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64 Amendments of Agnès LE BRUN related to 2011/0282(COD)

Amendment 209 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) "monitoring and evaluation system": a general approach developed by the Commission and the Member States defining a limited number of common indicators relating to the baseline situation and the financial execution, outputs, and results, and impacts of the of the programmes; the system need not be exclusively metrics based, and such an approach can, where necessary and using appropriate methods, be replaced by a quality-based approach to programme outputs;
2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 219 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point l
(l) “transaction cost”: a cost linked to a commitment but not directly attributable to its implementation; it may be calculated on a standard-cost basis;
2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 267 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The definitions set out in Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No […] [on direct payments] shall also apply for the purposes of this Regulation.
2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 397 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point c
(c) improving soil and pesticide management.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 432 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point e a (new)
(ea) securing and improving access to water and the management thereof;
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 468 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. Member States with regional or multiregional programmes may also submit for approval a national framework containing common elements for these programmes with or without a separate budgetary allocation.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 498 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) short supply chains. and local and regional production and sourcing;
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 506 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) areas with special climate conditions or undergoing significant climate change;
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 522 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d b (new)
(db) agriculture in peri-urban areas;
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 546 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. The support rates laid down in Annex I may be increased by 10 percentage points for operations supported in the framework of thematic sub-programmes concerning small farms and, short supply chains and local and regional production and sourcing, and areas with special climate conditions or undergoing significant climate change. In the case of young farmers and mountain areas, the maximum support rates may be increased in accordance with Annex I. However, the maximum combined support rate shall not exceed 90%.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 574 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c – paragraph 1 – point viii
(viii) an appropriate approach has been defined laying down principles with regard to the setting of selection criteria for projects and local development strategies, which takes into account relevant targets. In this context Member States may provide for exclusive status to be granted or for priority to be given or for a higher support rate for operations undertaken collectively by groups of farmers;
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 580 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) in relation to local development, a specific description of the coordination mechanisms between the local development strategies, the measure co- operation referred to in Article 36, the measure basic services and village renewal in rural areas referred to in Article 21 and, the support for non-agricultural activities in rural areas under the measure farm and business development in rural areas referred to in Article 20, and the measures for better synergies and better interconnection between rural and urban areas;
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 610 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
ii) a change in the EAFRD contribution rate of one or more measures;deleted
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 613 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iv
iv) a transfer of funds between measures implemented under different EAFRD contribution rates.deleted
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 624 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii a (new)
(iia) a change in the EAFRD contribution rate of one or more measures;
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 628 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii b (new)
(iib) a transfer of funds between measures implemented under different EAFRD contribution rates.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 664 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The training or other knowledge transfer and information action provider or coordinating body shall be the beneficiary of the support.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 700 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) consolidate action for setting up young farmers.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 776 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) voluntary agricultural product and farm certification schemes recognised by the Member States as meeting the Union best practice guidelines for the operation of voluntary certification schemes relating to agricultural products and foodstuffs and farms.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 791 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Support shall be granted as an annual incentive payment, the level of which shall be determined according to the level of the fixed costs arising from participation in supported schemes, for a maximum duration of five years. Support shall be paid annually on presentation of documents justifying the expenditure, but the producer shall make only one application for a five-year period.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 797 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Support shall be granted to producer organisations applying for the first time to participate in the quality schemes referred to in this article, so as to assist them in carrying out their preliminary technical studies (description of products, definition of specifications, etc.), market studies (marketing, product placement, prospecting for customers, etc.) and legal procedures (creation of quality mark management association, etc.).
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 822 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) improve the overall performance of the agricultural holding or of the producer organisations recognised under Article 106 of Regulation (EU) No […] [single CMO];
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 851 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) are non -productive investments linked to the achievement of agri- and forest- environment commitments, water resources protection, biodiversity conservation status of species and habitat as well as enhancing the public amenity value of a Natura 2000 area or other high nature value area to be defined in the programme.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 876 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2
2. Support under paragraph 1(a) shall be granted to agricultural holdings. In the case of investments to support farm restructuring, only farms not exceeding a certain size, to be defined by the Member States in the programme based on the SWOT analysis carried out in relation to the Union priority for rural development “enhancing competitiveness of all types of agriculture and enhancing farm viability”, shall be eligible, producer organisations recognised under Article 106 of Regulation (EU) No […] [single CMO] and providers of agricultural services.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 912 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 3
3. Support under paragraph 1(b) shall be subject to the formal recognition by the competent public authorities of Member States that a natural disaster has occurred and that this disaster or measures adopted in accordance with Directive 2000/29/EC to eradicate or contain a plant disease or pest has caused the destruction of at least 30% of the relevant agricultural potential.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 928 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
(ii) non-agricultural activities and the provision of agricultural services in rural areas;
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 937 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) investments in non-agricultural activities and the provision of agricultural services;
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 948 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) annual payments for farmers participating in the small farmers scheme established by Title V of Regulation (EU) No DP/2012 (hereafter "the small farmers scheme"), or small farmers in the outermost regions, who permanently transfer their holding to another farmer.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 978 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Support under paragraph 1(a)(ii) shall be granted to farmers or members of the farm household diversifying into non- agricultural activities and to non- agricultural micro- and small- enterprises and such enterprises which provide agricultural services in rural areas.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 992 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4
Support under paragraph 1(b) shall be granted to non- agricultural micro- and small- enterprises in rural areas and to farmers or members of the farm household and to micro- and small enterprises providing agricultural services.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1005 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Support under paragraph 1(a) shall be conditional on the submission of a business plan. Implementation of the business plan has to start within sixtwelve months from the date of the decision granting the aid.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1028 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the drawing up and updating of plans for the development of municipalities in rural areas and their basic services and of protection and management plans relating to NATURA 2000 sites and other areas of high nature value;deleted
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1041 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) investments in the setting-up, improvement or expansion of local basic services for the rural population, including leisure and culture, and the related infrastructure;deleted
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1052 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) investments by public bodies in recreational infrastructure, tourist information and sign-posting of touristic sites;deleted
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1064 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) studies and investments associated with the maintenance, restoration and upgrading of the cultural and natural heritage of villages and rural landscapes, including related socio-economic aspects;deleted
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1076 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 3
3. Investments under paragraph 1 shall be eligible for support where the relevant operations are implemented in accordance with plans for the development of municipalities in rural areas and their basic services, where such plans exist and shall be consistent with any local development strategy where one exists.deleted
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1246 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – title
Setting up of producer organisations and groups
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1247 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Support under this measure shall be granted in order to facilitate the setting up of producer groups in the agriculture and forestry sectorsorganisations recognised under Article 106 of [Single CMO] Regulation (EU) No [...] in the agriculture sector and of producer groups in the forestry sector, in particular for the purpose of:
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1299 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 3
3. Agri-environment-climate payments cover only those commitments going beyond the relevant mandatory standards established pursuant to Chapter I of Title VI of Regulation (EU) No HR/2012 and other relevant obligations established under Chapter 2 of Title III of Regulation (EU) No DP/2012, relevant minimum requirements for fertiliser and plant protection products use as well as other relevant mandatory requirements established by national legislation. All such mandatory requirements shall be identified in the programme.
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1329 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 6
6. Payments shall be granted annually and shall compensate beneficiaries for all or part of the additional costs and income foregone resulting from the commitments made, even if existing environmentally- friendly practices are being preserved. The additional costs and income foregone shall be established in relation to practices deemed less environmentally friendly. These shall be those practices which the public authorities would have expected to be carried out over the whole of the area in question if there had been no payments. Where necessary they payments may also cover transaction costs to a value of up to 20 % of the premium paid for the agri- environment-climate commitments. Where commitments arcome undertaken by groups of farmers a collective action, the maximum level shall be 30 %.
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1358 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 4
4. Payments shall be granted annually and shall compensate beneficiaries for all or part of the additional costs and income foregone resulting from the commitments made. Where necessary they may also cover transaction costs to a value of up to 20% of the premium paid for the commitments. Where commitments arcome undertaken by groups of farmers a collective action, the maximum level shall be 30 %.
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1391 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 4 – point d
(d) impose major changes in type of land use, and/or major restrictions in farming practice resulting in aor the preservation of existing environmentally-friendly practices resulting in a comparatively significant loss of income.
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1407 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Additional costs and income foregone shall be calculated in comparison to areas which are not affected by natural or other specific constraints, taking into account payments pursuant to Chapter 3 of Title III of Regulation (EU) No DP/2012.
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1513 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) promotion activities in a local context relating to the development of short supply chains and, local markets; and products with quality schemes;
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1550 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) financial contributions, paid directly to farmers, to premiums for crop, animal and plant insurance against economic losses caused by adverse climatic events and animal or plant diseases or pest infestation;
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1561 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) financial contributions to mutual funds to pay financial compensations to farmers, for economic losses caused by the outbreak of an animal or plant diseasedisease or of organisms harmful to animals or plants or an environmental incident;
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1580 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) an income stabilisation tool, in the form of financial contributions to income insurance tools and mutual funds, providing compensation to farmers who experience a severe drop in their income.
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1600 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1
1. Support under Article 37(1)(a) shall only be granted for insurance contracts which cover for loss caused by an adverse climatic event or by an animal or plant disease or a pest infestation or a measure adopted in accordance with Directive 2000/29/EC to eradicate or contain a plant disease or pest which destroys more than 30 % of the average annual production of the farmer in the preceding three-year period or a three-year average based on the preceding five-year period, excluding the highest and lowest entry. The measurement of the extent of the loss caused may also be tailored to the specific characteristics of each type of product using: (a) biological indexes (quantity of biomass loss) or equivalent yield loss indexes established at farm, local, regional or national level, or (b) weather indexes (quantity of rainfall, temperature, etc) established at local, regional or national level.
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1603 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Where the guarantee referred to in paragraph 1 is included in insurance cover that also covers other risks, the proportion of the premium corresponding to the guarantee referred to in paragraph 1 shall be eligible for aid under Article 37(1)(a).
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1607 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – title
Mutual funds for animal and plant diseases or organisms harmful to animals or plants and environmental incidents
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1736 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 2
2. A sum of EUR 30 million shall be withdrawn from the allocation referred to in paragraph 1 and used to finance the prize for innovative, local cooperation referred to in Article 56.deleted
2012/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1781 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 55 – paragraph 3 – point b – introductory part
(b) for the preparation and implementation of an action plan containing at leastwhich may contain the following:
2012/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1799 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 56
Article 56 Prize for innovative, local cooperation in rural areas The funds referred to in Article 51(2) shall be used for financing the award of a prize to cooperation projects involving at least two entities located in different Member States that realise an innovative, local concept.deleted
2012/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1808 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 57
Article 57 Call for proposals 1. Starting at the latest in 2015 and every year thereafter the Commission shall launch a call for proposals in view of awarding the prize referred to in Article 56. The last call for proposals shall be launched no later than in 2019. 2. The call for proposals shall indicate a theme for the proposals which shall be related to one of the Union priorities for rural development. The theme shall also be appropriate for implementation through cooperation at transnational level. 3. The call for proposals shall be open to both local action groups and individual entities cooperating for the purpose of the specific project.deleted
2012/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1818 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 58
Article 58 Selection procedure 1. Applications for the prize shall be submitted by applicants in all Member States to the respective national rural network, which will be responsible for pre-selecting applications. 2. National rural networks shall set up, from within their members, a pre- selection board of independent experts in order to pre-select applications. Pre- selection of applications shall be done on the basis of the exclusion, selection and award criteria defined in the call for proposals. Each National Rural Network shall pre-select no more than 10 applications and shall transmit them to the Commission. 3. The Commission shall be responsible for the selection of fifty winning projects among the applications pre-selected in all the Member States. The Commission shall set up an ad hoc steering group composed of independent experts. This steering group shall prepare the selection of the winning applications on the basis of the exclusion, selection and award criteria defined in the call for proposals. 4. The Commission shall, by means of an implementing act, decide on the list of projects to which the prize is awarded.deleted
2012/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1826 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 59
Article 59 Financial Prize – conditions and payment 1. In order for projects to be eligible for the prize, the time required for their completion shall not exceed two years from the date of adoption of the implementing act awarding the prize. The time frame of realisation of the project shall be defined in the application. 2. The prize shall be granted in the form of a lump sum payment. The amount of the payment shall be determined by the Commission, by means of implementing acts, in line with criteria defined in the call for proposals and taking into account the estimated cost of realisation of the project indicated in the application. The maximum prize per project shall not exceed 100 000 euro. 3. Member States shall pay the award to winning applicants after verifying that the project has been completed. The relevant expenditure shall be reimbursed by the Union to Member States in accordance with the provisions of Section 4 of Chapter II of Title IV of Regulation (EU) No HR/2012. Member States may decide to pay fully or partly the sum of the prize to the winning applicants before having verified the completion of the project but they shall, in this case, bear the responsibility for the expenditure until the completion of the project is verified.deleted
2012/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1837 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 60
Article 60 Rules on the procedure, timetables and setting up of the steering-group The Commission shall by means of implementing acts lay down detailed provisions on the procedure and timetables for the selection of projects and rules on the setting up of the steering group of independent experts referred to in Article 58(3). These implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 91.deleted
2012/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1873 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 61 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) creating added value by better linking research and farming practice and encouraging the development of pilot projects and the wider use of available innovation measures;
2012/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1941 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) 505% of the eligible public expenditure in the other regions.
2012/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1958 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 4 – point a a (new)
(aa) 75% for measures covered by Articles 29 to 31.
2012/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1962 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 4 – point a b (new)
(ab) 75% for measures covered by Articles 37 to 40.
2012/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2110 #
Proposal for a regulation
ANNEX III – Thematic sub-programme 4 – Title
Short and regional supply chains:
2012/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2113 #
Proposal for a regulation
ANNEX III – Thematic sub-programme 4 a (new)
Areas with specific climate conditions or undergoing significant climate change Payments to areas facing natural or other specific constraints Agri-environment operations Cooperation Investment in physical assets Advisory services, farm management and farm relief services
2012/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2115 #
Agriculture in peri-urban areas Quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs Cooperation Setting up producer groups Investments in non-agricultural activities Farm and business development Advisory services, farm management and farm relief services
2012/07/26
Committee: AGRI