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European Parliament2019-2024

Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development

2020/2265(BUI)

10.2.2021

AMENDMENTS1 - 65Draft opinionPina Picierno(PE663.213v02-00)

Guidelines for the 2022 Budget - Section III (2020/2265(BUI))

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Amendment 1Michal Wiezik

Draft opinionParagraph 1

Draft opinion Amendment

1. Highlights the important role that both agriculture and rural development play in achieving the Union’s objectives in the fields of food security, sustainable economic growth, social inclusion, territorial and environmental balance, animal welfare and combating climate change;

1. Highlights the important role that both agriculture and rural development play in achieving the Union’s objectives in the fields of food security, sustainable economic growth, social inclusion, territorial and environmental balance, animal welfare and combating climate change, fully in line with the European Green Deal, the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and Farm to Fork Strategy;

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Amendment 2Daniel Buda



1. Highlights the important role that both agriculture and rural development play in achieving the Union’s objectives in the fields of food security, sustainable economic growth, social inclusion, territorial and environmental balance, animal welfare and combating climate change;

1. Highlights the important role that both agriculture and rural development play in achieving the Union’s objectives in the fields of food security, sustainable economic growth, social inclusion, territorial and environmental balance, animal welfare, preserving biodiversity and combating climate change;

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Amendment 3Bronis Ropė, Martin Häuslingon behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Draft opinion

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Paragraph 1 a (new)


1 a. Stresses that, in accordance with Article 2(1)(c) of the Paris Agreement, finance flows should be made ‘consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate-resilient development’; deplores the lack of attention given to the call by IPCC scientists, in their latest report, for radical action to catch up with the ecological transition, in the light of their warning that CO2 concentration increased three times faster in 2018-2019 than in the 1960s; underlines the fact that there are only a few years left to prevent climate change from getting irreversibly out of control; is convinced that the current COVID crisis should not undermine the ambition of moving towards the objective of achieving climate neutrality by 2050, requiring a cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 60 %compared with 1990 levels by 2030;

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Amendment 4Irène Tolleret, Jérémy Decerle, Adrián Vázquez Lázara, Alin Mituța

Draft opinionParagraph 1 a (new)


1 a. Considers it unacceptable that the agri-food sector bears a large part of the cost of the Airbus-Boeing trade dispute originating in a completely unrelated sector, and urges the European Commission to introduce a compensatory fund for all farmers affected by the American sanctions while waiting for a diplomatic solution, which should exclude agricultural sectors from this litigation; insists on the need to introduce a

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moratorium of at least 6 months on agricultural products pending the negotiation of a solution to the trade dispute;

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1a. Points out that the future common agricultural policy will play a key role in achieving the ambitious objectives of the Green Deal; stresses the need, in this connection, to ensure sufficient funding as a swift and effective response to the new requirements incumbent on the agricultural sector with the implementation of that agreement;

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Amendment 6Emmanouil Fragkos



-1a. Considers that effective protection against irregular imports incompatible with European standards will help to safeguard consumer health and European farmers' income;

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Amendment 7

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Bronis Ropė, Martin Häuslingon behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Draft opinionParagraph 1 b (new)


1 b. Stresses that, due to its high budget share and relevance to climate and biodiversity goals, an adequate CAP budget as well as appropriate and consistent expenditure within the CAP is vital for achievement of the EU’s goals in this domain, and for coherence with the European Green Deal; calls on the Commission to analyse to what extent the current CAP reform proposal contributes to these goals and to come forward with appropriate proposals and changes to redirect the CAP funding to these goals;

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Amendment 8Clara Aguilera



2. Advocates stability for the agriculture budget; therefore opposes any cuts to agriculture in the 2022 budget, especially in view of the serious crises and price volatility experienced by the agricultural sector in recent years, not least due to the COVID-19 crisis;

2. Advocates stability for the agriculture budget; therefore opposes any cuts to agriculture in the 2022 budget, especially in view of the serious crises and price volatility experienced by the agricultural sector in recent years, not least due to the COVID-19 crisis; urges the Commission to make additional funding available to alleviate the difficulties that some agricultural and livestock sectors are experiencing as a result of the length of the pandemic period, the effects of the closure of the Horeca sector on many areas of production and the added impact of long-term tariffs levied by the United States on various European products;

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2. Advocates stability for the agriculture budget; therefore opposes any cuts to agriculture in the 2022 budget, especially in view of the serious crises and price volatility experienced by the agricultural sector in recent years, not least due to the COVID-19 crisis; underlines, however the importance of targeting the EU funding to a more sustainable, healthy and inclusive European food production system; calls on putting limits on industrial models of production that have a negative impact on the climate and clash with the objectives of the European Green Deal and the Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategies;

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2. Advocates stability for the agriculture budget; therefore opposes any cuts to agriculture in the 2022 budget, especially in view of the serious crises and price volatility experienced by the agricultural sector in recent years, not least due to the COVID-19 crisis; stresses that agriculture has played a frontline role in the provision of food during the health

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crisis, and that many agricultural sectors have been heavily impacted by the restrictions resulting from the pandemic;

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Amendment 11Bronis Ropėon behalf of the Verts/ALE Group




2. Advocates stability for the agriculture budget to support an agricultural transition; therefore opposes any cuts to agriculture in the 2022 budget, especially in view of the serious ecological and biodiversity, economic crises and price volatility experienced by the agricultural sector in recent years, not least due to the COVID-19 crisis;

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Amendment 12Irène Tolleret, Jérémy Decerle, Adrián Vázquez Lázara, Alin Mituța



2 a. Supports the extension, beyond the 15th October 2021, of the exceptional measures for the wine sector to help farmers overcome the Covid-19 crisis, taking into account the deterioration of the market situation due to persistent lockdowns and the economic consequences of the crisis, which threaten to significantly alter consumption trends; underlines that the wine sector is facing a significant combined impact of the

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pandemic and the American sanctions adopted in the framework of the Airbus-Boeing dispute;

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Amendment 13Adrián Vázquez Lázara



2a. Expresses its disquiet at the continued punitive duties imposed by the US Administration on European products; for this purpose, urges the European Commission to negotiate a moratorium with the new Administration and set up a compensation fund for those sectors most affected;

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Amendment 14Pina Picierno, Paolo De Castro, Carmen Avram, Ivo Hristov, Juozas Olekas, Miroslav Číž



2 a. Considers it is essential to ensure that any new demands made to the agricultural sector as a result of the European Green Deal, the Biodiversity Strategy and the Farm to Fork Strategy are adequately supported by additional budgetary resources;

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Amendment 15Mazaly Aguilar



2a. Calls for a plan to support the agricultural sector in tackling the effects of the pandemic, with a specific budget that is separate from the dwindling CAP funds;

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Amendment 16Zbigniew Kuźmiuk



2a. Draws attention to the danger of a lower absorption of funds by final beneficiaries in the new CAP implementation model as a result of increased conditionality requirements;

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Amendment 17Irène Tolleret, Martin Hlaváček, Jérémy Decerle, Adrián Vázquez Lázara, Ulrike Müller, Alin Mituța



2 b. Highlights that the new US tariffs on wine and spirits which entered into force on the 12 of January will further undermine the stability of many producers, who are already struggling to

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overcome the first sanctions and the Covid-19 crisis; stresses that losses suffered by many farmers of all sectors concerned go beyond the immediate impact on sales margins, as the countermeasures have knock-on effect resulting in the displacement of high EU value wines by products from other origins;

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2b. Calls on the Commission to allocate rural funding properly under agricultural and cohesion policy, taking into account the objectives of them both, as set out in Articles 39 and 174 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, in order to limit financing from CAP funds for investments not directly related to agriculture;

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2b. Stresses the importance of Member States using the EU recovery plan funds to support the agri-food sector with a view to compensating for the effects of COVID-19, particularly the

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closure of the Horeca sector, and a global context of marked commercial instability;

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3. Urges the Member States to strengthen support measures for young farmers in 2022 in view of the lack of generational renewal in farming, which is currently one of European agriculture’s biggest challenges;

3. Emphasises that over 31% of farms in the European Union are held by farmers over the age of 65, while young farmers account for a mere 6% of the European farming community, and urges the Member States to strengthen support measures for young farmers in 2022 in view of the lack of generational renewal in farming, which is currently one of European agriculture’s biggest challenges; draws attention to the phenomena of depopulation and population ageing of rural areas and stresses the need to implement appropriately-funded measures to counteract these phenomena in the medium and long term;

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3. Urges the Member States to strengthen support measures for young farmers in 2022 in view of the lack of generational renewal in farming, which is currently one of European agriculture’s

3. Urges the Member States to strengthen existing support measures and create additional ones for young farmers in 2022 in view of the lack of generational renewal in farming, which is currently one

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biggest challenges; of European agriculture’s biggest challenges; stresses the need to facilitate access to land and farm succession as a key prerequisite to enable young and new farmers to enter the sector;

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3. Urges the Member States to strengthen support measures for young farmers in 2022 in view of the lack of generational renewal in farming, which is currently one of European agriculture’s biggest challenges; these measures should include facilitating access to preferential credit and expert advice;

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Amendment 23Emmanouil Fragkos




3. Urges the Member States to strengthen support measures for young farmers in 2022, as well as forward-looking investments in digitalisation and robotics applications, in view of the lack of generational renewal in farming, which is currently one of European agriculture’s biggest challenges;

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3. Urges the Member States to strengthen support measures for young farmers in 2022 in view of the lack of generational renewal in farming, which is currently one of the biggest challenges for European agriculture and environmental survival;

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3. Urges the Member States to strengthen support measures for young farmers and potential new entrants in 2022 in view of the lack of generational renewal in farming, which is currently one of European agriculture’s biggest challenges;

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Amendment 26Michaela Šojdrová



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3 a. Calls on the Commission to take into account the increased financial demands for meeting the Farm to Fork Strategy targets (especially in the areas of pesticides reduction, the expansion of organic farming, the reduction of antimicrobials and the improvement of animal welfare) and to propose a corresponding increase in the budget;

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Amendment 27Salvatore De Meo



4a. Emphasises the importance of ensuring appropriate funding to support the green transition for all structures classed by Member States as strategic structures of public interest in the agri-food sector;

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5. Expresses its satisfaction at the increase in appropriations intended to combat animal diseases and plant pests, as the Union is facing significant risks and increased outbreaks;

5. Expresses its satisfaction at the increase in appropriations intended to combat animal diseases and plant pests, as the Union is facing significant risks and increased outbreaks; underlines in this context that new phytosanitary threats may hinder or prevent the achievement of the objectives of the Union's pesticide reduction strategy; calls at the same time

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for a continued strengthening of the European Union's import regime, respecting the provisions of the International Plant Protection Convention;

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5. Expresses its satisfaction at the increase in appropriations intended to combat animal diseases and plant pests, as the Union is facing significant risks and increased outbreaks; reiterates, however, that border controls are still insufficient to combat the introduction of pests and invasive species, which are particularly harmful to the citrus sector;

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5. Expresses its satisfaction at the increase in appropriations intended to combat animal diseases and plant pests, as the Union is facing significant risks and increased outbreaks; highlights the need for border controls to be enhanced and calls for plant protection tools to become more widely available in order combat plagues and diseases;

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5. Expresses its satisfaction at the increase in appropriations intended to combat animal diseases and plant pests, and stresses the need to implement the action plans coordinated by the Commission for the prevention, control and eradication of animal and plant diseases as the Union is facing significant risks and increased outbreaks;

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5. Notes the increase in appropriations intended to combat animal diseases and plant pests, as the Union is facing significant risks and increased outbreaks; calls to focus funding both for research and implementation of agroecological methods of pest management;

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6. Welcomes the increased support for research and innovation dedicated to the supply of safe and high-quality food; stresses that it is essential that funds earmarked for research in the agri-food sector, in particular from the Horizon 2020 budget and via European Innovation Partnerships (EIPs), remain fully available as such in order to stimulate innovation and smart solutions in the agricultural and rural development sectors;

6. Welcomes the increased support for research and innovation dedicated to the supply of safe and high-quality food; stresses that it is essential that funds earmarked for research in the agri-food sector, in particular from the Horizon 2020 budget and via European Innovation Partnerships (EIPs), remain fully available as such in order to stimulate innovation and smart solutions in the agricultural and rural development sectors; points out at the same time that there is an imbalance in the participation of the Member States in research and innovation framework programmes, to the detriment of non-EU-15 countries; Horizon Europe projects should therefore reflect the priorities of all countries and regions;

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6. Welcomes the increased support for research and innovation dedicated to the supply of safe and high-quality food; stresses that it is essential that funds earmarked for research in the agri-food sector, in particular from the Horizon 2020 budget and via European Innovation Partnerships (EIPs), remain fully available as such in order to stimulate innovation and smart solutions in the agricultural and rural development sectors; stresses the need to facilitate access to state-of-the-art agricultural technologies in order to increase the efficiency and sustainability

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of agricultural production and encourage young people to invest in smart agriculture;

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6. Welcomes the increased support for research and innovation dedicated to the supply of safe and high-quality food in line with the Farm to Fork Strategy; stresses that it is essential that funds earmarked for research in the agri-food sector, in particular from the Horizon 2020 budget and via European Innovation Partnerships (EIPs), remain fully available as such in order to stimulate innovation and smart solutions in the agricultural and rural development sectors; highlights the necessity to ensure that the results of research and innovation would reach farm level;

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6. Welcomes the increased support for research and innovation dedicated to the supply of safe and high-quality food; stresses that it is essential that funds earmarked for research in the agri-food

6. Welcomes the increased support for research and innovation dedicated to the supply of safe and high-quality food; stresses that it is essential that funds earmarked for research in the agri-food

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sector, in particular from the Horizon 2020 budget and via European Innovation Partnerships (EIPs), remain fully available as such in order to stimulate innovation and smart solutions in the agricultural and rural development sectors;

sector, in particular from the Horizon 2020 budget and via European Innovation Partnerships (EIPs), remain fully available as such in order to stimulate innovation and smart solutions in the agricultural and rural development sectors; warns, however, against excessive reliance on technological innovations which do not address the root causes of problems nor the systemic environmental issues faced by the agricultural sector;

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Amendment 37Pina Picierno, Paolo De Castro, Carmen Avram, Ivo Hristov, Attila Ara-Kovács, Juozas Olekas, Miroslav Číž




6. Welcomes the increased support for research and innovation dedicated to the supply of safe and high-quality food; stresses that it is essential that funds earmarked for research in the agri-food sector, in particular from the Horizon 2020 budget and via European Innovation Partnerships (EIPs), remain fully available as such in order to stimulate innovation and smart solutions in the agricultural and rural development sectors, especially in the broader context of the “Farm to Fork Strategy”;

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6. Welcomes the increased support for research and innovation dedicated to the supply of safe and high-quality food; stresses that it is essential that funds earmarked for research in the agri-food sector, in particular from the Horizon Europe budget and via European Innovation Partnerships (EIPs), are paid directly to farmers and livestock breeders in order to improve the sector's competitiveness and stimulate innovation and smart solutions in the agricultural and rural development sectors;

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Amendment 39Clara Aguilera




6. Welcomes the increased support for research and innovation dedicated to the supply of safe and high-quality food; stresses that it is essential that funds earmarked for research in the agri-food sector, in particular from the new Horizon Europe budget and via European Innovation Partnerships (EIPs), remain fully available as such in order to stimulate innovation and smart solutions in the agricultural and rural development sectors;

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6 a. Calls for clear commitments to ring fence 25% of the budget for research and innovation for organic farming and agro-ecological approaches, both in national research and innovation (R&I) programmes and European frameworks (e.g. Horizon Europe), in line with the Farm to Fork targets to reduce pesticides and to reach 25% organic land at EU level;

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6a. Stresses the need to further streamline the provision of aid in order to simplify it and to reduce the enormous administrative burden that it places on national administrations and aid recipients, especially in a transitional phase prior to the application of the new CAP;

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7. Underscores the importance of pilot projects and preparatory actions for innovation in the agricultural and rural development sectors; asks for continued

7. Underscores the importance of pilot projects and preparatory actions for innovation in the agricultural and rural development sectors; asks for continued

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support for ongoing and new pilot projects and preparatory actions;

support for ongoing and new pilot projects and preparatory actions; stresses in particular the need for digitisation in villages in order to increase the profitability of production as well as to improve the quality of life and local activation and development;

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7 a. Recalls the Union responsibility to track its biodiversity-related expenditure to fulfil its reporting obligations under the Convention on Biological Diversity; stresses that a transparent, comprehensive and meaningful tracking methodology should be adopted swiftly, and adapted if necessary during the MFF mid-term revision, for both climate-related spending and biodiversity-related spending; highlights that a year 2022 without adequate climate and biodiversity spending and reliable tracking risks impeding the achievement of these spending targets throughout the next MFF;

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7a. Stresses that the long-term vision for the EU's rural areas requires demographic aspects and the increasing depopulation of the rural environment to be taken into consideration when coordinating policies and distributing funds more effectively;

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8. Questions once more the value of the current crisis reserve and financial discipline mechanism, which in the case of the 2022 budget will again simply create an administrative burden; therefore reiterates its position in favour of introducing a multiannual reserve that is decoupled from direct payments.

8. Questions once more the value of the current crisis reserve and financial discipline mechanism, which remains unused despite demands for support during the COVID pandemic, since in the case of the 2022 budget it will again simply create an administrative burden; therefore reiterates its position in favour of introducing a multiannual reserve that is decoupled from direct payments;

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Amendment 46Irène Tolleret, Martin Hlaváček, Jérémy Decerle, Adrián Vázquez Lázara, Elsi Katainen, Alin Mituța



8 a. Welcomes the recovery funds wich will be devoted to support agri-food operators in their efforts to adapt to climate change and to provide European consumers with sustainable and local

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products; stresses that special attention must be paid to the quality agri-food products hardest hit by the Covid-19 crisis;

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8 a. Urges, that despite the CAP in 2022 still being implemented in accordance with the 2014-2020 rules until 2022, the need to implement measures in the way which will lead to more positive changes ensuring sustainable transition including for the sake of farmers, environment and climate and the food security;

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8a. Calls on the Commission not to concentrate promotional funds on specific production models and to continue to promote awareness and consumption of foods from the Mediterranean diet, as well as quality products with high added value, geographical indications and designations of origin;

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Amendment 49Petri Sarvamaa



8 a. Underlines that there has been systematic fraud and abuse of Union agricultural subsidies; calls the Commission to introduce new anti-oligarch measures and emphasises the importance of binding Union agricultural subsidies to an evaluation of the rule of law in the Member States;

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8 b. Recalls that food security, and food supply chain sustainability, as well as 2030 climate and environmental targets are priorities and require investments and support to farmers and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in rural areas; highlights therefore the need for a strong EAFRD and swift operation of the Next Generation EU funds in 2022, taking into account Union commitments from that new recovery instrument;

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Amendment 51Petri Sarvamaa

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8 b. Stresses the importance of full utilization of fossil-substituting and renewable bioeconomy in contributing to the European Green Deal and in creating a resource-efficient circular economy; therefore recalls the importance of increased support for research and innovation via European regional development fund (ERDF) and Horizon Europe budget as laid out in the Commission’s Bioeconomy Strategy;

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Amendment 52Irène Tolleret, Martin Hlaváček, Jérémy Decerle, Adrián Vázquez Lázara, Alin Mituța



8 b. Urges the Member States to take a decision on new own budgetary resources in order to speed up the implementation of the EU's “Next Generation” initiative; calls on the European Commission to allow Member States to start implementing in the meantime their recovery plans in the framework of the rural development programmes, pending the formal decision;

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8b. Trusts that the 2022 budget will serve to better communicate the benefits of livestock farming in Europe, particularly extensive livestock farming and its contribution to the environment, biodiversity and the sustainability of rural areas;

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Draft opinionParagraph 8 c (new)


8 c. Stresses that there is a strong demand to adjust the CAP sectoral programmes in order to address the market crises in certain key Union agricultural sectors and rural territories negatively impacted by the COVID-19 crisis; insists that some of the COVID-19 crisis measures supporting agricultural sectors need to continue in 2022, focused on diversifying and shortening supply chains;

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Draft opinionParagraph 8 c (new)


8 c. Expresses its satisfaction with the

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pace of spending on rural development allocations corresponding to the 2014-2020 programmes and encourages those Member States who have not depleted their 2014-2020 financial envelopes to continue this trend during the CAP transition period;

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Amendment 56Irène Tolleret, Martin Hlaváček, Jérémy Decerle, Adrián Vázquez Lázara, Ulrike Müller, Alin Mituța

Draft opinionParagraph 8 d (new)


8 d. Invites Member States to promote Rural Development actions orientated to help farmers make the ecological transition and to comply with the Green Deal objectives;

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Draft opinionParagraph 8 d (new)


8 d. Highlights the importance of small farms in rural areas, ecological farms and young farmers which require particular attention and increased financial resources;

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Draft opinionParagraph 8 e (new)


8 e. Considers that agri-food sector should be counted among the beneficiaries of the new Brexit Adjustment Reserve, since it is worst affected by the adverse consequences of the withdrawal of the UK from the Union and facing a significant increase of the administrative costs linked to control borders, which penalises small and medium enterprises the most;

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Draft opinionParagraph 8 e (new)


8 e. Points out the need to cope with negative effects caused by other trade agreements and tariff measures imposed by third parties and calls for the necessary budgetary resources for market measures for the impacted sectors; demands that import standards on agricultural products from outside the Union need to be equal to Union standards;

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Draft opinionParagraph 8 f (new)


8 f. Recalls, in addition to improving legislative standards, the utility of improved labelling and education to help citizens in transforming their consumption habits towards more sustainable agricultural products produced locally; recommends integrating concerns of healthy food and nutrition, organic production, and animal welfare into public procurement rules;

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Draft opinionParagraph 8 g (new)


8 g. Reaffirms the significance of the Unions school fruit, vegetables and milk scheme to help children follow a healthy diet; invites Member States to fully use their allocations and prioritise sustainable, local and high-quality production;

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Draft opinionParagraph 8 h (new)

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8 h. Highlights the Court of Auditors conclusions in its special report No 10/2018 that the Basic Payment Scheme has had a limited impact on internal convergence in aid levels; recalls the commitment of the Member States to achieve equalisation of payments across the Union by 2013, first noted in the European Council's Presidency Conclusions of 24-25 October 2002, and now overdue by several years;

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Draft opinionParagraph 8 i (new)


8 i. Recalls that the lack of convergence of external direct payments distorts the conditions of competition in the EU’s common market; calls to ensure to reach full convergence till the end of 2022;

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Draft opinionParagraph 8 j (new)


8 j. Recalls that one of the main objectives of the CAP is to provide income stability to farmers and support for the

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maintenance and creation of jobs across the Union territory; finds that in less developed rural areas, contrary to its main objectives, the CAP is primarily supporting big landowners, with less support going to smaller farmers working the land; calls to redistribute support in the CAP to ensure an adequate living conditions for small and family farms, by ensuring sufficient funding in the second pillar, focused on smallest farms and setting appropriate maximum support in the first pillar;

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Draft opinionParagraph 8 k (new)


8 k. Calls for EU programmes to focus on projects that safeguard existing jobs in the agriculture sector and creates quality jobs with labour rights, stable and regulated pay and working conditions, effectively and incisively combat poverty and social exclusion at rural areas.

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