BETA
Home MEPs Dossiers Committees Subjects Blog About Dumps

87 Amendments of Anthea McINTYRE related to 2011/0280(COD)

Amendment 116 #
James NICHOLSON, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) Whereas the Common Agricultural Policy conflicts with the principles of the single market and the principle of providing a level playing field for all across the entirely of the European Union. It stands at odds with EU competition rules and with rules pertaining to all other sectors regarding state aid. Therefore CAP spending on direct payments and market management tools should face a substantial reduction and exemptions from state aid and competition rules should be brought to an end. In order to comply with the principles of the single market, public funds for agriculture should be focused exclusively on meeting the aims of the 2020 strategy, allowing European farmers to compete freely both within the EU and on global markets.
2012/07/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 120 #
Robert STURDY, Julie GIRLING, Anthea McINTYRE, Richard ASHWORTH
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Regulation and to avoid unfair competition or discrimination between farmers, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission in respect of: the fixationing of the annual national ceiling for the basic payment scheme; the adoption of rules on applications for allocation of payment entitlements; the adoption of measures regarding the reversion of non- activated payment entitlements to the national reserve; the adoption of requirements related to the notification of transfer of payment entitlements to the national authorities and the deadlines within which such notification are to take place; the setting out of the annual ceiling for the payment for agricultural practises beneficial for the climate and the environment; the setting out of the annual ceiling for the payment for areas with natural constraints; the setting out of the annual ceiling for the payment for young farmers; the setting out of the annual ceilings for the voluntary coupled support; the adoption of rules on the procedure for the assessment and approval of decisions in the framework of the voluntary coupled support; the adoption of rules on the procedure of the authorisation and the notifications to the producers related to the authorisation of land and varieties for the purposes of the crop specific payment for cotton; the provision for rules on the calculation of the reduction of the amount of the crop specific payment for cotton; the adoption of rules concerning general notification requirements. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission's exercise of implementing powers.
2012/07/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 151 #
James NICHOLSON, Julie GIRLING, Anthea McINTYRE, Emma McCLARKIN, Vicky FORD
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
(15) The distribution of direct income support among farmers is characterised by the allocation of disproportionate amounts of payments to a rather small number of large beneficiaries. Due to economies of size, larger beneficiaries do not require the same level of unitary support for the objective of income support to be efficiently achieved. Moreover, the potential to adapt makes it easier for larger beneficiaries to operate with lower levels of unitary support. It is therefore fair to introduce a system for large beneficiaries where the support level is gradually reduced and ultimately capped to improve the distribution of payments between farmers. Such system should however take into account salaried labour intensity to avoid disproportionate effects on large farms with high employment numbers. Those maximum levels should not apply to payments granted to agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment since the beneficial objectives they pursue could be diminished as a result. In order to make capping effective, Member States should establish some criteria in order to avoid abusive operations by farmers seeking to evade its effects. The proceeds of the reduction and capping of payments to large beneficiaries should remain in the Member States where they were generated and should be used for financing projects with a significant contribution to innovation under Regulation (EU) No […] of the European Parliament and of the Council of….on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) [RDR].deleted
2012/07/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 170 #
James NICHOLSON, Julie GIRLING, Anthea McINTYRE, Richard ASHWORTH, Vicky FORD
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
(16) In order to facilitate the implementation of capping, notably with regard to the procedures for granting direct payments to farmers and the corresponding transfers to rural development, net ceilings should be determined for each Member State to limit the payments to be made to farmers following the application of capping. To take into account the specificities of CAP support granted in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 247/2006 of 30 January 2006 laying down specific measures for agriculture in the outermost regions of the Union and Council Regulation (EC) No 1405/2006 of 18 September 2006 laying down specific measures for agriculture in favour of the smaller Aegean islands and amending Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 , and the fact that these direct payments are not subject to capping, the net ceiling for the Member States concerned should not include those direct payments.deleted
2012/07/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 216 #
James NICHOLSON, Julie GIRLING, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
(22) The experience gained with the application of the single payment scheme shows that some of its main elements should be kept, including the determination of national ceilings to ensure that the total level of support does not exceed current budgetary constraints. Member States should also continue to operate a national reserve that should be usedmay be used by the member state to facilitate the participation of young new farmers in the scheme or may be used to take account of specific needs in certain regions. Rules on the transfer and use of payment entitlements should be kept but, where possible, simplified.
2012/07/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 224 #
James NICHOLSON, Vicky FORD, Richard ASHWORTH, Anthea McINTYRE, Emma McCLARKIN
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
(26) One of the objectives of the new CAP is the enhancement of environmental performance through a mandatory ‘greening’ component of direct payments which will support agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment applicable throughout the Union. For that purpose, Member States should use part of their national ceilings for direct payments to grant an annual payment, on top of the basic payment, for compulsory practices to be followed by farmers addressing, as a priority, both climate and environment policy goals. Those practises should take the form of simple, generalised, non-contractual and annual actions that go beyond cross- compliance and are linked to agriculture such as crop diversification, maintenance of permanent grassland and ecological focus areas. The compulsory nature of those practises should also concern farmers whose holdings are fully or partly situated in ‘Natura 2000’ areas covered by Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora and by Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds, as long as these practises are compatible with the objectives of those Directives. Farmers who fulfil the conditions laid down in Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 of 28 June 2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 should benefit from the ‘greening’ component without fulfilling any further obligation, given the recognised environmental benefits of the organic farming systems. Non-respect of the ‘greening’ component should lead to penalties on the basis of Article 65 of Regulation (EU) No […] [HZR].deleted
2012/07/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 227 #
James NICHOLSON, Julie GIRLING, Anthea McINTYRE, Vicky FORD, Kay SWINBURNE
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
(26) One of theWhilst the main objectives of the new CAP is the enhancement of environmental performance through a mandatoo continue to pursue previous market orientated reforms, the enhancement of environmental performance and the recognition of the role public goods play in agriculture is an increasingly important element of the new CAP. Enhancement of environmental performance may be achieved through a negotiated and voluntary ‘'greening’' component of direct payments which willmay in certain cases be used to support agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment applicable throughout the Union. For that purpose, Member States shouldmay use part of their national ceilings for direct payments to grant an annual payment, on top of the basic payment, for compulsorya menu of possible practices tohat may be followed by farmers addressing, as a priority, both climate and environment policy goals. Those practises shcould take the form of simple, generalised, non-contractual and annual actions that go beyond cross- compliance and are linked to agriculture such as crop diversification, mainten. These actions may include greening measures such as crop selection for wildlife, bird and insect forage, planned biodiversity corridors, climate chancge of permanent grassland and ecological focus areas. The compulsorymitigation measures, general environmental stewardship and research and innovation. The nature of those practises should also concern farmers whose holdings are fully or partly situated in ‘'Natura 2000’' areas covered by Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora and by Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds, as long as these practises are compatible with the objectives of those Directives. Farmers who fulfil the conditions laid down in Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 of 28 June 2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 should benefit from the ‘'greening’' component without fulfilling any further obligation, given the recognised environmental benefits of the organic farming systems. Non-respect of the ‘greening’ component should lead to penalties on the basis of Article 65 ofThe same benefit should be afforded to farmers involved in agri-environmental stewardship schemes at national level under Regulation (EUC) No […] [HZR]. 1698/2005.
2012/07/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 254 #
James NICHOLSON, Richard ASHWORTH, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
(28) In order to ensure that the land under permanent grassland is maintained as such by the farmers, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission for the purpose of the adoption of rules concerning the application of the measure.deleted
2012/07/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 261 #
James NICHOLSON, Richard ASHWORTH, Vicky FORD, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
(29) In order to ensure the implementation of the ecological focus area measure in an efficient and coherent way, while taking into account Member States‘ specificities, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission for the purpose of the further definition of the types of ecological focus areas mentioned under that measure and the addition and definition of other types of ecological focus areas that can be taken into account for the respect of the percentage referred to in that measure.deleted
2012/07/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 288 #
Robert STURDY, Julie GIRLING, Richard ASHWORTH, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
(33) Member States should no longer be allowed to use part of their national ceilings for direct payments for coupled support in certain sectors in, except in very clearly defined cases and for a limited period of time. The resources that may be used for any coupled support should be limited to an appropriate level, while allowing such support to be granted in Member States or in their specific regions facing particular situations where specific types of farming or specific agricultural sectors are particularly importantessential for economic, environmental and/or social reasons. Member States should be allowed to use up to 5 % of their national ceilings for this support, or 10 % in case their level of coupled support in at least one of the years of the period 2010- 2013 exceeded 5 %. However, in. However, in very exceptional and duly justified cases where certain sensitive needs in a region are demonstrated, and upon approval by the Commission, Member States should be allowed to use more than 105 % of their national ceiling. Coupled support should only be granted to the extent necessary to create an incentive to maintain current levels of production in those regions. This support should also be available to farmers holding, on 31 December 2013, special payment entitlements allocated under Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 and Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 and who do not have eligible hectares for the activation of payment entitlements. As regards the approval of voluntary coupled support exceeding 105 % of the annual national ceiling fixed per Member State, the Commission should further be empowered to adopt implementing acts without applying Regulation (EU) No 182/2011. The possibility of coupled support should be limited to small sectors with special needs and should not be used as a general tool. In conjunction with this, all coupled payments should be phased out as soon as possible.
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 294 #
Robert STURDY, Julie GIRLING, Anthea McINTYRE, Richard ASHWORTH
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
(35) As regards support to the cotton sector, Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 considered necessary that part of it continued to be linked to the cultivation of cotton through a crop specific payment per eligible hectare to ensure against any risk of disruption to production in the cotton producing regions, taking into account all factors that influence this choice. This choice should be maintained in accordance with the objectives set out in Protocol No 4 on cotton attached to the 1979 Act of Accession.deleted
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 297 #
Robert STURDY, Julie GIRLING, Anthea McINTYRE, Richard ASHWORTH
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36
(36) In order to enable the efficient application of the crop-specific payment for cotton, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission for the purpose of the adoption of rules and conditions for the authorisation of land and varieties as regards the crop specific payment for cotton and of rules on the conditions for the granting of that specific payment, on the eligibility requirements and the agronomic practices, on criteria for the approval of inter-branch organisations, on obligations for producers and on the situation where the approved inter-branch organisation does not respect those criteria.deleted
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 302 #
James NICHOLSON, Richard ASHWORTH, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
(38) A simple and specific scheme for small farmers shouldcan be put in place by a member state in order to reduce the administrative costs linked to the management and control of direct support. For that purpose, a lump- sum payment replacing all direct payments shouldcan be established by a member state. Rules seeking simplification of formalities should be introduced by reducing, amongst others, the obligations imposed on small farmers such as those related to the application for support, to agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment, to cross-compliance and to controls as laid down in Regulation (EU) No […] [HZR] without endangering the achievement of the overall objectives of the reform, it being understood that Union legislation as referred to in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No […...] [HZR] applies to small farmers. The objective of that scheme should be to support the existing agricultural structure of small farms in the Union without countering the development towards more competitive structures. For that reason, access to the scheme should be limited to existing holdings.
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 303 #
Richard ASHWORTH, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
(38) A simple and specific scheme for small farmers shouldcan be put in place by a member state in order to reduce the administrative costs linked to the management and control of direct support. For that purpose, a lump- sum payment replacing all direct payments shouldcan be established by a member state. Rules seeking simplification of formalities should be introduced by reducing, amongst others, the obligations imposed on small farmers such as those related to the application for support, to agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment, to cross-compliance and to controls as laid down in Regulation (EU) No […] [HZR] without endangering the achievement of the overall objectives of the reform, it being understood that Union legislation as referred to in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No […] [HZR] applies to small farmers. The objective of that scheme should be to support the existing agricultural structure of small farms in the Union without countering the development towards more competitive structures. For that reason, access to the scheme should be limited to existing holdings.
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 323 #
James NICHOLSON, Julie GIRLING, Richard ASHWORTH, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43
(43) With a view to strengthening their rural development policy, Member States should be given the possibility to transfer funds from their direct payments ceiling to their support assigned for rural development. At the same time, Member States where the level of direct support remains lower than 90 % of the Union average level of support should be given the possibility to transfer funds from their support assigned for rural development to their direct payments ceiling. Such choices should be made, within certain limits and wherever possible, once and for the whole period of application of this Regulation.
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 326 #
James NICHOLSON, Richard ASHWORTH, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
(ii) a payment for farmers observing agricultural practises beneficial for the climate and the environment;deleted
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 335 #
James NICHOLSON, Julie GIRLING, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iv
(iv) a voluntary payment for young farmers who commence their agricultural activity;
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 344 #
Robert STURDY, Julie GIRLING, Anthea McINTYRE, Richard ASHWORTH
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b – point vi
(vi) a crop specific payment for cotton;deleted
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 463 #
James NICHOLSON, Julie GIRLING, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
(i a) 'Semi natural and uncultivated land': land {afforded protection under}EIA Directive (85/337/EEC)
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 471 #
James NICHOLSON, Julie GIRLING, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
(k a) "multiannual crops": non rotational crops other than permanent grassland and permanent crops that occupy the land for five years or less and yield repeated harvests
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 508 #
James NICHOLSON, Anthea McINTYRE, Richard ASHWORTH, Julie GIRLING
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Without prejudice to Article 8, the total amount of direct payments which may be granted in a Member State pursuant to Titles III, IV and V in respect of a calendar year, after application of Article 11, shall not be higher than the ceilings set out in Annex III to this Regulation.
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 518 #
James NICHOLSON, Vicky FORD, Richard ASHWORTH, Anthea McINTYRE, Julie GIRLING
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. For each Member State and each year, the estimated product of capping as referred to in Article 11, which is refdelected by the difference between the national ceilings set out in Annex II, to which is added the amount available in accordance with Article 44, and the net ceilings set out in Annex III, is made available as Union support for measures under rural development programming financed under the EAFRD as specified in Regulation (EU) No […] [RDR].
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 540 #
James NICHOLSON, Anthea McINTYRE, Julie GIRLING
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. No direct payments shall be granted to natural or legal persons, or to groups of natural or legal persons, where one of the following applThe Member States shall be empowered to draw up their own legal framework and definitions, to ensure, where appropriate, that direct payments are granted only to farmers engaged in agricultural activities:.
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 547 #
James NICHOLSON, Richard ASHWORTH, Julie GIRLING, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. No direct payments shall be granted to natural or legal persons, or to groups of natural or legal persons, where one of the following appliesthe Member state or region has established a list of activities relevant to land which is naturally kept in a state suitable for grazing or cultivation and no such activity is carried out:
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 585 #
James NICHOLSON, Richard ASHWORTH, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the annual amount of direct payments is less than 5 % of the total receipts they obtained fromgricultural area of a holding is used for a prohibited non- agricultural activities in the most recent fiscal yeary; or
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 586 #
Richard ASHWORTH, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the annual amount of direct payments is less than 5 % of the total receipts they obtained fromgricultural area of a holding is used for a prohibited non- agricultural activities in the most recent fiscal yeary; or
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 602 #
James NICHOLSON, Richard ASHWORTH, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) their agricultural areas are mainly areas naturally kept in a state suitable for grazing or cultivation and they do not carry out on those areas the minimum activity established by Member States land is not used for rearing or growing of agricultural products including harvesting, milling, breeding animals and keeping accordance with Article 4(1)(c)nimals for farming purposes.
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 603 #
Richard ASHWORTH, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) their agricultural areas are mainly areas naturally kept in a state suitable for grazing or cultivation and they do not carry out on those areas the minimum activity established by Member States land is not used for rearing or growing of agricultural products including harvesting, milling, breeding animals and keeping accordance with Article 4(1)(c)nimals for farming purposes.
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 653 #
James NICHOLSON, Richard ASHWORTH, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. Paragraph 1 shall not apply to farmers who received less than EUR 5 000 of direct payments for the previous year.The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 55 establishing the circumstances when the performance of a non agricultural activity on land will be prohibited and result in direct payments not being made
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 668 #
James NICHOLSON, Julie GIRLING, Richard ASHWORTH, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) criteria to establish the amount of direct payments relevant for the purpose of paragraphs 1 and 2, in particular in the first year of allocation of payment entitlements where the value of the payment entitlements is not yet definitively established as well as for new farmers;deleted
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 671 #
James NICHOLSON, Julie GIRLING, Richard ASHWORTH, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) exceptions from the rule that the receipts during the most recent fiscal year are to be taken into account where those figures are not available; andeleted
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 690 #
James NICHOLSON, Julie GIRLING, Richard ASHWORTH, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) where the total amount of direct payments claimed or due to be granted before the reductions and exclusions provided for in Article 65 of Regulation (EU) No […...] [HZR] in a given calendar year is less than EUR 1050;
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 702 #
James NICHOLSON, Richard ASHWORTH, Julie GIRLING, Vicky FORD, Robert STURDY, Anthea McINTYRE, Emma McCLARKIN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11
Article 11 Progressive reduction and capping of the payment 1. The amount of direct payments to be granted to a farmer under this Regulation in a given calendar year shall be reduced as follows: – by 20 % for the tranche of more than EUR 150 000 and up to EUR 200 000; – by 40 % for the tranche of more than EUR 200 000 and up to EUR 250 000; – by 70 % for the tranche of more than EUR 250 000 and up to EUR 300 000; – by 100 % for the tranche of more than EUR 300 000. 2. The amount referred to in paragraph 1 shall be calculated by subtracting the salaries effectively paid and declared by the farmer in the previous year, including taxes and social contributions related to employment, from the total amount of direct payments initially due to the farmer without taking into account the payments to be granted pursuant to Chapter 2 of Title III of this Regulation. 3. Member States shall ensure that no payment is made to farmers for whom it is established that, as from the date of publication of the Commission proposal for this Regulation, they artificially created the conditions to avoid the effects of this Article.deleted
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 709 #
James NICHOLSON, Julie GIRLING, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – title
Voluntary Progressive reduction and capping of the payment
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 714 #
James NICHOLSON, Julie GIRLING, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph - 1 (new)
- 1. Member states may impose the progressive reduction of payments to larger farms
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 717 #
James NICHOLSON, Richard ASHWORTH, Julie GIRLING, Vicky FORD, Robert STURDY, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. TMember states can choose to reduce the amount of direct payments to be granted to a farmer under this Regulation in a given calendar year shall be reduced as follows:in the following manner:-
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 718 #
James NICHOLSON, Julie GIRLING, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. TIf a member state uses the possibility outlined in Paragraph 1, the amount of direct payments to be granted to a farmer under this Regulation in a given calendar year shall be reduced as follows:
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 721 #
James NICHOLSON, Richard ASHWORTH, Julie GIRLING, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – indent 1
– by 20 % for the tranche of more than EUR 150 000 and up to EUR 200 000;deleted
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 737 #
James NICHOLSON, Julie GIRLING, Richard ASHWORTH, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – indent 2
– by 40 % for the tranche of more than EUR 200 000 and up to EUR 250 000;deleted
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 744 #
James NICHOLSON, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – indent 2
– by 410 % for the tranche of more than EUR 200 000 and up to EUR 250 000;
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 747 #
James NICHOLSON, Julie GIRLING, Richard ASHWORTH, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – indent 3
– by 70 % for the tranche of more than EUR 250 000 and up to EUR 300 000;deleted
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 752 #
James NICHOLSON, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – indent 3
– by 7015 % for the tranche of more than EUR 250 000 and up to EUR 300 000;
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 756 #
James NICHOLSON, Julie GIRLING, Richard ASHWORTH, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – indent 4
– by 100 % for the tranche of more than EUR 300 000.deleted
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 761 #
James NICHOLSON, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – indent 4
– by 1020 % for the tranche of more than EUR 300 000.
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 781 #
James NICHOLSON, Richard ASHWORTH, Julie GIRLING, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. TIf a member state decides to make use of the possibility outlined in Paragraph 1, the amount referred to in paragraph 12 shall be calculated by subtracting the salaries effectively paid and declared by the farmer in the previous year, including taxes and social contributions related to employment, from the total amount of direct payments initially due to the farmer without taking into account the payments to be granted pursuant to Chapter 2 of Title III of this Regulation.
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 788 #
James NICHOLSON, Richard ASHWORTH, Julie GIRLING, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3
3. If a Member States decides to make use of the possibility available in paragraph 1, that Member State shall ensure that no payment is made to farmers for whom it is established that, as from the date of publication of the Commission proposal for this Regulation, they artificially created the conditions to avoid the effects of this Article.
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 876 #
Robert STURDY, Julie GIRLING, Anthea McINTYRE, Richard ASHWORTH
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3
3. For Bulgaria, the total amount of complementary national direct payments to the crop specific payment for cotton shall not exceed the amounts set out in Annex V.C for each of the years referred to in that Annex.deleted
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1244 #
James NICHOLSON, Richard ASHWORTH, Robert STURDY, Anthea McINTYRE, Emma McCLARKIN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29
[...]deleted
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1245 #
Richard ASHWORTH, Anthea McINTYRE, Robert STURDY
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29
[...]deleted
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1246 #
James NICHOLSON, Richard ASHWORTH, Robert STURDY, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Title 3 – chapter 2 – title
Payment for agricultural practises beneficial for the climate and the environmentdeleted
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1247 #
Richard ASHWORTH, Robert STURDY, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Title 3 – chapter 2 – title
Payment for agricultural practises beneficial for the climate and the environmentDelete
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1259 #
James NICHOLSON, Richard ASHWORTH, Robert STURDY, Anthea McINTYRE, Julie GIRLING
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Farmers entitled to a payment under the basicsingle payment scheme referred to in Chapter 1 shallmay decide to observe on their eligible hectares as defined in Article 25(2) at least three of the following agricultural practises beneficial for the climate and the environment:
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1260 #
Richard ASHWORTH, Anthea McINTYRE, Robert STURDY
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Farmers entitled to a payment under the basicsingle payment scheme referred to in Chapter 1 shallmay decide to observe on their eligible hectares as defined in Article 25(2) at least three of the following agricultural practises beneficial for the climate and the environment:
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1279 #
James NICHOLSON, Julie GIRLING, Anthea McINTYRE, Vicky FORD, Emma McCLARKIN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to have three different crops on their arable land where the arable land of the farmer covers more than 3 hectares and is not entirely used for grselect crops on a rotational basis production (sown or natural), entirely left fallow or entirely cultivated with crops under water for a significant part of the yearsuitable for wildlife, bird and insect forage;
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1283 #
James NICHOLSON, Richard ASHWORTH, Robert STURDY, Anthea McINTYRE, Vicky FORD
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to have threewo different crops on their arable land where the arable land of the farmer covers more than 3 hectaresexceeds the area corresponding to the average size of agricultural holdings as set out in Annex VI and is not entirely used for grass production (sown or natural), entirely left fallow or entirely cultivated with crops under water for a significant part of the year;
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1312 #
James NICHOLSON, Julie GIRLING, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to maintain existing permanent grassland on their holding; andplan and maintain biodiversity corridors
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1313 #
James NICHOLSON, Richard ASHWORTH, Robert STURDY, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to maintain existing permanent grassareas of semi natural and uncultivated land on their holding; and
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1390 #
James NICHOLSON, Richard ASHWORTH, Robert STURDY, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2
2. Without prejudice to paragraphs 3 and 4 and to the application of financial discipline, linear reductions in accordance with Article 7, and any reductions and penalties imposed pursuant to Regulation (EU) No […...] [HZR], Member States shall grant the additional payment referred to in this Chapter to farmers observing those of the three practises referred to in paragraph 1 that are relevant for them, and in function of their compliance with Articles 30, 31 and 32..
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1391 #
Richard ASHWORTH, Anthea McINTYRE, Robert STURDY
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2
2. Without prejudice to paragraphs 3 and 4 and to the application of financial discipline, linear reductions in accordance with Article 7, and any reductions and penalties imposed pursuant to Regulation (EU) No […...] [HZR], Member States shall grant the additional payment referred to in this Chapter to farmers observing those of the three practises referred to in paragraph 1 that are relevant for them, and in function of their compliance with Articles 30, 31 and 32..
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1429 #
James NICHOLSON, Julie GIRLING, Richard ASHWORTH, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Farmers complying with the requirements laid down in Article 29(1) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 as regards organic farming shall be entitled ipso factoand Article 27 of Regulation (EC) no 1698/2005 as regards agri- environment commitments shall be entitled ipso facto without prejudice to payments made in accordance with Article 27 of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 to the payment referred to in this Chapter.
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1438 #
James NICHOLSON, Richard ASHWORTH, Julie GIRLING, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
By way of derogation from Paragraph 1, Member States may decide to make the payment referred to in this chapter to farmers where they observe agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and environment as defined by the Member State. Such practices shall be of an equivalent environmental and/or climatic value to the practices referred to in Paragraph 1
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1456 #
James NICHOLSON, Richard ASHWORTH, Julie GIRLING, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
The first subparagraphorganic derogation shall apply only to the units of a holding that are used for organic production in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007.
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1501 #
James NICHOLSON, Richard ASHWORTH, Julie GIRLING, Vicky FORD, Anthea McINTYRE, Emma McCLARKIN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30
Article 30 Crop diversification 1. Where the arable land of the farmer covers more than 3 hectares and is not entirely used for grass production (sown or natural), entirely left fallow or entirely cultivated with crops under water for a significant part of the year, cultivation on the arable land shall consist of at least three different crops. None of those three crops shall cover less than 5 % of the arable land and the main one shall not exceed 70 % of the arable land. 2. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 55 laying down the definition of ‘crop’ and the rules concerning the application of the precise calculation of shares of different crops.deleted
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1539 #
James NICHOLSON, Robert STURDY, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1
1. Where the arable land of the farmer covers more than 3 hectaresexceeds the area corresponding to the average size of agricultural holdings as set out in Annex VI and is not entirely used for grass production (sown or natural), entirely left fallow or entirely cultivated with crops under water for a significant part of the year, cultivation on the arable land shall consist of at least threewo different crops. None of those threewo crops shall cover less than 5 % of the arable land and the main one shall not exceed 790 % of the arable land.
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1544 #
James NICHOLSON, Julie GIRLING, Vicky FORD, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1
1. Where the arable land of the farmer covers more than 3 hectares and is not entirely used for grass production (sown or natural), entirely left fallow or entirely cultivated with crops under water for a significant part of the year, cultivation on the arable land shall consist of at least three different crops. Nn appropriate rotatione of those three crops shall cover less than 5 % of the arable land and the main one shall not exceed 70 % of the arable landcrops, including fallow land suitable to local climate, soil and water conditions.
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1590 #
James NICHOLSON, Richard ASHWORTH, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31
1 .Farmers shall maintain as permanent grassland the areas of their holdings declared as such in the application made pursuant to Article 74(1) of Regulation (EU) No XXX (HZ) for claim year 2014, hereinafter referred to as ‘reference areas under permanent grassland’. The reference areas under permanent grassland shall be increased in cases where the farmer has an obligation to reconvert areas into permanent grassland in 2014 and/or in 2015 as referred to in Article 93 of Regulation (EU) No […] HZR. 2. Farmers shall be allowed to convert a maximum of 5 % of their reference areas under permanent grassland. That limit shall not apply in the case of force majeure or exceptional circumstances. 3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 55 laying down rules concerning the increase of reference areas under permanent grassland as laid down in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1, the renewal of permanent grassland, the reconversion of agricultural area into permanent grassland in case the authorised decrease referred to in paragraph 2 is exceeded, as well as the modification of the reference areas under permanent grassland in case of transfer of land.Article 31 deleted Permanent grassland
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1613 #
James NICHOLSON, Anthea McINTYRE, Robert STURDY, Julie GIRLING, Richard ASHWORTH
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Farmers shall maintain as permanent grassland the areasreas of semi natural and uncultivated land present ofn their holdings declared as such in the application made pursuant to Article 74(1) of Regulation (EU) No XXX (HZ) for claim year 2014, hereinafter referred to as ‘'reference areas under permanent grassof semi natural and uncultivated land’.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1646 #
James NICHOLSON, Julie GIRLING, Richard ASHWORTH, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2
2. Farmers shall be allowed to convert a maximum of 58 % of their reference areas under permanent grasslandof semi natural and uncultivated land, without prejudice to the requirements of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) regulation. That limit shall not apply in the case of force majeure or exceptional circumstances.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1661 #
James NICHOLSON, Anthea McINTYRE, Richard ASHWORTH, Julie GIRLING
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 55 laying down rules concerning the increase of reference areas under permanent grassland as laid down in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1, the renewal of permanent grassland, the reconversion of agricultural area into permanent grassland in case the authorised decrease referred to in paragraph 2 is exceeded, as well as the modification of the reference areas under permanent grassland in case of transfer of land.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1686 #
James NICHOLSON, Richard ASHWORTH, Anthea McINTYRE, Emma McCLARKIN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32
Article 32 Ecological focus area 1. Farmers shall ensure that at least 7 % of their eligible hectares as defined in Article 25(2), excluding areas under permanent grassland, is ecological focus area such as land left fallow, terraces, landscape features, buffer strips and afforested areas as referred to in article 25(2)(b)(ii). 2. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 55 to further define the types of ecological focus areas referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article and to add and define other types of ecological focus areas that can be taken into account for the respect of the percentage referred to in that paragraph.deleted
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1688 #
Richard ASHWORTH, Anthea McINTYRE, Vicky FORD
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32
Article 32 Ecological focus area 1. Farmers shall ensure that at least 7 % of their eligible hectares as defined in Article 25(2), excluding areas under permanent grassland, is ecological focus area such as land left fallow, terraces, landscape features, buffer strips and afforested areas as referred to in article 25(2)(b)(ii). 2. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 55 to further define the types of ecological focus areas referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article and to add and define other types of ecological focus areas that can be taken into account for the respect of the percentage referred to in that paragraph.deleted
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1820 #
James NICHOLSON, Richard ASHWORTH, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33
1. In order to finance the payment referred to in this Chapter, Member States shall use 30 % of the annual national ceiling set out in Annex II. 2. Member States shall apply the payment referred to in this Chapter at national or, when applying Article 20, at regional level. In case of application at regional level, Member States shall use in each region a share of the ceiling set pursuant to paragraph 3. For each region, this share shall be calculated by dividing the respective regional ceiling as established in accordance with Article 20(2) by the ceiling determined according to Article 19(1). 3. The Commission shall, by means of implementing acts, set out the corresponding ceiling for the payment referred to in this Chapter on a yearly basis. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 56(2).Article 33 deleted Financial provisions
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1822 #
Richard ASHWORTH, Anthea McINTYRE, Vicky FORD
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33
1. In order to finance the payment referred to in this Chapter, Member States shall use 30 % of the annual national ceiling set out in Annex II. 2. Member States shall apply the payment referred to in this Chapter at national or, when applying Article 20, at regional level. In case of application at regional level, Member States shall use in each region a share of the ceiling set pursuant to paragraph 3. For each region, this share shall be calculated by dividing the respective regional ceiling as established in accordance with Article 20(2) by the ceiling determined according to Article 19(1). 3. The Commission shall, by means of implementing acts, set out the corresponding ceiling for the payment referred to in this Chapter on a yearly basis. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 56(2).Article 33 deleted Financial provisions
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1863 #
James NICHOLSON, Julie GIRLING, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Any reduction or penalties imposed by non-compliance with this Article and Articles 30, 31 and 32 shall remain in the Member States and region where it originated.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1881 #
James NICHOLSON, Julie GIRLING, Richard ASHWORTH, Robert STURDY, Anthea McINTYRE, Vicky FORD
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 3
3. Without prejudice to paragraph 2 and to the application of financial discipline, pro and digressive reduction and cappingmodulation, linear reduction as referred in Article 7, and any reductions and exclusions imposed pursuant to Article 65 of Regulation (EU) No […...] [HZR], the payment referred to in paragraph 1 shall be granted annually per eligible hectare situated in the areas to which Member States decided to grant a payment in accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article and shall be paid upon activation of payment entitlements on those hectares held by the farmer concerned.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1939 #
James NICHOLSON, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. For the purposes of this Chapter, ‘young farmers’'new entrants', shall mean:
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1951 #
James NICHOLSON, Julie GIRLING, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) who are less than 40 years of age or less at the moment of submitting the application referred to in point (a).
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2009 #
Robert STURDY, Julie GIRLING, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States may grant coupled support to farmers under the conditions laid down in this Chapter. Coupled support may only be granted to:
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2067 #
Robert STURDY, Julie GIRLING, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 2
2. Coupled support may only be granted to sectors or to regions of a Member State where specific types of farming or specific agricultural sectors undergo certain difficulties and are particularly important for economic and/or social and/or environmental reasons.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2177 #
Robert STURDY, Julie GIRLING, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42
Article 42 Scope Aid shall be granted to farmers producing cotton falling within CN code 5201 00 under the conditions laid down in this Chapter (‘crop specific payment for cotton’).deleted
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2178 #
Robert STURDY, Julie GIRLING, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43
Article 43 Eligibility 1. The crop specific payment for cotton shall be granted per hectare of eligible area of cotton. In order to be eligible, the area shall be located on agricultural land authorised by the Member State for cotton production, sown under authorised varieties and actually harvested under normal growing conditions. The crop specific payment for cotton shall be paid for cotton of sound, fair and marketable quality. 2. Member States shall authorise the land and the varieties referred to in paragraph 1 in accordance with the rules and conditions to be adopted pursuant to paragraph 3. 3. To ensure an efficient management of the crop-specific payment for cotton, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 55 concerning rules and conditions for the authorisation of land and varieties for the purposes of the crop specific payment for cotton. 4. The Commission shall, by means of implementing acts, adopt rules on the procedure of the authorisation and the notifications to the producers related to this authorisation. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 56(2).deleted
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2181 #
Robert STURDY, Julie GIRLING, Anthea McINTYRE, Richard ASHWORTH
Proposal for a regulation
Article 44
[...]deleted
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2182 #
Robert STURDY, Julie GIRLING, Anthea McINTYRE, Richard ASHWORTH
Proposal for a regulation
Article 45
Article 45 Approved inter-branch organisations 1. For the purpose of this Chapter, an ‘approved inter-branch organisation’ shall mean a legal entity made up of farmers producing cotton and at least one ginner, carrying out activities such as: (a) helping to coordinate better the way cotton is placed on the market, particularly through research studies and market surveys; (b) drawing up standard forms of contract compatible with Union rules; (c) orienting production towards products that are better adapted to market needs and consumer demand, particularly in terms of quality and consumer protection; (d) updating methods and means to improve product quality; (e) developing marketing strategies to promote cotton via quality certification schemes. 2. The Member State where the ginners are established shall approve interbranch organisations that satisfy the criteria to be laid down pursuant to paragraph 3. 3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 55 concerning: (a) criteria for the approval of inter- branch organisations; (b) obligations for producers; (c) rules for the situation where the approved inter-branch organisation does not respect those criteria.deleted
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2184 #
Robert STURDY, Julie GIRLING, Anthea McINTYRE, Richard ASHWORTH
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46
Article 46 Granting of the payment 1. Farmers shall be granted the crop specific payment for cotton per eligible hectare as established in Article 44. 2. Farmers who are members of an approved inter-branch organisation shall be granted the crop specific payment for cotton per eligible hectare within the base area laid down in Article 44(1), increased by an amount of EUR 2.deleted
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2193 #
James NICHOLSON, Julie GIRLING, Richard ASHWORTH, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may operate a simplified scheme under the conditions laid down in this Title, hereinafter referred to as "small farmers scheme". Farmers holding payment entitlements allocated in 2014 pursuant to Article 21 and fulfilling the minimum requirements provided for in Article 10(1) may opt for participation in a simplified scheme under the conditions laid down in this Title, hereinafter referred to as ‘the 'small farmers scheme’'
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2209 #
James NICHOLSON, Julie GIRLING, Richard ASHWORTH, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 3
3. Farmers participating in the small farmers scheme shall be exempted from the agricultural practises provided for in Chapter 2 of Title III.deleted
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2237 #
James NICHOLSON, Julie GIRLING, Richard ASHWORTH, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Member States shallmay set the amount of the annual payment for the small farmers scheme at one of the following levels, subject to paragraphs 2 and 3:
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
@parltrack
@parltrack@eupolicy.social
[javascript protected email address]
code AGPLv3.0+
data ODBLv1.0
site content CC-By-Sa-3.0

ParlTrack - 2011-2024

© European Union, 2011 – Source: European Parliament
Hosted by AS250.net Foundation