2 Amendments of Jens GIESEKE related to 2016/0282(COD)
Amendment 405 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 269 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 269 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point f
In Article 4 (1), this point is replaced by the following: “ “(f) “arable land” means land cultivated for crop production or areas available for crop production but lying fallow, including areas set aside in accordance with Articles 22, 23 and 24 of Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999, with Article 39 of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 and with Article 28 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013, irrespective of whether or not that land is under greenhouses or under fixed or mobile cover;” it may include, where Member States so decide, all areas lying fallow and covered by grasses or other herbaceous forage that were agricultural areas but not permanent grassland at the time of being left to lie fallow for the first time;”“ Or. en (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32013R1307&from=EN)
Amendment 407 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 269 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 269 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point h
In Article 4(1), this point is replaced by the following: “ “(h) “permanent grassland and permanent pasture” (together referred to as “permanent grassland”) means land used to grow grasses or other herbaceous forage naturally (self-seeded) or through cultivation (sown) and that has not been included in the crop rotation of the holding for five years or more; it may include other species such as shrubs and/or trees which can be grazed provided that the grasses and other herbaceous forage remain predominant as well as, where Member States so decide, land which can be grazed and which forms part of established local practices where grasses and other herbaceous forage are traditionally not predominant in grazing areas;” , where Member States so decide, other sources of non-forage animal feed provided that the grasses and other herbaceous forage remain predominant as well as, where Member States so decide: (i) land which can be grazed and which forms part of established local practices where grasses and other herbaceous forage are traditionally not predominant in grazing areas, and/or (ii) land which can be grazed where grasses and other herbaceous forage are not predominant, or absent, in grazing areas; For the purpose of this definition Member States may decide that the following practices are crop rotations: (i) the seeding of grasses or other herbaceous forage on an area after removal of a prior cover of grass or other herbaceous forage if the new cover is established by species or a mix of species other than the prior cover, or (ii) the seeding of grasses or other herbaceous forage on an area directly or after removal of a prior cover of grass or other herbaceous forage;”“ Or. en (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32013R1307&from=EN)