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OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union and amending Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002, Regulations (EU) No 1296/2013, (EU) 1301/2013, (EU) No 1303/2013, EU No 1304/2013, (EU) No 1305/2013, (EU) No 1306/2013, (EU) No 1307/2013, (EU) No 1308/2013, (EU) No 1309/2013, (EU) No 1316/2013, (EU) No 223/2014, (EU) No 283/2014, (EU) No 652/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Decision No 541/2014/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council

2016/11/22
Committee: AGRI
Dossiers: 2016/0282(COD)
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James NICHOLSON

Proposal for a regulation
Article 268 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)

Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013
Article 54 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1

4a. In Article 54(3), first subparagraph is replaced by the following: "3. On duly justified grounds, Member States may decide not to pursue recovery. A decision to this effect may be taken ~~only~~ in the following cases: (a) where the costs already and likely to be effected total more than the amount to be recovered, which condition shall be considered to have been met if~~: (i)~~ the amount to be recovered from the beneficiary in the context of an individual payment for an aid scheme or support measure, not including interest, does not exceed EUR 10250; ~~or (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32013R1306&rid=1)~~(b) If a Member State follows best practice for updating LPIS in a 3-year cycle and has implemented the geo-spatial aid application, there should be no requirement of recovery of undue payments to small areas under 1 ha" Or. en

2017/03/28
Committee: AGRI

James NICHOLSON

Proposal for a regulation
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)

Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 152 – paragraph 1 – point b

~~“(b) are formed on the initiative of the producers;”~~ 3 a. In Article 152 (1), point b is replaced by the following: “(b) are formed on the initiative of the producers and which carry out, whether or not there is a transfer of ownership by the farmers to the producer organisation, at least one of the following activities: (i) joint processing;(ii) joint distribution, including joint selling platform or joint transportation;(iii) joint packaging, labelling or promotion;(iv) joint organising of quality control;(v) joint use of equipment or storage facilities;(vi) joint management of waste directly related to the production ;(vii) joint procurement of inputs;” These activities are significant in terms of quantity of concerned and in terms of cost of the production and placing of the product on the market. The contractual negotiations by these producer organisations may take place provided that the quantity of their product, which is produced in any particular Member State, does not exceed 15 % of the total national production of that product of that Member State.” Or. en (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32013R1308&rid=1)

2017/03/28
Committee: AGRI

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