138 Amendments of John Stuart AGNEW
Amendment 1 #
2018/2046(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 5 #
2018/2046(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that a healthy consumer environment is a key factor for the completion of the Single Market and for economic growth throughout Europe and highlights that Union legislation onin economic growth and highlights that consumer protection has given predictability and confidence to citizens and businesses in many areas such as passenger rights, consumer rights and the fight against unfair commercial practices and unfair contract terms;
Amendment 13 #
2018/2046(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. WelcomeRegrets the increased level of commitment appropriations for the modernisation of the customs union in support of the implementation of the Union Customs Code (Code) and of the development of the electronic customs systems, since the full and uniform implementation of the Code is essential to better protect the citizens and the financial interests of the Union and e-customs constitutes one of the priority areas for a better functioning of the internal market;
Amendment 14 #
2018/2046(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that challenges in the consumer protection of Union citizens still remain, in particular as regards the digital economy and the development of cross- border retail trade in the Union and consequently regretnotes that the appropriations for the Consumer Programme in the draft budget 2019 are not sufficient; calls, therefore, for an adequate funding to the consumers programme in order to ensure a high level of protection for consumers, in particular vulnerable consumers;
Amendment 23 #
2018/2046(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. WelcomDeplores the increase in commitment appropriations in the draft budget 2019 on the budget line 02 02 01 ‘Promoting entrepreneurship and improving the competitiveness and access to markets of Union enterprises’ while maintains concerns on the level of programmed payment appropriations, since improving SMEs’ access to finance remains a key priority for IMCO in the 2019 Budget;
Amendment 27 #
2018/2046(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 379 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that even the flexibility that Member States currently enjoy in defining basic rules may risk distorting competition within the single market and granting unequal access to support for famers in different Member States or even in different regionsnational level support for farmers, including different personal and business taxation rules, national level income support, and food promotion initiatives, which enable Member States to give support to farmers outside of the structure of the CAP;
Amendment 386 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes that in order to address the substantial amount of criticism of the CAP, policy objectives and tools should be more clearly defined and accountable; further, more flexibility should be given to Member States to utilise CAP budgets to tackle major issues facing the farming industry that fall outside of EU competency, such as adjustment to changing consumer preferences, for example in declining meat consumption, measures to protect soil health, public and mental health issues, and access to labour;
Amendment 404 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that subsidiarity for Member States should only be granted within a common set of rules and tools agreed at EU level as part of a uniform approach to all programming efforts and eligibility criteria, should cover both of the CAP’s pillars and ensure, in particular, a European approach in Pillar I and thus a level playing fieldin defining appropriate income support under Pillar 1, and recognizing the ability to co-finance farm income support through national measures either directly or in-kind, should be part of a uniform approach to all programming efforts and eligibility criteria.;
Amendment 523 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Considers it necessary to maintainrevise the current two-pillared architecture, particularly Pillar I, which is dedicated to income support for farmers, as using one policy instrument for multiple policy goals (income support, environmental enhancement, food safety etc) reduces effectiveness and accountability; considers it necessary, at the same time, to compensate for the provision of public goods on the basis of uniform criteria, while allowing Member States to take specific approaches to reflect local conditions;
Amendment 559 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers that the current CAP architecture can only deliver its objectives if sufficiently funded, but notes the high level of cost in implementation and poor uptake of existing measures under Pillar 2 in particular; calls, therefore, for the CAP budget to be maintainrevised in the next MFF at at least the current level in order toin order to improve public accountability and achieve the ambitions of a revised and efficient CAP beyond 2020;
Amendment 602 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Believes that more targeted support for family farms is necessary and can be achieved by introducing a compulsory higher support rate for small farms; considers, moreover, that support for larger farms should be digressive, reflecting economies of scale, with the possibility, but notes that the terms "family farm" and "small farm" are highly subjective and do not correlate with positive outcomes for taxpayers on all occasions; considers, moreover, that a distinction should be made between income support, which should be capped, and environmental compensation or investment, which should be accessible based on area of land occupied; further, that the level for capping toshould be decided by the Member States based on nationally determined average incomes and regionalized incentives for socially valuable farming types such as in remote or upland areas;
Amendment 771 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Believes that, provided that a level playing field in the single market can be guaranteed, voluntary coupled support (VCS) payments generally should be maintainavoided, as a tool to counteract specific difficulties, particularly those arising frommarket distorting and disregarding of changing consumer preferences, however they may have a limited role in addressing the structural competitive disadvantage of less- favoured and mountainous regions, as well as those which are more temporary in nature and arise from a shift away from the old entitlement scheme, for example;
Amendment 819 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recalls that generational renewal is a challenge faced by famers in many Member States and that each national strategy must therefore address this issue through a comprehensive approach, including top-ups in Pillar I and targeted meain a manner appropriate to that Member State, noting that the structure of family businesses, inheritance taxation issures in Pillar II, as well as by means of new financial instruments and national measures, in order to incentivise, use of Pillar 1 income support as a pension payment and the underlying profitability of the farm enterprise are key determinants of the ability of farmers to pass on their farming operations;
Amendment 949 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission to introduce a new and comprehensiveonsiders that a legal framework which allows the integration of the various types of environmental actions at present, such as cross compliance, greening and the good agricultural and environmental conditions (GAEC) standards, as well as agri-environment measures (AEMs) for rural development, so thatinto a single CAP Pillar would mean farmers can deliver effectively and with less bureaucracy on environmental care, biodiversity and climate action, while ensuring that Member States have adequate control and taking into account local conditions;
Amendment 1167 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Insists on the necessity ofWelcomes measures designed to reduce operational risk for farmers by strengthening the position of producers within the food supply chain, in particular by guaranteeing them a fair share of the added valueencouraging farm diversification and integrated supply chains, the use of technology to adapt output to meet consumer demand, by fostering inter- sectoral cooperation, and strengthening transparency in the markets and crisis prevention;
Amendment 652 #
2018/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 32
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 32
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Annex VII – part II – point 18 – introductory part
Annex VII – part II – point 18 – introductory part
(18) The term ‘d“De-alcoholised’ may be used together with wine” or “de- alcoholised (followed by the name of the grapevine products referred to in points 1 and 4 to 9, where category used for its production)” means the product which:
Amendment 654 #
2018/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 32
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 32
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Annex VII – part II – point 18 – letter a
Annex VII – part II – point 18 – letter a
(a) is obtained from wine as defined in point 1, sparkling wine as defined in point 4, new wine still in fermentation, liqueur wine, sparkling wine, quality sparkling wine as defined in point 5, quality aromatic sparkling wine as defined in point 6, aerated sparkling wine as defined in point 7, semi-sparkling wine as defined in point 8, or from aerated semi-sparkling wine as defined in point 9, semi-sparkling wine, aerated semi-sparkling wine, wine from raisined grapes, or from wine of overripe grapes;
Amendment 656 #
2018/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 32
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 32
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Annex VII – part II – point 18 – letter b
Annex VII – part II – point 18 – letter b
(b) has undergone a dealcoholisation treatment in accordance with the processeconditions specified in Section E of Part I of Annex VIII; and
Amendment 660 #
2018/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 32
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 32
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Annex VII – part II – point 19 – introductory part
Annex VII – part II – point 19 – introductory part
(19) The term ‘p“Partially de-alcoholised’ may be used together with wine” or “Partially de-alcoholised (followed by the name of the grapevine products referred to in points 1 and 4 to 9, where category used for its production)” means the product which:
Amendment 676 #
2018/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 33
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 33
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Annex VIII – Part I – Point E – introductory part
Annex VIII – Part I – Point E – introductory part
The following dealcoholisation processes, whether used each of its own or in combination, shall be allowed to reduce part of or almost all the ethanol content in grapevine products referred to in points 1 and 4 to 9to 9, 15 and 16 of Part II of Annex VII:
Amendment 677 #
2018/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 33
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 33
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Annex VIII – Part I – Section E – point c a (new)
Annex VIII – Part I – Section E – point c a (new)
(ca) other processes authorised in accordance with Article 80.
Amendment 751 #
2018/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 251/2014
Article 7 – paragraphs (new)
Article 7 – paragraphs (new)
(4a) In Article 7, paragraph 1 and 2 are added: 1. Where the provenance of aromatised wine products, other than a geographical indication is indicated in its description, presentation or labelling, it shall correspond to the place or region where the stage or stages in the production process which conferred on the finished aromatised wine product its character and essential definitive qualities took place. 2. The indication of the country of origin or place of provenance of the primary ingredient shall not be required for aromatised wine products.
Amendment 22 #
2017/9999(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes that Australian farm businesses do not bear the costs of sheep Electronic Identification, Nitrate Vulnerable Zones or fallen stock incineration, and calls for this to be made clear through labelling;
Amendment 53 #
2017/2193(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes that New Zealand producers do not bear the costs of Electronic Sheep Identification, Nitrate Vulnerable Zones or fallen stock incineration, and calls for this to be made clear through labelling;
Amendment 3 #
2017/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the 2030 Agenda and its sustainability goals; stresses that, although the EU farming industry is already making a valuable contribution to sustainability, through the Common Agricultural Policy and stringent environmental requirements, it still needs commitment to achieving food security and promoting sustainable agriculture; stresses that SDG2 acknowledges that food security is more important than food sustainability; notes that the misapplication of the precautionary principle in regulatory decision making and stringent environmental requirements undermine the ability of farming to balance the needs of its stakeholders and to adapt better to the many challenges facing it;
Amendment 42 #
2017/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that the EU farming industry provides jobs for millions of people in rural areas, guarantees food suppliesprovides the raw materials for the multi-billion value food and drink industry meeting consumers’ needs for safe, secure and cheap food, and attracts people to rural areas as a place in which to live, work and relax;
Amendment 65 #
2017/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes that the EU's sustainability agenda is limited by the policy competences currently allocated to it; stresses that a truly coherent and integrated policy framework achieving a locally appropriate balance between the often competing social, environmental and financial aspects of food production, rural development and land use management can only be achieved at Member State level
Amendment 78 #
2017/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the significance of sustainable forest management in Europe, which secures jobs, generates added value and makes a crucial contribution to the achievement of biodiversity, climate and environmental protection targets, whilst noting that the EU does not have competency over forests;
Amendment 89 #
2017/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the importance for farms of bioenergy, which helps to secure farmers’ incomes, by offering them an additional product to sell, and creates jobs in rural areas, whilst noting that financial subsidies and targets for bioenergy create perverse incentives that undermine food security and the promotion of sustainable agriculture practices;
Amendment 93 #
2017/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the importance of SGD6 on sustainable water use in agriculture; notes that increased water efficiency can increase losses from water catchments; requests that investments in so-called "climate change action" focus on management and security of water resources; acknowledges that the usage of water incorporated into food, particularly when transported away from water- stressed regions, is a major concern not currently addressed in food pricing or water policy;
Amendment 111 #
2017/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the contribution that the livestock sector makes to the EU economysustainable agriculture, particularly when integrated into arable production systems, and draws attention to its potential to contribute to a better functioning agricultural ecosystem and a climate- friendly farming industry;
Amendment 127 #
2017/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Regards further progress in precision farming, digitalisation, plant and animal breeding and integrated pest management as essential, because increased efficiency will help to reduce the impact of farming on the environment and free up marginal land from food, forestry and bioenergy crop production for environmental uses.
Amendment 8 #
2017/0004(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Directive 2004/37/EC aims to protect workers against risks to their health and safety from exposure to carcinogens or mutagens at the workplace, whilst notably excluding those to which workers may voluntarily expose themselves and over which their employers have no control, including sunlight, air pollution and tobacco smoke, and lays down minimum requirements to that effect including limit values, on the basis of the available scientific and technical data.
Amendment 5 #
2016/2302(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
Amendment 10 #
2016/2302(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the current crisidependency on farm support payments in the agricultural sector, has resulted in a lack of profitability with income lossesa lack of supply chain accountability and increased price instability, and has led many farmers to give up farming, and this sector requires more supportquestion the validity of the CAP direct payments model;
Amendment 42 #
2016/2302(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that, up to now, the level of use made of CAP financial instruments has been low, and calls for consideration to be given to this area with the aim of ensuring that these instruments are better suited to the agricultural sector and further simplifying the procedures, and creating public advice platforms; suggests that existing credit providers could be leveraged to deliver CAP-backed financial instruments in order to minimise bureacracy and utilise existing accountability expertise;
Amendment 53 #
2016/2302(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the complementaryenhanced nature of these instruments in relation to subsidicompared to subsidies, which tend to be capitalised into land values or rents or extracted through high input or low output prices, and draws attention to the need to ensure that the former do not replace the latter, which would be extremely damaging for farming andeir increased uptake for the benefit of the commercial development of European agricultural businesses, whereas direct grant payments may be more appropriately used to meet true market failure for example in the case of works to enhance or to prevent damaging the rural environment;
Amendment 63 #
2016/2302(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for them to be implemented through local decision making in such a way that they can support collective or indvidual projects geared to financing basic infrastructure based on locally identified needs, for example in the field of irrigation, transport, processing, marketing and forestry development, vertical integration, innovation and forestry development, and towards farm level market adjustment, such as changing farm outputs or management systems to better match consumer demands, with maturity-based financial instruments that require commercial viability and reflect the actual economic position for each project.
Amendment 5 #
2016/2223(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that farmers’ livelihoods depend on getting produce to the market and that loss of produce at farm level equates to loss of investment and income; acknowledges that farm subsidies do not encourage farmers or supply chain actors to consider supply and demand dynamics and considers that the supply chain needs to take more responsibility for the commercial output of farms;
Amendment 31 #
2016/2223(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes the poextential for optimisation of use of to which former foodstuffs and by-products from the food chain are already used in feed production and nutrient recycling on farm and its importance for primary production, butand stresses the need for increased traceabilitydifficulty that waste legislation places on producers in the recycling and processing of by-products on and off farm;
Amendment 46 #
2016/2223(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the importance of cooperation, for example via Producer Organherent and enabling legislations, for increased access to which is severely lacking in the EU, and better targetted finance for innovation and investment in treatment technologies such as feeding waste to insects, composting and anaerobic digestion or further processing of products, which could allow farmers to access new market and customers;
Amendment 56 #
2016/2223(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes the benefits of access to data and forecasts andvertical integration and cooperation to provide supply chain data and forecasts and in food traders and retailers developing advance production programmes for farmers, enabling them to better match supply to demand and minimise wastage and ensuring a fair distribution of risk in supply and demand management, and notes that these models are more common in the traditionally unsupported sectors of horticulture, pigs and poultry, highlighting the negative role that CAP subsidies have had in generating waste;
Amendment 74 #
2016/2223(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that increased research and information is needed on enabling access to secondary market opportunities and alternative uses for by-products which w, but notes that initiatives to repurpose food waste should notherwise be ploughed back into the soil or wasted replace the obligation on Member States to meet their citizens' right to food through national social security measures;
Amendment 89 #
2016/2223(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 107 #
2016/2223(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Believes that farmer-led initiatives can offer viable economic solutions and provide value for products which might otherwise go to waste, and highlights the potential of farmer-led social innovation projects such as gleaning and donation of excess foodstuffs to food banks but notes that these initiatives risk devaluing food further and that programmes to repurpose food waste should not absolve the obligation of Member States to meet their citizens' right to food;
Amendment 126 #
2016/2223(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that some wastage at farm level is also due to the role played by retailers in relation to retailer standards regarding product specifications, cancelled orders owing to changes in consumer demand, and over-production as a result of requirements to meet seasonal demands; applauds the role of national authorities such as the Groceries Code Adjudicator in the UK in tackling these practices where they exploit farmers.
Amendment 153 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Requests that the full energy cost of growing biofuel crops (fertiliser, agrochemicals, machinery operations and transport) is taken into account in the analysis of biodiesel as an alternative fuel source
Amendment 31 #
2016/2221(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. StressNotes that farmers and farm workers are, by virtue of their profession, exposed to a range of external factors, such as price and market fluctuations or even unpredictable weather, that make employment prospects precarious and insecure; considers that the Commission and the Member States must encourage the use of income-stabilisation and risk- management toolsthe drive to achieve efficiencies in agriculture in order to secure attractive working conditions and financially viable businesses inevitably means that fewer farm workers will be employed as mechanisation and the use of robotics to replace manual work becomes ubiquitous, which makes employment prospects for rural workers more precarious and insecure;
Amendment 44 #
2016/2221(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Draws attention to the specific case of seasonal workers, whose working conditions are particularly precarious; understands ‘seasonal workers’ to be workers who have entered into open-ended or fixed-term employment contracts, the duration and renewal of which are contingent to a major degree on seasonal factors, such as the changing weather, public holidays and/or the timing of harvests; calls on the Commission and the Member States to regulate the social and legal status of seasonal workers and to provide them with social security cover;
Amendment 62 #
2016/2221(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 79 #
2016/2221(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to put into practiceNotes the recommendations set out in the Andrieu report (‘How can the CAP improve job creation in rural areas?’), which was adopted by Parliament on 27 October 2016, and in particular that concerning the mobilisation of funds from the EAFRD in an effort to develop a genuine social economy in rural areas;
Amendment 64 #
2016/2148(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that the more flexible structure of the EAFRD whas not fully taken advantage of by someactually created significant additional complexity for Members States and regions, which perceived a risk oflimits uptake by potential beneficiaries due to the increased complexity and punitive control requirements; notes that programmes designed and led by local partnerships to meet local needs, and a focus on results and rather than processes, produce a better return on investment and simpler administration;
Amendment 77 #
2016/2148(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. UrgesRegrets that the Member States cannoto avoid gold-plathaving tor adding unnecessary guidelines and procedures which could interfere with efficientin the local application and implementation of the EAFRD; asks the Commission to continuend suggests that a bottom-up approach would produce more appropriate programmes; suggests that the Commission could achieve greater gains in simplifying the RDPs than it would in the simplification of the CAP and should, where feasible and necessary, to adapt the basic legislation to this effect; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that sufficient resources are dedicated to successful fulfilment of remaining ex-ante conditionalities;
Amendment 98 #
2016/2148(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers that the Directorate- General for Agriculture and Rural Development has the necessary technical knowledge and overview of rural and agricultural issues and is therefore the natural manager of the RDPs, and urges the Commission to ensure that staffing levels are in place to ensure proper implementation and auditing of the CAP; however notes the principle of subsidiarity and that the existing RDP structure designed and managed by DG-AGRI is failing to meet the needs of rural businesses; notes also that such poorly designed schemes have contributed to voter antipathy towards the EU;
Amendment 3 #
2016/2141(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
- having regard to the Commission Notice 2014/C153/03 (withdrawal of obsolete Commission proposals),
Amendment 10 #
2016/2141(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas access to land is a human rightnot universally recognized as a human right, as rights over land are defined at national level;
Amendment 21 #
2016/2141(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas land, as an increasingly scarce and non-renewable asset, should not be treated as an ordinary item of merchandise, and is furthermore doubly threatened both by the loss of agricultural land through soil sealing, urban development and rural house-building as a result of migration, environmental protection and infrastructure projects, and by; whereas the concentration of land in the hands of large- scale agricultural undertakings and investors from outside the farming sector can bring in efficiencies and sources of investment and innovation in farming;
Amendment 43 #
2016/2141(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas a broadthe distribution of assets in agricultural land is an essential founding principle of the social market economy and an important precondition for the social cohesion matter for Member State determination based on its own priorities in social cohesion, food security, and the rural vibrancy of a country’s economy;
Amendment 56 #
2016/2141(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas land ownership is the best way of ensuring a responsible relationship with the land and sustainable land management, and also fosters identification and a sense of belonging, encouraging people to remain in rural areas; whereas this has an impact on the socio-economic infrastructure of rural areas, and whereas the separation of ownership and possession increases the risk of a division within society, a loss in quality of work and life, and impoverishmentcan offer valuable opportunities for new entrants into farming and to encourage efficient and business-focused tenant farm enterprises;
Amendment 85 #
2016/2141(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the concentration of farmland may result successive Common Agricultural Policy reforms have had the specific objective of securing a better quality of life for farmers by reducing the loss ofoverall number of farmers and agricultural jobs;
Amendment 93 #
2016/2141(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas, if the agricultural sector is to have a future, it depends on the younger generation, as this is the only way to halt the ageing of the farming population and secure farm succession, and whereas on the other hand it is particularly difficult for young farmers and new entrepreneurs to gain access to land, demonstrating why national policies as to inheritance, taxation, land tenure and ownership are so important;
Amendment 101 #
2016/2141(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas farmland prices and rents have risenarea-based farm payments, biofuel subsidies and pressure on land from other uses have resulted in farmland prices and rents rising in many regions to a level which makes it economically impossible for many farms to hold on to rented land ordifficult for new entrants and existing farms to acquire the additional land needed to keep farms viable, as there is hardly any land on the marketresulting in ambitious and successful farmers looking to take on farm tenancies of smaller farms and to new opportunities to acquire farm enterprises often in other Member States;
Amendment 143 #
2016/2141(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 157 #
2016/2141(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 174 #
2016/2141(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 202 #
2016/2141(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Takes the view that land policy must help to ensure ais a national competence, and whilst it may be socially desirable to have a broad distribution of land ownership, as it has direct implications for everyone’srural living and working conditions and quality of life, and notes the important social function of land ownership given that a loss of farms and jobs will lead to the collapse of European smallholder agriculture and the demise of rural areas, and thus to structural changes that are undesirable for society as a wholedemise of rural areas, it is not a matter for European legislation;
Amendment 214 #
2016/2141(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recommends that the Member States give farmers priority in the purchase of farmland, particularly at a time when non-farmers are increasingly interested in purchasing agricultural plotswelcome non-agricultural investment in food and farming as new entrants bring fresh thinking and investment, subject to nationally defined safeguards as to use of soil and land tenure;
Amendment 237 #
2016/2141(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Takes the view that Member States' land market policy shcould help make it easier for young peoplenew entrants to enter agriculture, over and above the encouragement for young farmers enshrined in the common agricultural policy; calls, therefore, for a comprehensive approach that helps enable qualified young farmers and new entrepreneurs to take over or start farms;
Amendment 273 #
2016/2141(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for the implementation by the EU, in the interest of developing a clear EU guiding principle for the structure of farming, of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, which has been ratified by all Member States, whilst acknowledging that this should not grant the EU de facto competence over Member State competencies in the area of land tenure;
Amendment 304 #
2016/2141(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Takes the view that Member States should be able to choose whether 30% of direct payments should be payable on the first hectare, provided that the requirements of Articles 41 and 42 of the Direct Payments Regulation are complied with;
Amendment 315 #
2016/2141(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Recommends to that end the adoption of a uniform definition throughout the EU of ‘active farmer’ which is clearly linked to the notion of work on a farm, whilst acknowledging that there is no standard definition of "active farmer" due to the wide disparity in economic and activity risk taken on by farmers depending on prevailing national farm business structures;
Amendment 323 #
2016/2141(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 336 #
2016/2141(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Endorses the Commission’s finding that land is a finite resource which is already under much pressure as a result of climate change, migration, soil erosion and over- exploitation, and calls for farmland to be given special protection with a view to compliance with the four fundamental European freedoms, so that the Member States can regulate the sale and letting of agricultural landdemand for agricultural land for alternative uses in the light of social and environmental criteria;
Amendment 352 #
2016/2141(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission to draw up and publish a list of criteria making it clear to the Member States what land market regulation measures are permitted in the context of the four freedoms of the European Union, with particular reference given to the social mobility reasons as to why rural areas are becoming depopulated in the new Member States and corresponding pressure on land for house-building in the old Member States;
Amendment 17 #
2016/2100(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that competition policy must attach the same importance to defending the interests of agricultural producers as it does to defending consumers’ interests, ensuring that the conditions for competition are fair so as to foster investment, employment and innovation in agricultural markets, whilst noting that the EU's prescriptive and interventionist approach to market regulation creates substantial barriers to entry and innovation;
Amendment 28 #
2016/2100(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Considers it essential that oligopolistic behaviour in mature markets is tackled as part of competition policy, including the negative impacts of price transparency amongst interdependent market actors;
Amendment 31 #
2016/2100(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that the current crisis situation in farming calls for fresh inivery existence of unfair trading practices in agricultural supply chains demonstrates that competiatives to ensureon is not working and asks that competition policy takes bettproper account of the specific nature of agriculture; further notes the prevalence of asymmetric contract terms (for example as to notice periods) between farmer and buyer which competition policy needs to address
Amendment 52 #
2016/2100(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. 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 in sectors downstream and noting that geographical limitations on producers of fresh and perishable products allow de facto monopolies and oligopolies to operate at local level;
Amendment 73 #
2016/2100(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for simplification of the rules on farmers’ organising collectively, so as to strengthen their negotiating capacity while safeguarding the principles set out in Article 39 TFEURequests that the Commission focuses on the enforcement of fair competition rules that address the multiple negative impacts of oligopolies as well as individual market dominance and anticompetitive agreements, rather than the creation of complex rules on farmers’ organising collectively;
Amendment 95 #
2016/2100(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Believes that full and satisfactory implementation of the ‘Milk Package’the dairy sector needs to be assisted in its essential in order to strengthen the dairy sector; 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 agriculttransition from market intervention to free market status; however, asks the Commission to propose that the ‘Milk Package’ is time limited and that in future focus should be on the monitoring and enforcement of dairy supply chains to detect and prevent oligopolistic behavioure;
Amendment 112 #
2016/2100(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. 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 distribution sector and, on the other, the development of European-level alliances of major distributors, and in particular to note the asymmetric ability of retailers to manipulate supply chain structures in order to avoid national legislation controlling supplier relationships.
Amendment 6 #
2016/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 a (new)
Citation 17 a (new)
- having regard to the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality,
Amendment 137 #
2016/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to actively support the development of guides to good practice, by releasing resources for translation of such documents and assisting with their distribution, whilst noting the wide disparities in the cultural and emotional attachment to equids between Member States and the practical consequences of this;
Amendment 200 #
2016/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Member States to commit to inspections of the slaughterhouses on their territory that are licenced to take equidae, to ensure they are able to meet the specific welfare needs of equidae, and provide appropriate assurances that horse meat products do not improperly enter the food chain in Member States where the consumption of horse meat is unwelcome by consumers;
Amendment 44 #
2016/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recalls the damage to the environment that energy crops can cause, particularly where the energy input taken to grow them exceeds their energy output, and where they contribute to soil damage through continuous cropping, contractor malpractice and late harvests
Amendment 65 #
2016/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls the importance of promoting local renewable energy cooperatives in both rural and urban areas in order to increase public support for renewable energy; notes the widespread public opposition to land-based renewable structures and the negative impact wind- turbines have in particular on wildlife;
Amendment 134 #
2016/0392(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. TheMember States may require that an indication of the country or territory of origin of the ingredients shall not be required for spirit drinks made on their territory.
Amendment 22 #
2016/0389(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The programme of European surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings, which has been carried out in the Union since 1966, should be discontinued in order to examine the trends in the structure of agricultural holdings at the Union level and to provide the statistical knowledge base necessary for the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of related policies, in particular the Common Agricultural Policy and environmental, climate change adaptation and mitigation policiesas it fails to represent a good use of taxpayers' money.
Amendment 28 #
2016/0389(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
Amendment 31 #
2016/0389(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
Amendment 33 #
2016/0389(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
Amendment 35 #
2016/0389(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Comparable statistics from all Member States on the structure of agricultural holdings are important to determine the development of the common agricultural policy. Therefore standard classifications and common definitions should be used insofar as possible for survey characteristicvirtually impossible to obtain given the enormous differences in farm structure and administration across the Member States.
Amendment 60 #
2016/0389(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
This Regulation establishes a framework for European statistics at the level of agricultural holdings and provides for the integration of information on the structure with that on production methods, rural development measures, agro- environmental aspects and other related informatione programme of European surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings shall be discontinued. Regulation (EC) No 1166/20081a is hereby repealed. ________________ 1a Regulation (EC) No 1166/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on farm structure surveys and the survey on agricultural production methods and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 571/88 (OJ L 321, 1.12.2008, p. 14).
Amendment 60 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Promoting renewable forms of energy is one of theseveral goals of the Union energy policy. The increased use of energy from renewable sources, together with energy savings and increased energy efficiency, constitutes, including an affordable reliable supply of energy to consumers and industry, ensuring energy security, and important part of the package of measures needed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and comply with the 2015 Paris Agreement on Climate Change, and the Union 2030 energy and climate framework, including the binding target to cut emissions in the Union by at least 40% below 1990 levels by 2030 . It also has an important part to play in promotn particular noting that the EU does not have exclusive competence over energy and that Member States retain the right to choose between different energy sources and determine the general structure of their energy supply. It should, therefore, be for the Member States to determinge the security of energy supply, technological development and innovation and providing opportunities for employment and regional development, especially in rural and isolated areas or regions with low population density ir energy policies, including the relative proportion of energy derived from renewable sources, based on locally determined criteria and investment priorities. Any proposal to set binding targets at EU level should be rejected.
Amendment 95 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Support schemes for electricity generated from renewable sources have proved to be an effective way of fostering deployment of renewable electricity. If and when Member States decide to implement support schemes, such support should be provided in a form that is as non- distortive as possible for the functioning of electricity markets. To this end, an increasing number of Member States allocate support in a form where support is granted in addition to market revenues but increase the price of energy to consumers and distort markets. Therefore, all forms of subsidy to energy markets should be avoided.
Amendment 131 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 34
Recital 34
(34) In order to facilitate and accelerate the setting of minimum levels for the use of energy from renewable sources in buildings, the calculation of those minimum levels in new and existing buildings subject to major renovation should be first be subject to national budgetary and spending frameworks, to ensure that meeting EU targets does not compromise investment in locally determined priorities, second national health and safety risk assessment and third be consistent with the methodology set out in Directive 2010/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council20 . _________________ 20 Directive 2010/31/EU of the European Directive 2010/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May 2010 on the energy performance of buildings (OJ L 153, 18.6.2010, p. 13).
Amendment 133 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 37
Recital 37
(37) Lengthy administrative procedures constitute a major administrative barrier and are costly. The simplification of permit-granting processes, associated with a clear time-limit forpresumption against further regulatory interference or target setting should expedite the decision to be taken by the respective authorities regarding the construction of the project should stimulate a more ef, whilst noting the significieant handling of procedures thus reducing administrative costfiscal and administrative burden placed on them and Member States by previous target setting regulations.
Amendment 146 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 62
Recital 62
(62) TheAny European Strategy for a low- carbon mobility of July 2016 pointed out that food-based biofuels have a limited role in decarbonising the transport sector and should be gradually phased out and replaced by advanced biofuelsfinancial framework for biofuels should provide equal support to all sustainable biofuel production and ensure that any subsidies and taxation concessions currently applied to fossil fuels are phased out. To prepare for the transition towards advanced biofuels and minimise the overall indirect land-use change impacts, it is appropriate to reduce the amount of non-sustainable biofuels and bioliquids produced from food and feed crops that can be counted towards the Union target set out in this Directive.
Amendment 166 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 64
Recital 64
(64) Advanced biofuels and other biofuels and biogas produced from feedstock listed in Annex IX, renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non- biological origin, and renewable electricity in transport can contribute to low carbon emissions, stimulating the decarbonisation of the Union transport sector in a cost-effective manner, and improvingimprove inter alia energy diversification in the transport sector while promoting innovation, growth and jobs in the Union economy and reducing reliance on energy imports. The incorporation obligation on fuels suppliers should encourage continuous development of advanced fuels, including biofuels, and it is important to ensure that the incorporation obligation also incentivises improvements in the greenhouse gas performance of the fuels supplied to meet it. The Commission should assess the greenhouse gas performance, technical innovation and sustainability of those fuels.
Amendment 175 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 68
Recital 68
Amendment 183 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 71
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 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 raw material does not interfere with such purposes. Forests should be considered as biodiverse according to the sustainability 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, whilst acknowledging that subsidy for renewable energy is highly likely to result in this occurring. Member States should favour any biofuels that demonstrate high efficiency, which can be shown to minimize indirect land use change and which support national biodiversity strategy.
Amendment 219 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 85
Recital 85
(85) It is necessary to lay down clear scientifically objective rules for the calculation of greenhouse gas emission savings from biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels and their fossil fuel comparators.
Amendment 223 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
This Directive establishes a common framework for the promotion of energy from renewable sources. It sets a binding Union target forthat Member States retain the right to choose between different energy sources and determine the ovgenerall share of energy from renewable sources in gross final consumption of energy in 2030 . It also lays down rules on financial support to electricity produced from renewable sources, self-consumption of renewable electricity, and renewable energy use in the heating and cooling and transport sectors, regional cooperation between Member Statructure of their energy supply. It should, therefore, be for the Member States to determine their energy policies, including the relative proportion of energy derived from renewable sources, based on locally determined criteria and investment priorities. Any proposal to set binding targets at EU level should be rejectesd and with third countries, guarantees of origin, administrative procedures and information and training. It establishes sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions saving criteria for biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels Directive 2009/28/EC1 should therefore be repealed. [all subsequent paragraphs to be deleted] 1. Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources and amending and subsequently repealing Directives 2001/77/EC and 2003/30/EC (OJ L 140, 5.6.2009, p. 16).
Amendment 277 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Subject to State aid rules, in order to reach the Union target set in Article 3(1), Member States may apply support schemes. Support schemes for electricity from renewable sources shall be designed so as to avoid unnecessary distortions of electricity markets and ensure that producers take into account the supply and demand of electricity as well as possible grid constraintsAll forms of support schemes for electricity from renewable and fossil sources distort markets and, therefore, shall be avoided.
Amendment 282 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Amendment 287 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that any support for renewable and fossil- derived electricity is granted in an open, transparent, competitive, non- discriminatory, non-distorting and cost- effective manner.
Amendment 289 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Amendment 342 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 6
Article 15 – paragraph 6
6. Subject to national budgetary constraints and locally determined investment hierarchies, Member States shall ensure that new public buildings, and existing public buildings that are subject to major renovation, at national, regional and local level fulfil an exemplary role in the context of this Directive from 1 January 2012 onwards. Member States may, inter alia, allow that obligation to be fulfilled by providing that the roofs of public or mixed private-public buildings are used by third parties for installations that produce energy from renewable sources.
Amendment 446 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5
Article 26 – paragraph 5
Amendment 471 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 6
Article 26 – paragraph 6
Amendment 505 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
The Commission may decide that voluntary national or international schemes setting standards for the production of biomass products contain accurate data for the purposes of Article 26(7), and/or demonstrate that consignments of biofuels, bioliquids or biomass fuels comply with the sustainability criteria set out in Article 26(2), (3), (4), (5) and (6), and/or that no materials have been intentionally modified or discarded so that the consignment or part thereof would fall under Annex IX. When demonstrating that requirements set out in Article 26(5) and (6) for forest biomass are met, the operators may decide to directly provide the required evidence at the forest holding level. The Commission may also recognise areas for the protection of rare, threatened or endangered ecosystems or species recognised by international agreements or included in lists drawn up by intergovernmental organisations or the International Union for the Conservation of Nature for the purposes of Article 26(2)(b)(ii).
Amendment 516 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 28 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 28 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
In the event that the Commission’s review concludes that changes to Annex V or Annex VI should be made, after 2030 the Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts pursuant to Article 32.
Amendment 519 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 30 – paragraph 3
Article 30 – paragraph 3
Amendment 6 #
2016/0308(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States of the one part and Ukraine, of the other part1 constitutes the basis of the relationship between the Union and Ukraine. Title IV on trade and trade- related matters is provisionally applied since 1 January 20162. In its preamble, the Parties to the Association Agreement have expressed their desire to strengthen and widen relations in an ambitious and innovative way; __________________ 1, noting that while the development of trade links is useful in its own right, the sovereign rights of Ukraine should be respected and the Agreement should not be seen as simply a precursor to the expansion of the Union; __________________ 1 OJ L 161, 29.5.2014, p. 3 OJ L 161, 29.5.2014, p. 3 2 Council Decision 2014/668/EU of 23 June 2014 (OJ L 278, 20.9.2014, p. 1).
Amendment 10 #
2016/0308(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) In view of the economic reform efforts undertaken by Ukraine, and in order to support the development of closer economictrade relations with the European Union, it is appropriate to increase the trade flows concerning the import of certain agricultural products and to grant concessions in the form of autonomous trade measures in selected industrial products in line with the acceleration of the elimination of customs duties on trade between the European Union and Ukraine.
Amendment 23 #
2016/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The Paris Agreement, despite being discredited as a result of flawed data, replaces the approach taken under the 1997 Kyoto Protocol which will not be continued beyond 2020.
Amendment 31 #
2016/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) A range of Union measures enhance Member States’ ability to meet their climate commitments and are crucial to achieving necessary emission reductions in the sectors covered by this Regulation, however, it must be acknowledged that it is fundamentally impossible to control the world’s weather. These include legislation on fluorinated greenhouse gases, CO2- reductions from road vehicles, energy performance of building, renewables, energy efficiency and the Circular Economy, as well as Union funding instruments for climate- related investments. However, water vapour has by far the largest greenhouse gas effect of any substance and equivalent measures are not being taken to reduce atmospheric water vapour.
Amendment 60 #
2016/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) This Regulation should be without prejudice to more stringent national objectivesequivalent national objectives, including allowing Member States to make investment in water resources, management and infrastructure locally or in third countries as an alternative to emissions reductions, which would be a more cost-effective and beneficial means of protecting people living in vulnerable areas from natural climatic variation.
Amendment 79 #
2016/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Member States may make investments, equivalent to the partial or total cost of achieving the requested reduction in emissions, in the water infrastructure, water management and water resources of third countries or on its own territory. Any such investment shall be in proportionate contribution to fulfilment of its obligations under this Regulation.
Amendment 115 #
2016/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall report to the European Parliament and to the Council by 28 February 2024 and every five years thereafter on the operation of this Regulation, its contribution to the EU’s overall 2030 greenhouse gas emission reduction target, the contribution to global water resources management and its contribution to the goals of the Paris Agreement, and may make proposals if appropriate.
Amendment 7 #
2015/2353(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
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 structurecreate an equitable system of income support that is not based on historical output and does not reward landholding alone, in order to better compensate and support farmers andsocially and environmentally beneficial farmers and the sustainability of rural areas;
Amendment 122 #
2015/2353(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Strongly opposes any renationalisation of agricultural policies; stresses that the common nature of the EU’s agricultural policy avoidshas failed to prevent distortion of competition within the internal market andbut generates savingsadded value for European taxpayers; affirms that a well-functioning and well-financed second pillar is essential for the success of the CAP and for the economic well-being of the Union’s rural areas;
Amendment 128 #
2015/2353(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Points out that the ever-increasing challenges faced by the CAP call for increasedmore adaptable financial resources; calls, therefore, for an increase in the funding under Heading 2vital flexible tools to be made available to farmers in order to meet these challenges should they arise; calls also for adequate compensation measures to deal with unforeseen events and market failures resulting from political decisions;
Amendment 74 #
2015/2277(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – indent 1 a (new)
Paragraph 6 – indent 1 a (new)
- adopt policies that promote responsible trade and commit to eliminating tariff barriers that act as a disincentive to African countries adding value to raw produce locally,
Amendment 75 #
2015/2277(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – indent 1 a (new)
Paragraph 6 – indent 1 a (new)
- promote agro-ecology and integrated pest management, but enable African farmers to access innovative biotechnology solutions to African- specific agronomic challenges, thus reducing reliance on agro-chemical inputs, without fear of loss of access to export markets;
Amendment 78 #
2015/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
L a. whereas there is a pressing need both to reduce the regulatory burden on farming and to respect the sovereign rights of the Member States, such that additional regulation promoting technical solutions should be avoided at all costs;
Amendment 96 #
2015/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights the particular need for the innovation process in PF to solve the problem of ‘'high cost’' in the development and use of some PF technologies and for farmersthe supply chain to be actively involved in the development of these technologies to ensure clear benefits at farm level;
Amendment 216 #
2015/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Notes that a faster and enabling approvals process would increase the availability of low-risk pesticides on the market, including biopesticides, stimulate industry research into the development of new low- risk substances and enable farmers to switch more rapidly to sustainable PPPs;
Amendment 253 #
2015/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Considers it essential for the Commission and the Member States to develop projects which focus exclusively on the development of more resource- efficient and locally specialised crop varieties, especially given the increasing scarcity of water availability and certain key components of fertilisers such as phosphate;
Amendment 264 #
2015/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Encourages the Commission and the Member States to develop Trans-European Centres for Agricultural Innovation that would deliver much needed progress towards food security and sustainability;
Amendment 67 #
2015/2105(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Urges the Commission to assess the impact on the European Union of fresh trade concessions to third countries and forward its findings to the European Parliament before accepting or making any commercial offer;
Amendment 77 #
2015/2105(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Takes the view that trade agreements should ensure a level playing field between the different trading partners in the agricultural sector, taking into account the high environmental, food safety and social costs to be met by European farmers, so as to ensure that the latter are able to benefit fully from the opening of new markets; notes the wide differential in animal welfare standards internationally and condemns using the lowest common demoninator in trade agreements, especially when standards of implementation and enforcement of Union legislation within the EU itself are so diverse;
Amendment 43 #
2014/0255(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) In accordance with the principle of subsidiarity, Member States should be free to set rules on the manufacture, placing on the market and use of medicated feed for all animals suitable to their territory; accordingly Council Directive 90/167/EEC should be repealed.
Amendment 357 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) In accordance with the principle of subsidiarity, full autonomy over organic policy, including but not limited to organic production systems, organic quality assurance and organic marketing, shall be granted to the Member States.
Amendment 162 #
2014/0032(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) OIn the basis of the Directives referred to in recital 3, the Commission, after consulting Member States in the framework of the Standing Committee on Zootechnics established in accordance with Council Decision 77/505/EEC of 25 July 1977 setting up a Standing Committee on Zootechnics13, adopted a number of Decisions providingaccordance with the principle of subsidiarity, Member States should be free to determine the species- specific criteria for the approval or recognition of breeding organisations and breeders’ associations (hereinafter ‘breed societies’), the entry of breeding animals in herd- books, flock-books and stud-books (hereinafter ‘breeding books’), the acceptance of pure-bred animals of the ovine and caprine species for breeding and artificial insemination, for performance testing and genetic evaluation of breeding animals of the bovine, porcine, ovine and caprine species and the establishment of pedigree certificates for trade in breeding animals and their germinal products. ___________ 13 to apply on their sovereign territory. OJ L 206, 12.8.1977, p. 11.
Amendment 11 #
2010/0254(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Title
Title
Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Council Directive 2001/112/EC relating to fruit juices and certain similar products intended for human consumption
Amendment 22 #
2010/0254(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 2001/112/EC
Article 3 – point 3 a (new)
Article 3 – point 3 a (new)
3a. The claim 'no added sugar' may be used for the labelling of fruit juices in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on nutrition and health claims made on foods1. 1 OJ L 404, 20.12.2006, p. 9.