22 Amendments of Brian SIMPSON related to 2008/0103(CNS)
Amendment 185 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) The management of small amounts is a burdensome task for the competent authorities of the Member States. To avoid excessive administrative burden it is appropriate forto allow Member States to refrain from granting direct payments where the payment would be lower than the Community average support for one hectare or the eligible area of the he flexibility to set a minimum thresholding for which support is claimed would relate to less than one hectareclaim sizes. Member States should be given discretion to opt for the implementation of one of the two criteria taking account of the particularities of the structures of their agricultural economies. As special payment entitlements were allocated to farmers with so-called "landless" holdings the application of the hectare-based threshold would be ineffective. Such farmers should therefore be subject to the averages support-based minimum amount.
Amendment 210 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, while introducing a decoupled single payment scheme allowed Member States to exclude certain payments from that scheme. At the same time Article 64(3) of that Regulation provided for the revision of the options provided for in Sections 2 and 3 of Chapter 5 of its Title III, in the light of market and structural developments. An analysis of the relevant experience shows that decoupling introduces flexibility in the choice of producers, enabling them to take their production decisions on the basis of profitability and market response. This is particularly the case for the arable crops, hops and seeds sectors, and to a certain extent, also the beef sector. Therefore, the partially coupled payments in theseall sectors should be integrated into the single payment scheme. In order for farmers in the beef sector to gradually adjust to the new support arrangements provision should be made for a phasing-in of the integration of the special premium for male animals and the slaughter premium. Since the partially coupled payments in the fruit and vegetable sectors were only recently introduced, and only as a transitional measure, no review of such schemes is necessary.
Amendment 211 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
Recital 31
Amendment 222 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) Member States should be allowed to use up to 10% of their ceilings for granting specific support in clearly defined and prescribed cases. Such support should allow Member States to address environmental issues and improve the quality and marketing of agricultural products. Specific support should also be available to buffer the consequences of the phasing-out of milk quotas and the decoupling of support in particularly sensitive sectors. Given the growing importance of an effective management of risks Member States should be given the option to financially contribute to the premiums farmers pay for crop insurance as well as to the financing of financial compensation of certain economic losses in case of animal or plant diseases. With a view to respecting the Community’s international obligations the resources that could be used for any coupled support measures should be limited at an appropriate level. The conditions applicable to the financial contributions to crop insurance and animal or plant disease related compensation should be established accordingly. Any measures of this nature should be seen as temporary measures to allow Member States to adjust to full decoupling and a more market-orientated policy and should therefore end in 2013.
Amendment 277 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) 2009: 78%,
Amendment 284 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) 2010: 911%,
Amendment 291 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) 2011: 114%,
Amendment 298 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) 2012: 137%,
Amendment 310 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Amendment 340 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to direct payments granted to farmers in the French overseas departments, in the Azores and Madeira, in the Canary and Aegean islands.
Amendment 422 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – indent 1 – introductory phrase
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – indent 1 – introductory phrase
1. Member States shall notbe permitted not to grant direct payments to a farmer in one the followunder certaing casesriteria:
Amendment 428 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – indent 1 – point (a)
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – indent 1 – point (a)
(a) where the total amount of direct payments claimed or due to be granted in a given calendar year does not exceed an amount to be set by the Member State up to EUR 251000, or
Amendment 435 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – indent 1 – point (b)
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – indent 1 – point (b)
(b) where the eligible area of the holding for which direct payments are claimed or due to be granted does not exceed one hectare. However, Cyprus may set a minimum eligible area of 0.3 hectares and Malta of 0.1five hectares.
Amendment 497 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 53 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. Any Member State having excluded the sheep and goat and beef payments from the single payment scheme under the conditions of Articles 67 and 68 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 may decide by 1 August 2009 to continue toshall apply the single payment scheme from 2010 under the conditions laid down in this section and in conformity with the decision taken under Article 64(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003. However, Member States may decide to set the part of the component of their national ceiling to be used for additional payments to farmers in accordance with Article 55(1) of this Regulation at a rate lower than that decided under Article 64(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003.
Amendment 509 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 55
Article 55
Amendment 531 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 67
Article 67
Amendment 593 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. Support for measures referred to in paragraph 1(a) and (b) may only be granted:
Amendment 597 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) upon full implementation of the single payment schemefull decoupling in theall sector concerned in accordance with Articles 54, 55 and 71s.
Amendment 598 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – point b
Amendment 608 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 4
Article 68 – paragraph 4
4. Support under the measures referred to in paragraph 1 (a), (b), and (e) shall be limited to 2.5% of the national ceilings referred to in Article 41. Member States may set sub-limits per measuremust with certainty meet the conditions of the WTO green box.
Amendment 625 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 9
Article 68 – paragraph 9
9. The Commission, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 128 (2) , shall define the detailed conditions for the granting of the support referred to under this section, in particular wiand for the formal Commission approval of such support referred to under this section, including the criteria to be used for the designation of the a view to ensure consistency with other Community measures and policies and to avoid cumulation of supportreas and the degressive and transitional nature of support referred to in paragraph 1 (b). Under no circumstances can the Commission approve an aid which is incompatible with the provisions governing a common organisation of the market or which would interfere with the proper functioning of the common organisation. The Commission will only approve such measures if the positive contribution to the development of the sector clearly outweighs the risks of distortions of competition. Any support granted under this article shall end on 1 January 2013.
Amendment 735 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 132 – point 1 – point (b)
Article 132 – point 1 – point (b)
Regulation (EC) No 378/2007
Article 1 − paragraph 5
Article 1 − paragraph 5
5. The modulation rates applicable to a farmer resulting from the application of Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No XXX/2008 (this regulation) minus 5 percentage points shall be deducted from the rate of voluntary modulation applied by Member States in application of paragraph 4 of this Article. Both the percentage to be deducted and the final voluntary modulation rate shall be equal to or higher than 0. No adjustments should, however, result in an overall reduction in the amount of EAFRD funding already allocated to rural development programmes, as laid out in the formal Commission Decision which approves them.