Activities of Luís Paulo ALVES related to 2013/2097(INI)
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REPORT on maintaining milk production in mountain areas, disadvantaged areas and outermost regions after the expiry of the milk quota PDF (162 KB) DOC (82 KB)
Amendments (17)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
- having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 349 thereof,
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas expiry of the quotas may also place parts of other less favoured, environmentally sensitive or economically vulnerable areas at a competitive disadvantage;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas one of the main objectives of the new CAP is to maintain productive agriculture in mountainous and less favoured areas or the outermost regions;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the factors and costs of milk production and collection costs inand transporting milk products to market outside these areasgion of production are substantially higher in these areas than in more favourable locations;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas in some outermost regions milk production represents over 70 % of agricultural activity and around 33 % of national production;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas in some outermost regions there can be no substitute for milk production as one of the main motors of the economy, social stability and environmental and land-use quality, and in these regions the POSEI programmes constitute the best instruments for receiving increased aid to maintain production levels;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that, in many Member States, direct payments from the first agricultural policy pillar are, in view of current CAP reform, based on historic reference amounts, which iscan be greatly to the detriment of grassland areas and hence milk production in these locations; calls on the Member States affected by such situations accordingly to introduce without delay a more equitable distribution systemsystem to correct the disadvantage suffered by these regions when implementing agricultural reforms at national level;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Takes the view that permanent grassland and pastureland, which can generally be used for no other purpose than cattle, sheep and goat breeding in these areas, must never be treated in the same way asas inferior to other types of farmland for the purpose of calculating direct payments from the first pillar;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Given the irreplaceable nature of milk production in some outermost regions, the Commission and the Member States should, in these regions, use the POSEI programmes to strengthen support in the area of direct payments and market measures and the Rural Development programmes to strengthen support under the second pillar of the CAP;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission, the Member States and regions to formulate, within the framework of partnership agreements agreed amongst them, a specific rural development programme for milk production in these areas, which shall enable the EU and the Member States to establish the support needed in order to minimise the productive handicaps faced by these regions and maintain the milk sector therein;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that second-pillar measures benefiting from community support, such as compensatory allowances, agro- environmental premiums or investment aids are of great importance for sustainable milk production in these areas; urges therefore that Member States and regions be given the necessary legal framework, level of funding and opportunities to ensure the payment of adequate and clearly differentiated compensatory allowances and promote environmentally friendly and organic forms of agriculture; calls for adequate compensatory payments from the second CAP pillar to offset the higher investment costs for milk production in mountain areas occasioned by the particular nature of the terrain and in outermost regions owing to the extreme fragmentation of plots;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Points out that, given the substantial logistical problems arising with regard to transport and the generally small quantities of milk produced on individual farms, collection costs in mountain areas and outermost regions are particularly high, placing them at a major geographical and competitive disadvantage; calls on the Commission and the Member States and regions accordingly to earmark state subsidies for processing plant, so as to offsetprovide support, so that processing plants in these regions can be compensated for the higher costs of collection compared with those in more favourable locations;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Notes that the enormous distance of the outermost regions from consumer markets and suppliers leads to high additional costs, which create competitive disadvantages decisively affecting their ability to compete on the internal market; therefore urges the Commission and the Member States to grant aid for transportation to processing companies in order to offset the permanent disadvantage they face when accessing markets;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Emphasises that the considerable distance between the outermost regions and consumer markets creates the need for double storage, in line with modern logistical organisation; therefore urges the Commission to consider these storage facilities located outside the territory of the outermost regions eligible within the framework of regulations concerning investment in these regions;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Points out that stockbreeding methods for efficient milk production are particularly cost-intensive on small farms; calls on the Commission and the Member States and regions accordingly to provide state subsidiesassist the regions in promoting stockbreeding to enablinge dairy farms in these areas to breed their own high quality livestock in spite of this;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Points out that, in line with arrangements under the CMO for fruit and vegetables, producer organisations should be given the opportunity of realising EU- funded operational programmes; observes that, in this connection, producer organizations should be given the opportunity of promoting access to markets, market development, quality control, product innovation and advertising initiatives, particularly in respect of the new ‘mountain produce’ designation or other optional reserved terms which may be approved in order to increase awareness and consumption of quality natural or processed agricultural products and protected designations of origin, as well as fostering the development of skills and crisis management measures.
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission and Member States to extend joint research programmes to encompass grassland areas and milk production in less favoured areas and devote particular attention to them under joint research projects, bearing in mind the need to confront the challenges of productivity and climate change;