Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-05-16-Speech-3-140"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-05-16"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:VOTE2
dcterms:Language	"pt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010516.4.3-140"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-05-16-Speech-3-3642
lpv:speaker	lp:Ilda Figueiredo2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; EMPL (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Partido Comunista Português (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries and the Gulf (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 substitute; AGRI (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; EUL/NGL (1999-07-20--2002-03-05)3
lpv:translated text	". The beef and veal sector was heavily penalised in the last CAP reform because the fall in prices was not fully compensated through direct aid, which only compensates for between 30% and 50% of the fall in produce prices. Furthermore, the BSE crisis, followed by the crisis of foot-and-mouth disease, caused a fall in consumption and a further fall in produce prices. Portuguese producers are still suffering from the ban on beef and veal exports. Given this crisis scenario, the Commission presented a plan of 7 proposals designed to redress the imbalances in the sector. Instead of presenting a well thought out and coherent proposal, the Commission presented a proposal that is loosely defined and whose sole aim is to make budgetary savings. Whilst the Sturdy report shares the Commission’s reasoning, it nevertheless puts forward some interesting ideas, for example on the slaughter of calves and increasing aid. Nevertheless, it rejects the Commission’s proposal for strict compliance with the limit of 90 animals per holding and the future creation of a system of individual premium rights, which are positive proposals that might not only combat the tendency towards more intensive farming, but also support the implementation of a system of aid adjustment. In any event, if the current system remains in place, we must guarantee that if rights are bypassed, the proportional reduction of the premium will not affect producers owning fewer than 15 animals. Furthermore, the Commission’s proposal on reducing stocking density from 2.0 to 1.9 Livestock Units per hectare of forage area would, in Portugal, cause annual penalties totalling ESC 300 million to be imposed – for 9000 premiums – which would mainly affect small and medium-sized family holdings. On this issue, the rapporteur goes even further than the Commission, recommending the creation of new premiums for greater reductions in stocking density. For all of these reasons, we did not vote in favour of this report and chose to abstain."@en1

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