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27 Amendments of Paolo BARTOLOZZI related to 2011/0282(COD)

Amendment 231 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point o
(o) “adverse climatic event”: weather conditions, such as frost, storms and, cyclonic winds, hail, ice, heavy rain or severe drought, which can be assimilated to a natural disaster;
2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 238 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point t
(t) "short supply chain": a supply chain involving a limited number of economic operators, who have direct relations with consumers or are committed to co- operation, local economic development, and close geographical and social relations between producers and consumers;
2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 412 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a a (new)
(a a) Secure and improve the income in some areas by favouring the access at the water ´s resource and irrigation;
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 417 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b
(b) increasing efficiency in water and energy use in agriculture and food processing;
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 492 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)
(c a) irrigators in Mediterranean area;
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 650 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Support under this measure shall be for the benefit of persons engaged in the agricultural, food and forestry sector, land managers and other. Such support shall also be for the benefit of economic actors which are SMEs operating in rural areas provided that their activities are directly connected with the agricultural, agro-food and forestry sector and have obvious beneficial effects on that sector.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 837 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) concern infrastructure related to the development and adaptation of agriculture, including access to farm and forest land, land consolidation and improvement, energy supply and water management, giving preference to joint management systems for land use, water supply and irrigation; or
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 908 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) investments in preventive actions aimed at reducing the consequences of probable natural disasters, adverse ambient conditions and catastrophic events;
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 909 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) investments for the restoration of agricultural land and production potential damaged by natural disasters, adverse ambient conditions and catastrophic events.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 986 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4
Support under paragraph 1(b) shall be granted to non- agricultural micro- and small- enterprises in rural areas, provided that they relate to projects generating economic benefits for the agricultural sector, and to farmers or members of the farm household.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1139 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 2
2. Both agricultural and non-agricultural land shall be eligible; however, with regard to agricultural land, provision shall be made for set-aside for a maximum period of one year between two successive plantings on the same land. Species planted shall be adapted to the environmental and climatic conditions of the area and answer to minimum environmental requirements. No support shall be granted for the planting of short rotation coppice, Christmas trees or fast growing trees for energy production. In areas where afforestation is made difficult by severe pedo-climatic conditions support may be provided for planting other perennial woody species such as shrubs or bushes suitable to the local conditions.
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1157 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2
2. "Agro-forestry systems" shall mean land use systems in which trees are grown in combination with extensive agriculture on the same land. The maximum number of trees to be planted per hectare shall be determined by the Member States taking account of local pedo-climatic conditions, forestry species and the need to ensure sustainable agricultural use of the land, demonstrable by specifications that are recognised by the Member States.
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1184 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) restoring forest potential damaged or destroyed from fires and other natural disasters including pests, diseases as well as catastrophic events and climate change related events.
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1191 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
In the case of preventive actions concerning pests and diseases, the risk of a relevant disaster occurrence must be supported, as quickly as possible, by scientific evidence and acknowledged by scientific public organisations. Where relevant, the list of species of organisms harmful to plants which may cause a disaster must be provided in the programme.
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1721 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 4
4. In the case of agricultural investments, the purchase of agricultural production rights, payment entitlements, animals, annual plants and their planting shall not be eligible for investment support. However, in case of restoration of agricultural production potential damaged by natural disasters and adverse climatic events in accordance with Article 19(1)(b), expenditure for the purchase of animals may be eligible expenditure.
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1769 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall, by means of implementingdelegated acts, set out the organisational structure and operation of the EIP network. These implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 91.
2012/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1798 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 56
Article 56 Prize for innovative, local cooperation in rural areas The funds referred to in Article 51(2) shall be used for financing the award of a prize to cooperation projects involving at least two entities located in different Member States that realise an innovative, local concept.deleted
2012/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1807 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 57
Article 57 Call for proposals 1. Starting at the latest in 2015 and every year thereafter the Commission shall launch a call for proposals in view of awarding the prize referred to in Article 56. The last call for proposals shall be launched no later than in 2019. 2. The call for proposals shall indicate a theme for the proposals which shall be related to one of the Union priorities for rural development. The theme shall also be appropriate for implementation through cooperation at transnational level. 3. The call for proposals shall be open to both local action groups and individual entities cooperating for the purpose of the specific project.deleted
2012/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1817 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 58
Article 58 Selection procedure 1. Applications for the prize shall be submitted by applicants in all Member States to the respective national rural network, which will be responsible for pre-selecting applications. 2. National rural networks shall set up, from within their members, a pre- selection board of independent experts in order to pre-select applications. Pre- selection of applications shall be done on the basis of the exclusion, selection and award criteria defined in the call for proposals. Each National Rural Network shall pre-select no more than 10 applications and shall transmit them to the Commission. 3. The Commission shall be responsible for the selection of fifty winning projects among the applications pre-selected in all the Member States. The Commission shall set up an ad hoc steering group composed of independent experts. This steering group shall prepare the selection of the winning applications on the basis of the exclusion, selection and award criteria defined in the call for proposals. 4. The Commission shall, by means of an implementing act, decide on the list of projects to which the prize is awarded.deleted
2012/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1825 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 59
Article 59 Financial Prize – conditions and payment 1. In order for projects to be eligible for the prize, the time required for their completion shall not exceed two years from the date of adoption of the implementing act awarding the prize. The time frame of realisation of the project shall be defined in the application. 2. The prize shall be granted in the form of a lump sum payment. The amount of the payment shall be determined by the Commission, by means of implementing acts, in line with criteria defined in the call for proposals and taking into account the estimated cost of realisation of the project indicated in the application. The maximum prize per project shall not exceed 100 000 euro. 3. Member States shall pay the award to winning applicants after verifying that the project has been completed. The relevant expenditure shall be reimbursed by the Union to Member States in accordance with the provisions of Section 4 of Chapter II of Title IV of Regulation (EU) No HR/2012. Member States may decide to pay fully or partly the sum of the prize to the winning applicants before having verified the completion of the project but they shall, in this case, bear the responsibility for the expenditure until the completion of the project is verified.deleted
2012/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1830 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 – paragraph 1
1. In order for projects to be eligible for the prize, the time required for their completion shall not exceed two years from the date of adoption of the implementing act awarding the prize. The time frame of realisation of the project shall be defined in the application.deleted
2012/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1831 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 – paragraph 2
2. The prize shall be granted in the form of a lump sum payment. The amount of the payment shall be determined by the Commission, by means of implementing acts, in line with criteria defined in the call for proposals and taking into account the estimated cost of realisation of the project indicated in the application. The maximum prize per project shall not exceed 100 000 euro.deleted
2012/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1832 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall pay the award to winning applicants after verifying that the project has been completed. The relevant expenditure shall be reimbursed by the Union to Member States in accordance with the provisions of Section 4 of Chapter II of Title IV of Regulation (EU) No HR/2012. Member States may decide to pay fully or partly the sum of the prize to the winning applicants before having verified the completion of the project but they shall, in this case, bear the responsibility for the expenditure until the completion of the project is verified.deleted
2012/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1836 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 60
Article 60 Rules on the procedure, timetables and setting up of the steering-group The Commission shall by means of implementing acts lay down detailed provisions on the procedure and timetables for the selection of projects and rules on the setting up of the steering group of independent experts referred to in Article 58(3). These implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 91.deleted
2012/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1841 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall by means of implementing acts lay down detailed provisions on the procedure and timetables for the selection of projects and rules on the setting up of the steering group of independent experts referred to in Article 58(3). These implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 91.deleted
2012/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2003 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(fa) non-recoverable VAT, when it is genuinely and definitively borne by the ultimate beneficiaries.
2012/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2004 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 3
3. ContribWork carried outi ons in kind in the form of provision of works, goods, services, land and real estate for which no cash payment supported by invoices or documents of a ‘time and materials’ basis as part of rural development measures by the ultimate beneficiaries using the manpower, materials and equivalpment probative value has been made, may be eligible for support provided that the conditions of Article 59 of Regulation (EU) No [CSF/2012] are fulfillwhich a firm has to hand shall be eligible for an EAFRD contribution; in such cases, the amount of expenditure eligible for a EAFRD contribution shall be calculated on the basis of a price list for the various works performed.
2012/07/26
Committee: AGRI