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11 Amendments of José Manuel GARCÍA-MARGALLO Y MARFIL related to 2008/0103(CNS)

Amendment 630 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – title
Crop insurance Agricultural insurance
2008/09/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 632 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. Member States may grant financial contributions to premiums for crop insurance againstdesigned to compensate for: (a) losses caused by adverse climatic events which can be assimilated to natural disasters; (b) other losses caused by climatic events; (c) economic losses caused by animal or plant diseases or pest infestations.
2008/09/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 638 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
For the purpose of this article, (a) ‘adverse climatic event’ means weather conditions which can be assimilated to a natural disaster, such as frost, hail, ice, rain or drought and destroy more than 30% of the average of annual production of a given farmer in the preceding three-year period production cycles or a three-year average based on the preceding five-year period, excluding the highest and lowest entry; (b) 'economic losses' means all additional costs borne by a farmer on account of the exceptional measures which he adopts in order to reduce supply to the market concerned or any significant loss of production. The costs in respect of which compensation may be granted pursuant to other Community provisions and those stemming from the application of any other health, veterinary or plant-health measure shall not be regarded as economic losses.
2008/09/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 646 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. The financial contribution granted per farmer shall be set at 680% or 50% of the insurance premium due. Member States may decide to increase the financial contribution to 70% taking account of the climatic situation or the situation of the sector concerned in accordance with the criteria laid down in Article 12(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.
2008/09/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 651 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 3
3. Coverage by crop insurance shall only be available where the adverse climatic event has been formally recognised as such by the competent authority of the Member State concerned.deleted
2008/09/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 654 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 4
4. Insurance payments shall compensate for not more than the total cost of replacing losses referred to in paragraph 1 and shall not require or specify the type or quantity of future production.
2008/09/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 655 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 5
5. Any financial contribution shall be paid directly to the farmer concerndeleted.
2008/09/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 659 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – title
Mutual funds for animal and plant Mutual funds diseases
2008/09/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 672 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 4 – introductory part and point a
4. The financial contributions referred to in paragraph 1 may relate to: (a) the administrative costs of setting up the mutual fund, spread across a maximum of three years,.
2008/09/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 673 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) the repayment of the capital and interest on commercial loans taken by the mutual fund for the purpose of paying financial compensation to farmers,deleted
2008/09/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 674 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 4 – point c
(c) the amounts paid by the mutual fund from its capital stock as financial compensation to farmers.deleted
2008/09/03
Committee: AGRI