19 Amendments of Alfreds RUBIKS related to 2011/2051(INI)
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the CAP reform of 2003 and the Health Check of the Common Agricultural Policy of 2008 have substantially increased the transparency and efficiency of the CAP and farmers’ own responsibility and market orientation; whereas this process must be continued and, as a counterpart, the administration of the CAP must be significantly further simplified in order to reduce the burden on farmers and administrations,
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas, because the world economy is becoming integrated more rapidly, trade systems are as rule being liberalised more by multilateral negotiations (the Doha Round) and multilateral negotiations (the Doha Round) have the aim of liberalising trade systems and whereas in relation to imports from third countries environmental, animal welfare, plant protection and consumer protection standards need to be raised to EU level and minimum employment standards should be complied with,
Amendment 431 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. In the case of direct farm payments, advocates moving away from historical and individual reference values and calls for a transition to a uniform area-based regional or national premium for decoupled payments in the next financing period; recognises, however, that the situations in the individual Member States are very disparate, requiring special measures per region;
Amendment 445 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 602 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Considers that direct payments should be made only to active farmers; realises that, under the system of decoupled direct payments, each farmer who uses farmland for production or who tends it in order to maintain GAEC should receive direct payments; calls on the Commission therefore to devise a definitions of ‘active farmer’ and of ‘fair distribution of resources’ which the Member States can administer without additional administrative effort, while it should be ensured that traditional farming activities (full-time and various degrees of part- time) are classified as active farming;
Amendment 640 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Considers therefore that farming practices should be encouraged and ensured under the first pillar on farmland which is not subject to natural handicaps and which would contribute to environmentally sustainable agriculture, while under the second pillar farmers should be compensated for losses which they have suffered and income which they have forgone in farming land with natural handicaps and special nature conservation areas, including NATURA 2000 areas, and that costs of investing in environmental improvements and expenditure arising from agrienvironmental commitments in excess of cross-compliance requirements should be compensated;
Amendment 663 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Considers that environmental benefits could be attained by introducing environmental activities with cross- compliance requirements; takes the view that Member States should be given the opportunity and flexibility to select for themselves from a list of environmental activities or to add others which they consider the most important with a view to solving environmental problems in their countries;
Amendment 671 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
Amendment 698 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
Amendment 729 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Regards this model as making a substantial contribution to the simplification of the direct payments system and to the attainment of new compulsory environmental objectives; observes that, under this model, there is no need to step up the current rate of monitoring and the current monitoring capacities, as existing checks can be used, and that checks in the second pillar can be combined in the basic and regeneration programme; considers also that no new systems of payments or penalties need be introduced;
Amendment 732 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
Amendment 847 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Considers that the health check approach should be pursued further, as thessome existing market instruments have also demonstrated their value as a safety net; takes the view that these market measures, and in particular intervention, should only be used as a safety net in case of price crises and potential market disruption, and that intervention should be used for a prescribed purpose (for example to meet the needs of a specific sector);
Amendment 879 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Recalls that market-orientated production, competition and direct payments are at the heart of any insurance against risk, and that it is farmers who are responsible for risk prevention; supports the Member States, in this context, in making national risk insurance instruments available to farmers;
Amendment 889 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Considers that a multi-stage safety net comprising private storage, public intervention, market disruption instruments and an emergency clause would confer the greatest possible benefit; calls for private storage and public intervention to be permitted for specific sectors where market disruptions are of limited duration; calls furthermore for a market disruption instrument and an emergency clause to be established for all sectors in common, making it possible for the Commission, under certain circumstances, in the event of crises to take action over a limited period which goes beyond the existing instruments;
Amendment 897 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
Amendment 918 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Considers that, in view of the completely different conditions which exist in the individual sectors, differentiated sectoral solutions are preferable toshould be opted for, not across- the-board approaches;
Amendment 1020 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
Paragraph 45
45. Advocatgrees that the 2006 sugar market reform be extended to 2020 in its existing form has not attained the desired results and should therefore be perfected in order to develop a system for the subsequent period which can operate without quotas;
Amendment 1073 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48
Paragraph 48
48. Is aware of the importance of the second pillar, in view of its environmental, social, economic, modernisation and structural improvement achievements, but also for attaining political objectives, which should also benefit farmers; calls therefore for second- pillar measures to be better suited to their objectives, so that the effectiveness of growthmeasures relating to growth of the rural economy, employment and climate measures and measures for the benefit of rural areas can be increased; considers that, in this context, particular attention should be devoted to assisting young farmers; considers that, in order to guarantee the competitiveness, efficiency and modernisation of the EU's less developed rural areas, the EU’s convergence regions should receive support; considers that, in order to improve the competitiveness, efficiency and modernisation of the EU's less developed rural areas, special attention should be devoted, and more financial support provided, directly to the EU’s convergence regions; considers that the criteria for allocating EU rural development funds should be reviewed and that objective (up-to-date, uniform and recent) criteria should be laid down which characterise the current situation such as farmland, gross added value, NATURA 2000 areas, woodland and GDP (measured in terms of PPS per capita);
Amendment 1257 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57
Paragraph 57
57. Observes that there is a need for action with regard to national tax law applicable to farms, especially in the case of young agricultural workers, in order to distribute the tax burden more evenly over a period of years;