65. Urges the Commission to present the communication on sustainable food, which has been postponed several times since 2013, during the first half of 2016; stresses that, as the production and consumption of food accounts for a significant share of resource use, that communication should holistically address resource inefficiencies in the food chain and encourage the development of a sustainable food policy; calls on the Commission to assess increasing the use of environmentally friendly food packaging, including an assessment of t ...[+++]he feasibility of gradually replacing food packaging with bio-based and biodegradable, compostable material in accordance with European standards;

65. Urges the Commission to present the communication on sustainable food, which has been postponed several times since 2013, during the first half of 2016; stresses that, as the production and consumption of food accounts for a significant share of resource use, that communication should holistically address resource inefficiencies in the food chain and encourage the development of a sustainable food policy; calls on the Commission to assess increasing the use of environmentally friendly food packaging, including an assessment of t ...[+++]he feasibility of gradually replacing food packaging with bio-based and biodegradable, compostable material in accordance with European standards;

Pursuant to the third subparagraph of Article 18(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 the breakdown of the resources available for commitment from the Funds shall be such to achieve a significant concentration on the regions of the Convergence objective.

32. Notes that abrupt changes in the allocation of second-pillar funding should be avoided, as Member States expect continuity of financial planning and reliability; supports, therefore, the pragmatic approach of maintaining the current distribution criteria under the second pillar; points out, furthermore, that its ‘greening’ must be carried out in proportion to the development of rural areas;

31. Points out that some countries still need support for catching up and that consequently the second pillar of the CAP should be kept sufficiently strong by maintaining the current criteria for allocating funds, which take into account the differences in development between countries and help to strengthen European integration; points out, too, that further expansion of the second pillar to include new challenges, including the objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy, will require the provision of appropriate support for rural areas under the cohesion policy, and appropriate coordination and distribution of tasks between the CAP and re ...[+++]gional policy;

12. The allocation of resources referred to in paragraph 1 shall not include the resources allocated for the purpose of Articles 6 and 19.