...f the public resources; calls on the Commission steadfastly and determinedly to insist, as far as the Bulgarian institutions are concerned, that the Commission's recommendations are complied with; expects, finally, a series of measures from the Commission, in cooperation with the Bulgarian judiciary, to improve the integrity of the Bulgarian legal system; ...

19. Considers that forests generate priceless public goods, for which the market reward has hitherto been insufficient and that the European Union should provide assistance, information and incentives to forest owners from funding instruments as a reward for their efforts to implement measures to protect the genetic diversity of forests; reaffirms its view regarding the need for adequate levels of funding for EU forestry measures, rewarding farmers and foresters for providing these public goods, including the consideration of the storage and substitution effects in the context of the use of wood; emphasises that these European incentiv ...[+++]e mechanisms should not interfere with the properly functioning market for timber products, paper, pulp and energy production;

6. Recalls that agriculture has always been a producer of public goods, or of what in today's context may be called ‘first-generation’ public goods, the reference here being to food security and food safety, and to the high nutritional value of agricultural produce, which should continue to constitute the primary raison d'être for the CAP, corresponding to its essence and representing the first concern of Europe's citizens; the more recently identified or ‘second-generation’ public goods, e.g. the environment, land management or anim ...[+++]al welfare, while also objectives of the CAP, are complementary to the first-generation goods and should therefore not replace them;

6. Recalls that agriculture has always been a producer of public goods, or of what in today's context may be called ‘first-generation’ public goods, the reference here being to food security and food safety, and to the high nutritional value of agricultural produce, which should continue to constitute the primary raison d'être for the CAP, corresponding to its essence and representing the first concern of Europe's citizens; the more recently identified or ‘second-generation’ public goods, e.g. the environment, land management or anim ...[+++]al welfare, while also objectives of the CAP, are complementary to the first-generation goods and should therefore not replace them;

17. Affirms that UN decision-making bodies should have the competence – and the responsibility – both to define common public goods and to establish norms to safeguard and adopt regulations in order to preserve and defend these public goods, including the definition of international rules aimed at clarifying the relationship between trade and environment with a view to ensuring the safeguarding of Multilateral Environmental Agreements against trade rules;

food security, sustainable agriculture, forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research and bioeconomy (i.e. the sustainable production of renewable resources from land, fisheries and aquaculture environments and their conversion into food, feed, fibre bio-based products and bio-energy, as well as the related public goods);