Activities of Michel DANTIN related to 2015/2279(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Cohesion policy in mountainous regions of the EU (A8-0074/2016 - Iliana Iotova) FR
Amendments (29)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
- having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing rules for direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the common agricultural policy and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 637/2008 and Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009;
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital -A (new)
Recital -A (new)
-A. - having regard to Title III of the Third Part of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union concerning, in particular, agriculture1 a, __________________ 1a This suggestion will have to be included as a citation in the motion for a resolution if adopted by the committee responsible.
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Recital -A a (new)
Recital -A a (new)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Recital -A b (new)
Recital -A b (new)
-Ab. - having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/20051 a 1 b, __________________ 1a This suggestion will have to be included as a citation in the motion for a resolution if adopted by the committee responsible. 1b OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 487.
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital -A c (new)
Recital -A c (new)
-Ac. - having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/20071 a 1 b, __________________ 1a This suggestion will have to be included as a citation in the motion for a resolution if adopted by the committee responsible. 1b OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671.
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas there is no explicit definition of mountainous regions in EU regional policy, and whereas the definition used in the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EARDF) must be rewordedcannot be used as it stands in the context of regional policy;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Recital -A d (new)
Recital -A d (new)
-Ad. - having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1144/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2014 on information provision and promotion measures concerning agricultural products implemented in the internal market and in third countries and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 3/20081 a 1 b, __________________ 1a This suggestion will have to be included as a citation in the motion for a resolution if adopted by the committee responsible. 1b OJ L 317, 4.11.2014, p. 56.
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Recital -A e (new)
Recital -A e (new)
-Ae. - having regard to its resolution of 22 September 2010 on the European strategy for the economic and social development of mountain regions, islands and sparsely populated areas1 a 1 b, __________________ 1a This suggestion will have to be included as a citation in the motion for a resolution if adopted by the committee responsible. 1b Texts adopted, P7_TA(2010)0341.
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Recital -A f (new)
Recital -A f (new)
-Af. - having regard to its resolution of 11 December 2013 on maintaining milk production in mountain areas, disadvantaged areas and outermost regions after the expiry of the milk quota1 a 1 b, __________________ 1a This suggestion will have to be included as a citation in the motion for a resolution if adopted by the committee responsible. 1b Texts adopted, P7_TA(2013)0577.
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas support from the EARDF for mountainous regions could be complemented by European Structural and Investment (ESI) funds with a view to achievingcreating synergies which will make it possible to achieve better and more inclusive development;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the additional costs associated with climatic and topographical conditions, remoteness and isolation hinder the economic and social development of mountainous regions; whereas also efforts to maintain agricultural economic production in EU regions must be accompanied by physical and digital accessibility as well as access to public services for the inhabitants of suchaid regions;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas particular attention should be paid to small farms faced with higher production input costs because of the specific nature of mountainous regions;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas it is essential to secure agricultural and food production and maintain added value in these regions in view of milk quotas coming to an end, increased competition, rising production costs, price volatility and environmental challenges;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to start the process of creating a working definition for functional mountainous regions in the context of the Cohesion Policy, as a complement to the definition used in the EARDF; considers that such a definition must be wide and inclusive, taking into account different factors such as altitude, accessibility and slope; calls on the Commission also to take into consideration areas that, while not mountainous, depend heavily on mountains and form a single mass with them; points out, in this context, the idea reflected in the EU Strategy for the Alpine Region (EUSALP) of including non-mountainous areas in the strategy as a good initiative;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Regrets that despite the sector-specific measures that have been taken, there does not yet exist a fully-fledged EU approach to mountain regions; proposes in this regard that efforts be made to adopt a common, operational and exact definition of mountain regions within cohesion policy, without however calling into question the definition of mountain areas used in the context of the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFDR);
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for synergies to be increased by means of the coordination of EU policies, strategies and programmes that have an indirect effect upon mountainous regions, such as Horizon 2020, COSME, LIFE, Natura 2000, the EU Broadband Strategy, the EU Climate Adaptation Strategy, the EU Environment Action Programme, the Connecting Europe Facility, European Territorial Cooperation, ESI Funds and the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI); calls on the Commission to consider the specific application of these programmes to mountainous regions;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) should form an integral part of the smart specialisation strategies of regions with mountain areas; calls therefore on the Commission, Member States and the regions to strengthen synergies between different funds and measures for mountain areas in preparing, examining and adopting operational programmes when the 2014- 2020 multiannual financial framework is reviewed or operational programmes are modified;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Encourages the Member States to make use of tools such as the Integrated Territorial Investment (ITI) and the Community-led Local Development (CLLD) instruments in support of the development of mountainous areas, in particular to support project engineering;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Believes that the CAP should not only aim to compensate mountain regions for the disadvantages they face but also give them the means to capitalise on their assets;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Underlines the need to be able to rely on trustworthy statistical data on which to base policy initiatives;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that measures under the second pillar of the CAP must ensure the sustainability and diversification of agricultural production and processing industries in mountain areas by supporting the emergence of projects that create added value, innovation projects, agricultural investment projects (buildings, specific equipment, modernisation, etc.) and farm development projects and projects to maintain processing enterpriseswork; stresses that these funds should be used as tools to boost the competitiveness of the regional agricultural and food processing sector and / or as a means of allowing the economic diversification of farms; through the development of initiatives such as agritourism and the development of both agricultural and non-agricultural traditional products;
Amendment 89 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Supports financing under the second pillar for water storage measures in order to ensure agricultural areas are irrigated and a minimum flow level for rivers;
Amendment 90 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Considers that compensation payments for natural handicaps should allow economic activity to be maintained in mountain areas by encouraging generational renewal and preventing the phenomenon of farms being abandoned; notes in this regard the dangers of the measure being deflected towards encouraging land withholding;
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Stresses that Member States or regions may include a thematic ‘mountainous areas’ sub-programme in their rural development programme; regrets that to date none of the competent authorities have chosen to do this; considers nonetheless that this does not necessarily mean that specific aid has not been envisaged for these regions;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. RStresses the importance of agricultural production in mountain areas and the efforts undertaken to create added value; recognises the need for support from the EARDF, and believes that its synergy with ESI Funds could have a positive impact in mountainous regions;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Considers that increasing the qualifications of the workforce and the creation of new jobs in the green economy should be part of the investment priorities of the European Social Fund (ESF), and stresses that EU policies should support training in areas such as mountain agriculture, sustainable tourism, craft industries, sustainable forestry and renewable energy technologies;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Insists that reaching EU renewable energy targets must not come at the costtake into account the balance of nature and the environment; recalls that, in some cases, hydropower and biomass extraction may be highly damaging fordamage ecosystems, while wind and solar energy plants can harm the landscape, while being a source of self-development;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. NEmphasises the vital role of mountain areas in preserving regional ecosystems; notes the dependence of urban areas on ecosystem services offered by mountainous regions, and that these regions often do not receive a just return;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 a (new)
Paragraph 40 a (new)
40a. Calls on the Commission to confirm the interest of the European Union in supporting (TEN-T) transport infrastructure to overcome the barriers often created by mountain ranges;