6. Urges the Court of Justice to examine what type of organisational changes could lead to a reduction in the number of pending cases and also believes that the General Court needs human resources reinforcement; is of the opinion that the proposal for the creation of additional appointments of judges in the General Court - which is still under examination in the Council - could contribute to the moderation of that trend; calls on the General Court to assess whether there are any additional proposals not related to human resources to reverse this trend; ...[+++]

These are not a trademark just of this region, but a challenge for all of us, and only through combined efforts can we limit the negative tendencies in this area.

It has not, as yet, proved possible to bring a halt to the worrying trend of farmers moving away from full-time farming and towards farming as a sideline business and of farmers leaving the land.

17. Notes that, owing to structural constraints (surface area, production volumes, self-financing capacity), many smallholdings do not have sufficient resources and cannot obtain a sufficient amount of aid to stay in business and/or be passed on to a successor; emphasises that, while the existing Community measures provide support for commercial and non-commercial activities of such holdings that are geared to quality and environmental requirements, they do not enable them to stay in business despite their non-commercial role of protecting the social fabric in rural areas and managing the land; considers that thought should be given to ...[+++] amending Article 33 of Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999, covering the adaptation and development of rural areas, so as to authorise support for this type of small holding, with a view to curbing the trend towards the economic and social devitalisation and depopulation of many of the Union's rural areas;

16. Notes that, owing to structural constraints (surface area, production volumes, self-financing capacity), many smallholdings do not have sufficient resources and cannot obtain a sufficient amount of aid to stay in business and/or be passed on to a successor; emphasises that, while the existing Community measures provide support for commercial and non-commercial activities of such holdings that are geared to quality and environmental requirements, they do not enable them to stay in business despite their non-commercial role of protecting the social fabric in rural areas and managing the land; considers that thought should be given to ...[+++] amending Article 33 of the rural regulation, covering the adaptation and development of rural areas, so as to authorise support for this type of small holding, with a view to curbing the trend towards the economic and social devitalisation and depopulation of many of the Union's rural areas;

On the other aspects opinions tended to diverge.