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21 Amendments of Alin MITUȚA related to 2021/0020(COD)

Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
(1) A statistical knowledge base is necessary to design, implement, monitor, evaluate and review policies related to agriculture in the Union, in particular the common agricultural policy (‘CAP’), including rural development measures, as well as Union policies relating to, among other things, the environment, pesticide and veterinary medicinal usage, climate change, land use, regions, public health and the sustainable development goals of the United Nations.
2021/06/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) High quality harmonised, transparent and reliable statistical data are important to assess the state and trends of agricultural input and output in the Union, the functioning of markets, and food security and to assess the sustainability as well as the environmental, economic and social impacts of Union and national policies, as well as for the development of new business models, digital services and modern technology. Those data include, but are not limited to, livestock and meat statistics, the production and use of eggs, and the production and use of milk and milk products. Statistics on the area, yield and production of arable crops, vegetables, various permanent crops and grasslands and commodity balances are also important. Increasingly, statistics on the sales and use of plant protection products and fertilisers are needed.
2021/06/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 98 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
(21) Member States or responsible national authorities should endeavour to modernise data collection modes insofar as possible. The use of digital solutions should be promoted. The methods for collection and the collection of the data shall aim to not impose extra cost or administrative burden on Members States or on farmers, especially for SME's.
2021/06/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 101 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
(22) In order to ensure flexibility and to reduce the administrative burden on respondents, NSIs and other national authorities, Member States should be allowed to use statistical surveys, administrative records and any other sources, methods or innovative approaches, such as digital tools and remote sensors, as well as including scientifically based and well documented methods such as imputation, estimation and modelling. The quality, and in particular the accuracy, timeliness and comparability of statistics based on these sources, should always be ensured.
2021/06/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 a (new)
(23a) On 25 June 1998 the Community signed the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (hereinafter the Aarhus Convention). The EU approved the Aarhus Convention on 17 February 2005. Provisions of EU law shall be consistent with that Convention. The Aarhus Convention calls for public access to environmental information either following a request or by active dissemination by the authorities covered by the Convention.
2021/06/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 126 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission may adopt implementing acts further specifying the coverage requirements referred to in paragraphs 2, 3 and 4. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 15(2), and they shall not impose a significant additional burden or costs on farmers or on Member States.
2021/06/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 154 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 9 – introductory part
9. The Commission may adopt implementingdelegated acts to define the data sets to be transmitted to the Commission (Eurostat). Those implementingdelegated acts shall specify the following technical elements of the data to be provided, where appropriate:
2021/06/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 159 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1
Those implementingdelegated acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 15(2)4 not later than 9 months before the beginning of the reference year[insert 6 months following the entry into force of the regulation].
2021/06/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 160 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
When exercising its power to adopt delegated acts pursuant to paragraph 8 and 9, the Commission shall ensure that the following conditions are fulfilled: (a) the delegated acts aim to achieve cost and burden neutrality or reduction and do not, in any case, impose a significant additional cost or burden on the Member States or on the respondents; (b) the delegated acts are adopted at least 12 months before the start of the reference period of the data.
2021/06/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 167 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts referred to in paragraph 1 starting with the reference year [insert 2 years after entering into force of the regulation] and with a minimum of 24 years between each ad hoc data collection.
2021/06/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 168 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. The Commission mayust adopt implementingdelegated acts to provide:
2021/06/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 171 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Those implementingdelegated acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 154, not later than 126 months before the beginning of thefollowing the adoption of the related act referrence yeard to in paragraph 1.
2021/06/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 174 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. When exercising its power to adopt delegated acts pursuant to paragraph 1 and 3, the Commission shall ensure that the following conditions are fulfilled: (a) the delegated acts aim to achieve cost and burden neutrality or reduction and do not, in any case, impose a significant additional cost or burden on the Member States or on the respondents; (b) the delegated acts are adopted at least 12 months before the start of the reference period of the data.
2021/06/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 180 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) other sources, methods or innovative approaches, such as digital tools and remote sensors.
2021/06/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 201 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. The Commission (Eurostat) shall publish on Internet and free of cost, the quality report provided by Member States, other reports or information provided by Member States in application to this article, as well as any request of the Commission (Eurostat) for clarification.
2021/06/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 204 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. The data collected on the topics listed in Article 5(1), shall be actively disseminated by the Commission (Eurostat) via Internet, free of charge, excluding confidential data.
2021/06/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 215 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The relevant Member State shall submit a duly reasoned request for such a derogation to the Commission within three months of the date of the entry into force of the act concerned, explaining what major adaptations are needed to the national statistical system and an estimated timeline for such adaptations. This request shall be made public.
2021/06/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 217 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Commission (Eurostat) shall review and assess whether the request fulfils the relevant conditions set out in paragraph 1 of this Article. Where the Commission considers that the derogation is not justified in accordance with the relevant conditions set out in paragraph 1 of this Article, it shall adopt a decision within 3 months from the date of receipt of the reasoned request, informing the Member State concerned that the derogation cannot be accepted and stating the reasons for that refusal. This decision shall be made public.
2021/06/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 218 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2
2. The implementing acts referred to in paragraph 1, first subparagraphCommission may adopt delegated acts specifying the conditions set out in paragraph 1 of this article. Those acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred toprocedure set out in Article 15(2)4.
2021/06/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 222 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4
4. Before adopting a delegated act, the Commission shall consult experts designated by each Member State in accordance with the principles laid down in the Inter-institutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making. The European Parliament shall receive the planning for the following months and invitations for all experts meetings. The preparation and drawing-up of delegated acts under this regulation shall include written public consultations of a duration of minimum 6 weeks.
2021/06/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 223 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 a (new)
Article 14a Review 1. By December 31 [insert year following 30 months after the date of application of this Regulation] and every five years thereafter, the Commission shall review this Regulation and shall submit a report on its implementation to the European Parliament and the Council. 2. During the first review referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission shall assess in particular: (a) Whether and why there are data gaps and deficiencies in the data collected limiting the ability of public authorities to assess progress towards sustainable agriculture, including data relating to the use of plant protection, biocidal and veterinary medicinal products.
2021/06/25
Committee: AGRI