the Community guidelines for State aid in the agriculture sector 2000–2006 have established rules governing the granting of aid for land reparcelling; the purpose of these aids was to support the exchange of plots of agricultural land and to facilitate the establishment of economically viable holding.

Emphasises that the production of biofuels should not interfere with food production or compromise food security; believes, however, that balanced policies to promote increased European yields in feedstock crops such as wheat, maize, sugar beet and sunflowers could include provision for biofuel production, taking account of ILUC, in a way which could provide Europe’s farmers with a secure income stream, attract investment and jobs into rural areas, help address Europe’s chronic shortage of (GM-free) high-protein animal feed, make Europe less dependent on fossil fuel imports; believes that in cases of market oversupply of the agricultur ...[+++]al products referred to, the production of biofuels and bioethanol would represent a temporary outlet which would maintain sustainable purchase prices, safeguard farmers’ incomes during crises, and serve as a market stability mechanism; stresses the need to encourage the integration of uncultivated arable land which is not being used to produce food into the production of bioenergy, with a view to meeting national and European renewable energy objectives.

B. whereas cross-border cooperation is essential in order to establish arrangements for the joint management of fishing activities and to make sure that fish stocks are exploited in a sustainable manner;

The bridgeinstitution should be operated as a viable going concern and be put back on the market as soon as possible or wound down if not viable.

11. Reaffirms that EU farms produce 17 % of the world's wheat, 25 % of the world's milk and 30 % of the world's beef; stresses that maintaining viable farms in the EU will be of paramount importance for the world food supply in the years to come, particularly considering the likely effects of climate change, which will make the EU one of the world's most important agricultural regions;

Above all, the investment aid instrument for agricultural holdings (modernisation of agricultural holdings), as well as the related establishment payments for young farmers, must be devised in such a way as to achieve permanent structural effects with which to secure and develop viable holdings.