Richard ASHWORTH
Constituencies
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United Kingdom
Conservative Party
2009/07/14 - 9999/12/31
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United Kingdom
Conservative and Unionist Party
2004/07/20 - 2009/07/13
Groups
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ECR
Member of the Bureau
European Conservatives and Reformists Group
2012/03/15 - 9999/12/31
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ECR
Member
European Conservatives and Reformists Group
2009/07/14 - 2012/03/14
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PPE-DE
Member
Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats
2008/11/19 - 2009/07/13
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PPE-DE
Member of the Bureau
Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats
2005/03/09 - 2008/11/18
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PPE-DE
Member
Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats
2004/07/20 - 2005/03/08
Committees
| Role | Committee | Start | End |
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| Member of | Committee on Budgets | 2012/02/02 | 9999/12/31 |
| Substitute of | Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development | 2012/02/02 | 9999/12/31 |
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Delegations
| Role | Delegation | Start | End |
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| Member of | Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand | 2009/09/16 | 9999/12/31 |
| Substitute of | Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly | 2009/09/16 | 9999/12/31 |
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| Role | Delegation | Start | End |
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| Member of | Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee | 2004/09/15 | 2009/07/13 |
| Member of | Delegation for relations with Mercosur | 2008/02/18 | 2009/07/13 |
| Substitute of | Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly | 2004/09/28 | 2009/07/13 |
| Substitute of | Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly | 2004/09/28 | 2009/07/13 |
| Substitute of | Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee | 2004/09/15 | 2006/12/31 |
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Rapporteur
| Opinion | 2011/0454(COD) | Protection of the European Union's financial interests: Hercule III programme, 2014-2020 |
| Shadow | 2011/0416(COD) | Agricultural holdings: network for the collection of accountancy data on the incomes and business operation; Commission delegated and implementing powers |
| Shadow | 2011/0288(COD) | Common agricultural policy (CAP): financing, management and monitoring 2014-2020 |
| Shadow | 2010/0354(COD) | Agricultural products: marketing standards |
| Shadow | 2010/0353(COD) | Agricultural products and foodstuffs: quality schemes |
| Opinion | 2010/0243(NLE) | EU/Norway Agreement: additional trade preferences in agricultural products |
| Responsible | 2009/2155(INI) | Simplification of the CAP |
Born
1947/09/17 Folkestone- Secondary education. NDA CDA CDFM (1969). Farmer in New Zealand (1969-1972); farmer in England (1972-2001). Director, own processing company (1978- ). Chairman, United Milk PLC (1990-2003). Chairman, NFU Corporate (2000-2003).
- In the Conservative Party: Chairman, Conservative Association (1997-2000); Member, Regional Executive (1998-2000).
- Chairman of a further education college (1980-1999).
Amendments
| Amendments | Dossier |
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2009/2153(INI) Report on the Commission Green Paper on the management of bio-waste in the European Union
2010/03/02
AGRI
3 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. If Member States comply with Landfill Directive targets and the revised Waste Framework Directive, there is no need for further directives in this field.
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Notes that bio-waste accounts for more than 30 % of municipal solid waste; is of the opinion that better management of bio- waste will contribute to sustainable resource management and better soil protection on the one hand and combating climate change and meeting recycling and renewable energy targets on the other; nevertheless, expects Member States to be able to manage their own waste;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 13 13. Notes that the individual Member States have different waste management systems and that use of landfill continues to be the most common disposal method for municipal solid waste in the European Union; urges the Commission, therefore, to
source: PE-438.282
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2009/2155(INI) Simplification of the CAP
2010/02/26
AGRI
7 amendments...
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas the objective should be to reduce the implementation costs of the CAP, both direct and indirect,
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas it is necessary to ensure clear and understandable legislation that provides legal certainty for competent authorities and farmers, and to eliminate unnecessary legislation,
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Believes that, where possible, Member States should
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Stresses the need for the CAP to be simpler, more transparent and more equitable;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Considers that the use of statutory management requirements which cannot be simply controlled should be abolished
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Considers that the definitions in rural development legislation should be reviewed and, if necessary, expanded in order to ensure consistency with direct payment legislation;
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 33 a (new) source: PE-439.113
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2009/2156(INI) Agriculture in areas with natural handicaps: a special health check
2010/09/02
AGRI
8 amendments...
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Recognises that because of their unique position less-favoured areas have an important role to play in delivering environmental benefits and in maintaining the landscape and stresses that payments under this measure should seek to achieve these goals;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Emphasises that support for areas with natural handicaps is aimed in particular at ensuring that 'extensive farming activity' is maintained
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Takes the view that the eight biophysical criteria proposed by the Commission may be suitable for delimiting areas with natural handicaps but recognises that other bio- physical criteria could also be suitable and urges Member States to put forward additional relevant suggestions to the Commission;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Stresses how important it is that, in line with the Court of Auditors' report and the 2005 reform, socio-economic criteria no longer form part of this measure;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Considers fine-tuning of the criteria for support for areas with natural handicaps to be necessary in order to be able to respond appropriately to particular geographical situations and crops grown and to exclude areas in which natural handicaps have been offset by human intervention or further bio-physical conditions; proposes that farm data (such as farm income) be used inter alia for this purpose; emphasises, however, that the decision on the criteria to be used for fine-tuning must lie with the Member States;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Stresses the importance of appropriate farm-level eligibility criteria in the interests of ensuring proper targeting of payments on those farms affected by natural handicaps, and urges the Commission to develop a common framework of such criteria;
source: PE-438.477
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2009/2157(INI) EU agriculture and climate change
2010/05/02
AGRI
9 amendments...
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the climate change caused by the historical build-up of greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the atmosphere
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the proportion of the Union's GHG emissions produced by agriculture dropped from 11% in 1990 to 9.3% in 2007
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Affirms that EU agriculture can contribute to the Union's global warming mitigation objectives by finding ways to limit and reduce its GHG emissions, promoting carbon storage in the soil and developing the production of sustainable renewable energies; emphasises that, to this end,
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Emphasises that the CAP will have to meet growing public demand for a more sustainable agricultural policy, whil
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Takes the view that the "new challenges" of climate change, water management, renewable energies and biodiversity were not fully taken on board at the time of the CAP Health Check, and that they should be addressed through all the CAP instruments
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 bis (new) 16a. Recognises that the CAP needs to set world-leading standards in environmental protection; points out that this will mean a level of cost which cannot be recovered from the market, although in part that can be regarded as delivery of public goods, and that European producers will need protection from third-country competition which does not meet EU environmental standards;
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Considers it essential to strengthen risk and crisis management instruments and adapt them to increasing market volatility and growing climatic risks
source: PE-438.281
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2009/2236(INI) Future of the CAP after 2013
2010/04/29
AGRI
18 amendments...
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas, to date, the Common Agricultural Policy has met its goals with regard to achieving better productivity in the food chain, contributing to a fair standard of living for the agricultural community, market stabilisation and the provision of food supplies to EU consumers at reasonable prices, yet at a cost to the taxpayer and the developing world.
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas agriculture remains an important sector of the economy and at the same time provides essential public goods by maintaining natural resources and cultural landscapes,
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas price volatility in agricultural markets has increased dramatically and is expected to increase further, leading to extreme booms and busts in agricultural commodity prices on European markets; whereas between 2006 and 2008, the prices of several commodities rose considerably, some by as much as 180%, as was the case for grains; whereas dairy prices collapsed in 2009, falling on average by 40%; whereas extreme fluctuations in prices have had detrimental consequences for producers and have not always benefited consumers,
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L L. whereas
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution Recital O O. whereas the EU must continue to ensure food security for its citizens as well as help feed the world's poor; whereas the number of hungry people now exceeds 1 billion and in the European Union today there are over 40 million poor people who do not have enough to eat, believes that all scientific avenues to increase food production should be explored in order to ensure that world hunger is alleviated.
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P P. whereas global food demand is expected to double and world population is predicted to grow from 6 billion today to 9 billion by 2050 according to the FAO, and global food production will need to increase accordingly against a background of pressure on natural resources, meaning that the world will need to produce more food whilst using less water, less land, less fertilisers and less pesticides.
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Recalls that the CAP has undergone radical reforms over the last 25 years, in particular bringing about a fundamental shift from production support to producer support3 ,
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Points out that CAP market instruments are now used as safety nets to help manage market volatility and ensure a certain degree of stability and that, moreover, since the adoption of decoupled Single Farm Payments there has been a resolute move away from trade-distorting measures in line with WTO requirements; however, there is a need for further reaching reform.
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes the fact that the 2003 CAP reform and the 2008 Health Check have allowed EU farmers to better respond and react to market signals and conditions; and would seek for this trend to continue in further reforms.
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Recalls that the CAP is the most integrated of all EU policies and therefore
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Points out that food security remains the central challenge for
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Urges the Commission to consider the reform of the CAP in the context of future challenges, including food security, climate change, population growth, the integration of markets, and the competition for resources; and considers these challenges the main drivers for the re-design of the CAP;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 b (new) 8b. In respect of food security, insists that the Commission takes due and proper account of the Policy Coherence for Development agenda to ensure that CAP reform is consistent with other EU initiatives with regard to its impact on Developing Countries.
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 c (new) 8c. Expects the Commission to honour commitments made in the Doha Development Agenda to abolish export refunds as part of CAP reform.
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 d (new) 8d. With regard to projections for global population growth, encourages the Commission to pursue CAP reform in tandem with open market policies to ensure that food is not only produced but reaches consumers at the most affordable prices.
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Believes that agriculture is well placed to make a significant contribution to the fight against climate change by continuing to reduce its Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions, making use of new technologies and increasing carbon sequestration;
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Is of the opinion that a s
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Recalls
source: PE-441.049
2010/04/30
AGRI
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Amendment 286 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Points out that there is an urgent need to attract younger generations to rural areas and provide new and alternative economic opportunities for them to ensure a sustainable rural population; however, support mechanisms must ensure young people are able to enter the agriculture industry with relative ease;
Amendment 327 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 a (new) 24 a. Recognises that a greater focus on Pillar 2 can help ensure that the CAP is more targeted and can help deliver the environmental public goods that the public seeks;
Amendment 336 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 a (new) 25 a. In respect of climate security concerns, urges the Commission to ensure that the future design of the CAP supports the delivery of environmental public goods, including and extension of the new challenges agreed during the CAP Health Check; and that the delivery of such goods constitutes the primary rationale for public spending in the agriculture sector as a means of both concentrating expenditure on environmental objectives and of gaining public support for the continuation of the CAP.
Amendment 349 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 29. Believes
Amendment 378 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 a (new) 32 a. Recognises that consumers should have a choice in the produce they buy and that farmers should be rewarded for providing high quality produce to them;
Amendment 382 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 b (new) 32 b. Rural development schemes need to be adequately funded. If the current system of using modulated funds from Pillar one to fund rural development persists, modulation should be further increased to ensure that rural development schemes are adequately funded. Modulation should only take place on a compulsory basis across Europe to ensure a level playing field throughout the internal market. There should be no provision for member states to impose additional voluntary modulation
Amendment 387 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 33 33. Insists that the maintenance of farming activity across the whole of Europe is fundamental to maintain diverse and local food production and prevent the threat of land abandonment across
Amendment 391 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 34 34. Calls for the guarantee of a fair and stable return for the farming community to remain a primary goal for the new CAP, whilst providing good value for money and a fair return for consumers through increasing competitiveness in the agricultural sector and allowing farmers to respond to market signals;
Amendment 486 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 43 a (new) 43 a. Believes that farmers should be able to take advantage of new technologies which have the potential to allow production to increase whilst reducing the use of pesticides, fertilisers, land and water. Insists however that the use of new technology in agriculture should not undermine the ability of any farmer to choose what production method they use, or the ability of the consumer to choose food produced by different production methods.
Amendment 503 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 44 a (new) 44 a. Believes that safeguards need to be introduced to ensure that biotechnology can be further used in agriculture without impacting on existing production methods.
Amendment 511 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 45 45. Recognises the wide range of new priorities for the CAP and notes that the new Member States' expectation when they joined the European Union was that CAP support would, over time, reach parity with old Member States; therefore calls for the 2013 CAP budget amount to be at least maintained post-2013 if the EU is to meet its current commitments and successfully deliver the new priorities; in the context of a full reassessment of CAP priorities.
Amendment 527 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 45 a (new) 45 a. In line with the spring European Council Conclusion on Europe 2020, expects the re-design of the CAP to provide instruments that deliver smart, inclusive, green growth;
Amendment 534 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 46 46. Calls for the CAP budget to have a
Amendment 536 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 46 a (new) 46 a. Expects the Commission to rigorously enforce financial discipline, in line with annual ceilings, to ensure that state support delivered through the CAP achieves its objectives and delivers value for money for both the citizens who subsidise it and the farmers who benefit;
Amendment 548 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 47 47. Insists that the CAP should not be renationalised
Amendment 550 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 48 – introductory part 48. Calls for a fair distribution of CAP funds to farmers across the EU; recalls that to respect the diversity of farming in the EU, objective criteria must be found in order to define a fair system of distribution which minimises distortions between and within Member States:
Amendment 586 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 50 50. Believes that, in the interest of simplification, clarity and a common approach, funding for each of the five building blocks of the CAP must be agreed
Amendment 595 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 51 51. Believes that direct support should move to an area basis in all Member States
Amendment 615 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 54 54. Considers that there should be no return to coupled payments as a guiding principle of the CAP; however, given the move from a historical to an area support model, takes the view that a limited margin for flexibility should be left to Member States to respond to the specific needs of their territory, in the form of capped coupled payments for vulnerable grassland livestock areas, in compliance with WTO requirements whilst ensuring a free, fair and level playing field for farmers across the EU;
Amendment 672 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 57 57. Believes that
source: PE-441.147
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2010/0133(COD) Agricultural statistics: permanent crops
2011/04/14
AGRI
1 amendments...
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 3 3. Each Member State shall produce the structural statistics listed in Annexes II and III on the planted area of permanent crops with a minimum of 5000 ha for each individual permanent crop referred to in Annex I within the territory of that Member State.
source: PE-462.813
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2010/0208(COD) Genetically modified organisms GMOs: possibility for the Member States to restrict or prohibit the cultivation of GMOs in their territory
2011/10/02
AGRI
2 amendments...
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act Article 1 - point 1 Directive 2001/18/EC Article 26 b – paragraph 1 - point a a (new) (aa) those measures are adopted and made publicly available to all operators concerned, including growers, at least six months prior to the start of the growing season;
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act Article 1 - point 1 Directive 2001/18/EC Article 26 b – paragraph 1 - point b (b) that th
source: PE-456.914
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2010/0353(COD) Agricultural products and foodstuffs: quality schemes
2011/11/05
AGRI
6 amendments...
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 57 (57) The role of groups should be clarified and recognised. Groups play an essential role in the application process for the registration of names of designations of origin and geographical indications and traditional specialities guaranteed, including amendments of specifications and cancellation requests. The group can also develop activities related to the surveillance of the enforcement of the protection of the registered names, the compliance of the production with the product specification, the information and promotion of the registered name as well as in general any activity aiming to improve the value of the registered names and effectiveness of the quality schemes.
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – point 3 (3) ‘'traditional
Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – point 3 (3) ‘traditional’ means proven usage on the domestic market for a time period allowing transmission between generations; this time period should be the one generally ascribed to two generations, that is, at least 50 years
Amendment 81 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – point 3 - paragraph 1 a (new) Notwithstanding this definition, if a traditional method has been revived in its entirety, and the original method dates from more than 50 years ago, it can also be classified as 'traditional';
Amendment 124 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 12 – paragraph 3 3. In the case of products originating in the Union, marketed under a protected designation of origin or a protected geographical indication registered in accordance with the procedures laid down in this Regulation, the indications ‘protected designation of origin’ or ‘protected geographical indication’ or
Amendment 234 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 44 – paragraph 1 a (new) With regard to the Guidelines on the best practices on voluntary certification schemes (2010/C 341/04) and on the labelling of products using PDO-PGI ingredients (2010/C 341/03), after three years following the entry into force of this Regulation, the Commission shall present a report to the European Parliament and the Council, reviewing the guidelines with a view to establishing whether they are appropriate.
source: PE-464.731
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2010/0362(COD) Milk and milk products sector: contractual relations
2011/03/28
AGRI
1 amendments...
Amendment 224 #
Proposal for a regulation - amending act Article 1 – point 4 Regulation (EC) 1234/2007 Article 126 a – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 5. By way of derogation from paragraph 2(c)(ii) and (iii), even where the threshold of 33% is not exceeded, the competition authority referred to in the second subparagraph may decide in an individual case that the negotiation by the producer organisation may not take place if it considers that this is necessary in order to prevent competition being
source: PE-462.580
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2010/2100(INI) EU policy framework to assist developing countries in addressing food security challenges
2010/10/15
AGRI
3 amendments...
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Welcomes the assistance of the food facility established by the EU with a budget of EUR 1 billion to provide, from 2009 to 2011, rapid support to over 50 priority countries worldwide facing soaring food prices with the aim to increase the local food production capacity and supply, thus empowering local farming communities; considers, however, that further extension of this food facility, or additional allocation of funding to it, should not be automatic, but decided based on an independent impact assessment of the funds disbursements' efficiency in improving food security in all the beneficiary countries;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Calls on the EU and ACP countries to develop joint research and training capacities in sustainable farming methods, including organic farming, notably through public-private partnerships, and joint ventures, or public-private partnerships where applicable, and to adopt a responsible and balanced approach in respect to agrofuels and non-food crop production in developing countries; considers that, if conducted in a sustainable manner, such production can also increase rural household revenues and welfare, while reducing their dependence on fuel imports;
source: PE-450.640
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2010/2111(INI) EU protein deficit: what solution for a long standing problem?
2010/01/12
AGRI
12 amendments...
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas these imports represent the equivalent of 20 million hectares cultivated outside the EU, or more than 10% of the EU's arable land, which has led to significant rural development and increased the standard of living in some third countries and has led to unsustainable farming on sensitive grassland and deforestation of rainforest areas, with negative effects such as soil erosion and the depletion of water resources and biodiversity,
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas the high degree of imports of protein crops for animal feed
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) Fa. Whereas the EU is highly dependant on soya beans and maize imported from third countries and any interruption of the supply of these products due to a minute presence of non authorized GMOs has a very costly impact for the European feed industry,
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) Ga. whereas global trade in cereals, proteins and oilseeds provide benefits for both importers and exporters of these goods and trade imbalances are a natural occurrence in a well functioning market,
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H a (new) Ha. whereas farmers in the developing world benefit substantially from the ability to import into the European market,
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution Recital O O. whereas, besides using native protein crops, the quality of non-imported compound feed can also be improved through the use of potato starch and by- products of oilseeds such as sunflower and rapeseed, and the quantity can be improved by a swifter approval process for new GM events,
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution Recital U U. whereas, instead of further encouraging cereal and maize monocultures for feed and energy production, the use of extended crop rotation systems, on-farm mixed cropping and grass-clover mixtures
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Calls on the Commission to ensure that its legislative proposals for CAP reform include adequate measures and instruments which allow the opportunity for farmers to integrate protein crop production into improved crop rotation systems so as to overcome the current protein deficit, improve farmers‘ revenues and address the key challenges agriculture is facing, such as climate change, the loss of biodiversity and soil fertility and the protection and sustainable management of water resources;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Commission swiftly to submit to Parliament and to the Council a report on the scope for increasing domestic protein crop production in the EU,
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Calls on the Commission to provide legal certainty for imports of soy and maize from third countries by introducing a pragmatic threshold for the adventitious presence of GMOs which are not yet authorised in the EU but which are under scientific consideration;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the Commission, in cooperation with the Member States, to revise the definition of good agricultural practices, including the use of
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 source: PE-454.440
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2010/2112(INI) Recognition of agriculture as a strategic sector in the context of food security
2010/08/11
AGRI
17 amendments...
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas the estimated growth in the global population from 7 to 9.1 billion will require a 70% increase in the food supply by the year 2050, according to the FAO, whilst climate change is reducing the amount of land available for agricultural production,
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Further believes that the member states of the European Union should
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Recognises that the easiest way to achieve this goal is through free and fair global markets and flexible job markets which provide opportunities for growth and employment and allow people to benefit from the opportunities available in the global market place:
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 b (new) 4 b. Well functioning global markets are and will become increasingly important to help us mitigate against climate change induced events. Protectionist or isolationist policies such as the recent Russian and Indian export bans exacerbate existing problems and induce further and more extreme price volatility;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Considers that the member states of the EU should support education and awareness-raising about nutrition, given that informed choices about diet can prevent disease and also reduce the heavy strain on social spending in Europe
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Considers, however, that the increased drive to develop renewables and meet the 2020 targets must not affect the food supply; stresses that more attention should be given to the indirect land use (ILUC) effects of biofuels; in this context stresses that more attention should be given to the development of second- and third- generation biofuels;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10 a. Believes that new agricultural technologies will be vital if we are to meet the global food security concerns of the future and especially within the context of needing to produce more food while using less land, less water and less pesticides.
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Is concerned about the level of reliance on imports of proteins and oleaginous products from third countries, which has negative consequences for the animal husbandry sector when price spikes occur; calls on the Commission to propose a
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13 a. Recognises that price volatility is likely to be exacerbated by export bans, climate change and growing global demand; notes that farmers should have the knowledge and tools available to manage the risks they perceive to be most important for their businesses;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21 a. EU food security is best served through a global system in which every country and person has access to enough food, with global supply matching global demand;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 27. Notes that traditional agricultural practices, including small-scale farming and organic farming, can make a valuable contribution to food security, because they often represent the most effective way of utilising land through methods specifically developed in individual regions over lengthy periods of time; notes additionally, that new technology will be vital to address future food security concerns.
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 28. Highlights the fact that products from small-scale farming supply local markets with fresh food, which
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 29. Stresses the need for fairness in the CAP, which should ensure a balanced distribution of support to farmers from all Member States, greater territorial cohesion, and the phasing-out of export subsidies in parallel with the EU's main trading partners;
source: PE-452.661
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2010/2211(INI) Investing in the future: a new Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for a competitive, sustainable and inclusive Europe
2011/04/13
SURE
10 amendments...
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Considers that, in a context of heavy constraints on public finances, attracting additional capital
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Takes note of the previous generally positive experience of the use of innovative financial instruments -including grant and loan blending and risk-sharing mechanisms, such as the Loan Guarantee Instrument for Trans-European Transport Network projects (LGTT), the Risk Sharing Finance Facility (RSFF) and the instruments of cohesion policy (JEREMIE, JESSICA, JASPERS and JASMINE)- in order to address a specific policy objective; considers that the Union should
Amendment 256 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Stresses that the improvement of the financial management in the Union must be supported by a close monitoring of progress in the Commission and in the Member States; insists that Member States should assume responsibility in the management of EU funds; notes the ongoing concerns of the EU's Court of Auditors with the transparency and accountability of some EU spending;
Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 c (new) 26c. Is of the opinion that none of the EU institutions are attaching sufficient urgency to the achievement of an unqualified statement of assurance from the Court of Auditors and urges both institutions to do more to ensure EU citizens' trust in spending;
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 29. Recalls that the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon strengthens Union policies and gives the Union significant new prerogatives, notably in the fields of external action, sport, space, climate change, energy, tourism, and civil protection;
Amendment 310 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 32. Stresses, moreover, that the Europe 2020 strategy can only be credible if it is a
Amendment 336 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 36 36.
Amendment 356 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 37 37. Believes that a concerted effort is needed in Europe to reach the Europe 2020 target of 3 % of gross domestic product (GDP) expenditure on R&D, to achieve the creation of the European Research Area and of an ‘Innovation Union’; believes that the next MFF should see a greater concentration of budgetary resources in areas where the EU could hold a substantial competitive advantage, such as energy generation and information and communication technologies if Europe is to regain its competitive edge;
Amendment 373 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 38 b (new) 38b. Is concerned by the low uptake of EU funds by the European scientific community, calls on the Commission to continue in its efforts to reconcile the conflicting demands of reducing administrative burdens and simplifying access to funding streams for researchers and SMEs while maintaining sufficient budgetary control, welcomes in this regard the Commission's consultation on major improvements to EU research and innovation funding to make participation easier, increase scientific and economic impact and improve value for money;
Amendment 416 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 44 44. Underlines the strategic importance of large projects in this area: the European Global Satellite Navigation systems (Galileo and the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service), the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security, and
source: PE-462.729
2011/04/27
SURE
11 amendments...
Amendment 892 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 88 88. Believes that humanitarian aid plays a key role in EU external relations; underlines the need to ensure appropriate budgetary allocations for the Humanitarian Aid Instrument and the Emergency Aid Reserve; highlights the importance of building on and improving existing European mechanisms in the field of humanitarian aid rather than establishing new mechanisms at EU level;
Amendment 897 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 88 a (new) 88 a. Underlines the importance of working closely with international partners on needs assessments in order to ensure adequate, effective, equitable and flexible allocation of aid;
Amendment 974 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 100 100. Stresses the need for
Amendment 993 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 106 106. Believes that the Flexibility Instrument, which has been the most fully implemented of the flexibility mechanisms, has been essential in providing for additional flexibility;
Amendment 1006 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 110 110. Notes that the 10-year MFF, as proposed by the Commission in the Budget Review, could provide substantial stability and predictability for the financial programming period but, as the overall ceilings and the core legal instruments would be fixed for ten years, it will increase the rigidity of the MFF and render the adjustments to new situations and priorities extremely difficult
Amendment 1011 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 111 111. Takes the view that a new
Amendment 1015 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 111 a (new) 111 a. Is firmly of the opinion that a five year MFF would increase not only transparency but the democratic accountability of the MFF while allowing for increased flexibility to respond to new policy challenges;
Amendment 1022 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 112.
Amendment 1031 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 113 113. Reiterates that without sufficient
Amendment 1053 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 116 116. Considers that the main aim of the reform is to achieve a fairer, more transparent and simpler system;
Amendment 1074 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 117 117. Emphasises that
source: PE-462.732
2011/05/04
SURE
15 amendments...
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas the current system of own resources based on Member States’ contributions is excessively complex,
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Believes that the challenges ahead - whether demography, climate change or energy shortages- are
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Notes that the crisis and severe constraints in public spending have made it more difficult for Member States to progress further in the pursuit of economic and social convergence and to participate fully in the internal market; believes that the Union has the capacity to think and act in the long-term interests of EU citizens
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Points out that the crisis has highlighted the structural challenges which most of the Member States’ economies must face: suboptimal productivity, high levels of public debt, large fiscal deficits, structural unemployment, inadequate labour market flexibility, and outdated skills and poor growth;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Takes the view that globalisation has increased a sense of vulnerability by dissolving the boundaries between internal and external forms of security; is convinced that addressing 21st century security challenges while safeguarding personal freedoms therefore requires global and anticipatory responses
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Is convinced that strengthening the sense of public
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Believes that examples of EU policies with potentially high ex ante European Added Value include, inter alia, research and innovation projects with large economies of scale or critical mass requirements, physical and digital infrastructure projects, notably trans- European networks, climate change and international aid;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Considers that, alongside the subsidiarity check through the national parliaments anchored in the Treaty of Lisbon, an assessment of the EAV
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Highlights that EAV can be generated not only by expenditure, but also by European legislation and by coordination of national policies;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Underlines that the right policy mix between legislation, coordination and expenditure needs to be assessed for each intervention, believes that interventions should be consistent with ability to demonstrate true added value through the principles of proportionality and subsidiarity;
Amendment 648 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 63 63. Stresses that the EAV of cohesion policy is uncontested, as this policy constitutes a well-established mechanism of delivering growth and jobs and has been one of the Union’s most significant, visible, and successful policies for decades; points out, however, that a modern cohesion policy must undertake a number of structural reforms, respond to the new challenges facing the Union, and promote synergies with other policies and instruments on the ground, in particular with areas of value creation, such as research and innovation;
Amendment 667 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 65 65. Stresses that a successful and strengthened cohesion policy
Amendment 817 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 79 79. Reiterates its deep concern
Amendment 857 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 83 a (new) 83a. Stresses that EDF should focus on better policy coherence, the promotion of best practice and greater donor coordination with the Member States development programmes and the wider international community in order to ensure real added value;
Amendment 858 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 83 b (new) 83b. Notes that any future proposed increases in the EDF budget should not be automatic and should be subject to an independent impact assessment of spending;
source: PE-462.731
2011/08/04
SURE
6 amendments...
Amendment 428 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 45 45. Points to the importance of adequately funding education,
Amendment 497 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 50 50. Insists that, given the wide array of tasks and objectives that the CAP is called to respond to, the amounts allocated to the CAP
Amendment 506 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 51 Amendment 517 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 52 52. Points to the fact that the fisheries sector and its activities are often the only source of livelihood and employment, in particular in coastal, island and remote regions; considers that, in order to achieve its medium and long-term goals which aim at a stable and sustainable fisheries sector, and in order to facilitate the recovery of its fish stocks and to tackle the social aspects linked to the necessary reduction of fishing effort, the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) will need adequate financial resources post 2013; underlines the need to shift support towards more sustainable fishery practices while paying special attention to the small-scale fisheries sector and activities related to it, expects that the expenses linked to the economic diversification in regions where fisheries are declining and those for coordination of controls will increase over the period of the next MFF;
Amendment 602 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 60 60. Believes that the Trans-European transport networks (TEN-T) provide important EAV as they contribute to developing of efficient, multimodal and comprehensive EU transport network and addressing the issue of lack of accessibility and low interoperability between various parts of the EU, removing bottlenecks and assure cross- border infrastructure, which the Member States alone would not invest in; considers that the TEN-T should, accordingly, be a key priority in the next MFF;
Amendment 611 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 61 61. Considers that an increase in TEN-T funds is necessary, as well as increased coordination between the
source: PE-462.730
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2011/0177(APP) Multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020
2012/05/10
BUDG
33 amendments...
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas, pursuant to Article 312(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), the Council
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas, in accordance with Article 295 TFEU, the European Parliament, the Council and Commission shall consult each other and by common agreement make arrangements for their coopertation. To this end, an Interinstitutional Agreement
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas, pursuant to Article 311 TFEU, the Union must provide itself with the means necessary to attain its objectives and carry through its policies, and
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas it is necessary for the EU to have both a budget and a budgetary procedure which fully reflect the transparent and democratic essence of the parliamentary decision-making and control process, on a basis of respect for the principles of unity and universality, which require that all revenue and expenditure be entered in full with no adjustment against each other, and that there be a public debate and vote on both revenue and expenditure in line with the Treaty competences;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Is fully aware that the negotiations on the MFF 2014-2020 are taking place in a very difficult economic context, in which Member States are engaging in considerable efforts to make fiscal adjustments to their national budgets, at the request of the European Union, with a view to the stability of the banking sector and the single currency; insists that the Union should not be seen as adding an extra fiscal burden on taxpayers; is, however, convinced that the EU budget is a part of the solution to enable Europe to emerge from the current crisis by helping Member States tackle, collectively and in concerted fashion, the present structural challenges, in particular loss of competitiveness, rising unemployment and poverty;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Recalls that the European Council itself adopted, in June 2012, a ‘Growth and Jobs Compact’, which acknowledges the leverage effect of the EU budget and places major emphasis on its contribution to helping the entire Union overcome the current economic and financial crisis whilst recalling the importance of sound public finances, structural reform and targeted investment for sustainable growth;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Recalls that
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Stresses that the EU budget is an investment budget and that 94 % of its total returns are invested in the Member States themselves or for external priorities of the Union; emphasises that, for the regions and Member States, public investment would be minimised or impossible without the contribution of the EU budget; believes that any decrease of the EU budget in those areas where European added value has been clearly demonstrated would inevitably hamper the growth and competitive strength of the entire Union economy;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Recalls that delivering on the Europe 2020 strategy’s seven flagship initiatives will require a huge amount of future- oriented investment, estimated at no less than EUR 1 800 billion up to 2020 ; stresses that one of the main objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy, namely, to promote jobs and high-quality employment for all Europeans, will only be achieved if the necessary investment in education, in favour of a knowledge society, and in research and innovation, SMEs, and green and new technologies is made now and not delayed any longer; favours the twin track approach of growth friendly fiscal consolidation, combining the reduction of public deficits and debt with the promotion of such investments;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Stresses that since 1988 national budgets have grown on average more rapidly than the EU budget; notes that even since the start of the crisis in 2008 total government expenditure in the Member States has risen at an annual nominal rate of 2 %
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Considers that EU cohesion policy is a strategic tool for investment, growth and competitiveness, with an undisputed EU added value; insists that, in order to effectively reduce macroeconomic imbalances within the EU and contribute to economic, social and territorial cohesion, it should be able to rely on a stable, solid and
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Recalls its position that, given the wide array of tasks, challenges and objectives that the CAP is called on to respond to, the amounts allocated to the CAP in the budget year 2013 should be
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Reiterates its position that the new responsibilities conferred on the EU by the Treaties will require appropriate
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 a (new) 29a. Notes that, under this principle, the Union is under a legal obligation not to act if, the objectives of the proposal can be sufficiently achieved by the Member States, either at a central level, or at a regional and local level, consequently, spending should always be subject to a subsidiarity check;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 b (new) 29b. Firmly believes that the principle of European added value should represent the cornerstone of all future expenditures, which also must be guided by the principles of efficiency, effectiveness and value for money, while respecting the principle of subsidiarity as defined by Article 5 TEU and anchored in Protocol 1 on the role of national parliaments in the European Union;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 33 33. Believes that the effectiveness of EU expenditure depends on sound policy, regulatory and institutional frameworks at all levels; insists that, in accordance with Articles 310(5) and 317 TFEU Member States
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 34 34. Supports the introduction of (ex ante and ex post) conditionality provisions to ensure that EU funding, particularly in respect of the Cohesion Fund, the Structural Funds and the rural and fisheries funds, are better targeted to the achievement of the Europe 2020 objectives; considers that effective impact assessment should be used to monitor adherence to aforementioned ex ante conditionalities; believes that if their implementation is based on a reinforced partnership principle through the stronger involvement of local and regional authorities, these conditionality provisions could improve the legitimacy and effectiveness of EU support;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 34 a (new) 34a. Believes that, prior to dispersement of funding the Commission should appoint external players who can contribute their specific expertise in evaluating investments in growth, competitiveness, and employment, considers that these players could be, without prejudice to other sources, from academia as well as from public administrations and should submit these evaluations for the consideration of the Commission and the Budgetary Authority;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 34 b (new) 34b. Suggests that the Commission, as a matter of best practice, should submit regular reports, using the established reporting mechanism, which could then be examined by the Budgetary Authority with a view to ensuring that the goals of EU funding are being sufficiently achieved;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 36 36.
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 37 37. Believes, at the same time, that the work of the decentralised EU agencies should result in significantly higher savings at national level; urges the Member States to assess the efficiency gains generated by these agencies at national to make full use of them, thus rationalising their national expenditure; calls, also, on the Member States and the Commission to identify possible areas of duplication of work or reduced or minimal added value in relation to the agencies, with a view to streamlining their functioning;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 38 a (new) 38a. Welcomes the ongoing effort of all EU institutions to ensure that administrative costs are kept firmly under control; urges all institutions wherever possible to follow the example of the European Commission in looking for staff efficiencies and economies; believes that administrative expenditure, as one of the most visible areas of EU spending, must reflect the ongoing efforts of Member States to bring public spending to a more sustainable level if the EU is maintain credibility in the eyes of citizens;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 39 Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 39 a (new) 39a. Believes that the EU, not least in the context of the austerity policies being implemented in the Member States, must show responsibility and take immediate, concrete measures to establish a single seat for Parliament;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 43 43. Believes that a certain degree of flexibility
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 44 44.
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 50 50. Agrees with the Commission that the Emergency Aid Reserve
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 52 52. Urges the Commission and Council to list in a separate annex
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 60 60. Stresses that a stringent majority is required in both Parliament and Council to adopt the MFF, and points to the importance of exploiting to the full the provisions of Article 312(5), which imposes on the institutions the
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 61 61. Emphasises that this will be the first time an MFF regulation is adopted under the new provisions of the Treaty of Lisbon, which entail new cooperation arrangements among the institutions combining efficient decision-making and respect for the respective prerogatives as legally defined by the TFEU; welcomes, in this respect, the steps taken by the Hungarian, Polish, Danish and Cypriot Council Presidencies- in-office to establish a structured dialogue and regular information exchange with Parliament;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 63 63. Notes that
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 64 64. Reiterates that, according to the TFEU, Parliament and the Council are the legislative bodies and the European Council does not have the role of legislator; stresses that the negotiations between Council and Parliament on the legislative proposals relating to the multiannual programmes
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 67 67. Points out, finally, that if no MFF has been adopted by the end of 2013, the ceilings and other provisions corresponding to 2013 will be extended until such time as a new MFF is adopted; notes however, that most spending programmes' legal bases will expire, meaning the Commission will no longer enjoy the legal ability to disperse funds across the MFF; signals that, in this eventuality, Parliament would be ready to reach a swift agreement with the Council and Commission to adapt the internal structure of the MFF to reflect the new political priorities;
source: PE-496.663
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2011/0268(COD) European Social Fund (ESF) 2014-2020
2012/05/16
BUDG
7 amendments...
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 1 a (new) (1a) The decision of the European Court of Justice on the food aid scheme in Case T-576/08 Germany v Commission1 () should be taken into account. _____________ 1 OJ C 160, 28.5.2011, p. 16–17
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 7 (7) The ESF should contribute to the Europe 2020 Strategy
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 8 a (new) (8a) The ESF has the potential to add value, especially in the current economic climate by focusing on improving employment opportunities and investing in skills. The extension of the ESF beyond its legal base to other social policy areas is, however, not necessary and does not represent value for money. It is more important to refocus the fund to support growth and job creation which will among other benefits result in increased inclusion and a greater reduction in poverty;
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 13 a (new) (13a) The ESF should demonstrate Union added value, value for money and should complement and not compete with Member States' existing initiatives.
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 13 b (new) (13b) Creating synergies between European programmes is crucial in order to avoid duplication and overlaps. It is counterproductive to pre-empt the future of some existing Union programmes beyond 2013 including the EGF and the food aid scheme.
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 18 a (new) (18a) The ESF should add real value to Member States' policies, and therefore its distribution should not be automatically linked to the macroeconomic performance of a Member State.
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 2 source: PE-489.546
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2011/0270(COD) EU Programme for Social Change and Innovation 2014-2020
2012/04/26
BUDG
7 amendments...
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 5 (5) In line with the Europe 2020 Strategy, the Programme should pursue a coherent approach to promoting employment and combating social exclusion and poverty. Its implementation should be rationalised and simplified, notably through a set of common provisions including, inter alia, general objectives, typology of actions, monitoring and evaluation arrangements. The Programme should also focus on
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 18 Pursuant to Articles 8 and 10 of the Treaty, the Programme should support the mainstreaming of gender equality and anti- discrimination objectives in all its activities. Regular monitoring and evaluation should be carried out to assess the way in which gender equality and anti- discrimination issues are addressed in the Programme's activities, and, in order to minimise its impact on the Programme budget, gender and anti-discrimination spending should be moved to the Rights and Citizenship Programme.
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a (a) 60% to the Progress axis,, of which at least 1
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 3 3. The Commission may make use of up to 1,5% of the appropriations referred to in paragraph 1 to finance
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 19 a (new) Article 19a Where activities under the PROGRESS axis are financed following a call for proposals, they may receive Union co- financing which shall not exceed, as a general rule, 80 % of the total eligible expenditure. Any financial support in excess of this ceiling may be granted un duly justified exceptional circumstances.
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 21 a (new) Article 21a Where activities under EURES axis are financed following a call for proposals, they may receive Union co-financing which shall not exceed, as a general rule, 95 % of the total eligible expenditure. Any financial support in excess of this ceiling may be granted only in duly justified exceptional circumstances.
source: PE-487.955
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2011/0276(COD) Structural instruments: common provisions for ERDF, ESF, Cohesion Fund, EAFRD and EMFF; general provisions applicable to ERDF, ESF and Cohesion Fund
2012/01/06
BUDG
20 amendments...
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 54 (54) In order to promote the Treaty objectives of economic, social and territorial cohesion, the ‘Investment for growth and jobs’ goal should support all regions. To provide balanced and gradual support and reflect the level of economic and social development, resources under that goal should be allocated from the ERDF and the ESF among the less developed
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 59 (59) As regards the Funds and with a view to ensuring an appropriate allocation to each category of regions, resources should not be transferred between less developed
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point f (f) mechanisms for ensuring the coherence and consistency of the programming of the CSF Funds with the
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 16 Member States shall concentrate support, in accordance with the Fund-specific rules, on actions bringing the greatest added value in relation to the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, addressing the challenges identified in the country-specific recommendations under Article 121(2) of the Treaty a
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 17 – paragraph 2 2. Member States shall assess whether the
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 17 – paragraph 5 5. The Commission shall assess the information provided on the applicability and fulfilment of relevant ex ante conditionalities in the framework of its assessment of the Partnership Contract and programmes.
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 3 – article 82 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part Resources for the Investment for growth and jobs goal shall be allocated among the following t
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 3 – article 82 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 3 – article 82 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c (c) more developed regions, whose GDP per capita is above
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 3 – article 82 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 The t
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b Amendment 76 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 2 – point a (a) eligible population, regional prosperity, national prosperity and unemployment rate for less developed
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 3 3. At least
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 5 Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 3 – article 85 – paragraph 2 2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the Commission may accept, in duly justified circumstances which are linked to the implementation of one or more thematic objectives, a proposal by a Member State in its first submission of the Partnership Contract to transfer up to
Amendment 85 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 3 – article 86 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 In those Member States in which less developed
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 3 – article 86 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3 In those Member States in which less developed
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 3 – article 110 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point e Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex 3 – part 3 – paragraph 1 Where the Commission decides to carry out a financial correction in accordance with Article 86(4), the rate of financial correction shall be obtained by subtracting 3% from the difference between the reference level in the Partnership Contract and the level achieved, expressed as a percentage of the reference level, and then dividing the result by 10. The financial correction shall be determined by applying that rate of financial correction to the Funds' contribution to the Member State concerned for the less developed
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex 3 – part 3 – paragraph 3 The financial correction shall not exceed 5 % of the Funds' allocation to the Member State concerned for the less developed
source: PE-491.060
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2011/0280(COD) Common agricultural policy (CAP): direct payments to farmers under support schemes 2014-2020
2012/07/18
AGRI
11 amendments...
Amendment 120 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 5 (5) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Regulation and to avoid unfair competition or discrimination between farmers, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission in respect of: the fix
Amendment 141 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 13 (13) Experience from the application of the various support schemes for farmers has shown that support was in a number of cases granted to beneficiaries whose business purpose was not or only marginally targeted at an agricultural activity, such as airports, railway companies, real estate companies and companies managing sport grounds, and/or whose land was not used for agricultural activities. To ensure the better targeting of support, Member States should refrain from granting direct payments to such natural and legal persons and/or in respect of such land. Smaller part-time farmers contribute directly to the vitality of rural areas, for that reason they should not be prevented from being granted direct payments.
Amendment 170 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 16 Amendment 224 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 26 Amendment 225 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 26 Amendment 226 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 26 Amendment 254 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 28 Amendment 255 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 28 Amendment 261 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 29 Amendment 262 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 29 Amendment 269 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 30 source: PE-491.238
2012/07/19
AGRI
40 amendments...
Amendment 287 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 33 (33) Member States should be allowed to use part of their national ceilings for direct payments for coupled support in certain sectors in clearly defined cases. The resources that may be used for any coupled support should be limited to an appropriate level, while allowing such support to be granted in Member States or in their specific regions facing particular situations where specific types of farming or specific agricultural sectors are particularly important for economic, environmental and/or social reasons. Member States should be allowed to use up to
Amendment 288 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 33 (33) Member States should no longer be allowed to use part of their national ceilings for direct payments for coupled support in certain sectors
Amendment 294 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 35 Amendment 296 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 35 (35) As regards support to the cotton sector, Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 considered necessary that part of it continued to be linked to the cultivation of cotton through a crop specific payment per eligible hectare to ensure against any risk of disruption to production in the cotton producing regions, taking into account all factors that influence this choice.
Amendment 297 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 36 Amendment 298 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 37 (37) Chapter 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No 637/2008 of 23 June 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 and establishing national restructuring programmes for the cotton sector24 provided that each cotton producing Member State has, either every four years and for the first time by 1 January 2009, to submit to the Commission a draft four-year restructuring programme or submit to the Commission, by 31 December 2009, a single draft modified restructuring programme for a duration of eight years. Experience has shown that the restructuring of the cotton sector would be better served through other measures, including those under rural development programming financed under Regulation (EU) No […] [RDR], which would also allow for a greater co-ordination with measures in other sectors. However, the acquired rights and legitimate expectations of undertakings already involved in restructuring programmes should be respected. Therefore the ongoing programmes of four or eight years should be allowed to continue to their end. At the end of that period, however, the programmes should end. The funds available from the four-year programmes
Amendment 302 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 38 (38) A simple and specific scheme for small farmers
Amendment 303 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 38 (38) A simple and specific scheme for small farmers
Amendment 323 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 43 (43) With a view to strengthening their rural development policy, Member States should be given the possibility to transfer funds from their direct payments ceiling to their support assigned for rural development. At the same time, Member States where the level of direct support remains lower than 90 % of the Union average level of support should be given the possibility to transfer funds from their support assigned for rural development to their direct payments ceiling. Such choices should be made, within certain limits and wherever possible, once and for the whole period of application of this Regulation.
Amendment 326 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii Amendment 327 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii Amendment 344 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b – point vi Amendment 384 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – indent 3 –
Amendment 508 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 Without prejudice to Article 8, the total amount of direct payments which may be granted in a Member State pursuant to Titles III, IV and V in respect of a calendar year,
Amendment 518 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – paragraph 2 Amendment 519 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – paragraph 2 Amendment 547 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part 1. No direct payments shall be granted to natural or legal persons, or to groups of natural or legal persons, where
Amendment 585 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a (a) the a
Amendment 586 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a (a) the a
Amendment 602 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b (b) their agricultural areas are mainly areas naturally kept in a state suitable for grazing or cultivation and the
Amendment 603 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b (b) their agricultural areas are mainly areas naturally kept in a state suitable for grazing or cultivation and the
Amendment 653 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 668 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point a Amendment 671 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point b Amendment 690 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a (a) where the total amount of direct payments claimed or due to be granted before the reductions and exclusions provided for in Article 65 of Regulation (EU) No [
Amendment 702 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 11 Amendment 708 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 11 – title Amendment 715 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 11 – paragraph 1 – introductory part 1. The amount of direct payments to be granted to a farmer under this Regulation in a given calendar year shall be reduced
Amendment 717 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 11 – paragraph 1 – introductory part 1.
Amendment 721 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 11 – paragraph 1 – indent 1 Amendment 737 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 11 – paragraph 1 – indent 2 Amendment 747 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 11 – paragraph 1 – indent 3 Amendment 756 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 11 – paragraph 1 – indent 4 Amendment 772 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 11 – paragraph 2 Amendment 781 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 11 – paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 784 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 11 – paragraph 3 Amendment 788 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 11 – paragraph 3 3. If a Member State
Amendment 790 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 11 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 a (new) Any amount deducted due to progressive reduction of payments should remain in the Member States and region where it originated and can be used to fund activities under Regulation (EU) No {...}RDR
Amendment 876 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 17 – paragraph 3 Amendment 890 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 18 – paragraph 2 2. Payment entitlements obtained under the single payment scheme in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 and with Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 shall expire on 31 December 2013. By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, Member States that, on 31 December 2013, are operating the single payment scheme on the basis of the regional model laid down in Article 59 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 may decide, by 1 August 2013, to maintain the payment entitlements allocated in accordance with Regulation(EC) No 1782/2003 and/or Regulation (EC) No 73/2009
source: PE-492.791
2012/07/23
AGRI
20 amendments...
Amendment 1246 #
Proposal for a regulation Title 3 – chapter 2 – title Amendment 1247 #
Proposal for a regulation Title 3 – chapter 2 – title Amendment 1259 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 29 – paragraph 1 – introductory part 1. Farmers entitled to a payment under the
Amendment 1260 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 29 – paragraph 1 – introductory part 1. Farmers entitled to a payment under the
Amendment 1264 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 29 – paragraph 1 – introductory part 1.
Amendment 1265 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 29 – paragraph 1 – introductory part 1.
Amendment 1283 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point a (a) to have t
Amendment 1284 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point a (a) to have t
Amendment 1313 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point b (b) to maintain
Amendment 1314 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point b (b) to maintain
Amendment 1390 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 29 – paragraph 2 2. Without prejudice to paragraphs 3 and 4 and to the application of financial discipline, linear reductions in accordance with Article 7, and any reductions and penalties imposed pursuant to Regulation (EU) No [
Amendment 1391 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 29 – paragraph 2 2. Without prejudice to paragraphs 3 and 4 and to the application of financial discipline, linear reductions in accordance with Article 7, and any reductions and penalties imposed pursuant to Regulation (EU) No [
Amendment 1429 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 29 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 Farmers complying with the requirements laid down in Article 29(1) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 as regards organic farming
Amendment 1438 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 29 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new) By way of derogation from Paragraph 1, Member States may decide to make the payment referred to in this chapter to farmers where they observe agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and environment as defined by the Member State. Such practices shall be of an equivalent environmental and/or climatic value to the practices referred to in Paragraph 1
Amendment 1456 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 29 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 The
Amendment 1501 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 30 Amendment 1530 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 30 – paragraph 1 1. Where the arable land of the farmer covers more than
Amendment 1532 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 30 – paragraph 1 1. Where the arable land of the farmer covers more than
source: PE-494.483
2012/07/24
AGRI
41 amendments...
Amendment 1590 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 31 Amendment 1613 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 Farmers shall maintain a
Amendment 1646 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 31 – paragraph 2 2. Farmers shall be allowed to convert a maximum of
Amendment 1661 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 31 – paragraph 3 Amendment 1686 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 32 Amendment 1688 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 32 Amendment 1693 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 32 – paragraph 1 1. Farmers shall ensure that at least
Amendment 1820 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 33 Amendment 1822 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 33 Amendment 1838 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 33 – paragraph 1 1. In order to finance
Amendment 1841 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 33 – paragraph 1 1. In order to finance the payment referred to in this Chapter, Member States
Amendment 1871 #
Proposal for a regulation Title 3 – chapter 3 – title Amendment 1881 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 34 – paragraph 3 3. Without prejudice to paragraph 2 and to the application of financial discipline
Amendment 1899 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 35 Amendment 1919 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 36 – paragraph 1 1. Member States
Amendment 1948 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 36 – paragraph 2 – point a (a) natural persons who are setting up for the first time an agricultural holding as sole head of the holding, or who have already set up such a holding during the five years preceding the first submission of an application to the basic payment scheme as referred in Article 73(1) of Regulation (EU) No [
Amendment 2044 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 38 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 Coupled support may be granted to the following sectors and productions: cereals, oilseeds, protein crops, grain legumes,
Amendment 2099 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 39 – paragraph 2 Amendment 2116 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 39 – paragraph 2 – point a Amendment 2121 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 39 – paragraph 2 – point b Amendment 2128 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 39 – paragraph 3 Amendment 2145 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 39 – paragraph 4 – introductory part 4. Member States may, by 1 August 2016, review their decision pursuant to paragraph
Amendment 2153 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 39 – paragraph 5 5. On the basis of the decision taken by each Member State pursuant to paragraph
Amendment 2158 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 40 – paragraph 1 1. The decisions referred to in Article 39 shall be notified to the Commission by the date referred to in that Article and, except for the decision referred to in Article 39(4)(c), the notification shall include information on the regions targeted, the selected types of farming or sectors and the level of support to be granted
Amendment 2159 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 40 – paragraph 2 2. The decisions referred to
Amendment 2160 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 40 – paragraph 1 1. The decisions referred to in Article 39 shall be notified to the Commission by the date referred to in that Article and, except for the decision referred to in Article 39(
Amendment 2161 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 40 – paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 2163 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 41 – paragraph 1 – introductory part 1.
Amendment 2165 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 41 – paragraph 1 – introductory part 1. The Commission shall, by means of an implementing act, approve the decision referred to
Amendment 2166 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 41 – paragraph 1 – point a Amendment 2167 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 41 – paragraph 1 – point b Amendment 2169 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 41 – paragraph 1 – point c Amendment 2170 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 41 – paragraph 1 – point d Amendment 2182 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 45 Amendment 2184 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 46 Amendment 2189 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 47 – paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 2193 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 47 – paragraph 1 1. Member States may operate a simplified scheme under the conditions laid down in this Title, hereinafter referred to as "small farmers scheme". Farmers holding payment entitlements allocated in 2014 pursuant to Article 21 and fulfilling the minimum requirements provided for in Article 10(1) may opt for participation in
Amendment 2204 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 47 – paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 2209 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 47 – paragraph 3 source: PE-494.487
2012/07/25
AGRI
1 amendments...
Amendment 2237 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 49 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part Member States
source: PE-494.604
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2011/0281(COD) Common organisation of the markets in agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) 2014-2020
2012/07/19
AGRI
10 amendments...
Amendment 501 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 84 a (new) (84 a) In order to ensure fair competition and diversity of supply in the EU sugar sector, the Commission shall ensure a fair balance of rights and obligations between producers of cane and beet sugar. Where imports of cane sugar from preferential partners fall short of anticipated levels, the Commission should permit additional imports at zero duty in order to ensure sufficient raw materials are available on the EU sugar market.
Amendment 697 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 13 – paragraph 1 Amendment 705 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a Amendment 707 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b Amendment 711 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 In special and duly justified circumstances, the Commission may, by means of implementing acts, restrict tendering procedures to a Member State or region of a Member State
Amendment 714 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a Amendment 716 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point b (b) the maximum price at which products eligible for public intervention may be bought-in
Amendment 718 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point a (a) for common wheat, barley, maize, paddy rice and skimmed milk powder shall
Amendment 723 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point b (b) for butter shall
source: PE-492.801
2012/07/20
AGRI
28 amendments...
Amendment 796 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point f Amendment 808 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 16 a (new) Article 16 a Conditions for granting of private storage aid (1) Private storage aid may be granted to the products listed in article 16 when the following conditions are met: (a) as regards white sugar, where the average price recorded in the Union for white sugar is below the reference price during a representative period and is likely to remain at that level. (b) as regards olive oil, in the event of a serious disturbance on the market in certain regions of the Union, inter alia, when the average price recorded on the market during a representative period is less than: (i) EUR 1 779/tonne for extra virgin olive oil, or (ii) EUR 1710/tonne for virgin olive oil, or (iii) EUR 1524/tonne for lampante olive oil having 2 degrees of free acidity, this amount being reduced by EUR 36,70/tonne for each additional degree of acidity. (c) as regards beef and veal, the average Union market price recorded on the basis of the Union scale for the classification of carcasses of adult bovine animals referred to in Article 34(1)(a) and is likely to remain, at less than 103 % of the reference price; (d) as regards pig carcasses, where the average market price in the Union as established by reference to the prices recorded in each Member State on the representative markets of the Union and weighted by means of coefficients reflecting the relative size of the pig herd in each Member State is, and is likely to remain, at less than 103 % of the reference price. (e) as regards sheepmeat and goatmeat, when there is a particularly difficult market situation for sheepmeat and goatmeat in one or more of the following quotation areas: (i) Great Britain; (ii) Northern Ireland; (iii) any Member State other than the United Kingdom, taken separately;
Amendment 810 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 17 – paragraph 1 1. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 160, where necessary in order to provide for market transparency to lay down the conditions under which it may decide to grant private storage aid for the products listed in Article 16
Amendment 827 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 17 – paragraph 2 2. The Commission may, by means of implementing acts, decide to grant private storage aid for the products listed in Article 16(a), taking into account the conditions referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 162(2).
Amendment 830 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 17 – paragraph 3 3. The Commission shall, by means of implementing acts fix the aid for private storage provided for in Article 16
Amendment 880 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point j (j) the rules relating to the procedures to be followed
Amendment 885 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 20 a (new) Article 20 a Specific Provisions on Carcass Classification Union scales and inspections 1. Union scales for the classification of carcasses shall apply in accordance with the rules laid down in Annex IIIa in the following sectors: (a) beef and veal as regards carcasses of adult bovine animals; (b) pigmeat as regards carcasses of pigs other than those which have been used for breeding. In the sheepmeat and goatmeat sector Member States may apply a Union scale for the classification of carcasses as regards sheep carcasses in accordance with the rules laid down in point C of Annex IIIa. 2. On-the-spot inspections in relation to the classification of carcasses of adult bovine animals and sheep shall be carried out on behalf of the Union by a Union inspection committee composed of experts from the Commission and experts appointed by the Member States. This committee shall report back to the Commission and the Member States on the inspections carried out. The Union shall bear the costs resulting from the inspections carried.
Amendment 886 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 20 b (new) Article 20 b Delegated powers concerning carcass classification 1. In order to take account of technical developments and of the needs of the sectors, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 160 adapting and updating the provisions on the classification, identification and presentation of adult bovine carcasses, pig carcases and sheep carcasses laid down in Annex IIIa. 2. In order to standardise the presentation of the different products for the purposes of improving market transparency, price recording and the application of the market intervention arrangements in the form of public intervention and private storage in the beef and veal, pig-meat and sheep-meat sectors as applicable, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 160: (a) laying down provisions on the classification, grading (including by automated grading techniques), presentation, lean-meat content, identification and weighing and marking of carcasses; (b) laying down rules on basis for the calculation of average Union prices of, and the obligations on operators to submit information on, beef, pig and sheep carcases, in particular as regards market and representative prices. 3. In order to take account of the specificities within the Union, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 160 laying down derogations from the provisions, in particular: (a) providing for derogations which may be granted by Member States to slaughterhouses in which few bovine animals are slaughtered; (b) authorising Member States not to make application of the grading scale for pig carcase classification and to use assessment criteria in addition to weight and estimated lean-meat content. 4. In order to ensure that the Union inspection committee fulfils its objectives, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 160 determining its responsibilities and the way it is composed.
Amendment 887 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 20 c (new) Article 20 c Implementing powers concerning carcass classification The Commission shall, by means of implementing acts, lay down detailed rules on: (a) the practical modalities for marking of classified carcasses; (b) the implementation of Union scales for the classification of beef, pig and sheep carcasses in particular as regards: (i) communication of classification results, (ii) checks, inspection reports and follow- up actions; (c) on-the-spot inspections in relation to the classification and price reporting of carcasses of adult bovine animals and sheep on behalf of the Union by Union inspection committee; (d) the practical modalities for the calculation by the Commission of the weighted average Union price for beef, pig and sheep carcasses; (e) the procedures to determine qualified classifiers of carcasses of adult bovines and sheep by Member States.
Amendment 892 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – title 1 – chapter 2 – section 1 – subsection 1 Amendment 894 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 21 – paragraph 1 – introductory part 1.
Amendment 895 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point a Amendment 898 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point b Amendment 900 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 21 – paragraph 2 Amendment 901 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 21 – paragraph 3 Amendment 905 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 21 – paragraph 4 – point a Amendment 908 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 21 – paragraph 4 – point a (a) exceed EUR
Amendment 909 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 21 – paragraph 4 – point b Amendment 910 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 21 – paragraph 4 – point b (b) exceed
Amendment 912 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 21 – paragraph 4 – point c Amendment 914 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 21 – paragraph 5 Amendment 915 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 21 – paragraph 6 Amendment 916 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 21 – paragraph 7 Amendment 917 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 21 – paragraph 8 Amendment 918 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 22 Amendment 926 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 23 Amendment 1045 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 31 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 Crisis prevention and management measures, including any repayment of capital and interest as referred to in the third subparagraph, shall not comprise more than
source: PE-494.488
2012/07/23
AGRI
5 amendments...
Amendment 1225 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 55 – paragraph 1 Without prejudice to any other provisions applicable to agricultural products, as well as the provisions adopted in the veterinary, phytosanitary and food sectors to ensure that products comply with hygiene and health standards and to protect animal, plant and human health, this Section lays down
Amendment 1228 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 56 Amendment 1234 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 57 Amendment 1238 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 58 – paragraph 1 1. Marketing standards may apply for one or more of the following products and/or sectors: (a) olive oil and table olives in respect of the products referred to in point (a) of Part VII of Annex I; (b) fruit and vegetables; (c) processed fruit and vegetables; (d) bananas; (e) live plants; (f) eggs; (g) poultrymeat; (h) spreadable fats intended for human consumption; (i) hops. 1a. The products for which marketing standards by sectors or products have been laid down may be marketed in the Union only i
Amendment 1335 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 70 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iv (iv) the product is obtained from vine varieties belonging to Vitis vinifera; or a cross between the Vitis vinifera species and other species of the genus Vitis;
source: PE-494.486
2012/07/25
AGRI
16 amendments...
Amendment 1600 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 106 – paragraph 1 – introductory part Member States
Amendment 1670 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 106 – paragraph 1 a (new) By way of derogation from paragraph 1, Member States shall recognise, on request, producer organisations in the fruit and vegetable sector and olive oil and table olives sector which meet the criteria in paragraph 1 and which in the case of producer organisations in the fruit and vegetable sector pursue at least one of the objectives in paragraph 1(c)(i) to (iii).
Amendment 1685 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 107 – paragraph 1 Subject to paragraph 2, Member States
Amendment 1701 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 108 – paragraph 1 – introductory part 1. Member States
Amendment 1824 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 111 Amendment 1833 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 112 Amendment 1844 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 113 Amendment 1911 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 125 a (new) Article 125 a Suspension of import duties in the sugar sector (1) By 30 November each year, the Commission shall make a forecast of the expected volume of imports of cane sugar into the EU for that marketing year. (2) The forecast under paragraph (1) shall be based upon an estimate of exports under trade agreements between the EU and countries which export cane sugar. (3) Where the Commission's forecast for imports is less than 3.5 million tonnes, the Commission shall adopt a delegated act in accordance with article 160 providing for the application of import duties to be suspended for imports of cane sugar equal to 50 per cent of the additional imports necessary to bring the total imports to 3.5 million tonnes. (4) The Commission shall revise its forecast under paragraph 1 by 30 June to include up-to-date information on imports under trade agreements with countries which export cane sugar and the imports referred to in paragraph (3). Where the Commission's forecast for imports is less than 3.5 million tonnes, the Commission shall adopt a delegated act providing for the application of import duties to be suspended for imports of cane sugar necessary to bring the total forecast of imports to 3.5 million tonnes.
Amendment 2048 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 154 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 Amendment 2074 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 155 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part The Commission may, by means of implementing acts, adopt exceptional support measures for the affected market:
Amendment 2095 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 156 – title Measures to resolve specific practical problems
Amendment 2099 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 156 – paragraph 1 1. The Commission shall, by means of implementing acts, adopt necessary and justifiable emergency measures to resolve specific practical problems. Those measures may derogate from the provisions of this Regulation only to an extent that is strictly necessary and for a period that is strictly necessary. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 162(2).
Amendment 2136 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 159 – paragraph 1 Funds transferred from the Reserve for crises in the agricultural sector under the conditions and procedure referred to in paragraph 14 of the Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management47 shall be made available for
Amendment 2140 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 159 – paragraph 2 Amendment 2147 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 159 – paragraph 3 source: PE-492.804
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2011/0288(COD) Common agricultural policy (CAP): financing, management and monitoring 2014-2020
2012/07/20
AGRI
20 amendments...
Amendment 119 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 19 (19) Budget discipline also demands a continuous examination of the medium- term budget situation. The Commission, when submitting the draft budget for a given year, should therefore present its forecasts and analyses to the European Parliament and the Council and propose, if necessary, appropriate measures to the legislator. Furthermore, the Commission should make full use of its management powers at all times to ensure compliance with the annual ceiling and, if necessary, propose appropriate measures to the European Parliament and to the Council or to the Council to redress the budget situation. If, at the end of a budget year, the annual ceiling cannot be complied with as a result of the reimbursements requested by the Member States, the Commission should be able to take measures allowing provisional distribution of the available budget, taking into account a margin of EUR 300 000 000 below that ceiling, among the Member States in proportion to their requests for reimbursement not yet paid, as well as compliance with the ceiling fixed for the year concerned. Payments for that year should be charged to the following budget year and the total amount of Union financing per Member State should be definitively established, as should compensation between Member States in order to comply with the established amount.
Amendment 121 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 23 (23) The rural development programmes are financed from the Union budget on the basis of commitments in annual instalments. Member States should be able to draw on the Union funds provided for as soon as they begin the programmes. Member States may indicate to the Commission within two months of this decision that it does not wish to receive a pre-financing amount. A suitably restricted prefinancing system ensuring a steady flow of funds so that payments to beneficiaries under the programmes are made at the appropriate time is therefore needed.
Amendment 289 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 25 – paragraph 1 1. With a view to ensuring that the annual ceilings set out in the Regulation (EU) No xxx/xxx [MFF] for the financing of the market related expenditure and direct payments are respected, an adjustment rate of the direct payments shall be determined when the forecasts for the financing of the measures financed under that subceiling for a given financial year indicate that the applicable annual ceilings, taking into account a margin of EUR 300 000 000 below that ceiling, will be exceeded.
Amendment 292 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 25 – paragraph 6 Amendment 309 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 34 – paragraph 1 1. Following the Commission decision approving the programme, an initial prefinancing amount for the whole programming period shall be paid by the Commission, unless the Member State concerned notifies the Commission within 2 months of the decision that it does not wish to receive a pre-financing amount. This initial pre-financing amount shall represent 4% of the EAFRD contribution to the programme concerned. It may be split into a maximum of three instalments depending on budget availability. The first instalment shall represent 2% of the EAFRD contribution to the programme concerned.
Amendment 428 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 61 – paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Member States may reduce checks where the error rates are at an acceptable level.
Amendment 463 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 70 – paragraph 2 2. Member States may set up decentralised databases on condition that these, and the administrative procedures for recording and accessing data, are designed
Amendment 465 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 71 – paragraph 1 The identification system for agricultural parcels shall be established on the basis of maps or land registry documents or other cartographic references. Use shall be made of computerised geographical information system techniques, including aerial or spatial orthoimagery, with a homogenous standard guaranteeing accuracy at least equivalent to cartography at a scale of 1:
Amendment 472 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 73 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new) (aa) a farmer does not have to declare his agricultural parcels with landscape features or buffer strips. That farmer shall however indicate in his application that he has these agricultural parcels at his disposal and shall, at the request of the competent authorities, indicate their location.
Amendment 476 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 73 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Member States may decide that an aid application or a payment claim that fulfils the requirements laid down in Paragraph 1 is to remain valid for a number of years provided that beneficiaries concerned are under the obligation to report any change to the information they first submitted.
Amendment 481 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 74 – paragraph 1 The
Amendment 483 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 75 – paragraph 1 1. In accordance with Article 61, Member States, through the paying agencies or the bodies delegated by them, shall carry out administrative checks on the aid application to verify the eligibility conditions for the aid. Those checks shall be supplemented by on-the-spot checks whose purpose shall be to monitor compliance with the provisions of the aid schemes and the level of inherent risk and whose number shall be adjusted in the light of inherent and control risks.
Amendment 543 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 91 – paragraph 3 Amendment 553 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 92 – paragraph 2 However, Article 91 shall not apply
Amendment 652 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 106 – paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. By way of derogation from paragraph 3, Member States may convert the amount of aid expressed in euro into the national currency on the basis of the average of a maximum of the thirty most recent exchange rates set by the Member States' national central bank or the European Central Bank prior to 1 October of the year for which aid is granted.
Amendment 725 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex II — Main Issue "Soil and carbon stock" — GAEC 6 Maintenance of soil organic matter level through appropriate practices including ban on burning arable stubble
Amendment 734 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex II — Main Issue "Biodiversity" — SMR 2 — last column Article 3(1), Article 3(2)(b), Article 4 (1), (2) and (4), Article 5(a), (b), (d)
Amendment 742 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex II — Main Issue "Biodiversity" — SMR 3 — last column Article 6 (1) and (2), Article 13(1)(a)
Amendment 749 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex II — Main Issue "Landscape, minimum level of maintenance" GAEC 8 Retention of landscape features, including where appropriate, hedges, ponds, ditches, trees in line, in group or isolated, field margins and terraces, and including a ban on cutting hedges and trees during the bird breeding and rearing season and
Amendment 757 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex II — Main Issue "Identification and registration of animals" SMR 6 —last column Articles
source: PE-492.777
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2011/0301(COD) Financing of infrastructure projects: Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (2007-2013) and trans-European transport and energy networks
2012/03/04
BUDG
7 amendments...
Amendment 16 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 5 a (new) (5a) Given the magnitude of investment needs and objectives laid down in the Europe 2020 strategy over the next decade, the Commission should, if the Europe 2020 Project Bond Initiative be deemed to have been a success following appropriate monitoring and assessment, consider a more complete roll-out in the Union's effort toward leveraging and attracting additional funding.
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 10 a (new) (10a) Given that the risk of the project bond is capped for the Union but the residual risk is fully borne by the EIB, robust monitoring systems for increased liabilities should also be established by the EIB as well as for the EU budget contribution.
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 15 (15) In order to implement the pilot phase of the Europe 2020 Project Bond Initiative, Decision No 1639/2006/EC and Regulation (EC) No 680/2007 should be amended. This pilot phase aims to support infrastructure projects with commercial potential in the transport, energy and ICT sectors across all Member States, while after 2013 the initiative may potentially be extended to other sectors.
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 17 (17) The pilot phase of the Europe 2020 Project Bond Initiative should be launched no later than 31 July 2012 in preparation of the proposed Connecting Europe Facility. This pilot phase, should it prove successful, and following appropriate analysis and evaluation, will help to pave the way for the risk-sharing financial instrument under the Connecting Europe Facility.
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – point -1 (new) Decision No 1639/2006/EC Article 8 – paragraph 5 a (new) -1. In Article 8, the following paragraph is added: "5a. The Commission shall obtain a full- scale external, independent evaluation of the pilot phase of the risk-sharing instrument for project bonds referred to in paragraphs 2a to 2da of Article 31, which shall cover, inter alia, its added value, including the impact on the financial viability of the project, additionality compared to other Union or Member State instruments and any other long-term debt financing, and the multiplier effect achieved, and shall include general observations on market developments including the creation or correction of distortive effects, if any. Furthermore, the Commission shall in that evaluation make an assessment of future steps to be taken in order to enhance the efficiency of Union spending as well as to increase investment volumes towards priority projects. That assessment shall examine, inter alia, how to make the project bond instrument even more attractive to a wider range of long-term investors, including public ones and how to widen the scope of projects eligible, including through the possible creation of project portfolios, to be supported by standardised and more liquid project bonds, the option of issuing European public bonds guaranteed by the Union budget and the possible development of equity instruments to finance Union infrastructure. The Commission shall also obtain a full scale external, independent evaluation of the pilot phase of the risk-sharing instruments for project bonds referred to in paragraphs 2a to 2da of Article 31, which shall cover, inter alia, an assessment of the risks involved including project risk, the consequences of investor withdrawal and partner risk, give an accurate assessment of the weighted cost of capital, consider whether a maximum rate of return would be appropriate for private sector investor funding of public projects, provide a cost comparison with alternative means of project finance to include bank loans and equity and shall also evaluate the effectiveness of the EIB's monitoring systems and structures for increased liabilities incurred as a result of these instruments.''
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – point 2 – point b Decision No 1639/2006/EC Article 31 – paragraph 2 c a (new) 2ca. Before undertaking any risk-sharing instruments for project bonds, the Commission and EIB must undertake, and make public, a full risk assessment of the project, which shall be updated subsequently in the event of any material change to the fundamental principles of the project.
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – point 3 a (new) Regulation (EC) No 680/2007 Article 16 – paragraph 2 a (new) (3a) In Article 16, the following paragraph is added: "2a. The Commission shall obtain a full- scale external, independent evaluation of the pilot phase of the risk-sharing instrument for project bonds referred to in point (g) of Article 6(1), which shall cover, inter alia, its added value, including the impact on the financial viability of the project, additionality compared to other Union or Member State instruments and any other long-term debt financing, and the multiplier effect achieved, and shall include general observations on market developments including the creation or correction of distortive effects, if any. Furthermore, the Commission shall in that evaluation make an assessment of future steps to be taken in order to enhance the efficiency of Union spending as well as to increase investment volumes towards priority projects. That assessment shall examine, inter alia, how to make the project bond instrument even more attractive to a wider range of long-term investors, including public ones and how to widen the scope of projects eligible, including through the possible creation of project portfolios, to be supported by standardised and more liquid project bonds, the option of issuing European public bonds guaranteed by the Union budget and the possible development of equity instruments to finance Union infrastructure. The Commission shall also obtain a full scale external, independent evaluation of the pilot phase of the risk sharing instruments for project bonds referred to in point (g) of Article 6(1), which shall cover, inter alia, an assessment of the risks involved including project risk, the consequences of investor withdrawal and partner risk, give an accurate assessment of the weighted cost of capital, consider whether a maximum rate of return would be appropriate for private sector investor funding of public projects, provide a cost comparison with alternative means of project finance to include bank loans and equity and shall also evaluate the effectiveness of the EIB's monitoring systems and structures for increased liabilities incurred as a result of these instruments.''
source: PE-486.222
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2011/0416(COD) Agricultural holdings: network for the collection of accountancy data on the incomes and business operation; Commission delegated and implementing powers
2012/10/05
AGRI
1 amendments...
Amendment 8 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – point 9 Council Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009 Article 7 – paragraph 1 1. Each Member State shall
source: PE-489.412
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2011/2019(BUD) 2012 budget: mandate for the trilogue
2011/10/05
AGRI
7 amendments...
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Voices its concern about the Commission's optimistic assumption that the evolution of agricultural markets will remain fairly stable and largely favourable
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Underlines the importance of adequate financing for specific programmes such as the school fruit scheme
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Notes the importance of limiting the growth in payments to the EU budget in 2012;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Expresses concern that the EU agriculture budget includes too much waste and inefficiency; calls for an increased impetus for EU spending to deliver added value;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 c (new) 7c. New spending pressures should be accommodated by redeployment rather than extra funding, to promote sound financial management and greater transparency;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 d (new) 7d. At 41% of the EU budget, the CAP cannot be immune from the difficult spending choices being made by member states; the CAP must be a part of a wider strategy to deliver budgetary restraint by identifying savings across the EU budget;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 e (new) 7e. In a smaller share of the EU budget, future CAP expenditure must tackle the key objectives of encouraging a competitive and sustainable EU agricultural sector, to reduce the reliance on subsidies and to focus resources on the provision of public goods;
source: PE-464.902
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2011/2051(INI) CAP towards 2020: meeting the food, natural resources and territorial challenges of the future
2011/03/21
AGRI
23 amendments...
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas food has a strategic importance, with the most favourable way of ensuring food security is to maintain a stable, profitable agricultural sector; whereas the CAP is failing to achieve this,
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas food security remains a central challenge for agriculture not only in the EU but globally, in particular in developing countries, as the world population is predicted to grow from 7 to 9 billion by 2050 and demand for food is projected to double by the same year according to the FAO; whereas this extra food will need to be produced against a background of pressure on natural resources, meaning that farmers will need to produce more, using less land and using less fertilisers and pesticides,
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas food security remains a central challenge for agriculture not only in the EU but globally, in particular in developing countries, as the world population is predicted to grow from 7 to 9 billion by 2050 and demand for food is projected to double by the same year according to the FAO, whereas this extra food will need to be produced against a background of pressure on natural resources, meaning that farmers will need to produce more using less land and less fertilisers and pesticides,
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I a (new) Ia. whereas the Commission should further strengthen funding for R&D in agriculture,
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I b (new) Ib. whereas there is a need for a regional advisory authority to further transfer knowledge in agricultural research,
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I c (new) Ic. whereas the sharp rises in global commodity prices are increasing the price of food and the costs of production, while farm incomes are decreasing,
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas the European Parliament has often expressed its opposition to a renationalisation of the CAP and an increase in cofinancing, which could detract from fair competition on the EU internal market,
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas a two-pillar CAP, with pillar one focused on market support measures and pillar two focused on rural development, should be retained,
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L L. whereas there should not be any differentiation in the treatment of farmers according to size of holding and legal form for the purpose of direct payments,
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M a (new) Ma. whereas further measures are needed into the use of modern technology in farming to reduce the use of inputs, specifically focused on precision farming techniques,
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution Recital N Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution 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 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, particularly regarding child labour, should be complied with,
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P a (new) Pa. whereas the European Parliament resolution of May 2010 on the simplification of the CAP has not been taken into account in the Commission communication,
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Expects the re-design of the CAP to align with the EU 2020 Strategy priorities of smart, inclusive and sustainable growth; Believes that agriculture is well placed to make a major contribution to tackling climate change, creating new jobs through green growth and supplying renewable energy whilst at the same time continuing to provide safe, high quality food products and food security for European consumers;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Urges the Commission to start considering the reform of the CAP in the context of future challenges, including food security, climate change, population growth, the integration of markets and the competition for resources; and considers these challenges the main drivers for post 2013 CAP.
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Calls for the CAP to remain structured around two pillars; Points out that pillar 1 should remain fully financed by the EU budget and yearly based, while multiannual programming, a voluntary and contractual approach and co- financing should continue to apply under pillar 2;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. In respect of food security, insists that the Commission takes due and proper account of the Policy Coherence for Development agenda to ensure that CAP reform is consistent with other EU initiatives with regard to its impact on developing countries,
Amendment 460 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Stresses the need for
Amendment 497 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 d (new) 14d. Believes that the EU has a role to play in meeting the challenges of food security and energy security, and therefore needs to ensure that agriculture plays a full role in meeting both these challenges; Believes therefore, that it is inappropriate for compulsory set-aside to be included in the list of sustainability measures as proposed by the Commission;
Amendment 520 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Considers that decoupling has essentially proved its worth, and should be further extended to other sectors still coupled to production given the increased effect on income and greater autonomy in decision-making on the part of farmers and the associated simplification of the CAP, and calls for this also, in general, to apply to suckler cow and sheep premiums; recognises, however, that in certain sectors and regions such as mountain regions, where there are no alternatives to relatively labour-intensive livestock farming, there may be considerable economic and environmental drawbacks which cannot be reconciled with the aims of the Treaty; acknowledges, therefore, that production- based premiums might be defensible within a narrowly defined framework for a limited period even after 2013; but only through Article 68 measures decided by the Member State concerned;
Amendment 531 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls – without casting any doubt on the results of the 2008 Health Check of the CAP – for appropriations under Article 68 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 primarily to be
Amendment 566 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Observes that, for historical reasons, farms in the European Union have a very diverse structure as regards size, employment arrangements and legal form; is aware that direct payments are moving away from a historical basis to area-based payments and that the provision of public goods is independent of farm size; strongly rejects, therefore, measures which discriminate against particular types of farm, particularly as the EU will need to produce more food in the future to meet food security concerns;
Amendment 580 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Calls on the Commission to submit by 30 June 2016 a report setting out comprehensively how livestock farming in Europe can be
source: PE-458.827
2011/03/22
AGRI
26 amendments...
Amendment 603 #
Motion for a resolution 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 definition of ‘inactive farmer’ to clearly identify which farmers or landowners would not qualify for payments reserved only for 'active farmers' which the Member States can administer without additional administrative effort
Amendment 604 #
Motion for a resolution 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 definition of
Amendment 689 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Considers therefore that any environmental advantages can be attained more effectively and directly by means of second-pillar measures adopted by the Member States, which should ideally build on existing agrienvironmental measures or should supplement measures which take into account climatic and geographical differences in the Member States; observes that resource protection programmes should be pursued everywhere by means of a priority catalogue of area-based measures in the second pillar which are subject to basic requirements, particularly in the fields of climate, environment and innovation (Annex I), and are 100% EU- financed; regards the greening of direct payments in the first pillar as lying in the fact that any recipient of direct payments in the EU must implement at least two priority area-based resource protection programmes in order to be eligible for the complete farm payment; believes that the administration involved in these measures
Amendment 725 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Regards this model as making a substantial contribution to
Amendment 782 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 a (new) 27a. Points out that the cross-compliance system makes the granting of direct payments subject to compliance with statutory requirements and the maintenance of farmland in good agricultural and environmental condition, and remains one of the appropriate means of optimising the provision of baseline eco-system services by farmers and meeting new environmental challenges by securing the provision of basic public goods; notes, however, that the introduction of cross-compliance has raised a whole range of problems relating to administrative issues and acceptance by farmers, who had the impression that they were losing a degree of freedom in their work; calls therefore for the administrative burden on farmers to be reduced through a simplified implementation system for cross- compliance requirements;
Amendment 784 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 b (new) 27b. Rejects, therefore, the introduction of burdensome and unclear requirements derived from the water framework directive into the cross-compliance system until clarification is established as regards the state of play of implementation of this directive in all Member States;
Amendment 785 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 c (new) 27c. Believes that genuine efforts are being made to simplify the system and reduce the administrative red-tape placed on farmers; calls however for a simplified, more proportionate and risk-based approach by the Commission and Member States to the implementation of regulatory controls, the conduct of compliance audits and the system of penalties;
Amendment 794 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 28. Calls, in view of the greater concentration of direct payments on resource protection and environmental measures, for a substantial reduction of the scope of CC; calls on the Commission to make significant progress in simplifying and harmonising rules on monitoring; calls on the Commission to consider the introduction of tolerance levels and the application of proportionality within any penalty system;
Amendment 796 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 a (new) 28a. Considers that any proposal to CAP payments to larger farms runs contrary to the principle of CAP simplification, as farms will simply be split up to avoid losing direct payments;
Amendment 829 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 32. Considers that the general market orientation of the CAP should be maintained and that the general structure of market management instruments should
Amendment 848 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 33 33. Considers that the health check approach should be pursued further, as these 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 minimum safety net in case of extreme price crises and
Amendment 866 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 34 34. Considers that, in view of the anticipated environmental and climate dangers and the risk of epidemics and considerable price fluctuations on agricultural markets, additional risk prevention is of vital importance, particularly at individual farm level if the EU is to contribute to increasing global food production to ensure food security;
Amendment 887 #
Motion for a resolution 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; stresses that any powers given to the Commission under such circumstances must be only for a period of no longer than one year;
Amendment 965 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 42 Amendment 984 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 43 Amendment 1003 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 44 a (new) 44 a. Recalls that EU farmers are required to produce food to the highest safety, environmental, quality and animal welfare standards and should be rewarded for doing so; believes that imports from third countries should, respecting WTO rights and obligations, meet equivalent standards to ensure fairer competition; calls on the Commission to uphold the interests of European farmers in the context of multilateral and bilateral trade agreements negotiated on behalf of the EU;
Amendment 1004 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 45 Amendment 1043 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 47 47. Observes that speculation
Amendment 1049 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 47 a (new) 47 a. Calls for measures to be taken to strengthen primary producers' and producer organisations' management capacity and bargaining power vis-à-vis other economic operators in the food chain (primarily retailers, processors and input companies), provided these developments do not hinder the proper functioning of the internal market; takes the view that the functioning of the food supply-chain should be improved, through greater transparency of food prices and action to address unfair commercial practices, enabling farmers to obtain the added value they deserve; believes that the appointment of ombudsmen should be considered with a view to solving disputes between the operators along the food supply-chain;
Amendment 1061 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 48 48.
Amendment 1082 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 48 48. Is aware of the importance of the second pillar, in view of its environmental, 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 growth, 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, who are the future of farming in the European Union;
Amendment 1107 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 49 49. Advocates therefore
Amendment 1124 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 49 a (new) 49 a. Calls, in line with the Commission Communication, for a more outcome- oriented approach through a general move towards the use of delivery tools that set goals and empower farmers and rural communities to choose their own systems to meet multiannual targets and objectives, such as outcome agreements and simple contracts;
Amendment 1128 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 49 b (new) 49 b. Believes that Green growth should be at the heart of a new rural development strategy that focuses on creating new opportunities in terms of: - developing rural areas' potential to produce more renewable and sustainable energy from second-generation biofuels, from biomass, agro-materials, agro-waste and the by-products of agriculture; - boosting on-farm small-scale renewable energy production; - investing in innovative techniques as well as projects for applying research and development on farms; - providing technical support and advice to farmers, especially young farmers, in applying new agricultural techniques;
Amendment 1224 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 55 55. Calls for simplification and a review of the cross-compliance rules for the second pillar in alignment with cross-compliance rules in the first pillar as described in paragraphs 27-31, considers simplification of the current indicator system to be necessary and takes a critical view of the introduction of quantitative targets;
Amendment 1249 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 57 source: PE-460.935
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2011/2108(INI) Honeybee health and the challenges for the beekeeping sector
2011/08/31
AGRI
22 amendments...
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) B a. Whereas the health and sustainability of the 69 species of bumblebees should also be taken into account, bumblebee colonies are uniquely at risk, because only the queen survives the winter and is often at risk of being eaten by predators.
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas increased bee mortality has been reported in both the EU and other parts of the world; whereas science and veterinary practice cannot currently provide effective prevention or disease control against certain pests and diseases owing to insufficient research and development of new bee-health medicines in the past decades
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the health of individual bees and colonies is affected by numerous lethal and sub-lethal factors, many of them interconnected
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Calls on the Commission to increase the level of support for honeybee-health- related research under the next financial framework (FP8) and to focus the research on technological developments, disease prevention and control, particularly the impact of environmental factors on bee colony immune systems, defining sustainable agricultural practices and
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Considers that it is important to take urgent measures to protect bee health, taking into account the specificities of beekeeping, the diversity of actors involved and the principles of proportionality and subsidiarity;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 b (new) 1 b. Reiterates concerns that increased mortality among honeybees and wild pollinators in Europe would, if left unchecked, have a profound negative impact on agriculture, food production and security, biodiversity, environmental sustainability and ecosystems;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Commission to promote the setting up of appropriate national surveillance systems and to develop
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the Commission to continue supporting scientific research on honeybee health, building on the good examples of the COST Action COLOSS and the BeeDoc and STEP initiatives and to encourage member states to support scientific research in this area; stresses nevertheless that relations with beekeepers and beekeeper organisations should be enhanced;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8 a. Calls for coordination and collaboration between beekeepers, growers, industries, public authorities and researchers in order to determine the causes of the problem and bring effective solutions to it.
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls on the
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12 a. Notes that public awareness and education of bees is vitally important as bees are often mistaken for wasps and many people remain scared of bees as a result, in addition, poor knowledge of the work that bees do in gardens often means that hobby gardeners do not plant the right types of plants and flowers; stresses that more public awareness in this area may help provide more varied food sources for bees and help their survival as a result.
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13 a. Stresses that in urban environments, including heavily densely populated cities, roof gardens can encourage diversity in the environment and food sources available for bees and that greater public awareness can help people managing roof gardens to find the right mix of flowers and plants to aid the survival of bees in these environments.
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14 a. Stresses that Colony collapse disorder is not a modern phenomena and has been recorded before the advent of modern farming practices; considers that the health of honeybees should be seen as an important bio-indicator for the state of our environment and the sustainability of agricultural practices;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Invites the Commission to improve risk assessment methodology for pesticides
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17.
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18.
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18 a. Calls on the Commission to pay special attention to the use of specific pesticides, which could have an adverse effect on bee and colony health,
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Calls for comprehensive scientific research, based on appropriate risk assessment, on the possible replacement of
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. With special regard to the 2009
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 29. Calls on the Commission to
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 a (new) 30 a. Calls on the Commission to encourage agri-environment schemes which incentivise farmers to grow legumes as fodder for bees and to ensure that food is available for bees all year round;
source: PE-469.980
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2011/2175(INI) How to avoid food wastage: strategies for a more efficient food chain in the EU
2011/03/10
AGRI
6 amendments...
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J a (new) Ja. Whereas some Member States ban food being sold at below cost price, robbing retailers of the opportunity to sell unsold fresh food at a cheaper price to consumers towards the end of the day and contributing further to waste in the food chain,
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Believes that all Member States should make it possible for retailers to substantially reduce the price of fresh food, to below the cost of production when it is close to its sell before date, in order to reduce the amount of unsold food discarded and to offer a possibility for consumers with a lower disposable income to buy high quality food at cheaper prices;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Urges the Commission and the Member States to promote awareness-raising campaigns to inform the public about the causes and effects of food waste and ways of reducing it, fostering a scientific and civic culture guided by the principles of sustainability and solidarity;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the Commission to determine ways and means of better involving agri- food businesses, wholesale markets, shops, distribution chains, and public and private caterers and restaurants in anti-waste practices, including ending bans on selling food at below the cost of production;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Invites the Commission to assess and encourage measures to reduce food waste upstream, such as dual-date labelling (‘sell by’ and ‘use by’) and discounted sales of out-of-date or damaged goods, stresses that some Member States increase waste by banning below cost selling, as well as to reduce packaging so as to achieve eco- friendly products by means of industrial eco-design;
source: PE-472.283
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2012/0237(COD) European political parties and European political foundations: statute and funding
2012/12/20
BUDG
4 amendments...
Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 12 – paragraph 4 4. Financial contributions or grants from the general budget of the European Union may not exceed
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 16 – paragraph 1 1. Any European political party or European political foundation that receives a donation from within or across borders
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 16 – paragraph 2 2. Any natural or legal person donating to a European political party or European political foundation within or across borders
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 16 – paragraph 3 source: PE-502.125
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2012/2001(BUD) 2013 budget, other sections: guidelines
2012/01/31
BUDG
8 amendments...
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Believes that the institutions, in the context of continued challenging economic circumstances, should at the very least be looking to freeze their administrative budgets; emphasises, however, the need to respect legally binding obligations and possible subsequent increases, believes, however, that the institutions should seek to counterbalance these increases with savings in other areas;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Requests an updated estimate of the impact of Croatia's accession on Heading 5;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Considers that real savings can be made by identifying overlaps and inefficiencies across budgetary lines; requests, therefore, a detailed
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Recalls Paragraph 9 of its Resolution P7_TA(2011)0088 of 9th March 2011, adopted by 574 votes in favour to 74 against, which took the view that Parliament should submit biannual reports on the implementation of its budgets, giving details of the implementation of each budget line;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Believes that, in order to make significant long-term savings, an independent evaluation of the EP budget should be considered, requests that the Services report back to the Committee on Budgets by the 1st of May 2012 with a series of proposals to this end;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Stresses the need for greater cooperation between the Secretary General, the Bureau, and the Committee on Budgets throughout the year to ensure a smooth budgetary process and effective implementation of the budget; expects the Bureau to present prudent needs-based draft estimates, in which any
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11 a. Notes, following its Resolution of 6 April 2011, and notably its paragraphs 18 and 19, the receipt of a long-term business strategy for the House of European History, requests an updated analysis of the plan's execution by 31st December 2012, containing an evaluation of any cost overruns;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12.
source: PE-480.738
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2012/2016(BUD) 2013 budget: mandate for trilogue
2012/05/31
BUDG
20 amendments...
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Recognises the persistent economic and budgetary constraints at national level, as well as the need for fiscal consolidation which must be reflected at European level; reiterates, however, its conviction that the EU budget represents a common and effective instrument of investment and solidarity, which is needed particularly at the present time to trigger economic growth, competitiveness and job creation in the 27 Member States; stresses that, despite its limited size that does not exceed 2% of total public spending in the Union, the EU budget has had a real economic impact and successfully complemented so far Member States
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Believes that advancing the Europe 2020 Strategy requires judicious selection of policy instruments and objectives, such as promoting trade, strengthening the single market and providing a supportive framework for innovation, and takes the view that the Europe 2020 strategy can be credible only if adequately funded but believes that funding for EU2020 should not be increased for 2013 unless accompanied by savings elsewhere in the budget, thus allowing for an inflationary freeze in both commitment and payment appropriations;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Is convinced that, particularly in a period of crisis, financial responsibility is of utmost importance; believes, therefore, that resources must be concentrated on those areas, where the EU budget can deliver an added value whilst they can be decreased in sectors which are experiencing unjustified delays,
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls on the Commission to budget realistically and insists that the utmost done to examine the European added value of all current EU programmes, calls for systematic, regular and independent evaluations, ensuring that all spending is achieving the desired outcomes in a cost effective manner while contributing to the EU2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and respecting the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7.
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10.
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Recalls that the annual Budget 2013 will be the last budget of the current multiannual financial framework, whose ceilings will become the reference for the next financial framework in the event of no agreement, according to what foreseen by point 30 of the IIA of 17 May 2006; is therefore determined to conduct the negotiations with the Council with the view to achieving for the Budget 2013 a realistic and adequate level of appropriations both in commitments and in payments
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Recalls the Joint Declaration of 1 December 2011 on financing the additional costs of the ITER programme for 2012- 2013, where the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission also agree to make available EUR 360 million in CA in the 2013 budget procedure ‘making full use of the provisions laid down in the Financial Regulation and in the IIA of 17 May 2006, excluding any further ITER- related revision of the MFF’; is concerned that the Commission proposes to finance this additional amount only through redeployment from lines of the FP7 programme, contrary to Parliament's long- standing position on the matter; takes full account of the Commission's claim that this amount derives from performance savings on FP7, and that those cuts on administrative lines will not harm the operation of the programme; intends to examine this claim further
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24.
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 29. Considers this increase in payments only as a first step to cover the actual needs of running projects and reiterates its concern as to a possible shortage of funds in the field of cohesion policy;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 36 36. Reminds that price volatility in this sector is a
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 37 37. Notes that climate action and environmental objectives are a priority stipulated in the Europe 2020 strategy, which must be translated into concrete actions to be implemented under the various programmes; welcomes in this context the proposed increase of CA by 3,3% to EUR 366,6 million for LIFE + and considers that this increase must be offset by a reallocation of funds from existing budget lines; considers a cross-cutting approach should be applied whereby sustainable growth becomes a horizontal priority underpinning all EU policies;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 38 38. Considers important to
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 47 Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 51 51. Notes the significant increase of EUR 272,3 million in the proposed margin for Heading 4 compared to the Financial programming for 2013 (from EUR 119,6 million to EUR 391,9 million), which is the net effect of the increase in commitments for ENPI (reinforced by EUR 51,7 million), ICI and ICI + (above Financial programming with EUR 0,3 million) and decreasing the growth in commitments for the Guarantee Fund (-104,5 million EUR), Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (- 99.3 million EUR), Macro-financial Assistance (-37,4 million EUR), Development Cooperation Instrument (- 28,6 million EUR), Instrument for Stability (- 41,4 million EUR);
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 60 60. Welcomes this effort towards budget consolidation in administrative expenditure at a time of economic and budgetary constraints at national level
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 62 62. Emphasises that for many areas of EU action, sufficient staffing should be ensured in view of the stage of programmes
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 63 Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 69 a (new) 69a. Believes that when the ESAs are given additional tasks in the future there should be a cost assessment made at a suitable stage during the legislative process such as during trilogue negotiations in order for MEPs and Member States understand the cost consequences of the proposals they are making;
source: PE-489.697
2012/11/05
AGRI
2 amendments...
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Notes that, on account of the austerity measures approved in many Member States in order to rebalance national budgets and reduce public debt, a realistic EU budget stipulating both positive and negative priorities is needed; notes that the commitments budgeted for agriculture and rural development have been raised slightly, with increases in commitments of 0.4% and 1.3% respectively compared with 2012, and increases in payments of 0.5% and 5.4% respectively, resulting in a total increase in payments under Heading 2 of 1.6%, which is well below the
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 source: PE-489.462
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2012/2027(INI) Innovative financial instruments in the context of the next Multiannual Financial Framework
2012/07/19
BUDG
15 amendments...
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Recalls that the introduction of IFIs at European level was seen as a way of enabling the Union to stimulate investment in the real European economy at a time when, against the background of
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Emphasises that the ultimate purpose of and the rationale for IFIs is that they should act as a catalyst which makes it possible, on the basis of a contribution from the Union budget, to mobilise f
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Firmly believes that IFIs must address one or more specific policy objectives of the Union, in particular those outlined by the EU2020 Strategy, operate in a non discriminatory fashion, must have a clear end date, respect the principles of sound financial management and be complementary to traditional instruments such as grants, thus improving the quality of spending and contributing to the guiding principles of ensuring optimal use of financial resources;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Emphasises that the use of IFIs is governed by strict legislative (agreement of the legislative authority required) and budgetary rules; notes that the use of IFIs does not generate costs for the Union budget, in that the liability borne by the Union budget
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Points out that investments which are certain to generate a return
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7.
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12.
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21.
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Emphasises that since the mid-1990s public investment in the EU has been steadily falling and that this trend has become more pronounced since the start of the financial crisis in 2008; notes, further, that private investors are facing a credit squeeze and are finding it more difficult to borrow money on the capital markets; is convinced, therefore, that
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26.
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 28. Emphasises the importance of ex ante and concurrent assessments in identifying situations of market failure or sub-optimal investment conditions; calls on the Commission to propose relevant criteria to govern the role and use of ex ante a
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 29. Regards it as essential that a reasonable number of simple quantitative and qualitative indicators should be incorporated into the
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 36 Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 38 38. Welcomes the prompt agreement reached between Parliament and the Council on the implementation of a
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 41 41.
source: PE-494.572
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2012/2058(BUD) Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: technical assistance by the Commission
2012/05/16
BUDG
7 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 3 a (new) - having regard to the outcome of the EPSCO Council on 1-2 December 2011,
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas the future of the EGF within the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) remains unclear,
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Requests the institutions involved to make the necessary efforts to improve procedural and budgetary arrangements in order to accelerate the mobilisation of the EGF; appreciates, in this sense, the improved procedure put in place by the Commission, following Parliament's request to accelerate the release of grants, aimed at presenting to the budgetary authority the Commission's assessment on the eligibility of an EGF application together with the proposal to mobilise the EGF; hopes that further improvements in the procedure will be reached in the framework of the upcoming reviews of the EGF and in the event of an agreement being reached on its continuation into the next MFF that greater efficiency, transparency and visibility of the EGF will be achieved;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes the fact that following repeated requests from the Parliament, the 2012 budget shows payment appropriations of EUR 50 000 000 on the EGF budget line 04 05 01; recalls that the
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Notes the Commissions requests for technical assistance in previous years and therefore questions the budget requested for its information activities; calls on the Commission to reduce its audio-visual activities notably on the production of a video; stresses that information activities should focus on the maintenance of the website and the publication of the annual reports;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Believes that other savings could be made with regard to the administrative and technical support requested by the Commission;
source: PE-489.529
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2012/2089(BUD) Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: redundancies in the footwear industry in Spain
2012/05/23
BUDG
3 amendments...
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Requests the institutions involved to make the necessary efforts to improve procedural and budgetary arrangements in order to accelerate the mobilisation of the EGF; appreciates the improved procedure put in place by the Commission, following Parliament's request for accelerating the release of grants, aimed at presenting to the budgetary authority the Commission's assessment on the eligibility of an EGF application together with the proposal to mobilise the EGF; hopes that further improvements in the procedure will be integrated in the new Regulation on the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (2014–2020) in the event of an agreement being reached on its continuation into the next Multiannual Financial Framework and that greater efficiency, transparency and visibility of the EGF will be achieved;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Welcomes the fact that following repeated requests from Parliament, the 2012 budget shows payment appropriations of EUR 50 000 000 on the EGF budget line 04 05 01; recalls that the
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6.
source: PE-489.583
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2012/2092(BUD) 2013 general budget: all sections
2012/04/09
AGRI
7 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Notes, however, that, given the budgetary difficulties and painful savings made in many Member States,
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Asks the Commission to provide both arms of the budgetary authority with prompt, regular and complete information on the implementation - on the basis of performance target indicators - of the various programmes and initiatives under Heading 2, and to weigh them against the EU's political commitments
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Expresses its willingness, in line with paragraph 4 of the Parliament's report on the Mandate for Trilogue on the 2013 Draft Budget, to look for, where possible, negative priorities and possible savings;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Believes that improvements can be made in the clearance of accounts of previous years and
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Notes that the CAP
source: PE-494.810
2012/08/10
BUDG
51 amendments...
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Is fully aware of the severe difficulties arising from
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Points out that the EU budget
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Recalls that 2013 is the last year of the current multiannual financial framework (MFF), which makes it of the utmost importance to reach a balance between commitments undertaken so far and payments deriving from them that need to be honoured
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6.
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Notes that Council's cuts are spread over all the headings, but that Headings 1a and 1b are
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Highlights that these cuts
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9.
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Points out that the substantial reduction in the level of payments as compared to commitments set by Council would logically bring as a consequence
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. On the basis of the data presented by Commission in the inter-institutional meeting on payments of 26 September 2012,
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Due to the recent years' experience,
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13.
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Is of the opinion that the answer to the crisis must not reflexively be more Europe and not less Europe,
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16.
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. In particular, highlights that the strong cuts to the Commission's proposal affecting Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) and the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP) programmes
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21.
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Recalls that the high level of payments in the DB for this heading (+8,1%) results from commitments undertaken in the past, which need to be honoured at the end of the programming period in line with the natural life cycle of the Structural Funds; stresses that a more realistic approach from the Council as to the actual payment needs under this heading in the recent EU budgetary procedures
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Notes, that forecasts of spending needs in this area are highly uncertain and can fluctuate considerably as implementation rates for major programmes change;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24.
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25.
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 a (new) 26a. Believes that payment appropriations should be set at the minimum necessary to fund programme implementation and be based on realistic implementation rates and estimates of Member States' absorption capacity;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 28.
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 32.
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 33 33. Maintains the budget allocation dedicated to the Food Distribution Programme for the Most Deprived Persons in the EU that supports 18 million people with problems of malnutrition within the Union
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 33 a (new) 33a. Notes that the financing of the Food Distribution Programme under CAP expenditure was initially justified because of the use of intervention stocks; however, given that intervention stocks have been reduced to almost zero in recent years and taking into account the Court of Auditors ruling1on the scheme - believes that the link of the programme with agricultural expenditure is unjustified; 1 ECA/09/51.
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 36 36. Stresses that the common fisheries policy remains a crucial political priority for the EU
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 37 37. Notes that the overall cuts in funding proposed by the Council compared to DB 2013 is
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 38 38.
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 39 39.
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 40 40. Stresses that measures aimed at combating gender violence must be sufficiently funded; emphasises the important role that the programme for preventing and combating all forms of violence (DAPHNE) has played in eliminating violence against
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 42 42.
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 43 43. Reiterates that fostering youth employment and activity are essential for Europe to be able to
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 44 44. Considers that the information campaign on the European Year of Citizens 2013 together with communication activities
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 48 48. Underlines,
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 50 50.
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 52 52. Takes note of Council's position, which decreased Commission's proposal on Heading 5 – All sections by EUR 146 million overall,
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 53 53. Stresses in particular that most institutions, including Parliament and the Commission, complied with and even overstepped the
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 54 54.
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 56 56. Decides, for all the institutions apart from Council, as well as for European Schools, to restore (or in the case of the Court of Justice, add) in reserve the amounts corresponding to the 1.7% 2011 salary adjustment for budget year 2013,
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 59 59. While restoring or maintaining Commission's and, partly, other institutions' requests for posts on the basis of a case-by-case approach, calls for an in- depth impact assessment to be carried out on the planned staff reductions by 2018 to be delivered to the budgetary authority by 31st June 2012, taking full account of, inter alia, the Union's legal obligations and the institutions' new competences and increased tasks arising from the Treaties;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 60 60. Although welcoming the information given in the DB on those areas which were reinforced in staff, such as European economic governance, the single market and security and justice, notes
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 64 64. Endorses, as a general rule a report to be delivered to the standing Rapporteur responsible for agencies by 31st of June each year, the Commission's estimates of agencies' budgetary and staff needs
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 68 68.
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 78 78. Welcomes the establishment of a joint Working group on the Parliament's budget between the Committee on Budgets and the Bureau; in particular, recalls that such group must reflect the plurality and democratic balance of all political groups in the Parliament, thus ensuring full democratic legitimacy, regrets that up until this point this has not been the case; strongly supports its work on the launch of a comparative study Parliament's budget with the budgets of the US Congress and a sample of Member States' parliaments; recalls that this study is scheduled for completion by the end of 2012; expects this study to create long-
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 92 92. Partially restores remunerations and allowances, to apply a 5,5% standard abatement rate, which will still mean a reduction of the current occupancy rate;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 94 94. Partially restores appropriations for the Committee of Regions to meet its existing statutory and legal obligations in the field of annual lease payments and staff salaries;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 98 98.
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 100 Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 101 101.
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 102 102.
source: PE-497.798
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2012/2151(INI) Towards a genuine Economic and Monetary Union
2012/08/10
BUDG
7 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. Whereas the debt crisis has prompted the Union and
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. Whereas the multiplication of these s
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Recital C C. Whereas, without appropriate consolidated data on the public accounts of the Union, Member States and local and regional authorities, it is impossible to assess the right policy mix within the euro area and within the rest of the Union; whereas such data should also make it possible to evaluate which proportion of national, regional and local budgets is dedicated to the financing of the Union's objectives, such as the Europe 2020 strategy; whereas, currently, even the magnitude of such basic data is unknown;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. All commitments and guarantees undertaken by the Union or by some of its Member States in the framework of the new European s
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Further budgetary coordination within the Union requires consolidated data on the public accounts of the Union, Member States and local and regional authorities, reflecting the Union's objectives. The Commission should therefore include the establishment of such consolidated data in upcoming legislative proposals together with forecasts on budgetary trends related to the duration of the proposed legislative proposals;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. The situation whereby the financing needs of the Union Budget conflict with the necessary budget consolidation in Member States should be addressed urgently
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 source: PE-496.670
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2012/2228(BUD) Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: redundancies in the wind turbine manufacturing industry in Denmark
2012/09/10
BUDG
2 amendments...
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Requests the institutions involved to make the necessary efforts to improve procedural and budgetary arrangements in order to accelerate the mobilisation of the EGF; notes, however, that an agreement on the continuation of the EGF beyond 2013 has yet to be reached; appreciates the improved procedure put in place by the Commission, following Parliament's request for accelerating the release of grants, aimed at presenting to the budgetary authority the Commission's assessment on the eligibility of an EGF application together with the proposal to mobilise the EGF; hopes that, in the event of an agreement under the next MFF further improvements in the procedure will be integrated in
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Recalls the institutions’ commitment to ensuring a smooth and rapid procedure for the adoption of the decisions on the mobilisation of the EGF, providing one- off, emergency, time-limited individual support geared to helping workers who have been made redundant as a result of globalisation and the financial and economic crisis; emphasises the role that the EGF can play in the reintegration of workers made redundant into the labour market;
source: PE-497.800
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2013/0000(BUD)
2013/10/01
BUDG
5 amendments...
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1a (new) 1a. Believes, moreover that the 2014 appropriations should be based on a careful analysis of payment appropriation outturn in 2012 and 2013, with a view to making savings on lines where problems have arisen in implementation, considers that real savings and efficiencies can be made by identifying overlaps and inefficiencies across budgetary lines,
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4a (new) 4a. Expresses concern, however, about the situation under staff regulations whereby certain pensions now seem to out of step with foreseen future economic and demographic circumstances, not least growing pensions schemes which are no longer adapted to proposals to increase retirement age in time of growing life expectancy and falling birth rates; expresses its willingness to give serious consideration to adjusting staff pensions in line with future long term demographic trends;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Considers that Parliament should follow, out of solidarity with other institutions and the Member States, the example of the European Commission in looking for long term efficiencies in its staffing budget by the year 2020, requests in this regard a document be presented by the Secretary General to the Bureau and Committee on Budgets by 31st of May 2013 examining the feasibility of implementing staff reforms in line those adopted by the Commission;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Strongly believes that the Parliament should abandon the controversial and inappropriate European House of History Project, whose rising costs have been noted in reports submitted at the request of the Parliament by its management authorities, considers that if the project were to be cancelled the initial outlay that would be required would more than be compensated for by long term savings,
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Supports the idea that funding of European parties and foundations should be financed entirely by the national parties concerned or from other "own resources," considers that this could be achieved giving parties and foundations greater latitude to increase their own funding, allowing the Parliament to make substantial savings, intends therefore to take concrete steps with a view to making these organisations entirely self-sufficient with no further contributions from the Parliament's budget;
source: PE-502.217
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2013/2010(BUD) Guidelines for the 2014 budget: section III
2013/01/31
BUDG
15 amendments...
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Takes note
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Believes that in the context of continued challenging economic circumstances, the European Union should freeze its budgets; emphasises, however, the need to respect legally binding obligations and possible subsequent increases, on the basis that increases be offset to maintain the level of an overall freeze;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Believes realistic budgeting to be the key principle of sound financial management given the fiscal and economic challenges facing the Union; takes the view, moreover that the 2014 appropriations should be based on a careful analysis of payment appropriation outturn in 2012 as well 2013, with a view to view to making savings on lines where problems have arisen in implementation, considers that real savings can be made by identifying overlaps and inefficiencies across budgetary lines;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Attaches the greatest political importance to the joint statements signed by Parliament, the Council and the Commission at their highest political level in December 2012, which are an integral part of the agreement between the two arms of the budgetary authority on the 2013 budget and according to which the necessary
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Contends that the difficulties experienced by the two arms of the budgetary authority in agreeing the annual budget since the entry into force of Lisbon stem, in part, from legal changes and technical constraints to the annual budgetary procedure, considers that in future the idea of returning the procedure to two readings merits serious consideration;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Is concerned about the high level of unused appropriations (RALs) accumulated at the end of the year 2012, which stood at €217bn; proposes to organise once again this year inter-
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Notes that problems have arisen where programmes have experienced above expected implementation, realises that this can lead to a situation where Member States are unable to agree large requests to meet any prospective shortfall in the level of payment appropriations, believes the idea of using only non- differentiated appropriations across the EU budget, should be explored which at the once would prevent both such undesirable situations from arising in future in addition to preventing excessive accumulation of unused appropriations (RALs);
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Recalls that 2014 is scheduled to be the first year of implementation of the new MFF and is therefore important for the successful start of the new programming period; is of the opinion that the priority of the European budget in 2014 should thus be to
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Recalls that the EU budget is an investment budget and that 94 % of it goes back to the Member States and European citizens through its policies and programmes, and therefore should not be seen as an additional burden but as a tool to boost investment, growth and jobs in Europe; emphasises that, for the regions and Member States, public investment would be minimised or impossible without the contribution of the EU budget; believes that
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Acknowledges the persistent economic and budgetary constraints at national level, and the fiscal consolidation efforts undertaken by the Member States at the request of the Union; underlines, however, that the EU budget is an effective tool for investment and solidarity with proven added value at both European and national level; is convinced that th
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Highlights the strategic effect of the choice of priorities for 2014, as the first year of the coming MFF; emphasises the urgent need for the EU to foster growth and competitiveness, with the objective of creating jobs whilst underlining the crucial importance of sound public finances, deep structural reform and targeted up front investment for sustainable growth;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Recalls, in this regard, that the EU 2020 strategy should be at the heart of the next MFF (2014-2020) and invites the Commission to clearly prioritise it already in 2014 and to place emphasis on spending for SMEs, research, broadband infrastructure and mobile communication technologies, development and innovation, renewable energy,
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Takes the view that the promotion of growth and jobs will above all require a concentration of scarce available funds to support competitiveness, innovation and small and medium enterprises (SMEs), since most of the EU economic potential lies in its 23 million SMEs, which, according to latest studies, created 85 % of net new jobs in the EU between 2002 and 2010 and are the backbone of our economic growth, considers that strengthening EIB support for SMEs and infrastructure should also be considered a key priority;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23.
source: PE-504.211
2013/07/02
BUDG
15 amendments...
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Takes note
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Believes that in the context of continued challenging economic circumstances, the European Union should freeze its budgets; emphasises, however, the need to respect legally binding obligations and possible subsequent increases, on the basis that increases be offset to maintain the level of an overall freeze;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Believes realistic budgeting to be the key principle of sound financial management given the fiscal and economic challenges facing the Union; takes the view, moreover that the 2014 appropriations should be based on a careful analysis of payment appropriation outturn in 2012 as well 2013, with a view to view to making savings on lines where problems have arisen in implementation, considers that real savings can be made by identifying overlaps and inefficiencies across budgetary lines;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Attaches the greatest political importance to the joint statements signed by Parliament, the Council and the Commission at their highest political level in December 2012, which are an integral part of the agreement between the two arms of the budgetary authority on the 2013 budget and according to which the necessary
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Contends that the difficulties experienced by the two arms of the budgetary authority in agreeing the annual budget since the entry into force of Lisbon stem, in part, from legal changes and technical constraints to the annual budgetary procedure, considers that in future the idea of returning the procedure to two readings merits serious consideration;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Is concerned about the high level of unused appropriations (RALs) accumulated at the end of the year 2012, which stood at €217bn; proposes to organise once again this year inter-
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Notes that problems have arisen where programmes have experienced above expected implementation, realises that this can lead to a situation where Member States are unable to agree large requests to meet any prospective shortfall in the level of payment appropriations, believes the idea of using only non- differentiated appropriations across the EU budget, should be explored which at the once would prevent both such undesirable situations from arising in future in addition to preventing excessive accumulation of unused appropriations (RALs);
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Recalls that 2014 is scheduled to be the first year of implementation of the new MFF and is therefore important for the successful start of the new programming period; is of the opinion that the priority of the European budget in 2014 should thus be to
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Recalls that the EU budget is an investment budget and that 94 % of it goes back to the Member States and European citizens through its policies and programmes, and therefore should not be seen as an additional burden but as a tool to boost investment, growth and jobs in Europe; emphasises that, for the regions and Member States, public investment would be minimised or impossible without the contribution of the EU budget; believes that
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Acknowledges the persistent economic and budgetary constraints at national level, and the fiscal consolidation efforts undertaken by the Member States at the request of the Union; underlines, however, that the EU budget is an effective tool for investment and solidarity with proven added value at both European and national level; is convinced that th
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Highlights the strategic effect of the choice of priorities for 2014, as the first year of the coming MFF; emphasises the urgent need for the EU to foster growth and competitiveness, with the objective of creating jobs whilst underlining the crucial importance of sound public finances, deep structural reform and targeted up front investment for sustainable growth;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Recalls, in this regard, that the EU 2020 strategy should be at the heart of the next MFF (2014-2020) and invites the Commission to clearly prioritise it already in 2014 and to place emphasis on spending for SMEs, research, broadband infrastructure and mobile communication technologies, development and innovation, renewable energy,
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Takes the view that the promotion of growth and jobs will above all require a concentration of scarce available funds to support competitiveness, innovation and small and medium enterprises (SMEs), since most of the EU economic potential lies in its 23 million SMEs, which, according to latest studies, created 85 % of net new jobs in the EU between 2002 and 2010 and are the backbone of our economic growth, considers that strengthening EIB support for SMEs and infrastructure should also be considered a key priority;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23.
source: PE-504.211
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2013/2018(BUD) 2014 budget: estimates of revenue and expenditure - Section I, Parliament
2013/03/12
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Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas in light of elections to be held for Parliament and in light of budgetary rigour demonstrated by other Union institutions, it is more important than ever that its budgets reflect current conditions in the Union, both to maintain credibility and as a means of expressing solidarity with its electorate;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Recalls that the level of the preliminary draft estimates for the 2014 budget, as suggested by the Secretary-General in his report to the Bureau, amounts to EUR 1 813 144 206; notes the rate of increase of 3,58 %compared with the 2013 budget; notes that this proposed increase has to be seen in the context of its constitutive elements, specifically an increase of 2,20 % stemming from the election of a new Parliament and the application of the Statutes for Members and Members' assistants, and an increase of 1,30 % deriving from other legal obligations; suggests, however, that this level remains too high and further savings should be sought with a view to lowering this initial draft estimate;
source: PE-506.334
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