Επιτροπή «Φυσικοί πόροι»

Εργαλεία διαχείρισης κινδύνων και ρύθμισης της αγοράς για την ενίσχυση της βιωσιμότητας της ευρωπαϊκής γεωργίας

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  • Γεωργική πολιτική, Θαλάσσια πολιτική και πολιτική καταναλωτών
  • Γεωργία
  • Πρόληψη καταστροφών
  • Αγροτική ανάπτυξη
  • Οικονομία και δημοσιονομικά θέματα
  • Πολυετές δημοσιονομικό πλαίσιο (ΠΔΠ)
Opinion number:
CDR-2288-2023
Status:
Εγκρίθηκε
Τηλεφόρτωση

Objective

Bringing forward the debate on the revision of the CAP in the light of the current serious crisis in the sector.
Positioning the CoR in the current debate on the EU budget review as the champion of a stronger and better funded agriculture policy.

Impact

The opinion fed into the general debate for the elaboration of a new Common Agricultural Policy, particularly in the area of risk management.

Essential points

THE EUROPEAN COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS

- points out that for around 35 years, the common agricultural policy (CAP) and the existence of compensation following adverse events have helped to offset or mitigate the effects of many risk factors for Europe's agricultural producers and for the resilience of the EU's rural areas. Therefore, it underscores the need for timely compensation systems for crop and livestock damage, considering the full economic impact, including side effects on production capacity;

- recommends to develop EU-wide guidelines for property and personal compensation. This involves transferring the administrative responsibilities to public institutions, ensuring equitable access to opportunities for individuals with lower skills, often residing in impoverished and isolated areas;

- points out that the current crisis reserve mechanism has shown, as recently as June 2023, that it is inadequate to the task of responding in a timely and suitable manner to the needs of EU farmers and regions. The funds allocated amounted to less than 5% of the damage suffered by farmers and regions;

- calls on the Commission, in the face of such upheavals now to be considered structural, to make more efficient use of crisis reserve funds, calling for a mechanism to leverage available resources to provide concrete and effective responses to farmers and rural areas of the EU, as well as additional financial resources to those already in place, in the event of exceptional climate situations;

- is in favour of enhancing the role of the tools for responding to climate crises in future, and considers that this role should also be discussed in the document outlining the strategic dialogue on the future of the CAP;

- calls on the European Commission, Parliament and the Member States to immediately start a serious and in-depth reflection, in the framework of the Common Agricultural Policy post 2027, on the tools that the EU should make available to farmers to support them concretely.