7 Amendments of Estelle GRELIER related to 2009/2236(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas agricultural expenditure only accounts for 0.49% of total EU GDP (2008 figure), which, when converted into per capita financial support to farmers, puts the European Union level of support on a par with that of its main trading partners, such as the USA,
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas expenditure in the form of direct aid accounts for 0.38% of EU GDP (2008 figure); emphasises also that this corresponds to income support that is unevenly distributed among Member States, regions and farmers,
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
Cc. whereas expenditure linked to the rural development policy accounts for 0.11% of EU GDP; emphasises the heterogeneous nature of this policy that includes funding for development actions in rural areas and indirect support for certain products,
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Recital C d (new)
Recital C d (new)
Cd. whereas, since 2007, voluntary modulation mechanisms have allowed for the redeployment of financial aid between direct payments and rural development, without however improving the transparency, legitimacy and simplification of the financial resources allocated to agriculture,
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the current small margins available under Heading 2 as from the 2011 budget year make it very difficult for the Union to respond appropriately to unexpected political events and may deprive the annual budgetary procedure of its substance,
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that over the last four years of the current MFF, it was only possible to agree the annual budgets either by using up the existing margins in the different headings of the MFF or through recourse to the revision and reprogramming, reducing the ceilings of Heading 2 in order to finance other EU priorities; provided for by paragraph 23 of the IIA of 17 May 2006 by using the margins available below the ceilings of Heading 2 in order to finance other EU priorities; points out that from the 2011 budget year until the expiry of the current MFF (2013), the margins below the ceiling of Heading 2 will be drastically reduced and it will no longer therefore be possible to use these to finance other EU policies;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the need, given the new Common Agricultural Policy objectives, to provide adequate funding in the new MFF, in order to be able to better support the policy, through the introduction of a new aid system that ensures it is more legitimate, fairer and more effective;