1 Amendments of Nuno TEIXEIRA related to 2011/0269(COD)
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Regarding farmers, the scope of the EGF should include beneficiaries affected by bilateral agreements concluded by the Union in accordance with Article XXIV of the GATT or multilateral agreements concluded within the World Trade Organisation. This covers farmers changing or adjusting their previous agricultural activities within a period starting upon initialling of such trade agreements and ending three years after their full implementation. The Union's conclusion of international trade agreements may affect the market situation in the Member States and have an impact on the sector and on agricultural products, which will be particularly noticed in certain regions which, owing to their specific geographical and structural characteristics and heavy economic dependence on a small number of agricultural products, lack both competitiveness and alternative means of coping with the effects of globalisation.