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21 Amendments of Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA related to 2018/0216(COD)

Amendment 1169 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii
(iii) 'permanent grassland and permanent pasture' (together referred to as 'permanent grassland') shall be land not included in the crop rotation of the holding for five years or more, used to grow grasses or other herbaceous forage naturally (self- seeded) or through cultivation (sown). It may include other species such as shrubs and/or trees which can be grazed or produce animal feed, 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;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1187 #
Proposal for a regulation
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.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1489 #
Proposal for a regulation
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.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1593 #
Proposal for a regulation
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:
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1602 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) the rights of agricultural workers and farmers
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1700 #
Proposal for a regulation
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.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1815 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
(da) the complementary income support for new women farmers
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1818 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point d b (new)
(db) the income support for persons whose principal activity is farming.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2059 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2
2. Member States may decide to differentiate the amount of the basic income support per hectare amongst different groups of territories faced with similar socio-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).
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2067 #
Proposal for a regulation
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.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2069 #
Proposal for a regulation
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.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2070 #
Proposal for a regulation
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).
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2128 #
Proposal for a regulation
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;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2177 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Member States shall grant annual income support per agricultural work unit to farmers whose principal activity is farming.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2178 #
Proposal for a regulation
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.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2179 #
Proposal for a regulation
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.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2185 #
Proposal for a regulation
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.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2211 #
Proposal for a regulation
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.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2274 #
Proposal for a regulation
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.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2277 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 a (new)
Article 27a Complementary support for farms located in areas with natural or other specific constraints 1. Member States may provide for support for regions with natural or other specific constraints under the conditions set out in this Article and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans in order to contribute to the achievement of the specific objectives set out in Article 6(1). 2. These payments shall be granted to genuine farmers in respect of areas designated pursuant to Article 32 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013. 3. Member States may only provide support under this type of intervention where it is to compensate beneficiaries for all or part of the additional costs and lost income related to the natural or other specific constraints in the region concerned. 4. Additional costs and lost income referred to in paragraph 3 shall be calculated in respect of natural or other specific constraints in the area through a comparison with areas that are not affected by natural or other specific constraints. 5. Payments shall be granted annually per hectare. Member States shall determine what percentage of the total amount earmarked for direct payments shall be set aside for this complementary support.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2279 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 b (new)
Article 27b Complementary support for women setting up in farming 1. Member States may provide for complementary income support for women farmers under the conditions set out in this Article and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans. 2. As part of their obligation to further the equality and empowerment of women in the sector as laid down in point (j) of Article 6(1) and to dedicate at least 2 % of their allocations for direct payments to this objective in accordance with Article 86(5), Member States may provide complementary income support for five years for women farmers who have newly set up for the first time provided they are entitled to a payment under basic income support in Article 17. 3. The complementary income support for women farmers shall take the form of an annual decoupled payment per eligible hectare. Member States may lay down specific provisions so that women 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 woman’s participation in the cooperative.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI