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1415 Amendments of Norbert ERDŐS

Amendment 12 #

2018/2166(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that simplifying EU legislation and reducing the administrative burden on farmers and other beneficiaries must continue in the future;
2018/11/27
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 14 #

2018/2166(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls on the Member States and the regions to ensure that applications for support can be filled in and submitted electronically and to help the Member States in achieving this objective;
2018/11/27
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 16 #

2018/2166(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Is of the opinion that on-the-spot checks of farmers should be reduced as much as possible and that satellite and administrative checks should be imposed;
2018/11/27
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 18 #

2018/2166(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Calls on the Member States and the regions to ensure that the authorities obtain as much data and as many documents as possible from national and EU registration systems and that they oblige particular farmers to provide information only as a last resort; also calls on the Commission to help the Member States to achieve this objective;
2018/11/27
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 24 #

2018/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas transport is stressful for animals as it exposes them to a range of challenges for hours at a time; whereas, as regards trade with third countries, additional animal suffering iscan be caused by very long journeys including long stops at borders for checking documents, vehicles and animals;
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 34 #

2018/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas according to some sources and assessments, fitness issues are responsible for the largest percentage of infringements, while documentation issues account for the second largest;
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 68 #

2018/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas the transport of meat and other animal products is technically easier and ethically more rational than the transport of live animals for the sole purpose of being slaughtered;
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 92 #

2018/2110(INI)

1. Deplores the fact that the overall degree of progress in implementation of Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 by the Member States has been insufficient to meet the Regulation’s main objective, which ily ambitious to improve animal welfare during transport;
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 109 #

2018/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that a partial implementation ishas in many cases proved insufficient to achieve the Regulation’s overarching purpose of avoiding injury to or undue suffering of animals during transport;
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 116 #

2018/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that theany systematic breach of the Regulation by Member States might leads to unfair competition, which may resulting in an uneven playing field between operators in the different Member States;
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 125 #

2018/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Regrets that the Commission ignored Parliament’s resolution of 12 December 2012, and emphasises that stronger and harmonised enforcement with effective and dissuasive penalties is central to improving animal welfare during transport; further regrets that the Commission ignored the call made on it in that resolution to check the Regulation for incompatibilities with legal requirements in individual Member States;
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 144 #

2018/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that repeated infringements should lead to prosecution, penalties including the confiscation of vehicles, and compulsory retraining of those responsible for the welfare and transport of animals;
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 161 #

2018/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for increased cooperation between competent authorities to strengthen enforcement by using technology to create a real-time feedback loop between the Member State at the point of departure and the Member State at the point of arrival; takes the view that should animals which started out in a good state of fitness arrive in a poor state of fitness, then the exporter company must be immediately penalised;
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 179 #

2018/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to assess the compatibility of Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 on the protection of animals during transport and related operations and Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 on the harmonisation of certain social legislation relating to road transport6, as regards driving time and drivers’ rest periods; _________________ 6deleted OJ L 102, 11.4.2006, p. 1.
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 203 #

2018/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Notes that the Commission, according to the 2018 Court of Auditors special report on animal welfare in the EU, has recognised that the data reported by Member States is not complete, consistent, reliable or sufficiently detailed to permit drawing conclusions on compliance at EU level;
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 224 #

2018/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Highlights the poor conditions prevailing during maritime transport, and calls on Member States to be more rigorous in their certification and approval procedures for vessels, and to improve their pre-loading checks on animal fitness; calls on the Commission to provide a list of ports with adequate animal inspection facilities;(Does not affect the English version.)
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 274 #

2018/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Calls for the reduction, as far as possible, of animal journey times, in particular long and very long journey times, by employing alternative strategies, such as economically viable local slaughter facilities, replacing the transport of breeding animals by using semen or embryos, and transportation of carcasses and meat products, as well as by means of legislative initiatives in Member States to facilitate on-farm slaughter;
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 316 #

2018/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Insists that animal welfare legislation should be based on science and the latest technology; deplores the fact that, despite clear recommendations from EFSA and Parliament’s request in its 2012 resoluticalls on, the Commission has failed to update the rules on animal transport with the latest scientific evidence; calls on the Commission, therefore, to update the rules on the basis of the latest scientific knowledge and technology, in particular as regards factors including sufficient ventilation and cooling in all vehicles, appropriate drinking systems, particularly for unweaned animals, and specific minimum headroomto update the rules on the basis of the latest scientific knowledge and technology;
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 345 #

2018/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission to develop a full working definition of what constitutes fitness, and to provide robust training courses to farmers, drivers and veterinarians in order to reduce the high levels of fitness infringement in Member States;
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 356 #

2018/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Calls for more extensive use of the rural development measure ‘animal welfare payments’, pursuant to Article 33 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/20137, which provides support for high standards of animal welfare going beyond the applicable mandatory standards; _________________ 7 OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 347. OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 347.
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 358 #

2018/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Calls for the upcoming CAP reform to maintain and reinforce the link between increased CAP payments and improved animal welfare conditions which fully respect or go beyond the standards set out in Regulation 1/2005;deleted
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 375 #

2018/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Is concerned at persistent reports of animal welfare problems in third countries; calls on the Commission and Member States to promote a shift towards the transport of meat or carcasses, instead of live animals, to third countries in so far as this is possible;
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 419 #

2018/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Stresses that unless animal transport standards in third countries are aligned with those of the EU, live animal transport journeys to third countries should be forbidden;deleted
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 46 #

2018/2102(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Takes the view that the specific characteristics of agricultural activities make it essential to have collective organisations to enable the objectives of the CAP to be attained and that such organisations must be considered compatible with Article 101 TFEU; Considers that, in line with the current direction, the competences of producer and interbranch organizations need to be further strengthened so that the negotiating bargaining power of farmers could be balanced with the negotiating power of retailers in the food supply chain; Considers that EU co-financing for the establishment and operation of these organizations should be increased;
2018/10/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 76 #

2018/2102(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that the entry of products onto the European market from third countries which do not meet the same social, health and environmental standards faces European producers with unfair competition; calls, therefore, for the systematic application of the principles of reciprocity and compliance as regards agricultural products in trade negotiations; Calls on the Commission to initiate new centralised food-safety inspections with regard to honey imported into the EU (here it should be magnetic resonance, NMR testing) and poultry meat (here mainly antibiotic residues needed to be analysed);
2018/10/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 90 #

2018/2102(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the interests of farmers are protected following the acquisition of Monsanto by the Bayer group, which could damage competition in the field of access to crop protection products and seeds. Takes the view that the marketing standards for seed and plant propagating material for minor use should be eased and made more flexible.
2018/10/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
– having regard to Articles 40 and 42 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) establishing a Common Market Organisation in agricultural products and the extent to which rules on competition apply to production of and trade in agricultural products,
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 86 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas over the years the CAP has undergone regular re-programming in line with new challenges, but another step in this continuous process of modernisation and simplification, building on previous reforms, is now necessary to tackle the challenges of food security, environmental protection and climate change and to increase EU added value;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 90 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas EU agriculture is at a turning point from an economic, technological and environmental perspective and that a strong and renewed ambition at EU level needs to provide the EU agricultural sector visibility and certainty with regards to the challenges arising from the impacts of Brexit and of the multilateral and bilateral trade agenda;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 145 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas it is essential to provide flexible and responsive tools to help sensitive and strategic sectors cope with structural changes, such as the potential impacts of Brexit or of approved bilateral trade agreements with the EU’s main partners;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 167 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas it is essential to ensure a fair standard of living for farmers across regions and Member States, affordable prices for citizens and consumers, and access to quality food and healthy diets, while delivering on the commitments for environmental care, climate action, and animal and plant health and welfare;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 195 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas the scarcity of labour force in agriculture is a limiting factor for the development of the agricultural sector;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 215 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas the emergence of new challenges, such as increasing global trade, is necessitating a common level playing field based on fair and sustainable conditions for the global exchange of goods and services as well as renewed and efficient trade defence mechanisms, within the framework of the WTO and in accordance with existing EU social, economic and environmental standards, which should be promoted;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 234 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J
J. whereas while the focus on research and development for both product and process innovation is to be welcomed, more must be done to develop the research capacity and infrastructure necessary to translate the results of research into farming practice, facilitated by EU-wide agricultural extension services;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 244 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas the CAP has progressively integrated environmental objectives by ensuring that its rules are compatible with and farmers comply to the environmental requirements laid down in Union legislation and promote sustainable farming practices that preserve the environment and biodiversity;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 257 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K
K. whereas the agriculture and food sector must be incentivised toshould continue to contribute to the environmental care and climate action objectives of the EU set out in international agreements such as the Paris Agreement and the UN SDGs;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 268 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas the CAP must develop a real ambition to reconcile environmental and climate objectives and the economic sustainability of the farming sector as only economically healthy farms will be capable to deliver on EU environmental and climate objectives;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 315 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital N
N. whereas it is essential to ensure fair competition within the single market within the sector and with other players in the food chain, both up and downstream, and to further strengthen the position of farmers and incentives to prevent crises with active management tools to be deployed at sectoral level and by public authorities;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 316 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital N
N. whereas it is essential to ensure fair competition within the single market, within the sector and with other players in the food supply chain, both up and downstream, and to further strengthen incentives to prevent risks and crises with active management tools to be deployed at sectorial level and by public authorities;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 370 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Suggests that a notification of strategic plans by the Member States should not entail a formal approval by the Commission, rather a compliance check against the pre-defined objectives should be performed;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 377 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that even the flexibility that Member States currently enjoy in defining basic rules may risk distorting competition within the single market and granting unequal access to support for famers in different Member States or even in different regions;deleted
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 402 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that subsidiarity for Member States should only be granted within a common set of rules and tools agreed at EU level as part of a uniform approach to all programming efforts and eligibility criteria, should cover both of the CAP’s pillars and ensure, in particular, a European approach in Pillar I and thus a level playing field;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 406 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that subsidiarity for Member States should only be granted within a common set of rules and tools agreed at EU level, understood as a coherent room for manoeuvre and reasonable level of flexibility, should only be granted within a common set of rules, basic standards, tools and financial allocations agreed at EU level by the co-legislator as part of a uniform approach to all programming efforts and eligibility criteria, should cover both of the CAP’s pillars and ensure, in particular, a European approach in Pillar I and thus a level playing field;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 429 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. In CAP Pillar II the strict rules for irrigation should be mitigated in order to extend the irrigation especially in those Member States, where the irrigated area is less than the EU average;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 432 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. calls on the Commission to provide tools aiming to increase the use of synergies between CAP and cohesion policy funding
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 439 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that the European Commission in the process of assessing, approving and/or monitoring the implementation of the CAP by Member States, shall commit itself to strictly respect the political agreement and the objectives set by the co-legislators without adding extra layers of rules and policy objectives;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 447 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. WelcomeUnderstands the efforts of the Commission to establish programme design, implementation and control of an output-based approach in order to foster performance rather than compliance, while ensuring adequate monitoring via clearly defined, solid and measurable indicators at EU level, including an appropriate system of quality control and penalties;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 461 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Emphasizes that the new system should bring substantial simplification and reduction of administrative burden for both beneficiaries and national / regional administrations;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 465 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes, however, that a potential delay in adoption of CAP Strategic Plans may lead to late payments which has to be avoided;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 467 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Highlights that the CAP indicators should be simple, realistic, easily quantifiable and controllable;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 470 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Calls for simple framework-type CAP Strategic Plans, allowing appropriate flexibility;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 471 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Considers that the collection of information should rely on satellite images and Integrated Administration and Control System databases rather than individual farmers’ data submission;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 472 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 e (new)
5e. Stresses that missing out on output targets should not lead to a financial correction;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 473 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 f (new)
5f. Proposes for due consideration to introduce the following two simple indicators: - a 2 % premium to animal breeders after each 0,1 animal unit / hectare registered in the Integrated Identification and Registration System for Animals which would be called "environmental economic animal breeder premium"; This would incentivise farmers to breed animals on their land which would re-balance European agriculture; - a 20 % premium per farm to those farmers producing on small watershed basins having a nitrate output result - in groundwater and surface-water - measured by the relevant authorities on pre-defined points on the given basin below the threshold limit which would be called "environmental economic nitrate premium"; This latter would incentivise farmers pursuing a reasonable nutrient management determined by the results of soil analysis in order to use the optimal quantity of nitrogen;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 474 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 g (new)
5g. Requests preserving the simplified Small Farmers Scheme; Believes that farmers having a land less than 5 hectares should have the opportunity to voluntarily step into this system;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 475 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 h (new)
5h. Believes that farmers having a land less than 5 hectares should have the opportunity to voluntarily step into this system;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 476 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 i (new)
5i. Proposes to grant direct payments only to those animal (equino, sheep, goat, beef cattle) breeders farming on permanent pastures who keep ruminants at least 0,2 animal unit per hectare on that pasture where they apply for direct payments;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 481 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls for guarantees that implementing and delegated acts and guidelines as well (serving as “soft laws”) are kept to the absolute minimum;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 490 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Believes that these acts must not cover any important legal provision which has to be in the basic acts;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 491 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Considers that these shall not reverse the spirit of subsidiarity and simplification of the basic acts to be;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 493 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Calls onWelcomes the proposal of the Commission to grant more flexibility to Member States and regions within the framework of the agricultural de minimis rules;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 505 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls also on the Commission to provide Member States with more flexibility in the framework of the agricultural State aid rules to encourage farmers to setup voluntary precautionary savings in a view to better cope with the upsurge in climate-driven and health risks as well as economic crises;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 534 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Considers it necessary to maintain the current two-pillared architecture, particularly Pillar I, which is dedicated to income support for farmers; considers it necessary, at the same time, to compensate for the provision of public goods on the basis of uniform criteria, while allowing Member States to take specific approaches to reflect local and sectoral conditions;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 561 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Considers that the current CAP architecture can only deliver its objectives if sufficiently funded and believes that any cuts could generate acute crises in several sectors; calls, therefore, for the CAP budget to be maintained in the next MFF at at least the current level in order to achieve the ambitions of a revised and efficient CAP beyond 2020;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 578 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Stresses that the CAP budget should be adapted to future needs and challenges, like those derived from the impacts of Brexit and of free-trade agreements adopted by the EU with its main trading partners;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 591 #
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 629 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Believes that more targeted support for family farms is necessary and can be achieved by introducing a compulsovoluntary higher support rate for small farms; considers, moreover, that support for larger farms should be digressive, reflecting economies of scale, with the possibility for capping to be decided by the Member States;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 661 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Commission to establish a clearer definition of the genuine "active farmer", as the main beneficiary of the CAP support;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 671 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Calls forBelieves that the existing systbasic payment scheme for calculating direct payments in Pillar I, which is often based on historic entitlements, to be replaced by an EU- wide uniform method of calculating payments, in order to make the system simpler and more transparent is too complicated;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 688 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Welcomes the simple, justified, transparent and easily executable Single Area Payment Scheme (SAPS) successfully applied in many Member States and, therefore, asks for the preservation of the SAPS after 2020 and suggests to let it used in any Member State or by any farmer in the EU;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 724 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses the need for a fair distribution of direct payments between Member States, which must take into account socio-economic differences, different production costs and the amounts received by Member States under Pillar II;deleted
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 769 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Believes that, provided that a level playing field in the single market can be guaranteed, voluntary coupled support (VCS) payments should be maintained, as a principal tool to counteract specific difficulties, particularly those arising from the structural competitive disadvantage of less-favoured and mountainous regions, as well as those which are more temporary in nature and arise from a shift away from the old entitlement scheme, for example;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 784 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Believes that, provided that a level playing field in the single market can be guaranteed, voluntary coupled support (VCS) payments should be maintained in a flexible manner and to support other sectors, as a tool to counteract specific difficulties, particularly those arising from the structural competitive disadvantage of less- favoured and mountainous regions, as well as those which are more temporary in nature and arise from a shift away from the old entitlement scheme, for example;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 792 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Believes that the Single Common Market Organisation’s sectorial schemes, especially the operational programmes in the Fruits and Vegetable sector, have proven their effectiveness in enhancing the competitiveness and the structuration of the targeted sectors as well as improving their sustainability;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 800 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Confirms that these payments are contributing to the fulfilment of CAP objectives and those of the European Commission related to job preservation;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 804 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Calls on the Commission to allow Member States to design similar sectorial and/or territorial schemes to support sectors facing difficulties arising from structural changes in international trade or in the socioeconomic conditions within the Member State (Brexit for example);
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 807 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Asks for lifting sectorial limitations because the concept of “sectors being in difficulty” dropped and Member States should be able to dedicate a sufficient share of the national envelope to these payments, while respecting World Trade Organisation rules;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 820 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Recalls that generational renewal is a challenge faced by famers in many Member States and that each national strategy must therefore address this issue through a comprehensive approach, including top-ups in Pillar I and targeted measures in Pillar II, as well as by means of new financial instruments and national measures, in order to incentivise famers to pass on their farming operation promoting succession planning, facilitating and encouraging collaborative arrangements —such as partnerships, shared farming, contract rearing and leasing between old and young farmers;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 841 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Besides the generational renewal the vitality of the rural areas should be maintained by supporting the development of rural areas in an integrated manner, through a wide range of actions (investments, connectivity and broadband, basic services, preservation of life and nature, renewal of villages, digitalisation etc.) mostly in the form of non-refundable supports;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 849 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Considers that in order to effectively reach the objective of generational renewal, the European Commission should reintroduce an exit scheme, allowing old farmers to retire and young farmers to enter the sector;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 852 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Notes worryingly that the lack of labour force in several agricultural sectors leads to the cessation of farming activities and calls for support for attracting workers in agriculture;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 855 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Stresses on sharing the successful models from Member States which gather young and old farmers for generational renewal objectives;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 918 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Highlights, moreover, that the implementation of financial instruments in rural development should be done on voluntary basis, while investments in rural areas should be strengthened;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 928 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission to introduce a new and comprehensivsimplified cross- compliance lregal framework which allows the integration ofime encompassing the various types of environmental actions at present, such as the current cross compliance, greening and the good agricultural and environmental conditions (GAEC) standards, as well a; stresses that this regime should be designed at EU level and clearly lay out what the measures and results are expected from farmers; considers that Pillar II’s agri- environment measures (AEMs) for rural developmshould be simplified, more targeted and efficient, so that farmers can deliver effectively and with less bureaucracy on environmental care, biodiversity and climate action, while ensuring that Member States have adequate control and taking into account local conditions;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 947 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission to introduce a new and comprehensive legal framework which allows the integration of the various types of environmental actions at present, such as cross compliance, greening and the good agricultural and environmental conditions (GAEC) standards, as well as agri-environment measures (AEMs) for rural development, so that farmers can deliver effectively and with less bureaucracy on environmental care, biodiversity and climate action, while ensuring that Member States have adequate control and taking into account local conditions;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 991 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Believes that this new framework should be underpinned by the possible allocation of a minimum amount of the total available budget in Pillar II to AEMs, including organic agriculture, support for biodiversity and genetic diversity in animals and plants;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1034 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to foster innovation and modernisation in agriculture by supporting training and agricultural extension as a pre-condition in programme design andto help an effective implementation in all Member States, while fostering the transfer of know-how and the exchange of best practice models between Member States;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1040 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Considers that support to direct investment, training and innovation should be better targeted to the dual demands of economic and environmental performance, and increased via national top-ups if farmers engage in this approach;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1054 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls on the Commission to explore the new developments in technology and the applications tools in order to employ diverse methods of achieving sustainable food production and to respond to related challenges;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1069 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Stresses that the CAP should promote the use of financial instruments and the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) to all farms and used to provide access to finance for bigger investments and projects;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1096 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission to maintain the current single common market organisation (SCMO) framework, includingespecially the marketing standards, the production management systems, the individual sector plans (wine, andpiculture, fruit and vegetables and other relevant sectors) and the EU school fruit, vegetables and milk scheme, with the ultimate aim of strengthening the sustainability and competiveness of each sector while enabling access for all farmers;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1105 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Stresses that such specific tools should remain in the first pillar and that sectorial strategies for fruits and vegetables, wine and apiculture should remain compulsory for the producing countries and their specificities should be kept;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1115 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Stresses that the attractiveness of the European Risk Management Toolbox (insurance, income stabilisation tools and mutual funds) included in the CAP has been strengthened by the Omnibus regulation;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1123 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Insists on the critical need for the future CAP to support farmers more efficiently in order to cope with price and income volatility due to climate, health and market risks, by creating additional incentives for flexiblethe development and the use of such risk management and stabiliszation tools while ensuring broad access and compatibility with existing national schemes;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1130 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Insists on the critical need for the future CAP to support farmers more efficiently in order to cope with price and income volatility due to climate, health and market risks, by creating additional incentives for flexible risk management and stabilisation tools to compensate the variations between cost of production and market price, while ensuring broad access;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1139 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Insists on the critical need for the future CAP to support farmers more efficiently in order to cope with price and income volatility due to climate, health and market risks, by creating additional incentives for flexible risk management and stabilisation tools while ensuring broad access;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1163 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Insists on the necessity of strengthening the position of producers within the food supply chain, in particular by guaranteeing them a fair share of the added value, by fostering inter-sectoral cooperation, and strengthening transparency in the markets and crisis prevention;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1179 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Insists on the necessity of strengthening the position of producers as the main actors within the food supply chain, in particular by guaranteeing them a fair share of the added value, by fostering inter-sectoral cooperation, and strengthening transparency in the markets and crisis prevention;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1181 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Insists on the necessity of strengthening the position of producers within the food supply chain, in particular by guaranteeing them a fair share of the added value, by fostering inter-sectoral cooperation, and strengthening transparency in the markets and crisis prevention, as well as further clarify the legal relationship between the provisions on the Common Market Organisations (CMO) and EU competition rules;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1183 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Considers that supply management measures for cheeses and ham with a protected designation of origin or a protected geographical indication or for wine have proven their efficiency in improving the sustainability, the competitiveness and the quality of the targeted products and should therefore be maintained and, if appropriate extended to cover all quality-labelled products in line with the CAP objectives;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1189 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Calls for enhanced support and promotion of local markets and short food supply chains. Stresses the need to develop local services related to short supply chains;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1193 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. Stresses that, based on the provisions obtained in the Omnibus regulation to rebalance the bargaining power within the food supply chain, farmers should be further incentivised to organise and use such new collective possibilities provided by farmers’ organisations;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1194 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 c (new)
22c. Stresses that the future CAP should also foster the development of economic organisations of the agricultural sector, both vertical and horizontal cooperation,, and continue to strengthen transparency in the markets and crisis prevention tools;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1195 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 d (new)
22d. Considers that, based on the lessons drawn on the functioning of the diverse EU Market observatories (Milk, Meat, Sugar & Crops), such tools should be extended to the sectors that are not already covered and further developed to offer reliable data and forecasts to the market operators in order to deliver early warning in case of market disturbances;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1221 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Calls for an in-depth review of the current crisis reserve mechanism in order to create an independent financial instrumentworkable and independent EU fund for agricultural crisis exempt from the budgetary principle of annuality, so as to permit budgetary transfers from one year to the next, thereby enabling quick and effective prevention actions and responses to crisis situations, including those involving animal and plant health, disease- related issues and food safety; Insists that this renewed EU fund for agricultural crisis should be used to complement the post-Omnibus European Risk Management Toolbox in case of severe crisis;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1227 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls for establishing a new mechanism totally independent from direct payments and financed primarily from unspent margins of Heading 2 in the EU budget;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1245 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Believes that while trade agreements are beneficial to the EU agricultural sector overalleconomy as a whole, and necessary for strengthening the EU’s position on the global agricultural market,market, in relation to EU agriculture they also pose a number of challengethreats that require reinforced safeguard mechanisms to ensure a level playing field between farmers in the EU and in the rest of the world;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1248 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Believes that while trade agreements are beneficial to the EU agricultural sector overall, and necessary for strengthening the EU’s position on the global agricultural market, they also pose a number of challenges that require reinforcneed to be tackled, safeguard mechanismsuch as respect of EU sanitary and phyto-sanitary standards, to ensure a level playing field between farmers in the EU and in the rest of the world;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1254 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Calls on the Commission to review the current safeguard mechanisms available within the SCMO, which should play a preventive role for sensitive sectors based on reference volume and prices thresholds allowing the safeguard mechanisms to be triggered automatically when such thresholds are reached;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1279 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Calls for initiatives to promotereinforce the promotion of EU production, safety and environmental standards and quality production schemes, through both labelling and marketing activities on internal and third-country markets;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1332 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Calls on the Commission to propose, before the applicany substantial change in the design and/or the implementation of the NDMCAP, a transitional period long enough to ensure a soft landing and to avoid any delay in farmers’ annual payments and in the implementation of rural development programmes;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1333 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Calls on the Commission to propose, before the application of the NDMintroduction of a totally new system, a transitional period long enough to ensure a soft landing and to avoid any delay in farmers’ annual payments and in the implementation of rural development programmes;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 5 #

2018/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A
A. whereas consumers make an associative link between brand, product and quality and expect products of the same brand and/or identical in appearance to be identical also in quality whether they are sold in their own country or in another Member State;
2018/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 8 #

2018/2008(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas consumers make an associative link between brand, product and quality and expect products of the same brand and/or identical in appearance to be identical also in quality whether they are sold in their own country or in another Member State;
2018/04/18
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 18 #

2018/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B
B. whereas comparative organoleptic tests and analyses of product content and labelling have been carried out in approved laboratories in a number of EU countries, including Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary and Slovakia;
2018/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 23 #

2018/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C
C. whereas the analyses show that certain products contain less meat, or less ofers have sold products with different quality but under the same brand and those with a deceptively identical appearance and certain products contain less in some important ingredients (etc. meat) or other ingredients, in certain countries, in most cases those countries which joined the EU in 2004, 2007 and 2013; whereas the analyses found instances of the same products or those with deceptive identical appearance and having a lower quality being sold at considerably higher prices in those countries than in the so- called ‘old Member States’;
2018/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 63 #

2018/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Firmly believes that, in response to European citizens’ concerns about different products having deceptively identical appearance but different quality and/or ingredients being sold under the same brand in different Member States, the practice of ‘one brand, one product, different contentquality and proportional composition’ needs to be stopped by means of an amendment to Directive 2005/29/EC of 11 May 2005 concerning unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices;
2018/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 75 #

2018/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that, until that practice is stopped, and in order to raise the profile of manufacturers’ initiatives on the use of local recipes, a system should be introduced for indicating, in a way that respects the consumer’s right of informed choice and consumer preferences, the local recipes used in the preparation of specific products; it is desirable for consumer information purposes to publish a public database that a product with "different recipe" that a producer have made in a given Member State is based exactly on what kind of criteria;
2018/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 103 #

2018/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for the establishment of an agency or other specialised unit to monitor consistency of composition and proportional use of added ingredients in identically branded and packaged food products.
2018/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 107 #

2018/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Calls on the common development of a food control system targeted to filter products under the same brand or those of deceptively identical appearance but with different quality. This system would be based on three level control: - it is advisable to complete the tasks by ensuring the standard quality of products under the same brand or those of deceptively identical appearance but produced by the same food operator of those persons who are responsible for the quality at a given food operator. Furthermore, the internal control procedure of food operators may be completed recovery plan in case of products in dual quality. - food safety authorities in Member States or regions should carry comparative laboratory analyses including organoleptic and other necessary tests every year concerning products sold in different Member States under the same brand or those of deceptively identical appearance. They should send their results to the European Food Safety Authority. In case of fraud in food quality they should notify the other Member States and the European Commission via the Rapid Alert System on Food and Feed. - it is necessary to create a new unit in the European Food Safety Authority which would collect and analyse the results of the comparative laboratory analyses by Member States, as well as store these in a publicly accessible EU database. It would immediately launch a common food safety action in this field if needed.
2018/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 171 #

2018/2008(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Welcomes the European Commission's communication titled 'A New Deal for Consumers' of 11April 2018, regrets however, that the proposed amendment to Article 6 of the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive (UCPD) may not lead to greater legal certainty; believes that the preferred option should be adding the practice of dual quality to the blacklist of commercial practices which are in all circumstances considered unfair under Annex I of the UCPD;
2018/04/18
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 30 #

2018/2005(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that harnessing globalisation should involve both strengthening global discipline to prevent unfair competition and distortions of trade in agriculture, and avoiding undue exposure of sensitive EU agricultural sectors to competition from imports of products that are not subject to similar standards, costs and constraints as regards, for example, environmental, human, plant and animal health or consumer protection;
2018/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 40 #

2018/2005(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Asks the Commission to ensure that each imported agricultural product meets the same sanitary and social standards that EU products are held to;
2018/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 60 #

2018/2005(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Asks the Commission to conduct a systematic impact assessment of the provisions regarding the agricultural sector in each trade agreement, and to offer specific strategies to ensure that no agricultural sector will suffer as a result of a trade agreement concluded with a third country ;
2018/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 73 #

2018/2005(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Expresses its serious concerns with respect to the possible concluscurrent direction of the ongoing free-trade negotiations with Mercosur involving majorwhich does not point to a fair and balanced agreement according to leaked news; the possible conclusion of the negotiations might result major and causeless concessions in sectors such as beef, sugar, poultry and biofuels which could endanger the viability of local production in certain partmany regions of the EU;
2018/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 79 #

2018/2005(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Believes that the Brazilian authorities are not yet able to guarantee the safety and quality of Brazilian poultry meat due to anomalies in their food control system; calls on the European Commission to remove poultry meat from the scope of the free trade negotiations with the Mercosur until the Brazilian meat scandal will be properly screened and a 100 % guarantee of compliance with South American meat imports to EU rules will be provided.
2018/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 89 #

2018/2005(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls its two resolutions of 26 October 2017 on the negotiating mandates for trade agreements with Australia and New Zealand2 and draws attention to the resolution of the Parliament on the current situation and future prospects for the sheep and goat sectors in the EU adopted on 2 May 2018 and especially its paragraph 62 which urges the Commission to exercise caution in negotiating the new FTAs with New Zealand and Australia pending its analysis of the impact of Brexit on sheep and goat farming, especially as regards the future of the 287 000 tonnes carcass weight equivalent quota for sheep meat granted by the EU to New Zealand; _________________ 2 Texts adopted, P8_TA(2017)0419 and P8_TA(2017)0420 respectively.
2018/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 98 #

2018/2005(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the importance of strong coordination between Member States for the screening of foreign direct investment (FDI) on the EU market; draws attention to the need to avoid the excessive concentration of farmland and forests in foreign (non-EU) hands; recalls, in this respect, its resolution of 27 April 2017 on the state of play of farmland concentration in the EU3 ; _________________ 3and calls on the European Commission to clarify the guideline on legal limits of Member States' intervention on regulating land purchase issued last autumn and supplement it with the introduction of additional good practices making land-grabbing much harder; believes that the Commission has not done everything yet to efficiently reduce land-grabbing in the EU; _________________ 3 Texts adopted, P8_TA(2017)0197. Texts adopted, P8_TA(2017)0197.
2018/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 118 #

2018/2005(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the Commission’s initiative to create an advisory group on EU trade negotiations composed of representatives of stakeholders and waits for the establishment of this group as soon as possible; insists on the need for the strong representation of EU farming organisations in such a group.
2018/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 55 #

2018/0256M(NLE)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Points out that Article 7 of Protocol 1 to the 2012 Agreement contains a safeguard clause making it possible for appropriate steps to be taken where imports of large quantities of agricultural products classed as sensitive under the agreement cause serious market distortion and/or serious harm to the industry concerned; hopes that preferential imports into the EU of sensitive agricultural products from Morocco and Western Sahara will continue to be subject to appropriate and broad monitoring by the Commission, and that the Commission will still be ready to immediately activate the aforementioned clause where an established need arises;
2018/10/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 58 #

2018/0256M(NLE)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
10. Points out that the EU and Morocco have negotiated, as set out in the initial agreement concluded in 2012, an ambitious and comprehensive agreement on protecting the geographical indications and designations of origin of agricultural products, processed agricultural products, fish and fishery products that provides for the protection by Morocco of the full list of the EU’s geographical indications; points out, furthermore, that the procedure for concluding the agreement, which began in 2015, was suspended following the Court’s judgment of 21 December 2016; calls for that procedure to be immediately resumed and finalised as soon as possible in conjunction with the conclusion of the agreement considered in this opinion. Calls on the Commission to intervene in front of EP Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, as soon as possible, with a presentation on the current state of play of agricultural trade between the EU and Morocco and on the ongoing negotiations of the agreement on geographical indications.
2018/10/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 97 #

2018/0231(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 85 a (new)
(85a) Care must be taken to avoid submitting proposals requiring new, unnecessary bureaucratic measures in order to assess common objectives. We must avoid, for example, requiring the Member States to count the successfully- implemented national veterinary and phytosanitary programmes or to develop an index for this purpose. Such numbers do not accurately reflect the success of a Member State's disease prevention strategy or its compliance with EU-level strategies and thus would provide false data.
2018/11/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 125 #

2018/0231(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. The financial envelope for the implementation of the Programme for the period 2021 to 2027 shall be EUR 4 6088 580 000 in current prices.
2018/11/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 126 #

2018/0231(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) EUR 1 682 200 000 000 to the objective referred to in Article 3(2)(e);
2018/11/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 7 #

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) The Programme should maintain a balanced approach between bottom-up (investigator or innovator driven) and, top- down (determined by strategically defined priorities) and territorially balanced funding, according to the nature of the research and innovation communities that are engaged, the types and purpose of the activities carried out and the impacts that are sought. The mix of these factors should determine the choice of approach for the respective parts of the Programme, all of which contribute to all of the Programme’s general and specific objectives.
2018/09/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 28 #

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
(a a) to achieve a territorially balanced approach all over the EU concerning tenders;
2018/09/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 38 #

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point e a (new)
(e a) cluster "Freshwater and Seawater Aquaculture";
2018/09/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 41 #

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) The Programme should maintain a balanced approach between bottom-up (investigator or innovator driven) and, top- down (determined by strategically defined priorities) and territorially balanced funding, according to the nature of the research and innovation communities that are engaged, the types and purpose of the activities carried out and the impacts that are sought. The mix of these factors should determine the choice of approach for the respective parts of the Programme, all of which contribute to all of the Programme’s general and specific objectives.
2018/09/06
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 45 #

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b – point 5
(5) EUR 10 000 000 000 for cluster 'Agriculture, Rural development, Food and Natural Resources';
2018/09/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 48 #

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b – point 5 a (new)
(5 a) EUR 3 000 000 000 for cluster 'Freshwater and Seawater Aquaculture'
2018/09/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 87 #

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
(aa) to achieve a territorially balanced approach all over the EU concerning tenders;
2018/09/06
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 101 #

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point e a (new)
(ea) Freshwater and seawater aquaculture;
2018/09/06
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 158 #

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b – point 5
(5) EUR 10 000 000 000 for cluster 'Agriculture, Rural development, Food and Natural Resources';
2018/09/06
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 161 #

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b – point 5 a (new)
(5a) EUR 3 000 000 000 for cluster 'Freshwater and Seawater Aquaculture'
2018/09/06
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 121 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
(6) The limits of Union aid for the supply of fruit and vegetables and of milk and milk products in educational establishments, set out in Article 23(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 should be updatraised.
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 130 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) Rules for classifying wine grape varieties by Member States should be modified to include the wine grape varieties Noah, Othello, Isabelle, Jacquez, Clinton and Herbemont, previously excluded. To ensure that wine production in the Union develops a higher resistance to diseases and that it uses vine varieties better adapted to changing climatic conditions, provision should be made allowing Vitis Labrusca varieties and varieties stemming from crosses between Vitis vinifera, Vitis Labrusca and other species of the genus Vitis to be planted for wine production in the Union.deleted
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 159 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
(20) In view of the ever increasing consumer demand for innovative grapevine products with a lower actual alcoholic strength than the minimum actual alcoholic strength set out for grapevine products in Part II of Annex VII to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, it should be possible to produce such innovative grapevine products also in the Union.deleted
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 161 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
(21) It is necessary to provide for definitions of de-alcoholised grapevine products and partially de-alcoholised grapevine products. These definitions should take into account the definitions set out in the Resolutions of the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV), OIV-ECO 433-2012 Beverage Obtained By Partial Dealcoholisation of Wine and OIV-ECO 523-2016 Wine With An Alcohol Content Modified by Dealcoholisation.deleted
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 165 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
(22) In order to ensure that the rules governing labelling and presentation of products in the wine sector also apply to de-alcoholised or partially de-alcoholised grapevine products, to establish rules governing the dealcoholisation processes for the production of certain de- alcoholised or partially de-alcoholised grapevine products within the Union, and rules concerning the conditions of use of closures in the wine sector in order to ensure that consumers are protected from misleading use of certain closures associated with certain beverages and from hazardous closure materials that may contaminate the beverages, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making. In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States' experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts.deleted
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 189 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
(31) In view of the limited number of registrations of geographical indications of aromatised wines under Regulation (EU) No 251/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council19 the legal framework for the protection of geographical indications for those products should be simplified. Aromatised wines and other alcoholic beverages with the exception of spirit drinks and of grapevine products listed in Part II of Annex VII to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 should have the same legal regime and procedures as other agricultural products and foodstuffs. The scope of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 should be extended to cover those products. Regulation (EU) No 251/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council should be amended to take account of this change as regards its title, scope, definitions and provisions concerning labelling of aromatised wine products. A smooth transition for the names protected under Regulation (EU) No 251/2014 should be ensured. __________________ 19 Regulation (EU) No 251/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the definition, description, presentation, labelling and the protection of geographical indications of aromatised wine products and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/91 (OJ L 84, 20.3.2014, p. 14).
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 198 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38 a (new)
(38a) It is advised to complete the wine labelling legislation by information on the energy value of wines. However, we shall exempt small wine producers and small distilleries as defined in Article 22 paragraphs (2) and (4) in Directive 92/83/EEC of 19 October 1992 on the harmonization of the structures of excise duties on alcohol and alcoholic beverages, in order to avoid any unbearable administrative burden on them due to the obligatory renewal of their labelling equipment.
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 200 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph -1 (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 1 – paragraph 1
-1 Article 1 is amended as follows: "1. This Regulation establishes a common organisation of the markets for agricultural products, which means all the products listed in Annex I to the Treaties with the exception of the fishery and aquaculture products as defined in Union legislative acts on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products. (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02013R1308-This Regulation defines the public standards, market transparency rules and crisis management tools that will allow public authorities, starting with the Commission, to ensure the surveillance, management and regulation of agricultural markets. " Or. en 20180101&qid=1544002681050&from=FR)
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 202 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -1 a (new)
(-1a) Article 1 paragraph 2 is completed as follows: " wa) officinal herbs, Part XXIV; "
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 215 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 6
(3) Article 6 is deleted;
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 221 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02013R1308-(3a) In Article 7 paragraph 1, the following point is inserted: " (f a) as regards lamb meat, EUR 4500/tonne for lamb carcasses aged under 8 months. " Or. en 20180101&from=FR)
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 258 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point c – point i
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 23 – paragraph 1
Without prejudice to paragraph 4, the aid under the school scheme allocated for the distribution of products, the accompanying educational measures and the related costs referred to in Article 23(1) shall not exceed EUR 220 804 13550 million per school year.
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 266 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point c – point i
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 23 a – paragraph 1
Without prejudice to paragraph 4, the aid under the school scheme allocated for the distribution of products, the accompanying educational measures and the related costs referred to in Article 23(1) shall not exceed EUR 220 804 13570 million per school year.
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 268 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point c – point i
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 23 a – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) for school fruit and vegetables: EUR 1350 608 466million per school year; (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02013R1308-Or. en 20180101&from=FR)
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 269 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point c – point i
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 23 a – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) for school fruit and vegetables: EUR 130 608 46660 million per school year; Or. en (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02013R1308- 20180101&from=FR)
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 275 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point c – point i
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 23 a – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) for school milk: EUR 90 195 669110 million per school year.; (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02013R1308-Or. en 20180101&from=FR)
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 279 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point c – point i
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 23 a – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) for school milk: EUR 90 195 669100 million per school year.; Or. en (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02013R1308- 20180101&from=FR)
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 284 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point c – point iii
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 23 a – paragraph 4
4. Without exceeding the overall limit of EUR 220 804 13550 million laid down in paragraph 1, any Member State may transfer once per school year up to 20 % of either one or the other of its indicative allocations.; (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02013R1308-Or. en 20180101&from=FR)
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 286 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point c – point iii
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 23 a – paragraph 4
4. Without exceeding the overall limit of EUR 220 804 13570 million laid down in paragraph 1, any Member State may transfer once per school year up to 20% of either one or the other of its indicative allocations.; (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02013R1308-Or. en 20180101&from=FR)
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 289 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 61
(aa) Article 61 is modified as follows: "Duration The scheme of authorisations for vine plantings established in this Chapter shall apply from 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2030, with a mid-term review to be undertakenbe examined by the Commission to evaluate the operation of the scheme andin order, if appropriate, to make proposals. content/EN/TXT/?qid=1542966696656&uri=CELEX:02013R1308-20180101) to improve its efficacy. " Or. en (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 367 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 81 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) the variety concerned belongs to the species Vitis vinifera or Vitis Labrusca; or
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 374 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
(b) the variety concerned comes from a cross between the species Vitis vinifera, Vitis Labrusca and other species of the genus Vitis.
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 392 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point a
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 93 – paragraph 1 – point a – subpoint v
(v) which is obtained from vine varieties belonging to Vitis vinifera or a cross between the Vitis vinifera species and other species of the genus Vitis. provided that its genome consists at least by 90 % of Vitis vinifera genes;
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 436 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point a a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 119 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(aa) In Article 119, paragraph 1, the following point is added: (ga) the nutrition declaration of which the content may be limited to energy value only, except in case of small distilleries and small producers defined in Article 22 paragraphs (2) and (4) in Directive 92/83/EEC of 19 October 1992 on the harmonization of the structures of excise duties on alcohol and alcoholic beverages
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 448 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point a c (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 119 – paragraph 1 – point g b (new)
(ac) In Article 119, paragraph 1, the following point is added: (gb) the list of ingredients, except in case of small distilleries and small producers defined in Article 22 paragraphs (2) and (4) in Directive 92/83/EEC of 19 October 1992 on the harmonization of the structures of excise duties on alcohol and alcoholic beverages
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 449 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point a b (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 119 – paragraph 3 a (new)
(ab) In Article 119, the following paragraph is added: “3 a. To ensure a uniform application of paragraph 1, point g(a), energy value is given per 100 ml. It may also be expressed per portion or unit, provided that the portion or unit is quantified and that the number of portions or units that the product contains, is indicated on the packaging. Energy value is: (a) calculated using conversion coefficients taken from Annex XIV of Regulation 1169/2011 on the provision of food information to consumers. (b) expressed in the form of average values defined on the basis of: (i) the analysis of the product by its producer, or (ii) generally established and accepted data for the different types of wine. Small distilleries and small producers defined in Article 22 paragraphs (2) and (4) in Directive 92/83/EEC of 19 October 1992 on the harmonization of the structures of excise duties on alcohol and alcoholic beverages are exempted.
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 469 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20 – point a a (new)
(aa) in point (b), the following point is added: “(v a ) the provisions relating to Article 119(1)(g)(a),”
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 573 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 193
Those implementing acts shall be adopted without applying the procedure referred to in Article 229(2) or (3).’;deleted
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 603 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 26 b (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 219 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
(26b) In Article 219, paragraph 1, subparagraph 4 is replaced by the following: “Such measures may to the extent and for the time necessary to address the market disturbance or threat thereof extend or modify the scope, duration or other aspects of other measures provided for under this Regulation, or provide for export refunds, or suspendreinforce import controls, or downwardly or upwardly adjust import duties in whole or in part including for certain quantities or periods as necessary. They may also concern the adaptation of the entry price scheme for fruit and vegetables through consultation with third countries that export to the Union.” Or. en (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32013R1308&from=en)
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 619 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 27 a (new)
(27a) In Article 225, the following point da is added: (da) By 30 June 2019, on the Commission’s strategy to use the provisions in the Regulation effectively to prevent and manage internal agricultural market crises that may occur following the United Kingdom’s withdrawal.
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 620 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 28
(28) In Part V, Chapter III covering Article 226 is deleted.
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 624 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 29 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Annex II – Part IX – paragraph 2a (new)
(29a) In part IX of Annex II, the following point is added: (2a) ‘Beeswax’ is a substance that consists only of the secretion of wax glands of worker bees of the species Apis mellifera and is used for building hives.
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 628 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 29 b (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Annex II – Part IX – paragraph 2b (new)
(29b) In part IX of Annex II, the following point is added: (2b) ‘Royal jelly’ is a natural substance secreted by the hypopharyngeal and mandibular glands of nurse bees of the species Apis mellifera. This substance is mainly fed to larvae and queens; it is a fresh, natural, unprocessed product. It cannot be ultrafiltered and no substance may be added.
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 629 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 29 c (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Annex II – Part IX – paragraph 2 c (new)
(29c) In part IX of Annex II, the following point is added: (2c) ‘Propolis’ is an exclusively natural, vegetable resin gathered by worker bees of the species Apis mellifera from certain plant sources, to which their own secretion (mainly beeswax and saliva) is added. The resin is mainly used to protect the hive.
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 630 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 29 d (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Annex II – Part IX – paragraph 2d (new)
(29d) In part IX of Annex II, the following point is added: (2d) ‘Pollen granules’ are accumulated pollen grains gathered be worker bees of the species Apis mellifera, which they compact with their hind legs using honey and/or nectar and bee secretion.
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 631 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 29 e (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Annex II – Part IX – paragraph 2e (new)
(29e) In part IX of Annex II, the following point is added: (2e) ‘Bee pollen’ or ‘bee bread’ is pollen balls that are packed by bees in beehive cells and that undergo natural processing resulting in the presence of enzymes and commensal microbiota. It is used by nurse bees to feed the brood.
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 632 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 29 f (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Annex II – Part IX – paragraph 2f (new)
(29f) In part IX of Annex II, the following point is added: (2f) ‘Bee venom’ is the secretion from a bee’s venom gland that is used by bees to defend the hive against attacks.
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 634 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 30 – point b
(b) in Part B, Section I is deleted;
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 640 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 31 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Annex VII – part I – title
(31a) The title of Part I is replaced by the following: “Meat of bovine animals aged less than 12 months and meat of sheep less than 8 months.”
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 641 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 31 b (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Annex VII – part I – point II – title
(31b) In Title I, the title of point 11 is replaced by the following: “II Classification of bovine animals aged less than 12 months and sheep aged less than 8 months at the slaughterhouse”
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 642 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 31 c (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Annex VII – part I – point II – paragraph 1 a (new)
(31c) In Annex VII, part I, point II, the following paragraph is added: On slaughter, all sheep aged less than 8 months shall be classified by the operators, under the supervision of the competent authority, in the following category: Category A: carcasses of sheep under 8 months old Category identification letter A.
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 643 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 31 d (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Annex VII – part I – point III – paragraph 1 a (new)
(31d) In Annex VII, part I, point III, the following paragraph is added: 1a. The meat of sheep aged less than 8 months shall only be marketed in the Member States under the following sales description(s) laid down for each Member State: Country of marketing Sales descriptions to be used lamb
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 644 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 31 e (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Annex VII – part I – point III – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
(31e) In Annex VII, part I, point III, paragraph 3, the subparagraph 2 is replaced by the following “In particular, the terms “veau”, “telecí”, “Kalb”, “μοσχάρι”, “ternera”, “kalv”, “veal”, “vitello”, “vitella”, “kalf”, “vitela” and “teletina” shall not be used in a sales description or be indicated on the labelling of the meat of bovine animals aged more than 12 months. Likewise, the term ‘lamb’ may not be used in a sales description or be indicated on the labelling of the meat of sheep aged more than 8 months.” Or. en (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/?qid=1542966696656&uri=CELEX:02013R1308-20180101)
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 649 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 32
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Annex VII – part II – points 18 and 19
(32) in Part II of Annex VII, the following points (18) and (19) are added: ‘ (18) The term ‘de-alcoholised’ may be used together with the name of the grapevine products referred to in points 1 and 4 to 9, where the product: (a) point 1, sparkling wine as defined in point 4, quality sparkling wine as defined in point 5, quality aromatic sparkling wine as defined in point 6, aerated sparkling wine as defined in point 7, semi-sparkling wideleted is obtained from wine as defined in has undergone as defined in point 8, or from aerated semi-sparkling wine as defined in point 9; (b) treatment in accordance with the processes specified in Section E of Part I of Annex VIII; and (c) more than 0,5% by volume. (19) The term ‘partially de-alcoholised’ may be used together with the name of the grapevine products referred to in points 1 and 4 to 9, where the product: (a) point 1, sparkling wine as defined in point 4, quality sparkling wine as defined in point 5, quality aromatic sparkling wine as defined in point 6, aerated sparkling wine as defined in point 7, semi-sparkling wine as defined in point 8, or from aerated semi-sparkling wine as defined in point 9; (b) has undergone a dealcoholisation treatment in accordance with the processes specified in Section E of Part I of Annex VIII; and (c) more than 0,5% by volume and following the processes specified in Section E of Part I of Annex VIII its total alcoholic strength is reduced by more than 20% by volume compared to its initial total alcoholic strength.; ‘alcoholisation has a total alcoholic strength of no is obtained from wine as defined in has a total alcoholic strength of
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 674 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 33
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Annex VIII – part I – section E
(33) in Part I of Annex VIII, the following Section E is added: ‘ E. Dealcoholisation processes The following dealcoholisation processes, whether used each of its own or in combination, shall be allowed to reduce part of or almost all the ethanol content in grapevine products referred to in points 1 and 4 to 9 of Part II of Annex VII: (a) (b) (c) The dealcoholisation processes shall not result in organoleptic defects of the grapevine product. The elimination of ethanol in grapevine product must not be done in conjunction with the increase of the sugar content in the grape must.. ‘deleted partial vacuum evaporation; membrane techniques; distillation.
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 709 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012
Article 13 – paragraph 4
4. The protection referred to in paragraph 1 shall also apply with regard to goods identical to the PDO/PGI registered in the EU entering the customs territory of the Union without being released for free circulation within the customs territory of the Union and with regard to goods sold through means of electronic commerce.;
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 728 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012
Article 49 – Paragraph 8
8. The Member State shall inform the Commission without delay if any procedure is initiated before a national court or other national body concerning a final decision by the competent national authority on an application lodged with the Commission, in accordance with paragraph 4.
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 732 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 14
(b) Member State authorities officially state that it risks to void the links referred to in point (b) of Article 5(1) for protected designations of origin and of Article 5(2) for protected geographical indications;
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 740 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 15
Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012
Annex I – point 1
- aromatised wines as defined in Article 3(2) of Regulation (EU) No 251/2014;deleted
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 741 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 15
Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012
Annex I – point 1 – new indent
wine propagating material
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 744 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Regulation (EU) No 251/2014
Article 2 – point 3
(3) in Article 2, point 3 is deleted;
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 754 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 7
Regulation (EU) No 251/2014
Chapter III
(7) Chapter III is deleted.
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 777 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Regulation (EU) No 229/2013
Article 18 – paragraph 2
2. The Union shall finance the measures provided for in Chapters III and IV up to a maximum amount of EUR 23 00930 000.
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 780 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Regulation (EU) No 229/2013
Article 18 – paragraph 3
3. The amount allocated to finance the specific supply arrangements referred to in Chapter III shall not exceed EUR 6 837 110 000.
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 790 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 119, paragraph 1, point g (a), Article 119, paragraph 3 c, and Article 121, paragraph 2 a, shall apply from ... [one year after the delegated act has entered into force].
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 97 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) The provisions of Regulation (EU, Euratom) …/…2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council [New Financial Regulation]12 , in particular those governing shared management with Member States, the function of accredited bodies and the budgetary principles, should apply to the interventions and measures set out in this Regulation. _________________ 12 Regulation (EU, Euratom) No [New Financial Regulation]2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 July 2018 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union, amending Regulations (EU) No1296/2013, (EU) No 1301/2013, (EU) No 1303/2013, (EU) No 1304/2013, (EU) No1309/2013, (EU) No 1316/2013, (EU) No 223/2014, (EU) No 283/2014, and Decision No 541/2014/EU and repealing Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012. (OJ L 193,30.7.2018, p. 1).
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 102 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) It is necessary to provide for the accreditation of paying agencies and coordinating bodies by Member States and for the establishment of the procedures for obtaining management declarations and atriennuial performance reports, and for obtaining the certification of management and monitoring systems, of reporting systems and the certification of annual accounts by independent bodies. Moreover, in order to ensure the transparency of the system of checks to be carried out at national level, in particular as regards procedures for authorisation, validation and payment and to reduce the administrative and audit burden for the Commission and for the Member States where accreditation of each individual paying agency is required, the number of authorities and bodies to which those responsibilities are delegated should be restricted while respecting the constitutional provisions of each Member State.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 141 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
(28) Member States should send the annual accounts and an a triennuial performance report on the implementation of the CAP Strategic Plan to the Commission by 15 February N+1. Where these documents are not sent, thus preventing the Commission from clearing the accounts for the concerned paying agency or checking the eligibility of the expenditure against reported outputs, the Commission should be empowered to suspend the monthly payments and to interrupt the quarterly reimbursement until the outstanding documents are received.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 158 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42
(42) In order to to safeguard the financial interests of the Union's budget, systems should be put in place by Member States in order to satisfy themselves that interventions financed by the Funds are actually carried out and are executed correctly, while maintaining the current robust framework for sound financial management. In accordance with the Financial Regulation, Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/201315 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2988/9516 ,and Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/9617 and Council Regulation (EU) 2017/193918 , ,the financial interests of the Union are to be protected through proportionate measures, including the prevention, detection, correction and investigation of irregularities including fraud, the recovery of Funds lost, wrongly paid or incorrectly used and, where appropriate, the imposition of administrative sanctions. Moreover, in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 and Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96 the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) may carry out administrative investigations, including on- the-spot checks and inspections, with a view to establishing whether there has been fraud, corruption or any other illegal activity affecting the financial interests of the Union. In accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/1939, the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) may investigate and prosecute fraud and other criminal offences affecting the financial interests of the Union as provided for in Directive (EU) 2017/137119 of the European Parliament and of the Council. In accordance with the Financial Regulation, any person or entity receiving Union Funds is to fully cooperate in the protection of the Union’s financial interests, to grant the necessary rights and access to the Commission, OLAF, the EPPO and the European Court of Auditors (ECA) and to ensure that any third parties involved in the implementation of Union Funds grant equivalent rights. Member States should have the systems in place allowing them to report to the Commission, for the purpose of enabling OLAF to exercise its powers and ensure an efficient analysis of cases of irregularity, on detected irregularities and other cases of non-compliance with the conditions established by Member States in the CAP Strategic Plan, including fraud and on their follow-up as well as on the follow-up of OLAF investigations. To ensure the effective examination of complaints concerning the Funds, Member States should have in place the necessary arrangements. _________________ 15 Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 September 2013 concerning investigations conducted by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1073/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (Euratom) No 1074/1999,(OJ L248, 18.9.2013, p. 1). 16 Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2988/95 of 18 December 1995 on the protection of the European Communities financial interests (OJ L 312, 23.12.95, p. 1). 17 Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96 of 11 November 1996 concerning on-the-spot checks and inspections carried out by the Commission in order to protect the European Communities' financial interests against fraud and other irregularities (OJ L292,15.11.96, p. 2). 18 Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 of 12 October 2017 implementing enhanced cooperation on the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (‘the EPPO’) (OJ L283, 31.10.2017, p. 1). 19 European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2017 on the fight against fraud to the Union's financial interests by means of criminal law (OJ L 198, 28.7.2017, p. 29).Directive (EU) 2017/1371 of the
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 161 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43
(43) Horizontal financial rules adopted by the European Parliament and the Council on the basis of Article 322 or the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union apply to this Regulation. These rules are laid down in the Financial Regulation and determine in particular the procedure fror establishing and implementing the budget through grants, procurement, prizes, indirect implementation, and provide for checks on the responsibility of financial actors. Rules adopted on the basis of Article 322 TFEU also concern the protection of the Union's budget in case of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law in the Member States, as the respect for the rule of law is an essential precondition for sound financial management and effective Union funding..
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 166 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 48
(48) The integrated system, as part of the governance systems which should be in place in order to implement the CAP, should ensure that the aggregate data provided in the annual performance reporting in every three years is reliable and verifiable. Given the importance of a properly functioning integrated system, it is necessary to set quality requirements. Member States should carry out an annual quality assessment in every three years of the identification system for agricultural parcels, of the geo-spatial application system and of the area monitoring system. Member States should also address any deficiencies and, if so requested by the Commission, set up an action plan.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 190 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) "governance systems" means the governance bodies including the certification body referred to in Chapter II of Title II of this Regulation and the basic Union requirements laid down in this Regulation and Regulation (EU) …/… [CAP Strategic Plan Regulation], including the reporting system put in place for the purposes of the annual performance report referred to in Article 121 of Regulation (EU) …/… [CAP Strategic Plan Regulation];
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 194 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) "basic Union requirements" means the requirements laid down in Regulation (EU) …/… [the CAP Strategic Plan Regulation] and in this Regulation including the reporting system put in place for the purposes of the performance report in every three years referred to in Article 121 of the CAP Strategic Plan Regulation.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 197 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
For the purposes of the financing, management and monitoring of the CAP, "force majeure" and "exceptional circumstances" mayshall, in particular, be recognised in the following cases:
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 198 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point –a (new)
(-a) the death of the beneficiary;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 199 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point –a a (new)
(a a) long-term professional incapacity of beneficiary;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 200 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) a severe natural disaster or meteorological event gravely affecting the holding;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 201 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) a severe weather event, natural disaster gravely affecting the holding;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 206 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the accidental destruction of livestock buildings on the holding;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 209 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(d a) market related issues;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 211 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
(d b) any external, unforeseen event that could affect significantly the performance of the national CAP Strategic Plan;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 214 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d c (new)
(d c) The death of the beneficiary.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 216 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Furthermore, Member States may recognize in their national CAP Strategic Plans other circumstances as ‘force majeure’ and extraordinary ‘circumstances’.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 222 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 a (new)
Article 6 a Information measures 1. The provision of information financed pursuant to point (e) of Article 7 shall aim, in particular, to help explain, implement and develop the CAP and to raise public awareness of its content and objectives to reinstate consumer confidence following crises through information campaigns, to inform farmers and other parties active in rural areas and to promote the European model of agriculture, as well as to help citizens understand it. It shall supply coherent, objective and comprehensive information, both inside and outside the Union. 2. The measures referred to in paragraph 1 may consist of: (a) annual work programmes or other specific measures presented by third parties; (b) activities implemented on the initiative of the Commission. Those measures which are required by law or those measures already receiving financing under another Union action shall be excluded. In order to implement activities as referred to in point (b) of the first subparagraph, the Commission may be assisted by external experts, mainly experts from Member States governments. The measures referred to in the first subparagraph shall also contribute to the corporate communication of the Union's political priorities in so far as those priorities are related to the general objectives of this Regulation. 3. The Commission shall publish once a year a call for proposals respecting the conditions set out in the Financial Regulation. 4. The Committee referred to in Article 101(1) shall be notified of measures envisaged and taken pursuant to this Article. 5. The Commission shall present a report on the implementation of this Article to the European Parliament and to the Council every two years.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 228 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(d a) all horizontal technical support activities for the 1st pillar of the CAP;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 248 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) the annual performance report referred to in Article 52(1) showing that the expenditure was made in accordance with Article 35;deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 253 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) the atriennuial performance report referred to in Article 52(1) showing that the expenditure was made in accordance with Article 35;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 259 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c – point ii
(ii) the proper functioning of the governance systems put in place, which give the necessary guarantees concerning the outputs reported in the annual performance reportlegality and regularity of the operations carried out in the framework of the CAP Strategic Plans, as provided for in points (b) and (c) of Article 63(6) of the Financial Regulation,
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 260 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c – point ii
(ii) the proper functioning of the governance systems put in place, which give the necessary guarantees concerning the outputs reported in the atriennuial performance report, as provided for in points (b) and (c) of Article 63(6) of the Financial Regulation,
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 268 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
The person responsible of the accredited paying agency shall also draw up and forward to the Commission the multi- annual performance monitoring report referred to in Article 121 of Regulation (EU) ... / ... [CAP Strategic Plans Regulation], reflecting the operations carried out and the progress made towards the achievement of the objectives, as set out in the CAP National Strategic Plan, by 15 February 2026, 2028 and 2030, respectively.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 279 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) to furnish the multi-annual performance monitoring report referred to in Article 52(1)121 of Regulation (EU) …/… [CAP Strategic Plan Regulation];
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 280 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) to furnish the atriennuial performance report referred to in Article 52(1);
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 286 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
The multiannual performance monitoring report provided by the coordinating body shall be covered by the scope of the opinion referred to in Article 11(1) and its transmission shall be accompanied by a management declaration covering the entirety of that report. (This amendment applies throughout the text)
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 287 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
The atriennuial performance report provided by the coordinating body shall be covered by the scope of the opinion referred to in Article 11(1) and its transmission shall be accompanied by a management declaration covering the entirety of that report.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 302 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c
(c) tThe performance reporting on outpureports based on the result indicators for the purposes of the annual performance clearance referred to in Article 52 and the performance reporting on result indicators for the multi- annual performance monitoring report referred to in Articles 115 and 121 of Regulation (EU) …/…... / ... [CAP Strategic Plan Regulation], demonstrating that Article 35 of this Regulation is complied with, isreflecting the operations carried out and the progress made towards the achievement of the objectives, as set out in the CAP National Strategic Plan, are correct;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 309 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
The Commission shall adopt implementing acts laying down rules on the tasks of the certification bodies, including the checks to be carried out and the bodies subjectOnce Member States’ competent authorities have appointed the certification body referred to in Article 11 and informed the Commission thereof, the Commission shall present a comprehensive list of all such bodies to those checks, and on the certificates and the reports, together with the documents accompanying them, to be drawn up by those bodies.e European Parliament, not later than one year after … [the date of application of this Regulation] and a second time not later than four years thereafter;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 310 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
The implementing acts shall also set out: (a) the audit principles on which the opinions of the certification bodies are based, including an assessment of the risks, internal controls and the level of audit evidence required; (b) the audit methods to be used, by the certification bodies, having regard to international standards on auditing, to deliver their opinions.deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 313 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 101(3).deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 327 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
A reserve intended to provide additional support for the agricultural sector for the purpose of market management orsound and smooth market stabilisation orand management in the case of crises affecting the agricultural production or distribution (“the agricultural reserve”) shall be established at the beginning of each year in the EAGFHeading 2 of the EU budget.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 337 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a (new)
(a) measures providing 50 % of the funding for compensation paid out as reinsurance for the climate insurance referred to in Article 70 of Regulation (EU) .../... [the CAP Strategic Plan Regulation] for crises where the ratio between the sum paid out to farmers in indemnities and the sum of insurance premiums received is between 170 and 230 %;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 345 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Funds from the agricultural reserve shall be made available for measures under Articles 8 to 21 and 219, 220, and 221 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 for the year or years for which the additional support is required.deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 346 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Funds from the agricultural reserve shall be made available for measures under Articles 8 to 21 and 219, 220, and 221 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 for the year or years for which the additional support is required.deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 357 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The amount of the agricultural reserve shall be at least EUR 4500 million in current prices at the beginning of each year of the period 2021-2027. The Commission may adjust the amount of the agricultural reserve during the year when appropriate in view of market developments or perspectives in the current or following year and taking into account available appropriations under the EAGFHeading 2 of the EU budget.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 373 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Moreover, by derogation from point (d) of Article 12(2) of the Financial Regulation, the total unused amount of the crisis reserve available at the end of year 2020 shall be carried over to the year 2021 without being returned to the budgetary lines which cover the actions referred to in point (c) of Article 5(2) and made available for the financreturned to farmers in accordance with current rules in 2021. The crisis reserve for the year 2021 shall be filled in from an extra particular budget line inserted to Heading 2 of the agricultural reserveEU budget.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 385 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
The adjustment rate determined in accordance with this Article shall only apply to direct payments in excess of EUR 2 500 to be granted to farmers in the corresponding calendar year.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 388 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Where appropriations to be carried-over as referred to in the first subparagraph remain available, the Commission may, adopt implementing acts setting out per Member State the amounts of non-committed appropriations to be reimbursed to final beneficiaries unless the overall amount of non-committed appropriations available for reimbursement represents less than 0,2% of the annual ceiling for EAGF expenditure.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 394 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission may adopt implementing acts determining supplementary payments or deductions adjusting the payments made in accordance with paragraph 3, without applying the procedure referred to in Article 101.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 396 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20
Administrative and personnel costs Expenditure relating to administrative and personnel costs effected by Member States and by beneficiaries of aid from the EAGF shall not be borne by the Fund.rticle 20 deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 398 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2
In accordance with point (b) of Article 7, the Commission shall supply that satellite data free of charge to the authorities competent for the area monitoring and control system or to suppliers of services authorised by those bodies to represent them.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 401 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 4
The Commission may entrust specialised entities to carry out tasks relating to techniques or working methods in connection with the area monitoring and control system referred to in point (c) of Article 64(1).
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 403 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) manage Union agricultural markets in a global contextadopt specific measures to appropriately align the functioning of the Union agricultural markets with view to changes in World markets;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 408 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) adopt specific measures contribute toing the transparency of wdevelopments in World markets;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 434 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1
1. Interim payments shall be made for each CAP Strategic Plan. They shall be calculated by applying the contribution-financing rate for each type of intervention to the public expenditure effected pertaining to it as referred to in Article 85 of Regulation (EU) …/…[CAP Strategic Plan Regulation].
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 439 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1
1. After receiving the last annual performance report on the implementation of a CAP Strategic Plan, the Commission shall pay the balance, subject to the availability of resources, on the basis of the financial plan in force at the level of the types of EAFRD interventions, the annual accounts for the last execution year for the relevant CAP Strategic Plan and of the corresponding clearance decisions. Those accounts shall be presented to the Commission no later than six months after the final eligibility date of expenditure provided for in Article 80(3) of Regulation (EU) No…/…[CAP Strategic Plan Regulation] and shall cover the expenditure effected by the paying agency up to the last eligibility date of expenditure.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 441 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 3
3. If, by the time limit set out in paragraph 1, the Commission has not received the last annual performance report and the documents needed for clearance of the accounts of the last execution year of the Plan, the balance shall be automatically decommitted in accordance with Article 32.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 453 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall automatically decommit any portion of a budget commitment for rural development interventions in a CAP Strategic Plan that has not been used for the purposes of prefinancing or for making interim payments or for which no declaration of expenditure fulfilling the requirements laid down in Article 30(3) has been presented to it in relation to expenditure effected by 31 December of the seconthird year following that of the budget commitment.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 460 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) that part of the budget commitments for which a declaration of expenditure has been made but for which reimbursement has been reduced or suspended by the Commission at 31 December of year N + 23;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 467 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Under EAFRD, an operation may receive different forms of support from the CAP Strategic Plan and from other European Structural and Investments Funds (ESI) Funds or Union instruments only if the total cumulated aid amount granted under the different forms of support does not exceed the highest aid intensity or aid amount applicable to that type of intervention as referred to in Title III of Regulation (EU) No…/… (CAP Strategic Plan Regulation). In such cases Member States shall not declare whole or part of expenditure to the Commission for:
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 468 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 3
The amount of expenditure to be entered into a declaration of expenditure of different aid instruments referred to in second subparagraph may be calculated on a pro rata basis, in accordance with the document setting out the conditions for support.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 473 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – point c – point i
(i) it is matched by a corresponding reported output, andeleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 477 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii
(ii) it has been effected in accordance with the applicable governance systems, not extending to the eligibility conditions for individual beneficiaries laid down in the national CAP Strategic Plans.deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 479 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 2
Point (c)(i) of the first paragraph shall not apply to advances paid to beneficiaries under types of interventions referred to in Regulation (EU) No…/…[CAP Strategic Plan Regulation].deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 481 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1
Where payment deadlines are laid down by Union law, any payment made toby the beneficiarpaying agencies byto the paying agencbeneficiaries before the earliest possible date of payment and after the latest possible date of payment shall rendermake those payments ineligible for Union financing, except in the cases, conditions and limits to be determined taking into account the principle of proportionality.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 482 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 2
The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 100, supplementing this Regulation with rules on the circumstances and conditions in which the payments referred to in the first paragraph of this Article may be deemed eligible, In order to make expenditure effected before the earliest possible date of payment or after the latest possible date of payment eligible for Union financing, while limiting the financial impact of doing so, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 100, derogating from the rule contakinged into account the principle of proportionality the first paragraph.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 492 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Where Member States do not submit the documents referred to in Articles 8(3) and 11(1) by the deadli30 Junes, as provided for in Article 8(3), the Commission may adopt implementing acts suspending the total amount of the monthly payments referred to in Article 19(3). The Commission shall reimburse the suspended amounts when it receives the missing documents from the Member State concerned, provided that the date of receipt is not later than six months after the deadline.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 493 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 2
2. Where, in the framework of the annual performance clearance referred to in Article 52, the Commission establishes that the difference between the expenditure declared and the amount corresponding to the relevant reported output is more than 50% and the Member State cannot provide duly justified reasons, the Commission may adopt implementing acts suspending the monthly payments referred to in Article 19(3) or the interim payments referred to in Article 30. The suspension shall be applied to the relevant expenditure in respect of the interventions which have been subject to the reduction referred to in Article 52(2) and the amount to be suspended shall not exceed the percentage corresponding to the reduction applied in accordance with Article 52(2). The amounts suspended shall be reimbursed by the Commission to the Member States or permanently reduced by means of the implementing act referred to in Article 52. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 100 supplementing this Regulation with rules on the rate of suspension of payments.deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 494 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 2
2. Where, in the framework of the annual performance clearance referred to in Article 52, the Commission establishes that the difference between the expenditure declared and the amount corresponding to the relevant reported output is more than 50% and the Member State cannot provide duly justified reasons, the Commission may adopt implementing acts suspending the monthly payments referred to in Article 19(3) or the interim payments referred to in Article 30. The suspension shall be applied to the relevant expenditure in respect of the interventions which have been subject to the reduction referred to in Article 52(2) and the amount to be suspended shall not exceed the percentage corresponding to the reduction applied in accordance with Article 52(2). The amounts suspended shall be reimbursed by the Commission to the Member States or permanently reduced by means of the implementing act referred to in Article 52. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 100 supplementing this Regulation with rules on the rate of suspension of payments.deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 496 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Where, in the framework of the annual performance clearance referred to in Article 52, the Commission establishes that the difference between the expenditure declared and the amount corresponding to the relevant reported output is more than 50% and the Member State cannot provide duly justified reasons, the Commission shall immediately start technical discussions with the relevant authority of that Member State to find a common solution for the smooth remedy of the situation. If they cannot find a conclusion within 6 months, the Commission may adopt implementing acts suspending the monthly payments referred to in Article 19(3) or the interim payments referred to in Article 30.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 500 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 100 supplementing this Regulation with rules on the rate of suspension of payments.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 506 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39
Suspension of payments in relation to the multi-annual performance monitoring 1. In case of delayed or insufficient progress towards targets, as set out in the national CAP Strategic Plan and monitored in accordance with Articles 115 and 116 of Regulation (EU) …/…[CAP Strategic Plan Regulation], the Commission may ask the Member State concerned to implement the necessary remedial actions in accordance with an action plan with clear progress indicators, to be established in consultation with the Commission. The Commission may adopt implementing acts laying down further rules on the elements of action plans and the procedure for setting up the action plans. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 101(3). 2. Where the Member States fails to submit or to implement the action plan referred to in paragraph 1 or if that action plan is manifestly insufficient to remedy the situation, the Commission may adopt implementing acts suspending the monthly payments referred to in Article 19(3) or the interim payments referred to in Article 30. The suspension shall be applied in accordance with the principle of proportionality to the relevant expenditure related to the interventions which were to be covered by that action plan. The Commission shall reimburse the suspended amounts when, on the basis of the performance review referred to in Article 121 of Regulation (EU) …/… [CAP Strategic Plan Regulation] satisfactory progress towards targets is achieved. If the situation is not remedied by the closure of the national CAP Strategic Plan, the Commission may adopt an implementing act definitively reducing the amount suspended for the Member State concerned. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 100 supplementing this Regulation with rules on the rate and duration of suspension of payments and the condition for reimbursing or reducing those amounts with regard to the multi-annual performance monitoring. 3. The implementing acts provided for in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 101(2). Before adopting those implementing acts, the Commission shall inform the Member State concerned of its intention and shall ask it to respond within a period which shall not be less than 30 days.Article 39 deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 511 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Where the Member States fails to submit or to implement the action plan referred to in paragraph 1 or if that action plan is manifestly insufficient tototally opposite to what is needed to remedy the situation, the Commission shall immediately start technical discussions with the relevant authority of that Member State to find a common solution for the smooth remedy of the situation. If they cannot find a conclusion within 6 months, the Commission may adopt implementing acts suspending the monthly payments referred to in Article 19(3) or the interim payments referred to in Article 30.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 516 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 100 supplementing this Regulation with rules on the rate and duration of suspension of payments and the condition for reimbursing or reducing those amounts with regard to the multi-annual performance monitoring.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 518 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – title
40 Suspension of payments in relation to deficiencies in the governance systempaying agencies
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 520 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 1
1. In case of serious deficiencies in the functioning of the governance systems, the Commission may ask the Member State concerned to implement the necessary remedial actions in accordance with an action plan with clear progress indicators, to be established in consultation with the Commission. The Commission may adopt implementing acts laying down further rules on the elements of the action plans and the procedure for setting up the action plans. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 101(3).deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 526 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Where the Member State fails to submit or to implement the action plan referred to in paragraph 1 or if that action plan is manifestly insufficientclearly opposite to what is needed to remedy the situation, the Commission may adopt implementing acts suspending the monthly payments referred to in Article 19(3) or the interim payments referred to in Article 30.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 528 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 3
3. The implementing acts provided for in this Article shall be adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 101(2). Before adopting the implementing acts referred to in paragraph 2, the Commission shall inform the Member State concerned of its intention and shall ask it to respond within a period which shall not be less than 30 days. The implementing acts determining the monthly payments referred to in Article 19(3) or the interim payments referred to in Article 30 shall take account of the implementing acts adopted under the first subparagraph of this paragraph.deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 536 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 100 supplementing this Regulation with rules on the interventions or measures for which the Member States may pay higher advances in case of emergency.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 544 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 44
Information measures 1. The provision of information financed pursuant to point (e) of Article 7 shall aim, in particular, to help explain, implement and develop the CAP and to raise public awareness of its content and objectives to reinstate consumer confidence following crises through information campaigns, to inform farmers and other parties active in rural areas and to promote the European model of agriculture, as well as to help citizens understand it. It shall supply coherent, objective and comprehensive information, both inside and outside the Union. 2. The measures referred to in paragraph 1 may consist of: (a) annual work programmes or other specific measures presented by third parties; (b) activities implemented on the initiative of the Commission. Those measures which are required by law or those measures already receiving financing under another Union action shall be excluded. In order to implement activities as referred to in point (b) of the first subparagraph, the Commission may be assisted by external experts. The measures referred to in the first subparagraph shall also contribute to the corporate communication of the Union's political priorities in so far as those priorities are related to the general objectives of this Regulation. 3. The Commission shall publish once a year a call for proposals respecting the conditions set out in the Financial Regulation. 4. The Committee referred to in Article 101(1) shall be notified of measures envisaged and taken pursuant to this Article. 5. The Commission shall present a report on the implementation of this Article to the European Parliament and to the Council every two years.Article 44 deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 553 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 100 in order to supplement this Regulation concerning the conditions under which certain types of expenditure and revenue under the Funds are to be compensated.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 560 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) whether the expenditure falling within the scope of Articles 5(2) and 6 and corresponding to the interventions referred to in Regulation (EU) …/…[CAP Strategic Plan Regulation] have a corresponding output as reported in the annual performance report;deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 561 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) whether the expenditure falling within the scope of Articles 5(2) and 6 and corresponding to the interventions referred to in Regulation (EU) …/…[CAP Strategic Plan Regulation] have a corresponding output as reported in the atriennuial performance report;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 562 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) whether the work of the certification body is carried out in accordance with Article 11 and for the purposes of Section 2 of this Chapter;deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 568 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 50 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 100 supplementing this Regulation with specific obligations to be complied with by the Member States under this Chapter and with rules in particular on the criteria for determining the cases of irregularity within the meaning of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 2988/95 and other cases of non-compliance with the conditions established by Member States in the CAP Strategic Plan, to be reported and the data to be provided.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 570 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Those implementing acts shall cover the completeness, accuracy and veracity of the annual accounts submitted and shall be without prejudice to the content of the implementing acts subsequently adopted pursuant to Articles 52 and 53.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 573 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 52
Annual performance clearance 1. Where the expenditure referred to in Articles 5(2) and 6 and corresponding to the interventions referred to in Title III of Regulation (EU) …/… [CAP Strategic Plan Regulation] does not have a corresponding output as reported in the annual performance report, the Commission shall adopt implementing acts prior to 15 October of the year following the budget year in question determining the amounts to be reduced from Union financing. Those implementing acts shall be without prejudice to the content of the implementing acts subsequently adopted pursuant to Article 53 of this Regulation. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 101(2). 2. The Commission shall assess the amounts to be reduced on the basis of the difference between the annual expenditure declared for an intervention and the amount corresponding to the relevant reported output in accordance with the national CAP Strategic Plan and taking account of justifications provided by the Member State. 3. Before the adoption of the implementing act referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission shall give the Member State an opportunity to submit its comments and justify any differences. 4. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 100 supplementing this Regulation with rules on the criteria for justifications from the concerned Member State and the methodology and criteria for applying reductions. 5. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts laying down rules on the measures to be taken in connection with the adoption of the implementing act referred to in paragraph 1 and its implementation, including the information exchange between the Commission and the Member States, the procedure and the deadlines to be respected. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 101(3).2 deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 574 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – title
52 Annual pPerformance clearance
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 575 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Where the expenditure referred to in Articles 5(2) and 6 and corresponding to the interventions referred to in Title III of Regulation (EU) …/… [CAP Strategic Plan Regulation] does not have at least 50 % of the corresponding output as reported in the annual performance report, the Commission shall immediately start technical discussions with the relevant authority of that Member State to find a common solution for the smooth remedy of the situation. If they cannot find a conclusion within 6 months, the Commission may adopt implementing acts prior to 15 October of the year following the budget year in question determining the amounts to be reduced from Union financing. Those implementing acts shall be without prejudice to the content of the implementing acts subsequently adopted pursuant to Article 53 of this Regulation.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 577 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 101(2).deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 578 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 101(2). The Commission shall inform the Member State concerned of its intention, and shall give the Member State the opportunity to submit its comments within a period of at least 30 working days, before it submits the draft implementing act in accordance with Article 3(3) of Regulation (EU) No 182/20
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 581 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 3
3. Before the adoption of the implementing act referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission shall give the Member State an opportunityies to submit its comments and, justify any differences and discuss technical issues at expert level with the Commission within 6 months.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 582 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 100 supplementing this Regulation with rules on the criteria for justifications from the concerned Member State and the methodology and criteria for applying reductions.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 585 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 53
[...]deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 593 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
The first subparagraph shall not apply to cases of non-compliance with the eligibility conditions for individual beneficiaries laid down in the national CAP Strategic Plans and national rules.deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 611 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 54 – paragraph 2
When the Union's budget is credited as referred to in the first paragraph, the Member State may retain 2s 100 % of the corresponding amounts as flat rate recovery costs, except in cases of non- compliance attributable to its administrative authorities or other official bodies.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 612 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 54 – paragraph 2
When the Union's budget is credited as referred to in the first paragraph, the Member State may retain 20s 75 % of the corresponding amounts as flat rate recovery costs, except in cases of non- compliance attributable to its administrative authorities or other official bodies.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 638 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Member States shall ensure a level of checks needed for an effective management of the risks. The authority responsible shall draw its check sample from the entire population of applicants comprising, where appropriate, a random part in order to obtain a representative error rate and a risk-based part, which shall target the areas where the risk of errors is the highest.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 639 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Member States shall ensure a level of checks needed for an effective management of the risks and may lower this level once the management and monitoring systems are functioning properly and the error rates are settled at an acceptable level.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 645 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point e
(e) other rules on the checks to be conducted by the Member States, as regards the measures laid down in Chapter IV of Regulation (EU) No 228/2013 and in Chapter IV of Regulation (EU) No 229/2013 respectively.deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 647 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 – paragraph 2
Member States shall ensure that the legality and regularity of the transaction shall only be affected up to the level of the part of the aid not to be paid or to be withdrawn.deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 649 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 62 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Member States may apply collateral-free-advances for rural development investments.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 651 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 62 – paragraph 3 – point d
(d) laying down the conditions applying to the security to be lodged and the guarantor and the conditions for lodging and releasing that security;deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 652 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 62 – paragraph 3 – point e
(e) laying down the specific conditions related to the security lodged in connection with advance payments;deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 667 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall record and keep any data and documentation on the annual outputs reported in every three years in the context of the annual performance clearance as referred to in Article 52, and the reported progress towards targets as set out in the CAP Strategic Plan and monitored in accordance with Article 115 of Regulation (EU) …/…[CAP Strategic Plan Regulation].
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 673 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 66 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall annually assesssess after every three years the quality of the identification system for agricultural parcels in accordance with the methodology set up at Union level.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 674 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 67 – paragraph 1
1. As regards the aid for the area- based interventions referred to in Article 63(2) and implemented under the national CAP Strategic Plans, Member States shall require the submission of an application by means of using the geo-spatial applicationform, provided by the competent authority to submit anin their geo-spatial application.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 676 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 67 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall annually assesssess after every three years the quality of the geo-spatial application system in accordance with the methodology set up at Union level.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 679 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall annually assesssess after every three years the quality of the area monitoring system in accordance with the methodology set up at Union level.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 680 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 1
Member States shall set up a control and penalties system for the aid as referred to in Article 63. Member States, through the paying agencies or the bodies delegated by them, shall carry out administrative checks on the aid application to verify the eligibility conditions for the aid.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 685 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 2
Paragraphs 1 to 5 of Article 57 shall apply mutatis mutandis.deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 735 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Member States shall conduct a yearly, every three years or at shorter intervals if necessary, review of the control system referred to in the first subparagraph, in light of the results achieved.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 750 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 3 – point d a (new)
(da) may establish an early warning system;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 772 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 85 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) may decide, notwithstanding paragraph 1, not to apply a penalty per beneficiary and per calendar year when the amount of the penalty is EUR 1300 or less. The finding and the obligation to take remedial action shall be notified to the beneficiary;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 780 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 85 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. No administrative penalty can be applied when non-compliance is due to: a case of force majeure or exceptional circumstances; (b) where the beneficiary concerned can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the competent authority that he or she is not at fault for the non-compliance with the obligations referred to in paragraph 1 or if the non-compliance was unintentional; (c) where the competent authority believes for other reasons that the beneficiary concerned is not at fault or that the non- compliance was unintentional; (d) where the non-compliance is of minor severity, extent or permanence.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 782 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 85 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Member States may exempt beneficiaries from administrative penalties, where the amount of aid received in one year is equal to or less than EUR 1 250 and where the eligible area is less than 10 ha.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 810 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 3
3. In case of reoccurrence, tha reasonable percentage reduction shall be higher than the one to be applied in case of non- compliance due to negligence and sanctioned for the first timeset by the Member States.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 813 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 3
3. In case of reoccurrence, the percentage reduction shall be higher than the one to be applied in case of non- compliance due to negligence and sanctioned for the first tim5 % of the total amount of the payments referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 823 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 4
4. In case of intentional non- compliance, the percentage shall be higher than the one applied in case of reoccurrence pursuant to paragraph 3at least 10 % of the total amount of the payments referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article and may go as far as total exclusion from payments and may apply for one or more calendar years.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 824 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 4
4. In case of intentional non- compliance, the percentage shall be higher than the one applied in case of reoccurrence pursuant to paragraph 3appropriately raised by the Member States and may go as far as total exclusion from payments and may apply for one or more calendar years.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 840 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 92 – paragraph 1
1. The prices and amounts referred to in Article 91(2) shall be converted in the Member States which have not adopted the euro into the national currency by means of an exchange rate. on the basis of the most recent exchange rate set by the European Central Bank prior to 1 October of the given year;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 855 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 96 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Member States shall not publish the information referred to in points (a) and (b) of Article 44(3) of the Regulation (EU) …/…[CPR Regulation] if the amount of aid received in one year by a beneficiary is equal to or less then EUR 1 250 and where the eligible area is less than 10 ha.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 859 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 100 – paragraph 2
2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Articles 10, 15, 21, 36, 38, 39, 42, 45, 50, 52, 53, 58, 62, 72, 74, 79, 86, 92, 93 and 103 shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of sevenfour years from the date of entry into force of this Regulation. The Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the sevenfour-year period. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration, unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than three months before the end of each period.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 861 #

2018/0217(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 103
Transitional measures The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 101 supplementing this Regulation with derogations from, and additions to, the rules provided for in this Regulation, where necessary.Article 103 deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 464 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) Reminds, that Article 39 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union sets out the specific objectives of the Common Agricultural Policy as follows: 1. To increase agricultural productivity by promoting technical progress and ensuring the optimum use of the factors of production, in particular labour; 2. To ensure a fair standard of living for farmers; 3. To stabilise agricultural and food markets; 4. To ensure the availability of food supplies; and 5. To ensure reasonable food prices for consumers. Highlights, that the EU's Common Agricultural Policy has to always serve the above-mentioned EU objective at the first place, while also seek to achieve the EU objectives on promoting sustainable agriculture and preserving the environment and the nature and on achieving the territorial and social cohesion in rural areas.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 471 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
(2) Since the CAP needs to sharpen its responses to the challenges and opportunities as they manifest themselves at Union, international, national, regional, local and farm levels, it is necessary to streamline the governance of the CAP and improve its delivery on the Union objectives and to significantly decrease the administrative burden on beneficiaries and on competent authorities of the Member States. In the CAP based on delivery of performance (‘delivery model’), the Union should set the basic policy parameters, such as objectives of the CAP and basiccommon requirements, while Member States should bear greater responsibility as to how they meet the objectives and achieve targets. Enhanced subsidiarity makes it possible to better take into account local conditions and needs, tailoring the support to maximise the contribution to Union objectives. Nevertheless, in order to ensure that such subsidiarity does not translate into a renationalisation of the CAP, this Regulation must include a strong body of European Union provisions designed to prevent the distortion of competition and ensure non- discriminatory treatment for all Community farmers throughout EU territory.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 513 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) In view of further improving the performance of the CAP, income support should be targeted to genuine farmers. In order to ensure a common approach at Union level for such a targeting of support, a framework definition for ‘genuine farmer’ displaying the essential elements should be set out. On the basis of this framework, Member States should define in their CAP Strategic Plans which farmers are not considered genuine farmers based on conditions such as income tests, labour inputs on the farm, company object and inclusion in registers. However, a common negative list has to be set on those entities who are excluded from direct payments similarly to the list in Article 9 paragraph (2) of the Regulation No 1307/2013/EU. It should also not result in precluding support to pluri-active farmers, who are actively farming but who are also engaged in non- agricultural activities outside their farm, as their multiple activities often strengthen the socio-economic fabric of rural areas. The framework definition must, in any event, help to preserve the model of family farming that exists in the European Union and must be based on a credible agricultural activity.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 580 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
(14) In order to foster a smartmodern, digitalised, competitive and resilient agricultural sector, direct payments keep on constituting an essential part to guarantee a fair income support to farmers. Likewise, investments into farm restructuring, modernisation, innovation, diversification and uptake of new technologies are necessary to improve farmers’ market reward.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 638 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
(21) Building on the previous system of cross-compliance implemented until 2020, the system of new conditionality links full receipt of CAP support to the compliance by beneficiaries of basic standards concerning the environment, climate change, public health, animal health, plant health and animal welfare. The basic standards encompass in a streamlined form a list of statutory management requirements (SMRs) and standards of good agricultural and environmental conditions of land (GAECs). These basic standards should better take into account the environmental and climate challenges and the new environmental architecture of the CAP, thus delivering simpler and more rational common requirements to achieve a higher level of environmental and climate ambition as the Commission announced in its Communications on the ‘Future of Food and Farming’ and the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF). Conditionality aims to contribute to the development of sustainable agriculture through better awareness on the part of beneficiaries of the need to respect those basiccommon standards. It also aims to make the CAP more compatible with the expectations of society through improving consistency of the policy with the environment, public health, animal health, plant health and animal welfare objectives. Conditionality should form an integral part of the environmental architecture of the CAP, as part of the baseline for more ambitioussimpler and more rational environmental and climate commitments, and should be comprehensively applied across the Union. For those farmers who do not comply with those requirements, Member States should ensure that proportionate, effective and dissuasive penalties are applied in accordance with [the HZR Regulation].
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 641 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21 a (new)
(21a) In order to accommodate the diversity of agricultural and livestock rearing systems and the different environmental situations across the Union, it should be recognised that, in addition to the practices on good agricultural and environmental conditions, agri-environment-climate measures or certification schemes similar to those practices also yield an equivalent or higher level of benefit for the climate and the environment. In addition, in view of the recognised environmental benefits of organic farming systems, those systems should be deemed to automatically meet the specific requirements on good agricultural and environmental practices.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 647 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
(22) The framework of standards of GAECs aims to contribute to the mitigation and adaptation to climate change, the tackling of water challenges, the protection and quality of soil and the protection and quality of biodiversity. The framework needs to be enhanced to take into account in particular the practices set until 2020 under the greening of direct payments, the mitigation of climate change and the need to improve farms sustainability, and in particular the nutrients management. It is acknowledged that each GAEC contributes to multiple objectives. In order to implement the framework, Member States should define a national standard for each of the standards set at Union level taking into account the specific characteristics of the area concerned, including soil and climatic conditions, existing farming conditions, land use, crop rotation, farming practices and farm structures. Member States may also define in addition other national standards related to the main objectives laid down in Annex III in order to improve the environmental and climate delivery of the GAEC framework. As part of GAEC framework, in order to support both the agronomic and the environmental performance of farms, nutrient management plans will be established with the help of a dedicated electronic Farm Sustainability Tool made available by the Member States to individual farmers. The tool should provide on-farm decision support starting from minimum nutrient management functionalities. A wide interoperability and modularity should also ensure the possibility to add other electronic on-farm and e-governance applications. In order to ensure a level playing field between farmers and across the Union, the Commission may provide support to the Member States in the design of the Tool as well as with the data storage and processing services required.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 675 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
(25) In order to ensure a fairer distribution of income support, the amounts of direct payments above a certain ceiling should be reduced and the product should either be used for decoupled direct payments and in priority for the complementary redistributive income support for sustainability, or be transferred to the EAFRD. In order to avoid negative effects on employment, labour should be taken into account when applying the mechanism.deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 685 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
(25) In order to ensure a fairer distribution of income support, the amounts of direct payments above a certain ceilingthe basic income support for sustainibility above a certain ceiling set at Member State level should be reduced and the product should either be used for decoupled direct payments and in priority for the complementary redistributive income support for sustainability, or be transferred to the EAFRD. In order to avoid negative effects on employment, labour should be taken into account when applying the mechanism.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 707 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26 a (new)
(26 a) Basic income support for sustainability is the main support provided by the CAP for stabilising the income of farms, and it is therefore necessary for a substantial part, amounting to at least 70 per cent of the allocations laid down in Annex VII to this Regulation, to be earmarked for this form of support.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 714 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
(28) Small farms remain a cornerstone of Union agriculture as they play a vital role in supporting rural employment and contribute to territorial development. In order to promote a more balanced distribution of support and to reduce administrative burden for beneficiaries of small amounts, Member States should have the option of offering to small farmers the possibility of replacing the other direct payments by providing a round some payment for small farmers. However, Member States should have the possibility to choose between the application of the redistributive payments and the small farmers scheme or apply them both. Regarding the structure of the direct payments, having both systems in a Member State would result the financial concurrence of the redistributive payments and the small farmers scheme which have to be avoided. With a view to further reducing the administrative burden, Member States must be authorised to automatically include certain farmers, initially, within the simplified scheme, offering them the possibility of withdrawing from it by a specific deadline. In line with the principle of proportionality, the Member States must be given the possibility of exempting small farmers that participate in the simplified scheme from conditionality checks.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 728 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
(29) In view of the acknowledged need to promote a more balanced distribution of support towards small and/or medium- sized farmers in a visible and measurable way, a specific decoupled payment per hectare, the complementary redistributive income support for sustainability whose application is voluntary for Member States, should be established at Union level. To allow for a better targeting of this complementary support and in view of acknowledging the differences in farm structures across the Union, Member States should have the possibility to provide different amounts of complementary support to different ranges of hectares.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 743 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
(31) The CAP should ensure that Member States increase the environmental delivery by respecting local needs and farmers' actual circumstances. Member States should under direct payments in the CAP Strategic Plan set up Eco-schemes voluntary for farmers, which should be fully coordinated with the other relevant interventions. They should be defined by the Member States as a payment granted either for incentivising and remunerating the provision of public goods by agricultural practices beneficial to the environment and climate or as a compensation for the introduction of these practices. In both cases they should aim at enhancing the environmental and climate performance of the CAP and should consequently be conceived to go beyond the mandatory requirements already prescribed by the system of conditionality. Member States may decide to set up eco- schemes to promote production models that are beneficial for the environment, particularly extensive livestock rearing, and to promote all kinds of for agricultural practices, among other measures, such as the enhanced management of permanent pastures and landscape features, and organic farming. These schemes may also includeenvironmental certification schemes, such as organic farming, integrated production, landscape farmer sustainable farming systems or conservation agriculture. These schemes may also include measures of a type other than rural development environmental and climate commitments, as well as measures of the same type that may be classified as ‘entry-level schemes’ which may be a condition for taking up more ambitious rural development commitments.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 768 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
(32) Member States should be allowed to use part of their financial ceiling available for direct payments for coupled income support in order to improve competitiveness, sustainability, and/or quality in certain sectors and productions, especially livestock sector and crop production, that are particularly important for social, economic or environmental reasons and undergo certain difficulties, and where other tools are not sufficient enough or don´t exist. Member States should be free to identify the sectors that should benefit from this. Furthermore, Member States should also be allowed to use an additional part of their financial ceiling available for direct payments to grant coupled income support specifically for the support of protein crop production in order to reduce the Union's deficit in this regard.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 780 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
(35) Sectoral types of interventions are needed to contribute to the CAP objectives and reinforce synergies with other CAP instruments. In line with the delivery model, minimum requirements concerning the contents and objectives for such sectoral types of interventions should be elaborated at Union level in order to ensure a level playing field in the internal market and avoid conditions of unequal and unfair competition. Member States should justify their inclusion in their CAP Strategic Plans and ensure consistency with other interventions at sectoral level. The broad types of interventions to be established at Union level should cover the sectors of fruit and vegetables, wine, apiculture products, olive oil and table olives, hops, tobacco and other products to be defined, for which the establishment of sectoral programs is deemed to have beneficial effects on the achievement of some or all of the general and specific objectives of the CAP pursued by this Regulation.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 786 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36
(36) National financial envelopes or other limitations in form of caps are needed in order to maintain specificity of intervention and facilitate programming sectoral interventions for wine, olive oil and table olives, hops, tobacco and other agricultural products to be defined in this Regulation. However, in the fruit and vegetables and apiculture sectors Union financial assistance should continue to be granted in accordance with the rules laid down in Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council18 in order not to undermine the achievement of the additional objectives that are specific to these types of interventions. Where Member States would introduce support for ‘other sectoral interventions’ in their CAP Strategic Plans, the corresponding financial allocation should be deducted from the allocation for the type of interventions in the form of direct payments of the Member State concerned in order to remain financially neutral. Where a Member State would choose not to implement sectoral interventions for hops and olive oil, the related allocations for that Member State should be made available as additional allocations for types of interventions in the form of direct payments. _________________ 18 Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671).
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 788 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36 a (new)
(36 a) In view of the increase in the allocation provided for the apiculture sector, in recognition of the important role it plays in preserving biodiversity and food production, it is appropriate to also increase the Union co-financing ceiling and to add new eligible measures designed to promote the sector’s development.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 809 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39
(39) FWithout reducing or interfering with the competences of Member States on forest management measures, forestry measures should contribute to the implementation of the Union Forest Strategy, and be based on Member States' national or sub-national forest programs or equivalent instruments, which should build on the commitments stemming from the Regulation on the inclusion of greenhouse gas emission and removals from land use, land use energy and forestry [LULUCF Regulation] and those made in the Ministerial Conferences on the Protection of Forests in Europe. Interventions should be based on forest management plans or equivalent instruments and may comprise forest area development and sustainable management of forests, including the afforestation of land, fire prevention and the creation and regeneration of agroforestry systems; the protection, restoration and improvement of forest resources, taking into account adaptation needs; investments to guarantee and enhance forest conservation and resilience, and the provision of forest ecosystem and climate services; and measures and investments in support of the renewable energy and bio-economy.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 826 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40
(40) In order to ensure a fair income and a resilient agricultural sector across the Union territory, Member States may grant support to farmers in areas facing natural and other (e.g. economic, social etc.) area- specific constraints. As regards payments for ANC, the designation of the 2014-2020 Rural Development policy should continue to apply. For the CAP to deliver enhanced Union added on the environment and reinforce its synergies with the financing of investments in nature and biodiversity, it is necessary to keep a separate measure aiming at compensating beneficiaries for disadvantages related to the implementation of Natura 2000 and Water Framework Directives. Support should therefore continue to be granted to farmers and forest holders to help address specific disadvantages resulting from the implementation of Directive 2009/147/EC and Directive 92/43/EEC and in order to contribute to the effective management of Natura 2000 sites. Support should also be made available to farmers to help address disadvantages in river basin areas resulting from the implementation of the Water Framework Directive. Support should be linked to specific requirements described in the CAP Strategic Plans that go beyond relevant mandatory standards and requirements. Member States should also ensure that payments to farmers do not lead to double funding with eco schemes. Furthermore, the specific needs of Natura 2000 areas should be taken into account by Member States in the overall design of their CAP Strategic Plans.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 845 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42
(42) In the light of the need to fill the investment gap in the Union agricultural sector and improve access to financial instruments for priority groups, notably young farmers and new entrants with higher risk profiles, use of the InvestEU guarantee and combination of grants and financial instruments should be encouraged, while maintaining the non- repayable grants at the first place. Since the use of financial instruments across Member States varies considerably as a result of differences in terms of access to finance, banking sector development, presence of risk capital, familiarity of public administrations and potential range of beneficiaries, Member States should establish in the CAP Strategic Plan appropriate targets, beneficiaries and preferential conditions, and other possible eligibility rules.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 861 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43
(43) Young farmers and new entrants still face significant barriers regarding access to land, high prices and access to credit. Their businesses are more threatened by price volatility (for both inputs and produce) and their needs in terms of training in entrepreneurial and risk management skills are high. It is therefore essential to continue the support for the setting up of new businesses and new farms. Member States should provide for a strategic approach and identify a clear and coherent set of interventions for generational renewal under the specific objective dedicated to this issue. To this aim, Member States may set in their CAP Strategic Plans preferential conditions for financial instruments for young farmers and new entrants, and should include in their CAP Strategic Plan the ring-fencing of at least an amount corresponding to 23 % of the annual direct payments' envelope. An increase of the maximum amount of aid for the installation of young farmers and rural business start-ups, up to EUR 100.000, which can be accessed also through or in combination with financial instrument form of support, should be established.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 906 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 47
(47) The EAGF should continue financing types of interventions in the form of direct payments and sectoral types of interventions, whereas the EAFRD should continue financing types of interventions for rural development as described in this Regulation. The rules for the financial management of the CAP should be laid down separately for the two funds and for the activities supported by each of them, taking into account that the new delivery model gives more flexibility and subsidiarity for Member States to reach their objectives. Types of interventions under this Regulation should cover the period from 1 January 20213 to 31 December 2027.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 907 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 48
(48) Support for direct payments under the CAP Strategic Plans should be granted within national allocations to be fixed by this Regulation. These national allocations should reflect a continuation of the changes whereby the allocations to Member States with the lowest support level per hectare are gradually increased to close 50% of the gap towards 90% of the Union average. In order to take into account the reduction of payments' mechanism and the use of its product in the Member State, the total indicative financial allocations per year in the CAP Strategic Plan of a Member State should be allowed to exceed the national allocation.deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 908 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 48
(48) Support for direct payments under the CAP Strategic Plans should be granted within national allocations to be fixed by this Regulation. These national allocations should reflect a continuation of the changes whereby the allocations to Member States with the lowest support level per hectare are gradually increased to close 50% of the gap towards 90% of the Union average. In order to take into account the reduction of payments' mechanism and the use of its product in the Member State, the total indicative financial allocations per year in the CAP Strategic Plan of a Member State should be allowed to exceed the national allocation.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 917 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 48
(48) Support for direct payments under the CAP Strategic Plans should be granted within national allocations to be fixed by this Regulation. These national allocations should reflect a continuation of the changes whereby the aAllocations to Member States with the lowest support level per hectare are gradually increased to close 50 % of the gap towards 90100 % of the Union average. In order to take into account the reduction of payments' mechanism and the use of its product in the Member State, t by adding fresh money from appropriately increased Heading 2 of the EU budget. The total indicative financial allocations per year in the CAP Strategic Plan of a Member State should be allowed to exceed the national allocation.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 933 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 50
(50) EAFRD should not provide support to investments that would harm the environment. Hence it is necessary to provide in this Regulation a number of exclusion rules, as well as the possibility to further develop these guarantees in delegated acts. Notably, the EAFRD should not finance investments in irrigation which do not contribute towards the achievement, or the preservation, of good status of the associated water body or bodies, except investments on setting up new irrigation systems or replacing the old ones by new by using only water- saving irrigation systems and investments in afforestation which are not consistent with climate and environmental objectives in line with sustainable forest management principles.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 937 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 50
(50) EAFRD should not provide support to investments that would harm the environment. Hence it is necessary to provide in this Regulation a number of exclusion rules, as well as the possibility to further develop these guarantees in delegated acts. Notably, the EAFRD should not finance investments in irrigation which do not contribute towards the achievement,goals orf the preservation, of good status of the associated water body or bodiesWater-framework Directive (Directive No 2000/60/EC) and investments in afforestation which are not consistent with climate and environmental objectives in line with sustainable forest management principles.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 944 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 52
(52) Reflecting the importance of tackling climate change in line with the Union's commitments to implement the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, this Program will contribute to mainstream climate action in the Union's policies and to the achievement of an overall target of 25% of the EU budget expenditures supporting climate objectives without endangering the productivity and the development of the EU agricultural sector. Actions under the CAP are expected to contribute 40 % of the overall financial envelope of the CAP to climate objectives. Relevant actions will be identified during the Program's preparation and implementation, and reassessed in the context of the relevant evaluations and review processes.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 990 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 58
(58) The CAP Strategic Plans should aim to ensure enhanced coherence across the multiple tools of the CAP, since it should cover types of interventions in the form of direct payments, sectoral types of interventions and types of interventions for rural development. They should also ensure and demonstrate the alignment and appropriateness of the choices made by Member States to the Union priorities and objectives. It is therefore appropriate that they contain a result-oriented intervention strategy structured around the specific objectives of the CAP, including quantified targets in relation to these objectives. In order to allow their monitoring on an a triennuial basis, it is appropriate that these targets are based on result indicators.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1018 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 64
(64) In view of the concerns related to administrative burden under shared management, the reduction of that burden and simplification should also be subject to a specific attention in the CAP Strategic Plan.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1024 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 67
(67) The common approval of the CAP Strategic Plan by the Commission with the given Member State is a crucial step in order to guarantee that the policy is implemented according to the common objectives. In accordance with the principle of subsidiarity, the Commission should provide the Member States with appropriate guidance in presenting coherent and ambitious intervention logics and it shall negotiate with the Member State concerned by a true partnership logic and seek to reach the common approval.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1044 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 74
(74) The result-orientation triggered by the delivery model requires a strong performance framework, particularly since CAP Strategic Plans would contribute to broad general objectives for other shared managed policies. A performance-based policy implies atriennuial and multi-annual assessment on the basis of selected outputs, result and impact indicators, as defined in the performance monitoring and evaluation framework. To this end, a limited and targeted set of indicators should be selected in a way which reflects as closely as possible whether the supported intervention contributes to achieving the envisaged objectives. Result and output indicators relating to climate- and environment-related objectives may include interventions set out in national environmental and climate-planning instruments emanating from Union legislation.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1046 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 75
(75) As part of the performance, monitor and evaluation framework, Member States should monitor and report annuallyin every three years to the Commission on the progress made. The information provided by the Member States are the basis on which the Commission should report on the progress towards the achievement of specific objectives over the whole programming period using for this purpose a core set of indicators.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1050 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 76
(76) Mechanisms should be in place to take action to protect the Union’s financial interests in case the CAP Strategic Plan implementation deviates significantly from the targets set. Member States may thus be asked to submit action plans in case of significant and non-justified underperformance. This could lead to suspensions and, in the end, reductions of the Union funds if the planned results are not achieved. Moreover, an overall performance bonus is established as part of the incentive mechanism based on allocating the performance bonus, in view of encouraging good environmental and climate performances.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1056 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 81
(81) Personal data collected for the purposes of the application of any provision enshrined in this Regulation should be processed in a way that is compatible with those purposes. It should also be made anonymous, be aggregated when processed for monitoring or evaluation purposes, and be protected in accordance with Union law concerning the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, in particular Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council19 and Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council20 . Data should be not collected and not published of those beneficiaries, whose aid received in one year is equal to or less then EUR 1 250 and where the eligible area is less than 10 ha. Data subjects should be informed of such processing and of their data protection rights. _________________ 19 Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2000 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and bodies and on the free movement of such data (OJ L 8, 12.1.2001, p. 1). 20 Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p. 1).
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1063 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 86
(86) In order to amend certain non- essential elements of this Regulation, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU should be delegated to the Commission in respect of the Member States’ allocations for types of interventions in the form of direct payments and rules on the content of the CAP Strategic Plan.deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1065 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 87
(87) 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 as regards the fixing of reference areas for the support for oilseeds, rules for the authorisation of land and varieties for the purposes of the crop- specific payment for cotton and related notifications, the calculation of the reduction where the eligible area of cotton exceeds the base area, the Union financial assistance for distillation of by-products of wine-making, the annual breakdown by Member State of the total amount of Union support for types of interventions for rural development, rules on the presentation of the elements to be included in the CAP Strategic Plan, rules on the procedure and time limits for the approval of CAP Strategic Plans and the submission and approval of requests for amendment of CAP Strategic Plans, uniform conditions for the application of the information and publicity requirements relating to the possibilities offered by the CAP Strategic Plans, rules relating to the performance, monitoring and evaluation framework, rules for the presentation of the content of the atriennuial performance report, rules on the information to be sent by the Member States for the performance assessment by the Commission and rules on the data needs and synergies between potential data sources, and arrangements to ensure a consistent approach for determining the attribution of the performance bonus to Member States. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council.22 _________________ 22 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 the Member States of the Commission's exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13).
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1072 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 92
(92) In order to facilitate the transition from the arrangements provided for in Regulations (EU) No 1305/2013 and (EU) No 1307/2013 to those laid down in this Regulation, the power to adopt certain acts should be delegated to the Commission in respect of measures to protect any acquired rights and legitimate expectations of beneficiaries.deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1087 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. This Regulation applies to Union 2. support financed by the EAGF and the EAFRD for interventions specified in a CAP Strategic Plan drawn up by the Member States and approved by the Commission, covering the period from 1 January 20213 to 31 December 2027.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1090 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2
2. Chapter III of Title II, Chapter II of Title III and Articles 41 and 43 of Regulation (EU) [CPR] of the European Parliament and of the Council26 shall apply to support financed by the EAFRD under this Regulation. _________________ 26 Regulation (EU) […/…] of the European Parliament and of the Council of [date] [full tittle] (OJ L ).
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1110 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) 'targets' means pre-agreed valuindicative values set by Member States to be achieved at the end of the period in relation to the result indicators included under a specific objective;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1118 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point j
(j) 'milestones' means intermediate targets to be achieved at a given point in time during the CAP Strategic Plan period in relation to the indicators included under a specific objective.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1131 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall provide in their CAP Strategic Plan at least the definitions of agricultural activity, agricultural area, eligible hectare, genuine farmer and young farmer on the following basis:
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1138 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) 'agricultural activity' shall be defined in a way that it includes both the production of agricultural products listed in Annex I to the TFEU, including cotton and short rotation coppice, and maintenance of the agricultural area in a state which makes it suitable for grazing or cultivation, without preparatory action going beyond usual agricultural methods and machineries;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1171 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii
(iii) 'permanent grassland and permanent pasture' (together referred to as 'permanent grassland') shall be land not included in the crop rotation of the holding for five years or more, used to grow grasses or other herbaceous forage naturally (self-seeded) or through cultivation (sown). It may include other species such as shrubs and/or trees which can be grazed or produce animal feed provided that the grasses and other herbaceous forage are predominant. It may also be land used for pasture that forms part of local established practices, under which grasses and other herbaceous forage have not traditionally predominated on pastureland, or else land used for pasture in which grasses and other herbaceous forage are not predominant, or are not present, on the pastureland. Where Member States so decide, land for pasture that has been rotated during the past five years or more shall be excluded from the definition;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1215 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) 'genuine farmers' shall be defined in a way to ensure that no support is granted to those whose agricultural activity forms only an insignificant part of their overall economic activities or whose principal business activity is not agricultural, while not precluding from support pluri-active farmers. The definition shall allow to determine which farmers are not considered genuine farmers, based on conditions such as income tests, labour inputs on the farm, company object and/or inclusion in registers.deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1236 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) 'genuine farmers' shall be defined in a way to ensure that no support is granted to those whose agricultural activity forms only an insignificant part of their overall economic activities or whose principal business activity is not agricultural, while not precluding from support pluri-activeyoung farmers. The definition shall allow to determine which farmers are not considered genuine farmers, based on conditions such as income tests, labour inputs on the farm, company object and/or inclusion in registers. Member States may decide not to include the definition of 'genuine farmers' in their CAP Strategic Plans.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1248 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(d a) No direct payments shall be granted to natural or legal persons, or to groups of natural or legal persons, who operate airports, railway services, waterworks, real estate services, permanent sport and recreational grounds.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1251 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e – introductory part
(e) 'young farmer' shall be defined in a way that it includefor all the strategic plan interventions in such a way that it includes a ceiling of mean age of farmers in the Member State concerned, as well as:
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1255 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e – point i
(i) a maximum age limit that may not exceed 40 years;deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1264 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e – point i a (new)
(i a) Member States may increase the maximum age limit laid down in the first paragraph to 45 years of age if, their mean age is below of the above-mentioned age and, in the light of an analysis of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT analysis), such an increase is necessary to contribute to meeting the objective laid down in Article 6(1)(g);
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1265 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e – point i b (new)
(i b) When evaluating compliance with the conditions for being head of the holding, Member States shall take into account the arrangements for the participation of various members in the leadership of associations.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1299 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
SIn conjunction with the CAP objectives set out in Article 39 of the TFEU, support from the EAGF and EAFRD shall aim to further improve the sustainable development of farming, food andproduction and the territorially balanced development of rural areas and shall contribute to achieving the following general objectives in the economic, environmental and social spheres:
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1305 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to foster a smart, modernised, digitalised, competitive, resilient and diversified agricultural sector ensuring food security;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1313 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to bolster environmental care and climate action and to contribute to the environmental- and climate-related objectives of the Union by simple and rational measures and requirements;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1321 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) to strengthen the socio-economic fabric of rural areas by placing special emphasis on pursuing a fair standard of living for the agricultural population, in accordance with Article 39(b) TFEU, and on tackling rural depopulation.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1339 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Those objectives, where relevant, shall be complemented by the cross-cutting objective of modernising the sector by fostering and sharing of knowledge, innovation and digitalisation in agriculture and rural areas, and encouraging their uptake.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1374 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) ensure market stabilisation, enhance market orientation and increase competitiveness, including greater focus on research, technology and digitalisation;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1387 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) improve the farmers' bargaining position in the valuefood supply chain;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1437 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) attract young farmers and new farmers, and facilitate business development in rural areas;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1449 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) promote employment, growth, social inclusion, the participation of women in the rural economy and local development in rural areas, including bio- economy and sustainable forestry;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1482 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) improve the response of EU agriculture to societal demands on food and health, including safe, nutritious and sustainable food, food waste, as well asquality and security, environmental sustainability and animal welfare.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1495 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. When pursuingIn order to achieve the specific objectives Member States shall ensure simplification and performance of the CAP supportset out in this Regulation, the European Commission and the Member States shall ensure simplification requirements and procedures and that administrative burden of the CAP support is reduced as far as possible.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1506 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. The Member States’ strategic plans may elect not to address all the objectives laid down in paragraph 1, if there are grounds for not doing so based on the analysis of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT analysis).
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1509 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Achievement of the objectives referred to in Articles 5 and 6(1) shall be assessed on the basis of basic common indicators related to output, result and impact. Other, more detailed indicators reflecting the actual situation in the Member States shall be defined by the Member States in their CAP Strategic Plans The set of basic common indicators shall include:
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1536 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 138 amending Annex I to adapt the common output, result and impact indicators to take into account the experience with their application and, where needed, to add new indicators.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1564 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Member States shall establish the legal frameworkprovide for national arrangements governing the granting of Union support to beneficiaries on the basis of the CAP Strategic Plan and in accordance with the principles and requirements set out in this Regulation and Regulation (EU) [HzR].
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1571 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10
WTO domestic support 1. Member States shall ensure that the interventions based on the types of interventions which are listed in Annex II to this Regulation, including the definitions set out in Article 3 and the definitions to be formulated in the CAP Strategic Plans set out in Article 4, respect the provisions of paragraph 1 of Annex 2 to the WTO Agreement on Agriculture. Those interventions shall also respect the provisions of the additional paragraph of Annex 2 to the WTO Agreement on Agriculture as set out in Annex II to this Regulation. Interventions belonging to types of interventions other than the basic income support for sustainability, the complementary redistributive income support for sustainability, the complementary income support for young farmers and the schemes for the climate and the environment may instead respect a different paragraph of Annex 2 to the WTO Agreement on Agriculture if that is justified in the CAP Strategic Plan. 2. Member States shall ensure that the interventions based on the crop-specific payment for cotton provided for in Subsection 2 of Section 3 of Chapter II of this Title respect the provisions of Article 6(5) of the WTO Agreement on Agriculture.Article 10 deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1583 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that the interventions based on the crop- specific payment for cotton provided for in Subsection 2 of Section 3 of Chapter II of this Title respect the provisions of Article 6(5) of the WTO Agreement on Agriculture.deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1587 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 a (new)
Article 10 a Ensuring WTO commitments The European Commission will ensure that the Member States’ strategic plans comply with the World Trade Organisation (WTO) commitments.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1608 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Member States may exempt certain categories of agricultural holdings from a part or the entire set of conditions. Beneficiaries of the Small Farmers Scheme are totally exempted from conditionality requirements.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1623 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that all agricultural areas including land which is no longer used for production purposes, is maintained in good agricultural and environmental condition. Member States shall define, at national or regional level, minimum standards for beneficiaries for good agricultural and environmental condition of land in line with the main objective of the standards as referred to in Annex III, taking into account the specific characteristics of the areas concerned, including soil and climatic condition, the specific agronomic and ecologic characteristics of different productions, existing farming systems, land use, crop diversification and crop rotation, farming practices, and farm structures.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1658 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall establish a system for providing the Farm Sustainability Tool for Nutrients referred to in Annex III, with the minimum content and functionalities defined therein, to beneficiaries, who shall use the Tool. The Commission may support the Member States with the design of that Tool and with data storage and processing services requirements.deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1670 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Member States shallmay establish a system where appropriate for providing the Farm Sustainability Tool for Nutrients referred to in Annex III, with the minimum content and functionalities defined therein, to beneficiaries, who shall use the Tool.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1691 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 138 supplementing this Regulation with rules for good agricultural and environmental condition, including establishing the elements of the system of the ratio of permanent grassland, the year of reference and the rate of conversion under GAEC 1 as referred to in Annex III, the format and additional minimum elements and functionalities of the Farm Sustainability Tool for Nutrients.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1730 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that the farm advice given is impartial and that advisors have no conflict of interest according to the definition set in Article 57 of the Financial Regulation (Regulation No 966/2012/EU).
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1767 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point f a (new)
(f a) permanent assistance during the first year and specific advices for farmers setting up for the first time;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1823 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Member States may continue to grant transitional national aid on the basis of Article 37 of Regulation No 1307/2013/EU, in order to allow for a gradual phasing-out of these payments by an annual 10 percentage points starting out in 2021 with 40 % of the level of payments in each of the sector-specific financial envelopes as authorised by the Commission in accordance with Article 132 paragraph (7) or Article 133a paragraph (5) of Regulation No 73/2009/EC in 2013.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1825 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15
Reduction of payments 1. Member States shall reduce the amount of direct payments to be granted to a farmer pursuant to this Chapter for a given calendar year exceeding EUR 60 000 as follows: (a) by at least 25 % for the tranche between EUR 60 000 and EUR 75 000; (b) by at least 50 % for the tranche between EUR 75 000 and EUR 90 000; (c) by at least 75 % for the tranche between EUR 90 000 and EUR 100 000; (d) by 100 % for the amount exceeding EUR 100 000. 2. Before applying paragraph 1, Member States shall subtract from the amount of direct payments to be granted to a farmer pursuant to this Chapter in a given calendar year: (a) the salaries linked to an agricultural activity declared by the farmer, including taxes and social contributions related to employment; and (b) the equivalent cost of regular and unpaid labour linked to an agricultural activity practiced by persons working on the farm concerned who do not receive a salary, or who receive less remuneration than the amount normally paid for the services rendered, but are rewarded through the economic result of the farm business. To calculate the amounts referred to in points a) and b), Member States shall use the average standard salaries linked to an agricultural activity at national or regional level multiplied by the number of annual work units declared by the farmer concerned. 3. The estimated product of the reduction of payments shall primarily be used to contribute to the financing of the complementary redistributive income support for sustainability and thereafter of other interventions belonging to decoupled direct payments. Member States may also use all or part of the product to finance types of interventions under the EAFRD as specified in Chapter IV by means of a transfer. Such transfer to the EAFRD shall be part of the CAP Strategic Plan financial tables and may be reviewed in 2023 in accordance with Article 90. It shall not be subject to the maximum limits for the transfers of funds from the EAGF to the EAFRD established under Article 90. 4. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 138 supplementing this Regulation with rules establishing a harmonised basis for calculation for the reduction of payments laid down in paragraph 1 to ensure a correct distribution of the funds to the entitled beneficiaries.Article 15 deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1828 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall reduce the amount of direct paymentsbasic income support for sustainibility to be granted to a farmer pursuant to this Chapter for a given calenda, where that amount exceeds a threshold laid down for year exceedingch country, which may not be less than EUR 6140 000 as follows:. The reduction shall be at least 25 % of payments, and a maximum of 100 %.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1832 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shallmay reduce the amount of direct paymentsbasic income support for sustainibility to be granted to a farmer pursuant to this Chapter for a given calendar year exceeding EUR 60 000 as follows:in line with their farm structure and their specific agricultural characteristics.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1859 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) by at least 25 % for the tranche between EUR 60 000 and EUR 75 000;deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1873 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) by at least 50 % for the tranche between EUR 75 000 and EUR 90 000;deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1881 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) by at least 75 % for the tranche between EUR 90 000 and EUR 100 000;deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1902 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) by 100 % for the amount exceeding EUR 100 000.deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1922 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Before applying paragraph 1, Member States shall subtractmay subtract the salaries linked to an agricultural activity actually paid and declared by the farmer in the previous calendar year, including taxes and social contributions related to employment, from the amount of direct payments to be granted to a farmer pursuant to this Chapter 1 of Title III in a given calendar year:. Where no data is available on the salaries actually paid and declared by the farmer in the previous calendar year, the most recent data available shall be used.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1954 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) salary costs for labour hired via enterprises providing farming or livestock labour services for farms;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1963 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
To calculate the amounts referred to in points a) and b), Member States shall use the average standard salaries linked to an agricultural activity at national or regional level multiplied by the number of annual work units declared by the farmer concerned.deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2005 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 138 supplementing this Regulation with rules establishing a harmonised basis for calculation for the reduction of payments laid down in paragraph 1 to ensure a correct distribution of the funds to the entitled beneficiaries.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2028 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
When setting the area threshold, Member States shall aim at ensuring that decoupled direct payments may only be granted to genuine farmers if:
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2029 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) the management of the corresponding payments does not cause excessive administrative burden, andeleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2046 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3
3. Without prejudice to Articles 19 to 24, the basic income support shall be granted for each eligible hectare declared by a genuine farmer.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2062 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2
2. Member States may decide to differentiate the amount of the basic income support per hectare amongst different groups of territories faced with similar socio-economicccording to different socio-economic, ecologic, natural or agronomic conditions.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2075 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2
2. Where Member States having applied the basic payment scheme as laid down in Section 1 of Chapter I of Title III of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 decide not to grant the basic income support based on payment entitlements, the payment entitlements allocated under Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 shall expire on 31 December 20202.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2155 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – title
25 RoundLump sum payment for small farmers
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2164 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1
Member States may grant payments to small farmers (participating in the Small Farmers Scheme) as defined by Member States by way of a roundlump sum, replacing direct payments under this Section and Section 3 of this Chapter. Member States shall design the corresponding intervention in the CAP Strategic Plan as optional for the farmers. Beneficiaries of the Small Farmers Scheme are totally exempted from conditionality requirements.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2194 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shallmay provide for a complementary redistributive income support for sustainability (‘redistributive income support’) under the conditions set out in this Article and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2206 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shallmay ensure redistribution of support from bigger to smaller or medium-sized farms by providing for a redistributive income support in the form of an annual decoupled payment per eligible hectare to farmers who are entitled to a payment under the basic income support referred to in Article 17.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2222 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shallmay establish an amount per hectare or different amounts for different ranges of hectares, as well as the maximum number of hectares per farmer for which the redistributive income support shall be paid.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2235 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. As an exemption, Members States applying the voluntary Small Farmers Scheme in their CAP Strategic Plans may omit using the redistributive support.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2259 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2
2. As part of their obligations to contribute to the specific objective ‘attract young farmers and facilitate business development in rural areas’ set out in point (g) of Article 6(1) and to dedicate at least 23 % of their allocations for direct payments to this objective in accordance with Article 86 paragraph (4), Member States may provide a complementary income support for young farmers who have newly set up for the first timeas actual head of a holding and who are entitled to a payment under the basic income support as referred to in Article 17.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2272 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3
3. The complementary income support for young farmers shall be granted for a maximum period of 7 years and shall take the form of an annual decoupled payment per eligible hectare.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2296 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shallmay provide support for voluntary schemes for the climate and the environment (‘eco- schemes’) under the conditions set out in this Article and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2303 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shallmay support under this type of intervention genuinthose farmers who make commitments to observe, on eligible hectares, agricultural practices beneficial for the climate, the landscape and the environment. These practices shall be related to specific environmental, natural, ecological or climatic challenges and to the preservation of the landscape. These practices shall be different from those adopted under the agro-environmental schemes under Pillar II.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2340 #

2018/0216(COD)

3. Member States shall establish the list of agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment. The list may consist of measures of a type other than those covered under Article 65.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2407 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 5 – point c
(c) go beyond the conditions established for the maintenance of the agricultural area in accordance with point (a) of Article 4(1). Certain agricultural areas having low agricultural and/or economic potential, but representing a high natural value and serving as a buffer zone for other neighbouring agricultural territories also may satisfy this condition;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2411 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 5 – point c a (new)
(ca) meet the requirements laid down in points (a), (b) and (c) and contribute to the maintenance of practices that are beneficial for the environment, in particular extensive livestock rearing.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2440 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
6. Support for eco-schemes shall take the form of an annual payment per eligible hectare or per farm and it shall be granted as either:
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2464 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 8
8. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 138 supplementing this Regulation with further rules on the eco-schemes.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2480 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may grant coupled income support to genuine farmers under the conditions set out in this Subsection and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2481 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2
2. Coupled support may only be granted to those sectors or to those regions of a Member State where specific types of farming or specific agricultural sectors that are particularly important for economic, social or environmental reasons undergo certain difficulties. The Member States’ interventions shall help the supported sectors and productions or specific types of farming therein listed in Article 30 addressing the difficulty or difficulties they undergo by improving their competitiveness, their sustainability or their quality.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2496 #

2018/0216(COD)

3. Coupled income support shall take the form of an annual payment per hectare or animal or yield.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2503 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30
Scope Coupled income support may only be granted to the following sectors and productions or specific types of farming therein where these are important for economic, social or environmental reasons: cereals, oilseeds, protein crops, grain legumes, flax, hemp, rice, nuts, starch potato, milk and milk products, seeds, sheepmeat and goatmeat, beef and veal, olive oil, silkworms, dried fodder, hops, sugar beet, cane and chicory, fruit and vegetables, short rotation coppice and other non-food crops, excluding trees, used for the production of products that have the potential to substitute fossil materials.Article 30 deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2523 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Coupled income support may only be granted to the following sectors and productions or specific types of farming therein where these are important for economic, social or environmental reasons: cereals, oilseeds, protein crops, grain legumes, flax, hemp, rice, nuts, starch potato, milk and milk products, seeds, sheepmeat and goatmeat, beef and veal, pigmeat, poultrymeat, eggs, tobacco, olive oil, silkworms, dried fodder, hops, sugar beet, cane and chicory, fruit and vegetables, short rotation coppice and other non-food crops, excluding trees, used for the production of products that have the potential to substitute fossil materials.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2524 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Coupled income support may only be granted to the following sectors and productions or specific types of farming therein where these are important for economic, social or environmental reasons: cereals, oilseeds, protein crops, grain legumes, flax, hemp, rice, nuts, starch potato, milk and milk products, seeds, sheepmeat and goatmeat, beef and veal, pigmeat, poultrymeat, eggs, olive oil, silkworms, dried fodder, hops, sugar beet, cane and chicory, fruit and vegetables, short rotation coppice and other non-food crops, excluding trees, used for the production of products that have the potential to substitute fossil materials.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2563 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Where the coupled income support intervention concerns some or all of the oilseeds referred to in the Annex to the Memorandum of Understanding between the European Economic Community and the United States of America on oilseeds34 , the total of the support area based upon the planned outputs included in the CAP Strategic Plans of the Member States concerned shall not exceed the maximum support area for the whole Union for the purpose of ensuring compliance with its international commitments. In this context soybean is a protein crop. _________________ 34 Memorandum of Understanding between the Economic Community and the United States of America on oil seeds under GATT (OJ L147, 18/06/1993).
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2566 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Where Member States intend to increase their planned outputs referred to in paragraph 1 as approved by the Commission in the CAP Strategic Plans, they shall notify the Commission of the revised planned outputs by means of a request for amendment of the CAP Strategic Plans in accordance with Article 107 before 1 January of the year preceding the claim year concerned. Such an amendment shall not be counted for the purposes of Article 107 paragraph (7).
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2568 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 4
4. With regard to the oilseeds concerned by the Memorandum of Understanding referred to in the first subparagraph of paragraph 1, Member States shall inform the Commission of the total number of hectares for which support has been actually paid in the atriennuial performance reports referred to in Article 121.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2586 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) tobacco sector;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2587 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – point e b (new)
(eb) potato sector (0701 potato fresh or chilled);
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2588 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – point e c (new)
(ec) GMO-free protein crops;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2645 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) boosting products' commercial value and quality, including improving product quality in particular by processing and developing products with a protected designation of origin, with a protected geographical indication or covered by a national quality schemes; those objectives relate to the specific objective set out in point (b) of Article 6(1);
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2667 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) investments in tangible and non- tangible assets, in particular and other actions, for example those focused on water saving, energy saving, ecological packaging and waste reduction making the management of the volumes placed on the market more efficient;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2677 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) actions to plan and adjust supply to demand;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2683 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) research and experimental production, in particular focusedcluding examples onf water saving, energy saving, ecological packaging, waste reduction, pest resilience, reduction of risks and impacts of pesticides use, preventing damage caused by adverse climatic events and boosting the use of fruit and vegetable varieties adapted to changing climate conditions;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2684 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) collective storage of products produced by the producer organisation or by members of the producer organisation;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2710 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point m
(m) implementation of Union and national quality schemes and other public and private schemes;;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2717 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point n
(n) promotion and communication, including actions and activities aimed at diversification and consolidation of the fruit and vegetables markets, efforts on finding new market outlets following the closure of third-country markets and at informing about the health advantages of consumption of fruit and vegetables;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2753 #

2018/0216(COD)

(ia) market studies in third countries;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2761 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 2 – point k
(k) advisory services and technical assistance, in particular concerning sustainable pest control techniques and sustainable uscluding training measures and the exchange of pbesticides practice.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2766 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 2
2. Operational programs shall have a minimum duration of three years and a maximum duration of seven years. They shall pursue the objectives referred to in points (d) and (e) of Article 42 and at least two other objectives referred to in that Article.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2769 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 3
3. For each objective selected, tThe operational programs shall describe the interventions selected from among those set out by the Member States in their CAP Strategic Plans.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2778 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Operational programs of associations of producer organisationAssociations of producer organisations may submit partial or total operational programmes made up of measures identified, but not delivered, by member organisations in their operational programmes. Those programmes shall not cover the same intervenoperations as operational programs of member organisations. Member States shall consider operational programs of associations of producer organisations together with operational programs of member organisations.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2784 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 7 – point a
(a) at least 20% of expenditure under operational programs covers the interventions linkedthe operative programmes contributes in line with the information set under the conditions laid down in Article 92 to the objectives referred to in Article 42 points (d) and (e). The Member States may take into account the interventions set in this Regulation contributing to the objectives referred to in Article 42 points (d) and (e) of Article 42undertaken by the producer organisation or its members;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2798 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 7 – point b
(b) at least 5% of expenditure under operational programs covers the intervention linked to the objective referred to in point (c) of Article 42;deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2805 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. All the operational programmes approved before the entry into force of this Regulation shall be governed in accordance with Regulation No 1308/2013/EU until the date scheduled for their completion.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2814 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) Union and national financial assistance, which may be granted to producer organisations or to their associations where those associations present an operational program.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2864 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 1
1. In regions of the Member States in which the degree of organisation of producers in the fruit and vegetables sector is significantly below the Union average, Member States may grant producer organisations recognised under Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 national financial assistance equal to a maximum of 80 % of the financial contributions referred to in point (a) of Article 45(1) and up to 10 % of the value of the marketed production of any such producer organisation. Member States may grant national financial assistance equal to a maximum of 96 % of the financial contributions referred to in Article 4 paragraph (1) point a) for an operational program or part of an operational program satisfying at least one of the conditions set in Article 46 paragraph (3) points b), c), d), f), or g). The national financial assistance shall be additional to the operational fund.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2870 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The degree of organisation of producers in a region of a Member State shall be considered as significantly below the Union average where the average degree of organisation has been less than 20% for three consecutive years preceding the implementation of the operational programCAP Strategic Plan. The degree of organisation shall be calculated as the value of fruit and vegetables production that was obtained in the region concerned and marketed by producer organisations and associations of producer organisations recognised under Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, divided by the total value of the fruit and vegetables production that was obtained in that region.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2876 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall choose in their CAP Strategic Plans for eachthe specific objectives set out in Article 6(1) one or more of the following types of interventions in the apiculture sector:
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2883 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) setting up and / or developing national bee health networks;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2886 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) actions to support laboratories for the analysis of apiculture products and for combating bee losses or productivity drops that it may incur for participant beekeepers;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2907 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
(ha) investments in tangible and non- tangible assets;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2912 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point h b (new)
(hb) labelling of country of origin;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2913 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point h c (new)
(hc) measures to promote cooperation between beekeepers and farmers, particularly with a view to reducing the impact of pesticide use;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2915 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point h d (new)
(hd) promotion of honey and other bee products;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2916 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point h e (new)
(he) measures to improve the pollination of honeybees and other wild pollinators.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2925 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The aid intensity of Union financial assistance to the interventions referred to in paragraph 2 shall be at least 70% of the charges of the beneficiaries.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2941 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) improve competitiveness of Union wine producers including contributing to improvement of sustainable production systems and reduction of environmental impact of the Union wine sector; those; that objectives relates to the specific objectives set out in points (b) to (f) andArticle 6 paragraph (h1) of Article 6(1point (b);
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2946 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) improve performance of Union wine enterprises and their adaptation to market demands, as well as increase their competitiveness as regards the production and marketing of grapevine products, including energy savings, global energy efficiency and sustainable processes; those objectives relate to the specific objectives set out in points (a), to (e), (g) and (h) of Article 6(1Article 6 paragraph (1) points (a), to (c);
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2952 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) increase the marketability and competitiveness of Union grapevine products, in particular by developing innovative products, processes and technologies, and by adding value at any stage of the supply chain, including an element of knowledge transfer; thatose objectives relates to the specific objectives set out in points (a), (b), (c), (e) and (i) of Article 6(1Article 6 paragraph 1 points (a) to (c);
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2953 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) use of wine making by-products for industrial and energy purposes ensuring the quality of Union wine while protecting the environment; that objective relates to the specific objectives set out in points (d) and (e) of Article 6(1);
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2958 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) contribute to increasing consumer awareness about responsible consumption of wine and about Union quality schemes for wine; that objective relates to the specific objectives set out in points (b) andArticle 6 paragraph (i1) of Article 6(1point (b);
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2964 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) improve competitiveness of Union grapevine products in third countries; that objective relates to the objectives set out in points (b) andArticle 6 paragraph (h1) of Article 6(1point (b);
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3008 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – point h – point iv a (new)
(iva) consolidation of existing markets
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3061 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 54 – paragraph 4
4. The Member States concerned shall set in their CAP Strategic Plans a minimum percentage of expenditure for actions aimed at protection of the environment, adaption to climate change, improving sustainability of production systems and processes, reduction of environmental impact of the Union wine sector, energy savings and improving global energy efficiency in the wine sector.deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3103 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The Member States shall pursue one or more of the following objectives with a view to the implementation of the operational programmes or national financial assistance in the other sectors referred to in point (f) of Article 39:
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3167 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) advisory services and technical assistance for combating pests and animal diseases;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3186 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) investments in tangible and non- tangible assets and other actions making the management of the volumes placed on the market more efficient and better adjustment to supply and demand;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3191 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
(da) support measures for veterinary actions;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3209 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 61 – paragraph 1
1. In each sector concerned, the objectives and the interventions set out by the Member States in their CAP Strategic Plans shall be implemented through approved operational programs of producer organisations and/or associations of producer organisations recognised under Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, or through national financial assistance under the conditions laid down in this Article.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3211 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 61 – paragraph 2
2. Operational programs and national financial assistance in the sectors referred to in point (f) of Article 39 shall have a minimum duration of three years and a maximum duration of seven years.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3212 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 61 – paragraph 3
3. The operational programs and national financial assistance shall describe the interventions selected from among those set out by the Member States in their CAP Strategic Plans.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3241 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 63 – title
63 Union and national financial assistances
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3252 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 63 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States may grant national financial assistance to other agricultural sectors with due regard to the conditions set out in Article 61;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3419 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. In duly justified cases, where the interventions are oriented towards environmental and climate commitments under organic production and the improvement of genetic resources in the livestock sector, the payment may be a per-farm payment.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3439 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 66 – paragraph 2
2. These payments shall be granted to gbenuine farmereficiaries in respect of areas designated pursuant to Article 32 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3512 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point f
(f) investments in irrigation which are not consistent with the achievement of good status of water bodies, as laid down in Article 4(1) of Directive 2000/60/EC, including expansion of irrigation affecting water bodies whose status has been defined as less than good in the relevant river basin management plan;deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3518 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point f
(f) investments in irrigation which are not consistent with the achievement of good status of water bodies, as laid down in Article 4(1) of goals of the Water- framework Directive (Directive No 2000/60/EC, including expansion of irrigation affecting water bodies whose status has been defined as less than good in the relevant river basin management plan);
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3519 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point f
(f) investments in irrigation which are not consistent with the achievement of good status of water bodies, as laid down in Article 4(1) of Directive 2000/60/EC, including expansion of irrigation affecting water bodies whose status has been defined as less than good in the relevant river basin management plan, except investments on setting up new irrigation systems or replacing the old ones by new by using water-saving irrigation systems;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3599 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) investments made by young farmers;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3623 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may grant support for the installation of young farmers, new farmers and rural business start-up under the conditions set out in this Article and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans with the view of contributing to the achievement of the specific objectives set out in Article 6.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3638 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
(aa) setting up of new farmers;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3843 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 73 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The Managing Authority of the CAP Strategic Plan or other designated intermediate bodies shall define selection criteria for interventions relating to the following types of interventions: investments, installation of young farmers and rural business start-up, cooperation, knowledge exchange and information and technical assistance (TA), after consultation of the Monitoring Committee referred to in Article 111. Selection criteria shall aim to ensure equal treatment of applicants, better use of financial resources and targeting of the support in accordance with the purpose of the interventions.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3863 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 75 – title
75 UPossible use of the EAFRD delivered through or combined with InvestEU
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3864 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 75 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
In accordance with Article 10 of Regulation (EU) [CPR] and the requirements set out in this Article, Member States may allocate, in the CAP Strategic Plan, the amount to be delivered through InvestEU. The amount to be delivered through InvestEU shall not exceed 5 % of the total EAFRD allocation, except in duly justified cases. The CAP Strategic Plan shall contain the justification of the use of the InvestEu budgetary guarantees in case of those Member States which decide to use the InvestEU Scheme.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3865 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 75 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Where a contribution agreement, as set out in Article [9] of the [InvestEU Regulation], has not been concluded by 31 December 20213 for an amount referred to in paragraph 1, the Member State shall submit a request for amendment of the CAP Strategic Plan in accordance with Article 107, to use the corresponding amount.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3871 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 78 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) investments as referred to in Article 68;deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3883 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 80 – paragraph 1
1. Expenditure shall be eligible for contribution from the EAGF and the EAFRD from 1 January of the year following the year of the approval ofthe date the CAP Strategic Plan byis submitted to the Commission.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3890 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 80 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
By way of derogation from Article 73(5) and the first subparagraph, in cases of emergency measures due to natural disasters, catastrophic events or adverse climatic events, including fire, drought and flooding or a significant and sudden change in the socio-economic conditions of the Member State or region, the CAP Strategic Plan may provide that eligibility of EAFRD financed expenditure relating to amendments of the plan may start from the date on which the event occurred.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3893 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 80 – paragraph 3
3. Expenditure shall be eligible for a contribution from the EAFRD if it has been incurred by a beneficiary and paid by 31 December [202930]. In addition, expenditure shall only be eligible for a contribution from the EAFRD if the relevant aid is actually paid by the paying agency by 31 December [202930].
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3898 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 82 – paragraph 6
6. Member States may decide in their CAP Strategic Plans to use up to 3 % of the Member States’ allocations for direct payments set out in Annex IV, after deduction of the amounts available for cotton set out in Annex VI, for types of intervention in other sectors referred to in Section 7 of Chapter III of Title III. Member States may, in addition to the 3 % of the Member States’ allocations for direct payments, grant national aid for the financing of the intervention in other sectors referred to in Section 7 of Chapter III of Title III, in order to reach the limit set in paragraph (2) of Article 63.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3936 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 85 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) 7085 % of the eligible public expenditure in the less developed regions;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3957 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 85 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) 675% of the eligible expenditure for payments under Article 66;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3960 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 85 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) 4353 % of the eligible public expenditure in the other regions.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4024 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
At least 30% of the total EAFRD contribution to the CAP Strategic Plan as set out in Annex IX shall be reserved for interventions of all types addressing the specific environmental- and climate-related objectives set out in points (d), (e) and (f) of Article 6(1) of this Regulation, excluding interventions based on Article 66.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4043 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
CAP networks funded from the technical assistance have separate budget. Technical activities in connection with the EAGF fund can be funded from the EAFRD technical assistance budget.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4060 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. At least 70 per cent of the amounts laid down in Annex VII must be earmarked for basic income support for sustainability as referred to in Subsection 1 of Section 2 of Chapter II of Title III.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4069 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
The indicative financial allocations for the coupled income support interventions referred to in Subsection 1 of Section 2 of Chapter II of Title III, shall be limited to a maximum of 106% of the amounts set out in Annex VII.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4102 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
By way of derogation from the first sub- paragraph, Member States that in accordance with Article 53(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013may decide to used for the purpose of voluntary coupled income support more than 13% of ta higheir annual national ceiling set out in Annex II to that Regulation, may decide to use for the purpose of coupled income support more than 10% of the amount set out in Annex VII. The resulting percentage shall not exceed the percentage approved by the Commission for voluntary coupled supppercentage provided that the sector concerned is in a market crisis either in the Member State concerned ort in respect of claim year 2018the EU as a whole.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4114 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
The percentage referred to in the first subparagraph, may be increased by a maximum of 23 %, provided that the amount corresponding to the percentage exceeding the 106 % is allocated to the support for protein crops under Subsection 1 of Section 2 of Chapter II of Title III.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4157 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 87 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) 460% for the expenditure under the Basic Income Support for Sustainability and the Complementary Income Support referred to in Title III, Chapter II, section II, subsections 2 and 3;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4159 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 87 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
(aa) 60% for the expenditure under Chapter III;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4160 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 87 – paragraph 2 – point a b (new)
(ab) 60% for the expenditure under Article 69;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4180 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 88 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall set out, in their CAP Strategic Plan, an indicative financial allocation for each intervention. For each intervention, the multiplication of the planned unit amount, without the application of the percentage of variation referred to in Article 89, and the planned outputs, shall equal this indicative financial allocation.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4186 #

2018/0216(COD)

Without prejudice to the application of Article 15, Member States shallmay set a maximum amount of support per indicative unit or a percentage of variation for each intervention of the following types of interventions:
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4187 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 89 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Percentage of variation is the percentage by which the realised average or uniform indicative unit amount may exceed the planned average or uniform indicative unit amount referred to in the CAP Strategic Plan.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4188 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 89 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
For each intervention in the form of direct payments, the realised average or uniform indicative unit amount shall never be lower than the planned indicative unit amount, unless the realised output exceeds the planned output as established in the CAP Strategic Plan.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4189 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 89 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Where different indicative unit amounts have been defined within an intervention, this subparagraph shall apply to each uniform or average indicative unit amount of that intervention.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4190 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 89 – paragraph 2
2. For the purposes of this Article, the realised average or uniform indicative unit amount is calculated by dividing the annual expenditure paid by the corresponding realised output for each intervention.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4191 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 89 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States may reallocate amounts within a group of interventions.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4227 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 91 – paragraph 2
Based on the SWOT analysis referred to in Article 103(2) and an assessment of needs referred to in Article 96, Member State shall establish in the CAP Strategic Plans an intervention strategy as referred to in Article 97 in which quantitindicative targets and milestones shall be set to achieve the specific objectives set out to in Article 6. The targets shall be defined using a common set of result indicators set out in Annex I.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4238 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 92
Increased ambition with regard to environmental- and climate-related objectives 1. through their CAP Strategic Plans and in particular through the elements of the intervention strategy referred to in point (a) of Article 97(2), a greater overall contribution to the achievement of the specific environmental- and climate- related objectives set out in points (d), (e) and (f) of Article 6(1) in comparison to the overall contribution made to the achievement of the objective laid down in point (b) of the first subparagraph of Article 110(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 through support under the EAGF and the EAFRD in the period 2014 to 2020. 2. their CAPArticle 92 deleted Member Strategic Plans, on the basis of available information, how they intend to achieve the greater overall contribution set out to in paragraph 1. That explanation shall be based on relevant information such as the elements referred to in points (a) to (f) of Article 95(1) and in point (b) of Article 95(2).s shall aim to make, Member States shall explain in
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4271 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 94 – paragraph 2
2. The body of the Member State responsible for drawing up the CAP Strategic Plan shall ensure that the competent authorities for the environment and climate are effectively involved in the preparation of the environmental and climate aspects of the plan.deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4276 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 94 – paragraph 3
3. Each Member State shall organise a partnership with the competent regional and local authorities. The partnership shall include at least the following partners: (a) (b) (c) society and where relevant bodies responsible for promoting social inclusion, fundamental rights, gender equality and non-discrimination. Member States shall involve those partners in the preparation of the CAP Strategic Plans.deleted relevant public authorities; economic and social partners; relevant bodies representing civil
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4277 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 94 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Each Member State shallmay organise a partnership with the competent regional and local authorities or involve them into the drafting of its CAP Strategic Plan by other means. The partnership shallmay include at least, for example, the following partners:
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4295 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 94 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Member States shallmay involve those partners in the preparation of the CAP Strategic Plans.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4298 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 95 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) a description of elements common to several interventions;deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4306 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 95 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) a description of the governance and coordination system;deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4307 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 95 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) a description of the elements that ensure modernisation of the CAP;deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4312 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 95 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) a description of the elements related to simplification and reduced administrative burden for final beneficiaries.deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4317 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 95 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) Annex III on the consultation of the partners;deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4327 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 96 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) identification of needs for each specific objective set out in Article 6 based on the evidence from the SWOT analysis. All the needs shall be described, regardless whether they will be addressed through the CAP Strategic Plan or not;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4337 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 96 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) prioritisation and ranking of needs, including a sound justification of the choices made and if relevant, why certain identified needs are not addressed or partially addressed in the CAP Strategic Plan.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4346 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 96 – paragraph 3
Member States shall use the most recent and most reliable data for this assessment.deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4352 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 97 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) interventions, based on the types of intervention set out in Title III, except the crop-specific payment for cotton laid down in Subsection 2 of Section 3 of Chapter II of that Title shall be designed to address the specific situation in the area concerned, following a sound intervention logic, supported by the ex-ante evaluation referred to in Article 125, the SWOT analysis referred to in Article 103(2) and the assessment of needs referred to in Article 96;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4354 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 97 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) Concerning Chapter IV, elements showing how the interventions allow reaching the targets and how they are mutually coherent and compatible;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4355 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 97 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) Concerning Chapter IV, elements demonstrating that the allocation of financial resources to the interventions of the CAP Strategic Plan is justified and adequate to achieve the targets set, and is consistent with the financial plan as referred to in Article 100.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4357 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 97 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) an overview of the environmental and climate architecture of the CAP Strategic Plan which describes the complementarity and baseline conditions between the conditionality and the different interventions addressing the specific environmental- and climate- related objectives set out to in points (d), (e), and (f) of Article 6(1), as well as the way to achieve the greater overall contribution set out to in Article 92;deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4360 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 97 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) an explanation of how the environment and climate architecture of the CAP Strategic Plan is meant to contribute to already established long- term national targets set out in or deriving from the legislative instruments referred to in Annex XI;deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4364 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 97 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) in relation to the specific objective 'attract young farmers and facilitate their business development' set out in point (g) of Article 6(1), an overview of the CAP Strategic Plan relevant interventions and specific conditions such as those specified in Articles 22(4), 27, 69 and 71(7) shall be presented. Member States shall in particular refer to Article 86(5) when presenting the financial plan in relation to the types of interventions referred to in Articles 27 and 69. The overview shall also explain the interplay with national instruments with a view of improving the consistency between Union and national actions in this area;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4366 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 97 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) an overview of the sector-related interventions, including coupled income support as referred to in Subsection 1 of Section 3 of Chapter II of Title III and the sectoral interventions referred to in Chapter III of Title III, providing a justification for targeting the sectors concerned, the list of interventions per sector, their complementarity, as well as the possible specific additional targets related to the interventions based on the sectoral types of interventions referred to in Chapter III of Title III;deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4369 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 97 – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) a description of the interplay between national and regional interventions, including the distribution of financial allocations per intervention and per fund.deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4379 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 99 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) the eligibility conditionprinciples;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4381 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 99 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) for each intervention which is based on the types of interventions listed in Annex II to this Regulation, how it respects the relevant provisions of Annex 2 to the WTO Agreement on Agriculture as specified in Article 10 of this Regulation and in Annex II to this Regulation, and for each intervention which is not based on the types of interventions listed in Annex II to this Regulation, whether and, if so, how it respects relevant provisions of Article 6.5 or Annex 2 to the WTO Agreement on Agriculture;deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4386 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 99 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) the annual planned outputs for the intervention, and where relevant, a breakdown per uniform or average unit amount of supportindicative outputs;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4390 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 99 – paragraph 1 – point g – introductory part
(g) the annual planned indicative unit amount of support, its justification and a justified maximum upper variation of that unit amount as referred to in Article 89. Where applicable, the following information shall also be provided and its justification:
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4402 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 100 – paragraph 1
1. The target plan referred to in point (e) of Article 95(1) shall consist of a recapitulative table showing the targets as referred to in point (a) of Article 97(1), indicating, where necessary, the break-down in annual milestones.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4406 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 100 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) a breakdown of the Member States allocations for types of interventions in the form of direct payments after transfers as specified in points (b) and (c) based on indicative financial allocations per type of interventions and per intervention, specifying the planned outputs, the average or uniform unit amount and the maximum variation referred to in Article 89. Where applicable, the breakdown shall include the amount of the reserve of payment entitlements. The total estimated product of reduction of payments shall be specified. Taking into account the use of the product of reduction of payments as referred to in Articles 15 and 81(3), these indicative financial allocations, the related planned outputs and the corresponding average unit amounts or uniform unit amounts shall be established before reduction of payments;deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4436 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 – paragraph 3
3. Annex III to the CAP Strategic Plan referred to in point (c) of Article 95(2) shall include the outcomes of the consultation of the partners and a brief description of how the consultation was carried out.deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4449 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 104
Delegated powers for the content of the CAP Strategic Plan The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 138 amending this Chapter as regards the content of the CAP Strategic Plan and its annexes.Article 104 deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4455 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 105 a (new)
Article 105 a Sample CAP Strategic Plan The Commission drafts, following consultations with Member States at expert level, a sample CAP Strategic Plan, which is attached to this Regulation.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4461 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall submit to the Commission a proposal for a CAP Strategic Plan, containing the information referred to in Article 95 no later than 1 January 2020].
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4470 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall assess the proposed CAP Strategic Plans on the basis of the completeness of the plans, the consistency and coherence with the general principles of Union law, with this Regulation and the provisions adopted pursuant to it and with the Horizontal Regulation, their effective contribution to the specific objectives set out in Article 6(1), the impact on the proper functioning of the internal market and distortion of competition, the level of administrative burden on beneficiaries and administration. The assessment shall address, in particular, the adequacy of the strategy of the CAP Strategic Plan, the corresponding specific objectives, targets, interventions and the allocation of budgetary resources to meet the specific CAP Strategic Plan objectives through the proposed set of interventions on the basis of the SWOT analysis and the ex-ante evaluation. The Commission shall ensure a broad cooperation in line by a true partnership logic with the Member State concerned during the process of assessment of the CAP Strategic Plan. All technical questions turned up during the assessment have to be discussed before the issue of the assessment.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4479 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Depending on the results of the assessment referred to in paragraph 2, the Commission may address political observations concerning the remaining major issues to the Member States within three months of the date of submission of the CAP Strategic Plan.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4482 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
The Member State shall provide to the Commission all necessary additional information related to the remaining issues and, where appropriate, revise the proposed plan within 3 months.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4487 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall approve the proposed CAP Strategic Plan provided that the necessary information has been submitted and the Commission is satisfied that the Plan is compatible with the general principles of Union law, the requirements set out in this Regulation, the provisions adopted pursuant to it and in Regulation (EU) [HzR].deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4491 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall approve the proposed CAP Strategic Plan provided that the necessary information has been submitted and the Commission is satisfied that the Plan isMember State concerned shall officially submit its CAP Strategic Plan to the Commission in due regard to the outcome of their previous negotiations. The CAP Strategic Plan has to be compatible with the general principles of Union law, the requirements set out in this Regulation, the provisions adopted pursuant to it and in Regulation (EU) [HzR].
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4496 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
The approvalentry into force of each CAP Strategic Plan shall take place no later than eight months following its submission by the Member State concerned.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4506 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
In duly justified cases, the Member State may ask the Commission to approve a A Member State may submit its CAP Strategic Plan which does noithout containing all necessary elements. In that case the Member State concerned shall indicate the parts of the CAP Strategic Plan that are missing and provide indicative targets and financial plans as referred to in Article 100 for the whole CAP Strategic Plan in order to show the overall consistency and coherence of the plan. The missing elements of the CAP Strategic Plan shall be submitted to the Commission as an amendment of the plan in accordance with Article 107.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4509 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 6
6. Each CAP Strategic Plan shall be approved by the Commission by means of an implementing decision without applying the Committee procedure referred to in Article 139.deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4512 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 7
7. The CAP Strategic Plans shall only have legal effects after their approval by the Commission.deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4528 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 107 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may submit to the Commission requests to amend their CAP Strategic Plansamend their CAP Strategic Plans by official submission of the amendments to the Commission.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4531 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 107 – paragraph 2
2. Requests for amendment of CAP Strategic Plans shall be duly justified and shall in particular set out the expected impact of the changes to the plan on achieving the specific objectives referred to in Article 6(1). They shall be accompanied by the amended plan including the updated annexes as appropriate.deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4536 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 107 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall approve the requested amendment to a CAP Strategic Plan provided that the necessary information has been submitted and the Commission is satisfied that the amended plan is compatible with the general principles of Union law, the requirements set out in this Regulation, the provisions adopted pursuant to it and in Regulation (EU) [HzR].deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4539 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 107 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission may make observations within 30 working days from the submission of the request for amendment of the CAP Strategic Plan. The Member State shall provide to the Commission all necessary additional informechnical questions have to be dealt by discussions with the Member State concerned by a true cooperation logic. Only remaining political questions can be included to observations.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4542 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 107 – paragraph 6
6. The approval of a request forentry into force of an amendment of a CAP Strategic Plan shall take place no later than three months after its submission by the Member State provided that any observations made by the Commission have been adequately taken into account.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4546 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 107 – paragraph 7
7. A request forn amendment of the CAP Strategic Plan may be submitted no more than once per calendar year subject to possible exceptions to be determined byin the Commission in accordance with Article 109is Regulation.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4548 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 107 – paragraph 8
8. Each amendment of the CAP Strategic Plan shall be approved by the Commission by means of an implementing decision without applying the Committee procedure referred to in Article 139.deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4551 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 107 – paragraph 9
9. Without prejudice to Article 80, amendments to CAP Strategic Plans shall only have legal effects after their approval by the Commissiondeleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4553 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 107 – paragraph 10
10. Corrections of a purely clerical or editorial nature or of obvious errors that do not affect the implementation of the policy and the intervention shall not be considered as a request forn amendment. Member States shall inform the Commission of such corrections.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4555 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 108
Calculation of time limits for Commission actions For the purposes of this Chapter, where a time limit is set for an action by the Commission, that time limit shall start when all information complying with the requirements laid down in this Regulation and the provisions adopted pursuant to it has been submitted. This time limit shall not include the period which starts on the date following the date on which the Commission sends its observations or a request for revised documents to the Member State and ends on the date on which the Member State responds to the Commission.Article 108 deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4558 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 109
Delegated powers The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 138 amending this Chapter as regards: (a) procedures and time limits for the approval of CAP Strategic Plans; (b) the procedures and time limits for submission and approval of requests for amendments to CAP Strategic Plans; (c) the frequency with which the CAP Strategic Plans are to be submitted during the programming period, including the determination of exceptional cases for which the maximum number of amendments referred to in Article 107 (7) does not count.Article 109 deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4567 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 110 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Member States shall ensure that the relevant management and control system has been set up in such a way that it ensures a clear allocation and separation of functions between the Managing Authority and other bodies. Member States shall be responsible for ensuring that the system functions effectively throughout the CAP Strategic Plan period.deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4574 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 110 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) there is an appropriate secure electronic system to record, maintain, manage and report statistical information on the plan and its implementation required for the purposes of monitoring and evaluation and, in particular, information required to monitor progress towards the defined objectives and targets. The system used by the paying agency and other statistical systems such as the FADN can be used;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4578 #

2018/0216(COD)

(g) the atriennuial performance report is drawn up, including aggregate monitoring tables, and, after consultation of the Monitoring Committee, is submitted to the Commission;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4579 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 110 – paragraph 2 – point h
(h) relevant follow-up actions on Commission's observations on the atriennuial performance reports are taken;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4598 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 111 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The Member State shall set up a committee to monitor implementation of the CAP Strategic Plan ('Monitoring Committee') before the submission of the CAP Strategic Plan.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4602 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 111 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Each Monitoring Committee shall adopt its rules of procedure.deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4603 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 111 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
The Monitoring Committee shall meet at least once a year and shall review all issues that affect the CAP Strategic Plan progress towards achieving its targets.deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4606 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 111 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
The Member State shall publish the rules of procedures of the Monitoring Committee and all the data and information shared with the Monitoring Committee online.deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4610 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 111 – paragraph 2
2. The Member State shall decide the composition of the Monitoring Committee and shall ensure a balanced representation of the relevant public authorities and intermediate bodies and of representatives of the partners referred to in Article 94(3). Each member of the Monitoring Committee shall have a vote. The Member State shall publish the list of the members of the Monitoring Committee online. Representatives of the Commission shall participate in the work of the Monitoring Committee in an advisory capacity.deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4620 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 111 – paragraph 3
3. The Monitoring Committee shall examine in particular: (a) progress in CAP Strategic Plan implementation and in achieving the milestones and targets; (b) any issues that affect the performance of the CAP Strategic Plan and the actions taken to address those issues; (c) the elements of the ex-ante assessment listed in Article 52(3) of Regulation (EU) [CPR] and the strategy document referred to in Article 53(1) of Regulation (EU) [CPR]; (d) progress made in carrying out evaluations, syntheses of evaluations and any follow-up given to findings; (e) the implementation of communication and visibility actions; (f) administrative capacity building for public authorities and beneficiaries, where relevant.deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4634 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 111 – paragraph 4
4. The Monitoring Committee shall give its opinion on: (a) draft CAP Strategic Plan; (b) the methodology and criteria used for the selection of operations; (c) the annual performance reports; (d) the evaluation plan and any amendment thereof; (e) any proposal by the managing authority for the amendment of the CAP Strategic Plan.deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4644 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 112 – paragraph 1
1. At the initiative of a Member State, the EAGF and the EAFRD may support actionsny measure which areis necessary for the effective administration and implementation of support in relation to the CAP Strategic Plan, including the establishing and operating of the national CAP networks referred to in Article 113(1). The actions referred to in this paragraph may concern previous and subsequentwhole CAP Strategic Plan periods.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4660 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 113 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) accompany the Member States' administrations in the implementation of CAP Strategic Plans and the transition to a performance based delivery model;deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4665 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 113 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) contribution to capacity building for Member States administrations and of other actors involved in the implementation of CAP Strategic Plans, including as regards monitoring and evaluation processes;deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4684 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 115 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) a set of common context, output, result and impact indicators, including those referred to in Article 7 which will be used as the basis for monitoring, evaluation and the atriennuial performance reporting;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4690 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 115 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) targets and annual milestones established in relation to the relevant specific objective using result indicators;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4708 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 116 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) assess the impact, effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, coherence and Union added valu and coherence of the CAP;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4712 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 116 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) assess the impact, effectiveness, efficiency, relevance and coherence of the interventions of the CAP Strategic Plans;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4715 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 117 – paragraph 1
Member States shall establish an electronic information system or use an existing one in which they shall record and maintain key information on the implementation of the CAP Strategic Plan that is needed for monitoring and evaluation, in particular on each intervention selected for funding, as well as on completed interventions, including information on each beneficiary and operation.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4718 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 118 – paragraph 2
Member States shall ensure that comprehensive, complete, timely and reliable data sourcebasis are established to enable effective follow-up of policy progress towards objectives using output, result and impact indicators.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4727 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Title 7 – chapter 2 – title
ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORTS IN EVERY THREE YEARS
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4729 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 121 – title
121 Annual pPerformance reports in every three years
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4734 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 121 – paragraph 1
1. By 15 February 2023 and 15 February30 June of the first year and 30 June of each subsequent three years until and including 2030, the Member States shall submit to the Commission an a triennuial performance report on the implementation of the CAP Strategic Plan in the three previous financial year. The report submitted in 2023 shall cover the financial years 2021 and 2022. For direct payments as referred to in Chapter II of Title III, the report shall cover only financial year 2022s.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4745 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 121 – paragraph 2
2. The last atriennuial performance report, to be submitted by 15 February30 June 2030, shall comprise a summary of the evaluations carried out during the implementation period.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4749 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 121 – paragraph 3
3. In order to be admissible, the aThe triennuial performance report shall contain alls the information required in paragraphs 4, 5 and 6. The Commission shall inform the Member State within 15 working days of the date of receipt of the atriennuial performance report if it is not admissible, failing which it shall be deemed admissiblehas questions about it. The Commission and the Member State concerned have to discuss all the issues at stake by a true cooperation logic.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4752 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 121 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
ATriennuial performance reports shall set out key qualitative and quantitative information the implementation of the CAP Strategic Plan by reference to financial data, output and result indicators and in accordance with the second paragraph of Article 118. They shall also include information about realisedthe outputs, realisedthe expenditure, realised results and distance to respective targe and the results.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4755 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 121 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
For the types of interventions which are not subject to Article 89 of this Regulation, and where the realised output and the realised expenditure ratio deviates by 50% from the annual planned output and expenditure ratio, the Member State shall submit a justification for this deviation.deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4760 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 121 – paragraph 5
5. The data transmitted shall relate to achieved values for indicators for partial and fully implemented interventions. They shall also set out a synthesis of the state of implementation of the CAP Strategic Plan realised during the previous financial year, any issues which affect the performance of the CAP Strategic Plan, in particular as regards deviations from milestones, giving reasons and, where relevant, describing the measures taken.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4767 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 121 – paragraph 7
7. The Commission shall carry out an annual performance review and an annual performance clearance referred to in Article [52] of the Regulation (EU) [HzR] based on the information provided in the atriennuial Pperformance reports.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4771 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 121 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1
In the annual performance review, the Commission may make observations on the annual performance reports maximum within one month from their submission. Where the Commission does not provide observations within that deadline, the reports shall be deemed to be accepted.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4777 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 121 – paragraph 9
9. Where the reported value of one or more result indicators reveals a gap of more than 25% from the respective milestone for the reporting year concerned, the Commission may ask the Member State to submit an action plan in accordance with Article 39(1) of Regulation (EU) [HzR], describing the intended remedial actions and the expected timeframe.deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4782 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 121 – paragraph 10
10. The atriennuial performance reports, as well as a summary for citizens of their content, shall be made available to the public.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4787 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 121 – paragraph 11
11. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts laying down rules for the presentation of the content of the annual performance report. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 139(2).deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4791 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 122 – title
ATriennuial review meetings
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4797 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 122 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall organisze each year an annualin every three years a review meeting with the Commission, to be chaired jointly or by the Commission, which will take place not earlier than two months after the submission of the atriennuial performance report.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4799 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 122 – paragraph 2
2. The annual review meeting shall aim at examining the performance of each plan, including progress made towards achieving established targets, any issues affecting performance and past or future actions to be taken to address them.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4802 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Title 7 – Chapter 3 – title
INCENTIVE SYSTEM FOR GOOD ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE PERFORMANCEdeleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4813 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 123
Performance bonus 1. attributed to Member States in the year 2026 to reward satisfactory performance in relation to the environmental and climate targets provided that the Member State concerned has met the condition set out in Article 124(1). 2. equal to 5% of the amount per Member State for financial year 2027 as set out in Annex IX. Resources transferred between the EAGF and the EAFRD under Articles 15 and 90 are excluded for the purpose of calculating the performance bonus.Article 123 deleted A performance bonus may be The performance bonus shall be
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4843 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 124
Attribution of the performance bonus 1. of the year 2026, the performance bonus withheld from a Member State’s allocation following the second paragraph of Article 123 shall be attributed to this Member State if the result indicators applied to the specific environmental- and climate-related objectives set out in points (d), (e) and (f) of Article 6(1) in its CAP Strategic Plan have achieved at least 90% of their target value for the year 2025. 2. months of the receipt of the annual performance report in the year 2026 adopt an implementing act without applying the Committee procedure referred to in Article 139 to decide for each Member State whether the respective CAP Strategic Plans have achieved the target values referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article. 3. in paragraph 1 are achieved, the amount of the performance bonus shall be granted by the Commission to the Member States concerned and considered to be definitely allocated to financial year 2027 on the basis of the decision referred to in paragraph 2. 4. in paragraph 1 are not achieved, the commitments for financial year 2027 relating to the amount of the performance bonus of the Member States concerned shall not be granted by the Commission. 5. When attributing the performance bonus, the Commission may take into consideration cases of force majeure and serious socio-economic crises impeding the achievement of the relevant milestones. 6. implementing acts laying down the detailed arrangements to ensure a consistent approach for determining the attribution of the performance bonus to Member States. Those implementing actsrticle 124 deleted Based on the performance review The Commission shall within two Where the target values referred to Where the target values referred to The Commission shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 139(2).
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4878 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 127
Performance assessment and evaluation 1. multiannual evaluation plan of the CAP to be carried out under its responsibility. 2. an interim evaluation to examine the effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, coherence and Union added value of the EAGF and the EAFRD by the end of the third year following the start of implementation of the CAP Strategic Plans taking into account the indicators set out in Annex I. The Commission may make use of all relevant information already available in accordance with Article [128] of the [New Financial Regulation]. 3. an ex post evaluation to examine the effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, coherence and Union added value of the EAGF and the EAFRD. 4. evaluations on the CAP, including evaluations on CAP Strategic Plans, as well as other relevant information sources, the Commission shall present an initial report on the implementation of this Article, including first results on the performance of the CAP, to the European Parliament and the Council, after the completion of the interim evaluation. A second report including an assessment of the performance of the CAP shall be presented by 31 December 2031.Article 127 deleted The Commission shall establish a The Commission shall carry out The Commission shall carry out Based on evidence provided in
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4882 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 128
Reporting based on a core set of indicators In compliance with its reporting requirement pursuant to Article [38(3)(e)(i)] of the [New Financial Regulation], the Commission shall present to the European Parliament and the Council the performance information referred to in that Article measured by the core set of indicators set out in Annex XII.Article 128 deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4888 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 129 – paragraph 2
2. Data needed for the context and impact indicators shall primarily come from established data sources, such as the Farm Accountancy Data Network and Eurostat. Where data for these indicators are not available or not complete, the gaps shall be addressedEuropean Commission shall resolve gaps in the context of the European Statistical Program established under Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council40 , the legal framework governing the Farm Accountancy Data Network or through formal agreements with other data providers such as the Joint Research Centre and the European Environment Agency. _________________ 40 Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on European statistics and repealing Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1101/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the transmission of data subject to statistical confidentiality to the Statistical Office of the European Communities, Council Regulation (EC) No 322/97 on Community Statistics, and Council Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom establishing a Committee on the Statistical Programs of the European Communities (OJ L 87, 31.3.2009, p. 164).
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4892 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 129 – paragraph 3
3. Existing administrative registers such as the IACS, LPIS, animal and vineyard registers shall be maintained. The IACS and LPIS shallmay be further developed to better meet the statistical needs of the CAP. Data from administrative registers shall be used as much as possible for statistical purposes, in cooperation with statistical authorities in Member States and with Eurostat.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4906 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 132 – paragraph 1
Payments by Member States in relation to operations falling within the scope of Article 42 TFEU that are intended to provide additional financing for interventions for which Union support is granted at any time during the CAP Strategic Plan period may only be made if they comply with this Regulation, and are included in Annex V to the CAP Strategic Plans as provided for in Article 103(5) and have been approved by the Commission.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4914 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 138 – paragraph 2
2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Articles 4, 7, 12, 15, 23, 28, 32, 35, 36, 37, 41, 50,78, 81, 104 and 141 shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of sevenfour years from the date of entry into force of this Regulation. The Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the sevenfour-year period. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration, unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than three months before the end of each period.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4916 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 138 – paragraph 4
4. Before adopting a delegated act, the Commission shall consult experts designated by each Member State and shall appropriately involve the relevant committee of the European Parliament, in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4921 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 140 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
However, it shall continue to apply to operations implemented pursuant to rural development programs approved by the Commission under that Regulation before 1 January 2021the entry into force of this Regulation.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4932 #

2018/0216(COD)

Transitional measures The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 138 supplementing this Regulation with measures to protect any acquired rights and legitimate expectations of beneficiaries to the extent necessary for the transition from the arrangements provided for in Regulations (EU) No 1305/2013 and (EU) No 1307/2013 to those laid down in this Regulation. Those transitional rules shall in particular lay down the conditions under which support approved by the Commission under Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 may be integrated into support provided for under this Regulation, including for technical assistance and for the ex post evaluations.Article 141 deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4968 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.8
R.8 Targeting farms in sectors in difficulties: Share of farmers benefitting from coupled support for improving competitiveness, sustainability or qualitydeleted
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4991 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.14
R.14 Carbon storage in soils and biomass: Share of agricultural land under commitments to reducing emissions, maintaining and/or enhancing carbon storage (permanent grassland, agricultural land in peatland, forest, etc.) and land under cultivation of agricultural practices having practically equivalent effect
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 5054 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – EU Specific objectives – point 7
Attract young farmers, new farmers and facilitate business development in rural areas
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 5064 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result Indicators – R 30 a (new)
R 30a New farmers. Number of new farmers in the agricultural sector through CAP support
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 5071 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – EU Specific objectives – point 9
Improve the response of EU agriculture to societal demands on food and health, including safe, nutritious and sustainable food, as well asquality and security, environmental sustainability and animal welfare
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 5102 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – GAEC 1 – Requirements and standards
Maintenance of permanent grassland based on a ratio of permanent grassland in relation to agricultural area Maximum variation coefficient of 5 per cent at national level, regional level or farm level
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 5124 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – GAEC 5
Use of Farm Sustainability Tool for Nutrients Sustainable management of nutrientsdeleted
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 5145 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – GAEC 7
No bare soil in most sensitive period(s), except for harvest preparation periods. Protection of soils in wintersensitive period(s)
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 5166 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – GAEC 8 – Requirements and standards
Crop rotation or crop diversification for farms of over 10 hectares, except for permanent crops and crops grown underwater
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 5201 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – GAEC 10 – Requirements and standards
Ban on converting or ploughing permanent grassland in the environmentally sensitive areas in Natura 2000 sites
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 84 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Title 0
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the European Maritime and, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund and repealing Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 88 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
(1) It is necessary to establish a European Maritime and, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF) for the 2021- 2027 period. That fund should aim to target funding from the Union budget to support the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) together the EU's aquaculture policy, the Union's maritime policy and the Union's international commitments in the field of ocean governance. Such funding is a key enabler for sustainable fisheries and the conservation of marine biological resources, for sustainable seawater and freshwater aquaculture policy, for food security through the supply of seafood and freshwater food products, for the growth of a sustainable blue economy and for healthy, safe, secure, clean and sustainably managed seas, freshwaters and oceans.
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 103 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) Whereas, sustainable fisheries and seawater and freshwater aquaculture contributes significantly to the Union's food security, to the maintenance and creation of rural jobs and to the preservation of the natural environment and, in particular, biodiversity, the support and the development of the fisheries and the aquaculture sector shall be in the focus of the next EU fisheries policy.
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 108 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
(6) Support under the EMFF should be used to address market failures or sub- optimal investment situations, in a proportionate manner, and should not duplicate or crowd out private financing or distort competition in the internal market. Support should have a clear European added value.
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 110 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) The multiannual financial framework set out in Regulation (EU) xx/xx6 provides that the Union budget must continue to support fisheries and maritime policies. The EMFF budget should amount, in current prices, to EUR 6 140 000 000 to EUR 6 867 000 000 in 2018 constant prices (i.e. EUR 7 739 000 000 in current prices) and can be increased or complemented by other funds. EMFF resources should be split between shared, direct and indirect management. EUR 5 311 90 % of the total EMFF budget (EUR 6 965 1000 000 in current prices) should be allocated to support under shared management and EUR 829 the rest 10 % (EUR 773 9000 000 in current prices) to support under direct and indirect management. In order to ensure stability in particular with regard to the achievement of the objectives of the CFP, the definition of national allocations under shared management for the 2021- 2027 programming period should be based on the EMFF 2014-2020 shares. Specific amounts should be reserved for the outermost regions, control and enforcement and collection and processing of data for fisheries management and scientific purposes, while amounts for permanent cessation and extraordinary cessation of fishing activities should be capped. _________________ 6 OJ C […], […], p. […]. OJ C […], […], p. […].
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 116 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) The multiannual financial framework set out in Regulation (EU) xx/xx6 provides that the Union budget must continue to support fisheries and maritime policies. The EMFF budget should amountremain at level set for the budgetary period of 2014-2020, in current prices, so it has to be EUR 6 1400 000 000. EMFAF resources should be split between shared, direct and indirect management. EUR 5 311760 000 000 should be allocated to support under shared management and EUR 829640 000 000 to support under direct and indirect management. In order to ensure stability in particular with regard to the achievement of the objectives of the CFP, the definition of national allocations under shared management for the 2021-2027 programming period should be based on the EMFAF 2014-2020 shares. Specific amounts should be reserved for the outermost regions, control and enforcement and collection and processing of data for fisheries management and scientific purposes, while amounts for permanent cessation and extraordinary cessation of fishing activities should be capped. _________________ 6 OJ C […], […], p. […]. OJ C […], […], p. […].
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 125 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) Regarding the importance of the aquaculture sector, the level of EU funds for the sector and, in particular, for freshwater aquaculture should be maintained at the level set for the current budgetary period.
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 139 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) The EMFAF should be based on four priorities: fostering sustainable fisheries and the conservation of marine biological resources; contributing to food security in the Union through competitive and sustainable aquaculture and markets; enabling the growth of a sustainable blue economy and fostering prosperous coastal communities; strengthening international ocean governance and enabling safe, secure, clean and sustainably managed seas and oceans. Those priorities should be pursued through shared, direct and indirect management.
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 146 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) The EMFAF beyond 2020 should be based on a simplified architecture without predefining measures and detailed eligibility rules at Union level in an overly prescriptive manner. Instead, broad areas of support should be described under each priority. Member States should thus draw up their programme indicating therein the most appropriate means for achieving the priorities. A variety of measures identified by the Member States in those programmes might be supported under the rules set out in this Regulation and in Regulation (EU) No [Regulation laying down Common Provisions], provided they are covered by the areas of support identified in this Regulation. However, it is necessary to set out a list of ineligible operations so as to avoid detrimental impacts in terms of fisheries conservation, for example a general prohibition of investments enhancing fishing capacity. Moreover, investments and compensations for the fleet should be strictly conditional on their consistency with the conservation objectives of the CFP.
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 147 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) The United nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development identified conservation and sustainable use of oceans as one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 14). The Union is fully committed to that goal and its implementation. In that context, it has committed to promote a sustainable blue economy which is consistent with maritime spatial planning, the conservation of biological resources and the achievement of good environmental status, to prohibit certain forms of fisheries subsidies which contribute to overcapacity and overfishing, to eliminate subsidies that contribute to illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and to refrain from introducing new such subsidies. This outcome should result from the World Trade Organisation fisheries subsidies negotiation. In addition, in the course of World Trade Organisation negotiations at the 2002 World Summit of Sustainable Development and at the 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), the Union has committed to eliminate subsidies contributing to fisheries overcapacity and overfishing. Acknowledges that the sustainable EU fisheries and the seawater and freshwater aquaculture sectors contribute significantly to the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 157 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
(13) Reflecting the importance of tackling climate change in line with the Union's commitments to implement the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, this Regulation should contribute to mainstream climate actions and to the achievement of an overall target of 25% of the Union budget expenditures supporting climate objectives. Actions under this Regulation are expected to contribute to 30% of the overall financial envelope of the EMFAF to climate objectives. Relevant actions will be identified during the preparation and implementation of the EMFAF, and reassessed in the context of the relevant evaluations and review processes.
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 162 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
(14) The EMFAF should contribute to the achievement of the environmental objectives of the Union. This contribution should be tracked through the application of Union environmental markers and reported regularly in the context of evaluations and annual performance reports.
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 164 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
(15) In accordance with Article 42 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council ('CFP Regulation')7 , Union financial assistance under the EMFAF should be conditional upon compliance with the rules of the CFP. Applications from beneficiaries that do not comply with the applicable rules of the CFP should not be admissible. _________________ 7 Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on the Common Fisheries Policy, amending Council Regulations (EC) No 1954/2003 and (EC) No 1224/2009 and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 2371/2002 and (EC) No 639/2004 and Council Decision 2004/585/EC (OJ L 354, 28.12.2013, p. 22).
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 180 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
(19) The EMFAF should aim to achieve the environmental, economic, social and employment objectives of the CFP, as defined in Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013. Such support should ensure that fishing and aquaculture activities are environmentally sustainable in the long- term and managed in a way that is consistent with the objectives of achieving economic, social and employment benefits, and of contributing to the availability of food supplies.
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 185 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
(20) Support from the EMFAF should aim to achieve and maintain sustainable fishing based on the maximum sustainable yield (MSY) and sustainable aquaculture as well and to minimise the negative impacts of fishing activities on the marine ecosystem. That support should include innovation and investments in low-impact, climate resilient and low-carbon fishing and aquaculture practices and techniques.
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 194 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
(21) The landing obligation is one of the main challenges of the CFP. It has implied significant changes in fishing practices for the sector, sometimes with an important financial cost. It should therefore be possible for the EMFAF to support innovation and investments that contribute to the implementation of the landing obligation, with a higher aid intensity rate than the one that applies to other operations, like investments in selective fishing gears, in the improvement of port infrastructures and in the marketing of unwanted catches. It should also grant a maximum aid intensity rate of 100% to the design, development, monitoring, evaluation and management of transparent systems for exchanging fishing opportunities between Member States ('quota swaps'), in order to mitigate the 'choke species' effect caused by the landing obligation.
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 198 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
(22) It should be possible for the EMFAF to support innovation and investments on board fishing vessels in order to improve health, safety and working conditions, energy efficiency and the quality of catches. Such support should, however, not lead to an increase of fishing capacity or ability to find fish and should not be granted simply for complying with requirements that are obligatory under Union or national law. Under the architecture with no prescriptive measures, it should be up to Member States to define the precise eligibility rules for those investments. With regard to health, safety and working conditions on board fishing vessels, a higher aid intensity rate than the one that applies to other operations should be allowed.
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 204 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
(23) Fisheries control is of utmost importance for the implementation of the CFP. Therefore, the EMFAF should support under shared management the development and implementation of a Union fisheries control system as specified in Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 ('Control Regulation')8 . Certain obligations foreseen by the revision of the Control Regulation justify a specific support from the EMFAF, i.e. the compulsory vessel tracking and electronic reporting systems in the case of small-scale coastal fishing vessels, the compulsory remote electronic monitoring systems and the compulsory continuous measurement and recording of propulsive engine power. In addition, investments by Member States in control assets could also be used for the purpose of maritime surveillance and cooperation on coastguard functions. _________________ 8 Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy, amending Regulations (EC) No 847/96, (EC) No 2371/2002, (EC) No 811/2004, (EC) No 768/2005, (EC) No 2115/2005, (EC) No 2166/2005, (EC) No 388/2006, (EC) No 509/2007, (EC) No 676/2007, (EC) No 1098/2007, (EC) No 1300/2008, (EC) No 1342/2008 and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 2847/93, (EC) No 1627/94 and (EC) No 1966/2006 (OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1).
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 206 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
(25) The EMFAF should support an effective knowledge-based implementation and governance of the CFP under direct and indirect management through the provision of scientific advice, the development and implementation of a Union fisheries control system, the functioning of Advisory Councils and voluntary contributions to international organisations.
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 212 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
(26) Given the challenges to achieve the conservation objectives of the CFP, it should be possible for the EMFAF to support actions for the management of fisheries and fishing fleets. In this context, support for fleet adaptation remains sometimes necessary with regard to certain fleet segments and sea basins. Such support should be tightly targeted to the conservation and sustainable exploitation of marine biological resources and aimed to achieve balance between the fishing capacity and the available fishing opportunities. Therefore, it should be possible for the EMFAF to support the permanent cessation of fishing activities in fleet segments where the fishing capacity is not balanced with the available fishing opportunities. Such support should be a tool of the action plans for the adjustment of fleet segments with identified structural overcapacity, as provided for in Article 22(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, and should be implemented either through the scrapping of the fishing vessel or through its decommissioning and retrofitting for other activities. Where the retrofitting would lead to an increased pressure of recreational fishing on the marine ecosystem, support should only be granted if in line with the CFP and the objectives of the relevant multiannual plans. In order to ensure the consistency of fleet structural adaptation with conservation objectives, support for the permanent cessation of fishing activities should be strictly conditional and linked to the achievement of results. It should therefore be implemented only by financing not linked to costs, as provided for in Regulation (EU) No [Regulation laying down Common Provisions]. Under that mechanism, Member States should not be reimbursed by the Commission for permanent cessation of fishing activities on the basis of real costs incurred but on the basis of the fulfilment of conditions and of the achievement of results. For this purpose, the Commission should establish in a delegated act such conditions, which should relate to the achievement of the conservation objectives of the CFP.
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 221 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
(27) Given the high level of unpredictability of fishing activities, exceptional circumstances may cause significant economic losses to fishers. In order to mitigate those consequences, it should be possible for the EMFAF to support a compensation for the extraordinary cessation of fishing activities caused by the implementation of certain conservation measures, i.e. multiannual plans, targets for the conservation and sustainable exploitation of stocks, measures to adapt the fishing capacity of fishing vessels to available fishing opportunities and technical measures, by the implementation of emergency measures, by the interruption, due to reasons of force majeure, of the application of a sustainable fisheries partnership agreement, by a natural disaster or by an environmental incident. Support should be granted only if the impact on fishers of such circumstances is significant, i.e. if the commercial activities of the vessel concerned are stopped during at least 90 consecutive days and if the economic losses resulting from the cessation amount to more than 30% of the average annual turnover of the business concerned during a specified period of time. The specificities of eel fisheries should be taken into account in the conditions for granting such support.
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 226 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27 a (new)
(27a) It should be possible for fishermen and seawater and freshwater aquaculture producers to receive support from the EMFAF in case of crisis in the fisheries and aquaculture markets, natural disasters or environmental incidents.
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 239 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
(28) Small-scale coastal fishing is carried out by fishing vessels below 12 metres and not using towed fishing gears. That sector represents nearly 75% of all fishing vessels registered in the Union and nearly half of all employment in the fishery sector. Operators from small-scale coastal fisheries are particularly dependant on healthy fish stocks for their main source of income. The EMFAF should therefore give them a preferential treatment through a 100% aid intensity rate, including for operations related to control and enforcement, with the aim of encouraging sustainable fishing practices. In addition, certain areas of support should be reserved for small-scale fishing in fleet segment where the fishing capacity is balanced with the available fishing opportunities, i.e. support for the acquisition of a second- hand vessel and for engine replacement or modernisation. Furthermore, Member States should include in their programme an action plan for small-scale coastal fishing, which should be monitored on the basis of indicators for which milestones and targets should be set.
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 246 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
(29) The outermost regions, as outlined in the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions and the European Investment Bank of 24 October 2017 entitled 'A stronger and renewed strategic partnership with the EU's outermost regions'10 , face specific challenges linked to their remoteness, topography and climate as referred to in Article 349 of the Treaty and also have specific assets on which to develop a sustainable blue economy. Therefore, for each outermost region, an action plan for the development of sustainable blue economy sectors, including the sustainable exploitation of fisheries and aquaculture, should be attached to the programme of the concerned Member States and a financial allocation should be reserved to support the implementation of those action plans. It should also be possible for the EMFAF to support a compensation of the additional costs the outermost regions face due to their location and insularity. That support should be capped as a percentage of this overall financial allocation. In addition, a higher aid intensity rate than the one that applies to other operations should be applied in the outermost regions. _________________ 10 COM(2017) 623 COM(2017) 623
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 258 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
(31) Fisheries and aquaculture contribute to food security and nutrition. However, the Union currently imports more than 60% of its supply of fishery products and is therefore highly dependent on third countries. An important challenge is to encourage the consumption of fish protein produced in the Union with high quality standards and available for consumers at affordable prices. The objective of the Common Fisheries Policy is to produce at least 60 % of the fishery and aquaculture products used in the EU for the year 2030 by itself.
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 265 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
(32) It should be possible for the EMFAF to support the promotion and the sustainable development of aquacultureseawater and freshwater aquaculture by means of a predefined sub-budget and a specific chapter in the regulation, including freshwater aquaculture, for the farming of aquatic animals and plants for the production of food and other raw material. Complex administrative procedures in some Member States remain in place, such as difficult access to space and burdensome licensing procedures, which make it difficult for the sector to improve the image and competitiveness of farmed products. Support should be consistent with the multiannual national strategic plans for aquaculture developed on the basis of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013. In particular, support for environmental sustainability, productive investments, innovresearch and development, innovation, training and education, acquisition of professional skills, improvement of working conditions, development of the processing sector, management consultancy, promotion of aquaculture products, compensatory measures providing critical land and nature management services should be eligible. Public health actions, aquaculture stock insurance schemes and animal health and welfare actions should also be eligible. However, iIn the case of productive investments support should be provided only throughin particular through non-repayable grants, financial instruments and through InvestEU, which offer a higher leverage on markets and are therefore more relevant than grants to address the financing challenges of the sector.
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 276 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
(33) Food security relies on efficient and well-organised markets, which improve the transparency, stability, quality and diversity of the supply chain, as well as consumer information. For that purpose, it should be possible for the EMFAF to support the marketing of fishery and aquaculture products, in line with the objectives of Regulation (EU) No 1379/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council ('CMO Regulation')15 . In particular, support should be available for the creation of producerand the management of producer and interbranch organisations, the drafting and implementation of production and marketing plans, the promotion of new market outlets for fishery and aquaculture products and the development and dissemination of market intelligence. _________________ 15 Regulation (EU) No 1379/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products, amending Council Regulations (EC) No 1184/2006 and (EC) No 1224/2009 and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 (OJ L 354, 28.12.2013, p. 1).
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 282 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
(34) The processing industry plays a role in the availability and quality of fishery and aquaculture products. It should be possible for the EMFAF to support targeted investments in that industry, provided they contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the CMO. Such support should be provided only through financial instruments and through InvestEU and not through grantthrough in particular non-repayable grants, financial instruments and through InvestEU. The EU shall also enable that the investments in the processing industry could be financed from other Structural Funds.
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 291 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
(35) Job creation in coastal regions relies on a locally driven development of a sustainable blue economy that revives the social fabric of those regions. Ocean industries and services are likely to outperform the growth of the global economy and make an important contribution to employment and growth by 2030. To be sustainable, blue growth depends on innovation and investment in new maritime businesses and in the bio- economy, including sustainable tourism models, ocean-based renewable energy, innovative high-end shipbuilding and new port service and the sustainable development of the fisheries and the aquaculture sector, which can create jobs and at the same time enhance local development. Whilst public investment in the sustainable blue economy should be mainstreamed throughout the Union budget, the EMFAF should specifically concentrate on enabling conditions for the development of the sustainable blue economy and on removing bottlenecks to facilitate investment and the development of new markets and technologies or services. Support for the development of the sustainable blue economy should be delivered through shared, direct and indirect management.
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 298 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36
(36) The development of a sustainable blue economy strongly relies on partnerships between local stakeholders that contribute to the vitality of coastal and inland communities and economies. The EMFAF should provide tools to foster such partnerships. For that purpose, support for community-led local development (CLLD) should be available under shared management. That approach should boost economic diversification in a local context through the development of coastal and inland fisheries, aquaculture and a sustainable blue economy. CLLD strategies should ensure that local communities better exploit and benefit from the opportunities offered by the sustainable blue economy, capitalising on and strengthening environmental, cultural, social and human resources. Every local partnership should therefore reflect the main focus of its strategy by ensuring a balanced involvement and representation of all relevant stakeholders from the local sustainable blue economy.
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 301 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
(37) Under shared management, it should be possible for the EMFAF to support the sustainable blue economy through the collection, management and use of data to improve the knowledge on the state of the marine and freshwater environment. That support should aim to fulfil requirements under Directive 92/43/EEC and Directive 2009/147/EC, to support maritime spatial planning, the sustainability of the fisheries and the aquaculture sector and to increase data quality and sharing through the European marine observation and data network.
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 308 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
(38) Under direct and indirect management, the EMFAF should focus on the enabling conditions for a sustainable blue economy through the promotion of an integrated governance and management of the maritime policy, the enhancement of the transfer and uptake of research, innovation and technology in the sustainable blue economy, the improvement of maritime skills, ocean literacy and sharing of socio-economic data on the sustainable blue economy, the promotion of a low-carbon and climate resilient sustainable blue economy and the development of project pipelines and innovative financing instruments. Due consideration to the outermost regions' specific situation should be given in relation to the above mentioned fields.
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 315 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41
(41) Actions promoting international ocean governance under the EMFAF are to improve the overarching framework of international and regional processes, agreements, rules and institutions to regulate and manage human activity in the oceans. The EMFAF should fund international arrangements that the Union has concluded in areas not covered by the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreements (SFPAs) established with various third countries as well as the Union's legal membership contribution to regional fisheries management organisations (RFMOs). SFPAs and RFMOs will continue to be funded under different strands of the Union budget.
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 318 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42
(42) With regard to security and defence, improved border protection and maritime security are essential. Under the European Union Maritime Security Strategy adopted by the Council of the European Union on 24 June 2014 and its Action Plan adopted on 16 December 2014, information sharing and the European Border and Coast Guard cooperation between the European Fisheries Control Agency, the European Maritime Safety Agency and the European Border and Coast Guard Agency are key to deliver on those objectives. The EMFAF should therefore support maritime surveillance and coastguard cooperation under both shared and direct management, including by purchasing items for multipurpose maritime operations. It should also allow the relevant agencies to implement support in the field of maritime surveillance and security through indirect management.
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 323 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44
(44) Performance of EMFAF support in Member States should be assessed on the basis of indicators. Member States should report in every two years on progress towards established milestones and targets and the Commission should carry out a performance review based on annual performance reports in every two years prepared by Member States, allowing for early detection of potential implementation issues and corrective actions. A monitoring and evaluation framework should be established for that purpose.
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 324 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 45
(45) Pursuant to paragraphs 22 and 23 of the Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making18 , there is a need to evaluate the EMFAF on the basis of information collected through specific monitoring requirements, while avoiding overregulation and administrative burdens, in particular on Member States. These requirements, where appropriate, can include measurable indicators, as a basis for evaluating the effects of the EMFAF on the ground. _________________ 18 Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making (OJ L 123, 12.05.2016, p. 1).
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 325 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 46
(46) The Commission should implement information and communication actions relating to the EMFAF, and its actions and results. Financial resources allocated to the EMFAF should also contribute to the corporate communication of the political priorities of the Union, as far as they are related to the priorities of the EMFAF.
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 328 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 47
(47) In accordance with Regulation (EU) No [Regulation on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union], Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council19 , Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2988/9520 , Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/9621 and Council Regulation (EU) 2017/193922 , the financial interests of the Union are to be protected through proportionate measures, including the prevention, detection, correction and investigation of irregularities, including fraud, the recovery of funds lost, wrongly paid or incorrectly used and, where appropriate, the imposition of administrative sanctions. In particular, in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 and Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96, the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) might carry out investigations, including on-the- spot checks and inspections, with a view to establishing whether there has been fraud, corruption or any other illegal activity affecting the financial interests of the Union. In accordance with Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939, the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) might investigate and prosecute fraud and other criminal offences affecting the financial interests of the Union as provided for in Directive (EU) 2017/1371 of the European Parliament and of the Council23 . In accordance with Regulation (EU) No [Regulation on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union], any person or entity receiving Union funds is to fully cooperate in the protection of the Union’s financial interests, to grant the necessary rights and access to the Commission, OLAF, the EPPO and the European Court of Auditors (ECA) and to ensure that any third parties involved in the implementation of Union funds grant equivalent rights. Member States should ensure that in the management and implementation of the EMFAF, the financial interests of the Union are protected, in accordance with Regulation (EU) No [Regulation on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union] and Regulation (EU) No [Regulation laying down Common Provisions]. _________________ 19 Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 September 2013 concerning investigations conducted by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1073/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (Euratom) No 1074/1999 (OJ L 248, 18.09.2013, p. 1). 20 Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2988/95 of 18 December 1995 on the protection of the European Communities financial interests (OJ L 312, 23.12.95, p.1). 21 Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96 of 11 November 1996 concerning on-the-spot checks and inspections carried out by the Commission in order to protect the European Communities' financial interests against fraud and other irregularities (OJ L 292, 15.11.1996, p. 2). 22 Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 of 12 October 2017 implementing enhanced cooperation on the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (OJ L 283, 31.10.2017, p. 1). 23 Directive (EU) 2017/1371 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2017 on the fight against fraud to the Union's financial interests by means of criminal law (OJ L 198, 28.7.2017, p. 29).
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 329 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 48
(48) In order to enhance transparency regarding the use of Union funds and their sound financial management, in particular reinforcing public control of the money used, certain information on the operations funded under the EMFAF should be published on a website of Member State in accordance with Regulation (EU) No [Regulation laying down Common Provisions]. When a Member State publishes information on operations funded under EMFAF, the rules on the protection of personal data set out in Regulation (EU) No 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council24 are to be complied with. _________________ 24 Regulation (EU) No 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (OJ L 119, 04.05.2016, p. 1).
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 333 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
This Regulation establishes the European Maritime and, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF). It lays down the priorities of the EMFAF, the budget for the period 2021-2027, the forms of Union funding and the specific rules for providing such funding, complementing the general rules applying to the EMFAF under Regulation (EU) No [Regulation laying down Common Provisions].
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 351 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 12
(12) 'productive aquaculture investments' means investments in the construction, extension, modernisation or in the equipment of facilities including other general and special tools used by aquaculture producers for aquaculture production;
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 374 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The EMFAF shall contribute to the implementation of the CFP and of the maritime policy. It shall pursue the following priorities:
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 381 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) Fostering sustainable fisheries and aquaculture and the conservation of freshwater and marine biological resources;
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 386 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2
(2) Contributing to food security in the Union through competitive and sustainable seawater and freshwater aquaculture and markets;
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 394 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 3
(3) Enabling the growth of a sustainable blue economy and fostering prosperous coastal and waterfront communities;
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 397 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Support under the EMFAF shall contribute to the achievement of the environmental and climate change mitigation and adaptation and food security objectives of the Union. That contribution shall be tracked in accordance with the methodology set out in Annex IV.
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 402 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. The financial envelope for the implementation of the EMFF for the period 2021-2027 shall be EUR 6 140867 000 000 in 2018 constant prices (i.e. EUR 7 739 000 000 in current prices).
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 407 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. The financial envelope for the implementation of the EMFAF for the period 2021-2027 shall be EUR 6 1400 000 000 in current prices.
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 410 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. The part of the financial envelope allocated to the EMFAF under Title II shall be implemented in shared management in accordance with Regulation (EU) No [Regulation laying down Common Provisions] and Article 63 of Regulation (EU) No [Regulation on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union].
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 411 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. The part of the financial envelope allocated to the EMFAF under Title III shall be implemented either directly by the Commission in accordance with Article 62(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) No [Regulation on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union] or within the framework of indirect management in accordance with Article 62(1)(c) of that Regulation.
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 412 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. The part of the financial envelope under shared management as specified in Title II shall be EUR 5 311 06 965 100 000 in current prices in accordance with the annual breakdown set out in Annex V.
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 417 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. The part of the financial envelope under shared management as specified in Title II shall be EUR 5 311740 000 000 in current prices in accordance with the annual breakdown set out in Annex V.
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 419 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. A specific sub-budget shall be determined for seawater and freshwater aquaculture.
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 443 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 5 – introductory part
5. The Union financial support from the EMFAF allocated per Member State to the areas of support referred to in Articles 17(2) and 18 shall not exceed the higher of the following two thresholds:
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 448 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 6
6. In accordance with Articles 30 to 32 of Regulation (EU) No [Regulation laying down Common Provisions], the EMFAF may support technical assistance for the effective administration and use of this Fund at the initiative of a Member State.
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 450 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. The part of the financial envelope under direct and indirect management as specified in Title III shall be EUR 829640 000 000 in current prices.
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 451 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. The part of the financial envelope under direct and indirect management as specified in Title III shall be EUR 829 0773 900 000 in current prices.
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 456 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The amount referred to in paragraph 1 may be used for technical and administrative assistance for the implementation of the EMFAF, such as preparatory, monitoring, control, audit and evaluation activities including corporate information technology systems.
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 457 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
In particular, the EMFAF may support, at the initiative of the Commission and subject to the ceiling of 1.7% of the financial envelope referred to in Article 5(1):
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 458 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. The EMFAF shall support the costs of information and communication activities linked to the implementation of this Regulation.
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 472 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – point b – point i a (new)
i a) detailed rules of compensation - area based - support (seawater and freshwater greening) for environmental and climate protection efforts by aquaculture producers;
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 491 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 6 – point g
(g) the contribution of the programme to the conservation and restoration of marine and freshwater ecosystems, while the support related to Natura 2000 areas shall be in accordance with the prioritised action frameworks established pursuant to Article 8(4) of Directive 92/43/EEC;
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 498 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. An application submitted by a beneficiary for support from the EMFAF shall be inadmissible for an identified period of time laid down pursuant to paragraph 4, if it has been determined by the competent authority that the beneficiary concerned:
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 521 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall require that beneficiaries submitting an application under the EMFAF provide to the managing authority a signed statement confirming that they respect the criteria listed in paragraphs 1 and 3. Member States shall verify the veracity of that statement before approving the operation, based on the information available in the national registers of infringements referred to in Article 93 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, or any other available data.
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 548 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) the transfer of ownership of a business, except for the transfer of an undertaking for young fishermen or young aquaculture producer under the age of 40;
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 563 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) market intervention mechanisms aiming to temporarily or permanently withdraw fishery or aquaculture products from the market with a view to reducing supply in order to prevent price decline or drive up prices; by extension, storage operations in a logistics chain that would produce the same effects either intentionally or unintentionally;deleted
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 634 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The EMFAF may support the following investments in respect of small- scale coastal fishing vessels which belong to a fleet segment for which the latest report on fishing capacity, referred to in Article 22(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, has shown a balance with the fishing opportunities available to that segment:
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 668 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1
1. The EMFAF may support operations for the management of fisheries and fishing fleets.
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 703 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The EMFAF may support a compensation for the extraordinary cessation of fishing activities caused by:
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 772 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 a (new)
Article 18 a Compensation for crisis-affected fishermen and seawater and freshwater aquaculture producers In the event of a crisis on fisheries and aquaculture markets, natural disasters or environmental incidents, EMFAF may provide support to fishermen and seawater and freshwater aquaculture producers affected by the crisis. The aid may be granted to offset the damage declared formally by the competent authorities of the given Member State. The aid may be provided by the Member State either directly to the fishermen and aquaculture producers concerned or by contribution to a mutual risk fund.
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 773 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1
1. The EMFAF may support the development and implementation of a Union fisheries control system as provided for in Article 36 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 and further specified in Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 787 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1
1. The EMFAF may support the collection, management and use of data for fisheries management and scientific purposes, as provided for in Article 25(1) and (2) and Article 27 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 and further specified in Regulation (EU) No 2017/1004, on the basis of the national work plans referred to in Article 6 of Regulation (EU) No 2017/1004.
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 792 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1
1. The EMFAF may support the compensation of additional costs incurred by beneficiaries in the fishing, farming, processing and marketing of certain fishery and aquaculture products from the outermost regions referred to in Article 6(2).
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 799 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – title
22 Protection and restoration of marine and, coastal and freshwater biodiversity and ecosystems
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 800 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1
1. The EMFAF may support actions for the protection and restoration of marine and, coastal and freshwater biodiversity and ecosystems, including in inland waters.
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 816 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(c a) measures to achieve and maintain good environmental status in the freshwater environment;
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 843 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1
1. The EMFAF may support the promotion of a sustainable - seawater and freshwater - aquaculture as provided for in Article 34(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 and for the increase of aquaculture production. It may also support animal health and welfare in aquaculture in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council32 and Regulation (EU) No 652/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council33 . _________________ 32 Regulation (EU) No 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on transmissible animal diseases and amending and repealing certain acts in the area of animal health ('Animal Health Law') (OJ L 84, 31.03.2016, p. 1). 33 Regulation (EU) No 652/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 laying down provisions for the management of expenditure relating to the food chain, animal health and animal welfare, and relating to plant health and plant reproductive material, amending Council Directives 98/56/EC, 2000/29/EC and 2008/90/EC, Regulations (EC) No 178/2002, (EC) No 882/2004 and (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Decisions 66/399/EEC, 76/894/EEC and 2009/470/EC (OJ L 189, 27.06.2014, p. 1).
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 854 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 3
3. Productive aquaculture investments under this Article may only be supported through thenon-repayable grants, financial instruments provided for in Article 52 of Regulation (EU) No [Regulation laying down Common Provisions] and through InvestEU, in accordance Article 10 of that Regulation.
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 859 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Seawater and freshwater aquaculture producers provide significant environmental, nature conserving and climate protecting ecosystem services. Therefore, Member States may provide Union support to compensate for their loss of income due to aquaculture producers' efforts. This can be done by an area based payment (seawater and freshwater greening) or by subsidies based on exact and objective indicators.
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 865 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1
The EMFAF may support actions contributing to the achievement of the objectives of the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products as provided for in Article 35 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 and further specified in Regulation (EU) No 1379/2013. It may also support actions promoting the marketing, the quality and the value added of fishery and aquaculture products as well as their promotion on the EU internal market and in third countries.
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 873 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1
1. The EMFAF may support investments in the processing of fishery and aquaculture products. Such support shall contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products as provided for in Article 35 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 and further specified in Regulation (EU) No 1379/2013.
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 881 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2
2. Support under this Article shall only be granted through thenon-repayable grants, financial instruments provided for in Article 52 of Regulation (EU) No [Regulation laying down Common Provisions] and through InvestEU, in accordance Article 10 of that Regulation.
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 884 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The development of fisheries and aquaculture processing plants may be supported by the Member States by the involvement of other Structural Fund resources.
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 889 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Title 2 – chapter 4 – title
Priority 3: Enabling the growth of a sustainable blue economy and fostering prosperous coastal and waterfront communities
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 893 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1
1. The EMFAF may support the sustainable development of local economies and communities through the community-led local development set out in Article 25 of Regulation (EU) No [Regulation laying down Common Provisions].
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 898 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2
2. For the purpose of EMFAF support, the community-led local development strategies referred to in Article 26 of Regulation (EU) No [Regulation laying down Common Provisions] shall ensure that local communities better exploit and benefit from the opportunities offered by the sustainable blue economy, capitalising on and strengthening environmental, cultural, social and human resources.
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 905 #

2018/0210(COD)

27 Marine and freshwater knowledge
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 909 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The EMFAF may support the collection, management and use of data to improve the knowledge on the state of the marine and freshwater environment, with a view to:
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 912 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) increasing data quality and sharing through the European marine observation and data network (EMODnet) as well as in other data networks covering freshwater.
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 916 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1
1. The EMFAF may support actions contributing to the achievement of the objectives of the common information sharing environment.
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 919 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1
1. The EMFAF may support actions, carried out by national authorities, contributing to the European cooperation on coastguard functions referred to in Article 53 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1624 of the European Parliament and of the Council35 , Article 2b of Regulation (EU) No 2016/1625 of the European Parliament and of the Council36 and Article 7a of Regulation (EU) No 2016/1626 of the European Parliament and of the Council37 . _________________ 35 Regulation (EU) 2016/1624 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 September 2016 on the European Border and Coast Guard and amending Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Regulation (EC) No 863/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2004 and Council Decision 2005/267/EC (OJ L 251, 16.09.2016, p. 1). 36 Regulation (EU) 2016/1625 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 September 2016 amending Regulation (EC) No 1406/2002 establishing a European Maritime Safety Agency (OJ L 251, 16.09.2016, p. 77). 37 Regulation (EU) 2016/1626 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 September 2016 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 768/2005 establishing a Community Fisheries Control Agency (OJ L 251, 16.09.2016, p. 80).
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 921 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1
The maximum EMFAF co-financing rate per area of support is set out in Annex II.
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 922 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall apply a maximum aid intensity rate of 5075 % of the total eligible expenditure of the operation., except investments in innovation where the maximum aid intensity rate shall be 100 %
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 930 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 2
2. In the cases of the financial corrections referred to in paragraph 1, Member States shall determine the amount of the correction, which shall be proportionate, having regard to the nature, gravity, duration and repetition of the infringement or offence by the beneficiary and the importance of the EMFAF contribution to the economic activity of the beneficiary.
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 933 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall decide on the amount of the correction taking into account the nature, gravity, duration and repetition of the serious non-compliance by the Member State or beneficiary with the rules of the CFP and the importance of the EMFAF contribution to the economic activity of the beneficiary concerned.
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 935 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 1
1. Indicators to report on progress of the EMFAF towards the achievement of the priorities referred to in Article 4 are set out in Annex I.
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 936 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 2
2. To ensure effective assessment of progress of the EMFAF towards the achievement of its priorities, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 52, to amend Annex I to review or complement the indicators where considered necessary and to supplement this Regulation with provisions on the establishment of a monitoring and evaluation framework .
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 937 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – title
38 Annual pPerformance report in every two years
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 938 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1
1. In accordance with Article 36(6) of Regulation (EU) No [Regulation laying down Common Provisions], each Member State shall submit to the Commission an annual performance report in every two years no later than one month before the biannual review meeting. The first report shall be submitted in 2023, than in 2025 and 2027 and the last report in 2029.
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 939 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 3
3. The report referred to in paragraph 1 shall be examined during the biannual review meeting, in accordance with Article 36 of Regulation (EU) No [Regulation laying down Common Provisions].
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 943 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts laying down rules for the presentation of the report referred to in paragraph 1. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the advisorymanagement procedure referred to in Article 53(2).
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 945 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The EMFAF shall support the implementation of the CFP through:
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 946 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(a a) involvement of the funds of the Horizon Europe research and development programme as much as possible to support and encourage research and development and innovation activities in the fisheries and aquaculture sector;
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 947 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 1
1. The EMFAF shall support the promotion of clean and healthy seas, including through actions to support the implementation of Directive 2008/56/EC and actions to ensure coherence with the achievement of good environmental status pursuant to Article 2(5)(j) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, and the implementation of the European strategy for plastics in a circular economy.
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 951 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1
The EMFAF shall support the development and dissemination of market intelligence for fishery and aquaculture products by the Commission in accordance with Article 42 of Regulation (EU) No 1379/2013.
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 956 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Title 3 – chapter 3 – title
Priority 3: Enabling the growth of a sustainable blue economy and fostering prosperous coastal and waterfront communities
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 960 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – title
43 Maritime policy and development of a sustainable blue economy in seas and freshwater
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 961 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The EMFAF shall support the implementation of the maritime policy and the development of a sustainable blue economy through:
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 965 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the promotion of a sustainable, low carbon and climate resilient blue economy at seas and freshwater;
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 969 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the enhancement of the transfer and uptake of research, innovation and technology in the sustainable blue economy, including the European marine observation and data network (EMODnet) as well as in other data networks covering freshwater;
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 973 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) the improvement of maritime skills, ocean and freshwater literacy and sharing of socio- economic data on the sustainable blue economy;
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 978 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 1
The EMFAF shall support the promotion of maritime security and surveillance, including through data sharing, coastguard and agencies cooperation and fight against criminal and illegal activities at sea.
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 979 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The EMFAF shall support the implementation of the international ocean governance policy through:
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 981 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 1
1. The EMFAF may provide funding in any of the forms laid down in Regulation (EU) No [Regulation on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union], in particular procurement pursuant to Title VII of that Regulation and grants pursuant to Title VIII of that Regulation. It may also provide financing in the form of financial instruments within blending operations, as referred to in Article 47.
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 984 #

2018/0210(COD)

Blending operations under the EMFAF shall be implemented in accordance with Regulation (EU) No [Regulation on InvestEU] and Title X of Regulation (EU) No [Regulation on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union].
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 988 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 50 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall implement information and communication actions relating to the EMFF, and its actions and results. Financial resources allocated to the EMFAF shall also contribute to the corporate communication of the political priorities of the Union, as far as they are related to the priorities referred to in Article 4.
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 990 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall be assisted by a Committee for the European Maritime and, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund. That committee shall be a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council38 . _________________ 38 Regulation (EU) 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 (OJ L 55, 28.02.2011, p. 13).
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 992 #

2018/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 2
2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 45 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply.
2018/10/25
Committee: PECH
Amendment 14 #

2018/0205(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Directive 86/278/EEC
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) the names and addresses of the recipients of the sludge and the place where the sludge is to be used;
2018/09/04
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 16 #

2018/0205(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Directive 86/278/EEC
Article 10 – paragraph 2
The records referred to in paragraph 1 shall be made available to the public for each 2 calendar years, within three months of the end of the relevant calendar year, in a consolidated format as laid down in the Annex to Commission Decision 94/741/EC** or another format provided pursuant to Article 17.
2018/09/04
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 32 #

2018/0205(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2004/35/EC
Annex VI – paragraph 1
1. scale and type of environmental damage, date of occurrence and/or discovery of the damage. The scale of environmental damage shall be classified as small, medium, large or very large. The type of environmental damage shall be classified as damage to water, marine environment, soil, nature/ecosystems or damage to human or animal health caused by pollution;
2018/09/04
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 33 #

2018/0205(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Directive 2007/2/EC
Article 21 – paragraph 2
2. No later than 31 March every 2 years Member States shall update and publish their summary report. This report, which shall be made public by the Commission services assisted by the European Environment Agency, shall include summary descriptions of:;
2018/09/04
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 34 #

2018/0205(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2007/2/EC
Article 23
The European Environment Agency shall publish and update biannually the Union- wide overview on the basis of metadata and data made available by the Member States through network services in accordance with Article 21. The Union- wide overview shall include, as appropriate, indicators for outputs, results and impacts of this Directive, Union-wide overview maps and Member State overview reports.
2018/09/04
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 37 #

2018/0205(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Directive 2010/63/EC
Article 43 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall, until 31 December 20201, publish the non-technical project summaries of authorised projects and any updates thereto. From 1 January 20212, Member States shall submit and publish the non-technical project summaries, at the latest within 6 months of authorisation, and any updates thereto, by electronic transfer to the Commission.
2018/09/04
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 38 #

2018/0205(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Directive 2010/63/EC
Article 54 – paragraph 1
Member States shall by 30 September 20234, and every 5 years thereafter, send the information on the implementation of this Directive and in particular Articles 10(1), 26, 28, 34, 38, 39, 43 and 46 thereof.
2018/09/04
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 40 #

2018/0205(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Directive 2010/63/EC
Article 54 – paragraph 2
Member States shall collect and make publicly available, on an biannual basis, statistical information on the use of animals in procedures, including information on the actual severity of the procedures and on the origin and species of non-human primates used in procedures.
2018/09/04
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 42 #

2018/0205(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Directive 86/278/EEC
Article 10 – paragraph 2
The records referred to in paragraph 1 shall be made available to the public for each 2 calendar years, within three months of the end of the relevant calendar year, in a consolidated format as laid down in the Annex to Commission Decision 94/741/EC** or another format provided pursuant to Article 17.
2018/09/06
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 44 #

2018/0205(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No 166/2006
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall provide, each 2 years, to the Commission by electronic transfer a report containing all the data referred to in Article 5(1) and (2) in a format and by a date to be established by the Commission by means of implementing acts in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 19(2). The reporting date shall be, in any case, no later than 9 months after the end of the reporting yearperiod.
2018/09/04
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 46 #

2018/0205(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Regulation (EU) No 995/2010
Article 20 – paragraph 3
3. By 3 December 20215 and every six years thereafter, the Commission shall, on the basis of information on and experience with the application of this Regulation, review the functioning and effectiveness of this Regulation, including in preventing illegally harvested timber or timber products derived from such timber being placed on the market. It shall in particular consider the administrative consequences for small and medium-sized enterprises and product coverage. The Commission shall report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the results of the review and accompany such reports, if necessary, by appropriate legislative proposals.
2018/09/04
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 59 #

2018/0205(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2004/35/EC
Annex VI – paragraph 1 – point 1
1. scale and type of environmental damage, date of occurrence and/or discovery of the damage. The scale of environmental damage shall be classified as small, medium, large or very large. The type of environmental damage shall be classified as damage to water, marine environment, soil, nature/ecosystems or damage to human or animal health caused by pollution;
2018/09/06
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 60 #

2018/0205(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Directive 2007/2/EC
Article 21 – paragraph 2
2. No later than 31 March every 2 years Member States shall update and publish their summary report. This report, which shall be made public by the Commission services assisted by the European Environment Agency, shall include summary descriptions of:;
2018/09/06
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 61 #

2018/0205(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2007/2/EC
Article 23 – paragraph 1
The European Environment Agency shall publish and update biannually the Union- wide overview on the basis of metadata and data made available by the Member States through network services in accordance with Article 21. The Union- wide overview shall include, as appropriate, indicators for outputs, results and impacts of this Directive, Union-wide overview maps and Member State overview reports.
2018/09/06
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 68 #

2018/0205(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Directive 2010/63/EU
Article 43 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall, until 31 December 20201, publish the non-technical project summaries of authorised projects and any updates thereto. From 1 January 20212, Member States shall submit and publish the non-technical project summaries, at the latest within 6 months of authorisation, and any updates thereto, by electronic transfer to the Commission.
2018/09/06
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 69 #

2018/0205(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Directive 2010/63/EU
Article 54 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall by 30 September 20234, and every 5 years thereafter, send the information on the implementation of this Directive and in particular Articles 10(1), 26, 28, 34, 38, 39, 43 and 46 thereof.
2018/09/06
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 72 #

2018/0205(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Directive 2010/63/EU
Article 54 – paragraph 2
Member States shall collect and make publicly available, on an biannual basis, statistical information on the use of animals in procedures, including information on the actual severity of the procedures and on the origin and species of non-human primates used in procedures.
2018/09/06
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 75 #

2018/0205(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation 166/2006/EC
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall provide, eachvery two years, to the Commission by electronic transfer a report containing all the data referred to in Article 5(1) and (2) in a format and by a date to be established by the Commission by means of implementing acts in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 19(2). The reporting date shall be, in any case, no later than 9 months after the end of the reporting yearperiod.
2018/09/06
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 77 #

2018/0205(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Regulation 995/2010/EU
Article 20 – paragraph 3
3. By 3 December 20215 and every six years thereafter, the Commission shall, on the basis of information on and experience with the application of this Regulation, review the functioning and effectiveness of this Regulation, including in preventing illegally harvested timber or timber products derived from such timber being placed on the market. It shall in particular consider the administrative consequences for small and medium-sized enterprises and product coverage. The Commission shall report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the results of the review and accompany such reports, if necessary, by appropriate legislative proposals.
2018/09/06
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 32 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Title 0
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund Plus, the Cohesion Fund, and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and financial rules for those and for the Asylum and Migration Fund, the Internal Security Fund and the Border Management and Visa Instrument
2018/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 38 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
(2) In order to further develop a coordinated and harmonised implementation of Union Funds implemented under shared management namely the European Regional Development Fund ('ERDF'), the European Social Fund Plus ('ESF+'), the Cohesion Fund, measures financed under shared management in the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund ('EMFF'), the Asylum and Migration Fund ('AMIF'), Internal Security Fund ('ISF') and Integrated Border Management Fund ('BMVI'), financial rules based on Article 322 of the TFEU should be established for all these Funds ('the Funds'), clearly specifying the scope of application of the relevant provisions. In addition, common provisions based on Article 177 of the TFEU should be established to cover policy specific rules for the ERDF, the ESF+, the Cohesion Fund and the EMFF.
2018/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 43 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
(6) Horizontal financial rules adopted by the European Parliament and the Council on the basis of Article 322 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union apply to this Regulation. These rules are laid down in the Financial Regulation and determine in particular the procedure for establishing and implementing the budget through grants, procurement, prizes, indirect implementation, and provide for checks on the responsibility of financial actors. Rules adopted on the basis of Article 322 TFEU also concern the protection of the Union's budget in case of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law in the Member States, as the respect for the rule of law is an essential precondition for sound financial management and effective EU funding.
2018/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 72 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) financial rules for the European Regional Development Fund ('ERDF'), the European Social Fund Plus ('ESF+'), the Cohesion Fund,, the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund ('EMFF'), the Asylum and Migration Fund ('AMIF'), the Internal Security Fund ('ISF') and the Border Management and Visa Instrument ('BMVI') ('the Funds');
2018/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 141 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the biannual performance reports for programmes supported by the EMFF, the AMF, the ISF and the BMVI, and the final performance report for programmes supported by the ERDF, the ESF+ and the Cohesion Fund;
2018/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 142 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – title
36 ABiannual performance review
2018/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 143 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
An biannual review meeting shall be organised between the Commission and each Member State to examine the performance of each programme.
2018/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 144 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The biannual review meeting shall be chaired by the Commission or, if the Member State so requests, co-chaired by the Member State and the Commission.
2018/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 145 #

2018/0196(COD)

For programmes supported by the ERDF, the ESF+ and the Cohesion Fund, the Member State shall no later than one month before the biannual review meeting provide the Commission with the information on the elements listed in Article 35(1).
2018/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 146 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 4
4. The outcome of the biannual review meeting shall be recorded in agreed minutes.
2018/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 148 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 6
6. For programmes supported by the EMFF, the AMF, the ISF and the BMVI, the Member State shall submit an biannual performance report in accordance with the Fund-specific Regulations.
2018/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 163 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) the Commission shall give at least 120 working days’ notice for the audit to the competent programme authority, except in urgent cases. Officials or authorised representatives of the Member State may take part in such audits.
2018/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 164 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) the Commission shall transmit the preliminary audit findings, in at least one of the official languages of the Union, no later than 32 months after the last day of the audit, to the competent Member State authority.
2018/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 165 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) the Commission shall transmit the audit report, in at least one of the official languages of the Union, no later than 32 months from the date of receiving a complete reply from the competent Member State authority to the preliminary audit findings.
2018/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 166 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
The Commission may extend the time limits referred in points (c) and (d) by an additional threewo months.
2018/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 167 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Member State may identify a certifying authority. The Member State may, at its own initiative, designate a coordinating body whose responsibility shall be to liaise with and provide information to the Commission, to coordinate activities of the other relevant bodies and to promote the harmonized application of the applicable law.
2018/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 168 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 66 – paragraph 2
2. The Member State may entrust the accounting function referred to in Article 70 to the managing authority, to the certifying authority or to another body.
2018/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 169 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 66 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall adopt an implementing act in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 109(2) in order to ensure uniform conditions for the electronic data to be recorded and stored referred to in point (e) of paragraph 1. That implementing act shall be adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 109(2).
2018/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 170 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 67 – paragraph 2
2. Upon request of the Commission, the managing authority shall consult the Commission and take its comments into account prior to the initial submission of the selection criteria to the monitoring committee and before any subsequent changes to those criteria.deleted
2018/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 171 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 67 – paragraph 3 – point i
(i) ensure that selected operations are not affected by a reasoned opinion by the Commission in respect of an infringement under Article 258 of the TFEU that puts at risk the legality and regularity of expenditure or the performance of operations;deleted
2018/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 172 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 67 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Member States shall draw up and adopt rules of procedure for providing such support in accordance with the institutional, legal and financial framework of the Member State concerned.
2018/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 173 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point g
(g) provide forecasts of the amount for payment applications to be submitted for the current and subsequent calendar years by 31 January and 31 July, in accordance with Annex VII.deleted
2018/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 174 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Management verifications referred to in point (a) of paragraph 1 shallmay be risk-based and proportionate to the risks identified as defined in a risk management strategy.
2018/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 175 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) certifying the completeness, accuracy and veracity of the accounts and that the expenditure entered in the accounts complies with applicable law and has been incurred in respect of operations selected for funding in accordance with the criteria applicable to the operational programme and complying with applicable law;
2018/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 176 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 1 – point c b (new)
(cb) ensuring, for the purposes of drawing up and submitting payment applications, that it has received adequate information from the managing authority on the procedures and verifications carried out in relation to expenditure;
2018/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 177 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 1 – point c c (new)
(cc) taking account when drawing up and submitting payment applications of the results of all audits carried out by, or under the responsibility of, the audit authority;
2018/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 178 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 1 – point c d (new)
(cd) maintaining, in a computerised form, accounting records of expenditure declared to the Commission and of the corresponding public contribution paid to beneficiaries;
2018/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 179 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Where programmes are grouped for the purpose of audits of operations pursuant to Article 73(2), the information required under paragraph (3)(b) may beis grouped in a single report.
2018/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 180 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 74 – paragraph 2
2. For programmes for which the Commission concludes that the opinion of the audit authority is reliable and the Member State concerned participates in the enhanced cooperation on the European Public Prosecutor's Office, the Commission's own audits shall be limited to auditing the work of the audit authority.
2018/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 181 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 74 – paragraph 4
4. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 3, any operation may be subject to more than one audit, if the audit authority concludes based on its professional judgment, that it is not possible to draw up a valid audit opinion.deleted
2018/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 182 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 74 – paragraph 5 – point a
(a) there is a specific risk of irregularity or an indication of fraud;
2018/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 183 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 78 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The Member State may apply the enhanced proportionate arrangements set out in Article 77 at any time during the programming period, where the Commission has confirmed in its published annual activity reports for the last two years preceding the Member State's decision to apply the provisions of this Article, that the programme's management and control system is functioning effectively and that the total error rate for each year is below 2 %. When assessing the effective functioning of the programme's management and control system, the Commission shall take into account the participation of the Member State concerned in the enhanced cooperation on the European Public Prosecutor's Office.
2018/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 105 #

2018/0169(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. In order to ensure compliance with the requirements and conditions referred to in paragraph 1, the reclamation plant operator concerned shall monitor water quality in accordance with the following:
2018/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 118 #

2018/0169(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. The reclamation plant operator concerned shall draw-up a Water Reuse Risk Management Plan based on the key risk management tasks set out in Annex II. The Water Reuse Risk Management Plan shall propose any additional requirements to those specified in Annex I necessary to further mitigate any risks, and shall, inter alia, identify hazards, risks and appropriate preventive measures.
2018/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 160 #

2018/0169(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 4 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) an assessment of risks to animal health
2018/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 169 #

2018/0169(COD)

- PigFood producing animals must not be exposed to fodder irrigated with reclaimed water unless there is sufficient data to indicate that the risks for a specific case can be managed.
2018/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 170 #

2018/0169(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 6 – table 1 – column 2 – row 3 – indent 2
- Exclude lactating dairy cattle from pasture until pasture is dryfor five days after last irrigation.
2018/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 8 #

2018/0166R(APP)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that the common agricultural policy (CAP) plays a crucial role in delivering key EU objectives such as food security and preservation of landscapes and the natural environment; points out that the rules with which farmers must comply governing food, health and environmental protection have increased, while the relative share of agriculture in the EU budget keeps declining;
2018/09/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 30 #

2018/0166R(APP)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates its call for the CAP budget to be maintained in the 2021-2027 MFF at least at the level of the 2014-2020 budget for the EU-27 in real terms, given the fundamental role of this policy; reaffirms its firm view that agriculture must not suffer any financial disadvantage as a result of political decisions such as the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU or the funding of new European policies;
2018/09/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 43 #

2018/0166R(APP)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Disagrees withOpposes the Commission’s proposal for the next MFF, which would entail substantial cuts to the CAP; highlights the fact that the extent of the cuts varies according to the parameters used for the comparison; disagrees with the Commission’s approach of providing two calculation methods for the MFF (current vs constant);
2018/09/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 50 #

2018/0166R(APP)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the importance of direct payments as well as second-pillar funds for farmers; deplores in particular the severe cuts envisaged for the second pillar of the CAP, which makes a significant contribution to investment and employment in rural areas; recalls, that the main objective of this European Commission is to maintain and create jobs in the EU; therefore, does not understand why the Commission plans serious cuts in the EU budget for rural development; stresses that it cannot be taken for granted that national co-funding will fill the budget gap;
2018/09/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 217 #

2018/0143(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point n a (new)
(na) The Carbon Correction Factor (CCF) is equal to the national share of liquid and gaseous biofuels sold at the fuelling stations, to be certified at Member State level.
2018/09/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 227 #

2018/0143(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) the amount of liquid and gaseous biofuels sold at fuelling stations, which should be taken into account and shall be deducted from the CO2 emissions reported. These values are used for the calculation of the Carbon Correction Factor (CCF).
2018/09/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 365 #

2018/0143(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 2 – point 2.1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The amount of liquid and gaseous biofuels sold at the stations shall be considered and their respective CO2 savings shall be deducted from the specific CO2 emissions of a new heavy- duty vehicle. This is the Carbon Correction Factor (CCF), which is calculated in reference to the national share of liquid and gaseous biofuels used.
2018/09/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 373 #

2018/0143(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 2 – point 2.2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
The amount of liquid and gaseous biofuels sold at the stations shall be considered and their respective CO2 savings shall be deducted from the average specific CO2 emissions of all new heavy-duty vehicles in a sub-group for a manufacturer. This is the Carbon Correction Factor (CCF), which is calculated in reference to the national share of liquid and gaseous biofuels used.
2018/09/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 66 #

2018/0088(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) The second paragraph of point (a) of Article 2(4) of the Directive 2001/110/EC on honey provides that, where honey originates from more than one Member State or third country, the mandatory indication of the countries of origin may be replaced by one of the following, as appropriate: ‘blend of EU honeys’, ‘blend of non-EU honeys’ or ‘blend of EU and non-EU honeys’; whereas the indication ‘blend of EU and non-EU honeys’ is not informative enough for the consumer;
2018/09/21
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 67 #

2018/0088(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 b (new)
(1b) Many honey packagers and traders now abuse this way of indicating origin in order to conceal the real country of origin, as well as the proportion of honey from the different countries concerned, as purchasers are becoming more knowledgeable and are distrustful of foodstuffs from certain countries;
2018/09/21
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 68 #

2018/0088(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 c (new)
(1c) The resolution of the European Parliament of 1 March 2018 on prospects and challenges for the EU apiculture sector “considers … that labelling such as ‘blend of EU honeys’, ‘blend of non-EU honeys’, and especially ‘blend of EU and non-EU honeys’, completely conceals the origin of the honey from the consumer and consequently fails to fulfil the principles of EU consumer protection law” (paragraph 58) and, therefore, “Asks for the ‘blend of EU and non-EU honeys’ descriptor on labels to be replaced by an indication of exactly which country or countries the honey used in the final product come from, and that these be listed in the order which corresponds to the percentage proportions used in the final product .” (paragraph 59);
2018/09/21
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 69 #

2018/0088(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 d (new)
(1d) The situation on the EU internal honey market has been worsened due to the continuous import of adultered honey according to representatives of European and national beekeeper organisations; whereas the EU is not supposed to tolerate this situation anymore and it should take the right step forward which is the correction of the labelling section of the Directive 2001/110/EC on honey;
2018/09/21
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 70 #

2018/0088(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 e (new)
(1e) Current rules do not take account of fraudulent practices affecting processed products such as biscuits, breakfast cereals, confectionery, etc.; whereas the label ‘honey’ can mislead consumers in regard to the real content of the given product, as it is often used when much less than 50 % of the sugar content of the product originates from honey; whereas the food labelling rules as to be corrected also in this field;
2018/09/21
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 91 #

2018/0088(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34 a (new)
(34 a) whereas the second paragraph of point (a) of Article 2(4) of the Directive 2001/110/EC on honey provides that, where honey originates from more than one Member State or third country, the mandatory indication of the countries of origin may be replaced by one of the following, as appropriate: ‘blend of EU honeys’, ‘blend of non-EU honeys’ or ‘blend of EU and non-EU honeys’; whereas the indication ‘blend of EU and non-EU honeys’ is not informative enough for the consumer;
2018/09/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 92 #

2018/0088(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34 b (new)
(34 b) whereas many honey packagers and traders now abuse this way of indicating origin in order to conceal the real country of origin, as well as the proportion of honey from the different countries concerned, as purchasers are becoming more knowledgeable and are distrustful of foodstuffs from certain countries;
2018/09/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 93 #

2018/0088(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34 c (new)
(34 c) whereas the resolution of the European Parliament at 1 March 2018 on prospects and challenges for the EU apiculture sector “considers … that labelling such as ‘blend of EU honeys’, ‘blend of non-EU honeys’, and especially ‘blend of EU and non-EU honeys’, completely conceals the origin of the honey from the consumer and consequently fails to fulfil the principles of EU consumer protection law (paragraph 58)” and, therefore, “Asks for the ‘blend of EU and non-EU honeys’ descriptor on labels to be replaced by an indication of exactly which country or countries the honey used in the final product come from, and that these be listed in the order which corresponds to the percentage proportions used in the final product … (paragraph 59)
2018/09/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 94 #

2018/0088(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34 d (new)
(34 d) whereas the situation on the EU internal honey market has been worsened due to the continuous import of adultered honey according to representatives of European and national beekeeper organisations; whereas the EU is not supposed to tolerate this situation anymore and it should take the right step forward which is the correction of the labelling section of the Directive 2001/110/EC on honey;
2018/09/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 95 #

2018/0088(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34 e (new)
(34 e) whereas current rules do not take account of fraudulent practices affecting processed products such as biscuits, breakfast cereals, confectionery, etc.; whereas the label ‘honey’ can mislead consumers in regard to the real content of the given product, as it is often used when much less than 50 % of the sugar content of the product originates from honey; whereas the food labelling rules has to be corrected also in this field;
2018/09/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 212 #

2018/0088(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 a (new)
Directive No 2001/110/EC
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 4 a Amendments to Directive (EC) No 2001/110 on honey Directive (EC) No 2001/110 is amended as follows: (1) Article 2 is amended as follows: (a) Article 2, paragraph (4) point a) is replaced by the following text: “The country or countries of origin where the honey has been harvested shall be indicated on the label by which country or countries the honey used in the final product come from, and that these shall be listed in the order which corresponds to the percentage proportions used in the final product additionally stating the percentage by country in a given product.” (b) Article 2 is completed by the following paragraph (6): “The use of the word ‘honey’ or the terms ‘containing honey’ or ‘made with honey’ in the designation of processed food products, or in any graphic or non- graphic element indicating that the product contains honey may only be used if at least 50 % of the sugar- content of the product originates from honey.”
2018/09/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 539 #

2018/0088(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9a (new)
Directive 2001/110/EC
Article 2
Article 9a Amendments to Directive 2001/110/EC on honey Directive 2001/110/EC is amended as follows: Article 2 is amended as follows: (a) in point 4, point (a) is replaced by the following: “(a) The country or countries of origin where the honey has been harvested shall be indicated on the label by which country or countries the honey used in the final product come from, and that these shall be listed in the order which corresponds to the percentage proportions used in the final product additionally stating the percentage by country in a given product;” (b) the following point is added: “5a. the use of the word ‘honey’ or the terms ‘containing honey’ or ‘made with honey’ in the designation of processed food products, or in any graphic or non- graphic element indicating that the product contains honey may only be used if at least 50 % of the sugar- content of the product originates from honey.”
2018/09/21
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 62 #

2018/0082(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Title 1
Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on unfair tradingdistribution practices in business- to- business relationships in the food supply chain
2018/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 65 #

2018/0082(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
(3) Different operators are active in the food supply chain at the stages of production, processing, marketing, distribution and retailomestic and overseas trade distribution, trade and sale to final consumers of food products. The chain is by far the most important channel for bringing food products from 'farm to fork'. Those operators trade food products, that is to say primary agricultural products, including fishery and aquaculture products, as listed in Annex I to the Treaty for use as food, and other food products not listed in that Annex but processed from agricultural products for use as food.
2018/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 74 #

2018/0082(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
(4)4. While business risk is inherent in all economic activity, agricultural production is particularly fraught with uncertainty due to its reliance on biological processes, since agricultural products are to a greater or lesser extent perishable and seasonable, and its exposure to weather conditions. In an agricultural policy environment that is distinctly more market- oriented than in the past, protection against unfair tradingdistribution practices has become more important for operators active in the food supply chain and in particular for agricultural producers and their organisations.
2018/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 86 #

2018/0082(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
(7) A minimum Union standard of protection against certain manifestly unfair trading practices should be introduced throughout the food supply chain and including all the operators involved in order to reduce the occurrence of such practices and to contribute to ensuring a fair standard of living for agricultural producers. It should benefit all agricultural producers or any natural or legal person that supplies food products, including producer organisations and associations of producer organisations, provided that all those persons meet the definition of micro, small and medium- sized enterprises set out in the Annex to Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC12. Those micro, small or medium suppliers are particularly vulnerable to unfair trading practices and least able to weather them without negative effects on their economic viability. As the financial pressure on small and medium- sized enterprises caused by unfair trading practices often passes through the chain and reaches agricultural producers, rules on unfair trading practices should also protect small and medium- sized intermediary suppliers at the stages downstream of primary production. Protection of intermediary suppliers should also avoid unintended consequences (notably in terms of unduly raising prices) of trade diversion away from agricultural producers and their associations, who produce processed products, to non- protected suppliers. _________________ 12 OJ L 124, 20.5.2003, p. 36.
2018/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 128 #

2018/0082(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
(12) When deciding whether an individual trading practice is considered unfair it is important to reduce the risk of limiting the use of fair and efficiency- creating agreements agreed between parties. As a result, it is appropriate to distinguish practices that are foreseen in clear and unambiguous terms in supply agreements between parties from practices that occur after the transaction has started without being agreed in advance in clear and unambiguous terms, so that only unilateral and, possibly retrospective changes to those relevant terms of the supply agreement are prohibited. However, certain trading practices are considered as unfair by their very nature and should not be subject to the parties’ contractual freedom to deviate from them.
2018/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 134 #

2018/0082(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 a (new)
(12 a) The practice of being able to amend contracts must be established. If it can be substantiated that a contracting party is in a critical situation for external market reasons, deviation from the terms of the contract is permissible by mutual agreement. The parameters and conditions governing any deviation from the terms of the contract must be recorded in the contract. However, because of sudden, unforeseeable changes in the market, the procedure for dealing with instances of vis major also needs to be determined.
2018/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 135 #

2018/0082(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 b (new)
(12 b) The Member States must draw up common model contracts. These would help market operators to determine the requisite contractual frameworks.
2018/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 155 #

2018/0082(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
(15) The enforcement authorities of the Member States should have the necessary powers that enable them to effectively gather any factual information by way of information requests. They should have the power to order the termination of a prohibited practice, where applicable. The existence of a deterrent, such as the power to impose fines and the publication of investigation results, can encourage behavioural change and pre-litigation solutions between the parties and should therefore be part of the powers of the enforcement authorities. The Commission and the enforcement authorities of the Member States should cooperate closely so as to ensure a common approach with respect to the application of the rules set out in this Directive. In particular, the enforcement authorities should provide each other mutual assistance, for example by sharing information and assisting in investigations which have a cross-border dimension. There is a need for joint EU- level recording and regular publication on a public website of market operators which employ unfair trading practices, as well as of investigation results.
2018/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 164 #

2018/0082(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 15 a (new)
(15 a) There is also a need to establish an EU-level authority or broaden the scope of an existing authority to conduct dispute-settlement proceedings which cannot be dealt with at Member-State level.
2018/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 172 #

2018/0082(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
(19) In the interest of an effective implementation of the policy in respect of unfair trading practices in business-to- business relationships in the food supply chain, the Commission should review the application of this Directive and submit a report to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions. The review should also pay particular attention to whether protection of small and medium-sized buyers of food products in the supply chain – in addition to the protection of small and medium sized suppliers – in the future would be justified,
2018/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 178 #

2018/0082(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 19 a (new)
(19) whereas the terms 'buyers' and 'suppliers' should not be used, since the Directive applies to all operators in the food supply chain and infringements can take place in both directions; the use of the terms 'injured party' and 'infringing party' is suggested instead;
2018/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 185 #

2018/0082(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Directive establishes a minimum list of prohibited unfair trading practices between buyers and suppliers in the food supply chain and lays down minimum rules concerning their enforcement and arrangements for the coordination between enforcement authorities.(Does not affect the English version.)
2018/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 218 #

2018/0082(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2.(2) This Directive applies to certain unfair trading practices which occur in relation to the sales of food products by a supplier that is a small and medium-sized enterprise to a buyer that is not a small and medium-sized enterprise. The Directive will apply to the food supply chain in its entirety and covers all operators involved therein.
2018/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 260 #

2018/0082(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) 'economic dependence' means a power relationship between a supplier and a buyer in which the parties have unequal strength of bargaining power, resulting in dependence on the stronger party;
2018/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 292 #

2018/0082(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) 'perishable food products' means food products that will become unfit for human consumption unless they are stored, treated, packaged or otherwise conserved to prevent them from becoming unfit. Account must be taken of the 'use by' date, as set out in Article 24 of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 and Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002.
2018/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 350 #

2018/0082(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) a buyer unilaterally and in certain cases retroactively changes the terms of the supply agreement concerning the frequency, timing or volume of the supply or delivery, the quality standards or the prices of the food products;
2018/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 356 #

2018/0082(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) any behaviour on the part of a supplier or a buyer which contravenes the principle of a ban on selling or procuring below cost price;
2018/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 490 #

2018/0082(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) deceives the business parties in the economic competition.
2018/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 509 #

2018/0082(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. the Member States adopt, in any cases which arise, the definitions of 'buyer', 'complainant', 'injured party', 'supplier' and 'infringing party' on the basis of terms set out in their civil codes or in other relevant legislation.
2018/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 521 #

2018/0082(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3a The Member States should draw up model contracts, which would help market operators to determine the requisite contractual frameworks. If it can be substantiated that a contracting party is in a critical situation for external market reasons, deviation from the terms of the contract shall be permissible by mutual written agreement. The parameters and conditions governing any deviation from the terms of the contract must be recorded in the contract. Because of sudden, unforeseeable changes in the market, the parties must also determine the procedure for dealing with instances of vis major in the contract.
2018/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 533 #

2018/0082(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 a (new)
Article 4a The legislation of that country in which the harmful act was committed, i.e. the country where the injured party has its registered office, shall apply to a market player who has engaged in unfair trading practices.
2018/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 535 #

2018/0082(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. A supplier shall address a complaint to the enforcement authority of the Member State in which the buyer suspected t(1) The legislation of that country in which the harmful act was committed, i.e. the country where the injured party has its registered office, shall apply to a market player who haves engaged in a prohibitedunfair trading practice is established. s. The complaint must be submitted to the enforcement authority operating in the injured party's country.
2018/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 613 #

2018/0082(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) to impose a pecuniary fine on the author of the infringement. The fine shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive taking into account the nature, duration and gravity of the infringement;. The Member States should create a risk-analysis model to assess the extent of the damage caused and determine the extent of the penalty to be imposed. Repeated unfair market practices shall be considered as an aggravating factor in determining the penalty.
2018/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 58 #

2017/9999(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Especially recalls that in the European Union lambs may be marketed only being at age 6 and 9 months. In Australia a higher age - 12 months - is permitted. The future agreement has to set the 6 or 9 months age limit concerning legal selling in the EU internal market of any lamb from outside the EU;
2017/09/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 84 #

2017/9999(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses that all products coming from Australia to the EU have to comply with severe EU food safety, animal and plant health, consumer protection and environmental standards;
2017/09/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 103 #

2017/9999(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission to conclude as soon as possible its assessment of the potential impact of an EU-Australia FTA in order to be able to evaluate completely the possible gains and losses of such a trade deal for European producers;
2017/09/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 110 #

2017/9999(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Reminds that according to the provision of Article 207, paragraph 3 of the TFEU that the European Parliament’s Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development should be kept informed on the progress of the negotiations in relation to agriculture.
2017/09/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 16 #

2017/2283(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas Ukraine deserves particular praiseacknowledgement for reforms in the areas of energy, health, pensions, education and decentralisation;
2018/09/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 56 #

2017/2283(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Emphasises that the effectiveness of reform implementation is directly linked to the preliminary stages of policymaking and legislation; notes, however, that the policymaking cycle is lacking the essential instrument of public consultation and research-informed decision-making; stresses the need to avoid any influence of election campaign on reforms;
2018/09/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 87 #

2017/2283(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Recalls that the government has committed to further amending the constitution in line with the recommendations of the Venice Commission; urges the speedy adoption of the new electoral code and the law on party financingduring the amending process of legislation take care of respecting the existing minority rights (for example in formulating the draft text of ethno-national policy of Ukraine) and take fully into account the non- discrimination act adopted by Ukraine; urges the speedy adoption of the law on party financing and the new electoral code which has to secure equal possibilities for representation and running for a mandate of candidates of all nationalities living in Ukraine by recreation of constituencies that enable the candidates of national minorities to gain mandate;
2018/09/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 114 #

2017/2283(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Underlines the need for independent media and media pluralism to ensure the security of media workers and journalists, and calls on not to limit the opportunities of minority language media sources in order to have equal access of citizens of all ethnics to information;
2018/09/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 118 #

2017/2283(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. WelcomUrges Ukraine’s intention to amend the law on education in line with the recommendations of the Venice Commission to amend the law on education to ensure the respect for rights already exercised of persons belonging to national minorities as enshrined in UN and Council of Europe Conventions and related protocols, non-discrimination of persons belonging to minorities and respect for diversity, in line with the recommendations of the Venice Commission, which has to be fully implemented on the basis of a substantive dialogue with the representatives of persons belonging to national minorities, including legislation to extend the transition period until 2023 and which regulates exemption for private schools;
2018/09/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 132 #

2017/2283(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Welcomes Ukraine’s economic stabilisation and the progress achieved in implementing the DCFTA; encourages the Commission to support Ukraine in identifying areas that could further foster economic diversification and in prioritising them in the process of implementing the DCFTA; and calls on Ukraine not to take legislation incompatible with DCFTA;
2018/09/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 149 #

2017/2283(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Praises Ukraine for good cooperation in the energy sector, not least the progress it has made in energy efficiency; points out the need for continued reforms, in particular to complete reform of the gas and electricity market, and to end existing monopolies, which will bring long-term economic benefits to industry and consumers, moreover encourages the Commission to ensure that all of the pipeline projects comply with EU regulation and all projects are examined on the basis of the same conditions;
2018/09/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 162 #

2017/2283(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Welcomes the immense effortsteps undertaken to modernise Ukraine’s army, while encouraging, nonetheless, reform of the defence industry;
2018/09/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 84 #

2017/2273(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission to pay particular attention to the implementation of measures adopted in the area of asylum and migration, so as to ensure that they comply with the principles enshrined in the CFREU, and to launch the necessary infringement proceedings where relevant;deleted
2018/03/02
Committee: JURI
Amendment 35 #

2017/2208(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2.(-2) Stresses the importance of rural development funds in boosting the competitiveness of those regions through various tailor-made projects based on bottom-up approaches; acknowledges, therefore,investments, opportunities for cooperation, and infrastructure and settlement development; in addition, acknowledges the input of local action groups ibased on developing local strategies, supporting stakeholder networking and the appraisal and approval of individual LEADER projects;
2017/11/13
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 42 #

2017/2208(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. In the light of the above, emphasises the importance of maintaining EU regional development funds post 2020;
2017/11/13
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 39 #

2017/2193(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Recalls that in the European Union lambs may be marketed only at the age of 6 or 9 months. In New Zealand a higher age – 12 months – is permitted. The future agreement has to set a 6 or 9 month age limit for the legal sale in the EU internal market of any lamb from outside the EU;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 83 #

2017/2193(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that all products exported from New Zealand to the EU have to comply with severe EU food safety, animal and plant health, consumer protection and environmental standards;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 29 #

2017/2131(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Notes the efforts taken in recent years to achieve a better reconciliation of work and private life; recalls the Commission's proposal for a directive on work-life balance for parents and carers1 presented in April 2017 and encourages the Hungarian government to contribute to its swift adoption; __________________ 1__________________ 1 COM(2017)0253. COM(2017)0253.
2018/04/10
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 33 #

2017/2131(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Deplores the reinterpretation and narrowing of gender equality policies towards family policies and recalls the National Strategy for the Promotion of Gender Equality (2010-2021), which Hungary has not yet implemented;deleted
2018/04/10
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 48 #

2017/2131(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Is concerned about the impact of Hungary’s Law on the Transparency of Organisations Receiving Foreign Funds on civil society organisations that receive funds from the EU, EEA and third countries and on the future functioning of non-governmental organisations, which include many women's rights organisations, which are crucial for the functioning and progress of society;deleted
2018/04/10
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 69 #

2017/2131(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the importance of the right of women to self-determination and, in this context, the importance of respecting their sexual and reproductive rights, including the respect of patients' rights to a safe and non-violent birth;deleted
2018/04/10
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 89 #

2017/2131(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Condemns the attacks on free teaching and research, in particular on gender studies, which have become the target of defamation campaigns.deleted
2018/04/10
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 68 #

2017/2128(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. In the event of a pesticide active substance not being granted EU authorisation or having authorisation withdrawn in the course of the appropriate procedure and on the basis of scientific evidence, calls on the Commission, the Member States and pesticide manufacturers urgently to consider introducing replacement substances for the relevant active substances and encourage farming practices such as plant protection using few pesticides, biological monitoring or integrated plant protection;
2018/01/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 14 #

2017/2118(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas the aquaculture sector, comprising marine and freshwater fish farming, is an innovative, potentially high-technology economic sector requiring intensive structural and research investment and long-term operational and financial planning;
2018/03/06
Committee: PECH
Amendment 33 #

2017/2118(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas the most complex procedures are those related to environmental requirements (impact studies and surveillance procedures), but, paradoxically, the slowness and complexity of these administrative procedures do not ensure environmental protection, indeed on the contrary sometimes making it difficult to establish sustainable aquaculture farms; whereas there are more differences than similarities between freshwater and marine aquaculture; whereas this sector requires completely different practices in terms of maintaining stocks, feeding and reproduction; whereas the necessary consideration must be given to these differences when drawing up regulations for EU aquaculture and, in particular, sustainable environmental standards;
2018/03/06
Committee: PECH
Amendment 50 #

2017/2118(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J
J. whereas the EU environmental legislation is based on directives (the Marine Strategy Directive, the Birds and Habitats Directives, the Water Framework Directive), and it is therefore left to Member States and to local and regional administrations to apply it at their discretion; whereas, consequently, there is no uniform implementation throughout the EU and this leads to legal uncertainty for enterprises and farms; whereas discrepancies in the nature of marine and freshwater aquaculture call for different rules on environmental sustainability;
2018/03/06
Committee: PECH
Amendment 59 #

2017/2118(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas freshwater and marine quotas and over-fishing mean that increased catch volumes will not be possible, so that future increases in demand will have to be met by aquaculture;
2018/03/06
Committee: PECH
Amendment 60 #

2017/2118(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J b (new)
Jb. whereas the agro-ecological impact and balance of extensive polycultural carp farms and other, similar recirculating fish farms, where feeding is based largely on grain and which are widespread in many Member States, including landlocked countries such as Austria, Luxembourg, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary, is clearly positive, since they provide significant environmental and ecosystem services and are important from the point of view of environmental protection, as well as maintaining habitats of Europe-wide importance; whereas, allowing for the risk of evaporation and seepage - the extent of which is balanced by the surrounding natural water bodies - these kinds of farms restore the water they use, generally in a better condition than before they used it; whereas in less active periods for fish farming, replenished fish ponds are a place to relax and feed and a breeding site for migrant and migratory birds and for domestic fauna living beside water; in addition, they reduce the strain on drainage systems which are full of excess inland water in the winter months, stabilise water levels in the subsoil and have a positive effect on plant-life living at the water's edge;
2018/03/06
Committee: PECH
Amendment 62 #

2017/2118(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J c (new)
Jc. whereas, in light of the above, acknowledges that this kind of freshwater fish farm also qualifies as an environmental protection service safeguarding the quality and quantity of water and deserves far more recognition and support from EU decision-makers than is currently the case;
2018/03/06
Committee: PECH
Amendment 75 #

2017/2118(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
La. whereas fish production combined with sustainable water management is extremely important both socially and in terms of job creation in small rural areas; whereas the specific nature of pond production makes it suitable for employing low-qualified and disadvantaged workers;
2018/03/06
Committee: PECH
Amendment 142 #

2017/2118(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital AB a (new)
ABa. whereas the approximately EUR 1 280 million available in the current (2014-2020) programming period is not sufficient to develop the European aquaculture sector, and roughly one-and- a-half times as much in EU funding would be needed;
2018/03/06
Committee: PECH
Amendment 145 #

2017/2118(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital AB b (new)
ABb. whereas freshwater aquaculture accounts for 20% of the performance of the sector in Europe as a whole, and EU support should match this proportion; whereas the divergent nature of freshwater aquaculture means that it needs special rules and a separate chapter in the legislation on the EU's common fisheries policy;
2018/03/06
Committee: PECH
Amendment 148 #

2017/2118(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital AB c (new)
ABc. whereas freshwater aquaculture projects can also be carried out with ex- post financing, and whereas this often requires disproportionate effort from investors, with the result that in many cases, fish farmers do not dare to embark on projects; whereas the intensity of support is in most cases inadequate;
2018/03/06
Committee: PECH
Amendment 150 #

2017/2118(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital AB d (new)
ABd. whereas in addition to development funds available through tendering, which are difficult to access, the aquaculture sector also needs secure income on a normative basis - a kind of direct payment which it would receive for its significant, permanently-available environmental-protection services: safeguarding and increasing biological diversity, landscape protection and maintenance; whereas this would be a kind of 'aquaculture greening', which might be termed 'marine aquaculture greening' in the case of marine fisheries and 'fish-pond greening' in the case of freshwater aquaculture;
2018/03/06
Committee: PECH
Amendment 152 #

2017/2118(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the need to boost the development of and innovation in EU aquaculture, to improve the competitiveness of the sectorincluding both marine and freshwater sectors, to improve the competitiveness of the sector, to improve the EU's aquaculture production so that within 5 years it will approach the 3-5% annual global aquaculture growth target, to foster economic activity and diversification, to increase the sector’s contribution to food and nutrition security for EU citizens, and to improve the quality of life in coastal and inland areas;
2018/03/06
Committee: PECH
Amendment 183 #

2017/2118(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that any sustainable European aquaculture policy must take account of the characteristics and different needs and challenges of the various types of aquaculture production (saltwater fish, freshwater fish, molluscs, crustaceans, seaweed and echinoderms), and develop tailor-made measures that also account for geographic differences and the potential effects of climate change; therefore calls on the Commission to devote a separate chapter of the draft legislation on the common fisheries policy post 2020 to freshwater aquaculture and to set out individual rules tailored to the characteristics of each sector (this applies in particular to rules on environmental sustainability) for marine and freshwater aquaculture;
2018/03/06
Committee: PECH
Amendment 219 #

2017/2118(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Suggests, with regard to the administrative system, the use of a ‘one- stop shop’, which would take on and exercise all responsibilities, allowing relevant documents to be submitted to a single administrative body; believes this would significantly improve the relationship between the end-user and the different levels of public administration; therefore calls on the Member States to introduce a one-stop shop for fish farmers as soon as possible;
2018/03/06
Committee: PECH
Amendment 275 #

2017/2118(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls on the Commission, Parliament and the Council to introduce a direct payment to fish farmers on a normative basis in the common fisheries policy post 2020. This would be for the significant, permanently-available environmental-protection services such as safeguarding and increasing biological diversity, landscape protection and maintenance provided by the aquaculture sector. This normative support, provided annually, would compensate for the shortfall in income resulting from the ecological services provided and would also cover losses due to 'damage' caused by fish-eating birds and animals (e.g. cormorants, otters, etc.). We recommend naming this annual payment after the 'greening' of EU aquaculture, and the term would have two forms depending on geographical location: marine aquaculture greening and fish-pond greening.
2018/03/06
Committee: PECH
Amendment 314 #

2017/2118(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Calls on the Commission to set aside a suitable amount from the EU's promotional budget for promoting fish and other fisheries and aquaculture products. Believes that a wide-ranging marketing campaign based on common principles and covering all the Member States, set up as a collective measure and with 80-100% support intensity, should be launched in order to increase the awareness and acceptance of EU aquaculture products.
2018/03/06
Committee: PECH
Amendment 343 #

2017/2118(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)
38a. Calls on the Commission, Parliament and the Council to assign in the post-2020 fisheries policy at least the amount of EUR 1 280 million available in the current programming period to support aquaculture and indeed, if there is room for manoeuvre in the EU budget, to increase this amount. Also asks for at least one fifth of this amount to be made available to support freshwater aquaculture, as the performance of this sector is one fifth that of aquaculture in Europe as a whole;
2018/03/06
Committee: PECH
Amendment 345 #

2017/2118(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 b (new)
38b. Calls on the Commission, Parliament and the Council to increase the support intensity of investment support for freshwater aquaculture to 75% in the post-2020 fisheries policy in order to boost the desire to invest and to provide much-needed help to fish farmers; calls in addition on the Commission to draw up, together with the European Investment Bank, an EU-level interest-rate support scheme for investing in aquaculture and financing liquid assets;
2018/03/06
Committee: PECH
Amendment 346 #

2017/2118(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 c (new)
38c. Calls on the Commission, Parliament and the Council to ensure the payment of production-linked support for the first 3 years of operation of new aquaculture facilities in the post-2020 fisheries policy;
2018/03/06
Committee: PECH
Amendment 347 #

2017/2118(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 d (new)
38d. Proposes also increasing EU support in the future for Research+Development+Innovation linked to aquaculture, with particular regard to areas affecting economic sustainability and international competitiveness such as energy- and resource-efficiency, the development of biological materials funding, reducing the burden on the environment, providing higher-level environmental services, etc.
2018/03/06
Committee: PECH
Amendment 196 #

2017/2117(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. takes into account the development of subsidies in the sector, which is of the utmost importance to increase efficiency and competitiveness in production, improve product quality and hoist self- sufficiency of EU sheep meat supply - all of which are consistent with EU’s efficiency development and quality improvement objectives;
2017/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 204 #

2017/2117(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. suggests, however, to separate the coupled aid between hobby animal breeders having less than 15 animal units (irrespective of whether they have sheep or goats or both) who could be granted lump sum payment and larger livestock keepers who need to receive increased aid to enable them to better target the market and to improve the quality of product;
2017/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 225 #

2017/2117(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the agreement reached in negotiations for the Omnibus regulation recognising the specific nature of Mediterranean grasslands, such as dehesa pasturelands, with a view to finding fairer arrangements governing the land eligible for direct payments; advocates authorising grazing in areas of ecological interest and completing EFA types by dry, poor quality grasslands found in less favoured areas or other disadvantaged areas in Central and Eastern-European Member States;
2017/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 269 #

2017/2117(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on Member States to extend agri-environmental payments to pastures used for sheep and goat grazing and to provide animal welfare national aid also for sheep and goats in addition to other ruminants;
2017/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 276 #

2017/2117(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls on Member States to extend Milk Package financial support to sheep and goat milk;
2017/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 289 #

2017/2117(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Urges the Commission to exercise caution in negotiating the new free-trade agreement with New Zealand, pending its analysis of impact of Brexit on the EU sheep-farming sector; takes the view that this new agreement should split New Zealand’s quota for lamb meat exports into the EU so as to separate fresh or chilled and frozen meat; recalls that in the European Union lambs may be marketed only at the age of 6 or 9 months, but in New Zealand a higher age – 12 months – is permitted; reminds the European Commission that the future agreement between New-Zealand and the EU has to set a 6 or 9 month age limit for the legal sale in the EU internal market of any lamb from outside the EU;
2017/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 356 #

2017/2117(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. calls on the European Commission and the Member States to develop specific programmes enabling women to find their place in addition to men in this particular sector, which could deeply contribute to the necessary generational renewal in the sector and to assisting sheep and goats keepers in establishing their families;
2017/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 374 #

2017/2117(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. In order to improve the employment situation in the sector, calls on the European Commission and the Member States to develop programmes which assist better the training of guard and shepherd dogs and their proper application in livestock farms;
2017/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 378 #

2017/2117(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14c. Reminds that the proliferation of predators is due to the current EU legislation aiming at preserving indigenous wild animal species, therefore, damages caused by wild animals should be compensated by the community and not at the expense of the shepherd’s insurance;
2017/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 16 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the importance of pollination in the EU is not sufficiently recognized because this service is taken for granted, while for example in the United States 2 billion euros are spent per year for artificial pollination;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 18 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas Europe is home to approximately 10% of global bee diversity, there is insufficient knowledge and data, which may hinder conservation efforts to protect bee species
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 22 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas on 11 May 2015, Slovenia initiated at the meeting of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council the official recognition of 20 May as the World Bee Day to be declared by the UN, which idea was widely supported by all Member States; whereas it was agreed there that particular attention should be paid to the apiculture sector in terms of agriculture, plant protection and sustainable farming, because bees have a large impact on ecological balance in the World;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 31 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the National Apiculture Programmes provides participants with the opportunity to undertake research and development projects; whereas successful projects can contribute a lot to strengthen the apiculture sector and its capability to resist better to natural and market crises; whereas there is a need to support beekeepers' request on sharing know-how on projects between Member States;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 41 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas there is a need for beekeepers to operate in harmony with the services which they carry out and to do so responsibly and professionally; also in order to be able to cope with challenges such as climate change, natural disasters, reduction of bee pastures and the high administrative burden in some Member States;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 63 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas the impact of climate change means that some migratory bird species (such as species from the Meropidae family) have recently been remaining permanently in Europe, where they are having a negative impact on bee communities;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 64 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas British researchers have recently come to the scientific conclusion that local and regional breeds of bees better survive in a given area than breeds of bees settled from elsewhere;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 69 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Hb. whereas the activities of large farms based on monoculture greatly reduce biodiversity and the amount of green areas used for bee pastures;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 70 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H c (new)
Hc. whereas wild bees, which also play an important role in pollination and in the preservation of the ecological balance, are in serious danger, so EU legislators need to act to protect wild bees;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 83 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas in many cases the competent EU agencies, such as the European Food Safety Authority, do not have the results of the expected number of field tests related to certain challenged pesticide active substances;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 88 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)
Ib. whereas, in order to stop and then reduce the mortality of bees, it is necessary to obtain clear results as soon as possible, in particular by field tests, of all pesticide active substances which endanger the health of bees;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 100 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas pronounced temperature variations in spring, as well as more frequent droughts caused by recent climate change, have led to the degradation of bee pastures or even their total disappearance;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 128 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital P
P. whereas, even 70 % of honey produced by EU beekeepers pursuing their activities in line with current legislation reaches the European consumer as EU honey while consumers are aware that no more than one third of the honey they use is produced in the EU;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 135 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital Q a (new)
Qa. whereas China produces 450 thousand tons of honey per year according to the statistics, which is more than the combined honey production of the EU, Argentina, Mexico, the United States of America and Canada;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 140 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital R a (new)
Ra. Whereas, according to professionals in the EU and in other honey-producing countries in the World it is impossible for any region, including China, to double honey production in 10 years, as neither this area can be free from all negative effects impacting the World such as climate change, the effects of intensive agriculture on pollinators, the impacts of globally widespread bee parasites on bee-health or the adverse changes on bee pastures;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 145 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital U
U. whereas in December 2015the Agriculture and Fisheries Council in its meeting in December 2015 discussed quality concerns about honey imported into the EU and the competitiveness of the European apiculture sector; whereas in conclusion the Commission ordered the centralised testing of honey;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 153 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital Y a (new)
Ya. whereas the labelling “blend of EU and non-EU honeys” is so informative to consumers as if we were to say “blend of honeys not from the Mars”, so it is not at all;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 155 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital Z a (new)
Za. whereas many large honey producer countries such as the USA, Canada, Argentina or Mexico have much stricter requirements on honey labelling than the EU's simplified rules, so they guarantee much better the necessary information of consumers than the EU;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 157 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital Z b (new)
Zb. whereas current rules do not deal with fraudulent practices on processed products such as biscuits, corn flakes, confectionary etc. if the word „honey” is misleading consumers on the real content of the given product; whereas the use of the word „honey” on their label should be permitted only if at least 50 % of the sugar-content of the product originates from honey;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 158 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital AA a (new)
AAa. whereas this excellent initiative is open to all EU Member States to contribute to the education of children to eat healthy food such as honey and to promote the apiculture sector;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 160 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital AA b (new)
AAb. whereas the EU school programmes represent a critical tool to reconnect children with agriculture and the variety of EU agricultural products, particularly those produced in their region; whereas in addition to fresh fruits and vegetables and drinking milk, these programmes allow Member States to include other local, regional or national specialties such as honey;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 175 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital AF a (new)
AFa. whereas large quantities of honey are imported into the EU and it cause serious disturbances and even crisis in the EU honey market in many times; whereas the apiculture sector deserves to be treated as a priority in the EU during the negotiations of free trade agreements and honey and other bee products should be declared as “sensitive products”;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 196 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Understands that beehoney bees, alongside wild bees and other pollinators perform a basic agricultural service by pollinating crops, without which European agriculture and in particular plant cultivation would not exist in any form;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 204 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. calls on the European Commission to do its utmost to ensure that the United Nations, by the end of this year, declares the 20th of May as World Bee Day;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 208 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Understands that financing of beekeeping must be increased in future agricultural policy preferably from 2021;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 214 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Pcalls on the Commission and the Member States that the EU apiculture sector needs for an appropriate EU subsidy corresponding to the current bee stock; therefore, proposes a 47.8% increase in the EU budget for national beekeeping programmes – in line with the actual increase in the bee population – as compared with the 2004 level, which translates as EUR 47 million annually;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 229 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Ccalls on the Commission to include a new direct support scheme for beekeepers based on colony numberfunctioning in micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, as well as pursuing their activities in the overseas territories and islands, based on bee families in its proposals for the cCommon aAgricultural pPolicy post-2020;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 248 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. calls on the Member States to adequately ensure the basic and vocational training of beekeepers; feels that beyond the agricultural and other economic aspects of apiculture the teaching material should contain a knowledge related to pollination and other environmental services such as maintaining the ecological balance and preserving biodiversity;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 296 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Understands that some invasive alien species such as the Varroa destructor, the small hive beetle (Aethina tumida), the Asian hornet and American foulbrood are causing serious harm to beekeepers and widespread destruction among bees; acknowledges that bees are vulnerable to native diseases and pests; encourages research into effective breeding programmes to produce bee species resilient to invasive species and diseases;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 300 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to support applied research into the breeding of Varroa resistant honey bee-stocks possessing the behavioural trait of Varroa sensitive hygiene (VSH), in order to ensure optimal use of VSH knowledge and resources and to integrate and exchange materials, techniques and methods at an European scale and level;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 320 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Proposes that the Commission should launch a call for tender with an appropriate incentive grant on developing a new special medicine for bees;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 323 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Acknowledges that the results of monitoring exercises to assess the bee health situation carried out by some Member States are important and should be shared with the other Member States and with the Commission; calls for an EU wide online mechanism to facilitate knowledge transfers;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 336 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on all municipal authorities in the EU to make every effort to increase green areas around their settlement in order to stop the decline of bee pastures;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 339 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. calls on the Commission and the Council to take the necessary steps as soon as possible in order to preserve the currently declining wild bee stock in the EU;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 349 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Commission to immediately initiate the ban on those pesticide active substances, including neonicotinoids, which have been scientifically proved - based on the findings of laboratory analyses and mainly field tests - by the European Food Safety Authority to be dangerous on bee health;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 353 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls for a review of the protected status of migratory bird species which cause damage to bee communities and which remain in Europe at times when they should not naturally be present on the continent;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 369 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Calls on the Member States to clearly stand by (in the appropriate process) the prohibition of the use of those pesticide active substances which have been proved being dangerous on bee health;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 370 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. In the case where a competent EU authority, such as the European Food Safety Authority, has confirmed products to be harmful to bees, such products should be labelled as "harmful to bees";
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 379 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14c. In accordance with the EU precautionary principle asks the Commission to suspend the authorization of those pesticide active substances which, according to suspicion based on field tests, endangers bee health, until the publication of the EFSA's detailed impact assessment;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 403 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. invites the Commission to include private internationally recognized laboratories, such as the French EUROFINS or the German QSI to this activity, in order to carry out the most sophisticated examinations;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 423 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a. considers that in the light of large Chinese honey import accelerated in the last 15 years, the buying-in price of honey under real production costs in the EU and the bad quality of “manufactured” and not produced imported honey makes it clear for the Commission that it is time to start investigating the practice by some Chinese exporters to possibly initiate an anti-dumping proceeding;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 438 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27 a. asks for the Commission to initiate the supplement to the Honey Directive, according to the use of the word "honey" or the terms "containing honey" or "made with honey" in the designation of processed products, or in anygraphic or non-graphic element indicating that the product contains honey, may be used only if at least 50 % of the sugar-content of the product originates from honey;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 447 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Acknowledges and welcomes the European Honey Breakfast initiative and calls on the Member States to incorporate the initiative into their basic education systems; notes that honey is high in calories and can be used to replace refined sugar;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 455 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Acknowledges the role of consuming locally produced honey as a means to build up resistance to local allergens;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 473 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32 a. encourages the Member States to boost local and regional sales of honey, in particular bio-honey, with all the means at their disposal, in particular by providing intensive support for short supply chains through their rural development programmes;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 476 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 b (new)
32 b. proposes to the Member States to encourage, by all means at their disposal, the involvement of beekeeping products such as pollen, propolis or royal jelly in the pharmaceutical industry;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 97 #

2017/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls for all farmers under the age of 40 to be entitled to draw on surplus direct payments, without any restriction as to date of entry or area of holding;
2018/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 129 #

2017/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the fact that Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform 2014- 2020 introduced new measures to support young farmers in setting up farms; expresses concern however thatthat the level of administrative burdens may be inhibitings the take-up of these measures; notes that the overall administration of the direct payments and Rural Development Programme measures is perceived as very complex and difficult, especially for new entrants who are not familiar with the payment system;
2018/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 158 #

2017/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that access to land is the largest barrier to new entrants to farming in Europe and is limited by the low supply of land for sale or rent in many regions, as well as by the competition from other farmers, investors and residential users; considers that the land access problem is exacerbated by the current direct payment structure, which requires minimal active use of the land and allocates subsidies largely on the basis of land ownership; believes that the existing farmers are incentivised to retain land access in order to retain subsidy access instead of ensuring the best use of the land; recommends increasing the activity levels required to receive payments and to target subsidy payments towards the achievement of particular outcomes (e.g. production of specific environmental or social goods);
2018/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 164 #

2017/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that access to land is the largest barrier to new entrants to farming in Europe and is limited by the low supply of land for sale or rent in many regions, as well as by the competition from other farmers, investors and residential users; considers that the land access problem is exacerbated by the current direct payment structure, which requires minimal active use of the land and allocates subsidies largely on the basis of land ownership; believes that the existing farmers are incentivised to retain land access in order to retain subsidy access instead of ensuring the best use ofwithout necessarily having to genuinely cultivate the land; recommends increasingthat the activity levels required in order to receive payments and to target subsidy payments towards the achievement of particular outcomes (e.g. production of specific environmental or social goods)should be defined clearly and monitored simply but strictly;
2018/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 182 #

2017/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Considers that Member States could develop tools such as land banks (already existing in some Member States) to further facilitate access to land and prioritizing new entrants to farming;
2018/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 198 #

2017/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Believes that a proper definition of an active farmer and the laying-down of simple requirements for effective monitoring will help generational renewal, drive structural change and aid land mobility;
2018/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 216 #

2017/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Notes that in many Member States the generational renewal and the access of young people to agricultural land is hindered by late succession; considers that the current CAP lacks any incentives for older farmers to pass their businesses to younger generations; recommends reconsidering the implementation of measures that would motivate older holders to pass their farms to young farmers, such as the ‘farm-exit scheme’ and other incentives for retirement;
2018/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 233 #

2017/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Commission, together with the Member States and stakeholders, to further develop the recently adopted communication on the land market criterion system to ensure that EU law genuinely maintains a level playing field for all potential buyers of land - including positive discrimination in favour of EU farmers - and that it becomes absolutely clear to the EU Member States, in the context of the four fundamental freedoms, what land market regulation measures are permitted so as to enable farmers to obtain land more easily to use for agricultural and forestry purposes; calls on the Commission to suspend the current infringement proceedings aimed at assessing the compatibility with EU law of Member States' law on the sale of agricultural land until the final communication containing the aforementioned criteria is published;
2018/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 252 #

2017/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. The same conditions and standard of living should be ensured for young people living in rural areas as well as for those living in urban areas. In order to avoid discrimination and to prevent the abandonment of rural areas, it should be provided: Wi-Fi connection, access to health, education, training and innovation, better roads;
2018/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 261 #

2017/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Encourages the setting-up of an "Erasmus" type scheme associated with vocational training to improve young farmers' skills and experience;
2018/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 5 #

2017/2053(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for an in-depth reform of the own- resources system, including new own resources (ORs) that could reducwhich would increase the share of GNI-based contributions (which accounted for 65.4 % of the Union’s revenue in 2016) and awould enable the phaseing-out of all forms of rebate; stresses that the current system includes complex and opaque correction mechanisms and contributes to the lack of sufficient payment appropriations each year;
2017/11/29
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 9 #

2017/2053(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that the report of the High Level Group on Own Resources (HLGOR) put forward new proposals, including reforming the VAT own resource and the EU emissions trading system, a CO2 levy, transport taxation, electricity taxation and revenues deriving from the digital single market; emphasises that the introduction of new ORs could lead to greater policy coherence between the revenue and expenditure sides of the budget;deleted
2017/11/29
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 31 #

2017/2053(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that these new types ofincreased ORs are essential to finance more recent Union priorities such as migration, internal security and defence and to offset the loss in revenue of EUR 9 to 12 billion a year which could result from Brexit; notes also that new ORs are needed to avoid the potential spending cuts to the common agricultural policy (CAP) presented in the Commission’s ‘Reflection Paper on the Future of EU Finances’ must be avoided at all costs;
2017/11/29
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 7 #

2017/2052(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the common agricultural policy (CAP) is fundamental for food security, the preservation of rural populations and sustainable development; regrets that the CAP, which once accounted for 75 % of the EU budget is now only 38 % as laid down in the current multiannual financial framework (MFF), while food requirements have increased, as has the need to develop environmentally friendly farming practices and to mitigate the effects of climate change; recalls that, since agriculture and the food industry account for over 44 million jobs, 11 million farms and EUR 130 billion a year in income from exports to the EU, the common agricultural policy must reinforced if we want a strong EU economy; urges the Commission to increase, or at least to maintain at its current level, the CAP budget post-2020;
2017/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 77 #

2017/2052(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4.(4) Calls on the Commission to keep direct payments intact as they help to avoid distortions of competition between Member States, and to maintain them without any national co-financing; urges the Commission to continue the process of convergence of direct payments between Member States; reminds the Commission that the Member States might usefully be offered direct payment options in terms of capping and degressivity, without any one solution being made compulsory;
2017/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 92 #

2017/2052(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Believes that regulation on greening should only be further refined in so far as it does not result in any extra burden on producers, and that the ex-ante conditionalities for greening must not be allowed to comprise more than 30% of direct payments in future;
2017/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 123 #

2017/2052(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Reminds the Commission and the Member States that one of the main objectives of the common agricultural policy remains the simplification of regulation and the reduction of farmers' financial and administrative burdens;
2017/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 25 #

2017/2044(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5.(5) Points out that Brexit could have a significant financial impact on agriculture; calls on the Commission to take into consideration the higher budgetary risk, among other things, the Commission is planning a significant reduction in the EU's agricultural budget as a result of Brexit; calls on the Commission to put forward a proposal to maintain proportionate EU financing of agriculture in support of its considerable capacity to keep hold of and create jobs;
2017/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 38 #

2017/2044(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7.(7) Calls on the Commission to take into considerationadopt the modifications put forward in the Omnibus proposal and to secure finance for them in the 2018 budget;
2017/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 46 #

2017/2044(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9.(9) Welcomes the increase in appropriations intended to combat animal diseases and plant pests to EUR 40 million, as the Union is facing significant risks and increases in outbreaks of diseases such as Xylella fastidiosa, nodular dermatosis, African swine fever and Bird Influenza.
2017/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3 #

2017/0336(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
(2) In order to facilitate reforms conducted by the Member States in the context of the economic governance process, it is necessary to open the possibility to partially or fully allocate the performance reserve set up by Article 20 of the Regulation (EU) 1303/20133 to support reform commitments undertaken by the Member States. _________________ 3 OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p.320 OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p.320
2018/09/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4 #

2017/0336(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
(4) It is appropriate that Member States propose a detailed set of measures for the implementation of the structural reforms which should contain milestones and targets and a timetable of not moreless than three years
2018/09/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 5 #

2017/0336(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation 1303/2013/EU
Article 1, first paragraph
This Regulation lays down the common rules applicable to the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the European Social Fund (ESF), the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF), which operate under a common framework (the 'European Structural and Investment Funds' - 'ESI Funds'). It also lays down the provisions necessary to ensure the effectiveness of the European Structural and Investment Funds and their coordination with one another and with other Union instruments, and the rules for the use of the performance reserve to support structural reforms identified in the European Semester process. The common rules applying to the European Structural and Investment Funds are set out in Part Two. The rules applying to the partial or full use of the performance reserve to support structural reforms are laid down in Article 23a.
2018/09/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 6 #

2017/0336(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation 1303/2013/EU
Article 4, paragraph 7
7. The part of the budget of the Union allocated to the European Structural and Investment Funds shall be implemented within the framework of shared management between the Member States and the Commission, in accordance with Article 62 of the Financial Regulation, with the exception of the amount of support from the Cohesion Fund transferred to the Connecting Europe Facility referred to in Article 92(6) of this Regulation, innovative actions at the initiative of the Commission under Article 8 of the ERDF Regulation, technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission, the support for direct management under the EMFF Regulation and the partial use of the performance reserve for the Funds to support structural reforms in accordance with Article 23a.
2018/09/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 7 #

2017/0336(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation 1303/2013/EU
Article 15, point 8
(viii) information on the partial re- allocation of the performance reserve used in accordance with Article 22(1a) point b),
2018/09/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 8 #

2017/0336(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation 1303/2013/EU
Article 22, paragraph 1a
1a. A Member State may decide to partially or fully use the performance reserve for either:
2018/09/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 9 #

2017/0336(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Regulation 1303/2013/EU
Article 22, paragraph 8
8. The decision of a Member State to use parts of or the fullthe performance reserve to support structural reforms pursuant to paragraph (1a) shall be accompanied by a proposal to undertake reform commitments pursuant to Article 23a, and a proposal to re-allocate all or part of the performance reserve in submitting an amendment in accordance with Articles 16(4) and 30(3).
2018/09/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 10 #

2017/0336(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Regulation 1303/2013/EU
Article 23a
1. A Member State which opts for a partial or full allocation of the performance reserve under point (b) of Article 22(1a) shall propose to the Commission a detailed set of measures appropriate for the implementation of structural reforms in accordance with Union law. This proposal shall include reform commitments which shall contain milestones and targets for the implementation of the reform measures and a timetable which shall not be longshorter than three years.
2018/09/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 11 #

2017/0336(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Regulation 1303/2013/EU
Article 23a, paragraph 6
6. The Member State shall regularly report within the mechanisms of the European Semester on the progress in the achievement of the reform commitment. The modalities and timetable of the reporting shall be laid down in the decision referred to in paragraph 4.
2018/09/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 12 #

2017/0336(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Regulation 1303/2013/EU
Article 91, paragraph 4
4. All or pPart of the performance reserve which is included in the amounts set out in Articles 91 and 92 may be allocated to support for structural reforms as referred to in Article 23a on request of a Member State under Article 22(8)."
2018/09/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 206 #

2017/0293(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 4
4. From 1 January 2025 the following EU fleet-wide targets shall apply: (a) new passenger car fleet, an EU fleet-wide target equal to a 15% reduction of the average of the specific emissions targets in 2021 determined in accordance with point 6.1.1 of Part A of Annex I; (b) new light commercial vehicles fleet, an EU fleet-wide target equal to a 15% reduction of the average of the specific emissions targets in 2021 determined in accordance with point 6.1.1 of Part B of Annex I;deleted for the average emissions of the for the average emissions of the
2018/05/28
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 374 #

2017/0293(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. A target which is a reduction specified in Article 1(5)(a) on the average specific emissions of CO2 in 2021 or, where a single application is made in respect of a number of connected undertakings, a reduction specified in Article 1(5)(a) on the average of those undertakings’ average specific emissions of CO2 in 2021.
2018/05/28
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 539 #

2017/0293(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part A a (new)
Aa For a manufacturer that has been granted a derogation with regard to a specific emissions target from 2030 onwards, the derogation target shall be calculated as follows: Derogation target from 2030 = WLTPCO2 ・(1-[reduction factor2030]) Where: WLTPCO2: Is the average specific emissions of CO2 in 2021 determined in accordance with Annex XXI to Regulation 2017/1151 without including CO2 saving resulting from the application of Articles 5 and 11 of this Regulation. Reduction factor 2030: Is the reduction specified in Article 1(5)(a).
2018/05/28
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 30 #

2017/0004(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive not later than twohree years after the date of entry into force of this Directive. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.
2017/06/27
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 21 #

2016/2302(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Observes that, in reality, rural development is a European policy whose purpose is to help rural areas in the European Union to overcome disadvantage, and therefore it is a fundamental element of European cohesion; considers, therefore, that, as the second pillar of the Common Agricultural Policy, rural development should continue to be pursued after 2020 as well, and that appropriate Union funding should be provided for it, which means more than at present;
2017/01/27
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 47 #

2016/2302(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Welcomes and encourages maximum participation by the European Investment Bank in the establishment of these financial instruments;
2017/01/27
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 56 #

2016/2302(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the complementary nature of these instruments in relation to subsidies and draws attention to the need to ensure that the former do not replace the latter, which would be extremely damaging for farming and the rural environment; European Union support and the financial instruments must be applied together in rural development policy;
2017/01/27
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 75 #

2016/2302(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission, in close cooperation with the European Investment Bank, to create a new financial instrument to provide export credit for European Union goods as soon as possible;
2017/01/27
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 81 #

2016/2223(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Takes the view that the greatest barrier in the EU to the delivery of still edible surplus food to those in need - and this is the second level of the food-wasting hierarchy - is the shortage, or sometimes complete lack, of capacity in the distribution channel; notes that charitable organisations and state- or local government-run social work bodies do not have enough material or human resources to transport and distribute the still edible food offered for charitable purposes; notes that this is true in particular of the most disadvantaged regions;
2017/02/09
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 87 #

2016/2223(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Notes that, under the EU's food aid programme (FEAD), it is also possible for material resources allocated to the programme to be used for the delivery of surplus food to its destination; recommends, in the light of the above, that, when implementing FEAD, resources available under the programme be reallocated for the delivery of surplus food; notes that by reallocating resources - according to a previous model drawn up by European charitable organisations - the value of the food delivered to the most in need could be increased 14 times as compared with the current utilisation of the FEAD programme;
2017/02/09
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 89 #

2016/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas getting consumable surplus food to those in need is hindered by a bottleneck in the capacity of the distribution channel, or sometimes the complete lack of capacity of that channel; whereas charitable organisations and institutions performing social work and maintained by the State or local authorities do not have sufficient financial and human resources to be able to transport and distribute consumable food offered for charitable purposes; this is especially true of the most disadvantaged regions;
2017/02/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 307 #

2016/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Proposes that part of the funds available under the FEAD be reallocated to the transport of surplus food during implementation;
2017/02/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 68 #

2016/2222(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Recognises the role of oil palm as part of diverse intercropping systems in ensuring food security and income for smallholders;deleted
2016/11/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 132 #

2016/2222(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to use every means possible to prevent the import into the EU of palm oil which is produced as a result of deforestation;
2016/11/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 144 #

2016/2222(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for the rapid phasing-out of all land-based biofuels, such as palm oil biodiesel, thaas it drives deforestation and compete sagainst food production for land orand does not significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions; refers here to the ‘GLOBIOM’ study, which clearly shows the strikingly high level of greenhouse gas emissions attributable to palm oil, with 1 megajoule of forest burning equivalent to 231g of carbon dioxide;
2016/11/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 160 #

2016/2222(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to honour the EU’s international commitments and to press ahead with developing an EU action plan to protect forests and forest people’s rights., in particular to protect, visibly and emphatically, forests and forest people’s rights; asks that it continue the detailed development of an EU action plan to this end;
2016/11/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 60 #

2016/2204(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas the promotion of diversification measures and the development of short supply chains, as well as promotion of the organisation of producers, can contribute to the sector’s resilience, which faces the challenges of unfair trading practices and increasingly volatile markets;
2016/11/21
Committee: AGRIFEMM
Amendment 102 #

2016/2204(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital N
N. whereas the provision of other basic services such as transport links, access to thebroadband Internet, energy provision and social, health and educational services are vital for making rural areas attractive and viable places to live; whereas women have a multifunctional role in rural areas and are therefore particularly dependent on such services in order to ensure a better work- life balance;
2016/11/21
Committee: AGRIFEMM
Amendment 231 #

2016/2204(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission, together with the Member States, to improve conditions for women in rural areas, and to provide not only adequate informational material on support possibilities specifically aimed at women farmers and women in rural areas, but also access to education and, expertise and all forms of agricultural credit, while also promoting the establishment of associations and the provision of wide-ranging professional diversification advice;
2016/11/21
Committee: AGRIFEMM
Amendment 245 #

2016/2204(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Welcomes the new models of agricultural credit which have become possible in the context of close cooperation between the Commission and the European Investment Bank, and recommends that the Member States apply them as widely as possible;
2016/11/21
Committee: AGRIFEMM
Amendment 301 #

2016/2204(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Emphasises that rural areas within the Member States have a crucial economic and security role to play in our modern society, in which more than 12 million farmers provide a sufficient amount of healthy and safe food for half a billion consumers throughout the European Union and significantly help to improve world food security; stresses that keeping these areas vibrant is of the utmost importance, which can be done only by means of a strong and appropriately funded EU common agricultural and rural development policy;
2016/11/21
Committee: AGRIFEMM
Amendment 12 #

2016/2141(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas access to land is a human rightmpacts directly on the realization of many human rights, and on the Charter of fundamental rights of the European Union;
2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 20 #

2016/2141(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
B b. Whereas Member States have different regulatory systems for land ownership and land tenure which are difficult to compare;
2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 32 #

2016/2141(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas the Member States should be exclusively responsible for the land market policy;
2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 40 #

2016/2141(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
D a. Whereas existing statistical tools at EU level, such as the Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN), Eurostat Farm Structure Survey and the Integrated Administration and Control System (IACS) gather data on different aspects of land tenure;
2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 57 #

2016/2141(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas land ownership is the best way of ensuringes a responsible relationship with the land and sustainable land management, and also fosters identification and a sense of belonging, encouraging people to remain in rural areas; whereas this has an impact on the socio-economic infrastructure of rural areas, and whereas the separation of ownership and possession increases the risk of a division within society, a loss in quality of work and life, and impoverishment;
2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 79 #

2016/2141(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas the aim of Europe’s agricultural policy is to preserve the European model of farming, based on a multi-functional agriculture characterised by capital-owning family and cooperative farms, a broad distribution of assets and a diverse, residence-based agricultural structure with traditions, legal certainty and responsibility;
2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 81 #

2016/2141(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas the aim of Europe’s agricultural policy is a multi-functional agriculture characterised primarily by capital-owning family and cooperative farms, a broad distribution of assets and a diverse, residence-based agricultural structure with traditions, legal certainty and responsibility;
2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 86 #

2016/2141(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas the concentration of farmland may result in the loss of agricultural jobs, decreasing the standard of living for the agricultural community and the availability of food supplies, creating unbalances in territorial development;
2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 98 #

2016/2141(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
J a. Whereas the new generation of farmers and young people who want to get involved in agriculture bring new impetus to the development of innovation and implementation of sustainable farming practices; whereas the uptake of financial instruments with CAP funding, and in particular the EAFRD, could provide favourable support conditions to their agricultural business projects;
2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 114 #

2016/2141(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital L
L. whereas EU policies and subsidies encourage concentration phenomena, as direct area payments disproportionately benefit large farms, and the use of these funds leads to a rise in land prices, which tends to exclude small and medium-sized undertakings from the land market;deleted
2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 131 #

2016/2141(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
M a. Whereas a number of Member States in Central and Eastern Europe have adopted regulatory measures to protect their arable land from being purchased by investors considering the land only as capital asset after the end of their transition periods; whereas at the same time, due to the lower land prices in those countries, large amount of land was acquired by such investors;
2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 144 #

2016/2141(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for the creation of a central observatory tasked with recording the level of farmland concentration in the EU, changes in land use and the market behaviour of owners and tenants, and with issuing regular reportonsiders that it would be useful if Member States regularly communicated to each other and the Commission basic information about land use changes and primarily cases involving speculative land purchases;
2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 158 #

2016/2141(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to create a legal basis in order to ensure the regular collection of data of comparable quality on rent levels and land prices in connection with all sales of farmland and farm shares by agricultural undertakings in all Member StatMember States to regularly communicate to one another and the Commission data of comparable quality on rent levels and land prices;
2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 169 #

2016/2141(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to create a legal basis in order to ensure the regular collection of data of comparable quality on rent levels and land prices in connection with all sales of farmland and farm shares by agricultural undertakings in all Member States; calls on the Commission to encourage the sharing of best practices on the national legislations in order to identify measures to safeguard the farmland and farm activities;
2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 173 #

2016/2141(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Considers it sensible to create a uniform, Europe-wide land inventory in which all ownership rights and rights of use in respect of farm land are recorded in an up-to-date and accurate manner and presented in a comprehensible form in a publicly accessible digital data bank;deleted
2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 176 #

2016/2141(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Considers it sensible to create a uniform, Europe-wide land inventory in which allompile statistics at European Union level on the situation in Member States with regard to ownership rights and rights of use in respect of farm land are recorded in an up-to-date and accurate manner and presented in a comprehensible form in a publicly accessible digital data bank;
2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 204 #

2016/2141(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Takes the view thatAcknowledges that national authorities are entirely responsible for land policy that must help to ensure a socially desirable broad distribution of land ownership, as it has direct implications for everyone’s living and working conditions and quality of life, and notes the important social function of land ownership given that a loss of farms and jobs will lead to the collapse of European smallholder agriculture and the demise of rural areas, and thus to structural changes that are undesirable for society as a whole;
2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 217 #

2016/2141(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Recommends that the Member StatesCalls on Member States, in order to attain the objectives of the common agricultural policy, to give farmers priority in the purchase of farmland, particularly at a time when non-farmers, who in many cases buy farmland for purely speculative purposes, are increasingly interested in purchasing agricultural plots;
2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 224 #

2016/2141(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Recommends that the Member States give farmers priority in the purchase of farmland, particularly at a time when non-farmers are increasingly interested in purchasing agricultural plots; stresses on respecting the pre-emptive right of legal beneficiaries such as co-owners, lessees, neighbor owners or others involved in agriculture activities in the common areas;
2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 247 #

2016/2141(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Encourages the Commission, within the toolbox of the future CAP, to stimulate the set-up and implementation of specific Financial Instruments, administered by the Commission, to facilitate access to land for young farmers and new entrants; suggests, in this regard, in the case of deployment of financial instruments, the 10 % ceiling for the purchase of land, as provided in Article 69 of Regulation 1303/2013, not to be applied;
2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 248 #

2016/2141(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Taking into account, on the one hand the limited access to farmland in rural areas and the growing interest in urban and peri-urban agriculture, on the other, calls on the Member States to provide incentives for urban farm development and other forms of participatory farming and land-sharing arrangements;
2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 257 #

2016/2141(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member States to shape their land market policy in such a way as to curb the rise inontrol the farmland prices and rents; further calls for these prices to be subject to an authorisation procedure which would also apply to mergers, splits and the establishment of foundations; takes the view that there should be stricter checks on lease contracts, a requirement to report irregularities, and the possibility of penalties, since renting is often the first step to purchasing;
2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 278 #

2016/2141(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Suggests in this regard that the Commission adopt Recommendations on EU land governance, in line with the spirit of the Voluntary Guidelines and taking into account the horizontal EU frameworks on agriculture, the environment, the internal market and territorial cohesion;
2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 288 #

2016/2141(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Proposes a mandatory capAcknowledges the usefulness onf the part of direct payments exceeding the upper limit of EUR 150 000, as set out in Article 11 of Regulation No 1307/2013 (the Direct Payments Regulation), as well as the compulsory reduction by at least 5% of the part of the basic payment due to the farmer which exceedsmandatory gradual withdrawal of support under the 2013 reform of the CAP, as well as the withdrawal of the optional upper limit of EUR 150 000;
2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 302 #

2016/2141(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Takes the view that 30% of direct payments should be payable onthe establishment of additional support for the first hectares, provided that the requirements of Articles 41 and 42 of the Direct Payments Regulation are complied withwhich can be introduced on an optional basis, has in practice proved useful;
2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 317 #

2016/2141(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Recommends to that end the adoption of a uniform definition throughout the EU of ‘active farmer’ which is clearly linked to the notion of work on a farm; calls on the Commission to ensure that the beneficiaries of direct support are exclusively the active farmers;
2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 320 #

2016/2141(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Recommends to that endUrges the adoption of a uniform definition throughout the EU of ‘active farmer’ which is clearly linked to the notion of work on a farm;
2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 334 #

2016/2141(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Endorses the Commission’s finding that land is a finite resource which is already under much pressure as a result of climate change, soil erosion and over- exploitation, and calls for farmland to be given special protection with a view to compliance with the four fundamental European freedoms, so that the Member States can regulate the sale and letting of agriculturalletting Member States regulate the sale and lease of agricultural land in the light of social and environmental criteria along with the objectives of the Common Agricultural Policy, the case law by the European Court of Justice on land tenure and access to land inand the light of social and environmental criteriafour fundamental European freedoms; calls on the Commission to finally create a clear and comprehensive set of criteria for national regulations on land tenure and access to land;
2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 338 #

2016/2141(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Endorses the Commission’s finding that land is a finite resource which is already under much pressure as a result of climate change, soil erosion and over- exploitation, and calls for farmland to be given special protection with a view to- besides respect for the objectives of the common agricultural policy and the case- law of the Court of Justice of the EU with regard to property policy, and compliance with the four fundamental European freedoms, so that - to making it possible for the Member States canto regulate the sale and letting of agricultural land in the light of agricultural, social and environmental criteria; calls on the Commission, taking the above into account, to finally create a clear and comprehensible legal framework for Member States' land legislation;
2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 51 #

2016/2100(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to broaden its approach in terms of criteria for determining whether an agricultural undertaking, or a number of such undertakings linked by a horizontal agreement, is deemed to be in a ‘dominant position’, taking into consideration the degree of concentration in sectors downstream; calls for this approach also to contain specific proposals such as an assurance that a retailer's share of the market in the Member States may not exceed 10%, or 30% in the case of regional markets;
2016/10/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 84 #

2016/2100(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission urgently to investigate the level of retailer concentration and the commercial practices in the food supply chain throughout Europe; calls on the Commission to put forward a new EU text as soon as possible which will prevent unfair commercial practices;
2016/10/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 100 #

2016/2100(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Believes that full and satisfactory implementation of the ‘Milk Package’ is essential in order to strengthen the dairy sector; asks the Commission to propose that the ‘Milk Package’ should continue to apply beyond mid-2020 and to examine whether its rules could be extended to other sectors of agriculture; considers in addition that competition and antitrust rules must prohibit the unilateral termination of contracts and the imposition of any kind of listing fee in the retail sector;
2016/10/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 107 #

2016/2100(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Sees a need to introduce a maximum payment deadline of 30 days for all food retailers from which individual contracts would not be permitted to deviate; in addition, farmers' supply contracts must be for a minimum of 12 months, and the price setting included therein must not cover a period greater than 6 months;
2016/10/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 181 #

2016/2078(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to ensure effective and uniform enforcement of existing EU legislation on animal transport and legally binding reporting across all Member States; requests that the Commission propose aexamine the possibility of shortening thed maximum journey limit for all movements of horses for slaughter, based on; its examination should take into account in particular the findings of the European Food Safety Authority;
2016/11/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4 #

2016/2047(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Regrets in particular the proposed cuts in rural development in commitments and payments; rejects therefore the 23.1% reduction in commitments and 4.6% reduction in payments; stresses that funding for rural development under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) has a high value added to the economics of rural areas across the Union including a real potential for maintaining jobs and creating new ones;
2016/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 22 #

2016/2047(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Regrejects the proposed cuts for intervention in the agricultural markets, especially for milk and milk products compared to 2016; sees a continued financial effort being necessary to combat the crisis in the milk market; asks the Commission to extend emergency measures related to sales difficulties; is concerned that further markets intervention will be necessary;
2016/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 28 #

2016/2047(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the continued support for the school milk scheme of EUR 75 million in the DB for 2017; regrejects the cuts of EUR 20 million to the school fruit and vegetables scheme; reiterates the vital importance of both schemes to farmers and Members States and underlines their importance given the current crisis and levels of child malnutrition in the Union; calls on the Commission to reduce bureaucracy in both schemes;
2016/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 38 #

2016/2047(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the increase in operational funds for producer organisations; regretopposes the massive cuts in aid to producer groups for preliminary recognition; welcomes the prolongation of exceptional measures for the fruit & vegetable sector especially in light of the crisis and the Russian embargo that severely hit producers;
2016/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 57 #

2016/2047(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the slight increase in funds allocated to support beekeeping and seeks more funding, as Parliament has consistently viewed beekeeping as a priority for the future of agriculture and for the conservation of biodiversity.
2016/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 14 #

2016/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas fisheries- and aquaculture-related tourism activities can help to raise the profile of fishermen and fish harvesters and promote appreciation and understanding of their complex field of activity; whereas fishing tours and aquaculture tourism and other tourism- related fishing activities (tourist services offered by fishermen ashore, recreational fishing, etc.) are economically advantageous for fishermen and fish harvesters and sustainable in terms of resources, compared with traditional fishing, but are still little known to the general public, who are manifestly not fully aware of the importance of consuming local fish products coming from a short supply chain;
2017/03/30
Committee: PECH
Amendment 91 #

2016/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Considers it vital to harmonise the definition of tourism-related fishing activities at Union level, laying particular emphasis on fishing tours, shore-based tourist services offered by fishermen, aquaculture-related tourism and tourism related to sport/recreational fishing;
2017/03/30
Committee: PECH
Amendment 95 #

2016/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Given the huge differences among EU fishing operators involved in tourism, calls on the Commission to adopt common rules on navigation safety, and health and hygiene requirements for vessels used to carry out fishing tourism activities, and possible tax concessions;
2017/03/30
Committee: PECH
Amendment 110 #

2016/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Believes that training courses should be organised for fishermen, fish harvesters and their families, and all local people involved so as to ensure that they have the knowledge necessary to welcome tourists and guarantee their safety;
2017/03/30
Committee: PECH
Amendment 115 #

2016/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Considers it important that individual tourism offerings should have their own distinctive identity deriving in each instance from a strategy based on local peculiarities and the specialisation associated with them, and on the resources available; accordingly calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote sustainable forms of tourism and eco-tourism, not least through innovative marketing strategies which should focus on traditional and sustainability characteristics and which should be continuously monitored with a view to balancing supply and demand;
2017/03/30
Committee: PECH
Amendment 123 #

2016/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Member States and local and regional authorities to provide sustainable innovative infrastructure, including Internet connections and IT, to help encourage the development of fisheries-related tourism and regenerate existing maritime, river and lake-based infrastructure;
2017/03/30
Committee: PECH
Amendment 124 #

2016/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission, the Member States, and regional and local authorities to intensify promotion and communication campaigns, for instance in connection with the ‘European Destinations of Excellence’, ‘European Year of Cultural Heritage’ 2018, and initiatives similarly aimed at improving knowledge and awareness of traditional fishing culture and aquaculture; urges stakeholders to tap the potential of environment-conscious tourists and those able to travel off-season;
2017/03/30
Committee: PECH
Amendment 141 #

2016/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission, the Member States, local and regional authorities, the sector concerned, and other stakeholders to take targeted action in line with the EU policies affecting the fisheries and aquaculture sector; points to the need to adopt a best practice manual setting out the most significant examples to encourage other businesses to follow suit; points out that the local scientific community also needs to be involved in order to prevent environmental problems;
2017/03/30
Committee: PECH
Amendment 150 #

2016/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to improve the collection and management of data on fisheries- and aqualculture-related tourism;
2017/03/30
Committee: PECH
Amendment 151 #

2016/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the European Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions, the governments of the Member States, and the regional / county advisory councils.
2017/03/30
Committee: PECH
Amendment 124 #

2016/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that decoupled direct aids under the current CAP are unsuited to situations of price volatility and that they provide undifferentiated annual aid amounts without involving farmers in an anticipatory approach to coping with price changes- especially the single area payment scheme - under the current CAP deeply contribute to provide acceptable income and stable economic environment for farmers; outlines that the maintenance and reinforcement of these direct aids has an utmost importance;
2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 138 #

2016/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Points out that the voluntary coupled support scheme has proven its efficiency in ensuring the survival of many agricultural sectors such as beef, sheep, sugar beet, rice, fruits and vegetables; notes that this voluntary scheme should be maintained in the future CAP;
2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 316 #

2016/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. Takes the view that these mutual funds would become appropriately financed and more attractive to farmers if the possibility of national support was included; asks the European Commission to propose the amendment of the rural development regulation in order to include the above mentioned modification;
2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 323 #

2016/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Considers that, as farmers cannot control the factors that determine their turnover and gross margins, they should be encouraged to develop tools for coping with market volatility, especially mutual funds, such tools being better suited to that purpose than direct payments;
2016/06/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 9 #

2016/2024(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Takes note of the cuts in rural development funding under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) in terms of commitments and payments for the 2016 budget; highlights that these cuts are detrimental to economic growth in rural areas; points out that the EAFRD, including the LEADER programmes, are a major driver of rural development by giving wider benefits to the EU at large, especially in generating growth and employment in rural areas and helping to preserve rural jobs and create new jobs, thus preventing rural areasdepopulation; insists that careful consideration be given to increasing the final level of commitments and payments appropriations in the 2017 budget;
2016/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 12 #

2016/2024(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Insists that any funds allocated through the financial discipline mechanism to the crisis reserve in the agricultural sector of the 2017 budget that are left unspent be made available in full as direct payments in the following budgetary year; requests that all available margins under Heading 2 be reserved for the agriculture sector particularly given the continuing crisis in the milk, pig meat and fruit and vegetable sector and the Russian embargo and significant health risks in the plant and animal sector; calls for consistent application of the principle that all revenue derived from agriculture should remain within the agriculture budget;
2016/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 26 #

2016/2024(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Insists that sufficient funds be made available in order to implement all elements of the CAP reform, e.g. greening measures, environmental programmes, biodiversity, rural development programmes and environmental and climate protection programmes, including programmes to promote the production of renewable energy sources, for example biomass;
2016/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 32 #

2016/2024(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Bearing in mind the food safety scandals of the recent past - for example the E. Coli infections in 2011, the horsemeat scandal in 2013 and the current problem of adulterated honey from China, as well as the animal diseases currently raging, such as swine fever in Poland and the Baltic States and the bird flu epidemic in France - urges that additional appropriations be transferred to Chapter 3 of the budget from other budget lines to tackle food safety crises, as the EU funding currently available - a grand total of EUR 1.89 billion over seven years - is not sufficient;
2016/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 42 #

2016/2024(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Highlights the continuing imbalances in the food supply chain with primary producers being considerably weaker than other actors in the chain; urges the Commission to take action to improve the transparency of prices and margins in the food supply chain; encourages Member States to take vigorous action against unfair trading practices which harm producers and, if necessary, to adopt legislation in this field; highlights Parliament’s position on unfair trading practices.
2016/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1 #

2016/2014(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Recognises the value of wood for energy purposes in contributing to the renewable energy targets of the 2030 climate and energy framework and in opening up new business opportunities; believes that boosting creation of short rotation coppices and tree plantations for industrial use in order to reduce demand for trees from forests would deeply contribute to the maintenance of native forests and forest plantations.
2016/04/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2 #

2016/2014(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the importance of supporting EU framework programmes for research in relation to refined biofuels, rational use of biomass and organic agricultural by- products as well as the development of fast- growing energy crops;
2016/04/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3 #

2016/2014(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Encourages the Member States and the Commission to promote the importance of the sustainable forest-based bioeconomy and of wood as one of the EU’s crucial renewable raw materials; therefore calls the Commission for channeling more EU funds to boost the plantation of short rotation coppices and tree plantations for industrial use in the EU.
2016/04/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4 #

2016/2014(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Believes that feedstockbalanced policies to promote increased European yields in crops such as corn, wheat, maize and sugar beet could also be used as an energy reso, sunflower and sugar would provide the sustainable feedstock needed for low ILUC biofuel production in a way which would provide Europe's farmers with a securce in the production of biofuels and bioethanol in cases ofcome stream, attract investment and jobs into rural areas, help address Europe's chronic shortage of (GM free) high protein animal feed, market oversupply of such agricultural products, which would ensure stability of farmers’ income Europe less dependent on fossil fuel imports and help the EU to reach its GHG targets while minimising concerns about land use change and other environmental factors.
2016/04/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 5 #

2016/2014(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Believes that the European Commission should be required to provide a "Farm Income Impact Assessment" with any proposals that it is putting forward which impacts on the income streams available to European farmers.
2016/04/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 6 #

2016/0400(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
(8 a) Whereas bundling and presenting more empowerments not being in a close relationship with each other as one single Commission delegated act impedes the exercise of European Parliament's right of scrutiny, as it is forced to simply accept or refuse the entire package, which leaves no room to express an opinion on each empowerment individually.
2017/06/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 7 #

2016/0400(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 a (new)
Article 1 a The European Commission shall not bundle multiple empowerments in a single delegated act.
2017/06/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 149 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 62
(62) The European Strategy for a low- carbon mobility of July 2016 pointed out that food-based biofuels have a limited role in decarbonising the transport sector and should be gradually phased out and replaced by advanced biofuels. To prepare for the transition towards advanced biofuels. To support the market for advanced biofuels, restore investor confidence and minimise the overall indirect land-use change impacts, it is appropriate to reduce the amount of biofuels and bioliquids produced from food and feed cropthe proportion of food- and feed-based biofuels and bioliquids that can be counted towards the Union targets set out in this Directive should be kept at 7% of overall consumption for the road and rail sector.
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 160 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 63
(63) Directive (EU) 2015/1513 of the European Parliament and of the Council23 called on the Commission to present without delay a comprehensive proposal for a cost-effective and technology-neutral post-2020 policy in order to create a long- term perspective for investment in sustainable biofuels with a low risk of causing indirect land-use change and in other means of decarbonising the transport sector. An ambitious 15% incorporation obligation on fuel suppliers can provide certainty for investors, help to decarbonise the transport sector and encourage the continuous development of alternative renewable transport fuels including advanced biofuels, renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non-biological origin, and renewable electricity in transport. It is appropriate to set the obligation on fuel suppliers at the same level in each Member State in order to ensure consistency in transport fuel specifications and availability. As transport fuels are traded easily, fuel suppliers in Member States with low endowments of the relevant resources should be able to easily obtain renewable fuels from elsewhere. _________________ 23Directive (EU) 2015/1513 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 September 2015 amending Directive 98/70/EC relating to the quality of petrol and diesel fuels and amending Directive 2009/28/EC on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources (OJ L 239, 15.9.2015, p. 1).
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 231 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point g a (new)
ga) ‘Feed-based biofuels with a high sustainability indicator’ shall be defined as biofuels which: - are produced from cereals and other crops high in starch, sugars and oil plants - emit at least 60% fewer greenhouse gases than traditional fuels, following the calculation method set out in Article 28; and - produce high-value protein, other animal feed or cellulosic byproducts in the course of their production - are made from raw materials which comply and are consistent with the requirements and provisions of Article 93 of Regulation No 1306/2013 on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy; or are certified to comply with an equivalent set of sustainability standards.
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 299 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
FStarting from 2021, for the calculation of a Member State’sthe European Union level of gross final consumption of energy from renewable energy sources, the contribution from biofuels and bioliquids, as well as from biomass fuels consumed in transport, if produced from food or feed crops, shall be no more than 7% of final consumption of energy in road and rail transport in that Member State. This limit shall be reduced to 3.8 % in 2030 following the trajectory set out in part A of Annex X. Member States may set a lower limit and may distinguish between different types of biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from food and feed crops, for instance by setting a lower limit for the contribution from food or feed crop based biofuels produced from oil crops, taking into account indirect land use change.
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 320 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 4 a (new)
(4a) The limitation set out in paragraph 4 does not apply to ‘Feed based biofuels with a high sustainability index’, or to the basic materials listed in Annex IX.
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 378 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
With effect from 1 January 2021, Member States shall require fuel suppliers to include a minimum share of energy from advanced biofuels and other biofuels and biogas produced from feedstock listed in Annex IX, from renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non-biological origin, from waste-based fossil fuels and from renewable electricity in the total amount of transport fuels they supply forgradually increase the proportion of renewable energy in energy consumption for use on the market in the course of a calendar yeartransport purposes to at least 15% by 2030.
2017/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 561 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex X – part A
A. Part B [...]deleted
2017/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 55 #

2016/0308(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – table 1 – row 4
09.6752 2002 Tomatoes prepared or preserved 52 000 otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid
2017/01/31
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 60 #

2016/0308(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – table 1 – row 2
Common wheat, spelt and 1001 99 00, 1101 00 15, 1050 000 tons/year meslin, flour, groats, meal 1101 00 90, 1102 90 90, and pellets 1103 11 90, 1103 20 60
2017/01/31
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 63 #

2016/0308(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – table 1 – row 3
Maize, other than seed, 1005 90 00, 1102 20, 650 000 tons/year flour, groats, meal, pellets 1103 13, 1103 20 40, and grains 1104 23
2017/01/31
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 65 #

2016/0308(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – table 1 – row 4
Barley, other than seed, flour 1003 90 00, 1102 90 10, 350 000 tons/year and pellets ex 1103 20 25
2017/01/31
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 225 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 14 – point a
1. By way of derogation from Article 65(9) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013, in cases of emergency measures due to natural disasters, catastrophic events or adverse climatic events or a significant and sudden change in the socio-economic conditions of the Member State or region, including significant and sudden demographic changes resulting from migration or reception of refugees, the rural development programmes may provide that eligibility of expenditure relating to programme changes may start from the date when the event occurred.
2017/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 275 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 269 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Regulation (EU) N° 1307/2013
Article 9 – paragraph 3a (new)
1 a. In Article 9, the following paragraph is inserted: 3a. Member States may decide that natural or legal persons, or groups of natural or legal persons, who are registered as farmers in any national public register - being a single public register or the linkage of different national registers - to be identified as active farmers.
2017/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 367 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 269 – paragraph 1 – point 5 b (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013
Article 52 – paragraph 2
5 b. In Article 52, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: “2. Coupled support may be granted to the following sectors and productions: cereals, oilseeds, protein crops, grain legumes, flax, hemp, rice, nuts, starch potato, milk and milk products, seeds, sheepmeat and goatmeat, beef and veal, poultry meat and eggs, pig meat, olive oil, silkworms, dried fodder, hops, sugar beet, cane and chicory, fruit and vegetables and short rotation coppice.” (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32013R1307&rid=1)Or. en
2017/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 399 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 269 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
Regulation (EU) N° 1307/2013
Annex X, Area with short rotation coppice
6 a. In Annex X, the Areas with short rotation coppice is replaced by the following: “Features : Areas with short rotation coppice (per 1 m2) Conversion factor : n.a. Weighting factor : 0,31 Ecological focus area : 0,31 m2” (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02013R1307-Or. en 20150603&qid=1490178318614&from=EN)
2017/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 403 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 269 – paragraph 1 – point 6 b (new)
Regulation (EU) N° 1307/2013
Annex X – Area with catch crops or green cover
6 b. In Annex X, the Area with catch crops or green cover is replaced by the following: “Features: Areas with catch crops or green cover (per 1 m2) Conversion factor: n.a. Weighting factor: 0,31 Ecological focus area: 0,31 m2” Or. en (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02013R1307- 20150603&qid=1490178318614&from=EN)
2017/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 443 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 35
3. Article 35 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 35National financial assistance 1. Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia may grant producer organisations on their request national financial assistance equal to a maximum of 1 % of their value of marketed production. That assistance shall be additional to the operational fund. 2. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 227 amending paragraph 1 to add Member States where the degree of organisation of producers in the fruit and vegetable sector is particularly low and to delete Member States where that is no longer the case.’deleted
2017/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 212 #

2016/0230(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
The national forestry accounting planreport shall contain all the elements listed in Annex IV, section B and include a proposed new forest reference level based on the continuation of current forest management practice and intensity, as documented between 1990-2009 per forest type and per age class in national forests,active, sustainable forest management practice expressed in tonnes of CO2 equivalent per year.
2017/04/06
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 226 #

2016/0230(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission shall review the national forestry accounting plans and technical correctionsfacilitate the technical assessment of the national forestry accounting report submitted by a Member State and assess the extent to which the proposed new or corrected forest reference levels have been determined in accordance with the principles and requirements set out in paragraphs (3) and (4) as well as Article 5(1). To the extent that this is required in order to ensure compliance with the principles and requirements set out in paragraphs (3) and (4) as well as Article 5(1), the Commission may recalculate the proposed new or corrected forest reference levelshe Commission shall compile a synthesis report and shall make it publicly available.
2017/04/06
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 228 #

2016/0230(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 5
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 paragraph 5
5. The Commission shall review the national forestry accounting plans and technical correctionsfacilitate the technical assessment of the national forestry accounting report submitted by a Member State and assess the extent to which the proposed new or corrected forest reference levels have been determined in accordance with the principles and requirements set out in paragraphs (3)3 and (4)4 as well as Article 5(1). To the extent that this is required in order to ensure compliance with the principles and requirements set out in paragraphs (3) and (4) as well as Article 5(1), the Commission may recalculate the proposed new or corrected forest reference levelshe Commission shall compile a synthesis report and shall make it publicly available.
2017/03/29
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 231 #

2016/0230(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 14 to amend Annex II in the light of the reviewtechnical assessment carried out pursuant to paragraph (5) to update Member State forest reference levels based on the national forestry accounting planreports or the technical corrections submitted, and any recalculations made by the Member States in the context of the review. Until the entry into force of the delegated act, Member Statetechnical assessment. In the event that a Member State has not updated its forest reference levels, the value as specified in Annex II shall continue to apply for the period 2021- 2025 and/or 2026-2030.
2017/04/06
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 236 #

2016/0230(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 14 to amend Annex II in the light of the review carried out pursuant to paragraph (5) to update Member State forest reference levels based on the national forestry accounting plans or the technical corrections submitted, and any recalculations made in the context of the review. Until the entry into force of the delegated act,collect national forestry accounting plans and publish Member State forest reference levels bas specified in Annex II shall continue to apply for the period 2021-2025 and/or 2026-2030ed on them.
2017/03/29
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 283 #

2016/0230(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – part A – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) Reference levels should ensure a robust and credible accounting, to guarantee that emissions and removals resulting from biomassfrom managed forest land use are properly accounted for and that emissions are balanced against removals;
2017/04/06
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 200 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 1 a (new)
A Member State may maintain any existing and more stringent restrictions on the content of cadmium (Cd) in organo- mineral fertiliser and inorganic fertiliser, until this limit is equal or lower than the limits set out in Annex I, Part II, PFC 1 (B)(3)(a) and 1 (C)(I)(2)(a).
2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 236 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 1(B) – point 3 – point a – point 2 – indent 2
- As of [Publications office, please insert the date occurring threfive years after the date of application of this Regulation]: 40 mg/kg phosphorus pentoxide (P2O5), and
2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 239 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 1(B) – point 3 – point a – point 2 – indent 3
- As of [Publications office, please insert the date occurring twelvesixteen years after the date of application of this Regulation]: 20 mg/kg phosphorus pentoxide (P2O5),
2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 269 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 1(C)(I) – point 2 – point a – point 2 – indent 2
- As of [Publications office, please insert the date occurring threfive years after the date of application of this Regulation]: 40 mg/kg phosphorus pentoxide (P2O5), and
2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 272 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 1(C)(I) – point 2 – point a – point 2 – indent 3
- As of [Publications office, please insert the date occurring twelvesixteen years after the date of application of this Regulation]: 20 mg/kg phosphorus pentoxide (P2O5),
2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 324 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 1 a (new)
A Member State may maintain any existing and more stringent restrictions on the content of cadmium (Cd) in organo- mineral fertiliser and inorganic fertiliser, until this limit is equal or lower than the limits set out in Annex I, Part II, PFC 1 (B)(3)(a) and 1 (C)(I)(2)(a).
2017/03/16
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 346 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 1 – point 1 – point e
(e) polymers with the exception of those used in growing media not in contact with the soil, or
2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 409 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 1(B) – paragraph 3 – point a – point 2 – indent 2
- As of [Publications office, please insert the date occurring threfive years after the date of application of this Regulation]: 40 mg/kg phosphorus pentoxide (P2O5), and
2017/03/17
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 422 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 1(B) – paragraph 3 – point a – point 2 – indent 3
- As of [Publications office, please insert the date occurring twelvesixteen years after the date of application of this Regulation]: 20 mg/kg phosphorus pentoxide (P2O5),
2017/03/17
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 493 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 1(C)(I) – paragraph 2 – point a – point 2 – indent 2
- As of [Publications office, please insert the date occurring threfive years after the date of application of this Regulation]: 40 mg/kg phosphorus pentoxide (P2O5), and
2017/03/17
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 504 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 1(C)(I) – paragraph 2 – point a – point 2 – indent 3
- As of [Publications office, please insert the date occurring twelvesixteen years after the date of application of this Regulation]: 20 mg/kg phosphorus pentoxide (P2O5),
2017/03/17
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 3 #

2015/2932(RSP)


Recital B
B. whereas the EU, Australia and New Zealand work together in tackling common challenges across a broad spectrum of issues and co-operate in a number of international fora, including the G20 framework;
2016/01/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 17 #

2015/2932(RSP)


Paragraph 1
1. Underlines the importance of the Asia- Pacific region for economic growth within Europe and stressnotes that this ishould be reflected in the European Union's trade policy;
2016/01/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 21 #

2015/2932(RSP)


Paragraph 3
3. Considers that the full potential of the Union's bilateral and regional co-operation strategies may only be realised by concluding high-quality FTAs with both Australia and New Zealand while under no circumstances undermining or diverting resources and attention away from the ambition to achieve progress multilaterally or to advance ongoing bilateral negotiations;
2016/01/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 25 #

2015/2932(RSP)


Paragraph 4
4. Believes that the negotiation of modern, ambitious, balanced and comprehensive FTAs with Australia and New Zealand is a logical step in deepening the bilateral partnerships, further reinforcing already mature existing bilateral trade and investment relationships, and would helpave mitigate the potential diversionary effects of the recently concluded TPP;
2016/01/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 32 #

2015/2932(RSP)


Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to study in depth any additional market access opportunities for European economic operators offered by the possible FTAs with Australia and New Zealand during the scoping exercise and to weigh these against any possible defensive interests, also considering that both Australia and New Zealand have already comparatively open marketsvery low tariffs in international comparison;
2016/01/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 37 #

2015/2932(RSP)


Paragraph 6
6. Underlines that ambitious agreements between the three advanced economies must address, in a meaningful way, investment, trade in goodsliberalize investment, trade in goods (with appropriate quotas for the most sensitive products and transitional periods for tariff reduction) and services (drawing on recent practice as regards reservations of policy space and sector coverage) and address regulatory issues and rules such as sanitary and phytosanitary measures , e-commerce, public procurement, energy, state-owned enterprises, competition, anti- corruption, and the needs of SMEs and can benefit governance of the. It also needs to contribute to global economyic governance by intensified convergence and cooperation on international standards without lowering any consumer, food safety, animal health and welfare, plant health, environmental or social and labour protection;
2016/01/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 44 #

2015/2932(RSP)


Paragraph 7
7. Considers a robust and ambitious sustainable development chapter, covering core labour standards and the four ILO priority governance conventions and multilateral environmental agreements an indispensable part of any potential free trade agreement;deleted
2016/01/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 52 #

2015/2932(RSP)


Paragraph 8
8. Notes that only a balanced outcome in agriculture chapterand fisheries that takes sensitivities duly into account can boost competitiveness and will be beneficial to both consumers and producers in the European Union; calls for the inclusion of effective bilateral safeguard measures to prevent a surge in imports that would cause, or threaten to cause, serious injury to producers;
2016/01/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 63 #

2015/2932(RSP)


Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Considers a robust and ambitious sustainable development chapter, covering core labour standards and the four ILO priority governance conventions and multilateral environmental agreements an indispensable part of any potential free trade agreement;
2016/01/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 69 #

2015/2932(RSP)


Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to condition the launch of negotiations with Australia and New Zealand with all parties committing at the outset to conduct negotiations in the mosta transparent way possible, fully respecting best practice as established in other negotiations;
2016/01/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 5 #

2015/2353(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Whereas the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) estimates that the expected rise in the world’s population to 9.1 billion by 2050 will require a 60% increase in food production and a 24% increase in crop yields in the developed countries by that date; stresses that one of the most important goals in the future will be maintaining food security in the European Union and providing assistance to poorer countries to address the challenges of food security; stresses that food, like water, will be a strategic commodity in the future and therefore Europe will need the Common Agricultural Policy and a strong agricultural budget more than ever before;
2016/05/04
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 9 #

2015/2353(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the CAP provides income support to farmers through Pillar 1 and provides support for environmental programmes and economic activity in rural areas and prevents rural depopulation; notes, in this connection, that it is essential to maintain the two-pillar CAP structure in order to compensate and support farmers and rural areas and protect and create jobs in rural areas;
2016/05/04
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 34 #

2015/2353(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Insists that the current amount in Heading 2, as provided for in the current MFF, must remain at least at the same level; refers, in this connection, to Article 2 of the MFF Regulation, which clearly states that allocated national envelopes may not be reduced by the midterm revision; considers, furthermore, that other Union policies must have the necessary financial means to allow the Union to honour its legal obligations in accordance with the corresponding sectoral legislation; considers it unacceptable that the funds set aside for agricultural policy are reallocated in order to compensate for a lack of funds in other policies or programmes;
2016/05/04
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 41 #

2015/2353(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Insists also that the amounts for direct payments in Heading 2 should be left untouched; points out that this is crucial for the income situation of many farmers, particularly during times of crishe crisis which is affecting several agricultural branches, and that the absorption rate per year is almost 100 %;
2016/05/04
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 53 #

2015/2353(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. On recent food safety scandals: in light of, for example, the 2011 E-coli outbreak, the 2013 horsemeat scandal and the ongoing issue with counterfeit honey from China, along with current outbreaks of animal diseases such as African swine fever in Poland and the Baltic States and the avian influenza epidemic in France, insists that, during the mid-term review of the multiannual financial framework, the excess funds from other budgetary items listed in Chapter 3 be reallocated to address food safety and animal health crises, as the EU funds currently available – altogether EUR 1.89 million over seven years – are insufficient;
2016/05/04
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 63 #

2015/2353(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses that the fixed ceilings for the CAP until 2020 entail much lower margins than in the previous MFF, while the sector faces more challenges; stresses, in this regard, that any use of the margin must be exclusively to address the needs of the agricultural sector, given that long-term planning and investment security are essential for EU farmers; points out that agriculture should not be the only sector to bear the brunt of political decisions, as is currently the case with the Russian embargo; asks the Commission to keep up negotiations with Russia with a view to ending the agricultural embargo as soon as possible on the basis of mutual agreement;
2016/05/04
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 98 #

2015/2353(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses that agricultural production has an extremely high added value, since it also supplies the processing sector, thereby contributing to economic and social cohesion in regions and to the EU’s balanced regional development; points out that it is therefore necessary to maintain and, where appropriate, step up the support received by farmers, since this provides an incentive to increase agricultural production; stresses that the CAP and cohesion policy contributes significantly to growth and employment in rural areas, more so than other Union policies; recalls that, in statistical terms, one farmer provides seven additional jobs in related sectors; points to the importance of maintaining the CAP’s focus on supporting small-scale and family farming businesses as the cornerstone of agricultural production in the EU and of life in the EU’s rural areas;
2016/05/04
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 102 #

2015/2353(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Stresses the important role of food processing in keeping the EU’s agricultural sector competitive; acknowledges that the European Union’s competitive advantage on the global market is primarily in food and drink, which have a high added value and whose designated origin may be protected; considers that protecting geographical indicators should be one of the most important objectives at the international free trade negotiations; stresses that in the future considerable EU funds should be spent on establishing and developing food processing plants by means of a strong rural development pillar;
2016/05/04
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 105 #

2015/2353(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses that the success of the CAP and acceptance thereof also depends on further reducing bureaucracy and limiting regulatory administrative provisions to an acceptable level; acknowledges that the single area payment scheme (SAPS) is a simple and fair means of support which is easy to implement and therefore recommends that SAPS be kept after 2020;
2016/05/04
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 54 #

2015/2351(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Views the Open Method of Coordination as an appropriate means for framing youth policies; reiterates its call for closer cooperation on youth issues at local, regional, national and EU level; recommends to the Member States to agree on clear indicators and benchmarks in order to allow for monitoring of the progress made;
2016/04/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 61 #

2015/2351(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the importance of the Structured Dialogue as a means of listening to young people, both youth organisations and non- organised individuals, about their real needs in order to conduct the implementation and development of youth policies more effectively at all levels and to foster active citizenship among young people; calls for strengthening the Structured Dialogue as a quality participatory tool for young people in the next cooperation to support framework for youth;
2016/04/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 69 #

2015/2351(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses the importance of cross- sectoral cooperation at all levels and notably between the different EU strategies that affect young people (current and future EU strategies on Youth, Education and Training Strategy, Health, Employment, etc.);
2016/04/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 73 #

2015/2351(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the importance of the role of family and its cooperation with schools, local communities and churches to guide young people towards full integration in society and emphasizes the role of youth workers and youth organizations in providing better opportunities for growing and learning;
2016/04/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 110 #

2015/2351(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for better coordination between education and training curricula and the needs of the changing labour markets; suggests that Member States take over best practices from each other in this respect;
2016/04/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 135 #

2015/2351(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Encourages the Member States to provide support to young people to start their independent life and establish their own families with the help of housing allowances, preferences and reduction of personal income-taxes and to provide preferential student loans for students;
2016/04/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 150 #

2015/2351(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Emphasises the importance of addressing skills shortages and mismatches by promoting and facilitating mobility for learners through a better use of all EU tools and programmes; welcomes the transformation of the existing EU Skills Panorama website;
2016/04/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 153 #

2015/2351(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Member States to take full advantage of the current reform of the EURES network to support intra-EU youth labour mobility, including mobility in apprenticeships and traineeships; calls on Member States to regularly update the vacancies and curricula vitae; calls on the Commission to improve the job matching process of EURES to ensure that young people receive adequate and qualitative job offers in line with their curriculum vitaes;
2016/04/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 159 #

2015/2351(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Invites the Member States and the Commission to establish innovative and flexible grants for nurturing talent in the field of education, sports and arts;
2016/04/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 193 #

2015/2351(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Is looking forward to the presentation of the comprehensive report on the implementation of the Youth Guarantee later this year by the Commission;
2016/04/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 197 #

2015/2351(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Calls for stronger partnerships between youth organisations and public authorities to increase opportunities for participation in policy making; considers the role of youth and sports organisations in developing young people’s participatory skills and in improving the quality of the decision-making process especially important;
2016/04/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 201 #

2015/2351(INI)

22a. Stresses the value of youth organisations as providers of citizenship learning and education of democratic values, skills and competences, and recognises their contribution to improving youth participation in democratic processes;
2016/04/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 203 #

2015/2351(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Stresses the vital importance of sports and social activities for encouraging youth participation and social cohesion as tools that can have a huge impact on local communities and can help address many of the societal challenges facing youth;
2016/04/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 223 #

2015/2351(INI)

25. Calls on the Commission to take advantage of the dynamism of social media in education, training and youth participation in order to increase employability and enhance entrepreneurship, innovation and culture;
2016/04/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 94 #

2015/2281(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Stresses that cooperation through the Strategic framework for European cooperation in education and training 2020 fundamentally complements national measures which, such as learning from one another, data gathering, working groups and exchanges of good national practices, will be reinforced by means of improvements in their transparency and coordination and the dissemination of their results;
2016/03/04
Committee: CULT
Amendment 107 #

2015/2281(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Is concerned at the fact that the quality of teacher education is lagging behind, in terms of range and complexity, with regard to competences that are necessary for teaching today, and welcomes the choice of support for educators as a priority area for ET2020; encourages Member States to adapt their initial teacher training and in- service development programmes and, to make better use of peer-learning activities between Member States and to promote cooperation and partnerships between teacher training colleges and schools;
2016/03/04
Committee: CULT
Amendment 133 #

2015/2281(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Stresses the need to develop basic skills in order to achieve quality education;
2016/03/04
Committee: CULT
Amendment 9 #

2015/2279(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A
A. whereas the additional costs associated with climatic and topographical conditions, remoteness and isolation hinder the economic and social development of mountainous regions, areas undergoing revegetation, overseas areas and areas suffering from other natural or economic disadvantages; whereas also efforts to maintain agricultural economic production in EU regions must be accompanied by physical and digital accessibility as well as access to public services for the inhabitants of such regions;
2016/01/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 46 #

2015/2279(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Regrets that despite the sector-specific measures that have been taken, there does not yet exist a fully-fledged EU approach to mountain regions, and that European measures have so far been insufficient to assist areas undergoing revegetation, overseas areas and areas suffering from other natural or economic disadvantages; proposes in this regard that efforts be made to adopt a common definition of mountain regions and more effective measures for the regions referred to above;
2016/01/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 54 #

2015/2279(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) should form an integral part of the smart specialisation strategies of regions with mountain areas, areas undergoing revegetation, overseas areas and areas suffering from other natural or economic disadvantages; calls therefore on the Commission, Member States and the regions to strengthen synergies between different funds and measures for mountain areas in preparing, examining and adopting operational programmes;
2016/01/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 60 #

2015/2279(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission and Member States to develop strategies between local authorities, civil society and economic players in mountain ranges, areas undergoing revegetation, overseas areas and areas suffering from other natural or economic disadvantages in order to determine joint action plans for the promotion, development and protection of the mountain ranges in question; welcomes and supports in this regard the Alpine macro-regional strategy initiative;
2016/01/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 72 #

2015/2279(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the importance of aid under the first pillar of the CAP in maintaining agricultural production and income for farmers in mountain areas, areas undergoing revegetation, overseas areas and areas suffering from other natural or economic disadvantages; recalls that Member States have the option of establishing specific direct aid and coupled payments to help attain these objectives;
2016/01/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 82 #

2015/2279(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that measures under the second pillar of the CAP must ensure the sustainability and diversification of agricultural production in mountain areas, areas undergoing revegetation, overseas areas and areas suffering from other natural or economic disadvantages by supporting the emergence of projects that create added value, innovation projects, agricultural investment projects and farm development projects and projects to maintain processing enterprises; stresses that these funds should be used as tools to boost the competitiveness of the regional agricultural sector and / or as a means of allowing the economic diversification of farms;
2016/01/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 5 #

2015/2227(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
- having regard to the Council conclusions of 18 June 2012 on the European Innovation Partnership ‘Agricultural productivity and sustainability’ (2012/C193/01),
2016/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 20 #

2015/2227(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas according to the UN, if the sustainable development goals (SDGs) are to be achieved agricultural productivity will have to double by 2030, while simultaneously the agri-food sector will have to adapt to climate change and changing weather conditions and improve ecosystem and soil quality, and whereas, in order to achieve this, priority must be given to the use of microbiological preparations which increase soil life; whereas four out of the eight UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are connected to agriculture;
2016/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 22 #

2015/2227(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas achieving the objectives of the common agricultural policy, in particular increasing sustainable productivity and ensuring farmers' standard of living, and promoting research and development and innovation, will in the future require adequate EU funding, at least matching the current level, to ensure the success of this policy;
2016/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 26 #

2015/2227(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas the quality of life of agricultural workers and of rural communities must be improved;
2016/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 30 #

2015/2227(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
C b. whereas efforts must be made to promote the increased use of renewable energy sources such as biomass, solar power, wind and water power and bioethanol;
2016/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 35 #

2015/2227(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas despite the numerous challenges and the growing number of standards farmers have to deal with, and whereas reserves of agricultural technology resources have fallen and the rate of growth of irrigated land areas has slowed markedly; EU consumers have never spent a smaller percentage of their income on food;
2016/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 41 #

2015/2227(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas consumers are demanding food production with higher environmental standards and nutritional value, (sustainable food consumption), and while the agricultural sector needs to diversify and innovate to provide good and affordable food for all;
2016/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 52 #

2015/2227(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas owing to pressurthe constant decrease oin natural resources, climate change, the scarcity of land, the vulnerability of the environment, the growth of the world population and changing consumer behaviour, it is essential that farmers produce more with less, meaning a smaller ecological footprint per kg of product produced;
2016/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 111 #

2015/2227(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Is strongly convinced that economic development and sustainable production are not mutually exclusive and are achievable mainly through research and development and innovation; stresses the need to support innovation inve technologyies and governancemanagement by providing regulatory coherence, clarity and room for entrepreneurship, and urges the Commission to ensure that innovation is explicitly taken into account in forthcoming reviews and reforms of relevant legislation; highlights the fact that European agriculture is able to produce high-quality and high-added value products together with profitable, knowledge-based solutions in order to feed a growing and more demanding world population;
2016/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 120 #

2015/2227(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Is firmly convinced that the EU budget for the common agricultural policy must be maintained at least at its current level in order to achieve the policy's objectives and promote research and development and innovation; takes the view that the CAP budget must not be cut when the mid-term review of the 7-year financial framework takes place, and neither must new provisions be adopted which result in an increase in the financial and administrative burden on farmers;
2016/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 143 #

2015/2227(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Considers it desirable that ensuring entrepreneurial freedom should where possible not go hand in hand with large- scale reductions in the Member States' ability to regulate the ownership and use of agricultural land;
2016/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 145 #

2015/2227(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Encourages the uptake of precision agriculture that provides new whole-farm management approaches, such as GPS/GNSS-technology driven machinery which, in combination with Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPASs, or drones) , can work arable land to the nearestwith centimetre precision; agrees that these techniques could significantly reduce both the use of plant protection products and fertiliser and water use, and combat soil erosion; calls on the Commission to remove the barriers to adopting precision farming, in particular those linked to complex and fragmented ICT systems and investment level issues; encourages Member States to support these practices, in particular by using the opportunities under the new rural development rules under Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013;
2016/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 156 #

2015/2227(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Encourages innovative solutions in animal housing systems that can contribute to a higher level of animal welfare and consequently lead to higher levels of animal health, by reducing the need for veterinary medicinal products, including antimicrobials; stresses that the application of antimicrobials should be prudent and responsible and would be improved by improving the entire production chain with more efficient and faster diagnostic tools that rely on data, better real-time monitoring, targeted precautionary measures and new ways of dispensing in order to combat antimicrobial resistance; strongly supports the use of EU instruments to promote organic farming;
2016/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 211 #

2015/2227(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Calls on the Commission to promote loans for land development by drawing up criteria for state subsidies based on forward-looking, objective indicators to serve as a reliable guide for Member State governments;
2016/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 227 #

2015/2227(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Considers soil quality to be of economic and ecological importance since a depletion of the ecological state would result in less productive soil, lower nutrient availability, increases in susceptibility of plants to pests and diseases, lower water holding capacity and diminished biodiversity; calls on the Commission to support innovative practices and the sharing of best practices such as crop rotation systems orand fertilising with green legumes and nitrogen-binding bacteria to avoid further soil degradation; points out that, in order to combat desertification and eutrophication, farmers must be encouraged to develop irrigation systems, including improving water efficiency and the application of economical irrigation techniques; believes that the interplay between the mobilisation of organic matter and production needs to be better understood; welcomes research into innovative practices such as the use of microbial interventions and plant-soil interactions(bacterial fertilizers) and studies of plant-soil interactions with mycorrhiza, PGPR and PGR bacteria which could lower the environmental impact and reduce the use of chemical fertilisers and pesticides; recognises the importance of a sustainable soil use that takes account of site-specific needs;
2016/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 244 #

2015/2227(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for a continuous development of innovative new breeding techniques for plants, as this is of vital importance for the efficient development of new varieties, contributing to the development of plants with higher yields, greater nutritional value and better resistance to pests, diseases and adverse weather conditions; believes that many new breeding techniques provide unprecedented opportunities to reduce the environmental impact of conventional agriculture; disapproves of the current administrative and regulatory burdens; urges the Commission, in accordance with European Parliament Resolution No 2015/2981 (RSP) on patents and plant breeders' rights, to encourage new techniques and ensure access to biological materials for SMEs in the breeding sector, and expects it to give primacy to innovation in this respect;
2016/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 25 #

2015/2226(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas in order to take on the numerous challenges that European agriculture is facing (relating to food, the environment, energy, the climate, etc.), it is vital to come up with a ‘new social contract’ for agriculture that encourages us to rethink the objectives of a genuine public policy that is in everybody’s interestsstrengthen the common agricultural policy, which is one of the most important aspects of European integration, and to increase its budget;
2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 49 #

2015/2226(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas experience on the ground shows that other kindwe should support many aspects of agricultural development are possible, providing betterin order to achieve the best possible results in terms of food quality and agronomic, environmental and economic performance, and that; whereas we should give equal opportunities in the European Union to small and, medium- sized farms that are generally more diversified, more innovative and better organised in terms of forming associations involving group agriculture are more inclined to be resilient in times of crisisand large farms, as a versatile rural economy is the key to the development of European agriculture;
2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 104 #

2015/2226(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Encourages the Member States to step up their support for small and medium-sized farms, in particular by making more use of the redistributive payment, and to introduce a ceiling on aid of EUR 150 000 across the boardfamily farms;
2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 124 #

2015/2226(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that there is a need to implement the environmental dimension of direct aid, and that this must be part and parcel of ensuring that farms are sustainable and viable, and help create new jobs; urges the EU to draw up environmental regulations which can be implemented in a simple, comprehensible and problem-free way, and to simplify the current complicated rules;
2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 133 #

2015/2226(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Takes the view that the market measures and exceptional crisis measures provided for under the Single CMO must be implemented much more swiftly and proactivelywith support from the EU budget so as to limit the negative effects that falling prices have on income;
2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 184 #

2015/2226(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Emphasises that the CAP must have sufficient funding to play an effective long- term role in fostering employment, promoting the sustainable development of agriculture and ensuring that rural areas retain their appeal (with a focus on quality of life) in comparison with urban areas; calls for an increase in the budget of the CAP and in particular of its rural development pillar, or at least for the present level to be maintained;
2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 199 #

2015/2226(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to clearly redefine and propose a European agricultural model that makes retaining territory-based jobs a priority;deleted
2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 224 #

2015/2226(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Takes the view that the funds under the future CAP ought to provide more support for small and medium-sizedfamily farms, which, because they are generally more diversified, economical and autonomous, and more easily handed over, are more effective in terms of creating added value and territory- based jobs;
2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 240 #

2015/2226(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Emphasises that it is important that the CAP should provide funding for the positive effects that agriculture brings in terms of jobs and the environment, and that it should provide more support for organic farming and all other sustainable production methods in the context of agroecology, which will entail moving beyond current cross-compliance standards and agri-environmental and climate meassimplifying the current regulations and adopting regulations which can be implemented in a simple, comprehensible and problem- free way in the futures;
2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 254 #

2015/2226(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Takes the view that, in order to improve the currently inadequate organisation in the fruit and vegetable sector, EU support for projects among the newly-formed fruit and vegetable growers' associations should be reinstated;
2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 257 #

2015/2226(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Emphasises that, against a backdrop of deep uncertainty as regards the future of low, volatile agricultural prices, the EU must do more to influence the markets by establishing safety nets and prevention and crisis management systems that could, for example, draw on countercyclical aid, allowing farmers to benefit from more advantageous prices; sees a need to reform the currently unpopular income stabilisation tool so that it becomes as successful a measure as the price guarantee schemes used in the US;
2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 278 #

2015/2226(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for the PAC to prioritise, under the EIP, support for innovative, more sustainable agricultural and forestry models – including precision agriculture – for the production of food and non- food goods and services (renewables, bioeconomics, etc.), developing the full range of resources in each rural territory;
2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 289 #

2015/2226(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Takes the view that bottom-up approaches to local development such as LEADER/CLLD have proven to be only partially effective and that they should be further strengthened and implemented in all Member States by means of multi-fund approachen not in every Member State, so that their possible future application should fall within the competence of the Member States;
2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 301 #

2015/2226(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Takes the view that, for the future, there is a need to develop high-quality, territory-based food systems by promoting individual responsibility and the involvement of all stakeholders in qualitative and contract-related activities designed to ensure food and health security, as well as fair incomes for farmers; takes the view that more EU resources should in future be devoted to the development and operation of certain special food quality systems, for example the French red label, and the further development of European gastronomy, which is deservedly world famous;
2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 326 #

2015/2226(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Takes the view, with regard to the recent animal epidemics – such as African swine fever, which hit the Baltic states and Poland, and avian influenza, which struck France – and the recent food safety scandals, such as the 2011 E. coli outbreak, the 2013 horse meat scandal, and the current counterfeit honey scandal – that a significant increase in the amount spent on food and feed security – as set out in the third chapter of the EU budget – is needed, as the EUR 1.93 billion allocated for the current seven-year period is completely inadequate;
2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 16 #

2015/2139(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas the EU represents an immense richness of cultural, social and linguistic diversity; whereas emphasizing the relationship between religion and the cultural roots and traditions in Europe; whereas, in this context, the shared values that hold together our societies, such as freedom, fairness, democracy, human rights, the rule of law, tolerance and solidarity, are crucial for Europe's future; whereas in addition to political actors, it is important to emphasize the role of all other stakeholders involved in intercultural dialogue; whereas underlining the difficulties in relation to the integration process, all efforts should be taken into account in the established cultural identities of Europe;
2015/10/28
Committee: CULT
Amendment 19 #

2015/2139(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas not being a legal concept, intercultural dialogue is not regulated by national, European or international law, but is built on international frameworks aimed at protecting human rightaccording to Article 17 of Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) the EU follows an open and transparent dialogue with representatives and religions, therefore it promotes interreligious and intercultural diversityalogue;
2015/10/28
Committee: CULT
Amendment 25 #

2015/2139(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas it is important to provide the means for intercultural dialogue and dialogue between citizens in order to strengthen respect for cultural diversity and to address the complex realities of our societies and to effectively manage conflicts;
2015/10/28
Committee: CULT
Amendment 32 #

2015/2139(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas, in light of the European Year of Development 2015 and the review of the UN Millennium Development Goals, the role of culture in development should not be overlooked; whereas, apart from intercultural dialogue, family, as defined in Article 16 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, also plays a key role in effective conflict management and in promoting fundamental values;
2015/10/28
Committee: CULT
Amendment 67 #

2015/2139(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Advocates that including culture in EU external relations and development policy provides a tool for conflict resolution, peacemaking and crisis prevention, together with interreligious dialogue, which is another essential tool of conflict management;
2015/10/28
Committee: CULT
Amendment 95 #

2015/2139(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that education and lifelong learning not only provide knowledge, skills and competences, but should also help learners to develop civic values and become active, responsible, open-minded members of society; recognises the importance of cooperation among all education stakeholders, including parents, families and associative structures, and churches and religious institutions, as they substantially support integration processes of all members of society;
2015/10/28
Committee: CULT
Amendment 183 #

2015/2139(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Underlines the family role in the preservation of cultural identity, traditions, ethics and the value systems of society, and stresses that the introduction of children to the culture, values and norms of their society begins in the family;
2015/10/28
Committee: CULT
Amendment 28 #

2015/2105(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. recalls the multifunctional nature of the agri-food sector and its specific sensitivities and constraints and demands that such sensitivities and constraints be considered in the conduct of EU trade policy;
2016/05/04
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 32 #

2015/2105(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. calls EU negotiators, in all free trade negotiations, such as those ongoing with the US and Mercosur, to strive to achieve a balanced result within the agricultural chapter of such negotiations with market access opportunities which are equivalent on both sides; invites them therefore to resist the temptation of cross concessions at the expense of European agriculture;
2016/05/04
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 44 #

2015/2105(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Oopposes any form of negotiation involving the treatment of European agriculture as an expendable bargaining chip and warns ofabout the cumulative effect of tariff concessions granted under different trade agreements, whether resulting from multilateral or bilateral negotiations or from autonomous schemes such as the GSP; points out that a zero rate of duty is imposed onalready applicable to 71 % of all EU agri- food imports;
2016/05/04
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 50 #

2015/2105(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. considers that the free trade agreement about to be concluded with Canada and those currently under negotiation with the USA and Mercosur or envisaged with Australia and New Zealand will open up the EU market to the most competitive agricultural producers in the world and those with the greatest export potential ; calls therefore on the Commission to defend sensitive agricultural products in a appropriate way;
2016/05/04
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 60 #

2015/2105(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Uurges the Commission to assess the impact on Europe of fresh trade concessions to third countries and forwardthoroughly assess the cumulative impact on the agri-food sector of current and pending trade concessions to third countries, especially with respect to sensitive products, and to submit its findings to the European Parliament before acceptmaking or makrevising any commercial offermarket access offer; recalls that the Commission also has to present an individual impact assessment for any new proposal for a trade agreement;
2016/05/04
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 62 #

2015/2105(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Urges the Commission to assess the impact on Europe of fresh trade concessions to third countries and forward its findings to the European Parliament before accepting or making any commercial offerin good time; will await Parliament's position on this matter before accepting or making any commercial offer; stresses that the customs proposal recently made by MERCOSUR is unacceptable to the European Parliament;
2016/05/04
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 100 #

2015/2105(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Cconsiders that the protection of geographical indications should be a sine qua non in trade negotiations with third countries, especially the USA; calls on the Commission to stand firm on this matter and to not consider GI protection as a substitute for genuine market opening from the other party; considers that sensitive agricultural products should be excluded from any "cumulation of origins" for products imported from third countries with which the EU and its FTA's partners already have a free trade agreement in order to protect the real European origin in the agriculture, instead of opening the EU origin to third countries;
2016/05/04
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 103 #

2015/2105(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that the protection of geographical indications and strict safeguarding of EU health, food safety, environmental, consumer protection and animal welfare provisions should be a sine qua non in trade negotiations with third countries, especially the USA, MERCOSUR, Australia and New Zealand;
2016/05/04
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 115 #

2015/2105(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Will not accept any reduction in powers to the detriment of DG AGRI in the area of international trade;
2016/05/04
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 119 #

2015/2105(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Sstresses the importance of progress regarding sanitary, phytosanitary barrierand other non-tariff barriers to agricultural trade, in all free trade negotiations, paying particular attention to the red lines drawn by the European Union that might have implications for the health of consumers.;
2016/05/04
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 124 #

2015/2105(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. welcomes the realistic assessment of the Commission concerning the persistent lack of progress in the DDA; believes that, even if multilateral negotiations are indispensable, the DDA has clearly not met the expectations of the European agri-food sector despite unilateral concessions from the EU such as those made at the 10th Ministerial Conference in Nairobi; calls therefore on the EU to define a new and more effective strategy concerning multilateral negotiations at the WTO;
2016/05/04
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 132 #

2015/2105(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. believes that, in the conduct of trade negotiations affecting directly European agricultural interests, the Commissioner for agriculture should be recognised as a leading role on all agricultural aspects; considers also that, in the functioning of collegiality in the European Commission, no decision concerning the conclusion of trade agreements should ever be taken against this Commissioner's assessment of the fundamental interests of EU agriculture;
2016/05/04
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 24 #

2015/2088(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the need to introduce or to further develop dual VET systems in order to facilitate the acquisition of core employability and job-specific skills, while ensuring quality control by public institutions over its general content, implementation and certification procedure; highlights the importance of exchange of best practices related to the dual education systems which could contribute to structural changes in the labour market and lead to higher levels of youth employment;
2015/08/04
Committee: CULT
Amendment 33 #

2015/2088(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises the importance of addressing skills shortages and mismatches by facilitating the mobility of learners in VET, through a better use of tools such as the European Qualifications Framework, the European Skills Passport, the Youth Guarantee and the European Credit System for Vocational Education and Training; and cross-border recognition of qualifications acquired in VET or higher education, or by promoting entrepreneurship education and related skills and competences, through a better use of tools such as the European Qualifications Framework, the European Skills Passport, the Youth Guarantee, Europass-CV, Entrepreneurial Skills Pass, EURES, Knowledge Alliances, European Alliance for Apprenticeships, the European Credit Transfer System and the European Credit System for Vocational Education and Training; highlights the importance of ESCO which identifies and categorises the skills, competences and qualifications relevant for the EU labour market and education and training, in 25 European languages; calls for a better promotion of these initiatives in order to improve the labour market in Europe;
2015/08/04
Committee: CULT
Amendment 41 #

2015/2088(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Welcomes the transformation of the existing EU Skills Panorama website which provides a more comprehensive and user-friendly central access point for information and intelligence on skill needs in occupations and sectors in Europe, and which helps policy-makers, experts, employment agencies, career advisers and individuals to take better and more informed decisions;
2015/08/04
Committee: CULT
Amendment 52 #

2015/2088(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Notes the constant evolution of the labour market and stresses the importance of meeting labour market demands with appropriate qualifications and skills, by revising and developing existing curricula and by addressing technological, social and environmental changes in close cooperation with employers, professional organisations, local authorities, education and employment services and business communities;
2015/08/04
Committee: CULT
Amendment 55 #

2015/2088(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Member States to act, as soon as possible, on education- and labour market-related country-specific recommendations in the European Semester and other Commission recommendations;
2015/08/04
Committee: CULT
Amendment 67 #

2015/2088(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Encourages the Member States to incorporate new technologies in the learning process and, to intensify ICT training at all levels and types of education and training, to provide more digitally aligned degrees and curricula and to motivate young people to study ICT and pursue related careers; emphasises the need for the development of entrepreneurial and transversal skills within the framework of Youth Guarantee schemes;
2015/08/04
Committee: CULT
Amendment 84 #

2015/2088(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls for a forward-looking and output-oriented European Skills Strategy to guide national skills strategies and integrate them in the National Employment Plans while providing a comprehensive framework for the sectoral action plans proposed in the Employment Package.
2015/08/04
Committee: CULT
Amendment 22 #

2015/2074(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Demands that additional finance should be allocated on the one hand to the milk sector, alleviating any potential impact from the abolition of the quota system, and on the other hand to the fruit and vegetables sector in order to further alleviate the destructive impact of the Russian embargo on agricultural products; further insists that some specific agricultural sub-sectors are in need of greater funding, such as bee keeping; highlights the importance of schemes for milk and fruit in schools, proposes a small increase in appropriations for these programmes in line with the agriculture committee’s vote;
2015/05/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 72 #

2015/2074(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Highlights the continuing imbalances in the food supply chain, in which the position of primary producers is considerably weaker than that of other actors; urges the Commission to take action to improve the transparency of prices and margins in the food supply chain and to submit a legislative proposal if necessary; highlights the value of a pilot project in this area.
2015/05/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 64 #

2015/2065(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Doubts whether voluntary initiatives are adequate and effective for addressing UTPs and the acknowledged ‘fear factor’ in the supply chain arising from the imbalance of power between farmers and retailers;
2015/09/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 89 #

2015/2065(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Questions the Commission’s unwavering support for the SCI, given the reluctance of farmers to participate; regrets the pre- emptivcannot accept the overhasty and premature conclusion that regulatory action at EU level is not foreseen;
2015/09/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 121 #

2015/2065(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. NotesWelcomes the fact that several Member States have initiated actions in national law to address the concerns of primary producers regarding the negative impact of UTPs; asks the Commission to assess these national efforts with a view to selecting best practices for application at EU level; notes in particular the Groceries Code Adjudicator in the UK as a potential model for adaptation at EU level;
2015/09/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 152 #

2015/2065(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Believes that framework legislation at EU level is essential to tackle UTPs and to address their negative consequences for farmers; urgescalls on the Commission to consider this when assessing the SCIsubmit its proposal for EU framework legislation to the EU’s legislative institutions as soon as possible;
2015/09/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 281 #

2015/2065(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 a (new)
- having regard to the European Parliament's Annual report on EU Competition Policy, particularly paragraph 104,
2016/03/02
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 285 #

2015/2065(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 b (new)
- having regard to the UK Groceries Code Adjudicator investigation into Tesco PLC from January 2016,
2016/03/02
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 302 #

2015/2065(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the steps taken to date by the Commission to combat UTPs with a view to securing a more balanced market; regrets the Commission's conclusion in its 2016 report on unfair business-to- business trading practices in the food supply chain, that it does not currently propose to adopt a harmonised regulatory approach to tackle unfair trading practices at EU level;
2016/03/02
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 317 #

2015/2065(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Reiterates farmers reluctance to join the Supply Chain Initiative due to the lack of anonymous complaints and sanctions; notes that in the case of Finland, farmers joined the SCI and subsequently left due to these limitations;
2016/03/02
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 338 #

2015/2065(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the regulatory action taken by some Member States, which have introduced provisions supplementing national competition law, broadened the scope of application of the directives on UTPs byfact that more than 20 Member States have or are planning to introduce legislation to tackle UTPs, indicating the extendingt of their provisions to cover B2B relations, and set up independent enforcement agenciesblem and the need for legislative action at EU level so as to ensure a level playing field;
2016/03/02
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 348 #

2015/2065(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Believes that the Supply Chain Initiative and other national and EU voluntary systems (codes of good practice, voluntary dispute settlement mechanisms) should be further developed and promoted; encourages producers and traders to become involnotes that the Commission states in its recent report that the SCI needs to be improved, in such initiatives; takes the view that they should play a leading role in efforts to combat UTPparticular to take account of confidential complaints, and the granting of investigations and sanctioning powers to independent bodies;
2016/03/02
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 353 #

2015/2065(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Acknowledges, nonetheless,Emphasises that voluntary and self- regulatory schemes are not enough to put an end to UTPs once and for all, owing to the lack of effective enforcement mechanismssufficient in eradicating UTPs from the food supply chain once and for all; calls therefore on the Commission to consider framework legislation that would protect all stakeholders in the food supply chain, including those who are already fully engaged with the SCI;
2016/03/02
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 355 #

2015/2065(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Points to the UK Groceries Code Adjudicator as a possible model for adaption at EU level which could create a real deterrent to unfair trading practices and help to eliminate the fear factor;
2016/03/02
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 371 #

2015/2065(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. UNotes the Commission's intention in its 2016 report to closely monitor the different approaches for tackling UTPs at Member State level; urges the Commission to submit specific proposals for EUframework legislation banning UTPs in the food supply chain that will enable markets to operate as they should and fair and transparent relations to be maintained between food producers, suppliers and distributorso as to ensure a level playing field across the Member States;
2016/03/02
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 19 #

2015/2063(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the prevention of terrorism and countering of radicalisation is one of the key priorities within the European Agenda for Security, and stresses the need for a multifaceted, holistic preventive approach to address the root causes of terrorism; reiterates the fundamental role of family, education, teacher training, youth policies and interfaith and intercultural dialogue to prevent radicalisation leading to violent extremism;
2015/08/13
Committee: CULT
Amendment 42 #

2015/2063(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Notes with concern the use of the internet and social media for the dissemination of propaganda material and recruitment by terrorist organisations, and underlines the need to develop innovative online counter-communication with Member States and to stimulate critical digital judgement skills among all vulnerable internet users; emphasises the crucial role of a wide range of stakeholders, including educators, media, political organisations, role models and community groups, to develop effective counter-messages;
2015/08/13
Committee: CULT
Amendment 58 #

2015/2063(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls the importance of EU programmes in the field of education, culture and sport, such as Erasmus+, Creative Europe and Europe for Citizens, as crucial vectors for supporting Member States' efforts to tackle inequalities and prevent marginalisation; calls on the Commission to implement its commitment to mobilise targeted funding to promote concrete actions to challenge extremist ideologies and radicalisation;
2015/08/13
Committee: CULT
Amendment 81 #

2015/2063(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes that a low political participation of young people in the democratic life of Europe as well as the recent outburst of political radicalisation are a consequence of the lack of democratic culture, especially among the youth;
2015/08/13
Committee: CULT
Amendment 82 #

2015/2063(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Recalls the importance of education for democracy, active citizenship and democratic political culture and the importance of values that are at the heart of the European Union – freedom, tolerance, equality and rule of law;
2015/08/13
Committee: CULT
Amendment 83 #

2015/2063(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Notes that a highly inclusive education, one of the strategic objectives of the Education and Training 2020 framework, can counterbalance disadvantages that many children and young people face at home and in this way help to prevent the radicalisation;
2015/08/13
Committee: CULT
Amendment 84 #

2015/2063(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Reiterates the importance of promotion of equality, social cohesion and active citizenship through education and training and the importance of providing the children and young people with a chance to develop skills and competencies needed for active citizenship, intercultural and interreligious dialogue;
2015/08/13
Committee: CULT
Amendment 85 #

2015/2063(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 e (new)
5e. Stresses that participation in the Erasmus+ programme increases the level of active citizenship among youth; recalls that the former Erasmus students show greater sense of European identity, increased sense of belonging and positive perception of the EU which can all diminish the possibility of radicalisation and tackle problems of intolerance and discrimination;
2015/08/13
Committee: CULT
Amendment 86 #

2015/2063(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 f (new)
5f. Stresses the need to find a balance between the freedom of expression and the objectives of security and prevention of radicalisation;
2015/08/13
Committee: CULT
Amendment 87 #

2015/2063(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 g (new)
5g. Notes the role of non-formal and informal learning as well as grassroots sports in developing critical thinking and problem solving skills as well as increasing sense of belonging, positive self-perception of young people and increasing the social inclusion and cohesion.
2015/08/13
Committee: CULT
Amendment 51 #

2015/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Member States, the EHEA countries and on the EU as a whole, to foster public understanding of, and support for, the Bologna Process, including action at grass- roots level to achieve more effective and dynamic involvement in reaching the Process goals;
2015/03/04
Committee: CULT
Amendment 55 #

2015/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for a dialogue to be pursued between governments and higher education institutions (HEIs) in order to target and maximise the use of available funds and to seek new and diverse models for funding; to complement public funding;
2015/03/04
Committee: CULT
Amendment 78 #

2015/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for the correct implementation of the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) and the Diploma Supplement in the EHEA, key tools linked to student workload and learning outcomes, in order to facilitate mobility and help students compile their academic achievements;
2015/03/04
Committee: CULT
Amendment 80 #

2015/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses the importance of guaranteeing the mutual recognition and compatibility of academic degrees for strengthening the system of quality assurance at European level and in all countries that joined the EHEA, in line with the revised version of standards and guidelines for quality assurance;
2015/03/04
Committee: CULT
Amendment 86 #

2015/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Notes that the mobility of students, teachers, researchers and staff is one of the main priorities of the Bologna Process; calls on the Member States to increase opportunities for and quality of mobility in order to reach the quantitative target of 20 % for student mobility by 2020, and highlights in this regard the crucial role of the Erasmus+ Programme;
2015/03/04
Committee: CULT
Amendment 97 #

2015/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Member States, and on the EU as a whole,nd the EHEA to strengthen mobility by removing administrative obstacles, providing adequate financial support mechanism and guaranteeing the transferability of grants and credits;
2015/03/04
Committee: CULT
Amendment 104 #

2015/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Calls for efforts to strengthen the link between higher education and, research and innovation, including through the promotion of research-based education, and highlights the Horizon 2020 Programme as a key funding mechanism for boosting research; calls for better synchronisation of actions supporting the Bologna Process such as the Horizon 2020 and Erasmus+ programmes;
2015/03/04
Committee: CULT
Amendment 108 #

2015/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Calls for more flexible learning paths that promote joint degree programmes and interdisciplinary studies, and that support innovation, creativity, vocational education and training (VET), dual education, and entrepreneurship in higher education, and calls for the potential offered by new technologies and, digitalisation and ICTs to be explored in order to enrich teaching, improve learning experiences and support personalised learning;
2015/03/04
Committee: CULT
Amendment 114 #

2015/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on HEIs, public administrations, social partners and enterprises to lead an on-going dialogue facilitating and enhancing employability; stresses that stakeholders should cooperate better to raise initial qualifications and renew a skilled workforce, as well as to improve the provision, accessibility and quality of guidance on careers and employment; moreover notes that work placements included in study programmes and on-the-job learning should be further encouraged;
2015/03/04
Committee: CULT
Amendment 120 #

2015/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Stresses that the Member States, the Union and the HEIsall HEIs that joined the EHEA are responsible for providing quality education that responds to social challenges;
2015/03/04
Committee: CULT
Amendment 136 #

2015/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Calls for efforts to develop a strategy for the external dimension of the EHEA, through cooperation with other regions of the world, in order to increase its competitiveness in a global setting; and attractiveness in a global setting, to improve information on the EHEA, to strengthen cooperation based on partnership, to intensify policy dialogue and to further recognise qualifications;
2015/03/04
Committee: CULT
Amendment 62 #

2015/2006(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
La. whereas entrepreneurship skills are linked to other sets of skills such as ICT skills, problem-solving skills and financial literacy which should be promoted;
2015/05/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 90 #

2015/2006(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital W
W. whereas considerable contributions are made by civil society organisations (non- governmental groups such as trade unions, employers’ associations and other social groups), among them the Junior Achievement – Young Enterprise Europe initiative, which provide informal and life- long entrepreneurship education and training that yet need to be more recognised, although they may not lead to a certified formal diploma, as well as by enterprises providing training for themselves;
2015/05/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 99 #

2015/2006(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises the necessity of the broad definition of the key competence ‘a sense of initiative and entrepreneurship’, which involves creativity, innovation and risk- taking, as well as the ability to plan and manage projects in order to achieve objectives, and even the idea that the individual is aware of the context of his/her work and is able to seize opportunities that arise, which concerns both entrepreneurship and employment activity (in the latter case referred as ′intrapreneurship′);
2015/05/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 135 #

2015/2006(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2
Role of the EU institutions – methodology, communicationcoordination, methodology and financial tools
2015/05/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 164 #

2015/2006(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to createsupport a European Eentrepreneurship Eeducation Nnetwork to gather together and make available good practice to be shared by schools, organisations, businesses, authorities and other stakeholders at European, national and local levels, such as the European Entrepreneurship Education NETwork (EE-HUB) established in May 2015;
2015/05/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 176 #

2015/2006(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 – introductory part
11. Proposes that the Commission include entrepreneurship education and training as an explicit objective of a future Erasmus+ programme in the next financial period (post-2020) in all its actions, including mobility, while containing the following elements:
2015/05/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 184 #

2015/2006(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 – point ii
(ii) support for the qualifications of teachers and educators and their continuing professional development in the entrepreneurship education area,
2015/05/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 219 #

2015/2006(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Urges the Commission to follow up on the collaborative action with the OECD on Entrepreneurship360 and Guiding Frameworks for Entrepreneurial Education at the level of schools, vocational and educational training (VET) programmes and universitiesand further develop its work on Entrepreneurship360 (Schools and VET) and on HEInnovate (higher education);
2015/05/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 221 #

2015/2006(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Commission to include measures related to entrepreneurship education into the European Semester evaluation indicators starting in 2016;
2015/05/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 18 #

2015/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) In order to protect the due interests of the Union’s olive oil producers from any injury and the olive oil market of the Union from any serious disturbances, the safeguard clause set out in Article 25 of the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Tunisia, of the other part should also be applicable to the annual duty free tariff quota of 35 000 tonnes of virgin olive oil originating in Tunisia and falling within CN codes 1509 10 10 and 1509 10 90.
2015/12/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 48 #

2015/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5a (new)
Article 5a Safeguard clause Article 25 of the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement shall also be applicable to the annual duty free tariff quota referred to in Article 1;
2015/12/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 2 #

2015/0093(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Paragraph 1 a (new)
(1a) Calls on the Commission, within half a year of the adoption of its decision, to submit a legislative proposal restricting or prohibiting the use of GM foods and feed at Union or Member State level which accords with European Union law and the international obligations of the European Union, and which contains rational and practicable provisions;
2015/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3 #

2015/0093(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Paragraph 1 b (new)
(1b) Calls on the Commission to draft proposals for increasing European feed production and, as soon as possible, putting an end to the serious lack of self- sufficiency in feed in Europe; considers that the Commission should submit these proposals, at the latest, as part of the mid- term review of the Common Agricultural Policy;
2015/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 9 #

2015/0093(COD)

Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission, within six months after the adoption of the decision of the European Parliament on this proposal, to submit a legislative proposal which would allow Member States to independently restrict or prohibit the use of genetically modified food and feed on their territory;
2015/09/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 4 #

2015/0026(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) To ensure that the end-users, unemployed young people, are the ones to benefit from the pre-financing amount, an impact assessment of every YEI action should be foreseen.
2015/03/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 5 #

2015/0026(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 –paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1304/2013
Article 22a
The following new point shall be inserted: ˝3a. It should be foreseen that the pre- financing amount given to a certain YEI action is reimbursed to the Commission, if the YEI action had no impact on lowering of the youth unemployment level in the medium-term in the relevant region.˝.
2015/03/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 41 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) Independently of the EFSI, it is necessary to stress that the Union’s cohesion and agriculture policies are primarily based on subsidies. It is in the European Union’s interest that the current Cohesion Policy and the Common Agricultural Policy should remain in existence in future, and should not be superseded – even partially – by a kind of EU system of instruments to stimulate investment. Such an instrument may only supplement the system which currently exists for Cohesion Policy and the CAP.
2015/03/27
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 42 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) Many small and medium enterprises, as well as mid-cap companies, across the Union require assistance to attract market financing, especially as regards investments that carry a greater degree of risk. This is particularly true of micro enterprises and SMEs in rural areas, where economic growth and job creation are urgently needed in order to halt rural depopulation immediately. The EFSI should help these businesses to overcome capital shortages by allowing the EIB and the European Investment Fund ('EIF') to provide direct and indirect equity injections, as well as to provide guarantees for high-quality securitisation of loans, and other products that are granted in pursuit of the aims of the EFSI.
2015/03/27
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 52 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
(14) The EFSI should target projects delivering high societal and economic value. In particular, the EFSI should target projects that promote job creation, long- term growth and competitiveness, especially (digital and transport) measures. Broadband internet and IT tools required for employment should be provided in every region of the European Union at the lowest possible price for farmers and for rural development experts. The EFSI should support a wide range of financial products, including equity, debt or guarantees, to best accommodate the needs of the individual project. This wide range of products should allow the EFSI to adapt to market needs whilst encouraging private investment in the projects. The EFSI should not be a substitute for private market finance but should instead catalyse private finance by addressing market failures so as to ensure the most effective and strategic use of public money. The requirement for consistency with State aid principles should contribute to such effective and strategic use.
2015/03/27
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 73 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
(21) Provided that all relevant eligibility criteria are fulfilled, Member States may use European Structural Investment Funds to contribute to the financing of eligible projects that are supported by the EU guarantee. It is also necessary to build fully on the CAP policy instruments which have already generated particular added value in many parts of the European Union. The EFSI must be fully aligned with the innovative financial instruments used in farm policy. The flexibility of this approach should maximise the potential to attract investors to the areas of investment targeted by the EFSI.
2015/03/27
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 84 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29 a (new)
(29a) Precision agriculture presents enormous opportunities for sustainable growth of agricultural productivity. Farm machinery and equipment operating with the aid of GPS positioning and developed IT tools will make it possible to achieve average productivity far greater than at present, so that smaller quantities of plant protection products and manure will be worked into soil, crops will receive the optimum quantity of each substance in the optimum place and livestock farming too will be carried out under better conditions and more efficiently. In view of this, the EFSI should provide substantial support to R&D in precision farming, as well as to planned investments.
2015/03/27
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 89 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The purpose of the EFSI shall be to support investments in the Union and to ensure increased access to financing for companies having up to 3000 employees, with a particular focus on micro, small and medium enterprises, through the supply of risk bearing capacity to the EIB ('EFSI Agreement').
2015/03/27
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 101 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
(2a) The European Investment Bank shall provide the bank guarantee for investments by those Member States which do not belong to the euro area at the fixed euro exchange rate laid down in the annex to this regulation. It is necessary to ensure that these Member States’ projects are not either entirely prevented from receiving support or only able to obtain it with greater difficulty because of exchange rate risks.
2015/03/27
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 6 #

2014/2256(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the need for a common definition of ‘public domain’ so as to ensure the widespread dissemination of cultural content across the EU;deleted
2015/03/06
Committee: CULT
Amendment 15 #

2014/2256(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. Recalls that the European cultural markets are heterogeneous representing the European cultural and linguistic diversity, notes that this diversity should be considered as a benefit rather than an obstacle to the Single Market;
2015/03/06
Committee: CULT
Amendment 18 #

2014/2256(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Stresses that the copyright framework and its effective enforcement, that attain and safeguard a fair remuneration for artists, creators and rightholders play a vital role in encouraging creativity, fostering cultural diversity and ensuring the creation of new creative and cultural content across the Union;
2015/03/06
Committee: CULT
Amendment 25 #

2014/2256(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Emphasizes that any reform of the copyright framework should take as a basis a high level of protection, and develop an evidence-based approach taking into consideration the interest of small and medium-sized enterprises, since rights are crucial to intellectual creation and provide a stable, clear and flexible legal base that fosters investment and growth in the creative and cultural sector, whilst removing legal uncertainties and inconsistencies that adversely affect the functioning of the internal market to the prejudice of consumers and rightholders;
2015/03/06
Committee: CULT
Amendment 29 #

2014/2256(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Stresses that any reform on copyright needs to find the best balance between an efficient protection that provides for a proper remuneration for creators and the objective of the public interest for access to cultural goods and knowledge, and which enables users to access services but at the same time can generate sufficient benefits to promote Europe's cultural content and to generate more content;
2015/03/06
Committee: CULT
Amendment 31 #

2014/2256(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 g (new)
1g. Acknowledges the high interest of all stakeholders, including consumers, rightholders and other stakeholders in the copyright reform, as indicated by the responses to the public consultation conducted by the Commission;
2015/03/06
Committee: CULT
Amendment 34 #

2014/2256(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 f (new)
1f. Supports the initiatives aimed at enhancing the portability, within the Union, of online services of legally acquired and legally made available content, whilst fully respecting copyrights and the interests of right-holders;
2015/03/06
Committee: CULT
Amendment 36 #

2014/2256(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that several studies have demonstrated that the cultural and creative sectors, often copyright intensive, already account for up to 4.5% of GDP and up to 8.5 million jobs in the Union and are not only essential for cultural diversity but also significantly contribute to social and economic development, competitiveness, growth and jobs;
2015/03/06
Committee: CULT
Amendment 40 #

2014/2256(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the need to address the problematic boundaries that exist between the reproduction right and the right of communication to the public of works, and to clarify the concept of ‘communication to the public’ in light of the recent case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union;deleted
2015/03/06
Committee: CULT
Amendment 45 #

2014/2256(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that under certain circumstances embedding and linking should notcan be considered as acts of communication to thea new public and thus should not be subject to Article 3 of the directiveemphasizes the importance to protect the internet from any abuse and illegal sites providing links to infringing content;
2015/03/06
Committee: CULT
Amendment 53 #

2014/2256(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises the need to update the concept of ‘reproduction of works’at further analysis is necessary to identify measures not enable the current legal framework to the demand for online content by taking into account the possibilities offered by digital technologies in terms of communication to the publicwhile ensuring adequate protect to rightholders;
2015/03/06
Committee: CULT
Amendment 60 #

2014/2256(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Urges for the establishment of mandatory limitations and exceptions to copyright, at leastStresses that different national circumstances indicate a need for flexible legal framework of optional exceptions and the Commission in examining whether certain exceptions and limitations to copyright need to be reviewed, is urged to ensure respect for the principle of subsidiarity and proceed instances where there is evidence of clear cross- border impact, with regard to the most important exceptions, such as those in the field of education, research and libraries, to allow for the more widespread dissemination of cultural content across the EUnion;
2015/03/06
Committee: CULT
Amendment 70 #

2014/2256(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that when Member States provide for exceptions and limitations they should ensure that rightholders receive fair compensation and that the exceptions or limitations do not conflict with a normal exploitation of the work or subject-matter and do not unreasonably prejudice the legitimate interests of the rightholder;
2015/03/06
Committee: CULT
Amendment 82 #

2014/2256(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Recognises the importance of libraries for accessing knowledge and encourages the efforts made by the stakeholders to find market-based, contractual and license-based voluntary solutions to allow libraries to make use of the digital environment while respecting the rightholders' interests; notes that the technology allows e-lending of digital content in a way that permit an effective control, calls the Commission to take this into account;
2015/03/06
Committee: CULT
Amendment 87 #

2014/2256(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Recalls that the Marrakech Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works by Visually Impaired Persons and Persons with Print Disabilities requires to have a mandatory exception to copyrights for the non-commercial uses to the benefit of persons with a disability, which are directly related to the disability, to the extent required by the specific disability;
2015/03/06
Committee: CULT
Amendment 95 #

2014/2256(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights the fact that a general exception should be introduced to offer a broader interpretation of the current exceptions based on the analogue modelNotes that technological changes have led to renewed interest in exceptions and limitations, especially their role in the digital environment and considers that the rights enjoyed by the creators of work in the digital world should be identical to those enjoyed in the analogue world, subject to the exceptions and limitations set out. Stresses that further analysis is necessary of these exceptions and limitations designed in an analogue environment can serve the public in the digital age, while taking into account the freedom of expression and information, freedom of the arts and sciences and cultural, religious and linguistic diversity, as referred to in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union;
2015/03/06
Committee: CULT
Amendment 101 #

2014/2256(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that digital levies should be modernised in light of the development of digital technologies to safeguard rightholder and consumer rights and by taking into account Directive 2014/26/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on collective management of copyright and related rights and multi-territorial licensing of rights in musical works for online use in the internal market;deleted
2015/03/06
Committee: CULT
Amendment 105 #

2014/2256(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Notes that further analysis is necessary on the viability of measures to the fair compensation of rightholders in respect of reproductions made by natural persons for private use, while seeks more transparency and better optimalisation for the existing measures as digital levies to safeguard rightholder and consumer rights;
2015/03/06
Committee: CULT
Amendment 108 #

2014/2256(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Suggests a review of the liability of service providers to guarantee the dissemination of culture across the EU and in accordance with the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and the European Convention on Human Rights.and intermediaries in order to clarify their legal status and liability with regards to copyrights, to guarantee that due diligence is exercised throughout the creative process and supply chain, and to ensure a fair remuneration for creators and rightholders within the Union.;
2015/03/06
Committee: CULT
Amendment 4 #

2014/2245(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that in order to contribute efficiently to combating the high levels of youth unemployment, EU cohesion policy needs to be fully in line with the Europe 2020 strategy, and in particular the headline targets for education of reducing school drop-out rates to below 10 % and increasing the share of young people with a third-level degree or diploma, diploma or an equivalent vocational training qualification to at least 40 %, and with the benchmark for an average of at least 15 % of adults to participate in lifelong learning and not less than 95% of children to take part in early childhood education;
2015/01/29
Committee: CULT
Amendment 8 #

2014/2245(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Highlights the fact that 12% of the 18- 24 year old population are early school leavers and calls on the EU to identify the main factors leading to early school leaving and monitor the characteristics of the phenomenon at national, regional and local level as the foundation for targeted and effective evidence-based policies. Policies to reduce early school leaving must address a range of factors including educational and social challenges that might be possibly leading to such a phenomenon;
2015/01/29
Committee: CULT
Amendment 11 #

2014/2245(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights the fact that meeting labour market demands and preventing educational mismatches require greater investment into the modernisation of educational systems and the strengthening ofcalls on the Member States to act on education-related country-specific recommendations (CSRs) in the European Semester and other Commission recommendations as soon as possible; also stresses the need to strengthen the links between education, research and employmentbusiness at regional and loc, local, national and supranational level;
2015/01/29
Committee: CULT
Amendment 22 #

2014/2245(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the Youth Guarantee Scheme as an efficient means of reducing youth unemployment and as a fundamental structural reform in the mid- and longer term; calls on Member States to establish strong partnershipscooperation with stakeholders and, to make full use of the European Social Fund, Youth Employment Initiative and other structural funds when implementing the scheme and creating an infrastructure therefore; emphasizes the need for the development of entrepreneurial skills within the framework of the Youth Guarantee Schemes; nevertheless early intervention and activation and, in many cases, reforms are needed such as improving vocational education and training systems, and exchange of best practices related to the dual education system could contribute to structural changes in the labour market and lead to higher levels of employment;
2015/01/29
Committee: CULT
Amendment 27 #

2014/2234(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the burden of controls is in proportion to the complexity of the CAP; calls, therefore, for complexity to be reduced in order to cut error rates, as well as reduceing the cost to the taxpayerand administrative burden borne by the taxpayer and farmers, and at the same time ensure that the budget is correctly spent;
2015/05/13
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 15 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point a
(a) ensure, via a general clause in the agreement, in full compliance with the GATS and the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, that the parties to the agreement reserve the right to adopt or maintain any measure (in particular of a regulatory and/or financial nature) with respect to the protection or promotion of cultural and linguistic diversity, media pluralism and media freedom, and to preserve or develop, in accordance with the principle of technological neutrality, a regime for audiovisual services in line with democratic, social and cultural requirements;
2015/03/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 26 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) reaffirm that audiovisual services should remain excluded from the scope of TTIP commitments on services and establishment, ensure the right to preserve or develop, in accordance with the principle of technological neutrality, a regime for audiovisual services in line with democratic, social and cultural requirements;
2015/03/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 30 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point b
(b) reaffirm that services with a strong cultural component will not be challenged by the TTIP agreement;deleted
2015/03/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 34 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C
C. whereas respect for food safety and human, plant and animal health, environmental, consumer protection and animal welfare standards will be a fundamental tenet of the negotiations for European agriculture;
2015/03/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 49 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point d
(d) ensure with a general clause the right for EU Member States to adopt or maintain any measure with regard to the provision of all educational services which receive public funding or state support in any form and ensure that privately funded foreign providers meet the same quality and accreditation requirements as domestic providers;
2015/03/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 86 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point a
a. prioritise an ambitious and balanced result of the negotiations for agriculture, the three main components of which (market access, geographical indications and sanitary and phytosanitary, food safety and consumer protection measures) should be tackled early and in parallel in the negotiation process, in order to give Parliament enough time to discuss and evaluate this chapter with stakeholders and European citizens;
2015/03/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 102 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point b
b. firmly commit to the strict preservation of standards on food safety and human, plant and animal health, the environment, consumer protection and animal welfare as defined under EU legislation, and ensure that fundamental values of the EU such as the precautionary principle are not undermined;
2015/03/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 135 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point c
c. ensure a positive final outcome of the negotiations for agriculture reflecting in a similar manner both the offensive and defensive interests of the EU agricultural sector concerning the abolition or reduction of both tariff and non-tariff barriers, including in particular sanitary and phytosanitary standards and procedures, so that EU producers make genuine gains in terms of access to the US market;
2015/03/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 151 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point d
d. secure a level playing field, treating as sensitive all those products for which direct competition would expose EU agricultural producers either in the EU as a whole or in individual regions thereof to excessive pressure, for example in cases where regulatory conditions and related costs of production in the EU – including energy costs – diverge from those in the US;
2015/03/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 173 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
da. begin consultations with the European Parliament, Member States, civil-society organisations and European citizens as soon as possible concerning a proposal for the exact definition of sensitive products;
2015/03/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 205 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
ea. ensure that ISDS does not apply to agriculture or to environmental protection, consumer protection, animal welfare and food safety, as, both in the EU and in the USA, judicial systems are sufficiently mature and stable, so that any disputes between a foreign investor and the host state can be appropriately resolved by resorting to the national courts;
2015/03/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 215 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point f
f. engage in a fully transparent, timely and comprehensive manner with all agricultural stakeholders on all aspects of the negotiations, a process which should begin immediately.
2015/03/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 18 #

2014/2149(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas heritage resources are long- term assets which have a role of creating value and contribute to skills development and create permanent jobs;
2015/03/31
Committee: CULT
Amendment 20 #

2014/2149(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas cultural heritage plays significant role in creating and preserving European, national, regional, local and individual identity;
2015/03/31
Committee: CULT
Amendment 79 #

2014/2149(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Encourages all stakeholders participating in the governance of cultural heritage to find the balance between the sustainable conservation and the development of economic and social potential of cultural heritage;
2015/03/31
Committee: CULT
Amendment 145 #

2014/2149(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Draws attention to the specific characteristics of national minorities in the Member States regarding cultural heritage, therefore calls for the preservation of their cultural heritage and promotion and protection of cultural diversity;
2015/03/31
Committee: CULT
Amendment 15 #

2014/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital Da (new)
D a. whereas financial support under the former Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for the investments of newly established F&V POs, ceased by the reform of 2013, was of crucial importance, especially in the Central, Eastern and Southern European Member States, overseas territories and on the islands;
2015/03/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 25 #

2014/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas the organisation rate among producers remains low on average, especially in the Central, Eastern and Southern European Member States, overseas territories and on the islands;
2015/03/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 99 #

2014/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises that, despite this increase, the degree of organisation among producers remains low on average, especially in the Central, Eastern and Southern European Member States, overseas territories and on the islands, and that addressing this problem is crucial for the future of the F&V regime;
2015/03/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 119 #

2014/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. calls on the Commission in this context to restore financial support for the investments of newly established F&V POs; without this support, it is extremely difficult for the established organisations to obtain the state recognition needed for their operation; therefore support is one of the most efficient tools to develop organisations and increase the rate of organisation;
2015/03/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 128 #

2014/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the Commission, in its upcoming review of– but not later than the end of 2016 – review of the basic legal acts and implementing legislation and as part of its ‘simplification’ agenda, to increase legal certainty for national administrations and POs and to reduce the administrative burden imposed on them; stresses that this review should not change the basic architecture of the fruit and vegetables regime;
2015/03/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 107 #

2014/2146(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Urges the Commission to address the crisiproblems currently facing the dairy sector as a result of a dip in global demand, global price volatility and the Russian embargo, and recognises the targeted measures taken thus far in addressing the impact of the Russian embargo;
2015/04/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 256 #

2014/2146(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Highlights the important role of producer organisations (POs) in increasing the bargaining power and influence producers have in the supply chain, and regrets the fact that there have only been limited moves towards setting up POs; highlights that POs can benefit from financial support under Pillar II and urges further incentivisation to create and join POs as a tool to address imbalances in the supply chain;
2015/04/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 421 #

2014/2146(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses that existing ‘safety net’ measures such as public intervention and private storage aid are not suitable tools to address persistent volatility or a crisis in the milk sector; adds that these measures are so ineffective that they cannot hold the net; the intervention prices are too low and have no connection with the current market prices anymore;
2015/04/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 439 #

2014/2146(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Commission to implement more responsive and realistic safety net provisions, and for the intervention price to be more reflective of real production costs and real market prices, and adapted as the market changes; therefore asks the Commission to immediately adapt the intervention prices; in addition acknowledges that the export refund should be restored temporarily in the case of a market crisis based on objective criteria;
2015/04/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 461 #

2014/2146(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Stresses that dairy producers are particularly vulnerable to imbalances in the supply chain, in particular owing to fluctuating demand, rising production costs and decreasing farm gate prices; considers that the downward pressure on prices by retailers from own-brand labelling and the persistent use of liquid milk as a ‘loss leader’ by retailers undermines the work and investment of producers in the dairy sector and devalues the end product for the consumer; therefore asks the Commission to present their proposal on the containment of unfair trading practices as soon as possible;
2015/04/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 75 #

2014/0257(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 58
(58) When examining the compatibility with Union law of the conditions for the supply of medicinal products, the Court of Justice of the European Union has recognised, in the context on medicinal products for human use, the very particular nature of medicinal products whose therapeutic effects distinguish them substantially from other goods. The Court of Justice has also held that health and life of humans rank foremost among the assets and interests protected by the Treaty and that it is for Member States to determine the level of protection which they wish to afford to public health and the way in which that level has to be achieved. Since that level may vary from one Member State to another, Member States must be allowed some discretion as regards the conditions for the supply on their territory of medicinal products to the public. Therefore Member States should be able to subject the supply of medicinal products offered for sale at a distance by means of information society services to conditionto stricter conditions than required by this regulation to the extent that this is justified by the protection of public health. Such conditions should not unduly restrict the functioning of the internal market.
2015/05/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 242 #

2014/0257(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) generic veterinary medicinal products of reference veterinary medicinal products authorised under the centralised authorisation procedure.deleted
2015/05/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 248 #

2014/0257(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 1
(1) Applications for decentralised marketing authorisation shall be submitted to the Member State chosen by the applicant (‘reference Member State’). It shall also forward the applications to all Member States for information.
2015/05/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 250 #

2014/0257(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 1
(1) Applications for mutual recognition of marketing authorisations shall be submitted to the Member State that granted the first national marketing authorisation ( " "reference Member State " )"). It shall also forward the applications to all Member States for information.
2015/05/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 262 #

2014/0257(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 4
(4) The competent authorities shall submit information on marketing authorisations granted by them to the product database, using the format referred to in paragraph 3.deleted
2015/05/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 263 #

2014/0257(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 6
(6) Within 12 months from the date of application of this Regulation, the competent authorities shall submit electronically information on all veterinary medicinal products authorised in their Member State before the date of application of this Regulation to the Agency, using the format referred to in paragraph 3.deleted
2015/05/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 279 #

2014/0257(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 56
(1) In order to help small and medium- sized enterprises to comply with the requirements of this Regulation, Member States shall establish national helpdesks. (2) National helpdesks shall provide advice to applicants, marketing authorisation holders, manufacturers, importers and any other interested parties which are small or medium-sized enterprises on their responsibilities and obligations under this Regulation and on applications for the authorisation of veterinary medicinal products.Article 56 deleted National helpdesks for small and medium-sized enterprises
2015/05/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 365 #

2014/0257(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 108 – paragraph 1
(1) PThe Member States may authorise persons permitted to supply veterinary medicinal products requiring accordance with Article 107(1) may veterinary prescription to offer veterinary medicinal products by means of information society services in the meaning of Directive 98/34/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council28 to natural or legal persons established in the Union under the condition that those medicinal products comply with the legislation of the destination Member State. __________________ 28Directive 98/34/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 June 1998 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations and of rules on Information Society services (OJ L 204, 21.7.1998, p. 37).to natural or legal persons established in the Union
2015/05/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 49 #

2014/0255(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) Medicated feed should be manufactured only with authorised veterinary medicinal products and the compatibility of all compounds used should be ensured for the purpose of safety and efficacy of the product. The holder of the authorisation of the veterinary medicinal products is responsible for compatibility assessment. Additional specific requirements or instructions for the inclusion of the veterinary medicinal products into feed should be foreseen to ensure a safe and efficient treatment of the animals.
2015/07/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 57 #

2014/0255(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
(14) Medicated feed should be marketed in sealed containers for safety reasons and to protect user's interest.deleted
2015/07/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 112 #

2014/0255(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point h
(h) 'mobile mixer': a feed business operator with a feed establishment consisting of a specifically equipped lorry for the manufacture of medicated feed;deleted
2015/07/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 175 #

2014/0255(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 19 concerning the establishment of specific carry-over limits for active substances. Limits shall be based on the opinion of the European Food Safety Authority.
2015/07/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 188 #

2014/0255(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point b
(b) for the other active substances, 3% of the maximum permitted dose of the active substance in the last batch of medicated feed or ofin intermediate product produced before the production of non- target feed.
2015/07/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 206 #

2014/0255(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Medicated feed and intermediate products shall be placed on the market only in sealed packages – including sack packaging – or containers. Packages or containers shall be sealed in such a way that, when the package or container is opened, the seal is damaged and cannot be reused.
2015/07/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 276 #

2014/0255(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 4
(4) Feed business operators feeding food- producing animals with medicated feed shall keep records in accordance with Article 69 of Directive 2001/82/EC. Those records shall be kept for five years after the date of administration of medicated feed, including when the animal is slaughtered during the five-year period.deleted
2015/07/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 340 #

2014/0255(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 4 – point 1 – paragraph 2
Where the composition of a medicated feed or an intermediate product is found to deviate from the amount of an antimicrobial active substance indicated on the label, a tolerance of 10 % shall apply. For the other active substances, the following tolerances shall apply: Active substance per kg of Tolerance medicated feed > 500 mg • ± 20% > 100 mg and ≤ 500 mg • ± 25% > 10 mg and ≤ 100 mg • ± 30% ≤ 10 mg •± 35%
2015/07/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 379 #

2014/0100(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
(15) As a matter of principle, the general production rules of this Regulation should include a prohibition on the use of ionising radiation and genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and products produced from or by GMOs. Since consumers are more and more concerned about environmental impacts of food processing and transportation, organic operators other than farmers and operators producing seaweedalgae or aquaculture animals should be required to managimprove their environmental performance in according toance with a harmonised systemframework. With the objective of minimising the regulatory burden of micro-enterprises as defined in Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC27 involved in organic production, it is appropriate to exempt them from this requirement. In order to ensure the correct application of the general production rules, the power to adopt certain acts should be delegated to the Commission in respect of establishing thesupplementing certain criteria to whichof the environmental management system is to correspondframework. __________________ 27 Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC of 6 May 2003 concerning the definition of micro, small and medium- sized enterprises (OJ L 124, of 20.05.2003, p. 36). o.).
2015/06/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 410 #

2014/0100(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
(25) Mutilations which lead to stress, harm, disease or suffering of animals should be prohibited. Clipping the beaks of chickens which are no more than 3 days old, attaching elastic bands to the tails of sheep and tail-docking may be authorised by the competent authority for reasons of safety or animal and human health or if they are intended to improve the health, welfare or hygiene of the livestock. Dehorning of young mammals should be approved only if adequate anaesthesia and analgesia are applied.
2015/06/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 488 #

2014/0100(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 78
(78) The Commission should consider the situation of the availabilityIn order to ensure that organic plant reproductive material, feed, and animals raised for breeding purposes are available on the market in sufficient quantities, and before submitting any proposals for the phasing-out of exceptions, the Commission should carry out a study based on data collection and on analysis of the situation in the Member States. On the basis of that study, the Commission should by the end of 2018 present a report to the European Parliament and the Council identifying the reasons for the insufficient development and lack of organic plant reproductive material, feed and animals for breeding purposes and present a report to this end to the European Parliament and the Council in 2021, the traceability of local feed suitable for organic farming, and outlining a plan for closing these gaps and possible measures, including support measures to stimulate both the market for those products and biological diversity.
2015/06/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 536 #

2014/0100(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 10 a (new)
10a. ‘organic animal breeding’ means the enhancement of genetic diversity coupled with on the natural reproductive ability of the animals concerned. Organic animal breeding shall make animals best comply with the requirements of this Regulation, focussing on disease resistance, longevity and adaptation to climatic and natural conditions, and shall focus on the slow fattening of broilers as set out in point 2.4.2 of Chapter II of Annex II;;
2015/06/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 539 #

2014/0100(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16
16. ‘veranda’ means an additional, roofed, uninsulated, outdoor part of a livestock building, the longest side being usually equipped with wire fencing or netting with outdoor climate, natural and, where possible, artificial illumination and a littered floor;
2015/06/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 541 #

2014/0100(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16 a (new)
16a. ‘laying pullets’ means young animals of the Gallus gallus species intended for egg production and of an age of less than 18 weeks;
2015/06/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 544 #

2014/0100(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16 b (new)
16b. ‘laying hens’ means animals of the Gallus gallus species intended for the production of eggs for consumption, and of an age of at least 18 weeks;
2015/06/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 555 #

2014/0100(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 43 a (new)
43a. ‘region’ means a region as specified by the Member States. The Member States shall update their lists of regions every two years and shall send these to the Commission.
2015/06/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 559 #

2014/0100(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 43 b (new)
43b. ‘poultry house’ means an independent, covered structure which protects the animals from external weather conditions;
2015/06/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 585 #

2014/0100(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d
d) maintenance of plant health by preventive measures, in particular the choice of appropriate species, and varieties or heterogeneous material resistant to pests and diseases, appropriate crop rotations, mechanical and physical methods and protection of the natural enemies of pests;
2015/06/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 637 #

2014/0100(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
aa) a holding which does not completely comply with this regulation must be clearly divided into distinctive agricultural production units or aquaculture production sites which are managed either fully under the rules on organic production or fully under the rules on conventional production, providing the following conditions are met: i. there is a conversion plan for the entire holding in respect of which the producer gives a firm undertaking and which provides for the last part of the area concerned to be converted to organic production within the shortest possible period; ii. appropriate measures have been taken to ensure the permanent separation of the products obtained from each unit concerned; iii. the control authority or control body is notified of the harvest of each of the products concerned at least 48 hours in advance; iv. upon completion of the harvest, the producer informs the control authority or control body of the exact quantities harvested on the units concerned and of the measures applied to separate the products; v. the conversion plan and the control measures have been approved by the competent authority. Such approval shall be confirmed each year after the start of the conversion. As regards animals, different species shall be involved. As regards plants, different varieties that can be easily differentiated shall be involved. As regards the production of organic fruit trees, no time limit shall apply to the separation of the holding into organic and non-organic parts. As regards the production of organic fruit trees, no time limit shall apply to the separation of the holding into organic and non-organic parts.
2015/06/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 649 #

2014/0100(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The conversion period shall start at the earliest when the farmer or the operator producing seaweedalgae or aquaculture animals has subjected his holding to the control system and notified his activity to the competent authorities in accordance with this Regula. (2a) By way of derogation from paragraph 2, in cases where the land has been left fallow before the notification referred to in Article 24(1) for at least the time period required for conversion and provided that other necessary requirements are fulfilled, no conversion period shall be necessary for this fallow land The conversion period may be reduced to one year for pasturages and open air areas used by non-herbivore species. This period may be reduced to six months where the land concerned has not during the last year, received treatments with products not authorised for organic production.
2015/06/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 685 #

2014/0100(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. Each Member StateThe Commission shall ensure that an EU-wide computerised database is established for listing the varieties and heterogeneous material, according to Regulation (EU) No XX/XXX (PRM law) for which plant reproductive material obtained by the organic production method is available on its territory.
2015/06/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 807 #

2014/0100(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 a (new)
Article 20 a Precautionary measures to be taken in the event of suspicions and irregularities (1) The following precautionary measures shall be taken by operators: (a) where an operator suspects that a process, product or input material which has been sourced, produced or prepared does not comply with this Regulation, that operator shall separate and identify the product; (b) in order to assess cases in which non- compliance is suspected, the operator concerned shall set up a system appropriate to the type and size of the operation for the purpose of verification and assessment following procedures based on a systematic identification of critical procedural steps in accordance with the requirements laid down in points 1.2, 1.3 and 1.4 of Part II of Annex IV; (c) if, having carried out the assessment provided for in point (b), the operator concludes that the suspicion is substantiated, the operator shall withdraw the product from the market and discontinue its processing and shall immediately inform the competent authorities or control body. (2) The following measures shall be taken by competent authorities, control bodies and authorities: (a) where a control authority or control body is informed by an operator of a substantiated suspicion in accordance with point (c) of paragraph 1 or is informed that an operator intends to place on the market a product which is not in compliance with the organic production rules but which bears a reference to the organic production method, the control authority or control body may prohibit the placing of the product on the market with an indication referring to the organic production method, either for a specified period of time or until it is satisfied that the suspicion has been eliminated. The period of time between such prohibition and the confirmation of the suspicion shall be as short as possible, taking into account the durability of goods, and shall not exceed two months; (b) the control authority or control body shall confirm or eliminate the suspicion by no later than the period of time laid down under point (a). In such a case, the operator concerned shall cooperate fully with the control body or authority. Before confirming the suspicion, the control authority or control body shall allow the operator to comment; (c) where the non-compliance is confirmed, as well as in cases of repetitive, continued or fraudulent non- compliance, Article 26a shall apply; (d) where the non-compliance is not confirmed within the period of time laid down under point (a), the decision referred to therein shall be repealed not later than at the expiry of that period of time. (3) In order to avoid adventitious contamination with non-authorised substances as a result of conventional farming practices or other non-organic practices in processing, preparation and distribution, beyond the control of organic operators, Member States shall establish precautionary measures as well as schemes for compensation for unintended contamination. (4) Adequate precautionary measures shall be taken where control bodies and competent authorities have identified specific risks of adventitious contamination as a result of non-organic practices.
2015/06/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 845 #

2014/0100(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 a (new)
Article 23 a Control system (1) Member States shall set up a system of controls and shall designate one or more competent authorities to be responsible for monitoring compliance with the obligations laid down by this Regulation, in accordance with Article 3 of Regulation (EU) No XX/XXXX (the Official controls Regulation OCR). (2) In addition to the conditions laid down in the Official controls Regulation, the control system set up under this Regulation shall comprise at least the application of the precautionary measures provided for by Article 20a and the control measures provided for by this Chapter. (3) The nature and frequency of the controls shall be determined on the basis of an assessment of the risk of occurrence and the seriousness of non-compliance with the requirements laid down in this Regulation. All operators and groups of operators shall be subject to a process of verification of their compliance with the applicable rules. Such verification shall be based on an annual audit and on inspection, depending on the likelihood of non- compliance. The criteria for risk assessments used by control authorities to identify the most risky parts of the food chain are laid down in Annex Vf. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 36 concerning the detailed elements of the risk assessment, the rates of control and the proportion of random controls. However, operators dealing only with pre-packaged products and operators selling to the final consumer or user as described in Article 24a(2) shall not be subject to the control system as provided for in this Regulation. (4) The competent authority may: (a) delegate its control competences to one or more other control authorities for organic products as defined in point (39) of Article 2 of the Official controls Regulation. Control authorities shall offer adequate guarantees of objectivity and impartiality, and shall have at their disposal the qualified staff and resources necessary to carry out their functions; (b) delegate control tasks to one or more control bodies for organic products as defined in point (39) of Article 2 of the Official controls Regulation. In such cases, the Member States shall designate authorities responsible for approving and supervising such bodies. (5) The competent authority may delegate control tasks to a particular control body or control authority only if the conditions laid down in Article 26 of the Official controls Regulation are satisfied, and in particular where: (a) there is an accurate description of the tasks that the control body or control authority is to carry out, and of the conditions under which it may carry them out; (b) the control body or control authority: i. has the expertise, equipment and infrastructure required to carry out the tasks delegated to it; has a sufficient number of suitably qualified and experienced staff; and is impartial and free from any conflict of interest as regards the exercise of the tasks delegated to it; (c) the control body or control authority is accredited to the most recently notified version, by a publication in the C series of the Official Journal of the European Union, of European Standard EN 17065 or ISO Guide 65 (General requirements for bodies operating product certification systems), and is approved by the competent authorities; (d) the control body or control authority communicates the results of the controls carried out to the competent authority on a regular basis and whenever the competent authority so requests. If the results of the controls show serious non- compliance, the control body shall immediately inform the competent authority; (e) there is effective and documented coordination between the delegating competent authority and the control body or control authority. (6) In addition to the provisions of paragraph 5, the competent authority shall take into account the following criteria when approving a control body or control authority: (a) the standard control procedure to be followed, containing a detailed description of the control measures and precautions that the control body or control authority undertakes to apply to operators subject to its control; (b) the measures that the control body intends to apply where non-compliance is found. (7) The competent authority may not delegate to the control bodies or control authorities the following tasks: (a) the supervision and audit of other control bodies or control authorities; (b) the competence to grant derogations, as referred to in Article 17, unless this is provided for in the exceptional production rules; (c) the monitoring of non-compliance affecting the organic status of a product in accordance with Article 26a and Articles 134, 135 and 136 of the Official controls Regulation. (8) In accordance with Article 29 of the Official controls Regulation, competent authorities delegating control tasks to control bodies or control authorities shall organise audits or inspections of control bodies or control authorities, as necessary. If, as a result of an audit or an inspection, it appears that such bodies are failing to carry out properly the tasks delegated to them, the delegating competent authority may withdraw the delegation. It shall withdraw it without delay if the control body or control authority fails to take appropriate and timely remedial action. (9) In addition to complying with the provisions of paragraph 8, the competent authority shall: (a) ensure that the controls carried out by the control body or control authority are objective and independent; (b) verify the effectiveness of controls carried out by the control body or control authority ; (c) take cognisance of any irregularities or infringements found and corrective measures applied; (d) withdraw approval of any control body or control authority which fails to satisfy the requirements laid down in points (a) and (b) or no longer fulfils the criteria indicated in paragraphs 5 or 6, or fails to satisfy the requirements laid down in paragraphs 11, 12 and 14. (10) Member States shall attribute a code number to each control authority or control body performing control tasks as referred to in paragraph 4. (11) Control bodies and control authorities shall give the competent authorities access to their offices and facilities, and shall provide any information and assistance deemed necessary by the competent authorities for the fulfilment of their obligations pursuant to this Article. (12) Control bodies and control authorities shall ensure that at least the precautionary and control measures referred to in paragraph 2 are applied to operators subject to their control. (13) Member States shall ensure that, in accordance with Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002, the control system as set up makes for the traceability of each product at all stages of production, preparation and distribution, in order to give consumers in particular guarantees that organic products have been produced in compliance with the requirements set out in this Regulation. Member States shall ensure that requests from control bodies or control authorities concerning the traceability of organic products are responded to as quickly as possible, and not later than four working days per production step after receipt of the corresponding request. (14) By 31 January each year, the control authorities and control bodies shall transmit to the competent authorities a list of the operators which were subject to their controls on 31 December of the previous year. A summary report of the control activities carried out during the previous year shall be provided by 31 March each year.
2015/06/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1012 #

2014/0100(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part I – point 1.4.1
1.4.1. For the production of plants and plant products only organically produced plant reproductive material shall be used. To this end, the plant intended for plant reproductive material production and, where relevant, the mother plant shall have been produced in accordance with this Regulation for at least one generation, or, in the case of perennial crops, for at least one generation during two growing seasons, if such reproductive material is listed in the computerised database of the EU referred to in Article 10(2).
2015/06/25
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1039 #

2014/0100(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part I – point 1.6.1 – indent 2
– the choice of species, and varieties and heterogeneous material;
2015/06/25
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1046 #

2014/0100(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part II – point 1.3.1
1.3.1 Organic livestock shall be born or hatched and raised on organic agricultural holdings. Where the conditions laid down in Article 11 apply, and with prior authorisation of the competent authority, the following conditions shall apply: (a) when a flock is constituted for the first time, renewed or reconstituted, and organically reared poultry are not available in sufficient numbers, non- organically reared poultry may be brought into an organic poultry production unit, provided that the pullets for the production of eggs and poultry for meat production are less than three days old;
2015/06/25
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1107 #

2014/0100(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part II – point 1.6.2
1.6.2. Housing for livestock shall not be mandatory in areas with appropriate climatic conditions to enable animals to live outdoors. LWith the exception of pullets under 18 weeks, livestock shall have permanent access to open air areas, preferably pasture appropriate for the species concerned, whenever weather conditions and the state of the ground allow this, unless restrictions and obligations related to the protection of human and animal health are imposed on the basis ofunder Union legislation. Animals shall have access to shelters or shady areas to protect them from adverse weather conditions, considering their physiological needs.
2015/06/25
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1129 #

2014/0100(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part II – point 1.7.9
1.7.9. Mutilation of animals shall be prohibited. Competent authorities shall permit beak trimming of poultry less than 3 days, the placement of rubber elastrator rings on the tails of ovine animals or trimming their tails for safety or animal and human health reasons, and if these practices are aimed at improving the health, welfare or hygiene of livestock. The dehorning of young mammals is permitted only if adequate anaesthesia and/or analgesia are applied.
2015/06/25
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1225 #

2014/0100(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part II – point 2.4.4 – paragraph 1 – point c
c) poultry shall have access to an open air area for at least one third of their life. Open air areas for poultry shall be mainly covered with vegetation and be provided with protective facilities and permit fowl to have easy access to adequate numbers of drinking troughs;
2015/06/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1252 #

2014/0100(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part II – point 2.4.6 – paragraph 1 – point a
a) poultrylaying hens and fattening birds shall have access to an open air area for at least one third of their life. In particular, continuous daytime open air access shall be provided from as early an age as practically possible, whenever physiological and physical conditions allow, except in the case of temporary restrictions imposed on the basis of Union legislation;
2015/06/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1255 #

2014/0100(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part II – point 2.4.6 – paragraph 1 – point b
b) open air areas for poultry shall be mainly covered with vegetation composed of a diverse range of plants and be provided with protective facilities and permit fowl to have easy access to adequate numbers of drinking troughs. The vegetation on the open-air area must be harvested and removed at regular intervals to reduce the potential for nutrient surpluses. The open air areas shall not extend beyond a radius of 150 m from the nearest pop-hole of the poultry house. However an extension of up to 350 m from the nearest pop-hole of the poultry house is permissible provided that a sufficient number of shelters and drinking troughs, scrub or wooded land are evenly distributed throughout the whole open-air area with at least four shelters or shrubberies per hectare;
2015/06/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1298 #

2014/0100(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part IV – point 2.2.2 – point e
e) minerals (trace elements included), vitamins, aminoacids, and micronutrients for dietary purposes, only authorised as far their use is legally required in the foodstuffs in which they are incorporatedin accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EU) No 609/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 June 2013 on food intended for infants and young children, food for special medical purposes, and total diet replacement for weight control and repealing Council Directive 92/52/EEC, Commission Directives 96/8/EC, 1999/21/EC, 2006/125/EC and 2006/141/EC, Directive 2009/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regulations (EC) No 41/2009 and (EC) No 953/2009.
2015/06/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1300 #

2014/0100(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part IV – point 2.2.4 – point b – point iii – indent 1
– algae, including seaweed and lithothamne;
2015/06/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 161 #

2014/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
(4) Council Directive 87/328/EEC of 18 June 1987 on the acceptance for breeding purposes of pure-bred breeding animals of the bovine species10, Council Directive 90/118/EEC of 5 March 1990 on the acceptance of pure-bred breeding pigs for breeding11 and Council Directive 90/119/EEC of 5 March 1990 of hybrid breeding pigs for breeding12 were adopted to prevent national rules relating to the acceptance for breeding purposes of breeding animals of the bovine and porcine species and the production and use of their semen, oocytes and embryos constituting a prohibition or restriction on intra-Union trade or an obstacle thereto whether in the case of natural services, artificial insemination or the collection of semen, oocytes or embryos. ___________ 10 OJ L 167, 26.6.1987, p. 54. . 11 OJ L 71, 17.03.90, p. 34. . 12 OJ L 71, 17.03.90, p. 36. Does not affect English text.
2015/06/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 195 #

2014/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) ‘breed society’ means any breeding organisation or breeders’ associationlegal person, or society without legal personality, which is established under the applicable legislation in the Member State in which the application for recognition was made and which is recognised by the competent authority of a Member State in accordance with Article 4(2) for the purpose of carrying out a breeding programme on purebred breeding animals entered in the breeding book(s) it maintains or establishes;
2015/06/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 200 #

2014/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(fa) 'breeding programme’ means the activities carried out and rules set by a breed society or breeding operation for breeding or commercial purposes in accordance with Article 8(1), including, in particular, the definition and detailed phenotypic and genotypic characteristics of the breed, the definition of the performance recording and control system, the method of genetic value assessment and the rules on organising and keeping the breeding book.
2015/06/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 207 #

2014/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point i – point ii
(ii) of the species referred to in point (a)(ii) which descentds from parents entered in the main section of a breeding book of the same breed and which is itself entered or registered and eligible for entry in the main section of such a breeding book in accordance with Article 19;.
2015/06/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 240 #

2014/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 5 a (new)
(5a) When this article is applied, the requesting Member State shall use the official language of the other Member State in connection with the application and other documents sent.
2015/06/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 241 #

2014/0032(COD)

Rights and obligations of breeders participating in breeding programmes approved in accordance with Article 8(1) or Article 9
2015/06/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 243 #

2014/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3 a (new)
(3a) Breeders shall: (a) comply with the breeding programme; (b) cooperate with the breed society and the authorities; (c) pay membership fees and service charges on time; and (d) provide breeding and other data to the breed society;
2015/06/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 253 #

2014/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Chapter 4 – title
Entry of breeding animals in breeding books and breed registers and acceptance for breeding, artificial insemination and testingDoes not apply to English version.
2015/06/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 265 #

2014/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 a (new)
(1a) By derogation from paragraph 1, a breed society with a breeding book for purebred animals of the equine species may, for the purposes of the breeding programme approved by the competent authority in accordance with Article 8(1), or to preserve the genetic diversity of the breed, place restrictions on or prohibit : (a) the acceptance of breeding animals and their germinal products for breeding; (b) the use of one or more of the reproduction techniques referred to in paragraph 1 on breeding animals entered in their breeding book.
2015/06/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 277 #

2014/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 2 a (new)
(2a) The breed society may prohibit the use of a purebred animal and its germinal products where such use would compromise the improvement, differentiation, preservation and genetic diversity of that breed.
2015/06/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 287 #

2014/0032(COD)

(d) details on the model of performance description used for the analysis of the resultsthe method of performance testing;
2015/06/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 288 #

2014/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) details on the statistical method used for the analysis of the results of performance testing for each evaluated trait genetic value assessment;
2015/06/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 290 #

2014/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The Commission shall, by means of implementing acts, designate the European Union reference centre responsible for collaborating with breed societies in rendering uniform the methods for performance testing and genetic evaluation of purebred breeding animals of the bovine specieanimals.
2015/06/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 291 #

2014/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2
(2) The Commission may, by means of implementing acts, designate the European Union reference centres responsible for harmonising the methods for performance testing and genetic evaluation of purebred breeding animals of the species other than bovine species. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 72(2).deleted
2015/06/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 303 #

2014/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) the document accompanying the batches of semen, embryos and oocytes referred to in subparagraphs (b) and (c) shall also contain the data required for genetic identification.
2015/06/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 315 #

2014/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 2 – section 1 – subsection 1 – point 1 – introductory part
1. On application by the breeder, a breed society shall, as provided for in Article 19(1), enter or register for entry in the main section of its breeding book any purebred breeding animal which complies with the following conditions:
2015/06/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 317 #

2014/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 2 – section 1 – subsection 1 – point 1 – point a – point ii
(ii) in point (ii) of Article 2(i) in the case of purebred breeding animals of the equine species (Equus caballus and Equus asinus)idae). Both of the animal’s parents are entered in the main section of the breeding book and have been accepted for breeding by the breed society;
2015/06/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 318 #

2014/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 2 – section 1 – subsection 1 – point 1 – point c
(c) it has been identified after birth in accordance with Union animal health legislation pertaining to the speciesbreed concerned and the rules set out in the breeding programme approved in accordance with Article 8(1) or Article 9, which must require in the case of purebred breeding animals of the equine species the identification as foal at foot and at least a covering certificate;
2015/06/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 327 #

2014/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 3 – section 3 – subsection 1 – point 1 – point b – point ii
(ii) the sex, maximum age or maximum weight of young breeding animals at the start of the test and number of animals;
2015/06/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 335 #

2014/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 5 – section 2 – subsection 1 – point 1 – point h
(h) the place and date of birth of the purebred breeding animal;
2015/06/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 338 #

2014/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 5 – section 2 – subsection 1 – point 1 – point i
(i) the name, address and e-mail of the breeder and the keeper;
2015/06/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 341 #

2014/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 5 – section 2 – subsection 1 – point 1 – point l
(l) all available results of performance tests and up-to-date results of the genetic evaluation including genetic peculiarities and – if it is not a ground for exclusion under the breeding programme – genetic defects on the purebred breeding animal itself and its parents and grandparents as required in the breeding programme approved in accordance with Art 8(1) or Article 9 for the category and the purebred breeding animal in question;
2015/06/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 342 #

2014/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 5 – section 2 – subsection 1 – point 2
2. By way of derogation from point 1 of this Chapter, the zootechnical certificate for trade in purebred breeding animals of the equine species may be the identification document in accordance with Union animal health legislation, provided: (a) it contains in addition to the information required by Union animal health and public health legislation at least the information in accordance with point 1 (a) to (k) and (n); (b) was issued by a breed society to which the task of issuing the identification document was delegated by the competent authority. (c) the information on the identity of purebred breeding animals of the equine species and on the issuance of identification documents is available to the competent veterinary authorities in a central database established in accordance with Union animal health legislation.deleted
2015/06/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 343 #

2014/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 5 – section 2 – subsection 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) information allowing the identification of the oocytes, the place and date of their collection and the names and addresses of the embryo collection and production team and of the consignee;
2015/06/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 344 #

2014/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 5 – section 2 – subsection 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) where there is more than one oocyte in a straw, a clear indication of the number of oocytes which must all have been collected from the same purebred breeding animal, bearing in mind that a straw may contain only oocytes or embryos derived from a single washing;
2015/06/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 51 #

2014/0014(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
(3 a) By way of derogation from the above, Member States should be given the opportunity to implement the School Milk and Fruit schemes separately and with a separate budget as hitherto.
2015/02/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 149 #

2014/0014(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
aa) the supply of dairy products considered healthy by the competent health authorities such as yogurt, cheese, buttermilk, curdled milk, kephir and cream;
2015/02/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 150 #

2014/0014(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point a b (new)
a b) for the supply of vegetable and fruit juice except for juice made from concentrates;
2015/02/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 151 #

2014/0014(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point a c (new)
a c) for the supply of processed foods of protected origin which do not contain added sugar, sweetener, salt and fat approved by the competent health authorities;
2015/02/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 155 #

2014/0014(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point c
c) to cover certain related costs linked to logistics and distribution, equipment, communication and publicity, monitoring and evaluation, evaluation and other activities directly linked to the implementation of the schemes.
2015/02/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 158 #

2014/0014(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 23 – paragraph 2
2. Member States wishing to participate in the aid scheme established in paragraph 1 (“the school scheme”) may distribute either fruit and vegetables including bananas or milk falling within CN code 0401, or both agricultural products referred to in paragraph 1.
2015/02/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 189 #

2014/0014(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 23 – paragraph 5
5. When drawing up their strategies, Member States shall determine a list of agricultural products, in addition to fruit and vegetables, bananas and milkproducts considered healthy by the relevant health authorities in addition to food referred to in paragraph 1 that may occasionally be included under the supporting educational measures.
2015/02/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 242 #

2014/0014(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 23 a – paragraph 2 – point a – introductory part
a) for fruit and vegetables including bananasand processed food made from these referred to in Article 23(1): the objective criteria based on:
2015/02/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 248 #

2014/0014(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 23 a – paragraph 2 – point a – point i
i) the number of six- to ten-year old children as a proportion of the population, or
2015/02/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 249 #

2014/0014(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 23 a – paragraph 2 – point a – point i a (new)
i a) the historical use of funds under previous schemes for the supply of fruit and vegetables to children,
2015/02/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 266 #

2014/0014(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 23 a – paragraph 2 – point b
b) for milk and processed food made from milk referred to in Article 23(1): the historical use of funds under previous schemes for the supply of milk and milk products to children and objective criteria based on their proportion of six- to ten-year old children.
2015/02/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 269 #

2014/0014(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 23 a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The Commission shall assess at least every three years whether the indicative allocations for fruit and vegetables including bananas and for milkood referred to in Article 23(1) remain consistent with the objective criteria referred to in this paragraph.
2015/02/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 282 #

2014/0014(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 23 a – paragraph 4
4. Without exceeding the global ceiling of EUR 230 million resulting from the amounts referred to under points (a) and (b) of paragraph 1, Member States may transfer up to 15% of their indicative allocations for fruit and vegetables including bananas or for milk to the other sector under the conditions to be specified by the Commission by means of delegated acts adopted in accordance with Article 227.Deleted
2015/02/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 304 #

2014/0014(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 23 a – paragraph 7
7. The Union may also finance, pursuant to Article 6 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, information, communication and publicity, monitoring and evaluation measures relating to the school scheme, including raising public awareness of it, and related networking measures and other activities directly linked to the implementation of the schemes.
2015/02/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 323 #

2014/0014(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – point a
a) the indicative allocation of aid between Member States for fruit and vegetables including bananas and milkthe agricultural products referred to in Article 23(1) and where appropriate its revision following the assessment referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 23a(2), the minimum amounts of Union aid for each Member State, the method for reallocating the aid allocation between Member States based on aid applications received, and the additional rules concerning how the criteria referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 23a(2) shall be taken into account for the allocation of the funds.
2015/02/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 330 #

2014/0014(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – point b
b) the conditions concerning the transfers between the allocations for fruit and vegetables including bananas and milkthe agricultural products referred to in Article 23(1);
2015/02/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 349 #

2014/0014(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 25 – point a
a) the definitive allocation of aid for fruit and vegetables including bananas and/or milkagricultural products referred to in Article 23(1) between participating Member States within the limits set out in Article 23a(1), taking account of the transfers referred to in Article 23a(4);
2015/02/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 35 #

2013/0443(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) Farmers are already contributing to the reaching of the EU’s environmental objectives, including the reduction of pollutant emissions, in a way that goes beyond food producing and indirect market value. Cross-compliance, greening and other sectoral legislations (e.g. the Nitrates Directive) set strict requirements for the European farmers. Therefore sustainable farming must be recognised in the EU’s environmental policy and farmers shall be rewarded for their efforts with which they contribute to the reduction of the pollutants under this Directive. Therefore this Directive does not contain specific farming requirements for the farmers.
2015/04/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 47 #

2013/0443(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
(11) In order to promote cost-effective achievement of the national emission reduction commitments and of the intermediate emission levels, Member States should be entitled to account for emission reductions from international maritime traffic if emissions from that sector are lower than the levels of emissions that would result from compliance with Union law standards, including the sulphur limits for fuels set in Directive 1999/32/EC of the Council.21 Member States should also have the possibility to jointly meet their commitments and intermediate emission levels regarding methane (CH4) and of making use of Decision n°406/2009/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council for so doing.22 For the purpose of checking compliance with their national emission ceilings, emission reduction commitments and intermediate emission levels, Member States could adjust their national emission inventories in view of improved scientific understanding and methodologies regarding emissions. The Commission could object to the use of any of these flexibilities by a Member State, should the conditions set out in this Directive not be met. __________________ 21 Council Directive 1999/32/EC of 26 April 1999 relating to a reduction in the sulphur content of certain liquid fuels and amending Directive 93/12/EEC (OJ L 121, 11.5.1999, p. 13). 22Decision n°406/2009/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the effort of Member States to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to meet the Community’s greenhouse gas emission reduction commitments up to 2020 (OJ L 140, 5.6.2009, p. 136__________________ 21 Council Directive 1999/32/EC of 26 April 1999 relating to a reduction in the sulphur content of certain liquid fuels and amending Directive 93/12/EEC (OJ L 121, 11.5.1999, p. 13).
2015/04/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 63 #

2013/0443(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 21
(21) In order to take into account technical developments, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of amending the reporting guidelines set out in Annex I, as well as Part 1 of Annex III and Annexes IV and V to adapt them to technical progress. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level. The Commission, when preparing and drawing up delegated acts, should ensure a simultaneous, timely and appropriate transmission of relevant documents to the European Parliament and to the Council.deleted
2015/04/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 81 #

2013/0443(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall, as a minimum, limit their annual anthropogenic emissions of sulphur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx), volatile organic compounds other than methane (NMVOC), ammonia (NH3), and particulate matter (PM2,5) and methane (CH4) in accordance with the national emission reduction commitments applicable from 2020 and 2030, as laid down in Annex II.
2015/04/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 89 #

2013/0443(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
1. Without prejudice to paragraph 1, Member States shall take all the necessary measures not entailing disproportionate costs to limit their 2025 anthropogenic emissions of SO2, NOx, NMVOC, NH3, PM2,5 and CH4 and PM2,5. The levels of those emissions shall be determined on the basis of fuels sold, by a linear reduction trajectory established between their emission levels for 2020 and the emission levels defined by the emission reduction commitments for 2030.
2015/04/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 107 #

2013/0443(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2
(2) Member States may jointly implement their methane emission reduction commitments and intermediate emission levels referred to in Annex II, provided that they meet the following conditions: (a) they comply with all applicable requirements and modalities enacted under Union legislation, including under Decision n°406/2009/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council. (b) they have adopted and implemented effective provisions in order to ensure a proper operation of joint implementation.deleted
2015/04/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 110 #

2013/0443(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 3
(3) Member States may establish adjusted annual national emission inventories for SO2, NOx, NH3, NMVOC and PM2,5 in accordance with Annex IV where non- compliance with their national emission reduction commitments or their intermediate emission levels would result from applying improved emission inventory methods updated in accordance with scientific knowledge.
2015/04/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 132 #

2013/0443(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 7
(7) The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 13 in order to adapt Part 1 of Annex III to technical progress.
2015/04/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 145 #

2013/0443(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 9
(9) The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 13 in order to adapt Annex I in relation to reporting deadlines and Annex IV to technical and scientific progress.
2015/04/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 152 #

2013/0443(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 3
(3) Member States shall report their national emissions and projections for CH4 in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council.31 __________________ 31Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on a mechanism for monitoring and reporting greenhouse gas emissions and for reporting other information at national and Union level relevant to climate change and repealing Decision No 280/2004/EC (OJ L 165, 18.6.2013, p. 13).deleted
2015/04/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 163 #

2013/0443(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 2
(2) The delegation of power referred to in Articles 6(7), 7(9) and 8(3) shall be conferred on the Commission for an in determinate period of time of five years from the date of entry into force of this Directive.
2015/04/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 167 #

2013/0443(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
(1) Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive [forty-eighteen months after the entry into force - date to be inserted by OPOCE] at the latest.
2015/04/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 170 #

2013/0443(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – table A – row 3
Total national - CH4 Annual, from 2005 15/02**** emissions by source to reporting year category minus 2 (X-2) –––––––––––––––––– **** Re-submissions due to errors shall be provided within four weeks at the latest and include a clear explanation of the changes made. deleted
2015/04/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 175 #

2013/0443(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – table C – row 4
Projected emissions - CH4 Biennial reporting, 15/03 by aggregated covering every year source category from year X up to 2030 and, where available, 2040 and 2050 deleted
2015/04/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 180 #

2013/0443(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – table b – title
b) Emission reduction commitments for ammonia (NH3), fine particulate matter (PM2,5) and methane (CH4). Fuels sold, base year 2005.
2015/04/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 188 #

2013/0443(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex III – part 1 – section A – point 1
1. Member States shall establish a national advisory code of good agricultural practice for reducing ammonia emissions, based on the 2001 UNECE Framework Code for Good Agricultural Practice for Reducing Ammonia Emissions,3 covering at least the following items: a) nitrogen management, taking into account the full nitrogen cycle; b) livestock feeding strategies; c) low-emission manure spreading approaches; d) low-emission manure storage systems; e) low-emission manure processing and composting systems; f) low-emission animal housing systems; g) low-emission approaches for mineral fertilizer application. __________________ 3 Decision ECE/EB.AIR/75, paragraph 28adeleted
2015/04/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 213 #

2013/0443(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex III – part 1 – section A – point 3
3. Member States shall reduce ammonia emissions from inorganic fertilizers by using the following approaches: a) use of ammonium carbonate fertilizers shall be prohibited; b) urea-based fertilizers shall as far as possible be replaced by ammonium nitrate based fertilizers; c) where urea-based fertilizers continue to be applied, methods shall be used that have been shown to reduce ammonia emissions by at least 30% compared with the use of the reference method, as specified in the Ammonia Guidance Document; d) inorganic fertilisers shall be spread in line with the foreseeable requirements of the receiving crop or grassland with respect to nitrogen and phosphorus, also taking into account the existing nutrient content in the soil and the nutrients from other fertilizers.deleted
2015/04/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 221 #

2013/0443(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex III – part 1 – section A – point 4
4. Member States shall by 1 January 2022 reduce ammonia emissions from livestock manure by using the following approaches: a) reduce emissions from slurry and solid manure application to arable land and grassland, by using methods that reduce emissions by at least 30 % compared with the reference method described in the Ammonia Guidance Document and on the following conditions: i. manures and slurries shall only be spread in line with the foreseeable nutrient requirement of the receiving crop or grassland with respect to nitrogen and phosphorous, also taking into account the existing nutrient content in the soil and the nutrients from other fertilizers. ii. manures and slurries shall not be spread when the receiving land is water saturated, flooded, frozen or snow covered; iii. slurries spread to grassland shall be applied using a trailing hose, trailing shoe or through shallow or deep injection; iv. Manures and slurries spread to arable land shall be incorporated within the soil within four hours of spreading; b) reduce emissions from manure storage outside of animal houses, by using the following approaches: i. for slurry stores constructed after 1st January 2022, low emission storage systems or techniques shall be used which have been shown to reduce ammonia emissions by at least 60% compared with the reference method described in the Ammonia Guidance Document, and for existing slurry stores at least 40%; ii. for stores for solid manure, the stores shall be covered; iii. farms shall have sufficient manure storage capacity to spread manure only during periods that are suitable for crop growth; c) reduce emissions from animal housing, by using systems which have been shown to reduce ammonia emissions by at least 20% compared with the reference method described in the Ammonia Guidance Document. d) Reduce emissions from manure, by using low protein feeding strategies which have been shown to reduce ammonia emissions by at least 10% compared with the reference method described in the Ammonia Guidance Document.deleted
2015/04/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 229 #

2013/0443(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex III – part 1 – section C – point 1
1. In taking the measures outlined in sections A and B above, Member States should ensure that impacts onxempt small and micro farms are fully taken into account. Member States may, for instance, exempt them from those measures where possible and appropriate in view of the applicable reduction commitmentfrom those measures.
2015/04/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 232 #

2013/0443(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex IV – paragraph 1
For the pollutants referred to in Annex I, other than CH4, Member States shall establish emission inventories, adjusted emission inventories, projections and informative inventory reports using the methodologies adopted by Parties to the LRTAP Convention (EMEP Reporting Guidelines) and are requested to use the EMEP/EEA Guidebook referred to therein. In addition, supplementary information, in particular the activity data, needed for the assessment of the inventories and projections shall be prepared in accordance with the same guidelines.
2015/04/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 136 #

2013/0433(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – title
Provisional prohibition
2015/04/28
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 137 #

2013/0433(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Member States shall provisionallyThe following shall be prohibited:
2015/04/28
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 139 #

2013/0433(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the placing on the market of animal clones and embryo cloneand import into the European Union of animal clones, embryo clones, descendants of animal clones, germinal products of animal clones and of their descendants, and food or feed from animal clones and their descendants.
2015/04/28
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 164 #

2013/0433(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1
(1) By [date = 5 years after the date of transposition of this Directive], the Member States shall report to the Commission on the experience gained by them on the application of this Directive.deleted
2015/04/28
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 165 #

2013/0433(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
(2) TWithin five years after the entry into force of this regulation, the Commission shall present a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the application of this Directive taking into account:experiences gained in the application of the regulation.
2015/04/28
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 166 #

2013/0433(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the reports submitted by Member States in accordance with paragraph 1;deleted
2015/04/28
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 163 #

2012/0288(COD)

Council position
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 98/70/EC
Article 2 – point 11
11. 'low indirect land-use change-risk biofuels' means biofuels, the feedstocks of which are not listed in Part A of Annex V, or are listed in Part A of Annex V, but were produced within schemes which offset indirect land use change emissions resulting from actions that reduce the demand for agricultural land and/or increase the efficiency of agro-forestry product chains or which reduce the displacement of production for purposes other than for making biofuels and which were produced in accordance with the sustainability criteria for biofuels laid down in Article 7b. Only the amount of feedstock which corresponds to the actual reduction in displacement achieved through the scheme may be considered. Such schemes may either operate as individual projects at a local level or as policy measures covering partly or entirely the territory of a Member State or a third country. Displacement of production for purposes other than for making biofuels can be reduced if the scheme achieves productivity increases within the area it covers beyond levels which would have prevailed in the absence of such productivity-promoting schemes;
2015/02/02
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 214 #

2012/0288(COD)

Council position
Article 2 – point 1
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point v
(v) 'low indirect land-use change-risk biofuels and bioliquids' means biofuels and bioliquids, the feedstocks of which are not listed in pPart A of Annex VIII, or are listed in pPart A of Annex VIII, but were produced within schemes which offset indirect land use change emissions resulting from actions that reduce the demand for agricultural land and/or increase the efficiency of agro-forestry product chains or which reduce the displacement of production for purposes other than for making biofuels and bioliquids and which were produced in accordance with the sustainability criteria for biofuels and bioliquids laid down in Article 17. Only the amount of feedstock which corresponds to the actual reduction in displacement achieved through the scheme may be considered. Such schemes may either operate as individual projects at a local level or as policy measures covering partly or entirely the territory of a Member State or a third country. Displacement of production for purposes other than for making biofuels and bioliquids can be reduced if the scheme achieves productivity increases within the area it covers beyond levels which would have prevailed in the absence of such productivity-promoting schemes.;
2015/02/02
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 223 #

2012/0288(COD)

Council position
Article 2 – point 2 – point a
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
For the purpose of compliance with the targets referred to in the first subparagraph of this paragraph, the maximum joint contribution from biofuels and bioliquids produced from cereal and other starch-rich crops, sugars and oil crops shall be no more than the energy quantity corresponding to the maximum contribution as set out in paragraph 4(d), unless they are "low indirect land use change risk biofuels and bioliquids".
2015/02/02
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 251 #

2012/0288(COD)

Council position
Article 2 – point 2 – point b – point iv
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point d
(d) for the calculation of biofuels in the numerator, the share of energy from biofuels produced from cereal and other starch-rich crops, sugars and oil crops shall be no more than 7 % of the final consumption of energy in transport in the Member States in 2020, unless they are low indirect land use change risk biofuels and bioliquids;
2015/02/02
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 361 #

2012/0288(COD)

Council position
Annex I – point 2
Directive 98/70/EC
Annex V – part B – point 2 a (new)
(2a) low indirect land use change risk biofuels and bioliquids.
2015/02/02
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 378 #

2012/0288(COD)

Council position
Annex II – point 2
Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex VIII – part B – point 2 a (new)
(2a) low indirect land use change risk biofuels and bioliquids
2015/02/02
Committee: ENVI