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25 Amendments of Jens NILSSON related to 2014/0100(COD)

Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
(4) Furthermore, organic production is a system that contributes to the integration of environmental protection requirements into the CAP, and promotes sustainable agricultural production. That is why, measures financially supporting organic production have been introduced under the CAP, most recently under Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council14, and in particular strengthened in the recent reform of the legal framework for rural development policy as established by Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council15. For the next revision of the CAP, better incentives and increased resources should be dedicated to farmers in organic production, in order to increase the area of organic farming to at least 10 % of utilised agricultural area in the Union. __________________ 14 Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing rules for direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the common agricultural policy and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 637/2008 and Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 608). 15 Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 487).
2015/03/09
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 76 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
(16) The risk of non-compliance with the organic production rules is considered higher in agricultural holdings which include units not managed under organic production rules. Therefore, after an appropriate conversion period, all agricultural holdings in the Union which aim to become organic should be entirely managed in compliance with the requirements applicable to organic production. However, mixed farms including units not managed under organic production rules and units managed under such rules are to be allowed in cases where conventional farming activities are clearly differentiated from organic farming activities e.g. organic crop and conventional animal production, where conventional farming activities are taking place geographically far from organic farming activities in order to avoid contamination by non-authorised products, or where the agricultural holding or aquaculture operation is in the course of conversion. Organic agricultural holdings should undergo the same conversion period in all Member States, irrespective of whether they have previously adhered to agri-environmental measures supported by Union funds. However, no conversion period is necessary in the case of fallow land. In order to ensure quality, traceability and compliance with this Regulation and adaptation to technical developments, the power to adopt certain acts should be delegated to the Commission in respect of establishing rules supplementing the general conversion rules or supplementing and amending the specific conversion rules.
2015/03/09
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
(16) The risk of non-compliance with the organic production rules is considered higher in agricultural holdings which include units not managed under organic production rules. Therefore, after an appropriate conversion period, all agricultural holdings in the Union which aim to become organic should be entirely managed in compliance with the requirements applicable to organic production. However, mixed farms including units not managed under organic production rules and units managed under such rules are to be allowed in cases where conventional farming activities are clearly differentiated from organic farming activities, e.g. organic crop and conventional animal production. Organic agricultural holdings should undergo the same conversion period in all Member States, irrespective of whether they have previously adhered to agri-environmental measures supported by Union funds. However, no conversion period is necessary in the case of fallow land. In order to ensure quality, traceability and compliance with this Regulation and adaptation to technical developments, the power to adopt certain acts should be delegated to the Commission in respect of establishing rules supplementing the general conversion rules or supplementing and amending the specific conversion rules.
2015/03/09
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
(25) Mutilations which lead to stress, harm, disease or suffering of animals should be prohibited. An exception for dehorning should be maintained in cases where it can be justified by animal welfare and work safety concerns.
2015/03/09
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 101 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43
(43) Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 provided for different exceptions from organic production rules. The experience gained from the application of those provisions has shown that such exceptions have a negative impact on organic production. In particular, it has been found that the very existence of such exceptions impedes the production of inputs in organic form and that the high level of animal welfare associated with organic production is not ensured. In addition, the management and control of exceptions entail considerable administrative burden, both for the national administrations and operators. Finally, the existence of exceptions has created conditions for distortions in competition and has threatened to undermine consumer confidence. Accordingly, the scope for allowing exceptions from organic production rules should be further restricted and limited to cases of catastrophic circumstances.deleted
2015/03/09
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 319 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part II – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point 3 – point 5
1.3.5. For breeding purposes, non- organically raised animals may be brought onto an agricultural holding when breeds are in danger of being lost to farming in accordance with Annex IV to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1974/200668 and in that case animals of those breeds must not necessarily be nulliparous. __________________ 68Commission Regulation (EC) No 1974/2006 of 15 December 2006 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) (OJ L 368, 23.12.2006, p. 15).
2015/03/09
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 344 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part II – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point 7 – point 7
1.7.7. Duration of transport of livestock shall be minimised to a maximum of 8 hours for mammals and 4 hours for poultry.
2015/03/09
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 346 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part II – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point 7 – point 8
1.7.8. Any avoidable suffering shall be kept to a minimumprevented during the entire life of the animal, including at the time of slaughter.
2015/03/09
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 351 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part II – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point 7 – point 9
1.7.9. Mutilation of animals shall be prohibited. , with the exception of dehorning, in cases where it can be motivated by animal welfare and work safety concerns.
2015/03/09
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 356 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part II – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point 7 – point 10
1.7.10. Any suffering to the animals shall be preduced to a minimumvented by applying adequate anaesthesia and/or analgesia and by carrying out the operation only at the most appropriate age by qualified personnel.
2015/03/09
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 358 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part II – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point 7 – point 11
1.7.11. Physical castration shall be allowed in order to maintain the quality of products and traditional production practices but only under adequate anaesthesia or analgesia andprohibited, except for individual cases where it is unavoidable. In such cases interventions shall bye carryingied out the operation only at the most appropriate age by qualified personnelwith anaesthesia and prolonged analgesia.
2015/03/09
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 365 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
(4) Furthermore, organic production is a system that contributes to the integration of environmental protection requirements into the CAP, and promotes sustainable agricultural production. That is why, measures financially supporting organic production have been introduced under the CAP, most recently under Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council14 , and in particular strengthened in the recent reform of the legal framework for rural development policy as established by Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council15 . For the next revision of the CAP, better incentives and increased resources should be dedicated to farmers in organic production, in order to increase the area of organic farming to at least 10% of utilised agricultural area in Europe. __________________ 14 Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing rules for direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the common agricultural policy and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 637/2008 and Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 608). 15 Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 487).
2015/06/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 387 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
(16) The risk of non-compliance with the organic production rules is considered higher in agricultural holdings which include units not managed under organic production rules. Therefore, after an appropriate conversion period, all agricultural holdings in the Union which aim to become organic should be entirely managed in compliance with the requirements applicable to organic production. However, mixed farms including units not managed under organic production rules and units managed under such rules are to be allowed in cases where conventional farming activities are clearly differentiated from organic farming activities, e.g. organic crop and conventional animal production. Organic agricultural holdings should undergo the same conversion period in all Member States, irrespective of whether they have previously adhered to agri-environmental measures supported by Union funds. However, no conversion period is necessary in the case of fallow land. In order to ensure quality, traceability and compliance with this Regulation and adaptation to technical developments, the power to adopt certain acts should be delegated to the Commission in respect of establishing rules supplementing the general conversion rules or supplementing and amending the specific conversion rules.
2015/06/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 406 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
(25) MAll mutilations which lead to stress, harm, disease or suffering of animals should be prohibited. An exception for dehorning should be maintained in cases where it can be justified by animal welfare and work safety concerns.
2015/06/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 430 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43
(43) Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 provided for different exceptions from organic production rules. The experience gained from the application of those provisions has shown that such exceptions have a negative impact on organic production. In particular, it has been found that the very existence of such exceptions impedes the production of inputs in organic form and that the high level of animal welfare associated with organic production is not ensured. In addition, the management and control of exceptions entail considerable administrative burden, both for the national administrations and operators. Finally, the existence of exceptions has created conditions for distortions in competition and has threatened to undermine consumer confidence. Accordingly, the scope for allowing exceptions from organic production rules should be further restricted and limited to cases of catastrophic circumstances.deleted
2015/06/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 774 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20
Presence of non-authorised products or 1. Products in which the presence of products or substances that have not been authorised in accordance with Article 19 is detected beyond the levels established taking account in particular of Directive 2006/125/EC, shall not be marketed as organic. 2. In order to ensure the effectiveness, efficiency and transparency of the organic production and labelling system, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 36 regarding the specific criteria and conditions for the application of the levels referred to in paragraph 1 and regarding the establishment of those levels and their adaptation in the light of technical developments. 3. By way of derogation from Article 211(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, and subject to an authorization by the Commission adopted without applying the procedure referred to in Article 37(2) or (3) of this Regulation, Member States may grant national payments to compensate farmers for the losses they have incurred due to the contamination of their agricultural products by non-authorised products or substances which prevents them from marketing those products as organic provided that the farmers have taken all appropriate measures to prevent the risk of such contamination. Member States may also use the instruments of the Common Agricultural Policy to cover totally or partially such losses.Article 20 deleted substances
2015/06/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 854 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1
1. Operators or groups of operators that produce, prepare or store organic products, who import such products from a third country or export such products to a third country or who place such products on the market shall, prior to the placing on the market as organic or prior to conversion, notify their activity to the competent authorities of the Member State(s) where the activity is carried out.deleted
2015/06/25
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 870 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2
2. Where operators or groups of operators subcontract any of their activities to a third party, both the operators and groups of operators and the third party to whom activities have been subcontracted shall comply with paragraph 1.deleted
2015/06/25
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 908 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point b – point i
(i) complies withis equivalent to what is stipulated in Chapters II, III and IV and all operators, including the exporters in the third country concerned, have been subject to the control of control authorities or control bodies recognised in accordance with Article 29; or
2015/06/25
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1062 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part II – point 1.3.5
1.3.5. For breeding purposes, non- organically raised animals may be brought onto an agricultural holding when breeds are in danger of being lost to farming in accordance with Annex IV to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1974/200668 and in that case animals of those breeds must not necessarily be nulliparous. __________________ 68 Commission Regulation (EC) No 1974/2006 of 15 December 2006 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) (OJ L 368, 23.12.2006, p. 15).
2015/06/25
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1122 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part II – point 1.7.7
1.7.7. Duration of transport of livestock shall be minimised to a maximum of 8 hours for mammals and 4 hours for poultry.
2015/06/25
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1124 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part II – point 1.7.8
1.7.8. Any avoidable suffering shall be kept to a minimumprevented during the entire life of the animal, including at the time of slaughter.
2015/06/25
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1135 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part II – point 1.7.9
1.7.9. MAll mutilation of animals shall be prohibited, with the exception of dehorning, in cases where it can be motivated by animal welfare and work safety concerns.
2015/06/25
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1141 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part II – point 1.7.10
1.7.10. Any suffering to the animals shall be preduced to a minimumvented by applying adequate anaesthesia and/or analgesia and by carrying out the operation only at the most appropriate age by qualified personnel.
2015/06/25
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1144 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part II – point 1.7.11
1.7.11. Physical castration shall be allowed in order to maintain the quality of products and traditional production practices but only under adequate anaesthesia or analgesia andprohibited, except for individual cases where it is unavoidable, in such cases interventions shall bye carryingied out the operation only at the most appropriate age by qualified personnelwith anaesthesia and prolonged analgesia.
2015/06/25
Committee: ENVI