AMENDMENTS 1 - 386

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European Parliament 2014-2019

Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development

2017/2117(INI)

28.11.2017

AMENDMENTS 1 - 386

Draft report

Esther Herranz García

The current situation and future prospects for the sheep and goat sectors in the

EU

(2017/2117(INI))

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Amendment 1

Annie Schreijer-Pierik

Motion for a resolution

Citation 4 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

- having regard to the European

Parliament resolution of 15 November

2017 on an Action Plan for nature, people

and the economy,

Or. nl

Amendment 2

Anja Hazekamp


Citation 4 a (new)


- having regard to Council Directive

98/58/EC of 20 July 1998 concerning the

protection of animals kept for farming

purposes,

Or. nl

Amendment 3

Anja Hazekamp


Citation 4 b (new)


- having regard to Council Directive

92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the

conservation of natural habitats and of

wild flora and fauna,

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Or. nl

Amendment 4



Citation 4 b (new)


- having regard to the Council

conclusions of 19 June 2017 on the EU

Action Plan for nature, people and the

economy,

Or. nl

Amendment 5



Citation 4 c (new)


- having regard to the

Communication from the Commission to

the Council and the European Parliament

of 29 June 2017 on a European ‘One

Health’ Action Plan against antimicrobial

resistance (AMR),

Or. nl

Amendment 6

Maria Lidia Senra Rodríguez


Citation 5 a (new)


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- having regard to Regulation (EC)

No 1069/2009 on animal by-products and

derived products not intended for human

consumption,

Or. es

Amendment 7

Anja Hazekamp


Citation 6 a (new)


- having regard to Special

Eurobarometer 442, entitled ‘Attitudes of

Europeans towards Animal Welfare’,

published in 2016,

Or. nl

Amendment 8

Anja Hazekamp


Citation 6 b (new)


- having regard to the conclusions

of the study published in 2016 by the

Dutch National Institute for Public

Health and the Environment on

‘Livestock and the Health of Local

Residents’ and the conclusions of the

additional study, ‘Analysis of health

effects, risk factors and emissions of bio-

aerosols’ published in 2017,

Or. nl

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Amendment 9

Anja Hazekamp


Citation 6 c (new)


- having regard to the conclusions

of the Dutch Ombudsman in her 2012

report on the government’s approach to Q

fever and in her 2017 study on the lessons

learned by the Netherlands Government

from the Q fever epidemic,

Or. nl

Amendment 10

Momchil Nekov, Eric Andrieu


Recital A


A. whereas sheep- and goat-farming

are low-profit-making sectors, with

incomes that are among the weakest in the

EU, chiefly as a result of high operating

and regulatory costs, sometimes exceeding

sales prices, causing many farmers to leave

the sectors;





and regulatory costs, heavy administrative

burdens, sometimes exceeding sales

prices, causing many farmers to leave the

sectors;

Or. en

Amendment 11

Laurenţiu Rebega


Recital A


A. whereas sheep- and goat-farming A. whereas sheep- and goat-farming

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the sectors;

are very low-profit-making sectors, with





the sectors with increasing frequency,

especially in the Eastern European

countries;

Or. ro

Amendment 12

Luke Ming Flanagan


Recital A








the sectors;


are low-profit-making sectors, particularly

so in peripheral areas, with incomes that

are among the weakest in the EU, chiefly

as a result of high operating and regulatory

costs, sometimes exceeding sales prices,

causing many farmers to leave the sectors;

Or. en

Amendment 13

John Procter


Recital A








the sectors;



incomes that are among the lowest in the




the sectors;

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Or. en

Amendment 14

Momchil Nekov


Recital A a (new)


Aa. whereas sheep- and goat-breeding

in Europe have seasonality, unlike some

other regions of the world, which can

maintain full-cycle breeding and

production all year long;

Or. en

Amendment 15

John Procter


Recital A a (new)


Aa. whereas the average age of sheep

and goat farmers is increasing, which

leaves the sector vulnerable to a lack of

skills and knowledge in the future;

Or. en

Amendment 16



Recital A b (new)


Ab. whereas both sectors have

potential for creating and preserving

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employment in disadvantages areas, such

as remote and mountain regions;

Or. en

Amendment 17



Recital A c (new)


Ac. whereas the sheep breeders

experience difficulties in finding qualified

or sometimes even unskilled labour force;

Or. en

Amendment 18



Recital A d (new)


Ad. whereas both sectors have the

potential of reversing this trend through

investment in closed production circuits,

which keep the added value in the same

region;

Or. en

Amendment 19

Anja Hazekamp


Recital B a (new)

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Ba. whereas there are minimum EU

standards for the protection of pigs,

calves, laying hens and broiler chickens,

as well as the general Council Directive

for the protection of animals kept for

farming purposes, but there is no specific

EU legislation on minimum standards for

the protection of sheep and goats;

Or. nl

Amendment 20

Angélique Delahaye


Recital B a (new)


Ba. whereas it is impossible to

establish and maintain sheep and goat

production without guaranteed stable

incomes for farmers;

Or. fr

Amendment 21

Daciana Octavia Sârbu


Recital B a (new)


Ba. whereas sheep and goat farming is

part of the cultural heritage of many

Member States and delivers high quality

traditional products;

Or. en

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Amendment 22

Angélique Delahaye


Recital B b (new)


Bb. whereas the goatmeat market in

Europe is unique in that production is

concentrated largely in Greece, Spain and

France while consumption is particularly

significant in Portugal, Italy and Greece;

Or. fr

Amendment 23

Anja Hazekamp


Recital B b (new)


Bb. whereas consumers are becoming

increasingly attentive to the conditions

under which animals are kept;

Or. nl

Amendment 24

Anja Hazekamp


Recital B c (new)


Bc. whereas the sheep and goats sector

as a whole has an interest in ensuring

that the keeping of goats and sheep

upholds the highest standards in the

world with regard to food safety, animal

health and welfare and respect for the

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environment;

Or. nl

Amendment 25

Anja Hazekamp


Recital B d (new)


Bd. whereas between 2007 and 2011

the biggest Q fever epidemic in the world

broke out on goat farms in the

Netherlands, during which over 50 000

goats were slaughtered, there were more

than 75 deaths, 100 000 people were

infected, 478 people were left infected

with the live dangerous bacteria Coxiella

burnetii (chronic Q fever), 800 to 1 000

people remained afflicted with Q fever

fatigue syndrome (QVS) and to this day

new patients are continuing to present

and people are still dying as a result of the

consequences of Q fever;

Or. nl

Amendment 26

Anja Hazekamp


Recital B e (new)


Be. whereas the Dutch National

Institute for Public Health and the

Environment has concluded that goat

farmers and people living near goat farms

are at greater risk of pneumonia and

complaints of the airways, and whereas

on average in areas of intensive livestock

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farming lung function even declines by 2

to 5%, and on average there are about 119

extra patients per 100 000 people per year

with pneumonia around poultry holdings,

which represents approximately 7.2%

more patients;

Or. nl

Amendment 27

Anja Hazekamp


Recital B f (new)


Bf. whereas the Dutch National

Institute for Public Health and the

Environment states that more research is

needed in order to determine how it is

possible that goat farmers and people

living near goat stalls run a higher risk of

pneumonia and complaints of the

airways;

Or. nl

Amendment 28

Anja Hazekamp


Recital B g (new)


Bg. whereas goat farmers and people

living near goat stalls must not be exposed

to increased health risks and whereas,

therefore, in various regions of the

Netherlands a moratorium has been

imposed on the construction and

expansion of goat stalls;

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Or. nl

Amendment 29

Luke Ming Flanagan


Recital C


C. whereas sheep- and goat-farming

play an important role in ensuring

environmental sustainability, being as they

are present in 70% of geographically

disadvantaged areas and contribute to

preserving biodiversity and combating soil

erosion, the build-up of unwanted biomass,

avalanches and forest fires;


can play an important role in ensuring

environmental sustainability if realistic

supports are introduced, being as they are

present in 70% of geographically


maintaining the landscape, preserving

biodiversity and combating soil erosion,

the build-up of unwanted biomass,


Or. en

Amendment 30

Eric Andrieu, Jean-Paul Denanot, José Bové, Marc Tarabella, Momchil Nekov


Recital C















preserving biodiversity (including through

the preservation of local breeds) and

combating soil erosion, the build-up of

unwanted biomass, avalanches and forest

and brush fires;

Or. fr

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Amendment 31



Recital C















preserving biodiversity (including local

native breeds) and combating soil erosion,



Or. es

Amendment 32

Clara Eugenia Aguilera García, Ricardo Serrão Santos


Recital C












environmental sustainability, particularly

where they are based on grazing, being as

they are present in 70% of geographically





Or. es

Amendment 33

Esther Herranz García, Gabriel Mato, Ramón Luis Valcárcel Siso

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Recital C












environmental sustainability, particularly

where they are based on grazing, being as

they are present in 70% of geographically





Or. es

Amendment 34

Laurenţiu Rebega


Recital C














disadvantaged, isolated and relatively

inaccessible areas, and contribute to




Or. ro

Amendment 35

José Bové

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group


Recital C

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levee damages, avalanches and forest fires;

Or. en

Amendment 36

Maria Heubuch


Recital C

















levee damages, avalanches and forest fires;

Or. en

Amendment 37

Ulrike Müller


Recital C










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damage to dikes, avalanches and forest

fires;

Or. de

Amendment 38

Mairead McGuinness


Recital C a (new)


Ca. whereas sheep and goat farming

make an important socio-economic

contribution to Europe’s rural areas by

sustaining farming and employment in

less favoured areas and delivering high-

quality traditional products;

Or. en

Amendment 39

Anja Hazekamp


Recital C a (new)


Ca. whereas high densities of sheep

and goats cause overgrazing and restrict

the growth of trees and woods; whereas in

addition grazers contribute to methane

emissions and climate change;

Or. nl

Amendment 40

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Daniel Buda, Viorica Dăncilă


Recital C a (new)


Ca. whereas sheep and goat farming

also takes place in isolated and relatively

inaccessible areas;

Or. ro

Amendment 41



Recital C a (new)


Ca. whereas native breeds are much

better adapted to local conditions and

features;

Or. es

Amendment 42

Miguel Viegas


Recital D


D. whereas these sectors contribute to

the conservation of areas of high

ecological value, such as dehesa

pastureland, as well as less fertile land;

D. whereas sheep and goats play an

important role in ensuring environmental

sustainability, being as they are present in

70% of geographically disadvantaged

areas where they contribute to preserving

biodiversity and combating soil erosion

(including local sheep and goat breeds),



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Or. fr

Amendment 43

José Bové



Recital D



the conservation of areas of high ecological

value, such as dehesa pastureland, as well

as less fertile land;

D. whereas with an optimal stocking

density these sectors can contribute to the

conservation of areas of high ecological

value or high nature value (HNV)

pastureland and rough grazing, wooded

pasture and other silvo-pastoral systems,

such as dehesa/montado pastureland, as

well as less fertile land;

Or. en

Amendment 44



Recital D









as less fertile land; whereas they also

perform a crucial function in clearing

undergrowth;

Or. es

Amendment 45

Luke Ming Flanagan


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Recital D








value if correct grazing regimes are

adhered to, such as dehesa pastureland, as

well as less fertile land;

Or. en

Amendment 46



Recital D a (new)


Da. whereas this sector is affected by a

high level of ageing, and generational

renewal needs to be improved in order to

guarantee the survival of this type of

livestock farming and help curb the rapid

depopulation of many rural regions;

Or. es

Amendment 47

Momchil Nekov


Recital D a (new)


Da. whereas sheep- and goat-breeders

across the EU face similar challenges and

problems without them fully being aware

of that due to a lack of regular exchanges

and/or platforms, which can facilitate

exchange of best practices and

information;

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Or. en

Amendment 48



Recital D a (new)


Da. whereas such farms are often non-

intensive and practise pastoralism making

use of summer pastures, raising animals

outside during the grazing and

transhumance season;

Or. fr

Amendment 49



Recital D b (new)


Db. whereas pastoralism is a

traditional activity of extensive animal

breeding, practiced in particular in the

mountain regions, which allows the

development of territories with low

agronomic value, which are difficult to

access or not mechanisable, to maintain

an economic activity in these zones;

Or. en

Amendment 50



Recital D b (new)

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Db. whereas women carry out

significant work in this sector, even

though their role is often invisible, and

they face difficulties owing to the scarcity

of basic services and family support

services in many regions;

Or. es

Amendment 51



Recital D c (new)


Dc. whereas the current CAP foresees

support for different autochthonous

breeds of sheep and goats; whereas these

breeds are well adjusted to the local

environment and play a substantial role in

preserving biodiversity and natural

balance in their habitats;

Or. en

Amendment 52

Paul Brannen


Recital E


E. whereas the definition of permanent

grassland in the current legislation does not

cover Mediterranean grasslands with

perennial woody species, such as dehesa

pastureland, thus reducing the area eligible

for direct aids and penalising farmers in

these regions;

E. whereas the definition of permanent

grassland in the current legislation does not

cover Mediterranean grasslands with

perennial woody species, such as dehesa

pastureland and other ecosystems

associated with agroforestry, thus reducing

the area eligible for direct aids and

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penalising farmers in these areas;

Or. en

Amendment 53

Eric Andrieu, Jean-Paul Denanot, Marc Tarabella, Momchil Nekov


Recital F a (new)


Fa. whereas the production of

goatmeat, from kids or adult cull animals,

is seasonal and a by-product of milk

production, controlled by a few operators,

the sale price of which is not enough to

remunerate farmers;

Or. fr

Amendment 54

Angélique Delahaye


Recital F a (new)


Fa. whereas the limited presence of

goatmeat in points of sale entails a loss of

visibility and hence a decrease in

consumption by consumers;

Or. fr

Amendment 55

Anja Hazekamp


Recital F a (new)

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Fa. whereas consumption of goat’s

milk and goat’s cheese has increased

significantly in a number of Member

States in recent years;

Or. nl

Amendment 56

John Procter


Recital F a (new)


Fa. whereas the sheep meat market is

highly seasonal, which can leave farmers

and producers in economic uncertainty;

Or. en

Amendment 57



Recital F a (new)


Fa. whereas transhumance is part of

the farming practices in some Member

States;

Or. en

Amendment 58

Anja Hazekamp


Recital F b (new)

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Fb. whereas, because of this upward

trend, in the goat’s milk industry

increasing numbers of male kids are

being removed from their mothers early,

fattened and slaughtered because they are

‘unusable’;

Or. nl

Amendment 59

Anja Hazekamp


Recital G


G. whereas there is a need to increase

the value added in meat production and to

introduce innovative new formulas more

in step with the consumer habits of young

people;

deleted

Or. nl

Amendment 60

John Procter


Recital G




introduce innovative new formulas more

in step with the consumer habits of young

people;



appeal to the consumer habits of young

people;

Or. en

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Amendment 61

Philippe Loiseau, Edouard Ferrand, Laurenţiu Rebega


Recital G




introduce innovative new formulas more in

step with the consumer habits of young

people;


the value added in meat production, to

promote it fairly among consumers and to



people;

Or. fr

Amendment 62

Laurenţiu Rebega, Angelo Ciocca, Edouard Ferrand, Philippe Loiseau


Recital G






people;





people by providing strong incentives and

suitable funding;

Or. ro

Amendment 63



Recital G a (new)


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Ga. whereas sheep and goat

production offer a significant potential for

development and employment in many

fragile rural and peri-urban areas,

notably as regards sheep- and goatmeat

and high quality dairy products able to be

brought to market through short and local

supply chains;

Or. fr

Amendment 64



Recital G b (new)


Gb. whereas the restructuring of the

slaughter industry, compliance with

health regulations and the reduction in

animals slaughtered associated with the

reduction in farming have in many

regions led to the disappearance of the

economic instruments necessary for

adding value and for the sustanability of

local supply chains;

Or. fr

Amendment 65



Recital G c (new)


Gc. whereas support for the sheep and

goat sectors is extremely important for

their sustainability, viability and

attractiveness; whereas these are sectors

in need of generational renewal which,

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owing to a lower level of capitalisation

than in other farming sectors, are

characterised by more human-scale

farming structures and a well developed

collective organisation (mutual

assistance, cooperatives for the use of

common equipment, establishment as

companies...) and offer a favourable

environment and opportunities for a new

start for young people wishing to take up

farming;

Or. fr

Amendment 66

Angélique Delahaye


Recital H


H. whereas the amount of sheepmeat

produced in the EU fails to cover around

13% of needs, and imports from third

countries, chiefly New Zealand, eat into

the competitiveness of EU products in the

most sensitive times of the year (Easter and

Christmas);

H. whereas the amount of sheepmeat






Christmas), but also during the rest of the

year, given that New Zealand and

Australia are major exporters of

sheepmeat;

Or. fr

Amendment 67

Luke Ming Flanagan


Recital H


H. whereas the amount of sheepmeat H. whereas the amount of sheepmeat

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Christmas);




the competitiveness of EU products at the

most price sensitive times of the year

(Easter and Christmas) and therefore

should be restricted at these times;

Or. en

Amendment 68

Luke Ming Flanagan


Recital I


I. whereas, in recent years, New

Zealand has increased exports of fresh or

chilled meat, reducing its traditional

exports of frozen meat, thus having a

greater impact on the EU fresh-meat

market;






market, believes that this must be taken

into consideration in the upcoming FTA

with New Zealand;

Or. en

Amendment 69

José Bové


Jean-Paul Denanot, Eric Andrieu


Recital I












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market; market and resulting in a lowering of

prices paid to European producers;

Or. fr

Amendment 70

John Procter


Recital I







market;


Zealand has increased exports of premium

meat cuts and fresh or chilled meat,

reducing its traditional exports of frozen

meat, thus having a greater impact on the

EU fresh-meat and high value meat

market;

Or. en

Amendment 71



Recital I a (new)


Ia. whereas sheep and goat wool is a

sustainable, renewable and biodegradable

resource for the textile sector;

Or. ro

Amendment 72

Luke Ming Flanagan


Recital J

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J. whereas, in many instances, EU

producers do not compete on a level

playing field with imports from third

countries, which have often have less

rigorous quality standards and regulatory

requirements,

J. whereas, in many instances, EU

producers do not compete on a level

playing field with imports from third

countries, which have often have less

rigorous quality standards, regulatory

requirements, and environmental

standards to adhere to;

Or. en

Amendment 73

Angélique Delahaye


Recital J a (new)


Ja. whereas the sheep and goat

sectors, being sensitive sectors, should be

protected in the ongoing negotiations on

trade agreements between the European

Union and New Zealand and Australia, or

be excluded altogether from these trade

agreements;

Or. fr

Amendment 74

José Bové


Eric Andrieu, Jean-Paul Denanot


Recital J a (new)


Ja. whereas the sheep and goat sectors

account for 3% of European milk and 9%

of European cheese production and

whereas together they employ 1.5 million

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people in the European Union;

Or. fr

Amendment 75

Momchil Nekov


Recital J a (new)


Ja. whereas some regions in the EU’s

neighbourhood have been showing

interest in sheep and goat products from

the EU, which is an opportunity for the

EU producers, unfortunately not fully

used;

Or. en

Amendment 76



Recital K


K. whereas Brexit could cause

significant changes to intra-Community

trade in sheepmeat, given that the UK is

the largest producer of it and the main

gateway for imports from third countries;

K. whereas Brexit could cause

significant changes to intra-Community

trade in sheepmeat, given that the UK is

the largest producer of it and the main

gateway for imports from third countries;

whereas this restructuring of the market

constitutes an opportunity for the EU to

develop its support for indigenous

production;

Or. fr

Amendment 77

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Philippe Loiseau, Edouard Ferrand


Recital L


L. whereas the UK imports about half

of the quota for sheepmeat from New

Zealand and that the EU cannot be

released from its international

commitments overnight, a fact that

aggravates the uncertainty caused by

Brexit;



Zealand and that this fact should lead to

the removal of sheepmeat quotas from the

FTA being negotiated with New Zealand;

Or. fr

Amendment 78

Michel Dantin


Recital L




Zealand and that the EU cannot be released

from its international commitments

overnight, a fact that aggravates the

uncertainty caused by Brexit;



Zealand and nearly two-thirds of the quota

for sheepmeat from Australia and that the

EU cannot be released from its

international commitments overnight, a

fact that aggravates the uncertainty caused

by Brexit;

Or. fr

Amendment 79

Maria Heubuch


Recital L a (new)


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La. whereas sheep’s wool is not

recognized as an agricultural product

under Annex I of the TFEU, but is only

classified as an animal by-product under

the regulation 142/2011;

Or. en

Amendment 80

Maria Heubuch


Recital L b (new)


Lb. whereas this lack of recognition

brings disadvantages to sheep farmers

compared to other farmers, because

firstly, wool is subject to higher

requirements than recognized agricultural

products when transported, and secondly,

market interventions through a shared

market organisation are not possible for

sheep’s wool;

Or. en

Amendment 81

Anja Hazekamp


Recital M


M. whereas the protection afforded to

certain animal species under the Habitats

Directive has led to increased attacks on

herds of sheep and goats by wolves, bears

and lynxes, thus worsening the precarious

situation in which some farms find

themselves;

deleted

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Or. nl

Amendment 82

Molly Scott Cato


Recital M








themselves;



Directive, as well as destruction of and

deterioration of habitats, encroachment of

hunting ranges by development, logging,

and farming, rural depopulation and

reduction in abundance and quality of

their natural prey species have all

contributed to increased attacks on herds

of sheep and goats by wolves, thus

worsening the precarious situation in which

some farms find themselves;

Or. en

Amendment 83

Marco Zullo, Rosa D’Amato


Recital M








themselves;



Directive, as well as destruction of and

deterioration of habitats, encroachment of

hunting ranges by development, logging,

and farming, rural depopulation and

reduction in abundance and quality of

their natural prey species have all

contributed to increased attacks on herds

of sheep and goats by wolves, bears and

lynxes, thus worsening the precarious


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themselves;

Or. en

Amendment 84

Paul Brannen


Recital M








themselves;

M. whereas the lack of investment to

preventive measures by Member States has led to increased attacks on herds of

sheep and goats by wolves, bears and

lynxes, species protected in accordance

with the Habitats Directive, thus


some farms find themselves and lowering

acceptance of improving of the

conservation status of these species in

some areas;

Or. en

Amendment 85

Ulrike Müller


Recital M








themselves;







themselves; points out that the return of

large predators is putting traditional

agriculture and pasture farming at risk in

many Alpine valleys as sheep and goats

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are increasingly being attacked by wild

predators;

Or. de

Amendment 86

Paolo De Castro, Herbert Dorfmann, Renata Briano


Recital M








themselves;


certain animal species, especially to large

carnivores, under the Habitats Directive

has led to significantly increased attacks

on herds of sheep and goats by wolves,

bears and lynxes, thus worsening the

precarious situation in which some farms

find themselves;

Or. en

Amendment 87



Recital M








themselves;



Directive has in all regions led to

increased attacks on herds of sheep and

goats by wolves, bears and lynxes, thus



Or. fr

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Amendment 88



Recital M








themselves;




herds of sheep and goats by wolves, bears,

lynxes and above all feral dogs, thus



Or. es

Amendment 89



Recital M








themselves;





lynxes and feral dogs, thus worsening the


find themselves;

Or. es

Amendment 90

Momchil Nekov


Recital M


M. whereas the protection afforded to M. whereas the protection afforded to

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themselves;



herds of sheep and goats by wolves,

jackals, bears and lynxes, thus worsening

the precarious situation in which some

farms find themselves;

Or. en

Amendment 91

John Procter


Recital M








themselves;





lynxes and foxes, thus worsening the


find themselves;

Or. en

Amendment 92



Recital M a (new)


Ma. whereas large predators have an

instinctive wariness of humans and

human activity and prefer to look for food

in forest habitats; whereas people hunting

in forests can change population

dynamics of deer and other herbivores, so

overhunting and lack of prey can also be

a factor driving the predators to hunt

outside their preferred forest ranges;

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other factors may include changes in the

structure of the forest, for example due to

timber extraction, so it can support

smaller numbers of larger herbivorous

prey;

Or. en

Amendment 93



Recital M a (new)


Ma. whereas wolves are highly mobile

large predators and will quickly

repopulate vacated territories after

culling, as long as there is a

(re)population flow from their core

species range; whereas a new pack can be

less wary of human activity or can be even

more aggressive predators of livestock

than the ones they replaced, so predation

management should seek to deter

individuals and elicit cautious behaviours

of habilitated packs;

Or. en

Amendment 94

Molly Scott Cato


Recital M a (new)


Ma. whereas local authorities have the

responsibility to minimise conflict for

resources and mediate between different

interest groups; whereas authorities and

land managers in general including

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farmers, foresters and hunters have a

responsibility to sustainably manage the

landscape level population dynamics of

species in the territories;

Or. en

Amendment 95



Recital M a (new)


Ma. whereas mobile milking facilities

and slaughterhouses or setting up of such

facilities on the spot are important and

necessary for easing the production of

products of sheep and goat husbandry;

whereas in some member states there are

very few slaughterhouses, which hinders

the development of the sectors in them;

Or. en

Amendment 96



Recital M a (new)


Ma. whereas predators and large

carnivores have in some regions of the

European Union attained good

conservation status; whereas the

introduction of the possibility to amend

the protection status of species in

particular regions should be taken into

account as soon as the desired

conservation status is reached;

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Or. en

Amendment 97

John Procter


Recital M a (new)


Ma. whereas vaccination of sheep and

goats not only protects Member States’

flocks against cross-border diseases but

also helps to mitigate the effects of

antimicrobial resistance; whereas the

cheaper cost of antimicrobials

exacerbates this problem;

Or. en

Amendment 98

Michel Dantin


Recital M a (new)


Ma. whereas sheep and goat farming

are largely extensive by nature, resulting

in direct contact with wild animals whose

state of health cannot be guaranteed;

Or. fr

Amendment 99

Anja Hazekamp


Recital N


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N. whereas the electronic

identification system for sheep and goats

is an efficient way of ensuring the

traceability of animals, but losing eartags

or inadvertently failing to scan them can

give rise to penalties that are sometimes

disproportionate;

deleted

Or. nl

Amendment 100

Miguel Viegas


Recital N



identification system for sheep and goats is

an efficient way of ensuring the traceability

of animals, but losing eartags or

inadvertently failing to scan them can give

rise to penalties that are sometimes

disproportionate;




of animals, but is technically unsuitable

for a lot of farms, particularly smaller

farms with limited equipment which can

maintain a paper-based identification

system equally able to guarantee an

efficient method of ensuring traceability

and whereas losing eartags or

inadvertently failing to scan them properly

can give rise to penalties that are

sometimes disproportionate;

Or. fr

Amendment 101

Miguel Viegas, Marie-Pierre Vieu


Recital N






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disproportionate;


of animals, but it is technically unsuitable

for many herds, particularly for small

producers with more limited technical

capacities and losing eartags or

inadvertently failing to scan them gives rise

to penalties that are sometimes

disproportionate;

Or. pt

Amendment 102



Recital N








disproportionate;




of animals, but it is technically unsuitable

for many herds, particularly small herds

and those where technical capacity is

limited, and losing eartags or inadvertently

failing to scan them can give rise to

penalties that are sometimes

disproportionate;

Or. es

Amendment 103



Recital N










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disproportionate;



disproportionate; whereas farmers also

experience difficulties in implementing

the current rules for identification in the

case of kids;

Or. fr

Amendment 104



Recital N a (new)


Na. whereas recent outbreaks of

animal diseases have shown that an

outbreak in one Member State can

constitute a threat to the entire European

agricultural market; whereas adequate

interventions are necessary to prevent

cross-border outbreaks of animal diseases

and reduce the impact of antibiotic

resistance;

Or. nl

Amendment 105



Recital N a (new)


Na. whereas sheep- and goat-farmers

have to cope with a great deal of

bureaucracy and administrative burdens

arising not only from the CAP but also

from other EU rules such as those

relating to the treatment of animal by-

products not intended for human

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consumption;

Or. es

Amendment 106



Recital N b (new)


Nb. whereas the European One Health

Action Plan against Antimicrobial

Resistance (AMR) observes that

immunisation through vaccination is a

cost-effective public health intervention in

efforts to combat antimicrobial

resistance1 a;

_________________

1 a European Commission (29, June

2017), A European One Health Action

Plan against Antimicrobial Resistance

(AMR), p. 10.

Or. nl

Amendment 107



Recital N c (new)


Nc. whereas in the Action Plan the $c

announces provide incentives to increase

the uptake of diagnostics, antimicrobial

alternatives and vaccines1 a;

_________________

1 a European Commission (29, June

2017), A European One Health Action

Plan against Antimicrobial Resistance

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(AMR), p. 10.

Or. nl

Amendment 108



Recital N d (new)


Nd. whereas the relatively higher costs

of diagnosis, antimicrobial alternatives

and vaccination in comparison with

widely used antibiotics are an obstacle to

achieving a higher rate of vaccination, as

aspired to by the Action Plan1 a;

_________________

1 a A European One Health Action Plan

against Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR),

p. 15.

Or. nl

Amendment 109



Recital N e (new)


Ne. whereas various Member States

regard vaccination of sheep and goats as

an important measure both to prevent

outbreaks of cross-border animal diseases

and to limit the risk of further infection,

and have introduced it, including in case

of infections by Coxiella burnettii,

Clostridium perfringens, Pasteurella

multocida, Fusobacterium necrophorum,

Bacteroides nodosus, and other bacterial

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and viral diseases;

Or. nl

Amendment 110

Luke Ming Flanagan


Recital O


O. whereas the sheep- and goatmeat

market is highly fragmented and there is

little transparency in the reporting of

market prices; whereas imbalances in the

food chain aggravate the vulnerability of

these sectors;

O. whereas the sheep- and goatmeat

market is highly fragmented and there is

little transparency in the reporting of

market prices; whereas imbalances in the

food chain aggravate the vulnerability of

these sectors, regrets that thus far the

Commission has failed to take the

necessary regulatory action called for by

the Parliament;

Or. en

Amendment 111

Herbert Dorfmann


Recital O a (new)


Oa. Points out that, in accordance with

Regulation (EC) No 999/2001, the scrapie

plan has led to a 100% reduction in

breeding stock exchange, and that for

small, indigenous breeds, scrapie

genotyping has resulted in a fall of up to

50% in the number of male breeding

animals;

Or. de

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Amendment 112

Momchil Nekov, Viorica Dăncilă


Recital O a (new)


Oa. whereas sheep and goats provide

for a wide range of products such as meat,

dairy and wool production, but they are

widely used and have a vital role also in

some cultural traditions such as the

kukeri in Bulgaria and capra in Romania,

among others;

Or. en

Amendment 113

Miguel Viegas


Recital O a (new)


Oa. whereas there is a growing market

in many Member States of

the European Union for local agricultural

products, meeting consumer demand for

transparency and quality;

Or. fr

Amendment 114

José Bové



Recital O a (new)



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in many Member States of the European

Union for locally produced and marketed

agricultural products, meeting consumer

demand for transparency and quality;

Or. fr

Amendment 115



Recital O a (new)



in many EU countries for local

agricultural products, in response to the

demand for transparency and

quality voiced by consumers;

Or. pt

Amendment 116

Hannu Takkula


Recital O a (new)


Oa. whereas it exists growing market,

in many European Union countries, for

proximity agricultural products,

responding to consumers’ demand for

transparency and quality;

Or. en

Amendment 117


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Recital O a (new)


Oa. whereas in many European Union

countries there is a growing market for

local agricultural products and organic

food;

Or. es

Amendment 118



Recital O b (new)


Ob. whereas the restructuring of the

slaughtering industry, the measures

applied as a consequence of the ‘mad

cow’ crisis and the hygiene and health

package, among others, have led in many

countries to the disappearance of

numerous instruments that are necessary

for the survival of direct local sales, and

to an increase in slaughtering costs;

Or. es

Amendment 119



Recital O b (new)



slaughtering sector in many countries of

the European Union has led to the

disappearance of many tools necessary for

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the sustainability of local value chains;

Or. pt

Amendment 120

Miguel Viegas


Recital O b (new)



slaughter industry has in many Member

States of the European Union led to the

disappearance of many instruments

necessary for ensuring the sustainability

of local supply chains;

Or. fr

Amendment 121

José Bové




Recital O b (new)



slaughter industry has led to the

disappearance of many instruments

necessary for ensuring the sustainability

of local supply chains;

Or. fr

Amendment 122

Momchil Nekov

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Recital O b (new)


Ob. whereas sheep- and goat-meat

products often lack the end-product

variety as compared to other types of

meat, which makes them less attractive

and subsequently less sought after by the

consumers;

Or. en

Amendment 123

Momchil Nekov


Recital O c (new)


Oc. whereas sheep and goat breeders

often lack the necessary marketing and

sales skills necessary for placing their

products on the market in an attractive

manner;

Or. en

Amendment 124

Momchil Nekov


Recital O d (new)


Od. whereas some member states still

lack legislation allowing the use of raw

milk for production of dairy products,

which are scientifically proven by

laboratory tests to be safe for human

consumption;

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Or. en

Amendment 125

Momchil Nekov


Recital O e (new)


Oe. whereas the member states can

implement the optional quality term

“mountain product” as foreseen in

Regulation 1151/2012 and further

developed in Delegated Regulation

665/2014 as a tool of giving better

visibility to products of sheep and goat

husbandry originating in mountain

regions;

Or. en

Amendment 126



Recital O f (new)


Of. whereas the EU quality schemes,

and particularly the PGI and PDO,

provide tools for giving more visibility and

thus higher chances for market

realisation of products of sheep and goat

husbandry;

Or. en

Amendment 127

Momchil Nekov


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Recital O g (new)


Og. whereas there is lack of transfer of

knowledge between generations, which

causes an obstacle for the smooth

functioning of the two sectors;

Or. en

Amendment 128

Momchil Nekov


Recital O h (new)


Oh. whereas some member states lack

structural policies for the development of

either or both sectors, which is an

obstacle for their development; whereas

such policies could include

recommendations for various stages such

as breeding (breed selection, ram

production etc.), as well as market

realisation;

Or. en

Amendment 129

Hilde Vautmans, Jan Huitema, Ulrike Müller


Paragraph 1


1. Endorses the recommendations

published by the 2016 EU Sheepmeat

Forum, held under the aegis of the

Commission, in particular the need to

compensate the sector for the

environmental role it plays; takes the view

1. Endorses the majority of the

recommendations published by the 2016

EU Sheepmeat Forum, held under the aegis

of the Commission; takes the view that

these recommendations are equally valid

for the sectors of goatmeat and ewe’s and

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that these recommendations are equally

valid for the sectors of goatmeat and ewe’s

and goat’s milk products;

goat’s milk products;

Or. en

Amendment 130

Angélique Delahaye


Paragraph 1















establish an environmental payment in

recognition of the role played by the sheep

and goat sectors as regards land

improvement, biodiversity, ecosystems,

maintenance of the countryside, the

environment and employment; takes the

view that these recommendations are

equally valid for the sectors of goatmeat

and ewe’s and goat’s milk products;

Or. fr

Amendment 131



Paragraph 1













environmental role it plays, especially

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where it is based on grazing; takes the




Or. es

Amendment 132



Paragraph 1
















environmental role it plays, especially

where it is based on grazing; takes the




Or. es

Amendment 133

Luke Ming Flanagan


Paragraph 1















environmental role it plays by meaningful

payments in Pillar I; takes the view that

these recommendations are equally valid

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and goat’s milk products; for the sectors of goatmeat and ewe’s and

goat’s milk products;

Or. en

Amendment 134

Angélique Delahaye


Paragraph 1 a (new)


1a. Calls on the Commission to

acknowledge the important role played by

sheep and goat farming as regards the

environment, notably the preservation of

sensitive ecosystems, the beauty of the

landscape, water quality as well as

preventing climate change, erosion,

flooding, avalanches and forest fires;

Or. fr

Amendment 135

Mairead McGuinness


Paragraph 1 a (new)


1a. Highlights that additional funding

is required to support the environmental

role that the sector plays;

Or. en

Amendment 136

Anja Hazekamp


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Paragraph 2


2. Calls on the Commission to step

up support for innovation and the

promotion of sheep- and goatmeat in the

internal market, emphasising not only

traditional products, but also newer cuts

marketed to younger consumers;

2. deleted

Or. nl

Amendment 137

Hilde Vautmans, Jan Huitema, Ulrike Müller, Ivan Jakovčić


Paragraph 2


2. Calls on the Commission to step up

support for innovation and the promotion

of sheep- and goatmeat in the internal

market, emphasising not only traditional

products, but also newer cuts marketed to

younger consumers;


support for innovative production methods

and technologies with the aim to strength

sheep sector’s competitiveness and the

promotion of sheep- and goatmeat in the

internal market, emphasising not only

traditional products, but also newer cuts in

order to offer products that correspond to

consumer expectations and market

demand;

Or. en

Amendment 138

Angélique Delahaye


Paragraph 2






support for research, innovation and the

promotion of sheep- and goatmeat,

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younger consumers;

principally in the internal market, through

the launching of a new communication

and promotion programme for sheep- and

goatmeat, emphasising not only traditional


younger consumers and to encourage

more regular consumption by publicising

cooking and preparation methods suited

to new consumer habits;

Or. fr

Amendment 139



Paragraph 2







younger consumers;



of sheep- and goatmeat, as well as wool, in

the internal market, emphasising not only

traditional products, but also newer cuts

marketed to younger consumers;

Or. ro

Amendment 140

John Procter


Paragraph 2







younger consumers;






younger consumers to counteract the idea

that lamb is difficult to cook and goes

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against the current trend of avoiding red

meat;

Or. en

Amendment 141

Luke Ming Flanagan


Paragraph 2







younger consumers;






younger consumers and new

emerging eastern markets for cull ewes;

Or. en

Amendment 142

Laurenţiu Rebega


Paragraph 2







younger consumers;



of sheep- and goatmeat, which are known

to be highly nutritional, in the internal



younger consumers;

Or. ro

Amendment 143

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Momchil Nekov


Paragraph 2







younger consumers;



of sheep- and goatmeat and dairy products

in the internal market, emphasising not

only traditional products, but also newer

cuts marketed to younger consumers;

Or. en

Amendment 144

Anja Hazekamp


Paragraph 2 a (new)


2a. Stresses that, although a large

proportion of sheep and goats are reared

in extensive farming conditions, such as

on pastureland, significant concerns exist

regarding animal welfare in intensive

goat and sheep farming;

Or. nl

Amendment 145



Paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)


Invites the Commission to create the

conditions for the development of ewe’s

and goat’s milk sector, allowing for the

greatest possible added value in farms, by

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means of high quality policies favouring

the production of milk products in farms,

marketed primarily through short or local

supply chains; in this connection, it is

important that the Commission ensure

better implementation of hygiene rules in

all the Member States, notably using the

‘Guide for Good Hygiene Practices in

artisanal cheese production’ drawn up by

farmers from FACE in collaboration with

the Commission;

Or. fr

Amendment 146



Paragraph 2 a (new)


2a. Urges the Commission to create

specific lines of support to promote short

distribution and marketing circuits with a

view to the recovery of traditional local

markets and direct sales; takes the view

that this type of marketing, like direct

sales to the final consumer, makes it

possible to reduce the carbon footprint

and improve traceability systems thanks to

a greater degree of transparency and a

stronger link between the farmer and the

final consumer;

Or. es

Amendment 147

Angélique Delahaye


Paragraph 2 a (new)

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promote the quality of products exported

by the European Union, notably through

strict sanitary standards and traceability,

which guarantee sheep- and goatmeat of

a higher quality than that exported by

New Zealand and Australia; this

European particularity in the area of

quality being something that should be

promoted in order to encourage the

consumption of European sheep- and

goatmeat;

Or. fr

Amendment 148

Herbert Dorfmann


Paragraph 2 a (new)


2a. Stresses the importance of native

sheep and goat breeds for the grazing of

the Alpine region, which is unusable by

other kinds of animals; calls on the

Commission to take measures to step up

support for the keeping of these sheep and

goat breeds;

Or. de

Amendment 149

Nicola Caputo


Paragraph 2 a (new)


2a. Underlines that the most effective

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and sustainable means of helping the

sector lie in developing the market,

communicating with consumers,

highlighting the nutritional and health

benefits of the products concerned and

boosting consumption;

Or. en

Amendment 150

Momchil Nekov


Paragraph 2 a (new)


2a. Calls on the Commission to set up

an online platform focused on sheep and

goat sectors with main purpose of

exchange of good practices and data

about the sectors from the member states;

Or. en

Amendment 151



Paragraph 2 a (new)


2a. Calls in particular for the

intensification of campaigns to promote

the consumption of sheep and goat

products due to their nutritional qualities

and their contribution to consumer

health;

Or. ro

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Amendment 152

Nicola Caputo


Paragraph 2 b (new)


2b. Calls on the Commission and

Member States to give a higher profile to

the essential role played by sheep farming

in terms of contributing to the economy

and the sustainability of areas that face

the most difficulties and in terms of

managing the countryside and, as

a priority, to make it easier for young

farmers to start up in that sector;

Or. en

Amendment 153

Anja Hazekamp


Paragraph 2 b (new)


2b. Stresses that mutilations,

lameness, transport problems and diseases

caused by communicable diseases are the

main problems affecting the welfare of

sheep;

Or. nl

Amendment 154

Anja Hazekamp


Paragraph 2 c (new)


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2c. Stresses that sheep and lambs are

routinely taken on long journeys where

rest, food and water requirements are not

complied with, in breach of EU legislation

on animal transport;

Or. nl

Amendment 155

Anja Hazekamp


Paragraph 2 d (new)


2d. Calls on the Commission, in

emulation of the existing EU minimum

standards for the protection of pigs,

calves, laying hens and broiler chickens,

as well as the general Council Directive

for the protection of animals kept for

farming purposes, to review and improve

the welfare of sheep and goats by drawing

up specific EU minimum standards for

the protection of sheep and goats;

Or. nl

Amendment 156

Anja Hazekamp


Paragraph 2 e (new)


2e. Notes that protection of public

health should not depend on the region in

which a person resides or stays; calls on

the Commission, therefore, pending the

outcome of additional research into the

health risks to which goat farmers and

their neighbours are exposed, to extend

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the existing moratorium on the

construction and expansion of goat stalls

in parts of the Netherlands to European

level;

Or. nl

Amendment 157

Anja Hazekamp


Paragraph 2 f (new)


2f. Notes that outbreaks of animal

diseases have disastrous consequences for

the welfare of animals, farmers and local

residents; stresses that human and animal

health must prevail at all times and that a

drastic reduction of intensive livestock

farming is necessary for that purpose;

Or. nl

Amendment 158

Anja Hazekamp


Paragraph 2 g (new)


2g. Expresses its concerns regarding

the situation of male kids on farms where

goats are kept for milking; stresses that

the number of male kids that suffer

from very poor health, or even die, is

unacceptably high;

Or. nl

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Amendment 159

Anja Hazekamp


Paragraph 2 h (new)


2h. Underlines that the decrease in

consumption of meat, mainly meat

produced in intensive livestock farming,

will make a positive contribution to the

environment and public health and is a

key factor in the fight against climate

change;

Or. nl

Amendment 160

Anja Hazekamp


Paragraph 2 i (new)


2i. Calls on the Commission,

therefore, to make it compulsory to

allow sheep and goats to graze;

Or. nl

Amendment 161

Anja Hazekamp


Paragraph 2 j (new)


2j. Calls on the Commission to

implement and enforce the relevant EU

law, in particular Council Directive

1/2005/EC of 22 December 2004 on the

protection of animals during transport; in

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this context, considers it necessary to

comply with the judgment of the

European Court of Justice in

Luxembourg in which it ruled that

protection of animal welfare does

not cease at the EU’s external borders

and that transporters of animals being

exported from the European Union must

therefore comply with EU animal welfare

rules, including outside the EU;

Or. nl

Amendment 162

Anja Hazekamp


Paragraph 2 k (new)


2k. Calls on the Commission to draw

up a plan to prevent disease and mortality

among male kids based on the intrinsic

value of the animal and prioritising both

the welfare of male kids and that of goats;

Or. nl

Amendment 163

Anja Hazekamp


Paragraph 3


3. Commends the Commission on its

intention to set up a dedicated budget line

for those products in the next promotion

campaigns co-financed by the Union, and

advocates the need to include wool among

the beneficiary products;

deleted

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Or. nl

Amendment 164

Hilde Vautmans, Jan Huitema, Ulrike Müller


Paragraph 3











campaigns co-financed by the Union;

Or. en

Amendment 165



Paragraph 3








3. Notes the Commission’s intention

to set up a dedicated budget line for those

products in the next promotion campaigns

co-financed by the Union, and advocates

the need to prioritise action to promote the

consumption of sheep and goat meat and

milk products from sustainable, organic

and small-scale production; calls for wool

to be included among the beneficiary

products, making it compulsory to be in

possession of the animal by-product

traceability certificate in accordance with

Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 on animal

by-products and derived products not

intended for human consumption, in

order to be eligible for coupled aid for

sheep;

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Or. es

Amendment 166

Michela Giuffrida


Paragraph 3











campaigns co-financed by the Union,

welcomes it together with the other

information activities initiated by the

Commission in the CAP field, and


the beneficiary products in order to fully

exploit the project in terms of acceptance

and implementation for end users;

Or. it

Amendment 167



Paragraph 3












advocates the need to include goat and

ewe’s milk as well as wool among the

beneficiary products;

Or. fr

Amendment 168

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Angélique Delahaye


Paragraph 3












advocates the need to include wool and

skins among the beneficiary products;

Or. fr

Amendment 169



Paragraph 3













skin among the beneficiary products;

Or. es

Amendment 170



Paragraph 3










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pelts among the beneficiary products;

Or. es

Amendment 171

Mairead McGuinness


Paragraph 3 a (new)


3a. highlights the need for

promotional campaigns that aim to

increase consumption of sheep meat and

goat meat throughout the EU receive

sufficient funding; stresses the

importance of EU quality logos such as

PGI to support Europe’s rural regions

and traditional high quality products;

calls for an in-depth study of market

outlets for wool to provide greater

economic returns to producers;

Or. en

Amendment 172



Paragraph 3 a (new)


3a. Calls on the Commission and the

Member States to devote more attention to

the wool production and processing sector

by supporting the implementation

of programmes for information and

exchanges of good practices between

those involved in the wool processing

chain;

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Or. ro

Amendment 173



Paragraph 3 a (new)


3a. Urges the Commission to look into

the possibility of making exceptions for

wool when applying Regulation

1069/2009 and Regulation 142/2011 on

the treatment of animal by-products, since

this is a product that is not intended for

human consumption;

Or. es

Amendment 174

Nicola Caputo


Paragraph 3 a (new)



coordinate promotional campaigns for

PGI (Protected Geographical Indication)

and PDO (Protected Designation of

Origin) sheep-meat and goat-meat

products, and to target the Member States

concerned in order to

maximise consumption;

Or. en

Amendment 175

Laurenţiu Rebega


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Paragraph 3 a (new)



provide special support for the

implementation of wool processing

programmes and measures to promote

exchanges of good practice between those

involved in this sector in the Member

States;

Or. ro

Amendment 176



Paragraph 3 a (new)


3a. Urges the Commission and

Member States to promote the inclusion

of locally and organically produced sheep

and goat meat and milk products in public

canteens;

Or. es

Amendment 177

Maria Heubuch


Paragraph 3 a (new)


3a. Calls on the Commission to qualify

wool as an agricultural product under

Annex I of the TFEU;

Or. en

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Amendment 178



Paragraph 3 b (new)


3b. Urges the Commission and

Member States to reduce the minimum

requirements for the receipt of coupled

aid for sheep, since the obligation to

demonstrate a rate of 60% for exit

movements of lambs to the

slaughterhouse by means of a transport

document for the journey to the

slaughterhouse does not tally with the

need to rebreed in order to establish

breeding ewes in the flock; takes the view

that this circumstance particularly affects

the integration of young people and new

entrants to the farming industry, as well

as the establishment of native breed

flocks; notes that such a measure would

also help to curb the introduction into the

flock of animals from other flocks, which

would lead to a reduction in health

problems;

Or. es

Amendment 179

Nicola Caputo


Paragraph 3 b (new)



Member States to initiate programmes to

encourage producers to set up producer

and marketing groups, engage in direct

marketing and to produce and label

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special qualities of sheep-meat and goat-

meat products and sheep-milk and goat-

milk products (for example organic

products or regional specialities);

Or. en

Amendment 180



Paragraph 3 b (new)


3b. Calls on the Commission to ease

the administrative requirements for

opening small goat’s and sheep’s cheese-

making ventures on the farm itself,

enabling farmers to boost the added value

of their farm;

Or. es

Amendment 181

Anja Hazekamp


Paragraph 4


4. Supports maintaining or, where

possible, increasing coupled aid for

sheep- and goat-farming in the

forthcoming reform of the Common

Agricultural Policy (CAP), with a view to

arresting the drain of farmers from these

sectors in the EU, in view of the high rate

of dependence of sheep- and goat-farmers

on direct payments;

deleted

Or. nl

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Amendment 182

John Procter


Paragraph 4




sheep- and goat-farming in the






on direct payments;

deleted

Or. en

Amendment 183

Hilde Vautmans, Ulrike Müller


Paragraph 4



possible, increasing coupled aid for sheep-

and goat-farming in the forthcoming

reform of the Common Agricultural Policy

(CAP), with a view to arresting the drain of

farmers from these sectors in the EU, in

view of the high rate of dependence of

sheep- and goat-farmers on direct

payments;






farmers from these sectors in the EU;

Or. en

Amendment 184


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Paragraph 4










payments;

4. Supports maintaining and calls for

an increase in coupled aid for sheep- and

goat-farming in the forthcoming reform of

the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP),

with a view to arresting the drain of




payments;

Or. es

Amendment 185

Momchil Nekov


Paragraph 4










payments;



and goat-farming and the other respective

measures targeted at both sectors in the






on direct payments;

Or. en

Amendment 186

Mairead McGuinness


Paragraph 4

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payments;


appropriate, increasing voluntary coupled

aid for sheep- and goat-farming in the






on direct payments;

Or. en

Amendment 187



Paragraph 4










payments;





(CAP), including differentiated subsidies

for grazing herds, with a view to arresting

the drain of farmers from these sectors in

the EU, in view of the high rate of

dependence of sheep- and goat-farmers on

direct payments;

Or. es

Amendment 188



Paragraph 4


4. Supports maintaining or, where 4. Supports maintaining or, where

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payments;




(CAP), with differentiated support for

grazing herds, with a view to arresting the

drain of farmers from these sectors in the

EU, in view of the high rate of dependence

of sheep- and goat-farmers on direct

payments;

Or. es

Amendment 189

Luke Ming Flanagan


Paragraph 4










payments;

4. Supports convergence of payments

in Pillar I, in addition to, maintaining or,

where possible, increasing coupled aid for

sheep- and goat-farming in the forthcoming






payments;

Or. en

Amendment 190

José Bové



Paragraph 4






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payments;

pasture-based and silvo-pastoral sheep-







payments;

Or. en

Amendment 191

Maria Heubuch


Paragraph 4










payments;



pasture based sheep- and goat-farming in

the forthcoming reform of the Common





on direct payments;

Or. en

Amendment 192

Georgios Epitideios


Paragraph 4







4. Supports increasing coupled aid for

sheep- and goat-farming in the forthcoming




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payments;



payments;

Or. el

Amendment 193



Paragraph 4










payments;

4. Supports maintaining or increasing

coupled aid for sheep- and goat-farming in

the forthcoming reform of the Common





on direct payments;

Or. fr

Amendment 194



Paragraph 4 a (new)


4a. Calls on the Commission and

Member States to introduce positive

action measures to bring about the real

integration of women into the sector’s

activity; likewise calls for women to be

recognised as farmers with equal rights in

family farms, ensuring the practical

implementation of shared ownership and

legal recognition of their entitlement to

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50% of the farm’s income;

Or. es

Amendment 195

Michel Dantin


Paragraph 4 a (new)


4a. Underlines that, under the

agreement reached in the negotiations on

the Omnibus regulation, the voluntary

coupled support regime is simplified and

clarified with the elimination of

references to quantitative limits and to

maintaining production and that certain

eligibility criteria and the overall budget

may be reviewed annually by the Member

States;

Or. fr

Amendment 196

Norbert Erdős, Marijana Petir, Daniel Buda, Vladimir Urutchev


Paragraph 4 a (new)


4a. takes into account the development

of subsidies in the sector, which is of the

utmost importance to increase efficiency

and competitiveness in production,

improve product quality and hoist self-

sufficiency of EU sheep meat supply - all

of which are consistent with EU’s

efficiency development and quality

improvement objectives;

Or. en

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Amendment 197

John Procter


Paragraph 4 a (new)


4a. Supports maintaining, through

direct payments, support for sheep and

goat farmers;

Or. en

Amendment 198

Miguel Viegas


Paragraph 4 a (new)


4a. Warns that exclusive thresholds

adopted by certain Member States

constitute a disincentive and that, in the

absence of ceilings or as a result of

excessively soft ceilings, aid is

concentrated on the largest farms;

Or. fr

Amendment 199



Paragraph 4 a (new)


4a. Warns about the problem of the

concentration of aid on larger herds, in

cases where there is no limit to the receipt

of aid or where these limits are very

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flexible;

Or. pt

Amendment 200

Momchil Nekov


Paragraph 4 a (new)


4a. urges the Commission to consider

additional tools and instruments, which

can help the sectors face crises, meet

global challenges and provide for

sustainable development for the sectors;

Or. en

Amendment 201



Paragraph 4 a (new)


4a. Recognizes that these sectors are

facing major difficulties in terms of

employment and calls on the Commission

and the Member States to implement

support measures for those involved in

sheep and goat breeding;

Or. ro

Amendment 202



Paragraph 4 a (new)

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Member States to support the exploitation

of the high potential of traditional sheep

and goat farming practices through agri-

tourism;

Or. en

Amendment 203

Mairead McGuinness


Paragraph 4 a (new)


4a. Highlights that efforts to increase

the consumption of sheep and goat meat

are essential if there are measures to

increase production in the EU;

Or. en

Amendment 204



Paragraph 4 b (new)


4b. suggests, however, to separate the

coupled aid between hobby animal

breeders having less than 15 animal units

(irrespective of whether they have sheep

or goats or both) who could be granted

lump sum payment and larger livestock

keepers who need to receive increased aid

to enable them to better target the market

and to improve the quality of product;

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Or. en

Amendment 205



Paragraph 4 b (new)


4b. Draws attention to the disincentive

that the exclusive thresholds implemented

by some Member States represent, as well

as the concentration of aid in large herds

owing to the absence of maximum

ceilings for aid or to overly flexible

ceilings;

Or. es

Amendment 206

John Procter


Paragraph 4 b (new)


4b. urges Member States to help sheep

and goat farmers so that they may

improve their productivity and

competitiveness; emphasises that this

should be market-driven;

Or. en

Amendment 207

Mairead McGuinness


Paragraph 4 b (new)

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4b. warns that static or falling demand

and higher production can lead to lower

prices for producers;

Or. en

Amendment 208

Anja Hazekamp


Paragraph 5


5. Believes it necessary to offer

greater support to young people, via both

direct aid and rural development policy,

given the high average age of workers in

the livestock-raising sectors, exceeding

even that in other agricultural

professions;

deleted

Or. nl

Amendment 209



Paragraph 5







even that in other agricultural professions;




which may be supplemented by national

financial support and in accordance with

national legislation (on inheritance,

access to land, taxation, training, social

protection, etc.), given the high average

age of workers in the livestock-raising

sectors, exceeding even that in other

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sectors of agricultural production;

Or. fr

Amendment 210



Paragraph 5









greater support to young farmers and new

entrants, via both direct aid and rural

development policy, as the high average

age of workers in the livestock-raising

sectors, exceeding even that in other

agricultural professions, is among the key

challenges in keeping rural areas alive

and maintaining food security in the

Union;

Or. nl

Amendment 211

Angélique Delahaye


Paragraph 5









greater support to young farmers to set up,

via direct aid, incentives to set up or take

over sheep and goat holdings and rural

development policy, given the high

average age of workers in the livestock-

raising sectors, exceeding even that in

other agricultural professions;

Or. fr

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Amendment 212

Michela Giuffrida


Paragraph 5













even that in other agricultural professions

due to the scant profitability of the latter;

Or. it

Amendment 213

Laurenţiu Rebega, Angelo Ciocca, Edouard Ferrand, Philippe Loiseau


Paragraph 5












the livestock-raising sectors, manifestly

exceeding that in other agricultural

professions;

Or. ro

Amendment 214

Nicola Caputo


Paragraph 5 a (new)

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Member States to ensure a profitable and

sustainable future for sheep-meat and

goat-meat and sheep and goat milk

production in the EU, to encourage the

consumption of such products once more,

and to retain and attract young sheep and

goat farmers to the sector, and advocates

the maintenance of these traditional, eco-

friendly farming enterprises with their

role in supplying the Community market

and in providing a Community supply

base of EU sheep and goat farming

products;

Or. en

Amendment 215



Paragraph 5 a (new)


5a. Considers it vital, in Member

States where this type of farming is more

common, to set up shepherding schools

focusing on transhumance, with the aim

of providing an alternative source of

employment in livestock farming that will

favour generational renewal while at the

same time helping to enhance the dignity

of and social recognition for the

traditional profession of grazing livestock;

Or. es

Amendment 216



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Paragraph 5 a (new)



Member States to take into consideration

the specific problems outlined by

organisations representing women

employed in this sector, improving their

visibility, among other measures, and

promoting ownership and co-ownership,

as well as the introduction of the

necessary family support services;

Or. es

Amendment 217



Paragraph 5 a (new)


5a. Urges the Commission to regulate

animal welfare packages in more detail

when they are transposed into national

law, in order to make the conditions

governing on-farm slaughter more

flexible;

Or. es

Amendment 218



Paragraph 5 a (new)


5a. Points out that the sheep and goat

sectors have not experienced major crises

and are able to guarantee stable incomes

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and steady growth;

Or. ro

Amendment 219



Paragraph 5 b (new)



Member States to introduce active public

policies to promote mobile slaughter

units; to construct local slaughterhouses

and cutting plants; and to facilitate home

slaughtering or meat cutting;

Or. es

Amendment 220



Paragraph 5 c (new)


5c. Urges the Commission and

Member States to work on rules that will

combine high levels of animal welfare

with a reduction in the costs linked to the

stages of stripping, bleeding, slaughtering

and controlling specific risk material

(SRM);

Or. es

Amendment 221

Miguel Viegas

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Paragraph 6


6. Welcomes the agreement reached

in negotiations for the Omnibus

regulation recognising the specific nature

of Mediterranean grasslands, such as

dehesa pasturelands, with a view to

finding fairer arrangements governing the

land eligible for direct payments;

advocates authorising grazing in areas of

ecological interest;

6. Stresses that while the Omnibus

regulation is a step forward for the

recognition of areas, it remains an

exception for pastoral areas to be eligible

for assistance. Indeed, the Commission

still considers that an agricultural area

should consist of 50% grass, but this does

not reflect the reality of the land. The

Commission should recognise the food

value of non-herbaceous resources and

take into account the presence of

resources on which the animals graze,

whether woody or not (and not make

reference to 50% grass, which does not

correspond to the reality of the grazing

area);

Or. fr

Amendment 222

José Bové



Paragraph 6



in negotiations for the Omnibus regulation

recognising the specific nature of

Mediterranean grasslands, such as dehesa

pasturelands, with a view to finding fairer

arrangements governing the land eligible

for direct payments; advocates authorising

grazing in areas of ecological interest;

6. Welcomes the move begun in the

last CAP reform and including the

agreement reached in negotiations for the

Omnibus regulation that, in the definition

of permanent pasture and grassland, the

specific nature of Mediterranean grasslands

is recognised, with a view to finding fairer


for direct payments and redressing the

intrinsic discrimination against rough grazing and silvo-pastoral systems such as

dehesa, especially in upland areas;

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Or. en

Amendment 223

Anja Hazekamp


Paragraph 6








for direct payments; advocates

authorising grazing in areas of ecological

interest;

6. Notes that agreement has been

reached in negotiations for the Omnibus

regulation recognising the specific nature

of Mediterranean grasslands, such as

dehesa pasturelands; stresses that grazing

should not be permitted in sensitive

ecological areas because of the risk of

damage in these areas;

Or. nl

Amendment 224

Michela Giuffrida


Paragraph 6
















for direct payments since for years the

sector has suffered from competition for

land use and the abandonment of

pastures in favour of the cultivation of

durum wheat and other cereals, especially

in the south of the EU; advocates

authorising grazing in areas of ecological

interest;

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Or. it

Amendment 225

Norbert Erdős, Daniel Buda, Vladimir Urutchev


Paragraph 6

















grazing in areas of ecological interest and

completing EFA types by dry, poor quality

grasslands found in less favoured areas or

other disadvantaged areas in Central and

Eastern-European Member States;

Or. en

Amendment 226

Paul Brannen


Paragraph 6
















for direct payments and notes that other

ecosystems associated with agroforestry,

e.g. wooded meadows and pastures,

should not be discriminated in this regard

either; advocates authorising grazing in

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areas of ecological interest;

Or. en

Amendment 227

Maria Noichl, Marc Tarabella


Paragraph 6


















stresses in this connection the major

importance of ruminants in the

processing of crude fibres;

Or. de

Amendment 228



Paragraph 6


6. Welcomes the agreement reached in

negotiations for the Omnibus regulation







6. Notes the agreement reached in

negotiations for the Omnibus regulation







Or. es

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Amendment 229



Paragraph 6 a (new)


6a. Draws attention to the lack of

water in many sheep- and goat-farming

regions, particularly those in the

Mediterranean area, a situation which

will only worsen with global warming;

stresses, therefore, the need to ensure

better management of water resources

through adapted facilities, taking into

account the distribution of rainfall over

the year and sustainability;

Or. fr

Amendment 230

Paul Brannen


Paragraph 6 a (new)


6a. Notes that for the category of

farms ´´other grazing livestock farms´´,

including sheep sector, total public

transfers (101%) can slightly exceed farm

net income (Matthews,2016, compilation

of FADN data).The public support should

primarily go to these producers,

dependent on public support, considering

that they often support high nature value

farming and thus provide also values for

which market does not exist;

Or. en

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Amendment 231

José Bové



Paragraph 6 a (new)


6a. Notes however that these

improvements are still optional for

Member States;

Or. en

Amendment 232



Paragraph 6 a (new)


6a. Draws attention to the fact that it

remains an exception for predominantly

woody grazing areas to be eligible, since

the Commission continues to take the

view that an agricultural area must have

more than 50% grass cover, which is not

the case for many grazing areas;

Or. es

Amendment 233

José Bové


Eric Andrieu


Paragraph 6 a (new)


6a. Calls for the criterion of 50%

grass in wooded areas necessary to trigger

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a direct payment per hectare for farmers

to be abandoned in the case of goat and

sheep farmers;

Or. fr

Amendment 234

John Procter


Paragraph 6 a (new)


6a. Recognises the contribution of

sheep and goat farming to countryside

maintenance across the EU;

Or. en

Amendment 235



Paragraph 6 b (new)


6b. Calls on the Commission to

recognise the food value of non-

herbaceous resources by removing the

50% grass cover requirement, which does

not tally with the actual grazing

conditions in many areas, and calls on it

to take into consideration the resources

available where animals graze, whether

herbaceous or woody;

Or. es

Amendment 236

José Bové

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Paragraph 6 b (new)


6b. Notes that elsewhere in the Direct

payment regulation, Member States are

still left free to apply discriminatory

reduction coefficients on such land,

meaning payments for upland, high

biodiversity grazing can be a fraction of

lowland, minimal biodiversity grazing;

Or. en

Amendment 237

José Bové


Eric Andrieu


Paragraph 6 b (new)


6b. Stresses the importance of this type

of grazing land for fire prevention;

Or. fr

Amendment 238



Paragraph 6 c (new)


6c. Appreciates the lines of support

currently available to promote native

breeds and differentiated quality, such as

organic certification; stresses the need

also to include guarantee marks for lamb

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and kid meat, both collective and non-

collective, as possible beneficiaries

of support for differentiated quality,

provided that they have been approved by

the competent local authority in

accordance with its regulations or

conditions governing use of the mark;

Or. es

Amendment 239

Anja Hazekamp


Paragraph 7


7. Calls on the Commission and

Member States to consider measures to

improve transparency in the market, as

well as the possibility of harmonising

arrangements on carcasses, and the

establishment of a European observatory

monitoring the prices and production

costs of sheep- and goatmeat;



improve transparency in the market;

Or. nl

Amendment 240

John Procter


Paragraph 7








monitoring the prices and production costs



improve transparency in the market such

as the establishment of a European

observatory monitoring the prices and

production costs of sheep- and goatmeat;

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of sheep- and goatmeat;

Or. en

Amendment 241

Mairead McGuinness


Paragraph 7

















of sheep- and goatmeat; in that regard,

highlights the importance of monitoring

margins throughout the food supply

chain, including wholesale prices;

Or. en

Amendment 242



Paragraph 7














arrangements on carcasses, on condition

that this harmonisation does not harm

native and local breeds, and the




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Or. es

Amendment 243

Miguel Viegas


Paragraph 7














arrangements on carcasses, without

prejudicing the biodiversity ensured by

local breeds, and the establishment of a

European observatory monitoring the

prices and production costs of sheep- and

goatmeat;

Or. fr

Amendment 244



Paragraph 7













well as the possibility of harmonising the

channels, without prejudice to the

biodiversity brought by local breeds, and

the establishment of a European



Or. pt

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Amendment 245

José Bové



Paragraph 7














arrangements on carcasses that reflect the

real cost of the loss, and the establishment

of a European observatory monitoring the


goatmeat;

Or. en

Amendment 246



Paragraph 7













well as the establishment of a European



Or. fr

Amendment 247



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Paragraph 7














arrangements on carcasses, promoting

consumption and the establishment of a

European observatory monitoring the


goatmeat;

Or. ro

Amendment 248

Michel Dantin


Paragraph 7 a (new)


7a. Recalls that under Article 149 of

Regulation No 1308/2013, producers of

sheep’s milk or goat’s milk, grouped in a

producer organisation, may conduct joint

contractual negotiations on up to 33% of

national production and 3.5% of

European production; stresses that these

thresholds were established primarily for

the production of raw cow’s milk and are

therefore restrictive and poorly adapted to

the production of small ruminants,

particularly when farmers wish to

organise themselves into associations of

local producer organisations or multi-

buyer producer organisations or when

faced with a large industrial group;

Or. fr

Amendment 249

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Paragraph 7 a (new)


7a. Notes that concentration in the

slaughterhouse sector is on the rise, and

is reflected by the fact that meat

processing groups control the whole meat

industry chain from live animal to

packaged fresh meat, leading not only to

longer transport routes for live animals

but also to higher costs and lower

profitability for producers;

Or. de

Amendment 250

Daniel Buda


Paragraph 7 a (new)



identify support measures for the

establishment of slaughter points and the

simplification of authorization

procedures; calls on the national

authorities to ensure producers access to

the markets and the establishment of

specialised outlets;

Or. ro

Amendment 251

Momchil Nekov


Paragraph 7 a (new)

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7a. Calls on the member states to put

in place trainings for representatives in

the sector on how to valorise the products,

so that they can be competitive to other

meat and dairy products;

Or. en

Amendment 252

John Procter


Paragraph 7 a (new)


7a. believes a sheep’s age should be

estimated by a method approved by the

competent authority of the Member State

of slaughter, or when a permanent incisor

has erupted through the gum;

Or. en

Amendment 253

Nicola Caputo


Paragraph 7 a (new)


7a. Calls on the Commission to foster

a climate of direct sales by producers and

producer organisations in order to limit

artificial increases in price;

Or. en

Amendment 254

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John Procter


Paragraph 7 b (new)


7b. Calls on the Commission to

introduce a standard specification for

sheep/ lamb carcasses in which they are

classified and weighed before trimming;

believes that existing dressing

specifications and price reporting for

sheep and goats collected by the EU under

EC regulation 1308/2013 should be

amended to make dressing and reporting

to the European Commission scale as set

out in 2137/1992 mandatory, as is

required for cattle and pigs; believes these

standardisation measures will allow for

stronger market signals;

Or. en

Amendment 255



Paragraph 7 b (new)


7b. Draws attention to the judgment of

the European Court of Justice to the

effect that the scope of Regulation No

1/2005 is not confined to transport within

the borders of the EU but also covers

transport starting in the EU and ending

outside it;

Or. de

Amendment 256

Nicola Caputo

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Paragraph 7 b (new)


7b. Calls on the Commission to bring

forward proposals on price transparency

in the sector in order to provide

information to consumers and producers

on product prices;

Or. en

Amendment 257

Anja Hazekamp


Paragraph 8


8. Believes it necessary to improve

the bargaining power of producers in the

food chain, extending rules on

contractual relations for the sheep-and

goat-farming by establishing producer

organisations similar to those existing in

other crop and livestock sectors, in line

with the agreement reached as part of the

Omnibus Regulation;

deleted

Or. nl

Amendment 258



Paragraph 8


8. Believes it necessary to improve the

bargaining power of producers in the food

chain, extending rules on contractual




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relations for the sheep-and goat-farming by

establishing producer organisations

similar to those existing in other crop and

livestock sectors, in line with the

agreement reached as part of the

Omnibus Regulation;

relations for sheep-and goat-farming by

creating a framework for collective

bargaining that recognises existing

farming organisations and associations,

without any need to establish new

producer organisations, and that

recognises the agreements on the setting

of minimum prices for milk, meat, skins

and wool;

Or. es

Amendment 259

Mairead McGuinness


Paragraph 8





relations for the sheep-and goat-farming

by establishing producer organisations



agreement reached as part of the Omnibus

Regulation;




relations for sheep and goat farming by

establishing producer organisations similar

to those existing in other crop and livestock

sectors, in line with the agreement reached

as part of the Omnibus Regulation; notes

the need for minimum bureaucracy for

live exports, while ensuring best practice

from an animal welfare perspective;

Or. en

Amendment 260



Paragraph 8






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relations for the sheep-and goat-farming

by establishing producer organisations



agreement reached as part of the Omnibus

Regulation;


relations for sheep- and goat-farming, and

for meat products as well as milk

products, by establishing producer and

interbranch organisations similar to those

existing in other crop and livestock sectors,

in line with the agreement reached as part

of the Omnibus Regulation;

Or. fr

Amendment 261

Maria Noichl, Marc Tarabella, Jean-Paul Denanot


Paragraph 8









as part of the Omnibus Regulation;








as part of the Omnibus Regulation; also

stresses in this connection the major

importance of the direct marketing of

sheep and goat products;

Or. de

Amendment 262

Hilde Vautmans, Jan Huitema, Ulrike Müller, Ivan Jakovčić


Paragraph 8








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as part of the Omnibus Regulation, in

order to improve the competitiveness and

current low productivity of the sector;

Or. en

Amendment 263

Michel Dantin


Paragraph 8











bargaining power and market power of

producers in the food chain, extending

rules on contractual relations for the sheep-

and goat-farming by establishing producer

organisations similar to those existing in

other crop and livestock sectors, in line

with the agreement reached as part of the

Omnibus Regulation;

Or. fr

Amendment 264

Michel Dantin


Paragraph 8 a (new)


8a. Recalls that producers can put in

place measures to regulate the supply of

cheese, including from sheep’s milk or

goat’s milk, with a protected designation

of origin (PDO) or a protected

geographical indication (PGI) in

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accordance with Article 150 of Regulation

1308/2013;welcomes the fact that these

instruments have been extended beyond

2020 as part of the agreement reached on

the negotiations on the Omnibus

regulation;

Or. fr

Amendment 265



Paragraph 8 a (new)


8a. Considers it necessary to promote

the concentration of supply among

farmers in ventures such as cooperatives

that will boost their bargaining power in

the food chain, add value to member

farmers’ production and carry out

activities that will lead to cost savings or

that are difficult to accomplish

individually, such as innovation and

livestock consultancy, among others;

Or. es

Amendment 266



Paragraph 8 a (new)


8a. Considers it necessary to promote

the concentration of supply among

farmers in cooperatives and producer

organisations that will boost their

bargaining power in the food chain, add

value to their members’ production and

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facilitate activities that will lead to cost

savings, such as export measures,

innovation, input purchasing and

livestock consultancy;

Or. es

Amendment 267



Paragraph 8 a (new)


8a. Considers it necessary to have

crisis prevention and management

instruments for the sheep and goat sectors

in order to limit price volatility and ensure

a fair return for producers and an

environment conducive to investment and

the taking over of farms by young people;

Or. fr

Amendment 268

José Bové



Paragraph 8 a (new)


8a. Calls on the Member States and

the Commission to support artisanal

cheese-makers in the sheep and goat

sectors on the basis of the European

Guide to good hygiene practices in the

production of artisanal cheese and dairy

products, drawn up by the Commission;

Or. fr

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Amendment 269



Paragraph 8 a (new)


8a. Calls on Member States to extend

agri-environmental payments to pastures

used for sheep and goat grazing and to

provide animal welfare national aid also

for sheep and goats in addition to other

ruminants;

Or. en

Amendment 270

Nicola Caputo


Paragraph 8 a (new)



investigate the sheep-meat and goat-meat

supply chain to ensure that farmers

receive a fair return from the

marketplace;

Or. en

Amendment 271

Maria Noichl, Jean-Paul Denanot, Marc Tarabella


Paragraph 8 a (new)


8a. Takes the view that action must be

taken to prevent sheep and goat products

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from being sold at less than producer

prices;

Or. de

Amendment 272

Daniel Buda


Paragraph 8 a (new)



further support research, innovation and

improvements in the sheep and goat

sector;

Or. ro

Amendment 273

Michel Dantin


Paragraph 8 b (new)


8b. Calls for these measures to be

extended to cover quality-labelled

sheepmeat, along the lines of other supply

management measures for PDO and PGI

ham (Article 172 of Regulation

1308/2013), in order to increase the

possibilities for matching supply with

demand;

Or. fr

Amendment 274


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Paragraph 8 b (new)


8b. Calls for the establishment of

precise indicators to be able to monitor

more closely the production and

consumption of, and trade in, goatmeat,

with a distinction being made between

adult animals and kids;

Or. fr

Amendment 275



Paragraph 8 b (new)


8b. Calls for an increased support for

producer organizations in the sheep and

goat sector;

Or. ro

Amendment 276

Norbert Erdős, Daniel Buda, Vladimir Urutchev, Marijana Petir


Paragraph 8 b (new)


8b. Calls on Member States to extend

Milk Package financial support to sheep

and goat milk;

Or. en

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Amendment 277

Michel Dantin


Paragraph 8 c (new)


8c. Stresses that producer

organisations or associations of producer

organisations of sheep’s milk or goat’s

milk may disregard the binding ceilings

under Article 149 of Regulation

1308/2013 if they jointly exercise an

economic activity (promotion, quality

control, packaging, labelling or

processing) in accordance with

Article 152, as amended by the Omnibus

regulation;

Or. fr

Amendment 278

Michela Giuffrida


Paragraph 9


9. Asks the Commission to ascertain

what the post-Brexit sheepmeat market will

look like, and to do everything in its power

to prevent severe market disturbances;




to prevent severe market disturbances

resulting from potential cuts in spending

on the Common Agricultural Policy

(CAP) proposed by the Commission in the

reflection paper on the future of EU

finances;

Or. it

Amendment 279

Mairead McGuinness

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Paragraph 9









to prevent severe market disturbances

including establishing a safety net on

prices/markets to protect the sector from

the impact of Brexit;

Or. en

Amendment 280

Laurenţiu Rebega


Paragraph 9








look like, to do everything in its power to

prevent severe market disturbances and to

encourage the consumption of sheep and

goat meat;

Or. ro

Amendment 281



Paragraph 9








to prevent severe market disturbances by

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to prevent severe market disturbances; means of a support policy for European

production;

Or. fr

Amendment 282

Luke Ming Flanagan


Paragraph 9








look like, and to do everything in its

power, including setting up a contingency

fund, to prevent severe market

disturbances;

Or. en

Amendment 283



Paragraph 9








look like, and to put the necessary

measures in place to prevent market

disturbances;

Or. es

Amendment 284



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Paragraph 9 a (new)


9a. Calls on the Commission and on

the Member States to consider offering

incentives to farmers who practice

transhumance;

Or. en

Amendment 285

John Procter


Paragraph 9 a (new)


9a. emphasises the importance of

zero-free tariff trade between the UK and

the EU being able to continue post-Brexit;

Or. en

Amendment 286

José Bové



Paragraph 10


10. Urges the Commission to exercise

caution in negotiating the new free-trade

agreement with New Zealand, pending its

analysis of impact of Brexit on the EU

sheep-farming sector; takes the view that

this new agreement should split New

Zealand’s quota for lamb meat exports into

the EU so as to separate fresh or chilled

and frozen meat;

10. Urges the Commission not to make

any commitments in free-trade agreements

with New Zealand, pending its analysis of

the impact of Brexit on the EU sheep-

farming sector; takes the view that this new

agreement should split New Zealand’s

quota for lamb meat exports into the EU so

as to separate fresh or chilled and frozen

meat;

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Or. fr

Amendment 287

Michel Dantin


Paragraph 10










and frozen meat;




analysis of the impact of Brexit on the EU

sheep-farming sector, especially as regards

the future of the 287 000-tonne carcass-

weight equivalent quota for sheepmeat

granted by the EU to New Zealand,

around 75% of which is used up on

average, with around 48% going to the

UK, and the 19 200-tonne carcass-weight

equivalent quota for sheepmeat granted

by the EU to Australia, almost 100% of

which is used up on average, with around

75% going to the UK; takes the view that


Zealand’s and Australia’s quota for lamb

meat exports into the EU so as to separate

fresh or chilled and frozen meat;

Or. fr

Amendment 288

Mairead McGuinness


Paragraph 10







10. Urges the Commission to carefully

consider the impact of negotiating the new

free-trade agreement with New Zealand,

pending its analysis of impact of Brexit on

the EU sheep-farming sector; takes the

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and frozen meat;

view that this new agreement should split

New Zealand’s quota for lamb meat

exports into the EU so as to separate fresh

or chilled and frozen meat; highlights that

preferential market access should not be

increased above existing TRQs; recalls

that Parliament has identified sheep meat

as particularly sensitive in FTA

negotiations with New Zealand and has

supported the potential exclusion of the

most sensitive sectors in its

resolution ’Negotiating mandate for trade

negotiations with New Zealand’;

reiterates that any FTA must fully respect

the EU’s high animal welfare,

environmental and food safety standards;

Or. en

Amendment 289

Norbert Erdős, Daniel Buda, Vladimir Urutchev


Paragraph 10










and frozen meat;









and frozen meat; recalls that in the

European Union lambs may be marketed

only at the age of 6 or 9 months, but in

New Zealand a higher age – 12 months –

is permitted; reminds the European

Commission that the future agreement

between New-Zealand and the EU has to

set a 6 or 9 month age limit for the legal

sale in the EU internal market of any

lamb from outside the EU;

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Or. en

Amendment 290

Philippe Loiseau, Edouard Ferrand


Paragraph 10










and frozen meat;




analysis of the impact of Brexit on the EU


this new agreement should remove New

Zealand’s quota for lamb meat exports;

Or. fr

Amendment 291

Eric Andrieu, Marc Tarabella, Jean-Paul Denanot, Momchil Nekov


Paragraph 10










and frozen meat;



agreement with New Zealand and

Australia, pending its analysis of the

impact of Brexit on the EU sheep-farming

sector; takes the view that this new

agreement should split New Zealand’s and

Australia’s quota for lamb meat exports

into the EU so as to separate fresh or

chilled and frozen meat;

Or. fr

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Amendment 292

Angélique Delahaye


Paragraph 10










and frozen meat;



agreement with Australia and New

Zealand, pending its analysis of the impact

of Brexit on the EU sheep-farming and

goat-farming sector; takes the view that




and frozen meat;

Or. fr

Amendment 293

Angélique Delahaye


Paragraph 10 a (new)



exclude sensitive products from future

negotiations between the EU and

Australia and between the EU and New

Zealand, particularly as regards

sheepmeat and goatmeat, in view of the

extreme sensitivity of these sectors, and,

in this connection, calls on the

Commission to take into account

Parliament’s recommendations set out in

the Caspary reports of 26 October 2017;

Or. fr

Amendment 294

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Nicola Caputo





provide assistance in opening export

markets for EU sheep-meat and offal in

countries where unnecessary restrictions

currently apply;

Or. en

Amendment 295

Mairead McGuinness




10a. Notes that existing TRQs for New

Zealand impact EU sheep meat

production;

Or. en

Amendment 296

Paul Brannen


Paragraph 11


11. Is worried about the letter that the

United States and six other large

agriculture exporters (Argentina, Brazil,

Canada, New Zealand, Thailand and

Uruguay) sent to the representatives of the

UK and the EU at the World Trade

Organisation (WTO) on 26 September

concerning internal discussions on the









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possible redistribution of import tariff

quotas between the United Kingdom and

the other Member States; stresses how

important it is that the UK maintains its

current share of tariff quotas after its exit

from the EU; understands how dependent

the UK sheep meat sector is on the EU

market, but considers that this situation

presents both challenges and opportunities;






from the EU and that a deal is reached

where none of the UK and EU markets

are oversupplied by imported sheep meat,

to prevent negative effect on producers in

the UK and EU; understands how

dependent the UK sheep meat sector is on

the EU market, but considers that this

situation presents both challenges and

opportunities;

Or. en

Amendment 297

Georgios Epitideios


Paragraph 11


















presents both challenges and opportunities;

















presents both challenges and opportunities

and in any case the subject of EU

protection is the individual markets

of active Member States;

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Or. el

Amendment 298

Angélique Delahaye




11a. Considers that the UK leaving the

EU should be an opportunity to further

develop the European sheep and goat

sectors in order to make the EU less

dependent on imports of sheepmeat and

goatmeat from New Zealand;

Or. fr

Amendment 299

José Bové


Eric Andrieu, Jean-Paul Denanot




11a. Regrets that the more than 1 400

European agricultural products protected

by a geographical indication do not

automatically benefit from equivalent

protection in third-country markets

covered by international trade agreements

negotiated by the EU;

Or. fr

Amendment 300

Hilde Vautmans, Ulrike Müller, Ivan Jakovčić


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Paragraph 12


12. Calls for consideration to be given

to the precarious situation of sheep and

goat farmers when entering into further

trade agreements with third countries by

including their products among sensitive

sectors, and excluding any provisions that

might compromise the European model of

production in any way;






sectors, in order not to compromise the

European model of production in any way;

Or. en

Amendment 301



Paragraph 12










(Does not affect the English version.)

Or. fr

Amendment 302



Paragraph 12








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trade agreements with third countries, by


sectors or excluding them from the

negotiations so as to exclude any

provisions that might compromise the

European model of production in any way,

and to the local or regional economy;

Or. fr

Amendment 303

Michela Giuffrida


Paragraph 12

















production in any way; in this respect,

welcoming the Commission’s

simplification efforts, hopes that further

progress will be made in view of the

forthcoming reform of the CAP;

Or. it

Amendment 304

Angélique Delahaye


Paragraph 12








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production in any way, particularly as the

production costs and standards of the

main sheepmeat and goatmeat exporting

countries are significantly lower than

those in Europe;

Or. fr

Amendment 305



Paragraph 12


















particularly stresses in this context the

severe problems in terms of animal

protection, and the environmental impact,

of long transport routes from or to distant

countries;

Or. de

Amendment 306

Nicola Caputo




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introduce a mandatory EU labelling

regulation system for sheep-meat

products, which would have an EU-wide

logo, to allow consumers to distinguish

between EU products and those from

third countries, which would be

underwritten by a number of criteria

including a farm assurance scheme and a

country of origin indication, to ensure

that consumers are fully aware as to the

place of origin of the product; considers

that the system must be designed in such a

way as to avoid undermining existing

promotional labelling schemes at Member

State and regional level;

Or. en

Amendment 307

Michel Dantin




12a. Stresses that these sectors should

be given appropriate treatment, for

example, through tariff-rate quotas or

adequate transition periods, taking due

account of the cumulative impact of trade

agreements on agriculture and potentially

excluding them from the scope of the

negotiations;

Or. fr

Amendment 308

Angélique Delahaye



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consider an increase in EU exports to

North Africa, which is a growing market

that appreciates the quality and food

safety guaranteed by the European

Union;

Or. fr

Amendment 309

Momchil Nekov




12a. Calls the Commission to prepare

reports about the possible target markets

for the EU goat and sheep meat and dairy

products;

Or. en

Amendment 310

Mairead McGuinness


Paragraph 13


13. Urges the Commission and the

Member States to consider harmonising

tolerance levels when punishing livestock

farmers for inadvertent errors in the

application of the electronic identification

system;





application of sheep tagging and the

electronic identification system;

Or. en

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Amendment 311



Paragraph 13







system;






system, subject to the strict condition that

this must not lead to acceptance of a

higher error rate than for preventive

animal health care and is justified in the

light of the One Health approach;

recognises the importance of a united

approach and improving preventive

animal health care in the Union;

Or. nl

Amendment 312



Paragraph 13







system;


Member States to consider and return to

using paper identification systems that

provide equal and effective guarantees of

traceability in order to implement

traceability in herds for which the

electronic identification system is

technically unsuitable (small and

medium-sized extensive herds); also urges

that they harmonise tolerance levels when

punishing livestock farmers for inadvertent

errors in the application of the electronic

identification system;

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Or. es

Amendment 313

Ricardo Serrão Santos


Paragraph 13







system;


Member States to consider the possibility

of designing a simplified identification

system for small-scale herds in extensive

production intended for local circuits and

without detriment to the effective

traceability of products and harmonising




system;

Or. pt

Amendment 314

John Procter


Paragraph 13







system;


Member States to consider standardising


farmers for inadvertent administrative

errors in farm records or in the application

of the electronic identification system; to

allow batch reporting for off-farm

movements where the Member State is

able to show a high proportion of

movements recorded on an individual

animal basis;

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Or. en

Amendment 315

Miguel Viegas


Paragraph 13







system;


Member States to consider reintroducing

traceability through a system of paper-

based identification for small and

medium-sized extensive farms which so

wish and harmonising tolerance levels

when punishing livestock farmers for

inadvertent errors in the application of the


Or. fr

Amendment 316



Paragraph 13







system;






system; calls on the Commission to

implement more flexible and growth-

oriented provisions regarding the use of

electronic ear tags;

Or. ro

Amendment 317

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Paragraph 13







system;


Member States to consider establishing a

simplified identification system for small

and medium-sized herds in extensive

farming and harmonising tolerance levels

when punishing livestock farmers for

inadvertent errors in the application of the


Or. pt

Amendment 318

Anja Hazekamp


Paragraph 13







system;






system; stresses that Member States must

without exception implement legislation;

Or. nl

Amendment 319





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13a. Urges the Commission to work

with the Member States to recognise and

enhance the value of home and artisanal

production and direct and short-circuit

sales in all the Member States; takes the

view that implementing flexibility in the

health and hygiene package will make it

possible to continue traditional practices

in the small-scale home and artisanal

production of cheese and milk derivatives,

as well as in slaughtering and the sale of

meat;

Or. es

Amendment 320

Ulrike Müller




13a. Calls for the establishment of

protected grazing areas where large

predators can be regulated, so that the

return of large predators does not lead to

setbacks in farm practices favourable to

animal welfare (migratory sheep herding,

open stabling, etc.) or in traditional

agriculture and pasture farming (high-

altitude summer grazing);

Or. de

Amendment 321

Maria Noichl




13a. Warns that the electronic

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identification of lambs may result in

burdens for the sheep and goats sector,

and calls on the Commission to examine

whether responsibility for the deployment

of electronic identification can be placed

on market intermediaries;

Or. de

Amendment 322

Momchil Nekov




13a. Calls for support for EU-wide

promotional events such as festivals and

other similar annual events dedicated to

the sheep and goat sectors as a tool for

increasing public awareness about the

benefits from the sectors for the EU, the

environment and its citizens;

Or. en

Amendment 323





13a. Calls on the Commission to look

into the possibility of exempting wool

from the requirements of Regulation

1069/2009 and Regulation 142/2011 on

the treatment of animal by-products, since

it is not intended for human consumption;

Or. es

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Amendment 324





13a. Calls on the Member States to take

steps to increase vaccination coverage in

the sector and thus combat infectious

diseases among sheep and goats as well as

antimicrobial resistance cost-effectively;

Or. nl

Amendment 325

Michel Dantin





Member States to re-assess the level of

monitoring of the health of wild animals,

particularly in areas where herds are

extensively managed;

Or. fr

Amendment 326

Mairead McGuinness




13a. highlights that low income

producers require financial assistance to

implement costly compulsory electronic

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identification systems;

Or. en

Amendment 327

Jan Huitema




13a. Highlights this harmonization may

not lead to acceptance of a higher margin

of error than is justified for preventive

health care;

Or. en

Amendment 328



Paragraph 13 b (new)


13b. Calls on the Commission, in the

context of the reform of the Common

Agricultural Policy, in line with the

announcement in the European ‘One

Health’ Action Plan against

Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), to

provide incentives and support for sheep

and goat farmers who can demonstrate

that they have attained high vaccination

coverage among their animals;

Or. nl

Amendment 329

Mairead McGuinness

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13b. highlights that the loss rate of ear

tags is higher for extensively grazed sheep

in areas of natural constraint than for

other livestock in lowland systems and

asks the Commission to recognise this;

Or. en

Amendment 330



Paragraph 13 c (new)


13c. Calls on the Commission to

facilitate the use of immunoprecise

vaccines as a first measure to combat

possible disease outbreaks in the sector;

Or. nl

Amendment 331

Mairead McGuinness




13c. notes that identification systems

should be designed in such a way to

minimise bureaucracy;

Or. en

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Amendment 332

Anja Hazekamp


Paragraph 14


14. Invites the Commission and

Member States to consider rural

development measures to protect herds

from attack from predators and look into

reviewing the Habitats Directive, with the

aim of controlling the spread of predators

in certain grazing areas;

deleted

Or. nl

Amendment 333

Herbert Dorfmann, Peter Jahr, Norbert Lins


Paragraph 14









14. Notes that species that are

designated as requiring special protection

in the Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC)

have in some regions of Europe attained a

good conservation status and could thus

endanger the pasture farming of domestic

animals, particularly sheep and goats;

calls on the Commission to develop an

assessment procedure to enable the

protection status of species in particular

regions to be amended as soon as the

desired conservation status is reached;

Or. de

Amendment 334

Paul Brannen

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Paragraph 14









14. Invites the Commission to

encourage Member States to take up rural


from attack from predators and to apply for

state aid compensating losses caused by

large carnivores when relevant, with the

aim of increasing acceptance of presence

and in some areas improvement of the

conservation status of these species;

Or. en

Amendment 335



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development measures to protect livestock

and compensate for losses caused by

predator attacks;

Or. pt

Amendment 336

Miguel Viegas


Paragraph 14






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from attack from predators and to provide

compensation for losses caused by such

attacks;

Or. fr

Amendment 337



Paragraph 14











development measures to protect herds and

provide due compensation for losses

(including loss of earnings) caused by

attack from predators, along with

measures to control the spread of

predators in certain grazing areas;

Or. es

Amendment 338

Angélique Delahaye


Paragraph 14














aim of regulating large predators in certain

grazing areas, and, in this regard, calls on

the Commission to take into account the

recommendations made by Parliament in

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its resolution on the Action Plan for

nature, people and the economy of 15

November 2017;

Or. fr

Amendment 339

Michel Dantin


Paragraph 14










Member States to consider measures

under a dedicated budget and no longer

under rural development to protect herds

from attack from predators, to look into

reviewing the Habitats Directive and to

take diplomatic action to review the

protection status of predators in the

context of the Berne Convention, with the

aim of controlling their spread in certain

grazing areas;

Or. fr

Amendment 340

José Bové



Paragraph 14











protect herds from attack from predators

and review the Habitats Directive, with the

aim of controlling the spread of predators,

by adopting protected status for the wolf;

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Or. fr

Amendment 341

Molly Scott Cato


Paragraph 14










Member States as well as local and

regional authorities to consider measures

to protect herds from attack from predators,

with the aim of controlling the spread of


Or. en

Amendment 342



Paragraph 14












from attack from predators, to compensate

farmers for losses caused by predator

attacks and to look into reviewing the

Habitats Directive, with the aim of

controlling the spread of predators in

certain grazing areas;

Or. fr

Amendment 343

Ivari Padar

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Paragraph 14












from attack from predators (including such

predators as jackals, which are not a

protected species under the Habitats

Directive) and look into reviewing the




Or. et

Amendment 344

Ricardo Serrão Santos, Clara Eugenia Aguilera García


Paragraph 14












from attack from predators and to adjust

the aid in order to replenish the herds and

look into reviewing the Habitats Directive,

with the aim of controlling the spread of


Or. pt

Amendment 345

John Procter


Paragraph 14


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Member States in consultation with

farmers and other stakeholders to

consider rural development measures to

protect herds from attack from predators

and look into reviewing the Habitats

Directive, with the aim of controlling the

spread of predators in certain grazing

areas;

Or. en

Amendment 346



Paragraph 14















by adapting the protected status of the

wolf in certain grazing areas;

Or. en

Amendment 347

José Bové



Paragraph 14










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by adapting the protected status of the

wolf in certain grazing areas;

Or. en

Amendment 348

Luke Ming Flanagan


Paragraph 14















particularly wolves and bears, in certain

grazing areas;

Or. en

Amendment 349

Jan Huitema


Paragraph 14












from attack from predators, particularly

wolves, and look into reviewing the




Or. en

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Amendment 350



Paragraph 14














aim of controlling and managing the

spread of predators in certain grazing

areas;

Or. en

Amendment 351



Paragraph 14












from attack from large predators and look

into reviewing the Habitats Directive, with

the aim of controlling the spread of these

animals in certain grazing areas;

Or. nl

Amendment 352




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14a. Stresses that attacks on herds by

wolves and non-protected wolf-dog

hybrids are on the rise despite the

mobilisation of ever-greater resources

which are increasingly costly for farmers

and communities; stresses that the limits

of the measures recommended and

implemented to protect herds are now

becoming apparent as the number of

animals lost rises substantially; points out

that this ineffectiveness is now calling

into question the future of

environmentally-friendly modes of

farming, such as pastoralism, as some

farmers are starting to confine their

animals, which in due course will lead not

only to the abandonment of very extensive

areas, generating huge fire and avalanche

risks, but will also shift farms towards

more intensive forms of agriculture;

Or. fr

Amendment 353






Member States to take practical measures

to tackle conflicts that have arisen

between large predators, particularly

wolves, and traditional grazing of sheep

and goats, inter alia by means of adequate

compensation for losses, and in so doing

to incorporate more clearly into national

and local policy the flexibility already

provided for by the Habitats Directive and

stressed by the Council1 a and

Parliament2 a; calls on the Commission

and Member States to step up cross-

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border cooperation between authorities,

farmers and conservationists with regard

to large predators as a matter of urgency;

_________________

1 a Council Conclusions of 19 June 2017

on the EU Action Plan for nature, people

and the economy.

http://www.consilium.europa.eu/nl/press/p

ress-releases/2017/06/19/conclusions-eu-

action-plan-nature/pdf

2 a European Parliament resolution of 15

November 2017 on an Action Plan for

nature, people and the economy.

(2017/2819(RSP))

Or. nl

Amendment 354

Herbert Dorfmann, Peter Jahr, Norbert Lins




14a. Notes that coexistence between

people and large carnivores, particularly

wolves, can have negative impacts on the

sustainable development of settled rural

areas such as the Alpine region,

particularly in connection with traditional

pasture farming; calls on the Commission

to take concrete measures to address these

issues, so as not to endanger the

sustainable development of rural areas,

while recognising the available flexibility

within the Habitats Directive

(92/43/EEC);

Or. de

Amendment 355

Anja Hazekamp

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14a. Underlines that it has been decided

that the Habitats Directive should not be

revised; calls on the Commission and

Member States at all times to preserve the

Habitats Directive and to implement it in

full, taking as a starting point protection

of the habitats of wild animals and

protection of animal welfare;

Or. nl

Amendment 356





14a. calls on the European Commission

and the Member States to develop specific

programmes enabling women to find their

place in addition to men in this particular

sector, which could deeply contribute to

the necessary generational renewal in the

sector and to assisting sheep and goats

keepers in establishing their families;

Or. en

Amendment 357

José Bové





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14a. Urges the Member States to

implement the recommendations of the

Berne Convention to prevent the spread of

wolf-dog hybrids, which threaten the

conservation of the species Canis lupus

and are very largely responsible for

attacks on sheep and goat herds;

Or. fr

Amendment 358

José Bové





14a. underlines the need for an

objective, science-based approach that

considers animal behaviour, predator-

prey relations, accurate quantification of

predation risk by species listed in the

Habitats Directive, hybridisation, range

dynamics and other ecological issues in

any suggestions considered;

Or. en

Amendment 359






promote the development of trans-

boundary management plans for

predators and large carnivore species in

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order to ensure that biodiversity, the

agricultural fabric and the traditional

practice of letting sheep and goat stocks

graze in mountain regions are

safeguarded;

Or. en

Amendment 360





14a. Underlines the need for an

objective, science-based approach that

considers animal behaviour, predator-

prey relations, accurate quantification of

predation risk by species listed in the

habitats directive, hybridisation, range

dynamics and other ecological issues in

any suggestions considered;

Or. en

Amendment 361

Maria Noichl




14a. Calls for more funding to be given

in future to extensive pasture farming

areas, in order to preserve European

sheep and goat farming in the EU

and give greater recognition to the

management of environmentally

important and sensitive areas;

Or. de

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Amendment 362

Nicola Caputo





improve its ability to respond to outbreaks

of animal diseases, such as Bluetongue,

by means of a new EU animal health

strategy, research funding, compensation

for losses, advances on payments, etc.;

Or. en

Amendment 363

Molly Scott Cato




14a. Notes that compensation for

predator kills doesn’t always cover

externalised costs, but points out the

success of other schemes that pay farmers

an all-inclusive sum to work in territories

where predators are present;

Or. en

Amendment 364

Maria Heubuch




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14a. Requests the Commission to

examine whether EU state aid regulations

can be further developed in order to

include measures to prevent damages

caused by predators and to allow for a

compensation rate of 100%;

Or. en

Amendment 365

Momchil Nekov




14a. Urges the European Commission

to draft guidelines for good practices of

marketing products from the sheep and

goat sectors, which can then be

distributed to the member states and the

professional organisations;

Or. en

Amendment 366

John Procter




14a. Calls on Member States to take

steps that support vaccination uptake to

combat the rise of antimicrobial

resistance and to combat the spread of

infectious diseases in sheep and goats;

Or. en

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Amendment 367

Hilde Vautmans, Jan Huitema, Ulrike Müller, Hannu Takkula





promote vaccination as a measure to

reduce antimicrobial resistance, as there

is little market incentive for farmers;

Or. en

Amendment 368





14a. Reserves for Member States the

possibility of establishing a management

plan for wild animals in their territory;

Or. fr

Amendment 369





14b. Reminds the Commission and

Member States, inter alia because sheep

and goat farmers engage in agricultural

nature conservation in protected habitats

and designated special protection areas,

of the recommendations of the Standing

Committee of the Bern Convention of 5

December 20141 a concerning the growing

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problem of hybridisation between wolves

and dogs; reiterates the call of the

Standing Committee to the Commission

and the Member States to adopt action

plans and measures to implement these

recommendations, with a view to

safeguarding traditional grazing and

promoting co-existence between grazing

livestock and protected large predators;

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1 a Standing Committee of the Convention

on the Conservation of European Wildlife

and Natural Habitats, Recommendation

No. 173 (2014) on hybridisation between

wild grey lone-actors (Canis lupus) and

domestic dogs (Canis lupus familiaris).

Or. nl

Amendment 370





14b. Calls on the Commission and the

Member States to pay greater attention to

the diversity of genetic resources in the

sheep and goat sectors, given their

importance for productivity (fertility,

prolificity, etc.), product quality and the

adaptation of animals to their

environment, and stresses that in this

connection the preservation of local and

hardy breeds should be taken into account

in animal breeding plans;

Or. fr

Amendment 371


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14b. Notes the partial success of

schemes to re-introduce strains of

sheepdogs in helping warn off wolves or

at least hybrids; proposes “wolf

ombudsmen” to mediate between various

interests and also between protection

status and the need to compensate for

losses from wolf kills, following a

successful model for bear ombudsman in

some Member States;

Or. en

Amendment 372





14b. Calls on the member states to

demonstrate flexibility in applying the

existing EU legislation for example by

allowing production of products from raw

milk and the integration of mobile

facilities for slaughtering, freezing and

processing meat and dairy products;

Or. en

Amendment 373

José Bové





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14b. Calls on the Commission and the

Member States to develop local networks,

which act as a lever for increasing

incomes by facilitating the establishment

of local and mobile slaughterhouses that

are essential to the structuring of these

sectors;

Or. fr

Amendment 374





14b. In order to improve the

employment situation in the sector, calls

on the European Commission and the

Member States to develop programmes

which assist better the training of guard

and shepherd dogs and their proper

application in livestock farms;

Or. en

Amendment 375

Nicola Caputo




14b. Stresses the need to improve the

availability of medicinal and veterinary

products for the sheep and goat sectors at

a EU level through support for

pharmaceutical research and the

simplification of marketing

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authorisations;

Or. en

Amendment 376

Maria Noichl




14b. Notes that the quality of sheep and

goat meat depends to a great extent on

their food resources and that the

conditions of competition in the sheep and

goat sector therefore vary considerably

from one region to another within the

EU;

Or. de

Amendment 377

Molly Scott Cato




14b. Notes the partial success of

schemes to re-introduce strains of

sheepdogs in helping warn off predators,

and calls for more measures and

exchange of ideas to find appropriate

solutions;

Or. en

Amendment 378


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14c. Reminds that the proliferation of

predators is due to the current EU

legislation aiming at preserving

indigenous wild animal species, therefore,

damages caused by wild animals should

be compensated by the community and

not at the expense of the shepherd’s

insurance;

Or. en

Amendment 379

Maria Noichl




14c. Points out that sheep and goat

farming is of crucial importance for the

management of the landscape and of

dikes, for flood protection and for the

maintenance of the cultural landscape,

and in this connection enhances the

conservation of environmentally valuable

areas such as sandy or boggy soils;

Or. de

Amendment 380

José Bové





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14c. Calls on the Commission to

immediately ban the import of hormones

taken in third countries from pregnant

mares and used in the Union for breeding

sheep and goats;

Or. fr

Amendment 381

Momchil Nekov




14c. Encourages more member states to

implement the optional quality term

“mountain product” as foreseen in the

current EU legislation, which is an

instrument for better product visibility

and more informed choice for the

consumers;

Or. en

Amendment 382





14c. Considers it necessary to facilitate

innovation (farming practices, new

products, etc.), but also advice and initial

and ongoing training in the sheep and

goat sectors;

Or. fr

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Amendment 383

Eric Andrieu, Marc Tarabella, Jean-Paul Denanot, Momchil Nekov


Paragraph 14 d (new)


14d. Calls on the Commission not to

ban the use of certain hormones used for

out-of-season breeding, which are

imported from third countries and are

likely to cause animal welfare problems,

until alternatives to out-of-season

breeding have been found (light-based

treatment, ‘male’ effect, etc.);

Or. fr

Amendment 384



Paragraph 14 d (new)


14d. Urges the member states to put in

place the EU quality scheme, especially

the PDO and PGI as tools for increasing

visibility of products of the goat and sheep

sectors;

Or. en

Amendment 385

Momchil Nekov


Paragraph 14 e (new)


14e. Encourages the authorities in

member states with proven interest in the

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sectors from the professional

organisations to draw up mid- and long-

term strategies for the development of the

sectors with suggestions on how to

improve breed selection and market

realisation for the products from the

sheep and goat sectors;

Or. en

Amendment 386

Miguel Viegas




15a. Supports the development of local

supply chains in the sheep-farming sector

as a way of increasing sheep farm income

and improving the match between supply

and demand, and calls on the Member

States and the Commission to pay

particular attention to their public policies

on local slaughterhouses, which are

essential to the development of these local

supply chains;

Or. fr

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