205 Amendments of Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ related to 2018/0216(COD)
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Synergies between the EAFRD and Horizon Europe should encourage that the EAFRD makes the best use of research and innovation results, in particular those stemming from projects funded by Horizon Europe and the European Innovation Partnership (EIP) for ‘agricultural productivity and sustainability’, leading to innovations in the farming sector and rural areas, including businesses located in the rural areas.
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) In order to give substance to the objectives of the CAP as established by Article 39 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), as well as to ensure that the Union adequately addresses its most recent challenges and international commitments, it is appropriate to provide for a set of general objectives reflecting the orientations given in the Communication on ‘The Future of Food and Farming’. A set of specific objectives should be further defined at Union level and applied by the Member States in their CAP Strategic Plans. WhileIn order to strikinge a balance across the dimensions of sustainable development, in line with the impact assessment, tMember States should be required to take action to achieve all specific objectives simultaneously. These specific objectives should translate the general objectives of the CAP into more concrete priorities and take into account relevant Union legislation, particularly with regard to climate, energy and environment.
Amendment 117 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
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 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 basic standards. Beneficiaries should also be appropriately compensated to deliver these 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 ambitious 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].
Amendment 174 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) Support for management commitments may include organic farming premia for the maintenance of and the conversion to organic land; payments for other types of interventions supporting environmentally friendly production systems such as agro-ecology, conservation agriculture and integrated production; forest environmental and climate services and forest conservation; premia for forests and establishment of agroforestry systems; animal welfare; conservation, sustainable use and development of genetic resources. In justified cases, beneficiaries in forestry may also be compensated for the nature values they commit to protect. Member States may develop other schemes under this type of interventions on the basis of their needs. This type of payments should cover additional costs and income foregone only resulting from commitments going beyond the baseline of mandatory standards and requirements established in Union and national law, as well as conditionality, as laid down in the CAP Strategic Plan. Commitments related to this type of interventions may be undertaken for a pre-established annual or pluri-annual period and might go beyond seven years where duly justified.
Amendment 234 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 74
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 annual 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 while taking into account external factors beyond the influence of beneficiaries. 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.
Amendment 265 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) ‘transhumance livestock farming’ shall be defined as a form of extensive livestock farming, entailing the seasonal movement of livestock for alternative use of pasture diversity at the optimal point in production, determining this according to the territory’s physical and climatic characteristics. The movement of livestock may introduce both an altitudinal (short transhumance) and latitudinal (medium and long transhumance) method. In any case, for the recognition of transhumance as a livestock farming model, Member States shall take into account; integral systems for animal tracking, as well as the movement register for targeted livestock species.
Amendment 280 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii
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, as well as, where Member States so decide, that has not been tilled for five years or more, and that is 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;
Amendment 289 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) ‘agro-silvopastoral systems’: systems using land for combining tree maintenance with agriculture or livestock farming in a symbiosis combining integrated management practices guaranteeing a balance between the productions;
Amendment 335 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Those objectives shall be complemented by the cross-cutting objective of modernising the sector by fostering sustainable development and sharing of knowledge, innovation and digitalisation in agriculture and rural areas, and encouraging their uptake.
Amendment 340 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The achievement ofProgress towards meeting the general objectives shall be pursued through simultaneously achieving the following specific objectives:
Amendment 344 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) support viable farm income and resilience, especially ecological, across the Union to enhance food securityshort term and long term food security, avoiding overproduction;
Amendment 349 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
b) enhance local, national and European market orientation and increase competitivenessfarming sustainability, including greater focus on research, technology and digitalisation; , digitalisation, including social, economic and environmental innovation attributable to long-lasting and sustainable agricultural models.
Amendment 357 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) improve the farmers' position in the value chain, including encouragement of short supply chains;
Amendment 364 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d
d) contribute to the ecological transition of agricultural production models, climate change mitigation and adaptation, as well as encouraging the integration of sustainable energy;
Amendment 370 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) foster sustainable development and efficientenvironmental conservation, restoration and sustainable management of natural resources such as water, soil and air; giving priority to farming systems such as the enhanced management of permanent pastures, landscape features, and organic farming; reaching the good state foreseen in the legislative instruments in this regard, whilst seriously reducing chemical dependency;
Amendment 374 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e
e) foster sustainable development and sustainable, efficient management of natural resources such as water, soil and air; achieving the good condition set out in the legislative instruments to that effect;
Amendment 389 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point f
f) contribute to the protection of biodiversityagrodiversity and biodiversity, foster agricultural and livestock farming systems of high ecological significance (HES), enhance ecosystem services and preserve habitats and landscapes;
Amendment 393 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) contribute to the protection of reversing the decline in biodiversity including agrobiodiversity, enhance ecosystem services and preserve habitats and landscapes;
Amendment 427 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point i
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) improve the response of EU agriculture to societal demands on food and health, including organic farming, safe, nutritious and sustainable food, food waste, as well as animal welfare.
Amendment 432 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
(ia) boost participation and equality for women in the agricultural sector and in productive and business structures for rural areas.
Amendment 435 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point i b (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point i b (new)
(ib) achieve a positive conservation status for species and habitats included in the Birds and Habitats Directives, and a percentage of useful agricultural land with landscape features improving biodiversity.
Amendment 448 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
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 improve the quality of the monitoring and assessment and to take into account the experience with their application and, where needed, to add new indicators.
Amendment 462 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) The Common Agriculture Policy continues to play a key role in the territorial and social cohesion of the European Union and in the development of its rural areas, and the production structure of rural territories and the level of self-sufficiency of EU citizens is to a large extent dependent on it. It is therefore necessary to attempt to slow down the gradual abandonment of agricultural activity by keeping a CAP that is strong and has adequate resources with a view to continuing support for the sustainable development of rural areas and to mitigating their depopulation and to continuing to meet growing consumer expectations with regard to the environment, food safety and animal welfare. In view of the challenges faced by EU producers in responding to new regulatory requirements and higher levels of environmental ambition, against a background of price volatility and EU borders that are more open to imports from third countries, it is appropriate to keep the CAP budget at least at the same level as during the period 2014-2020.
Amendment 480 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The use of common definitions entirely set at Union level has caused certain difficulties for Member States to cater their own specificities at national, regional, and local level. Member States should therefore be given the flexibility to specify certain definitions in their CAP Strategic Plan. In order to ensure a common level playing field, a certain framework has, however, to be set at Union level constitutingframework of objectives and requirements and a common level playing field, however, the necessary essential elements to be included in those definitions (‘framework definitions’) should be established at Union level.
Amendment 504 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Synergies between the EAFRD and Horizon Europe should encourage that the EAFRD makes the best use of research and innovation results, in particular those stemming from projects funded by Horizon Europe and the European Innovation Partnership (EIP) for ‘agricultural productivity and environmental sustainability’, leading to innovations in the farming sector and rural areas.
Amendment 517 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 - subparagraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 3 - subparagraph 1
Member States shall establish a system for providing the Farm Sustainability Tool for Nutrients and use of water, referred to in Annex III, with the minimum content and functionalities defined therein, to beneficiaries, who shall use the Tool.
Amendment 684 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 27 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States may grant payments for natural or other area- specific constraints 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(1).
Amendment 689 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 27 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. These payments shall be granted to genuine farmers in respect of areas designated pursuant to Article 32 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013.
Amendment 691 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 27 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Member States may only grant payments under this type of intervention in order to compensate beneficiaries for all or part of the additional costs and income foregone related to the natural or other area-specific constraints in the area concerned.
Amendment 692 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3 b (new)
Article 27 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Additional costs and income foregone as referred to in section 3 shall be calculated in respect of natural or other area-specific constraints, in comparison to areas which are not affected by natural or other area-specific constraints.
Amendment 693 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3 c (new)
Article 27 – paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Payments shall be granted annually per hectare of area. The State shall define the percentage of the total allocation allocated for direct payments that should be used for this additional support.
Amendment 733 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 3
Article 28 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall establish the, in a coordinated manner with environmental authorities and with the participation of experts and environmental NGOs, a list of agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment focussed on the provision of environmental public goods.
Amendment 746 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 4
Article 28 – paragraph 4
4. Those practices shall be designed to meet one or more of the specific environmental- and climate-related objectives laid down in points (d), (e) and (f) of Article 6(1). For this, the implementation of eco-schemes for agricultural holdings and agricultural units located within the Natura 2000 Network and High Nature Value Systems will be prioritised.
Amendment 786 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 5 – point d
Article 28 – paragraph 5 – point d
d) are different from commitments in respect of which payments are granted under Article 65, excluding organic production from this constraint.
Amendment 792 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
Article 28 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
6. Support for eco-schemes shall take the form of an annual payment per eligible hectare, or per livestock unit or hive and it shall be granted as either:
Amendment 806 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 7
Article 28 – paragraph 7
7. Member States shall ensure that interventions under this Article are consistent with those granted under Article 65. This consistency has to take into account the sufficient budgetary allocation to cover the expected environmental objectives.
Amendment 811 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 8 a (new)
Article 28 – paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Schemes in favour of the climate and the environment will have at least 30 % of the budget allocated to direct payments in each Member State.
Amendment 835 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 a (new)
Article 32 a (new)
Article 32a Income support for extensive livestock farming and silvopastoral systems 1. Member States shall be able to grant income support aimed at genuine livestock farmers in any of the productive sectors, who develop their business according to the extensive livestock or silvopastoral system farming model, which shall be defined by the Member State based on criteria and indicators for that purpose and which, in any case, shall take into account the number of livestock units per eligible hectare. 2. Hectares eligible for income support for extensive livestock farming and silvopastoral systems shall be those complying with the permanent grassland or pasture definition in Article 4.1.b(iii). 3. Income support for extensive livestock farming and silvopastoral systems shall be covered by the general calculation for schemes benefiting the climate and the environment and contributing to climate change objectives. 4. Livestock farmers gaining from bullfighting shows and public bullfighting events shall be excluded from the support.
Amendment 836 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 b (new)
Article 32 b (new)
Amendment 843 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 a (new)
Article 41 a (new)
Article 41a Conditionality for the sectoral plans The sectoral types of interventions in this Chapter shall be subject to fulfilment of the stipulations in Article 11 on conditionality, as well as the provisions of Article 68(2), in the case of investments. Following approval of the CAP Strategic Plan, the Member State shall present analysis showing that the scheduling of this type of intervention does not have a negative impact on the environment, nor does it contravene the fulfilment of obligations arising from the legislative instruments referred to in Annex XI in any way.
Amendment 884 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) actions to support laboratories for the analysis of apiculture products, pollinator decline and decreased productivity;
Amendment 888 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
(ha) measures to improve the pollination of honeybees and other wild pollinators;
Amendment 890 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 45
Recital 45
(45) Support should enable the establishment and implementation of cooperation between at least two entities in view of achieving CAP objectives. Support can entail all aspects of such cooperation, such as the setting up and maintenance of quality schemes; collective environmental and climate action; the promotion of short supply chain and local markets; pilot projects; Operational Group projects within the EIP for agricultural productivity and sustainability local development projects, Smart Villages, buyers' clubs and machinery rings; farm partnerships; forest management plans; networks and clusters; social farming; community supported agriculture; actions within the scope of LEADER; and the setting up of producer groups and producer organisations, as well as other forms of cooperation deemed necessary to achieve the specific objectives of the CAP.
Amendment 898 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point h b (new)
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point h b (new)
(hb) financing of flowering strips and bee pastures.
Amendment 983 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 59 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) promoting, developing and implementing methods of production respectful of the environment, of animal welfare standards, pest resilient and environmentally sound cultivation practices, production techniques and production methods, environmentally sound use and management of by-products and waste, restoration and sustainable use of natural resources in particular protection of water, soil and other natural resources; those objectives relate to the specific objectives set out in points (e) and (f) of Article 6(1);
Amendment 1091 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) 'farmer' means a natural or legal person, or a group of natural or legal persons, regardless of the legal status granted to such group and its members by national law, whose holding is situated within the territorial scope of the Treaties, as defined in Article 52 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) in conjunction with Articles 349 and 355 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), and who exercises an agricultural activity as defined by Member States; and is recorded as carrying out farming and animal husbandry activities in an activity register for economic, tax and social security purposes in accordance with national legislation;
Amendment 1097 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 6
Article 65 – paragraph 6
6. Member States shall compensate beneficiaries for costs incurred and income foregone resulting from the commitments made. WThere necessary, they may also cover transaction costsy may lay down an incentive to also cover transaction costs towards more sustainable systems adapted to climate change. In duly justified cases, Member States may grant support as a flat-rate or as a one- off payment per unit. Payments shall be granted annually.
Amendment 1106 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 7
Article 65 – paragraph 7
7. Member States may promote and support actions and collective schemes and result- based payments schystemes to encourage farmers to deliver a significant enhancement of the quality of the environment at a larger scale and in a measurable way.
Amendment 1117 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point j
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.Does not affect the English version.)
Amendment 1119 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
(ja) 'indicator' means the expected social, economic and environmental impact of a Common Agricultural Policy objective and which is obtained by applying any of the measures or instruments provided for in this Regulation;
Amendment 1149 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
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;
Amendment 1153 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
(b) 'agricultural area' shall be defined in a way that it is composed of arable land, permanent crops and permanent grassland and agroforestry systems. The terms 'arable land', 'permanent crops' and 'permanent grassland' and 'agroforestry systems' shall be further specified by Member States within the following framework:
Amendment 1156 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point f
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point f
f) investments in irrigation which aremay not be 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;, unless said investments: i. enable a potential water saving of between 10 % and 25 %, provided that they feature in a plan for modernising irrigation and that public funding is conditional on the grant claim for the achieved water saving; ii. enable agricultural production in areas with an annual rainfall less than 500 mm; iii. only affect energy efficiency or the progress of actions prompting management of the available supply, the creation of a reservoir or the use of recycled water not affecting a body of ground or surface water.
Amendment 1164 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point g
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point g
g) investments in large infrastructures not being part of local development strategies; and contravening the fulfilment of obligations arising from the legislative instruments referred to in Annex XI.
Amendment 1169 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii
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, including other shrub and/or tree species which can be grazed or produce livestock feed, but are effectively areas grazed by animals or maintained in a suitable state through a minimum of agricultural activity as defined by the Member States; Member States may also decide to consider permanent grassland: 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, areas which can be grazed in which grasses and other herbaceous forage are not predominant or even present in the grazing areas but where animals graze or are kept in a suitable state through a minimum of agricultural activity;
Amendment 1174 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point h a (new)
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point h a (new)
(ha) livestock farmers or businesses that assign all or part of their production to bullfighting remain excluded.
Amendment 1175 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point h b (new)
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point h b (new)
(hb) investments for producing bioenergy that are inconsistent with the sustainability criteria laid down in the Renewable Energy Directive, including restrictions on certain types of raw materials, remain excluded. This list of ineligible investments shall also apply to the types of sectoral interventions laid down in Chapter III.
Amendment 1179 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 1187 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii a (new)
(iiia) 'agro-silvopastural systems' shall be the land-use systems that combine keeping trees and farming, including livestock farming, on the same land in symbiosis with integrated management practices that ensure a balance between the productions.
Amendment 1219 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
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 registersworking time spent on the activity, labour inputs on the farm, complementarity between activities, company object and/or inclusion in registers. What is more, the Member States may decide that no direct payments are to be granted to farmers who are not registered as carrying out agricultural activities in the relevant national fiscal or social security register. In any case, farming activity shall be considered only an insignificant part of all their economic activities when their farm activities make up less than 25% of their total income. To prevent social sectors in rural areas from being excluded, the previous paragraph shall not apply to farmers who receive EUR 1 250 or less in direct payments. Under no circumstances shall this exemption apply to other requirements and, in particular, to conditionality.
Amendment 1276 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 86 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
At least 340% of the total EAGF and EAFRD contribution to the CAP Strategic Plan as set out in Annex IX shall be reserved for interventions 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, as well as all those investment measures, apart from those categorised as ‘non-productive’. Schemes benefiting the climate and the environment shall at least receive the budget set out in Article 28.9. Measures selected as eligible for quantifying their contribution to environmental and climate-related objectives shall be selected by a committee, formed of agricultural and environmental governing bodies and environmental experts.
Amendment 1284 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) 'New farmers': the Member States shall define new farmers as those more than 40 years old who are starting to farm. The Member States shall define support for sustainable farming practices and agroecological practices and the specific support that should be considered for the purposes of integrating new farmers in their first years starting out.
Amendment 1301 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Support from the EAGF and EAFRD shall aim to further improve the sustainable development of farming, food production and rural areas and shall contribute to achieving the following general objectives:
Amendment 1323 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 87 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 87 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The methodology for expenditure relating to the climate should take into account a reduction in emissions and an increase in carbon sequestration, as expected from the measures included in Member States’ Strategic Plans, and should be developed in consultation with the European Environment Agency and the Member States.
Amendment 1324 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 87 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 87 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. The methodology for expenditure relating to the environment should take into account an improvement in the impact of agriculture on the environment, as expected from the measures included in Member States’ Strategic Plans, and should be developed in consultation with the European Environment Agency and the Member States.
Amendment 1325 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 87 – paragraph 2
Article 87 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1364 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) enhance market orientation and increase competitiveness, including greater focus on research, technology and digitalisation;orientation towards local, national and European markets and increasing the viability of farms, with a greater focus on research, technology and digitalisation, including social, economic and environmental innovation based on long-termist and sustainable farming.
Amendment 1368 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 92 – paragraph 2
Article 92 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall explain in their CAP Strategic Plans, on the basis of available information, the impact on the environment and the climate they intend to achieve by 2027, on the basis of the set objectives and using the relevant impact indicators laid down in Annex I. Y 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).
Amendment 1376 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 94 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 94 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States shall make CAP Strategic Plans and related annexes public, both at the draft stage and after their approval, in order to allow an informed public debate to take place. Member States shall consult partners on the arrangements for the publication of CAP Strategic Plans and related documentation.
Amendment 1393 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) contribute to the ecological transition of agricultural production models, climate change mitigation and adaptation, as well asnd fostering the incorporation of sustainable energy;
Amendment 1404 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) foster sustainable and efficient development and efficient management of natural resources such as water, soil and air, achieving the good statuses established in the legislation on that matter;
Amendment 1420 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 97 – paragraph 1 – point b
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;
Amendment 1421 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 97 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 97 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) a general approach for how the CAP Strategic Plan addresses the needs of agricultural systems with high ecological value, including aspects relating to their socio-economic viability and improving the distribution of public assets.
Amendment 1426 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 98 – paragraph 1 – point d – point iii
Article 98 – paragraph 1 – point d – point iii
(iii) an overview of the coordination, demarcation and complementarities between the EAFRD, EAGF and other Union funds active in rural areas;
Amendment 1468 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 111 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
Article 111 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
(ba) issues relating to the quality and quantity of data and indicators available for monitoring;
Amendment 1476 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 113 – paragraph 4 – point c
Article 113 – paragraph 4 – point c
(c) collection and dissemination of good practice and lessons learned;
Amendment 1489 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
(ia) promote women's equality and participation in the farming sector and in production and business structures in rural areas.
Amendment 1513 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 124 a (new)
Article 124 a (new)
Amendment 1525 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 129 – paragraph 3
Article 129 – paragraph 3
3. Existing administrative registers such as the IACS, LPIS, animal and vineyard registers shall be maintained. The IACS and LPIS shall 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 and to monitor compliance, in cooperation with statistical authorities in Member States and with Eurostat.
Amendment 1566 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Nevertheless, the European Commission shall, by means of delegated and implementing acts, develop a minimum definition of the interventions to ensure a coherent development of the various Strategic Plans, in keeping with the proper functioning and continued development of the single market.
Amendment 1593 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall include in their CAP Strategic Plans a system of conditionality, under which an administrative penalty shall be imposed on beneficiaries receiving direct payments under Chapter II of this Title or the annual premia under Articles 65, 66 and 67 who do not comply with the statutory management requirements under Union law and the standards for good agricultural and environmental condition of land as well as the social and labour standards established in the CAP Strategic Plan, as listed in Annex III, relating to the following specific areas:
Amendment 1602 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) the rights of agricultural workers and farmers
Amendment 1669 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall establish a system for providing the Farm Sustainability Tool for Nutrients and Water Usage referred to in Annex III, with the minimum content and functionalities defined therein, to beneficiaries, who shall use the Tool.
Amendment 1700 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 a (new)
Article 12 a (new)
Article 12a Obligations of Member States relating to social and labour conditions 1. Member States shall ensure that all recipients of CAP funds comply with social and labour law as regards both owners and co-owners, as well as permanent or temporary workers employed to carry out work related to the running of the holding. 2. Based on the seriousness of the infringements, Member States shall establish the severity of the sanctions, up to and including the loss of entitlement to support. 3. To this end, Member States shall provide for appropriate coordination between labour and social security authorities and agricultural authorities to ensure monitoring of employment and activity data. 4. The Commission may assist the Member States with the design of that tool.
Amendment 1707 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall include in the CAP Strategic Plan a system providing services for advising farmers, forest owners and other beneficiaries of CAP support on land management and farm management ('farm advisory services').
Amendment 1720 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 2
2. The farm advisory services shall cover economic, environmental and social dimensions and deliver up -to -date technological and scientific information developed by research and innovation. They shall be integrated within the interrelated services of farm advisors, researchers, farmer organisations and other relevant stakeholders that form the Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS). Member States shall also support national, cross-border and European farmer-to-farmer knowledge- sharing programmes.
Amendment 1759 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point f a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point f a (new)
(fa) farm practices favouring the green transition of farms, including agro- ecological practices
Amendment 1792 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Member States may set out the design and conditions of farm advisory services as well as their geographical implementation so as to ensure adequate coverage in keeping with the realities of farming,
Amendment 1794 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 b (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Member States shall organise access to farm advisory services in order to: 1) guarantee priority access for new farmers and 2) limit access for large holdings.
Amendment 1815 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
(da) the complementary income support for new women farmers
Amendment 1818 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point d b (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point d b (new)
(db) the income support for persons whose principal activity is farming.
Amendment 1938 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) 50% of the salaries linked to an agricultural activity declared by the farmer, including taxes and social contributions related to employment; and with a maximum salary set by the state for each of the productive sectors.
Amendment 1947 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) the equivalent cost of regular and unpaid labour linked to an agricultural activity practiced by persons working on the farm concerned who are considered to be family helping out, or who are demonstrably in an equivalent situation through a direct and personal relationship with the holder of the holding, 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.
Amendment 1952 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) the amount received in the form of decoupled payments under the ‘voluntary scheme for the climate and the environment’
Amendment 1975 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
in cases of co-ownership or shared ownership of holdings, the calculation of direct payments shall be made for each agricultural worker working on a holding.
Amendment 1976 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 b (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 b (new)
In the case of a legal person, or a group of natural or legal persons, Member States may apply the reduction referred to in paragraph 1 at the level of the members of those legal persons or groups where national law provides for the individual members to assume rights and obligations comparable to those of individual farmers who have the status of head of holding, in particular as regards their economic, social and tax status, provided that they have contributed to strengthening the agricultural structures of the legal persons or groups concerned. Member States may, pursuant to the preceding paragraph, apply the modulation applied to employees to the members of an agricultural cooperative or of a cooperative agricultural holding.
Amendment 1979 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
The estimated product of the reduction of payments shall primarily be used to finance EAFRD-funded interventions as specified in Chapter IV by means of a transfer. Such a transfer to the EAFRD shall be part of the CAP Strategic Plan financial tables and may be reviewed on 1 August 2023 at the latest, in accordance with Article 90. It shall not be subject to the maximum limits for the transfer of funds from the EAGF to the EAFRD established under Article 90. The estimated product of the reduction of payments shall further 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.
Amendment 1992 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 2034 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 3
Article 16 – paragraph 3
3. The Member States concerned may decide not to apply paragraph 1 to the outermost regions and to the smaller Aegean Islands and in the Balearic Islands archipelago.
Amendment 2038 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2
Article 17 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall provide for a basic income support for sustainability in the form of an annual decoupled payment per eligible hectare, or through any other means allowing the linking of income support to productive activity, compatible with Article 10 and justified and accepted in the National Strategy Plan.
Amendment 2041 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3
Article 17 – paragraph 3
3. Without prejudice to Articles 19 to 24, the basic income support shall be granted for each eligible hectarefor sustainability shall be granted on the basis of hectares or any other accepted objective criterion declared by a genuine farmer.
Amendment 2048 #
3a. Member States shall determine the manner in which entitlements to basic income support for sustainability are to be updated annually, in accordance with eligibility and the conditions for exercising the activity.
Amendment 2051 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
1. Unless Member States may decide to grant the basic income support for sustainability on the basis of eligible hectares. Unless the basic support is established based on payment entitlements as referred to in Article 19, the support shall be paid as a uniform amount per hectare.
Amendment 2059 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2
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-economic or agronomic conditions, in particular island territories, without allowing the continued use of the historical reference period as a reference basis for the calculation of basic support entitlements under any circumstances. In granting this basic income support, consideration shall be given to the sustainability of the holdings with the highest socio-environmental value (Natura 2000 and SATV).
Amendment 2067 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
1. 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, may decide to grant the basic income support based on payment entitlements in accordance with Articles 20 to 24 of this Regulation. These payment entitlements shall expire in any event no later than 31 December 2026 in accordance with Articles 19.1a and 19.1b.
Amendment 2069 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States shall describe in the Strategic Plan for the CAP the process to be set up for the termination of payment entitlements, which shall start no later than 31 December 2023.
Amendment 2070 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. At the latest in claim year 2027, the support shall be paid as a uniform amount per hectare in all Member States, allowing for the possibility of differentiating the value of payment entitlements in accordance with Article 18(2).
Amendment 2089 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 4
Article 20 – paragraph 4
4. Where the value of payment entitlements as determined in accordance with paragraph 1 is not uniform within a Member State or within a group of territories as defined in accordance with Article 18(2), Member States shall ensure a convergence of the value of payment entitlements towards a uniform unit value by claim year 2026 at the latestMember 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 2020.
Amendment 2099 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 5
Article 20 – paragraph 5
5. For the purposes of paragraph 4, Member States shall ensure that, for claim year 2026 at the latest, all payment entitlements have a value of at least 7590% of the average planned unit amount for the basic income support for claim year 2026 as laid down in the CAP Strategic Plan transmitted in accordance with Article 106 (1) for the Member State or for the territories as defined in accordance with Article 18(2).
Amendment 2115 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2
Article 21 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that payment entitlements, including in the case of actual or anticipated inheritance, be activated only if the new holders are genuine farmers and be activated only in the Member State or within the group of territories defined in accordance with Article 18(2) where they were allocated and that they be in any case linked to the transfer of the land that generated the right.
Amendment 2128 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 4 – point b a (new)
Article 22 – paragraph 4 – point b a (new)
(ba) women who enter farming, whether as owners or co-owners of a holding or as members of a company dedicated to agricultural activity;
Amendment 2149 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1
Article 24 – paragraph 1
1. Except in the case ofAll transfers of entitlements, including transfer by actual or anticipated inheritance, payment entitlements shall be transferred onlyonly be made to a genuine farmer.
Amendment 2163 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1
Article 25 – paragraph 1
Member States may grant payments to small farmers as defined by Member States by way of a round 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. The payment for small farmers shall be tied to a territorial farming contract identifying the objectives, indicators and actions the aid is tied to.
Amendment 2177 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 25 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Member States shall grant annual income support per agricultural work unit to farmers whose principal activity is farming.
Amendment 2178 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 25 – paragraph 1 b (new)
The beneficiaries of the support provided for in the previous paragraph shall be: a) natural persons of 18 years or over who are neither retired nor in receipt of a total disability allowance in respect of all farming activities, and who derive at least 50 % of their total income from farming activities on their own holding and spend less than 50 % of their total working time on activities unrelated to farming; and b) legal persons where at least half of the partners and at least half of the share capital or shares are or are held by natural persons whose principal activity is farming. For legal persons made up exclusively or for the most part of other legal persons, account will be taken of associations or links with other companies in order to determine whether these links or associations mean that at least half of the partners and at least half of the share capital or the shares are or are held by natural persons whose principal activity is farming.
Amendment 2179 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 c (new)
Article 25 – paragraph 1 c (new)
For each relevant year, the payment per annual agricultural work unit shall be calculated by dividing the financial allocation of 15 % of the national allocation for direct support as defined in Article 86(5a) for this action included in the approved CAP Strategic Plan, by the number of annual agricultural work units recorded for each beneficiary.
Amendment 2180 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 a (new)
Article 25 a (new)
Article 25a Income support for persons whose principal activity is farming - general rules Member States shall grant annual income support per agricultural work unit to farmers whose principal activity is farming. The beneficiaries of the support provided for in paragraph 1 shall be: a) natural persons of 18 years or over who are neither retired nor in receipt of a total disability allowance in respect of all farming activities, and who derive at least 50 % of their total income from farming activities on their own holding and spend less than 50 % of their total working time on activities unrelated to farming; and b) legal persons where at least half of the partners and at least half of the share capital or shares are or are held by natural persons whose principal activity is farming. For legal persons made up exclusively or for the most part of other legal persons, account will be taken of associations or links with other companies in order to determine whether these links or associations mean that at least half of the partners and at least half of the share capital or the shares are or are held by natural persons whose principal activity is farming.
Amendment 2182 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 b (new)
Article 25 b (new)
Amendment 2185 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1
Article 26 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall 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. To implement this, Member States shall set aside at least 20 % of their national allocation under the first pillar.
Amendment 2210 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2
Article 26 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensureprovide additional redistribution ofve support from bigger tor 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.
Amendment 2211 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 26 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States shall use the following set of criteria to define the threshold for said small and medium-sized farms entitled to complementary support: number of hectares, profitability for the sector and productivity for the regions classified in line with Article 18(2). In all cases and for the purposes of this calculation, Member States shall take the average size of farms in each region and sector into account.
Amendment 2274 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 27 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Member States may lay down specific provisions so that young farmers who join farms operating as a cooperative do not lose their right to benefits when setting up. These provisions shall keep the principle of proportionality and identify the young farmer’s participation in the cooperative.
Amendment 2277 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 a (new)
Article 27 a (new)
Amendment 2279 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 b (new)
Article 27 b (new)
Amendment 2335 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 3
Article 28 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall establish the, together with environmental authorities and input from environmental NGOs and experts, a list of agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment that focus on provision of environmental public goods.
Amendment 2358 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 4
Article 28 – paragraph 4
4. Those practices shall be designed to meet one or more of the specific environmental- and climate-related objectives laid down in points (d), (e) and (f) of Article 6(1). Priority shall be given therefore to implementing these ecological schemes for farms located within the Natura 2000 network and the High Nature Value systems.
Amendment 2418 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 5 – point d
Article 28 – paragraph 5 – point d
(d) are different from commitments in respect of which payments are granted under Article 65. Organic crops shall be exempted from this restriction.
Amendment 2436 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
Article 28 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
6. Support for eco-schemes shall take the form of an annual payment per eligible hectare, per livestock unit or per beehive and it shall be granted as either:
Amendment 2471 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 8 a (new)
Article 28 – paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Climate-related and environmental schemes shall receive at least 30 % of the budget for direct payments in each Member State.
Amendment 2498 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 29 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. For coupled income support under the CAP Strategic Plan to be approved, Member States shall present a socioeconomic analysis of the sector clearly identifying support needs and an environmental analysis demonstrating that these payments will not have a negative impact on the environment, nor contravene in any way fulfilment of obligations under the legislative instruments provided for in Annex XI, and where appropriate, conversion measures and actions to bring production systems into line with environmental and climate goals.
Amendment 2535 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Coupled income support may only be granted to the following sectors and productions or certain 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, any extensive livestock sector, milk and milk products, seeds, sheepmeat and goatmeat, beef and veal, olive oildried fruits, olive oil and table olives, wine, floriculture products, silkworms, dried fodder, hops, sugar beet, cane and chicory, fruit and vegetables, and short rotation coppice and other non-food crops, excluding trees, used for the production of products that have the potential to substitute fossil materials.
Amendment 2540 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 a (new)
Article 30 a (new)
Article 30a Associated payments may be made in instalments to promote the structuring of the specific sector for which they are earmarked or help to meet other objectives such as quality improvement, rejuvenation, professionalisation or risk management.
Amendment 2558 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1
Article 32 – paragraph 1
Amendment 2594 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) other sectors, aside from potatoes, referred to in points (a) to (h), (k), (m), (o) to (t) and (w) of Article 1(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.
Amendment 2605 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 41 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the maximum level of Union financial assistance for market withdrawals referred to in point (a) of Article 46(4) and for the types of interventions referred to in Article 52(3); as well as fixed packaging and transport rates for products withdrawn for free distribution and processing costs prior to delivery for this purpose.
Amendment 2612 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 41 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) establishing definitions of all concepts regarding intervention in the fruit and vegetables sector, such as: producer, producing Member State, non- producing Member States, subsidiary, transnational, measure, action, investment, merger.
Amendment 2613 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 1 – point e b (new)
Article 41 – paragraph 1 – point e b (new)
(eb) recognition criteria and requisites of POs and APOs in the fruit sector, among others, number of members, minimum marketed production value, membership conditions and requirements and requisite structures, resources and activities.
Amendment 2614 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 1 – point e c (new)
Article 41 – paragraph 1 – point e c (new)
(ec) conditions for setting up and managing the operating fund as well as the requests for aid and advances;
Amendment 2615 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 1 – point e d (new)
Article 41 – paragraph 1 – point e d (new)
(ed) definition of eligible actions, types of intervention and conditions of eligibility in proceeding with each of the sectoral interventions listed in Article 43 of this Regulation;
Amendment 2616 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 a (new)
Article 41 a (new)
Article 41a Conditionality of sectoral plans Sectoral interventions in this chapter shall be subject to compliance with the provisions of Article 11 on conditionality and Article 68(2) in the case of investments. The Member State shall, subject to approval of its CAP strategic plan, submit an analysis to the effect that this type of intervention programming has no adverse environmental impacts and does not in any way undermine fulfilment of the obligations under the legislative instruments referred to in Annex XI.
Amendment 2641 #
(f) boosting products' commercial value and qualitythrough processing and improving the quality of both fresh and processed products, including improving product quality and developing production standards 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);
Amendment 2652 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) promotion and marketing of the products of the fruit and vegetables sector, whether in a fresh or processed form; those objectives relate to the specific objectives set out in points (b), (c) and (ci) of Article 6(1);
Amendment 2661 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
(ia) management of by-products and waste, with the aim of protecting water quality for example.
Amendment 2663 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) investments in tangible and non- tangible assets, in particular focused onfocused on targets such as water saving, energy saving, ecological packaging and waste reduction, cutting down waste and food wastage, planning and adjusting supply to demand, fruit and vegetable marketing, increasing market value through processing for example, quality improvement, product promotion on domestic and foreign markets, including diversification of export markets;
Amendment 2679 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) research and experimental production, in particular focused onfocused on targets such as water saving, energy saving, ecological packaging, waste and food wastage 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;
Amendment 2715 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point n
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point n
(n) pPromotion and communication, including information on the health benefits of fruit and vegetable consumption, actions and activities aimed at diversification and consolidation of the fruit and vegetables markets favouring marketing short circuits and matching public purchasing mechanisms, as well as initiatives for informing about the health advantages of consumption of fruit and vegetables;
Amendment 2719 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point o
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point o
(o) advisory services and technical assistance, in particular concerntraining and exchanges of good practice, including sustainable pest control techniques, sustainable use of pesticides and climate change adaptation and mitigation, as well as initiatives relating to the negotiation, implementation and management of phytosanitary protocols for export to third countries;
Amendment 2737 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 43 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) costs of setting up and/, incorporation, endowment or refilling of mutual funds by producer organisations and by associations of producer organisations recognised under Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013;
Amendment 2743 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 43 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) market withdrawal for free- distribution or other destinations, including the cost of processing withdrawn products before free distribution;
Amendment 2749 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 2 – point h a (new)
Article 43 – paragraph 2 – point h a (new)
(ha) promotion and awareness raising.
Amendment 2750 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 2 – point i
Article 43 – paragraph 2 – point i
(i) negotiation, implementation and management of third country phytosanitary protocols infor export and import between third countries and the territory of the Union to facilitate access to third country markets; including market and production impact studies.
Amendment 2759 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 2 – point k
Article 43 – paragraph 2 – point k
(k) training and exchanges of good practice, advisory services and technical assistance, in particular concerning sustainable pest control techniques and sustainable use of pesticides.
Amendment 2767 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 2
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 (db), (d), (e) and (ef) of Article 42 and at least two other objectives referred to in that Article.
Amendment 2775 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 44 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Operational programs of the associations of producer organisations may be partial or total. Total operational programs must comply with the same management rules and conditions as the operative programs of producer organisations.
Amendment 2776 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Article 44 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 2780 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Article 44 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
To that end Member States shall ensure that, in the case of partial operational programs:
Amendment 2781 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Article 44 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) interventions under partial operational programs of an association of producer organisations are entirely financed by contributions of those member organisations of that association and that such funding is collected from the operational funds of those member organisations;
Amendment 2786 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 7 – point a
Article 44 – paragraph 7 – point a
(a) at least 210% of expenditure under operational programs covers the interventions linked to the objectives referred to in points (d) and (ef) of Article 42, with the possibility of increasing this percentage over a transitional period;
Amendment 3261 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point a
a) environmental, and climate and other management commitments;
Amendment 3272 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point e
e) installation of young farmers, support for new farmers, and rural business start-up;
Amendment 3286 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point g
g) cooperation;LEADER community-led local development strategies and interterritorial cooperation for social, economic and environmental innovation.
Amendment 3292 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
(ha) Tackling depopulation and revitalising the socio-economic fabric
Amendment 3297 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point h b (new)
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point h b (new)
(hb) Installation of women in the agricultural sector and rural business start-up
Amendment 3310 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 1
Article 65 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may grant payments for environmental, climate and other management and climate commitments under the conditions set out in this Article and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans.
Amendment 3312 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 2
Article 65 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall include agri- environment-climate commitments in their CAP Strategic Plans, in a way that is coherent with interventions set out in Article 28. These should be accompanied by an additional budget to that reserved for cross-cutting measures in the first pillar (eco-schemes).
Amendment 3372 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 6
Article 65 – paragraph 6
6. Member States shall compensate beneficiaries for costs incurred and income foregone resulting from the commitments made. Where necessary, they may also cover transaction costsThey may also establish an incentive to cover transaction costs towards systems that are more resilient and adapted to climate change. In duly justified cases, Member States may grant support as a flat-rate or as a one- off payment per unit. Payments shall be granted annually.
Amendment 3391 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 7
Article 65 – paragraph 7
7. Member States may promote and support collective actions and schemes and result- based payments schemes to encourage farmers to deliver a significant enhancement of the quality of the environment at a larger scale and in a measurable way.
Amendment 3412 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 9
Article 65 – paragraph 9
9. Where support under this type of interventions is granted to agri- environment-climate commitments, commitments to convert to or maintain organic farming practices and methods as defined in Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 and forest environmental and climate services, Member States shall establish a payment per hectare, per livestock unit or per beehive.
Amendment 3427 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 66 – paragraph 1
Article 66 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may grant payments for natural or other area-specific constraints 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(1) 1), and in such a way that they are complementary and do not compete with the additional support for natural or other area-specific constraints set out in Article 27 a.
Amendment 3433 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 66 – paragraph 2
Article 66 – paragraph 2
2. These payments shall be granted to genuine farmers iIn their Strategic Plans, Member States shall define the arable, livestock and agroforestry activities based on respect of areas designated pursuant to Article 32 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013tablished local practices and territorial administrative and management systems that are not supported by the additional support of Article 27 a, but are, however, required to maintain the good environmental status of ecosystems.
Amendment 3445 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 66 – paragraph 3
Article 66 – paragraph 3
3. Member States may only grant payments under this type of interventions in order to compensate beneficiaries for all or part of the additional costs and income foregone related to the natural or other area-specific constraints in the area concerned, but also for the ecosystem values and goods which provide for society as a whole.
Amendment 3454 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 66 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 66 – paragraph 5 a (new)
(5a) Member States shall define and develop the appropriate instrument to ensure the integral management of support, through territorial exploitation contracts, territorial custody contracts or through any other instrument that fulfils the objectives of the integral management of the ecosystems to which they apply.
Amendment 3456 #
1. Member States mayshall grant mandatory payments for area-specific disadvantages imposed by requirements resulting from the implementation of Directives 92/43/EEC and 2009/147/EC or Directive 2000/60/EC 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(1). Where applicable, they shall be complemented by the so-called eco- schemes, financed under the EAGF.
Amendment 3470 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 67 – paragraph 4
Article 67 – paragraph 4
4. Member States may only grant payments under this type of interventions in order to compensate beneficiaries for all or part of the additional costs and income foregone related to the natural or other area-specific disadvantageconstraints in the area concerned.
Amendment 3472 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 67 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 67 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 (new)
When calculating additional costs and income foregone, Member States may, where duly justified, differentiate the level of payment taking into account: a) the severity of the identified permanent constraint affecting farming activities; b) the farming system c) the maintenance of recognised agro- silvo-pastoral systems.
Amendment 3513 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point f
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 if these investments: i) allow for a potential water saving of 10- 25 % and are part of an irrigation modernisation plan and the public financing is conditional on the concessional salvage of generated water saving ii) affect only the energy efficiency or the development of actions that have an effect on the management of the available offer, or the use of recycled water which does not affect a body of ground or surface water.
Amendment 3528 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point g
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point g
g) investments in large infrastructures not being part of local development strategies; and that obstruct the fulfilment of obligations resulting from the legislative instruments referred to in Annex XI.
Amendment 3539 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point h a (new)
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point h a (new)
(ha) Investments for bioenergy production that are not consistent with sustainability criteria set out in the Renewable Energy Directive, including restrictions on types of certain raw materials. This list of non-eligible investments shall also apply to types of sectoral interventions set out in Chapter III.
Amendment 3548 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 3616 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 1
Article 69 – paragraph 1
1. Member States mayshall grant support for the installation of young farmers, new farmers, women 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.
Amendment 3626 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 69 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Member States may onlyshall grant support under this type of interventions to help:
Amendment 3629 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 69 – paragraph 2 – point a
a) the installation of young farmers and new farmers who fulfil the conditions included in the definition set out in point (e) of Article 4(1);
Amendment 3636 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
Article 69 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
(aa) the installation of women farmers;
Amendment 3649 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 69 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) the entry of young farmers, new farmers and women farmers into local markets through direct sales, local public procurement and local tendering processes, with a view to achievement of the specific objectives set out in Article 6.
Amendment 3655 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 4
Article 69 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall grant support in the form of lump sums. Support shall be limited to the maximum amount of EUR 100 000 and may be combined with financial instruments. Member States may lay down specific provisions so that young persons who join an agricultural or stockbreeding holding under a cooperative structure do not lose benefits upon joining. These provisions must respect the principle of proportionality and identify the participation of the young farmer therein.
Amendment 3695 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 3
Article 70 – paragraph 3
Amendment 3716 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 4
Article 70 – paragraph 4
Amendment 3735 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 5
Article 70 – paragraph 5
Amendment 3752 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 6
Article 70 – paragraph 6
Amendment 3760 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 7
Article 70 – paragraph 7
Amendment 3763 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 a (new)
Article 70 a (new)
Article 70a Community-led Local Development strategies, LEADER 1. The Member States shall implement a Community-led Local Development strategy, LEADER, in accordance with Articles 32 to 35 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013. 2. The Community-led Local Development strategy shall be drawn up and implemented in a given local area through a group of stakeholders, both public and private, structured as a local action group, within the framework of the EAFRD, which shall be managed pursuant to the principles of the LEADER methodology and to the delegated rules of the managing authorities and paying agencies. 3. The Member States shall set aside at least 5% of the annual envelope of the funds intended for rural development to be paid out through the Community-led Local Development strategies, LEADER. 4. The Member States may grant support for the implementation of the Community- led Local Development strategies, LEADER, consisting of: a) potentially, a LEADER start-up kit intended for any local communities that have not applied LEADER in the 2014- 2020 programming period. The LEADER start-up kit shall consist of support for capacity building and small pilot projects. Support under the LEADER start-up kit shall not be conditional on the submission of a LEADER local development strategy; b) co-operation projects within a Member State (inter-territorial co-operation) or co- operation projects between territories in several Member States or with territories in third countries (transnational co- operation); c) preparatory technical support for inter- territorial and transnational co-operation projects, on condition that local action groups are able to demonstrate that they are envisaging the implementation of a concrete project.
Amendment 3808 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 72 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall limit the support to a maximum of 75100% of the eligible costs.
Amendment 3820 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 – paragraph 5
Article 72 – paragraph 5
5. In the case of support to the setting- up, extension and improvement of farm advisory services, Member States shall ensure that the support is limited in time.
Amendment 3822 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 a (new)
Article 72 a (new)
Amendment 3828 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 b (new)
Article 72 b (new)
Article 72b Installation of women in the agricultural sector and rural business start-up 1. Member States may grant support for the installation of young farmers and rural business start-up under the conditions set out in this Article and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans with a view to contributing to the achievement of the specific objectives set out in Article 6. 2. Member States may only grant support under this type of interventions to help: a) the installation of women in the agricultural and stockbreeding sectors, either as owners or under a co-ownership regime, as partners in agricultural companies or cooperatives, depending on their share of the equity; b) the start-up of rural business linked to agriculture, stockbreeding and forestry or income diversification with complementary activities; c) the business start-up of non- agricultural activities in rural areas that form part of local development strategies. 3. Member States shall set conditions for the submission and the content of a business plan. 4. Member States shall grant support in the form of lump sums. Support shall be limited to the maximum amount of EUR 100 000 and may be combined with financial instruments.
Amendment 3850 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 73 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 73 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Member States may introduce criteria for the design and application rural development interventions, in order, not to penalise, but rather to encourage the projects of any cooperatives or legal persons that demonstrate organisation or unity of producers, and that improves the impact and management efficiency of interventions.
Amendment 3906 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 82 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 82 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Funds obtained as a result of the application of Article 15 on reduction of payments may also be used; alternatively, part of the coupled support under Article 29 could be linked.
Amendment 3920 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 85 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 85 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
a) 70% of the eligible public expenditure in the outermost regions and in the smaller Aegean islands within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 229/2013, along with the Balearic Islands archipelago and other island territories covered by Chapter IVa, Title III of the current Regulation;
Amendment 4005 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 86 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
At least 340% of the total EAFRD contribution to the CAP Strategic Plan as set out in Annex IX shall be reserved for interventions 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, along with any investments, except those classed as ‘non-productive’.
Amendment 4029 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 86 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Climate-related and environmental schemes shall receive at least the amounts laid down in Article 28.9. A committee made up of representatives of agricultural and environmental administrations and environmental experts shall select the interventions considered eligible on account of their contribution to environmental and climate-related objectives.
Amendment 4032 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 86 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 4057 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 86 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. For each Member State, the minimum amount of 2% shall be reserved for contributing to the specific objective 'attract young farmers and facilitate business development' set out in point (f) of Article 6(1). On the basis of the analysis of the situation in terms of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats ('the SWOT analysis') and the identification of the needs that are to be addressed, the amount shall be used for the following types of interventions: (a) the Complementary Income Support for rural women as laid down in Article 27b; (b) the installation of women farmers referred in Article 14(2)(f).
Amendment 4251 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 92 a (new)
Article 92 a (new)
Amendment 4582 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 110 – paragraph 2 – point k a (new)
Article 110 – paragraph 2 – point k a (new)
(ka) access is given to all the information on the preparation, amendment and approval of the CAP Strategic Plan and also to all the information provided to the monitoring committee, including the consultations carried out and their results, to all stakeholder organisations representing economic and social interests and to stakeholder non-governmental organisations.
Amendment 4600 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 111 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 111 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
The Member State may set up monitoring committees at regional level for the Chapter IV rural development interventions of this Regulation if it decides to apply those interventions regionally.