Activities of Michel DANTIN related to 2017/2117(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Current situation and future prospects for the sheep and goat sectors in the EU (short presentation) FR
Amendments (12)
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas the UK imports about half of the quota for sheepmeat from New Zealand and nearly two-thirds of the quota for sheepmeat from Australia and that the EU cannot be released from its international commitments overnight, a fact that aggravates the uncertainty caused by Brexit;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas sheep and goat farming are largely extensive by nature, resulting in direct contact with wild animals whose state of health cannot be guaranteed;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Underlines that, under the agreement reached in the negotiations on the Omnibus regulation, the voluntary coupled support regime is simplified and clarified with the elimination of references to quantitative limits and to maintaining production and that certain eligibility criteria and the overall budget may be reviewed annually by the Member States;
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Recalls that under Article 149 of Regulation No 1308/2013, producers of sheep’s milk or goat’s milk, grouped in a producer organisation, may conduct joint contractual negotiations on up to 33% of national production and 3.5% of European production; stresses that these thresholds were established primarily for the production of raw cow’s milk and are therefore restrictive and poorly adapted to the production of small ruminants, particularly when farmers wish to organise themselves into associations of local producer organisations or multi- buyer producer organisations or when faced with a large industrial group;
Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Believes it necessary to improve the bargaining power and market power of producers in the food chain, extending rules on contractual relations for the sheep- and goat-farming by establishing producer organisations similar to those existing in other crop and livestock sectors, in line with the agreement reached as part of the Omnibus Regulation;
Amendment 264 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Recalls that producers can put in place measures to regulate the supply of cheese, including from sheep’s milk or goat’s milk, with a protected designation of origin (PDO) or a protected geographical indication (PGI) in accordance with Article 150 of Regulation 1308/2013;welcomes the fact that these instruments have been extended beyond 2020 as part of the agreement reached on the negotiations on the Omnibus regulation;
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls for these measures to be extended to cover quality-labelled sheepmeat, along the lines of other supply management measures for PDO and PGI ham (Article 172 of Regulation 1308/2013), in order to increase the possibilities for matching supply with demand;
Amendment 277 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Stresses that producer organisations or associations of producer organisations of sheep’s milk or goat’s milk may disregard the binding ceilings under Article 149 of Regulation 1308/2013 if they jointly exercise an economic activity (promotion, quality control, packaging, labelling or processing) in accordance with Article 152, as amended by the Omnibus regulation;
Amendment 287 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Urges the Commission to exercise caution in negotiating the new free-trade agreement with New Zealand, pending its analysis of the impact of Brexit on the EU sheep-farming sector, especially as regards the future of the 287 000-tonne carcass- weight equivalent quota for sheepmeat granted by the EU to New Zealand, around 75% of which is used up on average, with around 48% going to the UK, and the 19 200-tonne carcass-weight equivalent quota for sheepmeat granted by the EU to Australia, almost 100% of which is used up on average, with around 75% going to the UK; takes the view that this new agreement should split New Zealand’s and Australia’s quota for lamb meat exports into the EU so as to separate fresh or chilled and frozen meat;
Amendment 307 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Stresses that these sectors should be given appropriate treatment, for example, through tariff-rate quotas or adequate transition periods, taking due account of the cumulative impact of trade agreements on agriculture and potentially excluding them from the scope of the negotiations;
Amendment 325 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to re-assess the level of monitoring of the health of wild animals, particularly in areas where herds are extensively managed;
Amendment 339 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Invites the Commission and Member States to consider measures under a dedicated budget and no longer under rural development measures to protect herds from attack from predators and, to look into reviewing the Habitats Directive and to take diplomatic action to review the protection status of predators in the context of the Berne Convention, with the aim of controlling their spread of predators in certain grazing areas;