Activities of Stefan GEHROLD
Plenary speeches (4)
Exposures in the form of covered bonds - Covered bonds and covered bond public supervision (debate) FR
Cross-border distribution of collective investment undertakings (Directive) - Cross-border distribution of collective investment undertakings (Regulation) (debate) DE
Sovereign bond-backed securities (debate) DE
Minimum loss coverage for non-performing exposures (debate) FR
Shadow reports (2)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain aspects of aviation safety with regard to the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the Union PDF (173 KB) DOC (75 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 391/2009 with regard to the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union PDF (179 KB) DOC (75 KB)
Oral questions (1)
Protecting the EU's internal market and consumer rights from the negative implications of the illegal trade in companion animals PDF (50 KB) DOC (19 KB)
Major interpellations (1)
VP/HR - Recent state-terror activities by Iran in the EU PDF (53 KB) DOC (18 KB)
Amendments (78)
Amendment 1 #
2018/0298(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Regulation (EC) No 391/2009
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. All the recognised organisations shall be assessed by the Commission, together with the Member State(s) which authorised them in accordance with Article 3(2) of Directive 2009/15/EC, on a regular basis and at least every two years to verify that they meet the obligations under this Regulation and fulfil the minimum criteria set out in Annex I. The assessment shall be confined to those activities of the recognised organisations, which fall within the scope of this Regulation. The Commission shall facilitate the participation of Member States in the assessment by establishing an oversight programme which may be used by Member States in fulfilling their obligations under IMO Resolution A.1070(28) and Article 9 of Directive 2009/15/EC."
Amendment 12 #
2018/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions entitled ‘The Future of Food and Farming’ of 29 November 2017 sets out the challenges, objectives and orientations for the future Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) after 2020. These objectives include, inter alia, the need for the CAP to be more result-driven, to boost modernisation and sustainability, including the economic, social, environmental and climate sustainability of the agricultural, forestry and rural areas, to contribute to enhancing global food security and to help reducing the Union legislation- related administrative burden for beneficiaries. The Communication also stresses the global dimension of the CAP and states the Union’s commitment to enhance Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development (PCSD).
Amendment 14 #
2018/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) In order to address the global dimension and implications of the CAP, coherence and continuity with other Union’s external policies and instruments, in particular in the development cooperation and trade, should be ensured. The Union’s commitment to policy coherence for development requires taking account of development objectives and principles when designing agricultural policies, especially to ensure that they are in line with the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement.
Amendment 29 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions entitled 'The Future of Food and Farming' of 29 November 2017 concludes that the Common Agricultural Policy (hereinafter ‘CAP’) should continue to step up its response to future challenges and opportunities, by boosting employment, growth and investment, fighting and adapting to climate change and bringing research and innovation out of the laboratories and onto fields and markets. The Communication also stresses the global dimension of the CAP and states the Union’s commitment to enhance Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development (PCSD). The CAP should furthermore address citizens' concerns regarding sustainable agriculture production.
Amendment 37 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) In order to achieve the objectives of the CAP laid down in Article 39 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (the ‘Treaty’), and to comply with the principle of shared management, as provided for in Article 59 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012, Member States should ensure that the necessary governance systems are in place. Provision should therefore be made for designating the competent authority, paying agency, coordinating body and certification body. The need to coordinate the CAP with other Union policies as it is especially provided for in Art. 208 of the Treaty with regard to the Policy Coherence for Development (PCD) should be taken into account.
Amendment 41 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21 a (new)
Recital 21 a (new)
(21 a) In order to provide the Commission with the means to fulfil its responsibilities with regard to ensuring PCD in the implementation of the CAP as laid down in the Regulation (EU) …/… [CAP Strategic Plan Regulation], expanded monitoring capacities should be provided for that facilitate the monitoring of external effects of the CAP especially with regard to developing countries.
Amendment 54 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 49
Recital 49
(49) The Communication from the Commission on 'The future of food and farming' set out the bolstering of environmental care and climate action and the contributing to the achievement of Union environmental and climate objectives as a strategic orientation of the future CAP. The Communication also stresses the global dimension of the CAP and states the Union’s commitment to enhance Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development (PCSD). Hence, sharing Land Parcel Identification System and other Integrated Administration and Control System data has become necessary for environmental and climate purposes as well as for the purpose of coherence with other Union’s internal and external policies at national and Union level. Provision should therefore be made for sharing the data collected through the integrated system, which is relevant for environmental and climatthese purposes, between Member States' public authorities and with the Union institutions and bodies. In order to increase efficiency in using data available to different public authorities for the production of European statistics, it should also be provided that data from the integrated system has to be made available for statistical purposes to bodies which are part of the European Statistical System.
Amendment 57 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 53
Recital 53
(53) Having regard to the international structure of agricultural trade and in the interest of the proper functioning of the internal market and to ensure compliance with PCD, it is necessary to organise cooperation among the Member States. It is also necessary to set up a centralised documentation system at Union level concerning undertakings established in third countries and which receive or make payments.
Amendment 68 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
(j a) effects of the CAP on third countries, especially developing countries.
Amendment 72 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 2
Article 23 – paragraph 2
Pursuant to point (c) of Article 7 the Commission shall finance the actions concerning the collection or purchase of data needed to implement and monitor the CAP, including satellite data, geo-spatial data and meteorological data, the creation of a spatial data infrastructure and a website, the carrying out of specific studies on climatic conditions, remote sensing used to assist in the monitoring of agricultural land use change and soil health and the updating of agri-meteorological and econometric models. Where necessary, those actions shall be carried out in collaboration with EEA, JRC, national laboratories and bodies or with the involvement of civil society and the private sector.
Amendment 74 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) rules relating to the financing pursuant to points (b), (c) and (ck) of Article 7;
Amendment 78 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 44 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The provision of information financed pursuant to point (e) of Article 7 shall aim, in particular, to help explain, implement and develop the CAP and to raise public awareness of its content and, its objectives and its global dimension to reinstate consumer confidence following crises through information campaigns, to inform farmers and other parties active in rural areas and to promote the European model of agriculture, as well as to help citizens understand it.
Amendment 80 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 65 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Member States shall ensure that datasets collected through the integrated system, and which are relevant for the Commission to analyse, monitor and assess the impact of the CAP, the CAP Strategic Plans and the interventions supported on the Unions development objectives and on developing countries, are shared free of charge with the Commission and, where necessary, with the national bodies of the Member States responsible for drawing up the CAP Strategic Plans and the national Managing Authorities for the CAP Strategic Plans.
Amendment 81 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 76 a (new)
Article 76 a (new)
Article 76 a Proof of responsible investments and good practices It is incumbent upon undertakings that wish for their investments and good practices that may outbalance negative impacts to be taken into account in the framework of the assessment pursuant to Article7 Regulation (EU) …/… [CAP Strategic Plan Regulation] to provide the Commission with the necessary proof.
Amendment 82 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 83 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 83 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(a a) the production of proof referred to in Article 76a as regards responsible investments and good practices;
Amendment 74 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions entitled ‘The Future of Food and Farming’ of 29 November 2017 sets out the challenges, objectives and orientations for the future Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) after 2020. These objectives include, inter alia, the need for the CAP to be more result-driven, to boost modernisation and sustainability, including the economic, social, environmental and climate sustainability of the agricultural, forestry and rural areas, to contribute to enhancing global food security and to help reducing the Union legislation- related administrative burden for beneficiaries. The Communication also stresses the global dimension of the CAP and states the Union’s commitment to enhance Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development (PCSD ).
Amendment 76 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) In order to address the global dimension and implications of the CAP, coherence and continuity with other Union’s external policies and instruments, in particular in the development cooperation and trade, should be ensured. The Union’s commitment to policy coherence for development requires taking account of development objectives and principles when designing agricultural policies, especially to ensure that they are in line with the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement.
Amendment 81 #
2018/0216(COD)
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. Where suitable, research and innovation results should be shared with developing countries in the framework of the Union’s development cooperation in order to promote sustainable development.
Amendment 85 #
2018/0216(COD)
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, 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. While striking a balance across the dimensions of sustainable development, in line with the impact assessment, 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. In line with the recommendations in the Communication on ‘The Future of Food and Farming’, the global dimension of the CAP shall be taken into account in conformity with Articles 3 and 21 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) and Article 208 of the TFEU. Ensuring Policy Coherence for Development (PCD) includes the respect of the European Consensus on Development and its commitment to achieve the objectives set in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Amendment 89 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) A smarter, modernised and more sustainable CAP needs to embrace research and innovation, in order to serve the multi- functionality of Union agriculture, forestry and food systems, investing in technological development and digitalisation, as well as improving the access to impartial, sound, relevant and new knowledge. Where suitable, research and innovation results should be shared with developing countries in the framework of the EU development cooperation in order to promote sustainable development.
Amendment 92 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) In order to foster a smart and resilient agricultural sector, direct payments keep on constituting an essential part to guarantee a fair income support to farmers. Likewise, investments into farm restructuring, modernisation, innovation, diversification and uptake of new technologies are necessary to improve farmers’ market reward. In consideration of developing instruments and investment strategies of the Union such as its External Investment Plan and the Africa – Europe Alliance for Sustainable Investment and Jobs farmers should also be encouraged to responsibly invest in developing countries.
Amendment 98 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The CAP should keep ensuring food security, which should be understood as meaning access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food at all times. Moreover, it should help improving the response of Union agriculture to new societal demands on food and health, including sustainable agricultural production, healthier nutrition, food waste and animal welfare. The CAP should continue to promote production with specific and valuable characteristics, while at the same time helping farmers to proactively adjust their production according to market signals and consumers’ demands. Without prejudice to its character as an internal Union policy, the CAP’s factual integration in the world economy should be considered with regard to both, opportunities and responsibility that arise from it for the Union and its global partners. With regard to developing countries, Policy Coherence for Development (PCD) shall be the guideline for the Union and its Member States.
Amendment 104 #
2018/0216(COD)
(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). PCD shall be taken into consideration when designing, implementing and assessing the aforementioned requirements and standards. 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. 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 105 #
2018/0216(COD)
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 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. Advisors should also be trained to impart better understanding of the CAP’s global dimension.
Amendment 110 #
2018/0216(COD)
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. 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 regardIf Member States decide to grant coupled income support the Member States shall ensure that this does not generate a distortion of competition within the Union’s internal market. The EU, in compliance with the Union’s commitment to PCD and together with the Member State granting the coupled support, shall prevent adverse effects on developing countries. 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. Payments granted for the support of protein crop production should be in consistency with the suggestions that the European Commission made in its Report to the Council and the European Parliament on the development of plant proteins in the European Union while respecting the Union’s commitment to encourage the integration of all countries, especially developing countries, into the world economy. Responsible import of plant proteins to the European Union should be promoted by the introduction of a comprehensive action plan that is based on voluntary partnership with third countries.
Amendment 114 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
Recital 33
(33) Compliance of coupled income support with the Union's international commitments and the general provisions on its external action should be ensured. This includes in particular the requirements of the Memorandum of Understanding between the European Economic Community and the United States of America on oilseeds within the framework of the GATT,17 as applicable subsequent to changes to the EU separate base area for oilseeds following changes to the composition of the EU. The Commission should have the power to adopt implementing acts for this purpose of laying down detailed rules in this respect. _________________ 17 Memorandum of Understanding between the Economic Community and the United States of America on oil seeds under GATT (OJ L147, 18/06/1993).
Amendment 115 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41
Recital 41
(41) The objectives of the CAP should also be pursued through support for investments, productive as well as non- productive, on farm as well as off-farm. Such investments may concern, inter alia, infrastructures related to the development, modernisation or adaptation to climate change of agriculture and forestry, including access to farm and forest land, land consolidation and improvement, agro- forestry practices and the supply and saving of energy and water. In order to better ensure the consistency of the CAP Strategic Plans with Union objectives, as well as a level playing field between Member States, a negative list of investment topics is included in this Regulation. In consideration of reports, strategies and mechanism of the Union such as its External Investment Plan and the Africa– Europe Alliance for Sustainable Investment and Jobs as well as the upcoming report of the Task Force Rural Africa farmers should also be encouraged to responsibly invest in developing countries. Investments should be acknowledged as outbalancing potential negative aspects when assessing whether CAP support is in compliance with PCD.
Amendment 118 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 46
Recital 46
(46) The Communication on ‘The Future of Food and Farming’ mentions the exchange of knowledge and focus on innovation as a cross cutting objective for the new CAP. The CAP should continue to support the interactive innovation model, which enhances the collaboration between actors to make best use of complementary types of knowledge with a view to spreading practical solutions. Farm advisory services should be strengthened within the AKIS. The CAP Strategic Plan should provide information on how advisory services, research and rural networks will work together. The exchange with experts in the field of development cooperation should be provided for in order to facilitate the transfer of knowledge and best practices to developing countries. Each Member State or region, as appropriate, can fund a number of actions aimed at knowledge exchange and innovation, using the types of interventions developed in this Regulation.
Amendment 120 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 51
Recital 51
(51) For the purpose of ensuring adequate financing for certain priorities, rules on minimum financial allocations for these priorities should be set for the support under EAFRD. For the sake of ensuring a level playing field between farmers, both inside and outside the Union, a maximum allocation should also be set for the coupled support under direct payments. 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 improving the competitiveness, sustainability, and/or quality of the protein crop production.
Amendment 124 #
2018/0216(COD)
(70) In accordance with the principle of shared management, the Commission is assisted by committees formed by Member States representatives in the implementation of the CAP. With a view to simplifying the system and streamlining the position of Member States, only one Monitoring Committee is established for the implementation of this Regulation, merging the ‘Rural Development’ Committee and the ‘Direct Payments’ Committee, which were established under the 2014-2020 programming period. The responsibility to assist Member States in the implementation of the CAP Strategic Plans is shared between the Managing Authority and this Monitoring Committee. The Commission should also be assisted by the ‘Common Agricultural Policy’ Committee, and shall report to the Committee on Development of the European Parliament in accordance with the provisions laid down by this Regulation.
Amendment 125 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 72
Recital 72
(72) In a context where Member States will have much more flexibility and subsidiarity on the design of interventions, networks are a key tool to drive and steer policy and to ensure sufficient attention and capacity in the Member States. A single network should ensure better coordination between networking activities at the Union and at the national and regional levels. The European and national CAP network replace the current European Network for Rural Development and EIP for ‘agricultural productivity and sustainability’ networks and the National Rural Networks, in the form of a platform providing for more exchange of knowledge in order to capture the results and added value of the policy at European level, particularly the Horizon Europe policy. In the same perspective of improvement of the exchange of knowledge and innovation, an EIP for ‘agricultural productivity and sustainability’ is set up, implementing the interactive innovation model in accordance with the methodology outlined in this Regulation. The exchange with experts in the field of development cooperation should be provided for in order raise awareness and to facilitate the transfer of knowledge and best practices.
Amendment 126 #
2018/0216(COD)
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. 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. The assessment whether the objectives of the CAP are achieved should also be done on the basis of indicators relating to the impact of the CAP on the Unions development objectives and on developing countries.
Amendment 128 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 75 a (new)
Recital 75 a (new)
(75a) In order to ensure that interventions are in compliance with the Unions commitment to PCD, an ongoing and comprehensive monitoring should be provided for. The Commission should be empowered to adopt delegated acts with rules defining adequate measures governing the monitoring. In this context, the Commission should expand the mandate of the EU market observatories to monitor the global dimension of the CAP, especially imports and exports to and from developing countries. The Commission should be empowered to initiate dialogues with developing country partners where monitoring indicates that the CAP support has adverse effects on developing countries.
Amendment 129 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 75 b (new)
Recital 75 b (new)
(75b) The CAP Monitoring system should be complemented by an independent system within the Union for receiving complaints by persons or communities affected by the CAP. The important role of the Parliament’s Committee on Development and its standing Rapporteur on PCD should be recognised.
Amendment 131 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 85 a (new)
Recital 85 a (new)
(85a) In order to assess on the basis of indicators relating to the impact of the CAP on the Unions development objectives and on developing countries whether the objectives of the CAP are achieved the power to adopt certain acts should be delegated to the Commission.
Amendment 134 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)
In pursuing these objectives, account shall be taken of policy coherence for development and the Union’s development objectives.
Amendment 139 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. When designing, monitoring and assessing the CAP support the Union shall comply with the principle of Policy Coherence for Development(PCD) and facilitate the CAP support’s coordination with the Union’s external policies, in particular development and trade policies. Member States shall complement and reinforce the Unions efforts to comply with PCD in the framework of the CAP.
Amendment 141 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The achievement of the objectives set out in Article 6 (3) shall also be analysed, monitored and assessed on the basis of indicators relating to the impact of the CAP, the CAP Strategic Plans and the interventions supported on the Unions development objectives and on developing countries.
Amendment 142 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 138 supplementing this Regulation with rules defining adequate measures to analyse, monitor and assess the impact of the CAP, the CAP Strategic Plans and the interventions supported on the Unions development objectives and on developing countries.
Amendment 143 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. The assessments should take into account responsible investments and good practices that may outbalance negative impacts.
Amendment 144 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Member States shall ensure that interventions are in compliance with the Unions commitment to PCD.
Amendment 145 #
2018/0216(COD)
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). Experts in the field of development cooperation shall be enabled to have an ongoing exchange with AKIS in order to facilitate the transfer of knowledge and best practices to developing countries.
Amendment 146 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Advisors should be trained to impart better understanding of the CAP’s global dimension.
Amendment 165 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 29 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. When a Member State includes voluntary coupled income support in its proposal for a CAP Strategic Plan submitted in accordance with Art. 106, the Commission shall carry out an ex-ante evaluation of the conditions, the scope and the level of support for each sector proposed by the Member State, to ensure that: (a) there is sufficient evidence for the conditions stated in paragraph 2; (b) the coupled income support does not generate a distortion of competition within the Union’s internal market. The Commission shall be empowered to initiate dialogues with developing country partners where the coupled income support has adverse effects on developing countries. On the basis of its assessment of the conditions laid down in this article, the Commission may approve the Member State's proposal or adjust it as described in Articles 115 and 116 in coordination with the Member State.
Amendment 166 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 3 b (new)
Article 29 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. If coupled income support is granted to a Member State, the Commission shall monitor it in cooperation with the Member State and ensure that the conditions provided for in the present Article are met continuously. The Commission shall be empowered to stop or scale down the coupled income support in question when the conditions are no longer met. Where necessary, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 138, supplementing this Regulation with measures to be adopted by Member States when deploying coupled income support, so as to eliminate the adverse effects on developing countries.
Amendment 181 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 86 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
The indicative financial allocations for the coupled income support interventions referred to in Subsection 1 of Section 2 of Chapter II of Title III, shall be limited to a maximum of 105% of the amounts set out in Annex VII.
Amendment 184 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 86 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Payments from first pillar, including coupled support, shall be limited per hectare and beneficiary to the equivalent of twice the average of EU direct payments per hectare.
Amendment 186 #
2018/0216(COD)
2a. The body of the Member State responsible for drawing up the CAP Strategic Plan shall ensure that the competent authorities for the development cooperation are effectively involved consulted in drawing up and monitoring the CAP Strategic Plan in order to streamline it with the development cooperation policy of the Member State and the Union.
Amendment 191 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 102 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
Article 102 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
(ii) a description of how advisory services as referred to in Article 13, research and CAP networks will work together within the framework of the AKIS, and how advice and innovation support services are provided and how experts in the field of development cooperation shall be enabled to have an ongoing exchange with AKIS;
Amendment 193 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 111 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 111 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The Member State shall decide the composition of the Monitoring Committee and shall ensure a balanced representation of the relevant public authorities and intermediate bodies and of representatives of the partners referred to in Article 94(3). Articles 94 (2) and 94 (2a) should duly be taken into account.
Amendment 195 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 113 – paragraph 1
Article 113 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall establish a national Common Agricultural Policy Network (national CAP network) for the networking of organisations and administrations, advisors, researchers and other innovation actors in the field of agriculture and rural development at national level at the latest 12 months after the approval by the Commission of the CAP Strategic Plan. The exchange with experts in the field of development cooperation should be provided for in order raise awareness and to facilitate the transfer of knowledge and best practices.
Amendment 197 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 119 a (new)
Article 119 a (new)
Article 119a Independent system for receiving complaints The CAP Monitoring system shall be complemented by an independent system within the Union for receiving complaints by persons or communities affected by the CAP. Complaints shall be received by the Parliament’s Standing Rapporteur on PCD and a Hearing Officer of the Commissions Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development. Evidence be may presented by the complainant or third parties.
Amendment 200 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 138 – paragraph 2
Article 138 – paragraph 2
2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Articles 4, 7, 12, 15, 23, 28, 29, 32, 35, 36, 37, 41, 50,78, 81, 104 and 141 shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of seven years from the date of entry into force of this Regulation. The Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the seven-year period. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration, unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than three months before the end of each period.
Amendment 201 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 138 – paragraph 3
Article 138 – paragraph 3
3. The delegation of powers referred to in Articles 4, 7, 12, 15, 23, 28, 29, 32, 35, 36, 37, 41, 50, 78, 81, 104 and 141 may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the powers specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force.
Amendment 202 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 138 – paragraph 6
Article 138 – paragraph 6
6. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Articles 4, 7, 12, 15, 23, 28, 29, 32, 35, 36, 37, 41, 50, 78, 81, 104 and 141 shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or the Council within a period of two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council.
Amendment 238 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) up to EUR 220 000 000 000 for the reform delivery tool;
Amendment 242 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) up to EUR 2 840 000 000 for the technical support instrument;
Amendment 251 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c – point i
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c – point i
(i) up to EUR 2 01 500 000 000 for the financial support component; and
Amendment 255 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c – point ii
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c – point ii
(ii) up to EUR 1660 000 000 for the technical support component.
Amendment 362 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1
1. A Member State shall repay to the Commission any financial contribution paid to it pursuant to Article 15 with respect to a reform commitment, where, within fiveten years of the payment, the conditions that allowed such payments have changed significantly in the Member State concerned.
Amendment 131 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In December 2016, the Commission mandated a High-Level Expert Group to develop an overarching and comprehensive Union strategy on sustainable finance. The report of the High-Level Expert Group published on 31 January 201824 calls for the creation of a technically robust classification system at Union level to establish clarity on which activities are ‘green’ or ‘sustainable’, starting with climate change mitigation. Activities which help to lessen the human influence on climate change should be classified first. _________________ 24 EU High-Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance Final Report, Financing a Sustainable European Economy, available at: https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/180 131-sustainable-finance-final- report_en.pdf.
Amendment 173 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) In the context of achieving SDGs in the Union, policy choices such as the creation of a European Fund for Strategic Investment, have proven to be effective in contributing to channel private investment alongside public spending towards sustainable investments. Regulation (EU) 2015/1017 of the European Parliament and of the Council27 specifies a 40% climate investment target for infrastructure and innovation projects designed to lessen the human influence on climate change under the European Fund for Strategic Investment. Common criteria for the sustainability of economic activities could underpin future similar initiatives of the Union supporting investment pursuing climate-related or other environmental objectives. _________________ 27 Regulation (EU) 2017/2396 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2017 amending Regulations (EU) No 1316/2013 and (EU) 2015/1017 as regards the extension of the duration of the European Fund for Strategic Investments as well as the introduction of technical enhancements for that Fund and the European Investment Advisory Hub (OJ L 345, 27.12.2017, p. 34).
Amendment 300 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) 'climate change mitigation' means the process of holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels and limiting the temperature increase to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels;lessening the human influence on climate change' reflects the fact that a precise distinction must be drawn between climate changes brought about solely by human action and climate changes which are part of an ongoing natural process. Human influence on climate change should not bring about a temperature increase in excess of 2°C.
Amendment 393 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) lessening the human impact on climate change mitigation;
Amendment 402 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
(6a) sustainable economic growth
Amendment 403 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – title
Article 6 – title
Substantial contribution to lessening the human impact on climate change mitigation
Amendment 406 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. An economic activity shall be considered to contribute substantially to lessening the human impact on climate change mitigation where that activity substantially contributes to the stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level which prevents dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system by avoiding or reducing greenhouse gas emissions or enhancing greenhouse gas removals through any of the following means, including through process or product innovation:
Amendment 415 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) generating, storing or using renewable energy or climate-neutrallow-carbon energy (including carbon-neutral energy), including through using innovative technology with a potential for significant future savings or through necessary reinforcement of the grid;
Amendment 432 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) producing clean and efficient zero- emission or low-emission fuels from renewable or low-carbon-neutral sources.
Amendment 438 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) supplement paragraph 1 to establish technical screening criteria for determining under which conditions a specific economic activity is considered, for the purposes of this Regulation, to contribute substantially to lessening the human impact on climate change mitigation;
Amendment 440 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) supplement paragraph 1 to establish technical screening criteria for determining under which conditions a specific economic activity is considered, for the purposes of this Regulation, to contribute substantially and measurably to climate change mitigation;
Amendment 443 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) preventing or reducing the negative effects that climate change may pose to the natural and built environment within which the economic activity takes place, which shall be assessed and prioritised using available climate proje(meta-)studies on the human impacti ons climate change.
Amendment 498 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 a (new)
Article 11 a (new)
Article 11a Contributing substantially to environmental protection through sustainable economic growth (1) An economic activity contributes substantially to environmental protection through sustainable economic growth if it produces a return at least equivalent to the global growth rate or if the market value of the enterprise performing the economic activity in question grows at a rate at least equivalent to that global growth rate. The reference period for assessing the growth rate shall be the previous three years. In order not to jeopardise sustainable economic growth and the related scope for investment in environmentally sustainable economic activities, investments must meet the following criteria in order to be regarded as sustainable: (a) the person liable for the economic activity is protected against insolvency; (b) the economic activity is sufficiently diversified with other economic activities. The economic activity is combined with three other economic activities in other market segments; (c) the growth forecasts for the economic activity reflect a defensive, long-term approach; (d) the standard deviation of the market value of the economic activity over the previous three years has not exceeded 66.6%. (2) In accordance with Article 17, the Commission shall adopt delegated acts: (a) to supplement paragraph 1 to establish technical screening criteria for determining under which conditions a specific economic activity is considered, for the purposes of this Regulation, to contribute substantially to environmental protection through sustainable economic growth; (b) to supplement Article 13 to establish technical screening criteria for each relevant environmental objective, for determining whether an economic activity in respect of which screening criteria are established pursuant to point (a) of this paragraph is considered, for the purposes of this Regulation, to cause significant harm to one or more of those objectives. (3) The Commission shall establish the technical screening criteria referred to in paragraph 2 together in one delegated act, taking into account the requirements laid down in Article 15. (4) The Commission shall adopt the delegated act referred to in paragraph 2 by 1 July 2022, with a view to ensure its entry into application on 31 December 2022.
Amendment 507 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) human impact on climate change mitigation, where that activity leads to significant greenhouse gas emissions;
Amendment 649 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point a
Amendment 652 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point b
Amendment 659 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) in respect of the environmental objectives referred to in points (31) andto (67) of Article 5, from 31 December 20221.
Amendment 124 #
2018/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 47a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 47a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
For the purposes of Article 36(1)(m), the exposure value of a debt instrument shall be its accounting value measured without taking into account any specific credit risk adjustments, additional value adjustments in accordance with Articles 34 and 105, amounts deducted in accordance with Article 36(1)(m) or other own funds reductions related to the exposure. Balance sheet exposures purchased when in default or when classified non-performing according to Art. 47a(3) shall be treated in line with article 159 if purchased in transactions at market prices.