41 Amendments of John FLACK related to 2018/0216(COD)
Amendment 137 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) Member States should set farm advisory services for the purpose of improving the sustainable management and overall performance of agricultural holdings and rural businesses, covering economic, environmental and social dimensions, and to identify the necessary improvements as regards all measures at farm level provided for in the CAP Strategic Plans. These farm advisory services should help farmers and other beneficiaries of CAP support to become more aware of the relationship between farm management and land management on the one hand, and certain standards, requirements and information, including animal welfare, environmental and climate ones, on the other hand. The list of the latter includes standards applying to or necessary for farmers and other CAP beneficiaries and set in the CAP Strategic Plan, as well as those stemming from the legislation on water, on the sustainable use of pesticides, as well as the initiatives to combat antimicrobial resistance and the management of risks. In order to enhance the quality and effectiveness of the advice, Member States should integrate advisors within the Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS), in order to be able to deliver up-to-date technological and scientific information developed by research and innovation.
Amendment 167 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) Member States should be allowed to use part of their financial ceiling available for direct payments for coupled income support in order to improve competitiveness, sustainability, and/or quality in certain sectors and productions that are particularly important for social, economic or environmental reasons and undergo certain difficulties. Support should be conditional on the respect of strict sustainability criteria, including on animal welfare, and animal health. Furthermore, Member States should also be allowed to use an additional part of their financial ceiling available for direct payments to grant coupled income support specifically for the support of protein crop production in order to reduce the Union's deficit in this regard.
Amendment 209 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 50
Recital 50
(50) EAFRD should not provide support to investments that would harm the environment, endanger human or animal health or are unable to meet animal welfare requirements. Hence it is necessary to provide in this Regulation a number of exclusion rules, as well as the possibility to further develop these guarantees in delegated acts. Notably, the EAFRD should not finance investments in irrigation which do not contribute towards the achievement, or the preservation, of good status of the associated water body or bodies and investments in afforestation which are not consistent with climate and environmental objectives in line with sustainable forest management principles.
Amendment 221 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 52 a (new)
Recital 52 a (new)
(52a) In order to improve animal health and animal welfare in accordance with best available scientific knowledge and societal demands, Member States should reserve at least 5% of the total EAFRD contribution to their Strategic Plan for measures supporting practices exceeding standards in the existing Union legislation on animal welfare.
Amendment 245 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) 'stocking density' means the total weight of animals which are present in a house at the same time per square metre of useable area.
Amendment 433 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
(ia) improve animal welfare in line with Treaty provisions, best available scientific knowledge, and societal demands.
Amendment 673 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) Member States should set farm advisory services for the purpose of improving the sustainable management and overall performance of agricultural holdings and rural businesses, covering economic, environmental and social dimensions, and to identify the necessary improvements as regards all measures at farm level provided for in the CAP Strategic Plans. These farm advisory services should help farmers and other beneficiaries of CAP support to become more aware of the relationship between farm management and land management on the one hand, and certain standards, requirements and information, including animal welfare, environmental and climate ones, on the other hand. The list of the latter includes standards applying to or necessary for farmers and other CAP beneficiaries and set in the CAP Strategic Plan, as well as those stemming from the legislation on water, on the sustainable use of pesticides, as well as the initiatives to combat antimicrobial resistance and the management of risks. In order to enhance the quality and effectiveness of the advice, Member States should integrate advisors within the Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS), in order to be able to deliver up-to-date technological and scientific information developed by research and innovation.
Amendment 696 #
Proposal for a regulation
Title 3 – chapter 2 – section 2 – subsection 4 – title
Title 3 – chapter 2 – section 2 – subsection 4 – title
Schemes for the climate and, the environment and animal welfare
Amendment 698 #
Proposal for a regulation
Title 3 – chapter 2 – section 2 – subsection 4 – title
Title 3 – chapter 2 – section 2 – subsection 4 – title
schemes for the climate and, the environment and animal welfare
Amendment 701 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – title
Article 28 – title
Amendment 708 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1
Article 28 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall provide support for voluntary schemes for the climate and, the environment and animal welfare ('eco- schemes') under the conditions set out in this Article and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans.
Amendment 739 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 3
Article 28 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall establish the list of agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and, the environment and the wellbeing of farmed animals.
Amendment 754 #
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-, climate-related and clanimatl welfare-related objectives laid down in points (d), (e), (f) and (fia) of Article 6(1).
Amendment 772 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) Member States should be allowed to use part of their financial ceiling available for direct payments for coupled income support in order to improve competitiveness, sustainability, and/or quality in certain sectors and productions that are particularly important for social, economic or environmental reasons and undergo certain difficulties. Support should be conditional to the respect of strict sustainability criteria, including on animal welfare and animal health. Furthermore, Member States should also be allowed to use an additional part of their financial ceiling available for direct payments to grant coupled income support specifically for the support of protein crop production in order to reduce the Union's deficit in this regard.
Amendment 826 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2
Article 31 – paragraph 2
2. Where the coupled income support concerns bovine animals or sheep and goats, Member States shall define as eligibility conditions for the support the requirements to identify and register the animals in compliance with Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council32 or Council Regulation (EC) No 21/200433 respectively. However, without prejudice to other applicable eligibility conditions, bovine animals or sheep and goats shall be considered as eligible for support as long as the identification and registration requirements are met by a certain date in the claim year concerned to be fixed by the Member States. __________________ 32 __________________ 32 Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 July 2000 establishing a system for the identification and registration of bovine animals and regarding the labelling of beef and beef products and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 820/97 (OJ L 204, 11.8.2000, p. 1). 33 Council Regulation (EC) No 21/2004 of 17 December 2003 establishing a system for the identification and registration of ovine and caprine animals and amending Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 and Directives 92/102/EEC and 64/432/EEC (OJ L 5, 9.1.2004, p. 8).
Amendment 830 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 31 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Where the coupled income support concerns livestock productions, only methods of production that go beyond the minimum national and Union standards for animal welfare and animal health shall be considered as eligible for support.
Amendment 936 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 50
Recital 50
(50) EAFRD should not provide support to investments that would harm the environment, endanger human or animal health, or are unable to meet animal welfare requirements. Hence it is necessary to provide in this Regulation a number of exclusion rules, as well as the possibility to further develop these guarantees in delegated acts. Notably, the EAFRD should not finance investments in irrigation which do not contribute towards the achievement, or the preservation, of good status of the associated water body or bodies and investments in afforestation which are not consistent with climate and environmental objectives in line with sustainable forest management principles.
Amendment 952 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 52 a (new)
Recital 52 a (new)
(52 a) In order to improve animal health and animal welfare in accordance with best available scientific knowledge and societal demands, Member States should reserve at least 5% of the total EAFRD contribution to their Strategic Plan for measures supporting practices exceeding standards in the existing Union legislation on animal welfare.
Amendment 1098 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) 'stocking density' means the total live weight of animals which are present in a house at the same time per square metre of useable area;
Amendment 1170 #
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 in infrastructures which are not consistent with recommendations to support good animal health and animal welfare, and the principles laid down in Council Directive 98/58/EC concerning the protection of animals kept for farming purposes, in particular the provision of housing, food, water and care appropriate to the physiological and ethological needs of the animals, in accordance with established experience and best available scientific knowledge.
Amendment 1290 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 86 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. At least 30% 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-, climate- and animal welfare-related objectives set out in points (d), (e), (f), and (ia) of Article 6(1) of this Regulation, excluding interventions based on Article 66.
Amendment 1292 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 86 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. At least 5% of the total EAFRD contribution to the CAP Strategic Plan as set out in Annex IX shall be reserved for interventions addressing the specific animal welfare-related objective set out in point (ia) of Article 6(1), excluding interventions based on Article 66.
Amendment 1360 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 92 – paragraph 1
Article 92 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall aim to make, through their CAP Strategic Plans and in particular through the elements of the intervention strategy referred to in point (a) of Article 97(2), a greater overall contribution to the achievement of the specific environmental- and, climate- and animal welfare-related objectives set out in points (d), (e), (f) and (fia) of Article 6(1) in comparison to the overall contribution made to the achievement of the objective laid down in point (b) of the first subparagraph of Article 110(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 through support under the EAGF and the EAFRD in the period 2014 to 2020.
Amendment 1491 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
(i a) improve animal welfare in line with Treaty provisions, best available scientific knowledge and societal demands.
Amendment 2282 #
Proposal for a regulation
Title 3 – chapter 2 – section 2 – subsection 4 – title
Title 3 – chapter 2 – section 2 – subsection 4 – title
Amendment 2285 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – title
Article 28 – title
Schemes for the climate and, the environment and animal welfare
Amendment 2291 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1
Article 28 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall provide support for voluntary schemes for the climate and, the environment and animal welfare (‘eco- schemes’) under the conditions set out in this Article and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans.
Amendment 2347 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 3
Article 28 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall establish the list of agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and, the environment and the wellbeing of farmed animals.
Amendment 2365 #
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-, climate- and clanimatl welfare-related objectives laid down in points (d), (e), (f) and (fia) of Article 6(1).
Amendment 2544 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2
Article 31 – paragraph 2
2. Where the coupled income support concerns bovine animals or sheep and goats, Member States shall define as part of the eligibility conditions for the support the requirements to identify and register the animals in compliance with Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council32 or Council Regulation (EC) No 21/200433 respectively. However, without prejudice to other applicable eligibility conditions, bovine animals or sheep and goats shall be considered as eligible for support as long as the identification and registration requirements are met by a certain date in the claim year concerned to be fixed by the Member States.
Amendment 2551 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 31 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Where the coupled income support concerns livestock productions, only methods of production that go beyond the minimum national and Union standards for animal welfare and animal health shall be considered as eligible for support.
Amendment 3538 #
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 in infrastructures which are not consistent with recommendations to support good animal health and animal welfare, and the principles laid down in Council Directive 98/58/EC concerning the protection of animals kept for farming purposes, in particular the provision of housing, food, water and care appropriate to the physiological and ethological needs of the animals, in accordance with established experience and best available scientific knowledge.
Amendment 4009 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 86 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
At least 30% 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-, climate- and clanimatl welfare-related objectives set out in points (d), (e), (f) and (fia) of Article 6(1) of this Regulation, excluding interventions based on Article 66.
Amendment 4050 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 86 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. At least 5% of the total EAFRD contribution to the CAP Strategic Plan as set out in Annex IX shall be reserved for interventions addressing the specific animal welfare-related objective set out in point (ia) of Article 6(1), excluding interventions based on Article 66.
Amendment 4243 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 92 – paragraph 1
Article 92 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall aim to make, through their CAP Strategic Plans and in particular through the elements of the intervention strategy referred to in point (a) of Article 97(2), a greater overall contribution to the achievement of the specific environmental- and, climate- and animal welfare-related objectives set out in points (d), (e), (f) and (fia) of Article 6(1) in comparison to the overall contribution made to the achievement of the objective laid down in point (b) of the first subparagraph of Article 110(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 through support under the EAGF and the EAFRD in the period 2014 to 2020.
Amendment 5087 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Impact indicators – I.28 a (new)
Annex I – Impact indicators – I.28 a (new)
I.28a Decrease of non-compliance rate, per animal welfare SMR
Amendment 5088 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Impact indicators – I.28 b (new)
Annex I – Impact indicators – I.28 b (new)
I.28b Evolution of stocking density rate, per species
Amendment 5091 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – EU Specific objectives – point 9 a (new)
Annex I – EU Specific objectives – point 9 a (new)
Improve animal welfare in line with Treaty provisions, best available scientific knowledge and societal demands
Amendment 5241 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – SMR 16 a (new)
Annex III – SMR 16 a (new)
Council Regulation (EC) No 1099/2009 of 24 September 2009 on the protection of animals at the time of killing (when animals are slaughtered in the farm): Articles 3 to 9
Amendment 5242 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – SMR 16 b (new)
Annex III – SMR 16 b (new)
Council Directive 2007/43/EC of 28 June 2007 laying down minimum rules for the protection of chickens kept for meat production (‘Broiler Directive’): Article 3
Amendment 5243 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – SMR 16 c (new)
Annex III – SMR 16 c (new)
Council Directive 1999/74/EC of 19 July 1999 laying down minimum standards for the protection of laying hens: Articles 3 and 4