5 Amendments of Estelle GRELIER related to 2010/0256(COD)
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
Recital 35
(35) Implementation of this Regulation must not jeopardise the level of special support from which the outermost regions have benefited up to now. For that reason, so that they can implement the appropriate measures, the Member States should have at their disposaln order to ensure that the objectives of this Regulation, in particular the safeguarding and development of agricultural activities in the outermost regions, are met, the sums equivalent to the support already granted by the CommunityUnion to these regions under Regulation (EC) No 247/2006 should be reviewed.
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35 a (new)
Recital 35 a (new)
(35a) Successive reductions in the single tariff set for banana imports pose periodic threats to the profitability of banana production in the outermost regions. There is therefore an ongoing need to assess the impact of tariff concessions granted by the European Union in order to determine whether the aid granted to EU producers should be reviewed.
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36
Recital 36
(36) Since 2006, requirements in essential products have increased in some outermost regions, particularly in the Azores and in the French overseas departments, as a result of the increasing livestock population and demographic pressure. The annual budgetary allocation for the POSEI programmes and the proportion of the budget which Member States may use for the specific supply arrangements for the regions concerned should therefore be increased.
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 - paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 29 - paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Once the territory of Mayotte has acquired outermost region status, the Commission shall put forward a new proposal which seeks to increase proportionally the budget earmarked for the overseas departments, in order to take account of Mayotte's new status, and to incorporate specific provisions concerning Mayotte.
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 - paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 29 - paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The Commission shall submit a report to Parliament and the Council assessing the impact that any new tariff concessions for imports of bananas into the European Union will have on producers' incomes. That report shall be accompanied, where necessary, by a legislative proposal on the adjustment of the sums laid down in paragraph 2 with the aim of offsetting the losses of income suffered by European producers.