low starch content (such as ryegrass, switchgrass, miscanthus, giant cane and), cover crops before and after main crops), industrial residues (including from food and feed crops after vegetal oils, sugars, starches and protein have been extracted), and material from biowaste;
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 238 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point aa
(aa) ‘renewable self-consumer’ means an active customer as defined in Directive [MDI Directive] or a group of customers acting together, who consumes and may store and sell renewable electricitnergy which is generatproduced within his or its premises, including a multi-apartment block, a commercial or shared services site, a farm or a closed distribution system, provided that, for non-household renewable self- consumers, those activities do not constitute their primary commercial or professional activity;
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 239 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point bb
(bb) ‘renewable self-consumption’ means the generation and consumption, and, where applicable, storage, of renewable electricitnergy by renewable self- consumers;
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 242 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point dd
(dd) ‘food and feed crops’ means starch- rich crops, sugars and oil crops produced on agricultural land as a main crop excluding residues, waste or ligno- cellulosic material. Intermediate crops, such as catch crops and cover crops, are not considered main crops;
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 243 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point dd a (new)
(dd a) 'highly sustainable crop based biofuels' should be defined as biofuels that - have a limited impact on food, water availability and biodiversity - preserve the equilibrium of ecosystems and good soil quality - save at least 70% GHG emissions compared to fossil fuel according to the methodology in article 28 (1) from 2021, increasing to at least 80% by 2030; - are produced from feedstocks obtained in accordance with the requirements and standards under the provisions referred to Article 93 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural Policy ; or are certified to comply with an equivalent set of sustainability standards.
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 251 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point ff
(ff) ‘waste-based fossil fuels’ means liquid and gaseous fuels produced from waste streams of non-renewable origin, including waste processing gases and exhaust gases;deleted
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 261 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point qq a (new)
(qq a) ´biomethane´ means renewable gas with the same physical properties as natural gas and derive from the upgrading of biogas produced by anaerobic digestion or from power to gas by upgrading;
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 266 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – title
Union and national binding overall targets for 2030
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 269 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall collectively ensure that the share of energy from renewable sources in the Union's gross final consumption of energy in 2030 is at least 27%35%, and that this share is at least 12% of the Union's gross final consumption of energy in transport in 2030.
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 355 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 1
1. Where relevant, Member States shall assess the need to extend existing gas network infrastructure to facilitate the integration of gas from renewable energy sources.
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 356 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 2
2. Where relevant, Member States shall require transmission system operators and distribution system operators in their territory to ensure priority access for renewable gases and to publish technical rules in line with Article 6 of Directive 2003/55/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council34, in particular regarding network connection rules that include gas quality, gas odoration and gas pressure requirements. Member States shall also require transmission and distribution system operators to publish the connection tariffs to connect renewable gas sources based on transparent and non- discriminatory criteria. _________________ 34 Directive 2003/55/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2003 concerning common rules for the internal market in natural gas and repealing Directive 98/30/EC (OJ L 176, 15.7.2003, p. 57).
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 363 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that renewable self-consumers living in the same multi-apartment block, or located in the same farm, commercial, or shared services, site or closed distribution system, are allowed to jointly engage in self- consumption as if they were an individual renewable self-consumer. In this case, the threshold set out in paragraph 1(c) shall apply to each renewable self-consumer concerned.
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 370 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 1
1. In order to facilitate the penetration of renewable energy in the heating and cooling sector, each Member State shall endeavour to increase the share of renewable energy supplied for heating and cooling by at least 12 percentage points (pp) every year, expressed in terms of national share of final energy consumption and calculated according to the methodology set out in Article 7.
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 380 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
WIn order to achieve the target of at least 12% of the final energy consumption from renewable sources in transport by 2030 as referred to in Article 3, with effect from 1 January 2021, all Member States shall require fuel suppliers to include a minimum share of energy from advanced biofuels and other biofuels and biogas produced from feedstock listed in Annex IX, from ‘highly sustainable crop based biofuels’, from renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non-biological origin, from waste-based fossil fuels and from renewable electricity in the total amount of transport fuels they supply for consumption or use on the market in the course of a calendar year. Member States shall gradually increase the share of renewable energy, nevertheless they remain free to choose between different energy sources for the implementation of their energy policy.
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 390 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The minimum share shall be at least equal to 1.5% in 2021, increasing up to at least 6.89% in 2030, following the trajectory set out in part B of Annex X. Within this total share, the contribution of advanced biofuels and biogas produced from feedstock listed in part A of Annex IX shall be at least 01.5% of the transport fuels supplied for consumption or use on the market as of 1 January 2021, increasing up to at least 3.65.3% by 2030, following the trajectory set out in part C of Annex X.
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 405 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point b – paragraph 1
for the calculation of the numerator, the energy content of advanced biofuels and other biofuels and biogas produced from feedstock listed in Annex IX, renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non- biological origin, waste based fossil fuels supplied to all transport sectors, and renewable electricity supplied to road vehicles, shall be taken into account.
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 413 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall put in place a database enabling tracing of transport fuels that are eligible for counting towards the numerator set out in paragraph 1(b), and require the relevant economic operators to enter information on the transactions made and the sustainability characteristics of the eligible fuels, including their life cycle greenhouse gas emissions, starting from their point of production to the fuel supplier that places the fuel on the market. Member States shall also put in place corrective measures and penalties to be applied in the case of non-compliance by the economic operators.
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 415 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 32 to further specify the methodology referred to in paragraph 3(b) of this Article to determine the share of biofuel resulting from biomass being processed with fossil fuels in a common process, to specify the methodology for assessing greenhouse gas emission savings from renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non-biological origin and waste-based fossil fuels and to determine minimum greenhouse gas emission savings required for these fuels for the purpose of paragraph 1 of this Article.
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 426 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Biomass fuels shall have to fulfil the sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions saving criteria set out in paragraphs 2 to 7 only if used in installations producing electricity, heating and cooling or fuels with a fuel capacity equal to or exceeding 20 MW in case of solid biomass fuels and with an electrical capacity equal to or exceeding 0.52 MW in case of gaseous biomass fuels. Member States may apply the sustainability and greenhouse gas emission saving criteria to installations with lower fuel capacity.
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 432 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from agricultural or forest biomass taken into account for the purposes referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 shall not be made from raw material obtained from land with high biodiversity value, namely land that had one of the following statuses in or after January 2008, whether or not the land continues to have that status:
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 441 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from agricultural or forest biomass taken into account for the purposes referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 shall not be made from raw material obtained from land with high carbon stock, namely land that had one of the following statuses in January 2008 and no longer has that status:
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 445 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 4
4. Biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from agricultural or forest biomass taken into account for the purposes referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 shall not be made from raw material obtained from land that was peatland in January 2008.
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 463 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point b – point i
i) the forest biomass has been harvested according to a legal permit; or a legal authorisation
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 541 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex IX – part Part A – point d
(d) Biomass fraction ofresidues resulting from other renewable industrial wasteproduction not fit for use in the food orchain, feed chain, or for reprocessing into not food material. This includinges material resulting from retail and wholesale and the bio-based chemical productions, agro-food and fish and aquaculture industry, and excluding feedstocks listed in part B of this Annex.
2017/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 22 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
(1) This Regulation sets out the necessary legislative foundation for a reliable and transparent Governance that ensures the achievement of the objectives of the Energy Union and the targets of the Energy UnionParis Agreement through complementary, coherent and ambitious efforts by the Union and its Member States, while promoting the Union's Better Regulation principles.
2017/07/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 26 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
(2) The European Energy Union should make a transition to a highly efficient energy system which focuses to a high degree on renewable energy and covers five key dimensions: energy security; the internal energy market; energy efficiency; decarbonisation; and research, innovation and competitiveness.
2017/07/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 32 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) The goal of a resilient Energy Union with an ambitious climate policy at its core is to give Union consumers, both households and businesses, secure, sustainable, competitive and affordable energy, which requires a fundamental transformation of Europe's energy system. That objective can only be achieved through coordinated action, combining both legislative and non-legislative acts at Union, national and natregional level.
2017/07/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 45 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) The Conclusions of the Council of 26 November 20151616 recognised that the Governance of the Energy Union will be an essential tool for the efficient and effective construction of the Energy Union and the achievement of its objectives. They underlined that the governance system should be based on the principles of integration of strategic planning and reporting on the implementation of climate and energy policies and coordination between actors responsible for energy and climate policy, at Union, regional and national level. They also underlined that the Governance should ensure that the agreed energy and climate targets for 2030 are met; and that the Governance would monitor the Member States' and the Union’s collective progress towards the achievement of the policy objectives across the five dimensions of the Energy Union. _________________ 16 Conclusions of the Council of 26 November 2015 (14632/15).
2017/07/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 103 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) a description of the policies and measur, measures and investment strategies foreseen to meet the corresponding objectives, targets and contributions set out under point (b);
2017/07/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 104 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) an assessment of the impacts of the planned policies and measur, measures and investment strategies to meet the objectives referred to in point (b);
2017/07/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 105 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
(ea) results of consultation and involvement of local authorities, civil society, the social partners, relevant sectors and members of the public;
2017/07/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 107 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 1 – point i
i. the Member State's binding national target for greenhouse gas emissions and the annual binding national limits pursuant to Regulation [ ] [ESR], but not falling short of the targets set in Article 7a(2) of Directive 98/70/EC [ESR] to be attained by 2020;
2017/07/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 119 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 2 – point iii a (new)
iiia. the trajectories to gradually increase the blending obligation for biofuels derived from agricultural waste which applies to suppliers of fossil fuels;
2017/07/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 120 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 2 – point iii b (new)
iiib. the gradual elimination of the use of vegetable oils and energy crops in biofuels and bioliquids which entail land use change, deforestation and greenhouse gas emissions;
2017/07/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 121 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 2 – point iii c (new)
iiic. the standards applicable to various types of biofuels and mixtures;
2017/07/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 135 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the macroeconomic, environmental, health, skills and social impact of the planned policies and measures referred to in Article 7 and further specified in Annex I, for the first ten-year period at least until the year 2030 including a comparison with the projectionsbased on of existing (implemented and adopted) policies and measures referred to in paragraph 1;
2017/07/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 148 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall only modify the targets, objectives and contributions set out in the update referred to in paragraph 2 to reflect an increased ambition as compared to the ones set in the latest notified integrated national energy and climate plan.deleted
2017/07/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 180 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Commission shall announce in advance the indicators that it intends to use to make such assessments.
2017/07/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 191 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1
1. If, on the basis of its assessment of the integrated national energy and climate plans and their updates pursuant to Article 12, the Commission concludes that the targets, objectives and contributions of the national plans or their updates are insufficient for the collective achievement of the Energy Union objectives and, in particular, for the first ten-years period, for the Union's 2030 targets for renewable energy and energy efficiency, it shall take measures at Union level in order to ensure the collective achievement of those objectives and targets. With regard to renewable energy, such measures and, in particular, the financing platform set up at Union level to contribute to renewable energy projects, shall take into consideration the level of ambition of contributions to the Union's 2030 target by Member States set out in the national plans and their updates.
2017/07/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 199 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 4 a (new)
The Commission shall ensure that the contribution sought from the Member States for the financing platform for renewable energy projects is distributed fairly on the basis of the progress made by each Member State.
2017/07/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 206 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Commission shall ensure that the recommendations are published and made accessible.
2017/07/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 218 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex VII – Part 1 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) if available, changes in commodity prices and land use within the Member State associated with its increased use of biomass and other forms of energy from renewable sources;
2017/07/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 220 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex VII – Part 1 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
(ha) the estimated impact of co- production and use of first generation biofuels on the self-sufficiency and price of protein concentrates and other feed products;
2017/07/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 48 #

2016/0308(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
This Regulation shall enter into force on12 months after the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
2017/01/31
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 52 #

2016/0308(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – table 1 – row 3
09.6751 Ex 1103 19 Barley groats Groats and 7 800 20 1103 19 meals of cereals (excl. 90 1103 20 wheat, rye, oats, maize, rice 90 1104 19 and barley) Cereal pellets 10 1104 19 (excl. wheat, rye, oats, 50 1104 19 maize, rice and barley) 61 1104 19 Rolled or flaked wheat 69 ex 1104 grains Rolled or flaked 29 1104 30 maize grains Rolled barley grains Flaked barley grains Worked grains (for example, hulled, pearled, sliced or kibbled), other than of oats, of rye or of maize Germ of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked or ground deleted
2017/01/31
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 54 #

2016/0308(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – table 1 – row 4
09.6752 2002 Tomatoes prepared or 5 000 preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid deleted
2017/01/31
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 59 #

2016/0308(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – table 1 – row 2
Common wheat, spelt and 1001 99 00 1101 00 15, 100 000 tons/year meslin, flour, groats, 1101 00 90 1102 90 90 meal and pellets 1103 11 90, 1103 20 60 deleted
2017/01/31
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 61 #

2016/0308(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – table 1 – row 3
Maize, other than seed, 1005 90 00 1102 20 1103 650 000 tons/year flour, groats, meal, pellets 13 1103 20 40 1104 23 and grains deleted
2017/01/31
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 64 #

2016/0308(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – table 1 – row 4
Barley, other than seed, 1003 90 00 1102 90 10 ex 350 000 tons/year flour and pellets 1103 20 25 deleted
2017/01/31
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 166 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point a – point ii a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013
Article 36 – Paragraph 1 – point da (new)
(iia) the following point (da) is added: (da) financial contributions to premiums for income insurance;
2017/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 212 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 10 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013
Article 39b (new)
10a. The following Article 39b is inserted: Article 39b Income insurance 1. Support under point (da) of Article 36(1) shall only be granted for insurance contracts which cover for income loss exceeding 30 % of the average annual income of the individual farmer in the preceding three-year period or a three- year average based on the preceding five- year period excluding the highest and lowest entry. Income for the purposes of point (da) of Article 36(1) shall refer to the sum of revenues the farmer receives from the market, including any form of public support, deducting input costs. Indexes may be used to calculate the annual loss of income of the farmer. 2. Support shall be limited to the maximum rate laid down in Annex II.
2017/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 213 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point a
Regulation (EU) No 1035/2013
Article 45 – paragraph 5
5. Working capital that is ancillary to, and linked to a new investment, which receives EAFRD supporthere support is provided through a financial instrument established in accordance with Article 37 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013, working capital may be eligible expenditure. Such eligible expenditure shall not exceed EUR 200 000 or 30 % of the total amount of the eligible expenditure for the investment. The relevant request shall be duly substantiated, whichever is the higher.
2017/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 235 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 16 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013
Annex II – Article 39b (new)
16a. In Annex II, the following line is inserted after 38(5): Article 39b(2) Income insurance Maximum amount in EUR or rate : 70 % of the insurance premium due
2017/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 300 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 269 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013
Article 30 – Paragraph 7 – point f a (new)
2a. In Article 30, paragraph 7 the following point is inserted: fa) increase the value of the payment entitlements to the value of the national or regional average under paragraph 8, subparagraph 2 of this Article following a severe natural disaster seriously affecting the holding and compromising the normal course of activities;
2017/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 301 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 269 – paragraph 1 – point 2 d (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013
Article 30 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1
2d. in Article 30(8), the first subparagraph is replaced by the following: “8. When applying paragraph 6 and points (a), (b), (c) and (cfa) of paragraph 7, Member States shall fix the value of payment entitlements allocated to farmers at the national or regional average value of payment entitlements in the year of allocation. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/IT/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32013R1307&rid=1)Or. it
2017/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 302 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 269 – paragraph 1 – point 2 c (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013
Article 30 – Paragraph 10
2c. in Article 30, paragraph 10 is amended as follows: “10. When applying paragraph 6, and points (a), (b), and (bfa) of paragraph 7 and paragraph 9, Member States may either allocate new entitlements or increase the unit value of all of the existing entitlements of a farmer up to the national or regional average value. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/IT/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32013R1307&from=Or. it)
2017/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 455 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 62 – paragraph 4a (new)
3 a. In Article 62, the following paragraph is added: 4a. Member states may apply the provisions of this Chapter to areas producing wine suitable for producing wine spirits with a geographical indication as registered in Annex III of Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council. For the purposes of those provisions, these areas may be treated as areas where wines with a protected designation of origin or protected geographical indication may be produced.
2017/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 464 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 3 b (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 148 – paragraph 1a (new)
3 b. In Article 148, the following paragraph is inserted : 1a. If Member States do not make use of the possibilities provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article, a producer, producer organization, a bargaining organisation, or their associations may require that any delivery in raw milk to a processor of raw milk be the subject of a written contract between the parties and/or be the subject of a written offer of a contract from the first purchasers, under the same conditions laid down in paragraph 4 to 6 of this article. If the first purchaser is a micro, small or medium-sized enterprise within the meaning of Recommendation 2003/361/EC, the contract and/or the contract offer is not compulsory, unless the inter-branch organisation of the sector recognised under Article 163, has drawn up a standard contract compatible with the rules of the Union.
2017/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 468 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 50 – Paragraph 2
“ 2. Support under paragraph 1 at its maximum rate: content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32013R1308&qid=1490011614359&from=EN#ntr3 a. In Article 50, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: “ 2. Support shall not be granted to enterprises in difficulty within the meaning of the Community guidelines on State aid for rescuing and restructuring firms in difficulty.” Or. en (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- L_2013347EN.01067101-E0026-)
2017/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 469 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 62 – Paragraph 4a (new)
3 a. In Article 62 the following paragraph is inserted 4a. Member states may apply the provisions of this Chapter to areas producing wine suitable for producing wine spirits with a geographical indication as registered in Annex III of Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council. For the purposes of those provisions, these areas may be treated as areas where wines with a protected designation of origin or protected geographical indication may be produced.
2017/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 477 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 3 c (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 148 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
3 c. in Article 148(2), the introductory part is replaced by the following: “2. The contract and/or the offer for a contract referred to in paragraphs 1 and 1a shall:” Or. en (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/?qid=1490086023420&uri=CELEX:32013R1308)
2017/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 478 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 3 d (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 148 – paragraph 3
3 d. In Article 148, paragraph 3 is replaced by the following: “3. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 1a, a contract and/or an offer for a contract shall not be required where raw milk is delivered by a farmer to a co- operative of which the farmer is a member if the statutes of that cooperative or the rules and decisions provided for in or derived from these statutes contain provisions having similar effects to the provisions set out in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 2.” Or. en (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/?qid=1490086023420&uri=CELEX:32013R1308)
2017/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 480 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 3 e (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 152 – paragraph 1 – point (b)
““(b) are formed on the initiative of the producers;”“ 3 e. In the Article 152(1), point b is replaced by the following: ““(b) are formed on the initiative of the producers and which carry out, whether or not there is a transfer of ownership by the farmers to the producer organisation, at least one of the following activities: (i) joint processing; (ii) joint distribution, including joint selling platform or joint transportation; (iii) joint packaging, labelling or promotion; (iv) joint organising of quality control; (v) joint use of equipment or storage facilities; (vi) joint management of waste directly related to the production; (vii) joint procurement of inputs; (viii) any other joint activities of services pursuing one of the objectives listed in paragraph 1, point (c) of this Article;”“ Or. en (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/?qid=1490086023420&uri=CELEX:32013R1308)
2017/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 482 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 3 f (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 152 – paragraph 1a (new)
3 f. In Article 152, the following paragraph is inserted: 1a. Notwithstanding the application of Article 101(1) TFEU, a producer organisation, which is recognised under paragraph 1 of this Article, may plan production, optimizing the production costs, place on the market and negotiate contracts for the supply of the agricultural products, on behalf of its members for all or part of their total production.
2017/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 484 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 3 g (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 152 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1a (new)
3 g. In Article 152, paragraph 1, the following subparagraph is added: For negotiations covering more than one Member State, the decision referred to in the first subparagraph shall be taken by the Commission without applying the procedure referred to in Article 229(2) or (3). In other cases, that decision shall be taken by the national competition authority of the Member State to which the negotiations relate.
2017/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 485 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 3 h (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 152 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1a (new)
3 h. In Article 152, paragraph 1, the following subparagraph is inserted: When acting under point (c), the competition authority shall inform the Commission in writing before or without delay after initiating the first formal measure of the investigation and shall notify the Commission of the decisions adopted pursuant to paragraph 7 without delay after their adoption.
2017/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 486 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 3 i (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 152a (new)
3 i. The following Article is inserted: Article 152a Bargaining organisations 1. Member States may, on request, recognise bargaining organisations in one of the specific sectors listed in Article 1 (2) which: (a) are formed on the initiative of the producers; (b) pursue a specific aim which may include one or more of the following objectives: (i) ensuring that production is planned and adjusted to demand, particularly in terms of quality and quantity; (ii) concentration of supply and the placing on the market of the products produced by its members; (iii) optimising production costs and stabilising producer prices. 2. Without prejudice to Article 125 concerning the sugar sector, a recognised bargaining organisation may negotiate contracts for the supply of the agricultural products in one of the specific sectors listed in Article 1(2), on behalf of its members for all or part of their total production. 3. The negotiations may take place: (a) whether or not there is a transfer of ownership of agricultural products by the producers to the producer organisation; (b) whether or not the price negotiated is the same as regards the aggregate production of some or all of the members; (c) provided that, for a particular bargaining organisation, all of the following conditions are fulfilled: (i) the volume or the quantity of agricultural products covered by such negotiations does not exceed 3,5 % of total Union production ; (ii) the volume or the quantity of agricultural products covered by such negotiations which is produced or delivered in any particular Member State does not exceed 33 % of the total national production of that Member State ; (d) provided that, for the volume or the quantity of agricultural products covered by such negotiations, the bargaining organisation concentrates supply ; (e) provided that the producers concerned are not members of any other bargaining organisation which also negotiates such contracts on their behalf; however, Member States may derogate from this condition in duly justified cases where farmers hold two distinct production units located in different geographic areas; (f) provided that the agricultural product is not covered by an obligation to deliver arising from the farmer’s membership of a cooperative in accordance with the conditions set out in the cooperative’s statutes or the rules and decisions provided for in or derived from those statutes; and (g) provided that the bargaining organisation notifies the competent authorities of the Member State or Member States in which it operates of the volume or quantities of agricultural products covered by such negotiations. 4. For the purposes of this Article, references to bargaining organisations shall also include associations of bargaining organisations recognised under Article 156 (2) if such associations of producer organisations meet the requirements set out in paragraph 1 of this Article. 5. Notwithstanding the conditions set out in of point (ii) of point (c) of paragraph 3, in the milk sector, a bargaining organisation may negotiate pursuant to paragraph 1 provided that, with regard to that bargaining organisation, the volume or quantities of agricultural products covered by the negotiations which is produced in or delivered in a Member State having a total annual raw milk production of less than 500 000 tonnes does not exceed 45 % of the total national production of that Member State. 6. For the purposes of applying point (c) of paragraph 3 and paragraph 4, the Commission shall publish, by such means, as it considers appropriate, the amounts of production in the Union and the Member States using the most up-to-date information available. 7. By way of derogation from point (c) of paragraph 3 and paragraph 4, the competition authority may decide in individual case that a particular negotiation by the bargaining organisation should either to be reopened or should not take place at all if it considers that this is necessary in order to prevent competition from being excluded or if it considers that the objectives referred to in Article 39 TFEU are threatened. For the milk sector, the competition authority may intervene when it deems it necessary to prevent competition from being excluded or in order to avoid seriously damaging SME processors of raw milk in its territory. For negotiations covering more than one Member State, the decision referred to in the first subparagraph shall be taken by the Commission without applying the procedure referred to in Article 229(2) or (3). In other cases, that decision shall be taken by the national competition authority of the Member State to which the negotiations relate. The decisions referred to in this paragraph shall not apply earlier than the date of their notification to the undertakings concerned. 8. When acting under paragraph 7, the competition authority shall inform the Commission in writing before or without delay after initiating the first formal measure of the investigation and shall notify the Commission of the decisions adopted pursuant to paragraph 7 without delay after their adoption. 9. For the purposes of this Article: (a) a “national competition authority” means the authority referred to in Article 5 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003; (b) an “SME” means a micro, small or medium-sized enterprise within the meaning of Recommendation 2003/361/EC. 10. The Member States in which negotiations take place in accordance with this Article shall notify the Commission. 11. Member States may decide that producer organisations which, prior to ... [the date of entry into force of this Regulation], have been recognised in accordance with national law and which satisfy the conditions laid down in paragraph 1 shall be deemed to be recognised as bargaining organisations in accordance with this Article.
2017/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 487 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 3 j (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 152b (new)
3 j. The following Article is inserted: Article 152b Value-sharing Without prejudice to Article 125 in the sugar sector, producers of agricultural products in one of the specific sectors listed in Article 1(2), through their producer organisations recognised under Article 152 of this Regulation, their bargaining organisations recognised under Article 152a of this Regulation, their associations recognised under Article 156 of this Regulation and undertakings marketing or processing such products may agree on value- sharing clauses, including market bonuses and losses, determining how any evolution of relevant market prices or other commodity markets is to be allocated between them.”.
2017/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 488 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 3 k (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 154a (new)
3 k. The following Article is inserted: Article 154a Recognition of bargaining organisations 1. In order to be recognised by a Member State, the bargaining organisation applying for such recognition shall be a legal entity or clearly defined part of a legal entity which: (a) fulfils the requirements laid down in points (a), (b) and (c) of Article 152a(1) (b) has a minimum number of members and/or covers a minimum volume or value of marketable production, to be laid down by the Member State concerned, in the area where it operates; (c) provides sufficient evidence that it can carry out its activities properly, both over time and in terms of effectiveness, provision of human, material and technical support to its members, and as appropriate concentration of supply; (d) has statutes that are consistent with points (a), (b) and (c) of this paragraph. 2. Member States shall: (a) decide whether to grant recognition to a bargaining organisation within four months of the lodging of an application, accompanied by all the relevant supporting evidence; that application shall be lodged with the Member State where the organisation has its headquarters; (b) carry out, at intervals to be determined by them, checks to verify that recognised bargaining organisations and associations of bargaining organisations are complying with this Chapter; (c) in the event of non-compliance or irregularities in the application of the measures provided for in this Chapter, impose on those organisations and their associations the applicable penalties they have laid down and, if necessary, decide whether recognition should be withdrawn ; (d) inform the Commission by 31 March of each year, of every decision to grant, refuse or withdraw recognition taken during the previous calendar year.
2017/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 489 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 3 l (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 156 – Heading
“Associations of producer organisations” 3 l. In Article 156, the heading is replaced by the following: “Associations of producer organisations and associations of bargaining organisations” Or. en (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/?qid=1490086023420&uri=CELEX:32013R1308)
2017/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 490 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 3 m (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 156 – paragraph 2
“ 2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1,3 m. In Article 156, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: “ 2. Member States may, on request, recognise an association of recognised producerbargaining organisations in the milk and milk products sector if the Member State concerned considers that the association is capable of carrying out effectively any of the activities of a recognised producerbargaining organisation, and that it fulfils the conditions laid down in Article 16154a(1). Or. en (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/?qid=1490086023420&uri=CELEX:32013R1308)
2017/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 491 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 3 n (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 157 – paragraph 1 – point xiv a (new)
3 n. In Article 157(1), point c, the following point is added: (xiv a) agreeing on standard value sharing clauses including market bonuses and losses, determining how any evolution of relevant market prices or other commodity markets is to be allocated between them or determinable price formula based in particular on objective market criteria.
2017/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 492 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 3 o (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 157 – paragraph 3 – point c – point xi a (new)
3 o. In point (c) of Article 157 (3), the following point is inserted: (xi a) agreeing on standard value sharing clauses, including market bonuses and losses, determining how any evolution of relevant market prices or other commodity markets is to be allocated between them or determinable price formula based in particular on objective market criteria. .
2017/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 493 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 3 p (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 157 – paragraph 3 – point (c) –point xi b (new)
3 p. In point (c) of Article 157(3), the following point is added: (xi b) implementing collective measures to prevent and manage the health and environmental risks and uncertainties linked to the production and, where applicable to the processing and/or marketing and/or distribution of agricultural and food products.
2017/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 494 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 3 q (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 168 – paragraph 1a (new)
3 q. In Article 168, the following paragraph is inserted: 1a. If Member States do not make use of the possibilities provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article, a producer, producer organisation, bargaining organisation or their association, in respect of agricultural products in a sector listed in Article 1(2) other than the milk, milk products and sugar sector may require that any delivery of its products to a processor or distributor be the subject of a written contract between the parties and/or be the subject of a written offer of a contract from the first purchasers, under the same conditions laid down in paragraph 4 to 6 of this Article. If the first purchaser is a micro, small or medium-sized enterprise within the meaning of Recommendation 2003/361/EC, the contract and/or the contract offer is not compulsory, unless the inter-branch organisation of the sector recognised under Article 157, has drawn up a standard contract compatible with the rules of the Union.
2017/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 499 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 209 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
4 a. In Article 209(1), subparagraph 2 is replaced by the following: ““Article 101(1) TFEU shall not apply to agreements, decisions and concerted practices of farmers, farmers’ associations, or associations of such associations, or producer organisations recognised under Article 152 of this Regulation, or associations of producer organisbargaining organisations recognised under Article 152a of this Regulation, or their associations recognised under Article 156 of this Regulation, which concern the production or sale of agricultural products or the use of joint facilities for the storage, treatment or processing of agricultural products, unless the objectives of Article 39 TFEU are jeopardised.”“ Or. en (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/?qid=1490086023420&uri=CELEX:32013R1308)
2017/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 500 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 4 b (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 209 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2a (new)
4 b. In Article 209(1), subparagraph 2, the following subparagraph is inserted: For the sale of agricultural products, agreements, decisions and concerted practices on value sharing clauses and on a determinable, price formula, based in particular on objective market criteria, is considered necessary for the achievement of the objectives set out in Article 39 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
2017/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 502 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 4 c (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 209 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1a (new)
4 c. In Article 209(2), subparagraph 1, the following subparagraph: “However, farmers, farmers’ associations, or associations of such associations, or producer organisations recognised under Article 152 of this Regulation, or bargaining organisations recognised under Article 152a, or their associations recognised under Article 156 of this Regulation may request an opinion from the Commission on the compatibility of those agreements, decisions and concerted practices with the objectives set out in Article 39 TFEU. Requests for opinions shall be dealt with promptly and the Commission shall send the applicant its opinion within two months of receipt of the request. In the event of non-response by the Commission within that period, the opinion shall be deemed positive.”
2017/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 504 #

2016/0282(COD)

4 d. In Article 209(2), subparagraph 1, the following subparagraph is inserted: “The Commission may, at its own initiative or at the request of a Member State, change the content of opinion, in particular if the applicant has provided inaccurate information or abused the opinion.”
2017/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 505 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 4 e (new)
Regulation (EU) n°1308/2013
Article 222 – paragraph 1
4 e. In Article 222, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: “1. During periods of severe imbalance in markets, the Commission may adopt implementing acts to the effect that Article 101(1) TFEU is not to apply to agreements and decisions of recognised producerfarmers, farmers’ associations, or associations of such associations or recognised producer organisations, recognised bargaining organisations, their associations and recognised interbranch organisations in any of the sectors referred to in Article 1(2) of this Regulation, provided that such agreements and decisions do not undermine the proper functioning of the internal market, strictly aim to stabilise the sector concerned and fall under one or more of the following categories:” Or. en (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/?qid=1490086023420&uri=CELEX:32013R1308)
2017/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 49 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Title 1
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL laying down rules on the making available on the market of CE marked fertilisingers and improving nutrition efficiency products (INEP) and amending Regulations (EC) No 1069/2009 and (EC) No 1107/2009 (Text with EEA relevance) ("fertiliser" should be removed throughout the text for those products intended to improve nutrition efficiency of plants.)
2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 83 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
(16) Products withplaced on the market which have an intended use for one or more functions, at least one of which is covered by the scope of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, shoulare plant protection products and remain under the control tailored for such products and provided for by that Regulation. Where such products also have the function of a fertilising product, it would be misleading to provide for their CE marking under this Regulation, since the making available on the market of a plant protection product is contingent on a product authorisation valid in the Member State in question. Therefore, such products should be excluded from the scope of this Regulation.
2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 119 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
This Regulation shall apply to CE marked fFertilising productsers and Improving Nutrition Efficiency Products (INEP).
2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 131 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) ‘fertilising product’ means a substance, or a mixture, micro-organism or any other material, applied or intended to be applied, either on its own or mixed with another material, on plants or their rhizosphere for the purpose of providing plants with nutrient or improving their nutrition efficiency of substances intended to provide nutrients to the plants;
2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 134 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
(1a) "Improving Nutrition Efficiency Product (INEP)" means a substance or a mixture of substances, micro-organism or any other material to be applied on plants or their rhizosphere for the purpose of improving their nutrition efficiency;
2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 149 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 55
(55) Promising technical progress is being made in the field of recycling of waste, such as phosphorus recycling from sewage sludge, and fertilising product production from animal by-products, such as biochar. It should be possible for products containing or consisting of such materials to access the internal market without unnecessary delay when the manufacturing processes have been scientifically analysed and process requirements have been established at Union level. For that purpose, 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 in respect of defining larger or additional categories of CE marked fertilising products or component materials eligible for use in the production of such products. For animal by-products, component material categories should be expanded or added only to the extent an end point in the manufacturing chain has been determined in accordance with the procedures laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009, since animal by-products for which no such end point has been determined are in any event excluded from the scope of this Regulation.
2017/04/06
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 155 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) animal by-products which are subject to the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 used for purposes other than fertiliser production,
2017/04/06
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 178 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) taxonomic relation to micro- organism species fulfilling the requirements for a Qualified Presumption of Safety as established by the European Food Safety Agency, or reference of declared conformity to the relevant harmonised standards on safety of micro- organisms used which have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union, or conformity with the requirements for the safety evaluation of new micro-organisms as adopted by the Commission if such harmonised standards are not in place;
2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 184 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. For the purposes of CMC 10 in Annex II, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 43 to define the requirements for the standard for the biodegradability criteria and the development of an appropriate testing method for biodegradation. These requirements and testing method shall be evaluated towards latest scientific evidence and shall be set out as of [Publications office, please insert the date occurring five years after the date of application of this Regulation].
2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 204 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – point 1 – point C – introductory part
C. Inorganic fertiliserMineral fertiliser (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.)
2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 206 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – point 1 – point C – point I – introductory part
I. InorganicMineral macronutrient fertiliser (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.)
2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 207 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – point 1 – point C – point I – point a – introductory part
a) Solid minorganiceral macronutrient fertiliser (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.)
2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 208 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – point 1 – point C – point I – point a – point i – introductory part
i) Straight solid minorganiceral macronutrient fertiliser (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.)
2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 209 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – point 1 – point C – point I – point a – point i – point A
A) Straight solid minorganiceral macronutrient ammonium nitrate fertiliser of high nitrogen content (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.)
2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 210 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – point 1 – point C – point I – point a – point ii – introductory part
ii) Compound solid minorganiceral macronutrient fertiliser (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.)
2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 211 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – point 1 – point C – point I – point a – point ii – point A
A) Compound solid minorganiceral macronutrient ammonium nitrate fertiliser of high nitrogen content (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.)
2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 212 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – point 1 – point C – point I – point b – introductory part
b) Liquid minorganiceral macronutrient fertiliser (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.)
2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 213 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – point 1 – point C – point I – point b – point i
i) Straight liquid minorganiceral macronutrient fertiliser (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.)
2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 215 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – point 1 – point C – point II – introductory part
II. InorganicMineral micronutrient fertiliser (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.)
2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 216 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – point 1 – point C – point II – point a
a) Straight minorganiceral micronutrient fertiliser (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.)
2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 217 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – point 1 – point C – point II – point b
b) Compound minorganiceral micronutrient fertiliser (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.)
2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 218 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – point 7
7. Fertilising product blendMixture of product function categories
2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 240 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 1(B)(I) – point 2 – indent 2
- 2 % by mass of total pPhosphorus pentoxide (P2O5) soluble in neutral ammonium citrate and water, or
2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 244 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 1(B)(II) – point 2 – indent 2
- 2 % by mass of total phosphorus pentoxide (P2O5) soluble in neutral ammonium citrate and water, or
2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 250 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – subheading 8 – PFC 1(C)
PFC 1(C): InorganicMineral fertiliser
2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 252 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 1(C) - paragraph 1
An inorganic mineral fertiliser shall be a fertiliser other than containing nutrients in a mineral form, or processed into a mineral form, from animal or plant organic or organo-mineral fertiliser. igin. Calcium cyanamide, urea and its condensation and association products shall be considered as containing nutrients in a mineral form. Organic carbon (Corg) in the CE marked fertilising product shall not exceed 1% by mass. That excludes, by convention, carbon which comes from coatings and technical agents. .
2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 258 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 1(C) - paragraph 1 a (new)
Phosphorus fertilisers have to fulfil at least one of the following minimum solubility levels to be plant-available, otherwise they cannot be declared as phosphorus fertiliser: – Water solubility: minimum level 40% of total P, or – Solubility in neutral ammonium citrate: minimum level 75% of total P, or – Solubility in formic acid (only for soft rock phosphate): minimum level 55% of total P.
2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 263 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 1(C)(I) – point 1 a (new)
1a. The total declared nitrogen content is given by the sum of ammoniacal N, nitric N, ureic N, N from methylene-urea, N from isobutylidene diurea, N from crotonylidene diurea and N from cyanamide.
2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 275 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 1(C)(I)(a)(i) – point 2 – indent 2
- 12% by mass of total phosphorus pentoxide (P2O5) soluble in neutral ammonium citrate and water,
2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 277 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 1(C)(I)(a)(ii) – point 2 – indent 2
- 3% by mass of total phosphorus pentoxide (P2O5) soluble in neutral ammonium citrate and water,
2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 287 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 1(C)(I)(b)(i) – point 2 – indent 2
- 5% by mass of total phosphorus pentoxide (P2O5) soluble in neutral ammonium citrate and water,
2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 293 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 1(C)(I)(b)(ii) – point 2 – indent 2
- 1,5% by mass of total phosphorus pentoxide (P2O5) soluble in neutral ammonium citrate and water,
2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 301 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 2 – point 1
1. A liming material shall be a CE marked fertilising product aimed at correcting soil acidity, and containing oxides, hydroxides, carbonates or silicates of the nutrients calcium (Ca) or magnesium (Mg).
2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 303 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 3 – paragraph 1
A soil improver shall be a CE marked fertilising product aimed at being added to the soil for the purpose of maintaining, improving or protecting the physical or chemical properties, the structure or the biological activity of soil.
2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 307 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 3(A) – point 2 – introductory part
2. Contaminants must not be present in the CE marked fertilising productorganic soil improver by more than the following quantities:
2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 308 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 3(B) – point 1 a (new)
1a. A biodegradable mulch film shall be a biodegradable polymer film complying with the requirements of points 2a and 3 of CMC 10 in Annex II and intended to be placed on the soil in situ to protect its structure, suppress weed growth, reduce soil moisture loss, or prevent erosion.
2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 331 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 6(A) – point 1 – introductory part
1. A microbial plant biostimulant shall consist solely of a micro-organism or a consortium of micro-organisms referred to in Component Material Category 7 of Annex II.:
2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 332 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 6(A) – point 1 – point a (new)
a) of a micro-organism or a consortium of microorganisms referred to in Component Material Category 7 of Annex II;
2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 333 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 6(A) – point 1 – point b (new)
b) of microorganisms or a consortium of microorganisms different from those provided under point a), can be used as component material categories as long as they comply with the requirements set out in the CMC 7 category of Annex II.
2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 334 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 6 (A) – point 2 – introductory part
2. Contaminants must not be present 2. in the CE marked fertilisming product by more than the following quantities:
2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 335 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 6(B)(II) – point 2 – introductory part
2. Contaminants must not be present in the CE marked fertilisming product by more than the following quantities:
2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 339 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part 1 – subheading 4 – CMC 4
CMC 4: Energy crop digestateDigestate from agriculture and livestock
2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 340 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part 1 – subheading 5 – CMC 5
CMC 5: Other digestate than energy crop digestatedigestate from agriculture and livestock
2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 374 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 4 – title
CMC 4: Energy crop digestateDigestate from agriculture and livestock
2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 381 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 5 – title
CMC 5: Other digestate than energy crop digestatedigestate from agriculture and livestock
2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 397 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 6 – point 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) any other material or substance that has been approved for incorporation in food or animal feed.
2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 406 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
A CE marked fertilising product may contain mMicro-organisms, including dead or empty- cell micro-organisms and non- harmful residual elements of the media on which they were produced, which may be presumed to be safe for incorporation into a CE- marked fertilizing product if they fall into one of the following three cases:
2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 409 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 7 – paragraph 1 – indent 1
have undergone no other processing than drying or freeze-drying and(a) are one of the following micro- organisms: – Azotobacter spp. – Mycorrhizal fungi – Rhizobia – Azospirillum spp.
2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 412 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 7 – paragraph 1 – indent 2
are listed in the table below: Azotobacter spp. Mycorrhizal fungi Rhizobium spp. Azospirillum spp. (b) subject to appropriate data protection and data licensing requirements, any micro-organism (or consortium of micro-organisms) that is allowed for any of the following uses: – incorporation into a 'foodstuff' as defined in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 or is allowed to be used in the processing of any such foodstuff, including cultures that are considered to be 'traditional food ingredients' within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council; – use as a feed additive as indicated by inclusion in the European Union Register of Feed Additives pursuant to Regulation (EC) 1831/2003; – use as a plant protection active ingredient under Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 or as a biocide under Regulation (EU) No 528/20121a. (c) any micro-organism (or consortium of microorganisms) that has been evaluated as being safe for use as a biostimulant using relevant common specifications or harmonised standards adopted in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1025/20121b that detail acceptable thresholds and analytical methods for safety criteria including those outlined in Article 42 of this Regulation.
2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 416 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 10 – point 1 – point b a (new)
or (ba) improving the soil as a biodegradable mulch film, complying with the requirements of points 2a and 3 of CMC10.
2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 421 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 10 – point 2 – introductory part
2. As of [Publications office, please insert the date occurring three years after the date of application of this Regulation], the following criterion shall be complied with: The polymer shall be capable of undergoing physical, biological decomposition, such that most of it ultimately decomposes into carbon dioxide (CO2), biomass and water. It shall have at least 90 % of the organic carbon converted into CO2 in maximum 24 months, in a biodegradability test as specified points (a)-(c) below.requirements shall be introduced:
2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 427 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 10 – point 2 – point a
(a) The test shall be conducted at 25°C ± 2°C.A standard for the biodegradability by setting a timeframe in which at least 90% of the organic carbon is converted into CO2, after the claimed release time of the polymer has been fulfilled, and
2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 430 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 10 – point 2 – point b
(b) TheA biodegradability test sthall be conducted in accordance with a method for determining the ultimate aerobic biodegradability of plastic materials in soils by measuring oxygen demand or the amount of carbon dioxide evolvedt complies with the following criterion: the polymer is capable of undergoing physical, biological decomposition, such that most of it ultimately decomposes into carbon dioxide (CO2), biomass and water.
2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 434 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 10 – point 2 – point c
(c) A micro-crystalline cellulose powder with the same dimension as the test material shall be used as a reference material in the test.deleted
2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 436 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 10 – point 2 – point d
(d) Prior to the test, the test material shall not be subject to conditions or procedures designed to accelerate the degradation of the film, such as exposure to heat or light.deleted
2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 439 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 10 – point 2 a (new)
2a. The biodegradable mulch film shall comply with the following criterion: The polymer shall be capable of undergoing physical, biological decomposition, such that it ultimately decomposes into carbon dioxide (CO2), biomass and water. At least 90%, absolute or relative to the reference material, shall be converted into CO2, in maximum 24 months in a biodegradability test according to European standards for biodegradation of polymers in soil.
2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 461 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – part 2 – PFC 1(B) – point 1 – point d – indent 6
Total pPhosphorus pentoxide (P2O5); soluble in neutral ammonium citrate and water:
2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 462 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – part 2 – PFC 1(B) – point 1 – point d – indent 9
where soft ground phosphate is present, pPhosphorus pentoxide (P2O5) only soluble in formicmineral acids;
2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 466 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – part 2 – PFC 1(C)(I) – point 1 – point d – indent 7
Total pPhosphorus pentoxide (P2O5); soluble in neutral ammonium citrate and water:
2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 467 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – part 2 – PFC 1(C)(I) – point 1 – point d – indent 10
where soft ground phosphate is present, pPhosphorus pentoxide (P2O5) only soluble in formicmineral acids;
2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 492 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – part 2 – PFC 6 – point f a (new)
(fa) indication that the product is not a plant protection product;
2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 506 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part II – CMC 11
A CE marked fertilising product may contain animal by-products within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 having reached the end point in the manufacturing chain as determined in accordance with that Regulation, which. Under that Regulation, fertilisers may be placed on the market without restrictions which have reached the end point in the manufacturing chain and are listed in the table below and, as specified therein:
2017/04/03
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 12 #

2015/2353(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the CAP provides income support to farmers through Pillar 1 and provides support for environmental programmes and economic activity in rural areas and prevents rural depopulation; notes, in this connection, that it is essential to maintain the two-pillar CAP structure in order to compensate and support farmeagricultural and livestock sectors and rural areas;
2016/05/04
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 19 #

2015/2353(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that, were all policies in the EU, nationally or at Union level, to be entirely financed from the EU budget, the CAP share would only amount to 1 %, which seems very reasonable for a policy that supplies food for over 500 million citizens, supports environmental sustainability and creates employment; considers that the CAP is the best and cheapest security policy of the Union as it ensures sufficient food supply, fosters territorial cohesion and prevents rural depopulation;
2016/05/04
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 32 #

2015/2353(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes that no alteration to the allocation of funds under Heading 2 agreed for the 2014-2020 period is included in the aims of the MFF mid-term review, although some guidance can be provided for the next programming period;
2016/05/04
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 33 #

2015/2353(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Insists that the current amount in Heading 2, as provided for in the current MFF, must remain at least at the same level; refers, in this connection, to Article 2 of the MFF Regulation, which clearly states that allocated national envelopes may not be reduced by the midterm revision; considers, furthermore, that other Union policies must have the necessary financial means to allow the Union to honour its legal obligations in accordance with the corresponding sectoral legislation; calls on the Commission, in a context of migration crisis, to explore the possibility to strengthen synergies between the withdrawal of agricultural products from the market and the distribution of food aid to the most deprived citizens and to refugees through the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD) ;
2016/05/04
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 47 #

2015/2353(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that price volatility linked to worsening market conditions in many agricultural sectors has significantly increased in recent years, leading to severe income volatility; stresses, therefore, the need to ensure that sufficient budgetary resources are available to deal with the market crises, such as those caused on occasions by decisions taken outside the industry, such as the foreclosure of the Russian market after the veto, which currently affectings the milk, pig meat and fruit and vegetable sectors; a particularly, along with the phasing out of the milk quota system a year ago. Adds in this regard that, owing to the CAP budget cuts made during the last MFF negotiations, direct payments from the first pillar of the CAP are currently insufficient to mitigate the income volatility experienced by farmers;
2016/05/04
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 104 #

2015/2353(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Notes the link between maintaining enough funds in the CAP budget and obtaining enough added value for society as a whole, in particular, so that job creation and improvements to quality of life increase the appeal of rural life compared with urban areas;
2016/05/04
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 106 #

2015/2353(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses that the success of the CAP and acceptance thereof also depends on further reducing bureaucracy and, limiting regulatory administrative provisions to an acceptable level; and, what is more, stresses that there should be a more direct link between the current support system and the creation of employment and wealth in the territory where food is produced.
2016/05/04
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 6 #

2015/2324(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the importance of the Alpine region as a place for people to live, work and relax in, thanks to the vital contributions made by agriculture and forestry, tourism and craft trades; stresses that these sectors are of crucial value in the sustainable development of the region, as they secure a high-quality food supply, maintain the population in outlying areas, maintain the cultural landscape, and preserve ecosystems by means of sustainable biodiversity, soil and water protection; welcomes the EU Alpine Strategy as a way to improve economic, environmental and social development in the Alpine region;
2016/03/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 12 #

2015/2324(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses the need for initiatives to improve mobility, digital infrastructure, energy supply and social migration; considers it necessary for specific traditions in the fields of land use, craft trades and tourism to be preserved when implementing the strategy;
2016/03/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 39 #

2015/2324(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Emphasises the importance of milk production in mountainous parts of the Alpine region, and in particular of the high-quality dairy products that come from that milk; calls on the Commission and the Member States to introduce specific offsetting measures for producers, in order to ensure that livestock farming and dairy production in mountain areas is financially sustainable, in particular for small and medium-sized family-run farms;
2016/03/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 44 #

2015/2324(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls for the enhancement of the value of agricultural products, by encouraging initiatives to increase the use and dissemination of the 'mountain products' label and, more in general, promoting the protected geographical indications of products out of the Alpine region.
2016/03/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 52 #

2015/2324(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Considers it particularly important to give young farmers long-term prospects in order to address rural depopulation; calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote transnational initiatives to support entrepreneurship, emerging industries and the labour market in agriculture and forestry;
2016/03/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 53 #

2015/2324(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Highlights the importance of agritourism as a source of income for small-scale farmers (e. g. farm holidays); calls on the Commission and the Member States to establish programmes to support investment and entrepreneurship; considers it important to support those farms through specific tourism campaigns;
2016/03/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 63 #

2015/2324(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Points up the important role of agriculture and rural resources in providing social and educational care for particularly vulnerable people; calls on the Commission to promote social agricultural activities, since, for mountain farmers in particular, they represent a new way of providing alternative services;
2016/03/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 69 #

2015/2324(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls for the prospective and current regulatory framework for farms throughout the Alpine region, in particular under the CAP, to be harmonised and simplified respectively; points up the need for specific additional support based on factors such as soil assessment and gradients in order to make it possible to farm sustainably on steep hillsides;
2016/03/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 76 #

2015/2324(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Welcomes the establishment of a macroregional governance model for the Alpine region so as to foster cross-border cooperation in agriculture and forestry; regards it as important in this connection that there should be improved exchanges of information and experience, on a transnational basis, between associations and producer organisations in the areas of livestock and crop farming and forestry by setting up regular symposia;
2016/03/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 77 #

2015/2324(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 d (new)
8d. Emphasises that the development of new initiatives requires regional solutions and participatory approaches, with harmonisation of existing and new initiatives, in order to maximise benefit for mountain farming in the Alps and reduce administrative barriers; points out that the Alpine Convention, EU cohesion policy and existing EU initiatives must be taken into account;
2016/03/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 78 #

2015/2324(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 e (new)
8e. Considers it especially important that agriculture and forestry stakeholders should be instrumental in carrying out the Commission's action plan at regional level so that a participatory approach and specific issues can be acted on locally;
2016/03/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 27 #

2015/2279(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C
C. whereas a response must be found to the challenges posed by desertification and lack of generational renewal in mountain areas in order to guard against environmental, landscape and hydrogeological impacts that also have a knock-on effect on lowland built-up areas;
2016/01/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 69 #

2015/2279(INI)

Draft opinion
Subheading 2 a (new)
Believes that the social and economic development of mountain areas can be boosted by promoting farming and farm- based services, such as on-farm processing, direct sales, farm stays, social farming and renewable energy production;
2016/01/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 135 #

2015/2279(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission to promote and enhance the value of agricultural and agri-food products from mountain areas by strengthening promotion and information initiatives concerning the ‘mountain products’ label and, more generally, the PDO, PGI and TSG labels.
2016/01/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 56 #

2015/2227(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas owing to pressure on natural resources, climate change, the scarcity of land, the vulnerability of the environment, the growth of the world population and changing consumer behaviour, it is essential that farmers produce more with less and that local consumption of agricultural and agri-food products is also promoted, meaning a smaller ecological footprint per kg of product produced;
2016/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 65 #

2015/2227(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas, a more productive and resource-efficient agriculture is key to addressing the challenges of environmental, social and economic sustainability for all farms of whatever size and to making them better equipped to preserve natural resources;
2016/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 68 #

2015/2227(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas agriculture that is widespread across the land helps to strengthen the social fabric and contributes to environmental sustainability and job creation in rural areas; whereas this role can be further strengthened through innovation;
2016/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 75 #

2015/2227(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas the competitiveness of the common agricultural policy (CAP) is mentioned as one of the key goals in Article 4(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013, and increasing productivity and ensuring reasonable pricesand fair prices for farmers and consumers, as mentioned in Article 39 TFEU can be best achieved through innovation;
2016/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 112 #

2015/2227(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Is strongly convinced that economic development and sustainable production are not mutually exclusive and are achievable mainly through innovation; stresses the need to support innovation not only in technology and governance, but also in governance and business models, by providing regulatory coherence, clarity and room for entrepreneurship, and urges the Commission to ensure that innovation is explicitly taken into account in forthcoming reviews and reforms of relevant legislation; highlights the fact that European agriculture is able to produce high-quality and high-added value products together with profitable, knowledge-based solutions in order to feed a growing and more demanding world population;
2016/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 121 #

2015/2227(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Hopes that greater recognition can be given to the role of young farmers, since they are the main vectors of innovation in agriculture; calls on the Commission, therefore, to consider what tools are available to encourage not only the establishment of new young farmers but also the development of their innovative business ideas;
2016/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 126 #

2015/2227(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Highlights the innovative potential of social agriculture, in terms of services to local people and communities, which can increase the attractiveness of rural areas and help generate new income flows for farms;
2016/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 150 #

2015/2227(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Urges the Commission to encourage every innovative way to make the agri- food sector more efficient, including the promotion of direct marketing of agricultural and agri-food products by farmers, emphasising their quality and economic, social, and environmental sustainability;
2016/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 256 #

2015/2227(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Urges the Commission to promote research initiatives focusing on more modern and sustainable biotechnologies – genome editing and cisgenesis, for example – with a view to increasing the competitiveness, production efficiency, and sustainability of the farming system, thereby encouraging adaptation to climate change, contributing to product quality, and reducing the need to use plant protection products;
2016/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 277 #

2015/2227(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls on the Commission to ascertain in detail which new skills will be required in future European farm management, and to promote their dissemination by every means available;
2016/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 305 #

2015/2227(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Considers innovation to be an essential tool and a key horizontal policy priority for the CAP to develop, implement and achieve the objectives of the CAP reform 2014-2020; calls on the Commission, therefore, to provide a more ambitious overarching strategy with measurable outcomes in order to align and focus research and innovation vis-à-vis policy priorities; stresses that the CAP should provide more flexibility for the use of newly developed techniques and practices without an increase in burdensome rules and procedures; believes that a horizontal priority for the European legislative framework should be to ensure sufficient leeway for pilot programmes and testing for innovative techniques, while observing the precautionary principle;
2016/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 7 #

2015/2226(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas, in many European countries over the past few decades, the number of farmers in rural areas has drastically decreased and agricultural employment in those areas has continued to decline;
2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 9 #

2015/2226(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas, although agriculture remains the main form of land use in Europe it nowadays employs only a fraction of the working population of rural areas; whereas the diversification of land use in rural areas, combining a productive economic function with the functions of accommodating residential and recreational use and those of nature protection and conservation, is a considerable challenge in terms of development and employment in the various rural regions of the Union; whereas, although population decline has been reversed in some regions in recent years with an inflow of people who want to live in the countryside, generating, in most cases, a peri-urbanisation effect, there are also much less prosperous regions tending to decline, where remoteness is a problem and supporting development and employment is more difficult;
2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 13 #

2015/2226(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas more than nine out of ten people in Europe consider agriculture and rural areas to be important to their future;
2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 63 #

2015/2226(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas job creation in rural areas must be part and parcel of a sustainable policy that is tailored to ecosystems and involves the maintenance and development of agricultural and agriculture-related activities that forge links between the various stakeholders both socially and in terms of solidarity and enhance the environment;
2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 85 #

2015/2226(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
La. whereas, in many Member States, women in rural regions have limited access to employment in farming or elsewhere, yet they play an extremely important role in rural development and in the social fabric of rural areas, particularly on farms that engage in diversification (offering farm tourism, high quality produce, recreational, educational and sports activities, etcetera);
2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 95 #

2015/2226(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on all the Member States to implement a comprehensive generational renewal strategy and, in order to do this, to make full use of all the possibilities provided under the new CAP to support young and newly established farmers, including outside the family, particularly the Pillar I and Pillar II measures for aid to young farmers, and also to facilitate newly established farmers aged over 40 in setting up; notes too that such measures must be complemented by and consistent with provisions under national policies (on land-use, taxation and social security, etcetera);
2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 113 #

2015/2226(INI)

2a. Calls upon Member States to ensure that all workers in agriculture are covered by a social protection system;
2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 127 #

2015/2226(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Considers that, given the high mortality rate among honey bees in several EU countries and the essential role they, as pollinators, play in food security and the economy of many plant sectors, the Union should provide greater support for this sector by adopting a genuine European strategy for bee repopulation; adds that this would not require heavy investment but would create many jobs, either by diversifying activities in existing farms or by setting up new specialised farms, which, according to expert opinion, would require 200 hives to be viable and whose primary purpose would be to breed selected queens and swarms and, subsequently, to produce honey, something the EU has a serious shortage of, such an approach, which builds on various European strategies – on innovation, social inclusion and job creation – is fully in line with the will to reorient the common agricultural policy and the development of farming towards greater sustainably;
2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 132 #

2015/2226(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Takes the view that the market measures and exceptional crisis and risk- management measures provided for under the Single CMO must be implemented much more swiftly and proactively so as to limit the negative effects that falling prices have on farming income;
2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 136 #

2015/2226(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Takes the view that, in order to play their role of safety net, intervention prices must be adjusted regularly in line with trends in cost prices so as to have a direct impact on producers' income and the perpetuation of their activities as well as on employment; calls for the EU to establish prevention tools along similar lines to the Milk Market Observatory in all major production sectors in order to monitor markets, which would help steer production and ensure a response to crises by means of flexible and responsive market management tools which would be activated when necessary;
2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 154 #

2015/2226(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Considers that since the level of complexity of rural development programmes significantly reduces the use of EAFRD funds and acts as a brake on projects conducive to job creation, it is necessary to simplify the implementation of rural development policy, adopt more coherent approaches, along the same lines as multi-funds, and stop the Member States and the Commission imposing overly painstaking administrative and financial checks;
2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 156 #

2015/2226(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Points out that the risk factor inherent in innovation is insufficiently taken into account in both national and EU policy, a fact that acts as an obstacle to innovation and job creation, particularly for the many stakeholders who do not have sufficient financial strength to complete innovative projects;
2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 159 #

2015/2226(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member States and their regions to shift the focus of their rural policy to job creationdevelopment programmes and their operational programmes on to job creation and improving rural services, and calls on the Commission to assist them in achieving that objective;
2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 170 #

2015/2226(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Considers it important that rural development programmes do more to improve relations between rural and urban areas so as to encourage cooperation and offer opportunities for businesses operating in rural areas that are crucial for the development these areas and job creation; takes the view that villages play an important role in urban- rural relations by providing access to basic services for residents of the surrounding rural areas, and that the Member States should therefore promote services in villages as part of their territorial policies;
2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 171 #

2015/2226(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission to submit a proposal for a medium-term reform of the Common Agricultural Policy which will be a response to the current scenario of prolonged crisis and to the serious impact on employment, particularly in rural areas, will limit red tape and administrative burden for Europe's farmers, and will include greening measures which from the environmental point of view are more effective, measurable and ambitious, and at the same time simpler for farmers to implement;
2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 175 #

2015/2226(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Stresses that the forestry sector, currently an underutilised asset in Europe, is a major source of jobs that should be better promoted in its various forms throughout the timber industry, adds that the EU is currently suffering from a serious timber supply shortage that requires investment in the infrastructure necessary for the growth of this sector;
2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 177 #

2015/2226(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to undertake to encourage and facilitate women’s access to the labour market in rural areas;
2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 214 #

2015/2226(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)
11c. Takes the views that the CAP must take account of European farming in all of its forms and all rural areas, including the most disadvantaged and most fragile amongst them (such as mountain areas and outermost regions) to ensure the best possible use is made of all resources, this also entails bringing farmland that has been abandoned or left fallow back into use;
2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 227 #

2015/2226(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Considers that group farming should be promoted and financially supported because it reduces farm production costs, in particular mechanisation costs, and promotes solidarity between farmers and the transfer of innovation, know-how and best practice, creating a dynamism conducive to development and employment;
2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 255 #

2015/2226(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Emphasises that, against a backdrop of deep uncertainty as regards the future of low, volatile agricultural prices, the EU must do more to influence the markets, where they are failing, by establishing safety nets and prevention and crisis management systems that could, for example, draw on countercyclical aid, allowing farmers to benefit from more advantageous prices; believes, also, that in the face of the risks associated with global warming, the EU must do all it can to enhance the positive role that agriculture can play, through measures including agronomy and improved soil management for better capture carbon, and that it is important to provide technical and financial support to farmers to gradually change their practices and to innovate;
2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 273 #

2015/2226(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Takes the view that the new CAP must also include insurance mechanisms so that farmers are better equipped to deal with uncertainties of all kinds;
2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 284 #

2015/2226(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Takes the view that bottom-up approaches to local development such as LEADER/CLLD have proven to be effective not only in terms of jobs created but also in terms of low levels of public expenditure per job created, and that they should therefore be further strengthened and implemented in all Member States by means of multi-fund approaches; stresses in particular the role of Local Action Group (LAG) leaders in providing technical and service support for initiatives aimed at getting projects which promote employment off the ground; calls for the LAGs to have the broadest possible autonomy in order to maximise their effectiveness;
2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 308 #

2015/2226(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Notes that the tourism sector offers significant opportunities for generating revenue and direct and induced employment in agriculture and rural areas, allowing the historical, cultural, gastronomic, landscape and environmental heritage of each region to be enhanced; notes, also, that a region's attractiveness to tourists is based not only on its history, but increasingly also on the quality of its food products, its landscapes and its environment; believes that, for all these reasons, the tourism sector should receive more support from the rural development policy;
2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 310 #

2015/2226(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 c (new)
19c. Stresses that the challenges linked to climate change and the environment call for significant public and private job- creating investment, with support from the emergence of new professions, to ensure that rural resources are maintained and preserved and that the quality of degraded ecosystems is restored, to tackle floods and fires more effectively and to improve protection of water, soil and air quality and biodiversity; notes that while this certainly involves cooperation between agriculture and other rural stakeholders, it offers new opportunities for income diversification in agriculture;
2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 322 #

2015/2226(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Takes the view that it is vital to ensure that public and private services are in place to ensure the attractiveness of rural areas and to make it possible to maintain and develop employment in rural areathose areas; considers that all regions should therefore have quality access to high-speed broadband communication networks;
2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 329 #

2015/2226(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Stresses that access to basic services such as education, health care and housing and the continuity of these services are prerequisites for an environment conducive to job creation and for meeting the vital needs of people living in rural areas;
2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 31 #

2015/2225(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas sustainable agriculture requires the combination of environmental, social and economic criteria, for which technological solutions may be one important contributor;
2016/02/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 37 #

2015/2225(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas making farming more sustainable is becoming an ever more important objective for operators, given the need to control costs in order to safeguard incomes, on the one hand, and to enhance the protection of environmental resources, on the other;
2016/02/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 50 #

2015/2225(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
G a. whereas insufficient crop protection solutions for specialty crops endangers the quality, diversity and sustainable production of food crops in the EU, with serious consequences for employment and biodiversity loss, and a direct impact that has been estimated to account for more than €1 billion, including production loss and additional costs for farmers;
2016/02/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 68 #

2015/2225(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K
K. whereas the approvals process, including the criteria for defining new and existing active substances, is becoming increasingly challenging for EU agriculture, due in part to the lack of standard assessment criteria throughout the EU and the excessive administrative burden, both at EU level and at internal level in the individual Member States;
2016/02/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 77 #

2015/2225(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
L a. whereas it is urgent to guarantee the efficient transfer of research findings from science to farmers;
2016/02/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 92 #

2015/2225(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Takes the view that, if applied to conventional farming, the principles underpinning PF can generate significant benefits for the environment, increase farmers' incomes and rationalise the use of agricultural machinery;
2016/02/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 94 #

2015/2225(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Emphasises that precision irrigation can rationalise the use of water for irrigation, generating a 20% saving by comparison with traditional methods, and make irrigation significantly more efficient;
2016/02/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 104 #

2015/2225(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Welcomes the progress made by the European Space Agency (ESA) in developing PF; takes the view that the ESA's Sentinel 2B satellite, which is to be placed in orbit in late 2016, will give a very clear picture of the amount of land taken up by crops and forests, with the result that agricultural policies can be monitored and implemented more effectively, the use of water and fertilisers can be rationalised and optimum harvesting periods can be identified; calls on the Commission and the Member States to support the use of satellite-based systems which can, in the context of farming, optimise the use of resources, reduce energy costs and facilitate the work of farmers, while increasing productivity and generating benefits for the environment;
2016/02/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 125 #

2015/2225(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the need for greater dialogue between genetic banks, research, breeders and end-users in order to build resilience and support for sustainable food production throughout Europe;
2016/02/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 127 #

2015/2225(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Points out that the EU's seed banks contain a significant quantity of genetic material which could be used for plant research and to produce new varieties, in order to meet the challenges of sustainable farming;
2016/02/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 190 #

2015/2225(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission to include in its report to Parliament and the Council options for amending and improving the current legislation, and in particular on the functioning of mutual recognition of authorisations and, the zonal evaluations process and authorisations for uses of secondary importance and minor crops;
2016/02/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 197 #

2015/2225(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Stresses the urgent need for adequate funding and coordination to address the lack of crop protection solutions for minor uses and specialty crops, while welcoming the Integrated Pest Management -European Research Area Network (IPM-ERANET) working package 3;
2016/02/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 213 #

2015/2225(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Notes that a faster approvals process would increase the availability of low-risk PPPs and pesticides on the market, stimulate industry research into the development of new low- risk substances and enable farmersreduce the risk of the development of resistance to active ingredients, stimulate industry research into the development of new low- risk active ingredients, including new, innovative low-risk substances, thus ensuring farmers have sufficient plant- protection tools at their disposal and enabling them to switch more rapidly to sustainable PPPs;
2016/02/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 246 #

2015/2225(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Considers it essential for the Commission and the Member States to develop projects in line with the concept of 'conservation farming' which focus exclusively on the development of more resource- efficient crop varieties and the conservation and improvement of soil structure, especially given the increasing scarcity of water availability and certain key components of fertilisers such as phosphate;
2016/02/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 258 #

2015/2225(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28 a. Welcomes the recently launched European Innovation Partnership for Agricultural productivity and Sustainability (EIP-AGRI), with the aim of linking research and practical farming, and calls on the Commission to have an active role in boosting coordination, at the national and cross-border level, in order to promote an explicit innovation agenda linked to Horizon 2020 and to guarantee the adequate transfer of knowledge towards the end users;
2016/02/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 260 #

2015/2225(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Encourages the Commission and the Member States to do more to raise public awareness of the value of farming in the EU, to develop Trans-European Centres for Agricultural Innovation that would delivermonstrate and deliver projects to bring about much needed progress towards food security and sovereignty and sustainability;
2016/02/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 51 #

2015/2065(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that UTPs may hamper investment and product innovation and product quality and variety, and may therefore reduce the choices available to consumers;
2015/09/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 53 #

2015/2065(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Reminds the Commission that the European Parliament's own initiative report adopted in December 2013 called on the Commission to examine the need and possibility of independent enforcement to address the so-called 'fear factor' among primary producers in the supply chain; urges the Commission to consider this in its own report;
2015/09/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 107 #

2015/2065(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Acknowledges that voluntary and self- regulatory schemes are not enough to put an end to UTPs and that while purely voluntary codes are very important and useful for identifying issues they also have major drawbacks, such as the broad scope for non-participation, conflicts of interest, dispute settlement mechanisms that fail to reflect supplier ‘fear factor’, the lack of genuine penalties for non-compliance and scant or non-participation by the competent authorities;
2015/09/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 108 #

2015/2065(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission to assess the SCI in terms of effectiveness, taking into account concerns cited by the farming community; cautions the Commission to avoid assessing the voluntary initiative based solely on the number of registered participants;
2015/09/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 130 #

2015/2065(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that several Member States have initiated actions in national lawvoluntary codes and legislative measures to address the concerns of primary producers regarding the negative impact of UTPs; asks the Commission to assess these national efforts with a view to selecting best practices for application at EU level; notes in particular the Groceries Code Adjudicator in the UK as aone potential model for adaptation at EU level;
2015/09/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 186 #

2015/2065(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Notes that while private–own brand labelled products can bring increased value and choice to consumers, they give an unfair and anti-competitive position to retailers, who become both customer and competitor; notes that market share in a private-own brand product category may undermine the benefits of these products for consumers and the agri-food industry; insists that the issue of private-own brands requires particular attention from the Commission and Competition Authorities, with a need to address the potential long term consequences for the supply chain;
2015/09/18
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 188 #

2015/2065(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Notes that while private–own brand labelled products can bring increased value and choice to consumers, they give an unfair and anti-competitive position to retailers, who become both customer and competitor; notes that market share in a private-own brand product category may undermine the benefits of these products for consumers and the agri-food industry; insists that the issue of private-own brands requires particular attention from the Commission and Competition Authorities, with a need to address the potential long term consequences for the supply chain;
2015/09/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 310 #

2015/2065(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. WelcomAcknowledges the setting up of the Supply Chain Initiative, which has resulted in the adoption of a set of principles of good practice in B2B relations in the food supply chain and a voluntary framework for the implementation of those principles; believes that efforts to promote fair trading practices in the food supply chain can make a real impactn impact, but cannot be considered sufficient to tackle the problem of UTPs in the food supply chain; notes that the results emerged from the conclusions of the Commission's study on the SCI recently published "seem very modest if measured against the actual or perceived magnitude and seriousness of the issue of UTPs in the food supply chain, and even more so if measured against the expectations of the stakeholders which are most seriously impacted by UTPs, and of policy makers";
2016/03/02
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 314 #

2015/2065(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes that the complaints issued in the framework of the voluntary codes, specifically within the SCI, are very limited, as it has been spotted by the Commission's study on the SCI; notes also that the Commission's study does not precisely indicate the number of disputes solved in the last years, rendering thus impossible to assess the effectiveness of the SCI in tackling the problem of UTPs in the food supply chain;
2016/03/02
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 319 #

2015/2065(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Emphasizes that, as it has been reported by the Commission's study, the SCI, at the moment, does not have robust enforcement mechanisms nor effective deterrent instruments and penalties, such as monetary and/or economic sanctions, which will be able to address the problem of the UTPs in the food supply chain; therefore, asks the Commission to undertake concrete actions to establish effective enforcement mechanisms capable to act cross-borders, such as the establishment of an independent EU enforcement authority or a network of national authorities, mutually recognized at the EU level; these independent authorities shall be empowered to conduct investigations ex-oficio and/or on the basis of informal information and/or on the basis of complaints dealt with on a confidential basis, thus overcoming the so-called "fear factor";
2016/03/02
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 349 #

2015/2065(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Regrets that, despite the limits of voluntary codes and initiatives have been clearly highlighted by the conclusions of the Commission's study on the SCI, the Commission does not seem willing to proceed with the swift adoption of a specific EU legislative framework which could better protect consumers, ensure a level-playing field among the stakeholders of the food supply chain, limit the current fragmentation of the single market and effectively tackle the UTPs;
2016/03/02
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 350 #

2015/2065(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Underlines that the safeguard of confidentiality is an essential component of any dispute resolution process; stresses that the SCI does not provide for a mechanism ensuring confidential or anonymous complaints for potential victims of UTPs. Therefore, asks the Commission to establish a monitoring instrument to ensure and preserve the confidentiality between the parties involved in the dispute, thus reducing the so-called "fear factor";
2016/03/02
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 274 #

2015/0269(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 a (new)
12a. The European Firearms Pass is, on the whole, satisfactory and should be regarded as the principal document needed by hunters and marksmen in possession of a firearm while travelling to another Member State. Member States should not make recognition and acceptance of the European Firearms Pass conditional upon payment of fees or charges.
2016/04/29
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 704 #

2015/0269(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 8 a (new)
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
(8a) The following is added to Article 12(2), second subparagraph: "Recognition of the European Firearms Pass cannot be made dependent on any form of administrative pre-authorisation or on the payment of any fees or duties, be these direct or indirect, in connection with any potential administrative costs."
2016/04/29
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 18 #

2015/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) So that there is no impact on the crop as a result of fluctuations in production, which, because of climatic conditions, are very considerable, the sector should be given tools with a view to greater self- regulation, at no cost to the Union budget, and to combating both producer and consumer price volatility. The specific measures laid down in Article 169 of the Single Common Market Organisation Regulation should be implemented accordingly.
2015/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 30 #

2015/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
An annual duty free tariff quota of 35 017 500 tons is opened for imports into the Union of virgin olive oil originating in Tunisia and falling within CN codes 1509 10 10 and 1509 10 90.
2015/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 41 #

2015/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall administer the tariff rate quota in accordance with Article 184 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013. and by establishing monthly import licences to be issued between January and October of 2016 and 2017 in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1918/20061a ___________ 1aCommission Regulation (EC) No 1918/2006 of 20 December 2006 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quota for olive oil originating in Tunisia
2015/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 44 #

2015/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Where the Commission finds that there is a market imbalance at the EU level or sufficient evidence of a failure by Tunisia to comply with the conditions set out in Article 2, it may adopt an implementing act suspending in whole or in part the preferential arrangements provided for in Article 1. That implementing act shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 6(2).
2015/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 48 #

2015/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 a (new)
Article 5a Application of Article 169 of the single CMO In order to ensure the smooth functioning of the olive oil sector in the EU, the Commission shall trigger the application of the rules laid down in Article 169 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/20131a ___________ 1aRegulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products
2015/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 29 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) The purpose of the EFSI should be to help resolve the difficulties in financing and implementing productive investments in the Union and to ensure increased access to financing. It is intended that increased access to financing should be of particular benefit to small and medium enterprises. It is also appropriate to extend the benefit of such increased access to financing to mid- cap companies, which are companies having up to 3000 employees. Overcoming Europe's current investment difficulties should contribute to strengthening the Union's economic, social and territorial cohesion, particularly in rural, remote and disadvantaged areas.
2015/03/27
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 35 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) The EFSI should support strategic investments with high economic value added contributing to achieving Union policy objectives. The CAP, being the only fully communitised field of policy, is of territorial application and is therefore very well suited to carry out projects which can complement those supported by the EFSI. Many of the existing instruments of the CAP make targeted investments successfully.
2015/03/27
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 41 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) The purpose of the EFSI should be to help resolve the difficulties in financing and implementing productive investments in the Union and to ensure increased access to financing. It is intended that increased access to financing should be of particular benefit to small and medium enterprises. It is also appropriate to extend the benefit of such increased access to financing to mid- cap companies, which are companies having up to 3000 employees. Overcoming Europe's current investment difficulties should contribute to strengthening the Union's economic, social and territorial cohesion and energy and resource efficiency by transitioning into a sustainable, digital and circular economy.
2015/03/31
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 43 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) Many small and medium enterprises, as well as mid-cap companies, across the Union require assistance to attract market financing, especially as regards investments that carry a greater degree of risk. This is particularly true of businesses in rural areas, where economic growth and the preservation of services and jobs are urgently needed in order to prevent rural depopulation. The EFSI should help these businesses to overcome capital shortages by allowing the EIB and the European Investment Fund ('EIF') to provide direct and indirect equity injections, as well as to provide guarantees for high-quality securitisation of loans, and other products that are granted in pursuit of the aims of the EFSI.
2015/03/27
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 49 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) The EFSI should support strategic investments with high economic value added contributing to achieving Union policy objectivesor operations between a Member State and a country falling within the scope of the European Neighbourhood Policy including the Strategic Partnership, the Enlargement Policy, and the European Economic Area or the European Free Trade Association, or investments implementing the EU Macro-regional strategies and operations between a Member State and an Overseas Country or Territory, as set out in Annex II of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. The investment should guarantee high economic, social and environmental value added, promoting quality jobs, sustainable innovation, skills and high quality employment, integrating and completing the single market, boosting the competitiveness of the EU. These strategic projects should benefit from positive externalities created by public investment and European Structural and Investment Funds in order to achieve Union policy objectives, including economic convergence between Member States and social cohesion.
2015/03/31
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 53 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
(14) The EFSI should target projects delivering high societal, sustainable and economic added value. In particular, the EFSI should target projects that promote job creation, long- term growth and competitiveness of quality and long-term jobs, long-term growth and competitiveness, especially infrastructure measures (transport and digital, especially fast broadband). The EFSI should support a wide range of financial products, including equity, debt or guarantees, to best accommodate the needs of the individual project. This wide range of products should allow the EFSI to adapt to market needs whilst encouraging private investment and involvement of rural communities in the projects. The EFSI should not be a substitute for private market finance but should instead catalyse private finance by addressing market failures, without adding to administrative burden or creating additional payment systems, which would undermine the efficiency of the EFSI objectives, so as to ensure the most effective and strategic use of public money. The requirement for consistency with State aid principles should contribute to such effective and strategic use.
2015/03/27
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 63 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
(15) The EFSI should target projects with a higher risk-return profile than existing EIB and Union instruments to ensure additionality over existing operations. The EFSI should finance projects across the Union, including in the countries most affected by the financial crisis, as well as in the many disadvantaged areas of Europe which are rural and areas in border regions and extremely peripherial location particularly those suffering depopulation. The EFSI should only be used where financing is not available from other sources on reasonable terms.
2015/03/27
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 70 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
(14) The EFSI should target projects delivering high societal, sustainable and economic added value. In particular, the EFSI should target projects that promote jobsustainable high quality employment creation, long- term sustainable growth and competitiveness, which will help achieve the EU's climate, energy and digital agenda goals. The EFSI should support a wide range of financial products, including equity, debt or guarantees, to best accommodate the needs of the individual project. This wide range of products should allow the EFSI to adapt to market needs whilst encouraging private investment in the projects. The EFSI should not be a substitute for private market finance but should instead catalyse private finance by addressing market failures so as to ensure the most effective and strategic use of public money. The requirement for consistency with State aid principles should contribute to such effective and strategic use.
2015/03/31
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 87 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
(16) The EFSI should target investments that are expected to be economically and technic, technically and environmentally viable, which may entail a degree of appropriate risk, whilst still meeting the particular requirements for EFSI financing.
2015/03/31
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 90 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The purpose of the EFSI shall be to support investments in the Union and to ensure increased access to financing for companies having up to 3000 employees, with a particular focus on small and medium enterprises, through the supply of risk bearing capacity to the EIB, with particular priority being assigned to businesses and social-cooperative bodies in rural areas and in structurally weak and disadvantaged areas, as well as areas in extremely peripherial locations ('EFSI Agreement').
2015/03/27
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 112 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
The Investment Committee shall be composed of sixeight independent experts and the Managing Director. Independent experts shall have a high level of relevant market experience in project finance and be appointed by the Steering Board for a renewable fixed term of three yeastructuring and project financing, as well as macroeconomic expertise. The Investment Committee shall have a pluridisciplinary composition encompassing a broad range of expertise in various sectors, such as agriculture, research, transport and SMEs. It shall be appointed by the Steering Board for a renewable fixed term of three years. When appointing the Committee, the Steering board shall take into account the gender balance of the members.
2015/03/27
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 118 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) development of infrastructure, including local community related infrastructures, in the areas of transport, particularly in industrial centres; energy, in particular energy interconnections; and digital infrastructure with priority to rural areas lagging behind in fast broadband provisions;
2015/03/27
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 123 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) investment in education and training, health, research and development, local community capacity building, information and communications technology and innovation;
2015/03/27
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 128 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) infrastructure projects in the environmental, agricultural, natural resources, rural and urban development and social fields;
2015/03/27
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 193 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
The Investment Committee shall be composed of sixeight independent experts and the Managing Director. Independent experts shall have a high level of relevant market experience in project finance and be appointed by the Steering Board for a renewable fixed term of three yeastructuring and project financing, as well as macroeconomic expertise. The Investment Committee shall have a pluridisciplinary composition encompassing a broad range of expertise in various sectors, such as environment, research and development, transport and SMEs. It shall be appointed by the Steering Board for a renewable fixed term of three years. When appointing the Committee, the Steering board shall take into account the gender balance of the members.
2015/03/31
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 203 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
The Union shall provide a guarantee to the EIB for financing or investment operations carried out within then irrevocable and unconditional guarantee for financing or investment operations carried out within the Union, or operations between a Member State and a country falling within the scope of the European Neighbourhood Policy including the Strategic Partnership, the Enlargement Policy, and the European Economic Area or the European Free Trade Association, or investments implementing the EU Macro-regional strategies and operations between a Member State and an Overseas Country or Territory, as set out in Annex II of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, covered by this Regulation ('EU guarantee'). The EU guarantee shall be granted as a guarantee on demand in respect of instruments referred to in Article 6.
2015/03/31
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 206 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
The EU guarantee shall be granted for EIB financing and investment operations, focused at fostering the transition towards a smart, sustainable and decarbonized economy and at speeding up the transition towards a digital economy, based on the smart use of new available technologies approved by the Investment Committee referred to in Article 3(5) or funding to the EIF in order to conduct EIB financing and investment operations in accordance with Article 7(2). The operations concerned shall be consistent with Union policies and support any of the following general objectives:
2015/03/31
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 228 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) expansion of renewable energy and energy and resource efficiency, with a particular focus on projects investing on fostering the circular economy;
2015/03/31
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2 #

2014/2234(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A
A. whereas the cCommon aAgricultural pPolicy (CAP) has grown significantly in complexity in recent years without any, so far, any visible reduction in the existing bureaucracy since the 2013 reform ;
2015/05/13
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 5 #

2014/2234(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the objectives of the CAP have to be fulfilled, while the mutual understanding and trust between all EU institutions, national and regional bodies have to be ensured for the effective implementation of the CAP;
2015/05/13
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 9 #

2014/2234(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B
B. whereas the cost of controls isand providing advice to stakeholders and farmers may be currently estimated at EUR 4 billion at Member State level, and are probably still rising, particularly with the introduction of ‘greening’; emphasizes the need to minimize the cost of controls and their bureaucracy burden;
2015/05/13
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 13 #

2014/2234(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas performance based controls may become a useful methodology, while stability and an enabling approach are needed on the part of administrative bodies in order to build trust with final beneficiaries; recalls however that a one- size-fits-all system cannot be imposed on the diverse types and scale of agricultural holdings in the EU;
2015/05/13
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 16 #

2014/2234(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas the 2013 reform has resulted in significant changes in the data required from farmers to accompany applications and justify claims, with new requirements which risk bringing about a higher error rate in the initial learning and adaptation phase;
2015/05/13
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 20 #

2014/2234(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C
C. whereas the current system has reachedto deal with an estimated 15 million transactions each year, paid to around 8 million beneficiaries, and includes a million on- the-spot-checks involving millions of reference parcels of land and consequently risks reaching its limits and action is therefore needed;
2015/05/13
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 29 #

2014/2234(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the burden of controls is often viewed as being in proportion to the complexity of the CAP; calls, therefore, for complexity to be reduced in order to cut error rates, reduce the cost to the taxpayer and at the same time ensure that the budget is correctly spent and in this regard calls for a new examination of the cost of controls compared to how much additional of funding could be safeguarded by such controls;
2015/05/13
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 39 #

2014/2234(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for a less bureaucratic CAP with a view to reducing the error rate whilst ensuring that farmers are still able to deliver the vital food production which is at the heart of the policy and believes that continuing to tackle complexity and streamlining the operation of the CAP is one of the keys to attracting new entrants to agriculture and retaining them and their skills to ensure a thriving EU agricultural sector in the future;
2015/05/13
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 47 #

2014/2234(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Believes that development and administration of performance-based controls should, in no way, become a source of increased uncertainty to the EU’s security of food supply;
2015/05/13
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 54 #

2014/2234(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Supports the Commissioner Hogan’s initiative of simplifying the CAP with immediate examination of measures which can be implemented quickly , as this would benefit farmers, paying agencies, EU institutions and taxpayers; also urges that amendments be made to the basic legislative actt the mid-term review, proposals for amendments to the basic legislative act be brought forward for consideration for the reform for the next funding period;
2015/05/13
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 64 #

2014/2234(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Advocates anreinforcement and stronger implementation of the single annual audit so that farmers are not subjected to excessive or multiple controls by both the Commission and the European Court of Auditors in the same year; also calls for the bundling of the audit tasks of certifying bodies and other Member State bodies, the Commission and the European Court of Auditors;
2015/05/13
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 71 #

2014/2234(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Believes that levels of control should be proportionate to the size of agricultural holdings, whilst safeguarding the use of EU funds;
2015/05/13
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 72 #

2014/2234(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Favours an integrated approach to controls, whereby all the controls required on a given farm are carried out at the same time wherever possible , so that the number of testing visits is kept lower and the concomitant financial and time cost for administrations and agriculture may be reduced;
2015/05/13
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 80 #

2014/2234(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Supports the approach of reducing controls in Member States where error rates have been extremely low over a given period; calls at the same time, however, for advice on best practice and controls to be stepped up in Member States where the error rate is high or increasing;
2015/05/13
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 92 #

2014/2234(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for it to be made possiblea target to reduce the sample size for on-the-spot checks to 3% for all direct payments, as otherwise potential savings in the cost of controls will berisk being lost;
2015/05/13
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 95 #

2014/2234(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Believes that 100% coverage of rural areas with fast broadband, with significant awareness raising and training in its use, will be an essential tool to enable all farmers to benefit from the newest application and claims systems associated with the CAP;
2015/05/13
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 99 #

2014/2234(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. FCalls for further efforts to be made to reduce the complexity of application systems and forms for farmers and favours the increased use of e- Government technology by the Member States in order to forestall errors in the application process.
2015/05/13
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 105 #

2014/2234(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on Member States to ensure that the governmental/regional bodies dealing with the new CAP implementation communicate and work together effectively to the benefit of farmers implementing the policy on the ground.
2015/05/13
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 107 #

2014/2234(INI)

8b. Calls on the European Court of Auditors to acknowledge in its annual report on budget implementation by the Commission for 2015, the significant degree of change in the CAP –which could not apply retroactively – following the 2013 reform when it presents its error rate and accompanying remarks, and to highlight the degree to which Member States are responsible under shared management of funds.
2015/05/13
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 109 #

2014/2234(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Calls on all institutions and bodies responsible for implementation of the CAP to cooperate to overcome mistrust and anxiety linked to the considerable burden of audit and control which potentially puts at risk future development and innovation and the position of the EU agriculture sector in relation to other markets.
2015/05/13
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A
A. whereas the EU agricultural sector is a very sensitive and essential part of the TTIP negotiations and one in which the EU, which already enjoys a significant trade surplus with the US, stands to benefit greatly from new or increased market access opportunities;
2015/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B
B. whereas it is important for European agriculture to secure a mutually beneficial trade deal with the US in order to advance Europe’s position as a key player on the global market without jeopardising the current quality standards of European agricultural products and future improvement of those standards, while preserving the European agricultural model and ensuring its economic and social viability;
2015/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C
C. whereas respect for European food safety and, human, plant and animal health, animal welfare, environmental and consumer protection standards will be a fundamental tenet of the negotiations for European agriculture;
2015/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point a
a. prioritise an ambitious and balanced result of the negotiations for agriculture, the three maina sector which must not be used as a bargaining chip in efforts to secure access to the US market for other sectors and the key components of which (market access, geographical indications and sanitary and phytosanitary measures) should be tackled early and in parallel in the negotiation process, whilst maintaining food safety standards and consumer protection, in order to give Parliament enough timesufficient time and clarity to discuss and evaluate this chapter with stakeholders and, European citizens, civil society and social partners, focusing in particular on farmers and small family holdings;
2015/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 5 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point b
b. firmly commit to the strict preservation of current and future standards on food safety and human health, plant health and crop and environmental protection, consumer protection and animal health, and welfare as defined under EU legislation, and ensure that fundamental values of the EU such as the precautionary principle are not underminedthe enhancement of these standards is in no way hampered in the future and that fundamental values of the EU such as the precautionary principle and sustainable farming are not undermined, and EU citizens can continue to have confidence in the traceability and labelling of products on the EU market ;
2015/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 6 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point c
c. ensure a positive and ambitious final outcome of the negotiations for agriculture, reflecting both the offensive and defensive interests of the EU agricultural sector concerning the abolition or reduction of both tariff and non-tariff barriers, including in particular sanitary and phytosanitary standards and procedures, securing a strong position for high quality European products so that EU producers make genuine gains in terms of access to the US market and consider that measures to protect consumers and their health or maintain food safety should not be regarded as non-tariff barriers;
2015/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 7 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point d
d. secure a level playing field, treating as sensitive those products for which or sectors for which direct and indirect competition would expose EU agricultural producers to excessive pressureincluding smallholder farmers, either in the EU as a whole or individual regions thereof, to excessive pressure or unfair competition, for example in cases where regulatory conditions and related costs of production, such as animal housing requirements, in the EU diverge from those in the US, and consider all possible options for treatment of all sensitive products including tariff reduction and limited tariff rate quotas;
2015/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 8 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point e
e. secure significantly improved protection of EU geographical indications and better consumer information as an essential element of a balanced agreement, taking the rappropriate legal protection on the US market for EU geographical indications and quality EU agricultural products, and measures to deal with improper use, misleading information and practices, and secure protection regarding the labelling, traceability and genuine origin of agricultural products as an essential elevament chapter of the CETA with Canada as a good exampleof a balanced agreement;
2015/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 9 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point f
f. engage in a fully transparent, timely and comprehensive manner with allthe European Parliament, all national parliaments and the agricultural stakeholders on all aspects of the negotiations and ensure compliance with all legislation on which our European agricultural and social model is based.
2015/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 10 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
fa. submit without delay a clear and objective study on the impact of TTIP on European agriculture, sector by sector, particularly its impact on small family farms and engage in a timely and transparent manner with research institutions, both public and private, that work in the area of food safety and can provide considerable input to all aspects of the negotiations.
2015/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 30 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas under no circumstances can a trade agreement modify existing legislation in contracting countries
2015/02/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 53 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C
C. whereas the US Trade Representative consistently denounces EU standards in these areas as trade barriers;deleted
2015/02/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 98 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Considers it misleading on the part of the Commission to try to appease public concerns about the TTIP by stating that existing standards will not be lowered, as this disregards the fact that many standards have yet to be set in the implementation of existing (framework) legislation (e.g. REACH) or by the adoption of new laws (e.g. cloning)that the adoption both of European standards which are still to be set in the implementation of existing (framework) legislation (e.g. REACH) and of new laws (e.g. cloning) should not in any way deviate from the application of the precautionary principle outlined in Article 191 of the TFEU. This ensures high levels of health and environmental protection, including food safety and consumer information, thus responding to citizens’ concerns;
2015/02/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 122 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Is concernedNotes that the TTIP negotiationg mandate states thave already affected Commission proposals and actions relating to, for example,t sustainable development and high levels of human health protection are the overarching objectives of the agreement and therefore asks the European Commission to continue to make proposals and act to uphold these objectives, especially as regards food safety and climate protection (e.g. pathogen meat treatments; i, given the socio-economic and empleoyment ramifications of the fuel quality directive)such policies on different sectors of the European economy;
2015/02/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 141 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Is very concerned that the objective of regulatory convergence, including in particularConsiders that the creation of a Regulatory Cooperation Council, will cannot and should not lead to the lowering of future EU standards in key areas for the protection of human health, food safety and the environment in light of the significant differences as compared with the US;
2015/02/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 196 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point e
e. secure significantly improved protection of EU geographical indications and better consumer informationto forbid the use of misleading information and practices concerning the true origin of the product towards the consumer as an essential element of a balanced agreement, taking the relevant chapter of the CETA with Canada as a good example;
2015/03/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 292 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Is deeply concerned about the lack of transparency in the negotiations, and urges the Commission to give all Members of the European Parliament access to the negotiation texts, in particular the consolidated onesWelcomes the Commission’s decision to make the negotiating mandate public and hopes for more transparency and communication between the different European Institutions involved.
2015/02/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 30 #

2014/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital Ga (new)
Ga. whereas, although national financial aid (Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013) has been an important financial instrument in terms of concentrating supply, there is a need to enhance its effectiveness;
2015/03/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 66 #

2014/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital Pa (new)
Pa. whereas the possibility of making the repayment of capital and interest on loans taken out to finance crisis prevention and management measures eligible for EU financial aid has, under the operational programmes, been an important instrument for managing market uncertainty;
2015/03/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 69 #

2014/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Q. whereas the Commission’s report identifies complexity of rules and identifies complexity of rules and lack of legal certainty as weaknesses of the current F&V regime; whereas Commissioner Hogan has committed himself to simplifyroving the regime in the first year of his term;
2015/03/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 89 #

2014/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2a (new)
2a. Stresses the importance of maintaining European quality standards for fresh fruit and vegetable products in order to guarantee consistently high quality in the supply chain for the benefit of the final consumer;
2015/03/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 116 #

2014/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses in this context that it is important to increase the overall important to increase the overall level of support to POs and to level of support to POs and to provide stronger incentives both for provide stronger incentives both for the merging of existing POs and the the merging of existing POs and the creation of new ones; creation of new ones, focusing on genuine mergers with the vital centralisation of marketing and decision-making functions;
2015/03/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 120 #

2014/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Invites the Commission, as part of simplification of the CAP, to further strengthen the effectiveness of producer organisations in terms of concentrating supply, particularly as regards their central marketing role in the F&V supply chain;
2015/03/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 148 #

2014/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Urges the Commission to review, within the national financial aid framework, the level of producer organisation (Commission Implementing Regulation No 543/2011) by correlating it to the results achieved in terms of increasing the merger rate and the concentration of F&V production;
2015/03/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 159 #

2014/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Invites the Commission to consider extending the provisions for funding crisis prevention and management measures (eligibility of the repayment of capital and interest on loans for financial aid) and also for achieving the other objectives pursued by the operational programmes of producer organisations and their associations;
2015/03/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 179 #

2014/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Is adamant that third-country production methods for exports to the EU must provide European consumers with the same guarantees in terms of health, food safety, animal welfare, sustainable development and minimum social standards as those required of EU producers; . This means that, in any agreements signed with third countries, the EU must abide by a criterion of genuine reciprocity as regards access to the market and compliance with the production regulations governing EU producers;
2015/03/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 199 #

2014/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Urges the Commission to review how support for withdrawals from the market works, adjusting the mechanisms for setting the prices of withdrawal, transportation, sorting and packaging in accordance with the production costs actually borne by individual producers;
2015/03/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 208 #

2014/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Considers that, as in other sectors (such as olive-growing), producer organisations could be given a role in guaranteeing and coordinating the complementarity and coherence of the various EU support regimes, thus ensuring greater transparency of the system to prevent cases of double funding.
2015/03/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 190 #

2014/2146(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the European Commission to present one or more regulatory tools to prevent and effectively manage new crises in the dairy sector, notably by facilitating the organisation of dairy production in terms of supply management. Urges the European Commission to engage in formal talks with all the stakeholders in the sector in order to achieve this;
2015/04/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 396 #

2014/2146(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Notes that the sector has not engaged with the Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) and Protected Geographical Indications (PGI) schemes in a meaningful manner; calls on the Commission to simplify access to thesthe rules concerning the regulation of supply for cheese with a Protected Designation of Origin or Protected Geographical Indication, in particular with attention to the minimum requirements of representativeness for the approval of the schemes;
2015/04/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 470 #

2014/2146(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Considers that the Milk Market Observatory should serve a monitoring function in order to counter unfair trading practices in the dairy supply chain;
2015/04/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 51 #

2014/0255(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) Carry-over may occur during production, processing, storage and transport of feed where the same production and processing equipment, storage facilities or means of transport are used for feed with different components. For the purposes of this Regulation, the concept of ‘carry-over’ is used specifically to designate the transfer of traces of an active substance contained in a medicated feed to a non-target feed, while the term ‘cross-contamination’ is to be considered as a contamination resulting from a carry- over or from the transfer in feed of any unintended substance. Carry-over of active substances contained in medicated feed to non-target feed should be avoided or kept as low as possible. In order to protect animal health, human health and the environment, maximum levels of carry- over forfor traces of active substances contained in medicatedin non-target feed should be established, based on a scientific risk assessment performed by the European Food Safety Authority and taking into account the application of good manufacturing practice and the ALARA (As Low As Reasonably Achievable) principle. GeneralIn the interim, general maximum limits should be set out in this Regulation according to a basic approach, taking into account the unavoidable carry- over and the risk caused by the active substances concerned.
2015/07/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 90 #

2014/0255(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the placing on the market, including import from third countries, and use of medicated feed and intermediate products;
2015/07/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 96 #

2014/0255(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the definitions of 'food-producing animal', 'non-food producing animal', 'feed materials', 'compound feed', 'complementary feed', 'mineral feed', 'labelling', 'label', 'minimum storage life' and 'batch' as laid down in Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 767/2009;
2015/07/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 142 #

2014/0255(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Feed business operators shall manufacture, store, transport and place on the market medicated feed and intermediate products in compliance with Annex Ithe requirements of Regulation (EC) No 183/2005 and Regulation (EC) No 767/2009 and additional requirements established in Annex I and III to this Regulation.
2015/07/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 154 #

2014/0255(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the medicated feed is manufactured in compliance with the relevant conditions laid down in the summary of the product characteristics referred to in Article 14 of Directive 2001/82/EC, related to the veterinary medicinal products to be incorporated in the medicated feed; this includes, in particular, provisions relating to possible interactions between the veterinary medicinal products and the feed impairing the safety or the efficacy of the medicated feed;
2015/07/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 157 #

2014/0255(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) there is no possibility of an interaction between the veterinary medicinal products and the feed impairing the safety or the efficacy of the medicated feed;deleted
2015/07/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 168 #

2014/0255(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. Feed business operators manufacturing, storing, transporting and placing on the market medicated feed and intermediate products shall apply measures in accordance with Article 3 and 4 to avoidminimise carry-over.
2015/07/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 174 #

2014/0255(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 19 concerning the establishment of specific carry-overmaximum limits for traces of active substances in non-target feed.
2015/07/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 177 #

2014/0255(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
(1a) Carry-over limits for each specific substance shall be determined by the Commission on the basis of a scientific risk assessment carried out by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).
2015/07/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 199 #

2014/0255(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. In addition to Articles 11(1), Articles 1211(4), 12, 14, 15(b), 15(d), 15(e), 15(f), 17(1)(a), 17(1)(d), 17(1)(e), 17(1)(f), 17(2) and 147(3) of Regulation (EC) No 767/2009, the labelling of medicated feed and intermediate products shallould comply with Annex III to this Regulation.
2015/07/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 203 #

2014/0255(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. PIn addition to the tolerances listed in Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 767/2009, the permitted tolerances for discrepancies between the labelled compositional valuesactive ingredient content of a medicated feed or an intermediate product and the values analysed in official controls performed in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 are as set out in Annex IV.
2015/07/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 230 #

2014/0255(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 5
5. The prescribed medicated feed may be used only for animals examined by the persoveterinarian who issued the prescription and only for a diagnosed disease. The persoveterinarian who issued the prescription shall verify that this medication is justified for the target animals on veterinary grounds. Furthermore he shall ensure that the administration of the veterinary medicinal product concerned is not incompatible with another treatment or use and that there is no contra-indication or interaction where several medicinal products are used.
2015/07/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 237 #

2014/0255(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6
6. The prescription shall, in line with the summary of the product characteristics of the veterinary medicinal product, indicate the inclusion rate of the veterinary medicinal product and the quantity of medicated feed calculated on the basis of the relevant parameters. The daily dose of the veterinary medicinal product shall be incorporated in a quantity of feed that ensures the uptake of the daily dose by the target animal considering that the feed uptake of diseased animals might differ from a normal daily ration.
2015/07/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 278 #

2014/0255(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 4
4. Feed business operators feeding food- producing animals with medicated feed shall keep records in accordance with Article 69 of Directive 2001/82/EC. Those records shall be kept for fivthree years after the date of administration of medicated feed, including when the animal is slaughtered during the five-year period.
2015/07/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 282 #

2014/0255(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – title
Collection systems of unused or expired products
2015/07/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 287 #

2014/0255(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Member States shall ensure that appropriate collection systems are in place for medicated feed and intermediate products that are expired or in case the anim. The collected material shoulder has received a bigger quantity of medicated feed than he actually uses for the treatment referred to in the veterinary prescrip be disposed of in accordance with existing regulations.
2015/07/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 297 #

2014/0255(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – section 3 – point 2
2. Technical or organisational measures shall be taken to avoidminimise any cross- contamination and errors, to carry out checks in the course of manufacture and to ensure effective tracing of the products used for the manufacture of medicated feed and intermediate products.
2015/07/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 311 #

2014/0255(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 3 – point 2
(2) the name or business name and the address of the feed business operator responsible for the labelling;deleted
2015/07/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 313 #

2014/0255(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 3 – point 3
(3) the approval number of the person responsible for the labelling and of the manufacturer if different from the person responsible for labelling, in accordance with Article 12;
2015/07/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 314 #

2014/0255(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 3 – point 4
(4) the batch reference number of the medicated feed or intermediate product;deleted
2015/07/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 315 #

2014/0255(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 3 – point 5
(5) the net quantity of medicated feed expressed in units of mass in the case of solid feed, and in units of mass or volume in the case of liquid fedeleted;
2015/07/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 316 #

2014/0255(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 3 – point 6
(6) the veterinary medicinal products with name, active substance, strength, added amount, marketing authorisation holder and marketing authorisation number of the active substance, preceded by the heading ‘medication’;
2015/07/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 320 #

2014/0255(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 3 – point 7
(7) therapeutic indications of the veterinary medicinal products, any contra- indications and adverse events in so far as these particulars are necessary for the use;
2015/07/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 322 #

2014/0255(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 3 – point 10
(10) the list of feed additives, preceded by the heading 'additives', contained in medicated feed for food-producing animals in accordance with Chapter I of Annex VI to Regulation (EC) No 767/2009 or in case of medicated feed for non-food producing animals in accordance with Chapter I of Annex VII to that Regulation and, if applicable, the labelling requirements laid down in the respective feed additive authorisation act;deleted
2015/07/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 323 #

2014/0255(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 3 – point 11
(11) the name(s) of the feed materials as listed in the Catalogue referred to in Article 24(1) of Regulation (EC) No 767/2009 or in the register referred to in Article 24(6) of that Regulation. Where several feed materials are used for the manufacture, they shall be listed in accordance with the provisions laid down in Article 17(1)(e) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 767/2009;deleted
2015/07/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 324 #

2014/0255(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 3 – point 12
(12) the analytical constituents of medicated feed for food-producing animals in accordance with Chapter II of Annex VI to Regulation (EC) No 767/2009 or in accordance with Chapter II of Annex VII to that Regulation in case of medicated feed for non-food producing animals;deleted
2015/07/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 325 #

2014/0255(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 3 – point 13
(13) in case of medicated feed for non- food producing animals, a free telephone number or other appropriate means of communication in order to allow the purchaser to obtain, in addition to the mandatory particulars, information on the feed additives contained in the medicated feed or on the feed materials contained in the medicated feed where they are designated by category as provided for in Article 17(2)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 767/2009;deleted
2015/07/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 326 #

2014/0255(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 3 – point 14
(14) the moisture content if it exceeds 14 %;deleted
2015/07/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 345 #

2014/0255(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 4 – point 2
2. For the labelling particulars referred to in points 10 and 12 of Annex III to this Regulation, the tolerances laid down in Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 767/2009shall apply, as appropriate.deleted
2015/07/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 373 #

2014/0100(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) Because of the local natursignificance of mass catering operations, measures taken by Member States and private schemes in this area are considered adequaterequire harmonised standards to ensure the functioning of the single market. Therefore, food prepared by mass caterers on their premises should not be subject to this Regulation. EquallyOn the other hand, products of hunting and fishing of wild animals should not be covered by this Regulation since the production process cannot be fully controlled.
2015/06/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 461 #

2014/0100(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 58 a (new)
(58a) Producers of organic products for import into the EU should set up self- checking systems for the purpose of inspecting and verifying processes and products to ensure that they meet relevant quality standards. Such independent control systems should be audited by an independent auditor established as an authorised representative within the Union. The auditor should be held financially liable in the event of non- compliance. The Commission should take the preparatory and legislative action required in order for this self-checking and external auditing system to be in place by the end of 2020.
2015/06/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 519 #

2014/0100(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7
(7) group of operators means a group in which each operator is a farmer who has a holding of up to 5 hectares of utilised agricultural area and who may, in addition to producing food or feed, be engaged in processing of food or feed;of operators which has legal personality and is empowered to market its members' products. The products covered by the certification issued to the group are marketed by the group leader, who is the certification holder and has responsibility for ensuring compliance with this Regulation.
2015/06/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 622 #

2014/0100(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) organic operators other than micro- enterprises, farmers and operators producing seaweed or aquaculture animals, shall put in place an environmental management system with a view to improving their environmental performance.deleted
2015/06/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 638 #

2014/0100(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Nonetheless, an agricultural holding that is not entirely managed under organic production may be split into two separate production units where those units are at an appropriate distance from each other or where the holding is engaged in aquaculture. As regards livestock, different species shall be involved. As regards aquaculture, the same species may be involved, provided that there is adequate separation between the two production sites. As regards plants, different varieties that can easily be distinguished shall be involved. Where not all the units on a holding are used for organic production, the operator must maintain a clear separation between organic and non-organic units and must keep records attesting to that separation. Where conventionally reared livestock are involved, the buildings and land used for such livestock shall be kept clearly separate from the units in which organic methods are used.
2015/06/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 646 #

2014/0100(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. In order to ensure the correct application of the general production rules, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 36 providing the criteria to which the environmental management system referred to in point (d) of paragraph 1 is to correspond. Those criteria shall take into account the specificities of small and medium size enterprises.deleted
2015/06/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 804 #

2014/0100(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 3
3. By way of derogation from Article 211(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, and subject to an authorization by the Commission adopted without applying the procedure referred to in Article 37(2) or (3) of this Regulation, Member States mayshall grant national payments to compensate farmers for the losses they have incurred due to the contamination of their agricultural products by non-authorised products or substances which prevents them from marketing those products as organic provided that the farmers have taken all appropriate measures to prevent the risk of such contamination. Member States may also use the instruments of the Common Agricultural Policy to cover totally or partially such losses.
2015/06/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 850 #

2014/0100(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 a (new)
Article 23a Annual physical inspection requirement 1. The control authority or control body shall carry out at least once a year a physical inspection of all operators. 2. The control authority or control body shall take and analyse samples for detecting of products not authorised for organic production, for checking production techniques not in conformity with the organic production rules or for detecting possible contamination by products not authorised for organic production. The number of samples to be taken and analysed by the control authority or control body every year shall correspond to at least 5 % of the number of operators under its control. The selection of the operators where samples have to be taken shall be based on the general evaluation of the risk of non- compliance with the organic production rules. This general evaluation shall take into account all stages of production, preparation and distribution. The control authority or control body shall take and analyse samples in each case where the use of products or techniques not authorised for organic production is suspected. In such cases no minimum number of samples to be taken and analysed shall apply. Samples may also be taken and analysed by the control authority or control body in any other case for detecting of products not authorised for organic production, for checking production techniques not in conformity with the organic production rules or for detecting possible contamination by products not authorised for organic production (94). 3. A control report shall be drawn up after each visit, countersigned by the operator of the unit or his representative. 4. Moreover, the control authority or control body shall carry out random control visits, primarily unannounced, based on the general evaluation of the risk of non-compliance with the organic production rules, taking into account at least the results of previous controls, the quantity of products concerned and the risk for exchange of products.
2015/06/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 862 #

2014/0100(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States may exempt from the application of this Article operators who sell products directly to the final consumer or user provided they do not produce, prepare, store other than in connection with the point of sale or import such products from a third country or have not contracted out such activities to a third party.
2015/06/25
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1194 #

2014/0100(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part II – point 2.3.4. – paragraph 2 - table
The minimum surface areas indoors and outdoors and other characteristics for housing porcine animals shall be as follows: Indoors area Outdoors area (net area available to animals) (exercise area, excluding pasturage) Live weight M2/head M2/head minimum (kg) Farrowing sows with 7,5 sow per scrofa 2,5 piglets up to 40 days Fattening porcine up to 50 0,8 0,6 animals up to 85 1,1 0,8 up to 110 1,3 1 over 110 1,5 1,2 Piglets over 40 days 0,6 0,4 and and up to 30 kg Brood porcine animals 2,5 female 1,9 6 male 8,0 If pens are used for natural service: 10 m2/boar
2015/06/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 191 #

2014/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) “breed” means a group of animals that have a sufficient degree of morphological uniformity to be regarded as different from other animals of the same species and are entered or could be entered in a breeding book with a view to reproducing their heritable characteristics as part of a specific breeding programme;
2015/06/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 210 #

2014/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point o
(o) ‘merit’ means a quantifiable heritablethe estimated effect of an animal's genotype on a given characteristic of a breeding animalits progeny;
2015/06/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 230 #

2014/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The competent authority referred to in Article 4 may authorise breed societies and breeding operations to outsource thespecific technical operations relating to the management of their breeding programme, breeding book or breed register and other specific aspects of their breeding programme to a third party, provided that:
2015/06/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 340 #

2014/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 5 – section 2 – subsection 1 – point 1 – point l
(l) all available results of performance tests and up-to- date results of the genetic evaluation including genetic peculiarities and genetic defects on the purebred breeding animal itself and its parents and grandparents as required in the breeding programme approved in accordance with Art 8(1) or Article 9 for the category and the purebred breeding animal in question;
2015/06/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 40 #

2014/0014(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
(2) The experience gained with the application of the current schemes, together with the conclusions of the external evaluations and subsequent analysis of different policy options, point to the conclusion that the rationale which led to the establishment of the two school schemes is still relevant. In the current context of declining consumption of fruit and vegetables including bananas and milk products, exacerbated by amongst other things, the modern trend towards the consumption of highly processed foods which, additionally, are often high in added sugars, salt and fat, the Mediterranean diet should be promoted as a nutritional benchmark highly recommended by the WHO, and the Union aid to finance the supply to children in educational establishments of selected agricultural products should therefore continue to existwhich encourage healthy eating habits should be maintained.
2015/02/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 63 #

2014/0014(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
(4 a) It is also appropriate to include olive oil among the products distributed to schools, as it is scientifically proven that frequent consumption of this healthy vegetable fat helps to prevent cardiovascular disease in adults.
2015/02/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 76 #

2014/0014(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) Educational measures that support the distribution are necessary in order to make the scheme effective in reaching its short- and long-term objectives of increasing the consumption of selected agricultural products and shaping healthier diets. Considering their importance, these measures should support both the fruit and vegetables including bananas and milk distribution. They should be eligible for the Union aid. As supporting measures they represent a critical tool to reconnect children with agriculture and its different products and to meet the objectives that the scheme is pursuing, Member States should be allowed to include a wider variety of agricultural products into their thematic measures, for example products derived from fruits or vegetables processed without the addition of any sugar, salt, fat or sweeteners, agricultural products that are certified under EU regulation No 1151/2012 or other local, regional or national agricultural specialities such as, for example, honey or olive oil.. However, so as to promote healthy eating habits, the national health authorities should be involved in this process and approve the list of these products, as well as the two groups of products eligible for the distribution, and decide on their nutritional aspects.
2015/02/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 139 #

2014/0014(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 23 – title
Aid for the supply of fruit and vegetables, bananasprocessed fruit and vegetables, bananas, olive oil and milk, supporting educational measures and related costs
2015/02/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 147 #

2014/0014(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point a
a) for the supply of fruit and vegetables, bananas,processed fruit and vegetables, except those listed in Annex V, bananas, olive oil and milk,
2015/02/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 168 #

2014/0014(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 23 – paragraph 2
2. Member States wishing to participate in the aid scheme established in paragraph 1 (" the school scheme") may distribute either fruit and vegetables including bananas or milk falling within CN code 0401, or both, processed fruit and vegetables, except those listed in Annex V, including bananas or milk falling within CN code 0401, or both. Notwithstanding the provisions in paragraph 1 and in accordance with paragraph 7, the Member States may include the distribution of olive oil in the school scheme.
2015/02/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 243 #

2014/0014(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 23 a – paragraph 2 – point a – introductory part
a) for fruit and vegetables, processed fruit and vegetables, olive oil, milk and milk products, including bananas: the objective criteria based on:
2015/02/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 276 #

2014/0014(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 23 a – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Member States shall ensure that a minimum of 20% of their annual allocation is earmarked for educational measures
2015/02/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 326 #

2014/0014(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – point a
a) the indicative allocation of aid between Member States for fruit and vegetables, processed fruit and vegetables, olive oil, including bananas and milk and where appropriate its revision following the assessment referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 23a(2), the minimum amounts of Union aid for each Member State, the method for reallocating the aid allocation between Member States based on aid applications received, and the additional rules concerning how the criteria referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 23a(2) shall be taken into account for the allocation of the funds;
2015/02/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 332 #

2014/0014(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – point b
b) the conditions concerning the transfers between the allocations for fruit and vegetables, processed fruit and vegetables, olive oil and including bananas and milk;
2015/02/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 359 #

2014/0014(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
8) Annex V is deleted.
2015/02/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 33 #

2014/0011(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 2
(2) The report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the state of the European carbon market in 21021 identified the need for measures in order to tackle structural supply-demand imbalances. The impact assessment on the 2030 climate and energy policy framework2 indicates that this imbalance is expected to continue, and would not be sufficiently addressed by adapting the linear trajectory to a more stringent target within this framework. A change in the linear factor only changes gradually the cap. Accordingly, the surplus would also only gradually decline, such that the market would have to continue to operate for more than a decade with a surplus of around 2 billion allowances or more. In order to address this problem and to make the European Emission trading System more resilient to imbalances, a market stability reserve should be established. To ensure regulatory certainty as regards auction supply in phase 3 and allow for some lead-time adjusting to the introduction of the design change, the market stability reserve should be established as during phase 3, so as to establish the benefits thereof before the launch of phase 4 starting in 2021. In order to preserve a maximum degree of predictability, clear rules should be set for placing allowances into the reserve and releasing them from the reserve. Where the conditions are met, beginning in 20217, allowances corresponding to 12% of the number of allowances in circulation in year x-21 should therefore be put into the reserve. A corresponding number of allowances should be released from the reserve when the total number of allowances in circulation is lower than 400 million. __________________ 7 8COM(2012) 652 final. COM(2012)0652. 8 Insert reference. Insert reference.
2015/01/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 38 #

2014/0011(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) The auctioning of the allowances back-loaded to 2019 and 2020 in accordance with Commission Regulation (EU) No 176/2014 of 25 February 2014 amending Regulation (EU) No 1031/2010, so as to determine in particular the greenhouse gas emission allowance volumes to be auctioned in 2013-2020,1a would be counterproductive. Accordingly, the back-loaded allowances should be placed in the market stability reserve when it becomes operational. _______________ 1a OJ L 56, 26.2.2014, p 11.
2015/01/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 57 #

2014/0011(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) In pursuing the goal of creating a single energy market, it is necessary to overcome the distortions caused by the current funding mechanism in favour of sectors or sub-sectors deemed to be at significant risk of carbon leakage owing to the knock-on effect on electricity prices of greenhouse gas emissions costs. Further amendments to Directive 2003/87/EC are therefore necessary and the Commission should accordingly propose harmonised arrangements at EU level, different from the mechanism currently governed by state aid rules, which could enter into force at the start of phase 4 in 2021.
2015/01/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 66 #

2014/0011(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 3 b (new)
(3b) EU-harmonised measures different from the current state aid mechanism should be put in place so as to secure a fully level playing field, and to offset, in all Member States, carbon costs passed on through electricity bills.
2015/01/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 96 #

2014/0011(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. A market stability reserve is established, and shall operate from 1 January 20217.
2015/01/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 101 #

2014/0011(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Commission shall ensure that the allowances back-loaded in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 176/2014 are placed in the market stability reserve as of 1 January 2017.
2015/01/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 106 #

2014/0011(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall publish the total number of allowances in circulation each year, by 15 May of the subsequent year. The total number of allowances in circulation for year x shall be the cumulative number of allowances issued in the period since 1 January 2008, including the number issued pursuant to Article 13(2) of Directive 2003/87/EC in that period and entitlements to use international credits exercised by installations under the EU emission trading system in respect of emissions up to 31 December of year x, minus the cumulative tonnes of verified emissions from installations under the EU emission trading system between 1 January 2008 and 31 December of year x, any allowances cancelled in accordance with Article 12(4) of Directive 2003/87/EC and the number of allowances in the reserve. No account shall be taken of emissions during the three-year period starting in 2005 and ending in 2007 and allowances issued in respect of those emissions. The first publication shall take place by 15 May 20176.
2015/01/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 168 #

2014/0011(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 – paragraph 1
2. “1. From 20217 onwards, Member States shall auction all allowances that are not allocated free of charge in accordance with Article 10a and 10c and are not placed in the market stability reserve established by Decision [OPEUJ: please insert number of this Decision when known] of the European Parliament and of the Council(*).”
2015/01/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 182 #

2014/0011(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 d (new)
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – point - a (new)
3d. In Article 10(3), the following point shall be inserted: "(-a) to establish a fund dedicated to the innovation and modernisation of energy- intensive installations, in particular in the sectors and sub-sectors referred to in Article 10a(15);"
2015/01/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 205 #

2014/0011(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1
By 31 December 202619, the Commission shall, on the basis of an analysis of the orderly functioning of the European carbon market, review the market stability reserve and submit a proposal, where appropriate, to the European Parliament and to the Council. The review shall pay particular attention to the percentage figure for the determination of the number of allowances to be placed into the reserve according to Article 1(3) and the numerical value of the threshold for the total number of allowances in circulation set by Article 1(4).
2015/01/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 218 #

2014/0011(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
By ...* , the Commission shall review Directive 2003/87/EC, taking into account the conclusions of the European Council of 23 and 24 October 2014, in particular with regard to carbon leakage provisions, and the continuation of free allocations, better reflecting changing production levels and incentivising the most efficient performance taking into account direct and indirect carbon costs, and if appropriate shall, in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure, submit a proposal to the European Parliament and the Council. Both direct and indirect costs will be taken into account so to ensure a global and EU level playing field. __________________ *OJ: Please insert the date: 18 months after the entry into force of this Decision.
2015/01/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 226 #

2014/0011(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 10(1) of Directive 2003/87/EC as amended by Directive 2009/29/EC shall continue to apply until 31 December 202016.
2015/01/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 30 #

2013/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the growing difficulties being experienced in connection with plant pest prevention, control and eradication and the limited availability of plant protection products for vegetable crops could have an adverse effect on agricultural diversity and vegetable quality in Europe;
2013/11/13
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 102 #

2013/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Urges the Commission to submit, in accordance with Article 51(9) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 and without further delay, a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the setting up of a European fund for minor uses and specialty crops; stresses that that fund should be used to finance an ongoing European work programme for coordination and cooperation between agri-food operators, competent authorities and stakeholders including research bodies on carrying out and, where appropriate, funding research and innovation work geared to protecting specialty crops and minor uses;
2013/11/13
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 105 #

2013/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Urges the Commission to review the operation of the arrangements for mutual recognition of plant protection product authorisations laid down in Article 40 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, with a view to streamlining their implementation and getting rid of any unnecessary red tape;
2013/11/13
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 152 #

2013/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Urges the Commission to update, as part of a transparent process involving those working in the sector, the items in Chapter 6 (Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage) of the combined nomenclature (CN 2012);
2013/11/13
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 149 #

2013/2097(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the Commission, when drafting implementing legislation for the ‘mountain produce’ designation, to take proper account of the specificities of products with a protected designation of origin, which are governed by specific rules of origin, by looking into the possibility of introducing flexible arrangements for mountain areas, which, because of their specific disadvantages, including as regards fodder crop productivity, could be ruled out of the schemes provided for in Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, which would go against the regulation's own aims;
2013/09/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 99 #

2013/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
(18) In order to ensure the coherence, effectiveness and sound management of the measures provided for in this Regulation as well as the efficient use of Union funding, the Commission should be delegated the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty as regards the specific conditions of brand visibility and the indication of product origin, the criteria for determining the eligibility of proposing organisations, the conditions governing competitive tendering between implementing organisations and the conditions according to which the proposing organisation may be authorised to implement certain parts of the programme itself, the work programmes laying down strategic priorities, and, finally, the specific conditions determining the eligibility of the costs of information provision and promotion measures for simple programmes. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including using external experts. When preparing and drawing-up delegated acts, the Commission will ensure a simultaneous, timely and appropriate transmission of relevant documents to the European Parliament and to the Council.
2014/02/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 104 #

2013/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
(20) In order to ensure that uniform implementing conditions apply under this Regulation, the Commission should be granted implementing powers for the purposes of adopting implementing acts concerning work programmes laying down strategic priorities, the selection of simple programmes. the implementing, monitoring and control arrangements of simple programmes, the rules concerning the conclusion of contracts for the implementation of simple programmes selected in accordance with this Regulation, and the common impact assessment framework for programmes. These powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council17 . __________________ 17 Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13).
2014/02/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 134 #

2013/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 - point b a (new)
ba) actions for the implementation of the measures provided for in Article 45(a) and (b) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs;
2014/02/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 137 #

2013/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 - point b b (new)
bb) the promotion measures intended to boost sales of agricultural products and foodstuffs originating in the Union.
2014/02/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 193 #

2013/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4 – point a
a) the quality schemes established by Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, including the names, symbols and indications referred to in Article 12(4) and (5) of the Regulation (EU) No. 1151/2012, Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 and Article 70 of Regulation (EU) XXX/20.. of the European Parliament and of the Council [of ... establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (COM(2011)626)];
2014/02/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 204 #

2013/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4 – point c a (new)
ca) quality schemes referred to in Article 16(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013;
2014/02/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 224 #

2013/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The Commission shall, by means of an implementing act, adopte empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 23 and on the basis of the objectives listed in Article 1, concerning the adoption of a work programme setting out the objectives pursued, the priorities, the expected results, the implementing arrangements and the total amount of the financing plan. It shall also contain the main evaluation criteria, a description of the measures to be financed, an indication of the amounts allocated to each type of measure and an indicative implementation timetable and, in the case of grants, the maximum rate of co- financing.
2014/02/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 230 #

2013/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The implementing act referred to in the first subparagraph shall be adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 24(3).deleted
2014/02/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 239 #

2013/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall develop technical support services, in particular with a view to encouraging awareness of different markets, helping producers to curb counterfeit products, maintaining a dynamic professional network around information and promotion policy and improving knowledge of legislative provisions concerning programme development and implementation.
2014/02/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 257 #

2013/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. The Union's financial contribution to simple programmes shall not exceed 750 % of the eligible expenditure. Non-recoverable VAT that has been genuinely and definitively paid by beneficiaries shall be regarded as eligible expenditure. The remaining expenditure shall be borne exclusively by proposing organisations.
2014/02/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 303 #

2013/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18
The maximum rate of co-financing shall be set at 6075 % of the total eligible costs for the multi programmes. Non-recoverable VAT that has been genuinely and definitively paid by beneficiaries shall be regarded as eligible expenditure. The remaining expenditure shall be borne exclusively by proposing organisations.
2014/02/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 329 #

2013/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 3
3. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply.deleted
2014/02/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 301 #

2013/0140(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 77 – paragraph 3 – point a a (new)
(aa) the official controls referred to in point (a) of that paragraph shall not include official controls performed at the level of primary production as defined in Article 3(17) of Regulation 178/2002, including on farm processing;
2013/11/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 93 #

2013/0137(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
The European Parliament rejects the Commission proposal.
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 146 #

2013/0136(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 158
(158) In order to ensure legal certainty as regards the application of rules for identification and registration of animals, disease control measures for certain zoonoses and non-commercial movements of pet animals, 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 in respect of the date on which Regulations (EC) No 1760/2000, (EU) No XXX/XXX [Ex-998/2003] and (EC) No 21/2004 and Directives 92/66/EEC, 2000/75/EC, 2001/89/EC, 2002/60/EC, 2003/85/EC, 2005/94/EC and 2008/71/EC cease to apply.
2013/12/09
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 764 #

2013/0136(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 258 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – indent 19
– Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000,deleted
2013/12/09
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 773 #

2013/0136(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 259 – title
Transitional measures related to the repeal of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000, Regulation (EC) No 21/2004 and Directive 2008/71/EC
2013/12/09
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 775 #

2013/0136(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 259 – paragraph 1
1. Notwithstanding Article 258(2) of this Regulation, Regulations (EC) No 1760/2000, and (EC) No 21/2004 and Directive 2008/71/EC shall continue to apply until the date to be determined in a delegated act adopted in accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article.
2013/12/09
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 784 #

2013/0136(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 3 – point 18
[...]deleted
2013/12/09
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 72 #

2013/0117(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point ba (new)
Regulation (EC) No 73/2009
Article 69 – paragraph 4 - subparagraph 2
(ba) In paragraph 4, the following subparagraph is inserted after the first subparagraph: "By way of derogation from previous sub- paragraph, for calendar year 2014, Member States may exceed the limit of 3,5% if this overcome is due to the reduction of their national ceilings referred to in Article 40 and if it is used the same amounts of the previous calendar year to finance those measures under the specific support."
2013/09/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 50 #

2012/0288(COD)

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 couldwill 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 appropriaFurthermore, increased use of biofuels produced from food crops contributes to distinguish between crop groups such as oil crops, cereals, sugars and other starchfood price volatility and could have negative impacts on for global food security. This has had significant negative social impacts on livelihoods and the ability to realise human rights incl. the right to food or access to land for local communities living in poverty in countaining crops accordinglyries outside the European Union In order to reduce such emissions and such negative social impacts, it is appropriate to in particular, focus on reducing the projected use of biofuels grown on land..
2013/05/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 54 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
(6) Liquid renewable fuels are likely to be required by the transport sector in order to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. Advanced biofuels, such as those made from wastes and algae, provide high greenhouse gas savings with lowno risk of causing indirect land use change and do not compete directly for agricultural land for the food and feed markets. After prior scientific assessment about their merits and their true sustainability. It is appropriate, therefore, to encourage greater production of such advanced biofuels as these are currently not commercially available in large quantities, in part due to competition for public subsidies with established food crop based biofuel technologies. Further incentives should be provided by increasing the weighting of advanced biofuels towards 10% target for transport set in Directive 2009/28/EC compared to conventional biofuels. In this context, only advanced biofuels with lowhich meet sustainability criteria, which do not compete with food for land, water or other resources and which have no estimated indirect land use change impacts and high overall greenhouse gas savings should be supported as part of the post 2020 renewable energy policy framework.
2013/05/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 85 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 1 – subpoint b a (new)
Directive 98/70/CE
Article 7a – paragraph 6a new
(6a) Member States shall ensure that the maximum contribution of biofuels produced from cereal and other starch rich crops, sugars and oil crops or dedicated energy crops for the purpose of compliance with the target referred to in the first subparagraph shall not exceed an energy quantity corresponding to 5%, the estimated share at the end of 2011, of the final consumption of energy in transport in 2020.
2013/05/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 131 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 5 – subpoint -a new
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 17 – paragraph 1
(- a) in paragraph 1, the following subparagraph is added after the last subparagraph: "Energy from biofuels and bioliquids produced from cereal and other starch rich crops, sugars and oil crops or dedicated energy crops taken into account for the purposes referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) shall be no more than 5%, the estimated share at the end of 2011, of the final consumption of energy in transport in 2020."
2013/05/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 502 #

2011/2051(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Considers thait decoupling has essentially proved its worth, given the increased effect on income and 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,sirable, within the limits set by the Union’s WTO commitments, not to decouple all aid in support of certain types of production (suckler cow and sheep premiums, etc.) so as to enable Member States to cope with problems specific to their territory and enable the Union to preserve its rich heritage in therefore, that production- based premiums might be defensible within a narrowly defined framework for a limited period even after 2013ms of the diversity of types of production;
2011/03/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 558 #

2011/2051(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. ObservesIs conscious of the fact 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, labour productivity and legal form; supports the principles of imposing ceilings and/or degressivity of direct aid in the light of the size of holding, except in the case of agricultural cooperatives or where employment is an important factor; stresses that in this way priority should be assigned to businesses which employ labour;
2011/03/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 599 #

2011/2051(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Considers that direct payments should be madereserved only tofor 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 paonsiders that ‘active farmer’ means any natural or legal person whose principal activity is the exercise of an agricultural activity and/or is linked to an agricultural activity (agro- tourism, forestry, etc.); considers it necessary to specify that the definition of an active farmer should exclude cases in which the administrative costs would previously have been higher than the amount of support- time) are classified as active farming; hat certain beneficiaries would have been able to receive;
2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 613 #

2011/2051(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Considers it important that the CAP, like all other EU policies, be involved in the 2020 Strategy, and that it seems logical under such circumstances that the redistribution of direct aid take account of factors such as employment, the environment and combating climate change;
2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 659 #

2011/2051(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Considers that resource protection should be directly linked to the granting of targeted direct payments in order to attain these environmental objectives to the maximum without the need to introduce new, bureauthat provide incentives to maximise environmental benefits and sustainability, without however creatic 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 lossng insurmountable practical hurdles for farmers or additional red tape for administrative authorities;
2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 692 #

2011/2051(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Rejects the option of a uniform flat- rate direct payment for the whole of the EU and recommends inclusion of the proposals already put forward in the European Parliament's own-initiative report on the future of the CAP after 2013, which provided much of the inspiration for the Commission Communication; considers that this system of direct payments should be applicable to all hectares of farmland and could combine the following three objectives; - the provision of basic aid to ensure not just the socio-economic viability of the competitive and multifunctional model for European agriculture, but also high- quality and wide-scale food safety, the supply of basic public goods, and agricultural activity that provides employment in rural areas, with safety in the workplace criteria obviously governing this employment; - the payment of supplementary aid for enforcing simple, best-practice obligations to protect the environment (protection of soil, water, biodiversity, etc.) and combat global warming adapted to the climate and natural features of each region; some of these already exist through the GAEC, but are not harmonised among Member States, such as mandatory plant cover, environmental set-aside, compulsory rotation, crop diversity (including protein crops), rates of soil organic matter, tillage restrictions, or the presence of hedges, permanent pasture, grazing land and extensively managed crops of great environmental interest; - the provision of specific aid to compensate for natural handicaps in order to maintain agricultural activity in mountain regions, environmentally- sensitive regions, regions within the Natura 2000 network and the outermost regions; this aid would supplement and complement second-pillar aid granted to less-favoured areas;
2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 821 #

2011/2051(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
32. Considers that the general market orientatimarket policy is one of the CAP should be maintained and that the general structure of market management instruments should likewise be retained; instruments which, through price management, plays an important role in determining farm incomes; acknowledges, however, that by virtue of the specific nature of agricultural supply and demand, agricultural markets, which are inherently very unstable, can cause serious problems for producers, processors and consumers which may go so far as to call into question the ability of agriculture to achieve its primary, strategic objective, food security; considers, therefore, that it is important to be able to take action to counter excessive price volatility in the context of the CAP and on world markets;
2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 855 #

2011/2051(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 b (new)
33b. Takes the view that these instruments should include specific supply- management instruments which, if employed fairly and on a non- discriminatory basis, can provide effective market management and prevent crises relating to overproduction, at zero cost to the Union budget;
2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 970 #

2011/2051(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
42. Calls on the Commission to examine the extent to which the role of producer groups or sectoral associations can be extended to all production sectors and incorporated into the risk preventionin managing markets and promoting quality can be extended to all production sectors; calls for measures of this kind to take particular account of products covered by quality-label schemes;
2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1121 #

2011/2051(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49 a (new)
49a. Emphasises that rural development policy must enable all the potentials of rural areas to be harnessed, by means of quality agricultural production focusing on direct sales, product promotion, supplying of local markets, diversification of biomass outlets (energy, green chemistry, bio-based materials, etc.), and able to create very place-specific jobs and multiple-service supply (ecotourism, educational farms, agri-tourism, etc.); considers also that this rural policy must serve to increase competitiveness, particularly in the convergence regions, by means of investment in the fields of the production, processing and marketing of agricultural products; believes, lastly, that this rural development policy must contribute to the management of natural resources (watercourses, soil, etc.) and help in the management and restoration of ecosystems, with this simultaneously providing a response to climate change;
2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1132 #

2011/2051(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49 b (new)
49b. Insists that the measures under axis 1 of the rural development policy must better address the issues connected with the establishment of young farmers following the retirement of older farmers, with this concerning measures in connection with the establishing and modernisation of agricultural holdings; this approach should also consist of facilitating access to the farming profession for young people who are not from a farming background, and include the concept of gradual establishment, necessitating a review of aid eligibility conditions; believes, lastly, that implementation of this establishment support system should be mandatory in all the Member States;
2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1133 #

2011/2051(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49 c (new)
49c. Proposes that agri-environmental measures should include arrangements for a 5 to 7 year ‘conversion’ agreement enabling farmers who themselves decide to move towards more sustainable production models and to innovate, to receive financial support to cover their taking on the financial risk resulting from the agronomic difficulties that could often arise in the years immediately following their change of farming practices; this aim of this incentive mechanism would be to help farmers better comply with the conditions for the granting of level two under the first pillar direct payments system;
2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1137 #

2011/2051(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49 d (new)
49d. Suggests that support for consultancy, orchestration and training be incorporated into Axis 1 of the rural development policy to enable the dissemination of knowledge on innovative changes in farming practices towards more sustainable production systems, and to help innovative farmers pass on their experience;
2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1143 #

2011/2051(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50
50. Advocates in this connection that the compensatory allowance for disadvantaged areas be retained in the second pillar; considers that it should be ascertained what cofinancing ralls on the Commission to establish objective criteria for the definition of intermediate apprears to be appropriate; calls on the Commission to reta(currently under review) without those criteria leading the existing criteria for demarcation of disadvantagedo a new demarcation that could see the abrupt exclusion of currently eligible areas;
2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2 #

2011/0286(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) Regulation (EC) 378/2007 established a mechanism for voluntary modulation of direct payments, with a view to strengthening rural development policy in certain Member States. It is important, therefore, to provide continuity of funding for the commitments in rural development expenditure for financial year 2014 and to ensure that the amount of direct payments in calendar year 2013 is maintained at a similar level to that of 2012, without prejudice to the establishment of direct payment national ceilings during the next Financial Framework.
2012/03/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3 #

2011/0286(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) For the smooth functioning of direct payments in calendar year 2013, it is necessary to extend the net ceilings set out for calendar year 2012 to 2013 and adjust them where necessary, in particular as regards the increases resulting from the phasing-in of direct payments in the new Member States and the cessation of voluntary modulation provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 378/2007 of 27 March 2007 laying down rules for voluntary modulation of direct payments provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers .
2012/03/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 5 #

2011/0286(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) In order to ensure the correct implementation of direct payments to be made by the Member States with respect to applications made in 2013, 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 in respect of the relevant rules concerning the basis of calculation for reductions to be applied to the farmers by the Member States in 2013 due to the adjustment of payments and financial discipline. 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 to the Council.
2012/03/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 8 #

2011/0286(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 2 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 73/2009
Article 10 b (new)
(2a) The following Article is inserted: "Article 10b Voluntary modulation in calendar year 2013 In addition to the adjustments referred to in Article 10a, each Member State which applied Article 1 of Council Regulation (EC) No 378/2007 may apply reductions("voluntary modulation"), to direct payments granted in their territory in the calendar year 2013. The voluntary modulation rates may be regionally differentiated where the Member State has applied the single payment scheme at a regional level. The national rate of reduction used in the Member States through the voluntary modulation mechanism in 2012 shall determine the maximum rate applicable in calendar year 2013. Within two months of the entry into force of this Regulation, Member States shall decide on and communicate to the Commission the rate of voluntary modulation that will apply. The net amounts resulting from the application of voluntary modulation for participating Member States shall be available for financing of their rural development programmes. "
2012/03/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 10 #

2011/0286(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 73/2009
Article 11 – paragraph 2
(3a) In Article 11, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: "2. The European Parliament and the Council, acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure on a proposal from the Commission presented no later than 31 March of the calendar year in respect of which the adjustments referred to in paragraph 1 apply, shall determine these adjustments no later than 30 June of the same calendar year."
2012/03/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 11 #

2011/0286(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) No 73/2009
Article 11 a
In Article 11a the following paragraph 3 is added: 3. In order to ensure an optimal implementation of the adjustment of direct payments in 2013 and financial discipline, the Commission may, by means of delegated acts, adoptThe following Article is inserted: "Article 11a Delegation of powers to the Commission The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 142a establishing rules concerning the basis of calculation for reductions to be applied to the farmers by the Member States due toin 2013 as a result of the adjustment of payments in 2013 and financial discipline as provided for in Articles 10a and 11."
2012/03/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 14 #

2011/0286(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 5 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 73/2009
Article 142 a (new)
(4a) The following Article is inserted: "Article 142a Exercise of delegation 1. The power to adopt delegated acts is conferred on the Commission subject to the conditions laid down in this Article. 2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 11a shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of one year from 1 January 2013. 3. The delegation of power referred to in Article 11a may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke 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 later 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 11 a shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or the Council within a period of two months of 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 of the Council.
2012/03/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 460 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. A Member State may submit either a single programme for its entire territory or a set of regional programmes, a set of regional programmes or a set of national and regional programmes. If a Member State opts for a set of national and regional programmes, each measure or type of operation shall be programmed at national or regional level.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 466 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. Member States with regional programmes may also submit for approval a national framework containing common elements for these programmes without a separate budgetary allocation. If a Member State opts for a set of national and regional programmes, the national framework shall contain the common elements so as to ensure consistency and linkage between its national and regional strategies.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 513 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) the concentration of supply through recognised producer organisations as defined in Article 106 of the Single CMO Regulation.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1571 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) an income stabilisation tool, in the form of financial contributions to mutual funds, to providinge compensation to farmers who experience a severe drop in their income.
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1649 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
The financial contributions referred to in Article 37(1)(c) may only relate to the amounts paid by the mutual fundSupport under Article 37(1)(c) may take the form of as financial compensantribution towards farmers. In addition, the financial contribution may relate to interest on commercial loans taken out by the mutual fund for the purpose of paying the financial compensation to farmers in case of crisis’ payments into the mutual fund.
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1658 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
No contribution by public funds shall be made to initial capital stockMember States shall lay down rules governing farmers’ contributions to the fund.
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 656 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) common wheat, durum wheat, barley and maize;
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 742 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Aid for private storage mayshall be granted in respect of the following products subject toproducts referred to in Article 1(2) in accordance with the conditions set out in this Section and toany further requirements and conditions to be adopted by the Commission, by means of delegated and/or implementing acts, pursuant to Articles 17 to 19:.
2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 813 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 160, where necessary in order to provide for market transparency to lay down the conditions under which it mayshall decide to grant private storage aid for the products listed in Article 16, taking into account: (a) average recorded Union market prices and the reference prices for the products concerned or, production costs and/or (b) the need to respond to a particularly difficult market situation or economic developments which have a significant impact on producers’ profit margins in the sector in one or more Member States.
2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 835 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. To implement the measure for the products referred to in point (g) of Article 1(2), in relation to specific areas of production, the Commission may, by means of delegated acts: (a) link the granting of aid to respective gross margins; (b) limit the placing of the stored product on the market to the period of February to August, to prevent any overlapping with the start of the new marketing year; (c) incentivise the placing of the stored product on third-country markets, through measures – such as a targeted promotion campaign together with the supply of a 'service package' – designed to facilitate the placing of the product on the markets of 'developing countries'. The measure shall be limited to the first three months of storage.
2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 957 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – title
Aid to operatoproducer organisations
2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 959 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The Union shall finance three-year work programmes to be drawn up by the operatoproducer organisations as defined in Article 1096 in one or more of the following areas:
2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 969 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) the dissemination of information on measures carried out by producer organisations to improve the quality of olive oil and table olives.
2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 972 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point c b (new)
(cb) the concentration of supply and the marketing of the products of farmers who are members of producer organisations;
2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 975 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point c c(new)
(cc) the optimisation of production costs and stabilisation of producer prices;
2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1025 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) market withdrawal, also for products that are processed by producer organisations;
2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1039 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point f
(f) support for the administrative costs of setting up and maintaining mutual funds.
2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1230 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 1
1. For the purposes of this Regulation a product complies with the "general marketing standard" if it is of sound, fair and marketable quality and if, in the case of fruit and vegetables intended to be sold to consumers as fresh products, the country of origin is also indicated.
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1278 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) the interest of consumers to receive adequate and transparent product information, including the place of farming to be determined on a case by case approach at the appropriate geographical level; in particular, for fresh and processed fruit and vegetable products, also with regard to the country of origin, category and, where necessary, the variety (or commercial type) of product;
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1689 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 107 – paragraph 2
Subject to the rules adopted pursuant to Article 114(1), associations of producer organisations may carry out any of the activities or functions of producer organisations, including the opportunity to finance an operational fund and manage the operational programmes of the member producer organisations.
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1776 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 109
For the purposes of this Regulation, operator organisations in the olive oil and table olives sector shall comprise recognised producer organisations, recognised interbranch organisations or recognised organisations of other operators or their associations.Article 109 deleted Operator organisations
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1840 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 112 – paragraph 1 a (new)
In order to facilitate the adjustment of agricultural supply to market requirements, Member States may take land consolidation measures by providing for concessional terms, limited to young farmers, for the purchase of new holdings.
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2143 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 159 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) Sections 3 and 4 of Chapter II of Title I of Part II.
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 237 #

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
(26) One of the objectives of the new CAP is the enhancement of environmental performance through a mandatory "greening" component of direct payments which will support agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment applicable throughout the Union. For that purpose, Member States should use part of their national ceilings for direct payments to grant an annual payment, on top of the basic payment, for compulsory practices to be followed by farmers addressing, as a priority, both climate and environment policy goals. Those practisces should take the form of simple, generalised, non-contractual and annual actions that go beyond cross- compliance and are linked to agriculture such as crop diversification, maintenance of permanent grassland and historical pastures, of perennial crops – provided the land is kept in good agronomic condition – and ecological focus areas. The compulsory nature of those practisces should also concern farmers whose holdings are fully or partly situated in "Natura 2000" areas covered by Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora and by Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds, as long as these practisces are compatible with the objectives of those Directives. Farmers who fulfil the conditions laid down in Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 of 28 June 2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 should benefit from the "greening" component without fulfilling any further obligation, given the recognised environmental benefits of the organic farming systems. Non-respect of the "greening" component should lead to penalties on the basis of Article 65 of Regulation (EU) No […] [HZR].
2012/07/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 322 #

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43
(43) With a view to strengthening their rural development policy, Member States should be given the possibility to transfer funds from their direct payments ceiling to their support assigned for rural development. In this connection Member States may give priority to funding measures to concentrate supply by strengthening the producer organisations provided for in the Rural Development Regulation. At the same time, Member States where the level of direct support remains lower than 90 % of the Union average level of support should be given the possibility to transfer funds from their support assigned for rural development to their direct payments ceiling. Such choices should be made, within certain limits, once and for the whole period of application of this Regulation.
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1329 #

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) to maintain existing permanent crops on their holding, provided that they are kept in good agronomic condition; and
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1488 #

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. By way of derogation from Article 29(5), Member States which have opted for a path of partial convergence, as provided for in Article 22a, may set the payment referred to in paragraph 1 as a fixed percentage of the value of the payment entitlements held by farmers who are beneficiaries of the payment for agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and environment. In such cases, the Member State may set a ceiling for the payment provided for in Article 29(1).
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1499 #

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 55 in order to lay down further conditions relating to the commitments and the certification schemes referred to in paragraph 4a, in order to make sure that they are equivalent in terms of the climate-related and environmental benefits they offer. The commitments giving rise to certification shall include commitments relating to: efficient energy use; efficient water use; nutrient management; winter soil cover.
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2024 #

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Coupled support may be granted to the following sectors and productions: cereals, oilseeds, protein crops, grain legumes, flax, hemp, rice, nuts, starch potato, milk and milk products, seeds, sheepmeat and goatmeat, beef and veal, olive oil, silk worms, dried fodder, hops, sugar beet, cane and chicory, fruit and vegetables and short rotation coppiceproductions referred to in Annex I to the Treaty (TEU and TFEU), with the exception of fisheries products.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2251 #

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) a level equal to the amount to which the farmer would be entitled in respect of the number of hectares declared for the 2014 calendar year.
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2285 #

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 a (new)
Article 58a By 1 March 2017, the Commission shall present a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation of this Regulation, accompanied, if necessary, by appropriate legislative proposals.
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 12 #

2011/0229(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 and more in particular bovine identification and voluntary beef labelling were listed as "information obligations with special importance in terms of the burdens they impose on businesses" in the Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on an "Action Programme for Reducing Administrative Burdens in the EU" .deleted
2012/04/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 18 #

2011/0229(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
(20) Section II of Title II of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 lays down rules for a voluntary beef labelling system which provide for the approval of certain labelling specifications by the competent authority of the Member State. The administrative burden and the costs incurred by Member States and economic operators in applying this system are not proportionate to the benefits of the system. That Section should therefore be deleted.
2012/04/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 51 #

2011/0229(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 — paragraph 1 — point 14
14) Articles 16, 17 and 18 are deleted.
2012/04/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1 #

2011/0209(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Citation 5
Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions2,deleted
2011/11/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 5 #

2011/0209(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) This temporary increase in co- financing rates should also be considered in the context of the budgetary restraints facing all Member States, which should be reflected appropriately in the Union budget. In addition, since the main purpose of the mechanism is to address specific current difficulties, its application should be limited in time, to expenditure incurred by the paying agencies until 31 December 2013;
2011/11/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 6 #

2011/0209(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) Due to the urgent need to address the economic crisis, this Regulation should enter into force immediately on publication;
2011/11/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 7 #

2011/0209(COD)

Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1
Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005
Article 70 – Paragraph 4c – Subparagraph 1
4c. By way of derogation from the ceilings set out in paragraphs 3, 4 and 5, the EAFRD contribution may be increased up to a maximum of 95% of eligible public expenditure in the regions eligible under the Convergence objective and the outermost regions and the smaller Aegean Islands, and 85% of eligible public expenditure in other regions. These rates shall apply to the eligible expenditure newly declared in each certified declaration of expenditure submittincurred during the period in which a Member State complies with one of the following conditions:
2011/11/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 8 #

2011/0209(COD)

Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1
A Member State wishing to make use of the derogation provided in the first subparagraph shall submit a request to the Commission to modify its rural development programme accordingly. The derogation shall apply as of the approval, by the Commission, of the modification of the programme, and shall cease to apply once the Member State does no longer meet in any of the conditions set out in points (a), (b) or (c) of the first subparagraph. In any event, the derogation provided in the first subparagraph shall only apply to the expenditure incurred by the paying agencies until 31 December 2013. The Member State shall then send the Commission a proposal for modification of the programme including a new financing plan in conformity with the maximum rates applicable before the derogation.
2011/11/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 9 #

2011/0209(COD)

Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1
Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005
Article 70 – Paragraph 4c – Subparagraph 3
If a Member State does not submit to the Commission a proposal for modifying its rural development programme, including a new financing plan, on the date it does no longer meet any of the conditions set out in points (a), (b) or (c) of the first subparagraph of this the derogation ceases to apply in accordance with the second subparagraph, or if the financing plan notified is not in conformity with the maximum rates laid down in paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 of this Article, those rates shall become automatically applicable as from that date.
2011/11/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 18 #

2011/0177(APP)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Underlines that agricultural policy is the only Union policy which has been subject to such significant cuts in the Commission proposal for the future MFF; insists therefore that, should overall reductions of the EU budget be foreseen, they should under no circumstance lead to a further reduction of the CAP budget;
2012/09/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 23 #

2011/0177(APP)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. underlines the importance of granting flexibility to Member States for moving funds between the two pillars of the CAP, in order to address the challenges of rural areas in the most appropriate way, without prejudice to its ongoing legislative procedures on the CAP reform, especially the provisions on transfer between funds in the future Regulation on direct payments;
2012/09/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 107 #

2011/0177(APP)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Stresses that a programme for the most deprived persons, including emphasis on food poverty, should improve the situation of poor people in Europe; reminds the Commission of its commitment to submit, in good time, a legislative proposal in this regard in order to ensure continuity of the support for such a programme after 2014 on a new legal basis and with independent funding (over and above the 20 % of the ESF set aside for promoting social inclusion and combating poverty), with emphasis on facilitating organisations supporting the most needy and addressing the structural problem of food poverty, for instance supporting public authorities initiatives to reduce food waste;
2012/10/05
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 17 #

2010/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas the 4th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the WHO's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control will be held in November 2010; whereas a public consultation has been launched on the possible revision of the Tobacco Products Directive (Directive 2001/37/EC1); whereas several WTO Members have raised the issue of the conformity with the TBT Agreement of the Canadian Bill C-32, which essentially leads to the ban of all traditional blended tobacco products, except the ones using solely Virginia tobacco, the single variety produced in Canada and used in the manufacturing of Canadian tobacco products,
2010/11/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 124 #

2010/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Stresses that, while tobacco products must be governed by a strict regulatory framework, the regulation of ingredients in tobacco products at the EU and at the international level must follow a proportionate, risk-based approach on the basis of scientific evidence; warns against any non-science based ban on all ingredients, leading essentially to the ban of European traditional blended tobacco products, which would have severe socioeconomic repercussions for EU tobacco growers (of oriental and burley varieties), without a benefit for public health;
2010/11/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 79 #

2010/2054(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Points out that, in relation to innovative forms of provision, positive experience with projects for women already carried out under the second pillar of the CAP (e.g.in particular Axis 3 and the Leader + projectsgramme) should be utilised, and examples of best practice should be identified;
2010/11/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 114 #

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 affording rural businesswomen, including individually self-employed or part-time self-employed women with low earnings, access to investment – thus empowering them more effectively in the marketplace and enabling them to develop businesses from which they can make a stable living; calls for appropriate measures to be developed in order to facilitate access to credit for young women;
2010/11/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 135 #

2010/2054(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls for the access of young women to post-graduate training and specialist courses in European and international higher education institutes to be facilitated;
2010/11/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 59 #

2010/2002(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
31. Notes that, despite the claim that appropriations remain stable, assigned revenue is down by more than 25 % in 2011, and expresses its concern that market support is down by almost 22% (to EUR 3 491 million), and that appropriations for veterinary and plant protection measures show a fall of 7.8%, considering increased market volatility as well as vulnerability of agricultural activity to sanitary hazards;
2010/05/12
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 81 #

2010/2002(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
35. Recalls that the "Milk Fund" adopted in 2010 Budget to mitigate the consequences of the dairy crisis was supposed to be a one-off action; asks the Commission to forward its evaluation of this measure and its proposals for a permanent approach and concrete proposals for dealing with price volatility in this sector; including measures to correct the unfair competition currently existing in the dairy sector, where farmers receive less for their products, whilst the price for consumers stays at the same level;
2010/05/12
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 12 #

2010/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 14 a (new)
Regulation 1290/2005/EC
Article 29 – paragraph 7
(14a) In Article 29, paragraph 7 is replaced by the following text: 7. In the event of automatic decommitment, the EAFRD contribution to the rural development programme concerned shall be reduced, for the year in question, by the amount automatically decommitted. The Member State shall produce a revised financing plan splitting the reduction of the aid between the priorities. If it does not do so, the Commission shall reduce the amounts allocated to each priority pro rata. In the case of Member States with regional-level programming, in the event of automatic decommitment, the EAFRD contribution to the overall national endowment shall be reduced, for the year in question, by the amount automatically decommitted. Member States may, in such cases, submit one or more revised financing plans splitting the reduction of the aid between the programmes and between priorities. If they do not do so, the Commission shall reduce the amounts allocated to each programme and each priority pro rata.
2011/05/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 95 #

2010/0362(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) In order to ensure the rational development ofcontrol the volume productioned and so to ensure a fair standard of living for dairy farmers, their bargaining power vis-à-vis processors should be strengthened, which should result in a fairer distribution of value-added along the supply chain. Therefore, in order to realise these objectives of the common agricultural policy, a provision should be adopted pursuant to Articles 42 and 43(2) TFEU to allow producer organisations constituted by dairy farmers or their associations to negotiate contract terms, including price, jointly for some or all of its members' production with a dairy. In order to maintain effective competition on the dairy market, this possibility should be subject to appropriate quantitative limits. Such producer organisations should therefore also be eligible for recognition under Article 122 of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007. The Commission should be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU in respect of the conditions for approval of associations of producer organisations. However, it is understood that existing producer organisations should be recognised de facto by the new legislation.
2011/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 127 #

2010/0362(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1 a (new)
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 113d a (new)
1a) The following Article 113da is inserted: Article 113da Rules seeking to improve and stabilise the operation of the common market in milk products 1. In order to improve and stabilise the operation of the market in dairy products with a protected designation of origin or a protected geographical indication in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, producer Member States may lay down marketing rules to regulate supply, particularly by way of implementing decisions taken by the inter- branch organisations referred to in Article 123 or decisions taken by the groups of operators managing the PDOs or PGIs referred to in Regulation (EC) No 510/2006. 2. Such rules shall be proportionate to the objective pursued and: (a) may only cover the regulation of supply and shall aim to bring the supply of the product in line with demand; (b) shall not be made binding for more than a (renewable) period of five years of marketing; (c) shall not relate to any transaction after the first marketing of the product concerned; (d) shall not allow for price fixing, including where prices are set for guidance or recommendation; (e) shall not render unavailable an excessive proportion of the product concerned that would otherwise be available; (f) shall not have the effect of preventing an operator from starting production of the product concerned; 2. The rules referred to in paragraph 1 must be brought to the attention of operators by publication in extenso in an official publication of the Member State concerned. 3. The decisions and measures taken by the Member States in year n in accordance with this article shall be notified to the Commission before 1 March of year n+1. 4. The Commission may ask a Member State to withdraw its decision if it finds that that decision excludes competition in a substantial part of the internal market, compromises the free movement of goods or contravenes the objectives of Article 39 of the TFEU.
2011/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 140 #

2010/0362(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 123 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) are made up of representatives of economic activities linked to the production of, trade in, or processing ofand the processing of and the trade in products of the milk and milk products sector. Member States shall take the measures necessary to involve all interested economic groups, from dairy farmers, processors to traders;
2011/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 155 #

2010/0362(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 123 – paragraph 4 – point c – subpoint iii
(iii) drawing up standard forms of contract compatible with Union rules; for the sale of raw milk to dairies and the supply of processed products to distributors and retailers in an integrated approach, taking into account the need to achieve fair competitive conditions and to avoid market distortions, in the interests of all members of the industry, Member States agreeing on the modalities of use of standard contracts in transaction within the sector;
2011/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 160 #

2010/0362(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 123 – paragraph 4 – point c – subpoint vi
(vi) developing methods and instruments for improving product quality at all stages of production and marketing;, with particular reference to products of protected denomination of origin, and also through the adoption of tools to manage supply and economic participation by the producers in programmes which aim to improve quality in accordance with market demands.
2011/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 181 #

2010/0362(COD)

Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 126 a – paragraph 1
1. Contracts for the delivery of raw milk by a farmer to a processor of raw milk, or to a collector within the meaning of the second subparagraph of Article 185f(1), may be negotiated by a producer organisation in the milk and milk products sector which is recognised under Article 122, on behalf of its farmer members for part or all of their joint production, provided that the proportion in question is not less than 75%..
2011/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 183 #

2010/0362(COD)

Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 126 a – paragraph 2 – point (a)
(a) whether or noprovided that there is a transfer of ownership of the raw milk by the farmers to the producer organisation,
2011/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 236 #

2010/0362(COD)

Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 184 – paragraph 10
10) to the European Parliament and the Council by 30 June 2014 and by 31 December0 June 20186 on the development of the market situation in the milk and milk products sector and in particular on the operation of point (iiia) of the first paragraph of Article 122 and of Articles 123(4), 126a, 177a, 185e and 185f, covering in particular potential incentives to encourage farmers to enter into joint production agreements together with any appropriate proposals." The report shall be accompanied by any appropriate proposals.
2011/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 250 #

2010/0362(COD)

Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 – point 9
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 185 f – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. If a Member State decides that eEvery delivery of raw milk by a farmer to a processor of raw milk must be covered by a written contract between the parties, such contract shall fulfil the conditions laid down in paragraph 2.
2011/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 256 #

2010/0362(COD)

Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 – point 9
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 185 f – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
In the case described in the first subparagraph, the Member State concerned shall also decide that if the delivery of raw milk is made through one or more collectors, each stage of the delivery must be covered by such a contract between the parties. To this end, a "collector" means an undertaking which transports raw milk from a farmer or another collector to a processor of raw milk or another collector, where the ownership of the raw milk is transferred in each case.
2011/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 63 #

2010/0354(COD)

Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 - point 2
Regulation (EC) No. 1234/2007
Article 112 e - paragraph 3 - point c
(c) the interest of consumers to receive adequate and transparent product information, includingwhich specifies the place of farming to be determined on a case by case approach at the appropriate geographical level;
2011/05/13
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 68 #

2010/0354(COD)

Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 - point 2
Regulation (EC) No. 1234/2007
Article 112 e - paragraph 3 - point e a (new)
(ea) fair distribution of added value throughout the agri-food industry;
2011/05/13
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 72 #

2010/0354(COD)

Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 - point 2
Regulation (EC) No. 1234/2007
Article 112 e - paragraph 3 - subparagraph 1a (new)
The place of farming, as referred to in point (c) of the first subparagraph, means the place of cultivation or rearing, namely the country of provenance of the agricultural product, whether unprocessed or for use in preparing or producing a foodstuff.
2011/05/13
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 57 #

2010/0353(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41 a (new)
(41a) In respect of names registered without reservation of the name pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 509/2006, a procedure should be introduced for replacing those names with names that may be registered and automatically entered in the register with reservation of the name.
2011/05/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 85 #

2010/0353(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – point 6 a (new)
(6a) 'production step' means one of the following: production, processing or preparation and labelling;
2011/05/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 115 #

2010/0353(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
A Member State may, on a transitional basis only, grant protection to a name or accept an amendment to a product specification under this Regulation at national level, with effect from the date on which an application is lodged with the Commission.
2011/05/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 127 #

2010/0353(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3
3. In the case of products originating in the Union, marketed under a protected designation of origin or a protected geographical indication registered in accordance with the procedures laid down in this Regulation, the indications ‘protected designation of origin’ or ‘protected geographical indication’ or the Union symbols associated with them shall appear on the labelling. In addition, the corresponding abbreviations "PDO" or "PGI" may appear on the labelling. , together with depictions of the geographical area of origin as referred to in Article 5 and text, graphics or symbols referring to the Member State and/or region is which that geographical area of origin is located.
2011/05/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 128 #

2010/0353(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3
3. In the case of products originating in the Union, marketed under a protected designation of origin or a protected geographical indication registered in accordance with the procedures laid down in this Regulation, the indications ‘protected designation of origin’ or ‘protected geographical indication’ or the Union symbols associated with them shall appear on the labelling. In addition, the corresponding abbreviations "PDO" or "PGI" may appear on the labelling. The name or business name or registered trade mark of the producer or at least one of the persons subject to official controls shall also appear on the labelling.
2011/05/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 138 #

2010/0353(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall take the appropriate administrative and judicial steps to prevent or stop the unlawful use of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications, as referred to in paragraph 1, in particular at the request of a producer group as provided for in point (a) of Article 42that are produced or marketed in that Member State.
2011/05/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 147 #

2010/0353(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3
3. The provisions of paragraph 1 shall apply notwithstanding the provisions of Directive 2008/95/EC. The collective geographical marks referred to in Article 15 of Directive 2008/95/EC shall be allowed to be used on labels, together with the protected designation of origin or protected geographical indication.
2011/05/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 170 #

2010/0353(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2
2. Names registered in accordance with the requirements laid down in the first subparagraph of Article 1(1), and in Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 509/2006, including those registered pursuant to applications referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 55(1) of this Regulation, may continue to be used under the conditions provided for in Regulation (EC) No 509/2006, until 31 December 2017, unless Member States use the procedure set out in paragraph 2a of this Article.
2011/05/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 171 #

2010/0353(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States shall, no later than 31 December 2016, submit to the Commission a list of traditional specialities guaranteed registered in accordance with Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 509/2006 and complying with this Regulation. Names of those traditional specialities guaranteed may be adjusted in order to comply with Article 18 paragraph 2(b). The Commission shall publish the full list in the Official Journal of the European Union. Within the two months from the date of publication in the Official Journal of the European Union, a statement of opposition referred to in Articles 48 and 49 may be submitted to the Commission. The Commission, after the opposition procedure, shall, where appropriate, adjust the entries in the register referred to in Article 22. The corresponding specifications shall be the specifications referred to in Article 19.
2011/05/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 197 #

2010/0353(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States also designate the competent authorities to put in place the necessary administrative and judicial steps of article 13(3).
2011/05/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 205 #

2010/0353(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Indications, abbreviations and symbols referring to the quality schemes may only be used in the labelling ofto identify products produced in conformity with the rules of the quality scheme to which they apply. This applies in particular to the following indications, abbreviations and symbols:
2011/05/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 215 #

2010/0353(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) define rules that set out the conditions under which the protected PDO or PGI name can be used in the sales denomination of a prepared or a processed food, in accordance with Article 13(1);
2011/05/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 225 #

2010/0353(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 a (new)
Article 42a 1. In the public interest, with the overall objective of ensuring an increasing level of quality of the products covered by this Regulation, and a balance between production and consumption, in order to eliminate speculative behaviour that runs counter to competition rules and is detrimental to quality, Member States may lay down rules at the production level, by way of implementing decisions taken by groups of operators handling the PDO or PGI considered. Such rules must not create obstacles to intra-European and/or international trade or violate relevant competition rules, shall be proportionate to the objective pursued and shall not: (a) allow for price fixing, including where prices are set for guidance or recommendation; (b) reduce an excessive proportion of the volume that is produced annually and normally available; (c) prevent the entry of new operators 2. The rules referred to in paragraph 1 must be brought to the attention of operators by publication in extenso in an official publication of the Member State concerned. 3. Decisions and actions taken by Member States in year n accordance with the provisions of this Article shall be notified to the Commission before 1 March of year n+1.
2011/05/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 21 #

2010/0051(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9
Repeal of Decision 1999/468/EC Decision 1999/468/EC shall be repealed. The effects of Article 5a of the repealed Decision shall be maintained for the purposes of existing basic acts making reference thereto.deleted
2010/04/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 24 #

2010/0051(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. If no opinion is delivered, the Commission shall not adopt the draft measures. The chairperson may submit to the committee the draft measures for further deliberation or submit to the committee an amended version of the draft measures. By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, if no opinion is delivered in the area of the common agricultural policy, the Commission may adopt the draft measures. Where the Commission does not adopt the draft measures, the chairperson may submit to the committee an amended version of the draft measures.
2010/06/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 50 #

2009/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas, since 7% of farmers in Europe are under 35 years old, while four and a half million farmers who are over 65 years old will have stopped working by 2020, the future of the agricultural sector may be at risk if the number of farmers continues to decline,
2010/04/29
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 146 #

2009/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that rural development is now an integral part of the CAP architecture with its focus on rural communities, improving the environment, modernising and restructuring agriculture and improving product marketing and competitiveness, as well as on the new challenges addressed by the Health Check, namely global warming, renewable energies, water management and biodiversity;
2010/04/29
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 249 #

2009/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Is of the opinion that a strong European Common Agricultural Policy is needed to ensure that EU farmers remainthat serves the interests of all European farmers is essential; takes the view that that policy should ensure that European farming is sustainable and should enable it to play it part in the European economy and competitive on the world market against well subsidised trading partners; believes thattrading partners who are well subsidised and/or not necessarily subject to the same production conditions as regards social, environmental and animal-welfare requirements; believes that, for strategic reasons, the EU cannot afford to rely on other parts of the world to provide for European food security in the context of climate change, political instability in certain regions of the world and potential outbreaks of diseases or other events potentially detrimental to production capacity;
2010/04/29
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 282 #

2009/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Considers that the Common Agricultural Policy should help maintain jobs, encourage the creation of new jobs and promote the concept of high-quality employment, while paying greater attention to the value of agricultural work in a sector which has already undergone radical restructuring in the past and shed hundreds of thousands of jobs;
2010/04/29
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 365 #

2009/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
31. Insists that EU agriculture must remain competitive against fierce competition from trade partners who are well- subsidised trade partnerand/or not always subject to the same production conditions, in particular as regards social, environmental and animal welfare standards; therefore believes that competitivenessproductivity enhancement should still be a fundamental objective of the CAP post- 2013 to ensure that the EU has the raw materials to produce high- value diversified European food products and they continue to win a greater share of the world market, as well as ensuring fair traderemuneration for farmers;
2010/04/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 389 #

2009/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
33. Insists that the maintenance of farming activity across the whole of Europe is fundamental to maintain diverse and local food production and prevent the threat of land abandonment across EU territoryjobs and social and economic conditions in rural areas, diverse and local food production and the preservation of the environment, the rural space and landscapes;
2010/04/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 401 #

2009/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
35. Calls for measures based on public-law rules to be taken to strengthen producers' and producer organisations' bargaining power vis-à-vis downstream industries in order to better adapt supply to demand, create and more evenly distribute added value and improve the functioning of the food supply-chain with greater transparency of food prices and action to address unfair commercial practices; considers it important, in this connection, to strengthen inter-branch organisations;
2010/04/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 418 #

2009/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)
36 a. Considers that, to enable the market to be managed more efficiently and avoid crises of overproduction, the specific instruments for the management of production potential which are available in some sectors should be retained, based on the principles of fairness and non- discrimination;
2010/04/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 449 #

2009/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
39. Believes that agriculture has a leading role to play in tackling climate change by reducing GHG emissions, increasing carbon sequestration capacity and developing and using more renewable energy sources and bio-based materials; believes that climate considerations should be integrated across CAP measures where appropriate;
2010/04/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 621 #

2009/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54
54. Considers that there should be no return to coupled payments as a guiding principle of the CAP; however, given the move from a historical to an area support model, takes the view that a limited margin for flexibility should be left to Member States to respond to the specific needs of their territory, in the form of capped coupled payments for vulnerable grassland livestock areacontinued agricultural activity in economically vulnerable or environmentally sensitive sectors, in compliance with WTO requirements;
2010/04/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 748 #

2009/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 62
62. Insists that, to complement market measures, there is an urgent need to strengthen producers'the position in the food chain through a range of actions to addressof producers and their trade organisations, including multi-sector organisations, through a range of actions, some of which must be taken by the public authorities and seek to enhance producers' negotiating power, transparency, contractual relationships and commercial practices; takes the view that possible adjustments to competition rules should also be investigated to allow producer organisations to grow in scale and size, equipping them with the power to stand up to major retailers and processors;
2010/04/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 107 #

2009/2202(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Is particularly concerned that, despite the clear recommendations and conclusions issued by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) in this regard, many pig farmers in Europe are violating the provisions of Directive 2008/120/EC of 18 December 2008 laying down minimum standards for the protection of pigs1, and calls on the Commission, therefore, to propose specific research to identify the type of violation and ascertain the reasons for such behaviour, and to devise without delay a strategy to increase compliance with this Directive;
2010/02/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 217 #

2009/2202(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – indent 2 a (new)
– monitoring of respect for the rules on the welfare of ovine and caprine animals,
2010/02/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 221 #

2009/2202(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – indent 3
– animal transport and the use of modern technologyalysis and assessment of the requirements applicable to means of transport, including with reference to the identification of modes of transport other than road,
2010/02/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 236 #

2009/2202(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – indent 6
– a ban on rearing animals in ways which hamper their natural behaviour;deleted
2010/02/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 332 #

2009/2202(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Considers that the aim must be a purposeful, risk-based monitoring system based on a risk analysis in which objective factors such as mortality statistics and the use of antibiotics are central;
2010/02/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 394 #

2009/2202(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Recalls that some infectious diseases are by their nature not confined within national borders and stresses that common measures are therefore needed to tackle such diseases - such as salmonellosis and rabies -, with special reference to zoonoses, which are passed on between human beings and animals, including pets, due to poor animal health and inadequate keeping of animals;
2010/02/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 86 #

2009/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. EmphasiseConsiders that, on the basis of producers’ experience, it has emerged that the management of the product quality through the PDOs and PGIs specifications, and the protection against usurpations are not sufficient for the further development of GI products; calls for an in-depth assessment to be carried out to identify suitable instruments for the management of the volume of production for PDO and PGI producttakes the view that EU legislation should be amended so as to enable Member States to authorise organisations which they designate or recognise as responsible for the management, protection and/or promotion of GIs to adapt the production potential to market demands, on the basis of fair and non-discriminatory rules;
2009/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 109 #

2009/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a(new)
18a. Considers that the Commission should establish clear guidelines regarding the use of the names of IG products used as ingredients on the labels of processed products, so as to avoid consumers being misled;
2009/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 112 #

2009/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 d (new)
18d. Considers that, in view of the importance of the European market to GI producers, the Commission and the Member States should provide additional financial resources for promotion programmes within the internal market, while continuing to increase the budget for promotion campaigns in third countries;
2009/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 126 #

2009/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b(new)
22b. Believes that it is essential to intensify information and promotion campaigns regarding the sui generis protection of GIs; calls on the Commission to continue to promote the GI concept with third countries, particularly by increasing technical assistance missions in conjunction with European GI producers and/or their representative organisations;
2009/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 129 #

2008/0028(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) the name or business name, or a registered trade mark, and address of the manufacturer or, packager, or of and, in the case of products from third countries, a seller established within the Community;
2009/12/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 176 #

2008/0028(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) wine as defined in Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 and wine-based products as referred to in Council Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 and Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/1991, fruit beer, beer, and spirits as defined in Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No. […] of […]110/2008 of 15 January 2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the definition, description, presentation, labelling and the protection of geographical indications of spirit drinks and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1576/89. The Commission shall produce a report after [five years of the entry into force of this Regulation] concerning the application of Article 19 on these products and may accompany this report by specific measures determining the rules for labelling ingredients. Those measures designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation by supplementing it shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutinyprocedure referred to in Article 49(3)290 TFEU.
2009/12/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 194 #

2008/0028(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
This paragraph shall not apply to wine as defined in Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999, wine-based products as referred to in Council Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 and Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/1991, fruit beer, beer, and spirits as defined in Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No. […] of […]110/2008 of 15 January 2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the definition, description, presentation, labelling and the protection of geographical indications of spirit drinks and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1576/89. The Commission shall produce a report after [five years of the entry into force of this Regulation] concerning the application of this paragraph on these products and may accompany this report by specific measures determining the rules for a mandatory nutrition declaration for these products. Those measures designed to amend non- essential elements of this Regulation by supplementing it shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutinyprocedure referred to in Article 49(3)290 TFEU.
2009/12/16
Committee: AGRI