Activities of Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI

Norbert ERDŐS, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marijana PETIR, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Daniel BUDA, Michel DANTIN, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Jarosław KALINOWSKI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Calls for further initiatives to promote EU production, safety and environmental standards and to support quality food production schemes, ~~through both labelling and marketing activities on internal and third-country market~~as well as for the establishment of a long-term development strategy for the EU’s agricultural sector in order to ensure stability and predictability for farmers and guarantee food security for EU citizens;

2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Calls for initiatives to ~~promote~~reinforce the promotion of EU production, safety and environmental standards and quality production schemes, through both labelling and marketing activities on internal and third-country markets;

2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI

2018/2037(INI)

Norbert ERDŐS, Marijana PETIR, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Jarosław KALINOWSKI

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4

A transparent decision process for a solid CAP proposal 20201-2027

2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Calls on the Commission to propose, before the ~~application of the NDM~~introduction of a totally new system, a transitional period long enough to ensure a soft landing and to avoid any delay in farmers’ annual payments and in the implementation of rural development programmes;

2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point c – point i

Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 23 a – paragraph 1

1. Without prejudice to paragraph 4, the aid under the school scheme allocated for the distribution of products, the accompanying educational measures and the related costs referred to in Article 23(1) shall not exceed EUR 220 804 135 per school year. Within that overall limit, the aid shall not exceed: a) EUR 130 608 466 per school year; b) per school year.';deleted for school fruit and vegetables: for school milk: EUR 90 195 669

2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI

2018/0218(COD)

Zbigniew KUŹMIUK, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Beata GOSIEWSKA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 a (new)

Article 15 a Farms set up to carry out breeding and research and development activities shall be excluded from the payment reduction mechanism.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a directive
Annex X – part 1

~~Part A: [...]~~deleted

2017/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2016/0282(COD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 14

14. is convinced that a strong CAP for the EU, both in terms of content and financing, is paramount in achieving these objectives, while guaranteeing a level playing field and transparent food chains within the internal market, as well as viable rural areas; considers, furthermore, that increasing resilience and improving employment and quality of life in rural areas should be prioritised in order to combat rural depopulation; considers that, for Pillar II, we will still need instruments after 2020 to support modernisation, investment and innovation in order to boost the competitiveness of the agri-food sector and to reduce differences between Member States and between regions in the development of agriculture and rural areas.

2016/05/04
Committee: AGRI

2015/2353(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 15

15. Stresses that agricultural production has an extremely high added value, since it also supplies the processing sector, thereby contributing to economic and social cohesion in regions and to the EU’s balanced regional development; points out that it is therefore necessary to maintain and, where appropriate, step up the support received by farmers, since this provides an incentive to increase agricultural production; stresses that the CAP contributes significantly to growth and employment in rural areas, more so than other Union policies; recalls that, in statistical terms, one farmer provides seven additional jobs in related sectors; points to the importance of maintaining the CAP’s focus on supporting small-scale and family farming businesses as the cornerstone of agricultural production in the EU and of life in the EU’s rural areas; underlines how essential is to maintain specific measures in the framework of the CAP towards areas suffering from severe and permanent natural handicaps, notably mountainous areas and outermost regions, and other specific handicaps;

2016/05/04
Committee: AGRI

2015/2353(INI)

Michel DANTIN, Sofia RIBEIRO, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, Ramón Luis VALCÁRCEL SISO, Pilar AYUSO, Herbert DORFMANN, Albert DESS, Angélique DELAHAYE, Mairead McGUINNESS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Believes that the Cohesion Policy after 2020 should also play an essential role in supporting the development of rural areas with regard to technical infrastructure, the job market, the development of businesses and basic services, revitalising locations in rural areas and investment linked to water and sewage infrastructure.

2016/05/04
Committee: AGRI

2015/2353(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 17

17. Strongly opposes any renationalisation of agricultural policies; stresses that the common nature of the EU’s agricultural policy avoids distortion of competition within the internal market and generates savings for European taxpayers; is worried about the trend of renationalisation of public responses to agricultural crisis, in particular the mobilisation of targeted payments instead of real European actions ; affirms that a well-functioning and well-financed second pillar is essential for the success of the CAP and for the economic well-being of the Union’s rural areas;

2016/05/04
Committee: AGRI

2015/2353(INI)

Peter JAHR, Michel DANTIN, Albert DESS, Monika HOHLMEIER, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Norbert LINS, Herbert DORFMANN, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20a. Stresses that the fixed ceilings for the CAP until 2020 entail much lower margins than in the previous MFF, while the sector faces more challenges; stresses in this regard, that any use of the margin must be exclusively to address the needs of the agricultural sector; warns that the current margin within the agriculture budget may prove insufficient, with market volatility, veterinary and phytosanitary risks and other unforeseen events making increasing demands on the budget to such an extent that the margin is expected to be depleted at the end of this planning period;

2016/05/13
Committee: BUDG

2015/2353(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Points out the difficult situation with regard to agricultural markets and the new and growing challenges that European agriculture is facing; warns against the consequences of the current crisis in agricultural markets, the weakening position of farmers in the food chain and in current and future trade negotiations; believes, furthermore, that adopting over-ambitious reduction targets linked to the energy-climate package and the NEC directive will cause the costs of agricultural production to rise.

2016/05/04
Committee: AGRI

2015/2353(INI)

Peter JAHR, Michel DANTIN, Reimer BÖGE, Albert DESS, Monika HOHLMEIER, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Norbert LINS, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Herbert DORFMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)

27a. Insists that the amounts for direct payments in Heading 2 should be left untouched; points out that this is crucial for the income situation of many farmers, particular in times of crises, and that the absorption rate per year is almost 100%;

2016/05/13
Committee: BUDG

2015/2353(INI)

Peter JAHR, Michel DANTIN, Reimer BÖGE, Albert DESS, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Norbert LINS, Herbert DORFMANN, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)

29a. Insists that the current amount in Heading 2 as foreseen in the current MFF remains at least at the same level; refers in this respect to Art.2 of the MFF regulation, which clearly states that allocated national envelopes may not be reduced by the midterm revision; considers furthermore that other Union policies must have the necessary financial means to allow the Union to honour its legal obligations in accordance with the corresponding sectoral legislation;

2016/05/13
Committee: BUDG

2015/0090(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Citation 1

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 42, Article 43(2) and Article ~~43(2)~~114 thereof,

2015/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas a major barrier to agri-food trade between the EU and the US, and one which makes trade in certain items impossible, is the lack of common standards in this area;

2015/03/03
Committee: AGRI

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point d a (new)

da. ensure that the liberalisation of sensitive goods in the TTIP is limited by means of a tariff rate quota (TRQ), and that for the small number of highly sensitive products the possibility of their total exemption from liberalisation is not excluded;

2015/03/03
Committee: AGRI

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point d b (new)

db. secure the inclusion in the TTIP of special bilateral protection clauses to address any potential difficulties which may arise in a given sector or area of the economy as a result of liberalisation;

2015/03/03
Committee: AGRI

2014/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the Commission communication on a new EU forest strategy and the accompanying working documents, and stresses that an EU forest strategy must ~~focus on~~ensure better coordination, because the increasing number of European policy initiatives in areas such as economic and employment policy, energy supply, environmental and climate policy, call for a greater contribution from the forestry sector;

2015/01/30
Committee: AGRI

2014/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Stresses that timber as a raw material~~, and~~ derived from sustainable forest management, have an important role to play in achievement of the EU’s socio- political goals such as the energy transition and the implementation of the Europe 2020 Strategy targets and biodiversity targets, and notes that lack of management is inimical to these goals;

2015/01/30
Committee: AGRI

2014/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Takes the view that sustainable forest management must be based on generally acknowledged and accepted ~~criteria and indicators~~principles and tools, such as criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management which must always apply to the sector as a whole; strongly supports in this connection the sustainability criteria devised in the framework of Forest Europe (Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe)1, which form a pan-European basis for uniform reporting on sustainable forest management and a basis for sustainability certification; __________________ 1 Forest Europe - Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe, Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for a Legally Binding Agreement on Forests in Europe: http://www.foresteurope.org/

2015/01/30
Committee: AGRI

2014/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Notes in this connection that the negotiations within Forest Europe towards a ‘European Forest Convention’2 as a binding framework for sustainable forest management and for improving the balance of interests in forestry policy have made significant progress, and calls on the Member States and the Commission to make all necessary efforts to bring these negotiations to a successful conclusion; __________________ 2 See http://www.forestnegotiations.org/

2015/01/30
Committee: AGRI

2014/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Takes the view that forest management plans ~~can be~~is an important strategic instrument for the implementation of concrete measures at the level of individual businesses, while supporting the principle that such measures should be voluntary, in accordance with entrepreneurial freedom; calls at the same time for a clear separation between forest management plans and the management plans under Natura 2000, in view of the need to curb excessive bureaucracy, particularly for small and medium-sized forestry undertakings;long-term planning and implementation of sustainable forest management in European forests, however, the implementation of concrete measures therein at the forest holding level must remain subject to national regulations

2015/01/30
Committee: AGRI

2014/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Notes that forest-based industries have great potential for growth, and that further investments in innovation in the sector may bring new production niches and more efficient industrial processes that ~~minimis~~would ensure smarter use of available resources and could minimise negative impact on forestry resources, and therefore calls on the Commission to examine the European R&D programmes (Horizon 2020) and the programme for the competitiveness of small and medium- sized enterprises (COSME) for forestry priorities and, where appropriate, to develop new instruments for the forest- based sector;

2015/01/30
Committee: AGRI

2014/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Notes that bio-economics as a core element of smart, green growth in Europe is necessary to realise the objectives of the flagship initiatives ‘Innovation Union’ and ’Resource efficient Europe’ under the Europe 2020 Strategy, and that timber as a raw material has a significant role to play in ~~thi~~making progress towards bio-based economy;

2015/01/30
Committee: AGRI

2014/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Takes the view, therefore, that the mandate of Standing Forestry Committee should be strengthened to enable the Commission to fully use the expertise from the Member States to be exploited ~~to that end and to play an active role in the implementation process~~whilst implementing the new EU forest strategy at EU level;

2015/01/30
Committee: AGRI

2014/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23 a. Encourages the Commission to review its organisational structures relevant to forests and forest-based sector to ensure effective implementation of the strategy through enhanced co-ordination and communication;

2015/01/30
Committee: AGRI

2014/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital Ab (new)

A b. whereas producer organisations are subject to a number of restrictions compared to private commercial firms, such as for example restrictions on the use of investments relating to the revenue structure or the need to sell;

2015/03/05
Committee: AGRI

2014/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital Fa (new)

Fa. whereas there is significant differentiation in organisation between the so-called new and old Member States, arising from different historical backgrounds, beyond the producers’ control; i.e. in the new EU states , the organisations are still small and have a small share in the market;

2015/03/05
Committee: AGRI

2014/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital N

N. whereas market crises occur frequently in the F&V sector since even small production surpluses can cause large falls in producer prices; whereas F&V are mostly perishable products and must therefore be sold quickly, leaving farmers in this sector in a structurally weak bargaining position vis-à-vis major retailers and processors;

2015/03/05
Committee: AGRI

2014/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital P

P. whereas the Commission’s report recognises that the F&V regime’s crisis prevention instruments have been little used since the 2007 reform, and in addition, in the majority of cases, apart from the withdrawal from the market, they are administratively difficult to apply due to the unclear regulations in that respect;

2015/03/05
Committee: AGRI

2014/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1a (new)

1a. is of the opinion that support must compensate for the negative, from the market point of view, consequences of the restrictions imposed on the producer organisations,

2015/03/05
Committee: AGRI

2014/2146(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Is of the opinion that the funds arising from fines for exceeding milk quotas in the 2014/2015 quota year should remain within the CAP budget;

2015/04/08
Committee: AGRI

2014/2146(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Underlines that bilateral trade negotiations may represent strategic opportunities for the EU dairy sector, in connection with which it calls on the Commission to engage more in opening new markets in third countries and removing trade barriers;

2015/04/08
Committee: AGRI

2014/2146(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Calls on the Commission to implement more responsive and realistic safety net provisions, and ~~for th~~to revise intervention price ~~to be more~~s so that they reflect~~ive of~~ production costs and are adapted as the market changes;

2015/04/08
Committee: AGRI

2014/0100(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – introductory part

2. The conversion period shall start at the earliest when the farmer or the operator producing ~~seaweed~~algae or aquaculture animals has notified his activity to the competent authorities ~~in accordance with this Regulation~~or control bodies and his holding is submitted to the organic certification and control system.

2015/06/25
Committee: AGRI

2014/0100(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1

1. The organic production logo of the European Union may be used in the labelling, presentation and advertising of products which comply with this Regulation, including products for which specific production rules may be set on the basis of Article 16.

2015/06/25
Committee: AGRI

2014/0100(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Member States may exempt from the notification obligation referred to in paragraph 1 operators who sell products directly to the final consumer or user provided that they do not produce, prepare, store other than in connection with the point of sale, organic products or import such products from a third country or have not contracted out such activities to a third party.

2015/06/25
Committee: ENVI

2014/0100(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – title

~~Organic c~~Certificate

2015/06/25
Committee: ENVI

2014/0100(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 2

2. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts as regards the system to be used for transmitting the information referred to in paragraph 1, the details of information to be transmitted, and the date by which that information is to be transmitted. The information shall relate to the organic production of the Member States as regards: - the numbers of organic operators and groups of operators, - the numbers of organic holdings including mixed holdings, - the crop area under conversion and under organic production, - the organic livestock numbers, - the number of organic aquaculture animal production sites. The date of first transmission of data shall be at least one year after the publication of the implementing act. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 37(2).

2015/06/25
Committee: ENVI

2014/0100(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part II – point 1.7.6 (new)

1.7.6. Tethering or isolation of livestock shall be prohibited, unless for individual animals for a limited period of time, and in so far as this is justified for veterinary reasons. ~~Competent authorities may authorise cattle in micro-enterprises~~Isolation of livestock may be authorised, for a limited period of time, only when workers safety is compromised and for animal welfare reasons. Competent authorities may authorise cattle in farms with a maximum of 50 animals (excluding young stock) to be tethered if it is not possible to keep the cattle in groups appropriate to their behaviour requirements, provided they have access to pastures during the grazing period, and at least twice a week access to open air areas when grazing is not possible.

2015/06/25
Committee: ENVI

2013/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Believes that the most dangerous plastics, those that are the most disruptive to human health and the environment (such as micro- and oxo-biodegradable plastics) and those which contain heavy metals that can also make recycling processes more difficult, should be phased out of the market or banned outright, as soon as possible before 2020; also believes that, as demanded by a majority of European citizens (and consumers), it is finally time to phase out or ban single-use, non- recyclable, non-biodegradable and non- compostable plastic products, also before 2020;

2013/10/08
Committee: ENVI

2013/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas small agricultural holdings are not treated fairly under the common agricultural policy, and whereas the reasons for this include: the fact that the structure of ~~the policy~~CAP support is principally based on surface area and past production levels, rather than on employment and the level of income; the fact that some Member States place minimum funding thresholds in the second pillar; and the Member States’ failure to bring in implementing measures that meet the needs of small agricultural holdings;

2013/11/12
Committee: AGRI

2013/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. and curb rural depopulation; Calls for an increase in direct sales – for example of traditional products – on local and regional markets, and for the development on smallholdings of a simplified, responsible form of processing~~, but without extensive monitoring system~~ and an essential monitoring system; encourages the Commission and Member States to review the provisions on food safety with a view to reducing the burdens and eliminating the obstacles that they may cause for the development of food processing and sales by small agricultural holdings; encourages the Commission and the Member States to establish a platform for exchanging best practices on how to regulate and monitor processing carried out by small agricultural holdings; calls, furthermore, on regional authorities to be more active with regard to the development of infrastructure for direct sales, including rural and urban marketplaces, making it easier for consumers to get hold of cheap, healthy, high-quality farm produce;

2013/11/12
Committee: AGRI

2013/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Takes the view that in the process of solving the problems of small agricultural holdings, other EU policies, including the cohesion policy, must be brought in alongside the common agricultural policy to help improve technical infrastructure and access to public services in rural areas, whilst resources from the European Social Fund should be used to finance community and social action involving social inclusion, education, training and knowledge transfer; takes the view, furthermore, that since these smallholdings do not have a significant impact on the market, permission could be given for additional support to be provided from national resources in line with rules agreed upon with the Commission and without hindering ~~free~~ competition;

2013/11/12
Committee: AGRI

2013/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Is very pleased that the support scheme for small-scale farmers has been established under the first pillar of the CAP, but takes the view, nevertheless, that it is only the form of the transfer that has been simplified, whilst the low direct payment rates allow no room for development, and that these measures are still insufficient to improve the lot of smallholdings in the EU; feels that a mechanism should be established which would enable small agricultural holdings to submit multiannual applications for direct payments, with such applications being updated only in the event of changes occurring on the holding;

2013/11/12
Committee: AGRI

2013/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls for: free advice to be better tailored to the needs of smallholdings; procedures to be simplified; information campaigns to be mounted; the sharing of best practices where the short food supply chain is concerned; and technical assistance to be provided to help those applying for EU funding, as well as for advice that helps smallholdings to adapt the profile of their production activity to productive and environmental potential;

2013/11/12
Committee: AGRI

2013/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Emphasises the need for smallholdings to come together to form organisations, producers’ groups or cooperatives and mount joint marketing campaigns; takes the view that smallholders’ organisations should receive special support under EU and national mechanisms;

2013/11/12
Committee: AGRI

2013/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Calls for the Member States to include, in their pillar I and II programmes, subprogrammes and measures geared towards smallholdings; takes the view that the majority of funds under the second pillar should be earmarked for the modernisation and development of small agricultural holdings;

2013/11/12
Committee: AGRI

2013/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. takes the view that in order to develop production on smallholdings, it is vital to enable them to obtain production-linked payments;

2013/11/12
Committee: AGRI

2013/2091(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Proposes the establishment of a European food authority (Eurofood) which would have powers similar to those of the European police organisation, Europol, and whose remit would be to investigate international food scandals and fraud in the food industry;deleted

2013/11/07
Committee: AGRI

2013/2091(INI)

Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Jarosław KALINOWSKI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

~~5. Recommends the introduction of an obligation for all research laboratories and their staff to notify the competent supervisory authorities of the results of all food and feed tests;~~deleted

2013/11/07
Committee: AGRI

2013/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2

(2) The aim of these measures is to enhance the competitiveness of European agriculture and market shares in both the internal market and third countries by increasing consumers' awareness of the merits of the Union's agricultural products and food products based on agricultural products and developing and opening up new markets. They usefully complement and reinforce the measures implemented by the Member States.

2014/02/17
Committee: AGRI

2013/0398(COD)

Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Jarosław KALINOWSKI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4

(4) In order to comply with the competition rules, measures targeting the internal market should ~~be limited to~~include measures that provid~~ing~~e information on, and promote, the specific characteristics of agricultural production methods in the Union or on themes which are relevant to the Union, such as the European quality systems established by Regulation (EU) No 1151/201216 of the European Parliament and of the Council16. __________________ 16 Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (OJ L 343, 14.12.2012, p. 1).

2014/02/17
Committee: AGRI

2013/0398(COD)

Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Jarosław KALINOWSKI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16

(16) Financing rules should be set. As a general rule, so that interesting proposing organisations assume their responsibilities, the Union should cover only part of the cost of programmes. The Member States may cover part of the cost of programmes. Certain administrative and staff costs which are not linked to implementation of the CAP form an integral part of information provision and promotion measures and could be eligible for Union funding.

2014/02/17
Committee: AGRI

2013/0398(COD)

Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Jarosław KALINOWSKI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 - point b a (new)

(ba) promotion measures aimed at increasing sales of agricultural and food products from the EU.

2014/02/17
Committee: AGRI

2013/0398(COD)

Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Jarosław KALINOWSKI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) the agricultural products listed in Annex I to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Treaty’), excluding the fishery ~~and aquaculture~~ products listed in Annex 1 to Regulation (EU) No [COM(2011)416] of the European Parliament and of the Council19 and tobacco; __________________ 19 Regulation (ECU) No [COM(2011/416] of ... on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products (OJ ...).

2014/02/17
Committee: AGRI

2013/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4 – point c a (new)

(ca) national quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs.

2014/02/17
Committee: AGRI

2013/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)

By way of a delegated act, the Commission shall adopt the European information and promotion strategy, which defines the priorities on the markets, as well as the products and communications.

2014/02/17
Committee: AGRI

2013/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 b (new)

Every two years, the Commission shall provide the European Parliament and to the Council with a report on the implementation of the strategy referred to in the previous subparagraph.

2014/02/17
Committee: AGRI

2013/0398(COD)

Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Jarosław KALINOWSKI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1

The Commission shall, by means of an implementing act, adopt a work programme setting out the objectives pursued, ~~the priorities,~~ the expected results, the implementing arrangements and the total amount of the financing plan. It shall also contain ~~the main evaluation criteria,~~ a description of the measures to be financed, an indication of the amounts allocated to each type of measure and an indicative implementation timetable and, in the case of grants, the maximum rate of co- financing.

2014/02/17
Committee: AGRI

2013/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1

1. The Union's financial contribution to simple programmes shall not exceed 50 % of the eligible expenditure. ~~The remaining expenditure shall be borne exclusively by proposing organisations~~Member States may contribute a maximum of 30 %.

2014/02/17
Committee: AGRI

2013/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1

1. The Union's financial contribution to simple programmes shall not exceed 50 % of the eligible expenditure. The remaining expenditure shall be borne ~~exclusively~~ by proposing organisations.

2014/02/17
Committee: AGRI

2013/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Member States may participate in the financing of simple programmes. The financial contribution of Member States must not exceed 30% of the amount of eligible expenditure.

2014/02/17
Committee: AGRI

2013/0398(COD)

Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Jarosław KALINOWSKI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point b

(b) information and promotion measures on milk or fruit and vegetables specifically targeting children in Union educational establishments,

2014/02/17
Committee: AGRI

2013/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point b

(b) information and promotion measures on milk, fruit and vegetables specifically targeting children in Union educational establishments,.

2014/02/17
Committee: AGRI

2013/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. In the absence of programmes that are to be implemented on the internal market with reference to one or several information activities referred to in Article 5(4)(a), (b) and (c), each interested Member State may develop a programme and its specifics on the basis of a work programme referred to in Article 8(3) and shall choose, by way of public call for proposals, a body responsible for the implementation of the programme that it undertakes to finance.

2014/02/17
Committee: AGRI

2013/0398(COD)

Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Jarosław KALINOWSKI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18

The maximum rate of co-financing shall be set at 60 % of the total eligible costs for the multi programmes. The remaining expenditure shall be borne ~~exclusively~~ by proposing organisations.

2014/02/17
Committee: AGRI

2013/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18

The maximum rate of co-financing shall be set at 60 % of the total eligible costs for the multi programmes. ~~The remaining expenditure shall be borne exclusively by proposing organisations.~~

2014/02/17
Committee: AGRI

2013/0398(COD)

Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Jarosław KALINOWSKI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 a (new)

Member States may participate in the financing of multi programmes. The financial contribution of Member States must not exceed 30% of the amount of eligible expenditure.

2014/02/17
Committee: AGRI

2013/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1

In the context of implementing this Regulation, the Commission ~~may~~shall consult the Advisory Group on Promotion of Agricultural Products established by Commission Decision 2004/391/EC27. __________________ 27 Commission Decision 2004/391/EC of 23 April 2004 on the advisory groups dealing with matters covered by the common agricultural policy (OJ L 120, 24.4.2004, p. 50).

2014/02/17
Committee: AGRI

2013/0398(COD)

Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Jarosław KALINOWSKI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 a (new)

The Advisory Group on Promotion should be involved in the work carried out on the work programme referred to in Article 8.

2014/02/17
Committee: AGRI

2013/0398(COD)

Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Jarosław KALINOWSKI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29

By way of derogation from Article 146 of Regulation (EU) XXXX/20.. [of the European Parliament and of the Council* of ... establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (COM(2011)626)] and from Article 3 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1184/200628 [1], and by virtue of Article 42, first subparagraph, of the Treaty, Articles 107, 108 and 109 of the Treaty shall not apply to payments made by Member States pursuant to this Regulation, and to the share in financing, and in compliance with its provisions, nor to financial contributions coming from Member States' parafiscal charges or mandatory contributions in the case of programmes eligible for Union support pursuant to Article 42, second subparagraph, of the Treaty which the Commission has selected in accordance with this Regulation. __________________ 28 Council Regulation (EC) No 1184/2006 of 24 July 2006 applying certain rules of competition to the production of, and trade in, agricultural products (OJ L 214, 4.8.2006, p. 7).

2014/02/17
Committee: AGRI

2013/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29

By way of derogation from Article 146 of Regulation (EU) XXXX/20.. [of the European Parliament and of the Council* of ... establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (COM(2011)626)] and from Article 3 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1184/200628, and by virtue of Article 42, first subparagraph, of the Treaty, Articles 107, 108 and 109 of the Treaty shall not apply to payments, including co-financing contributions, made by Member States pursuant to this Regulation and in compliance with its provisions, nor to financial contributions coming from Member States' parafiscal charges or mandatory contributions in the case of programmes eligible for Union support pursuant to Article 42, second subparagraph, of the Treaty which the Commission has selected in accordance with this Regulation. __________________ 28 Council Regulation (EC) No 1184/2006 of 24 July 2006 applying certain rules of competition to the production of, and trade in, agricultural products (OJ L 214, 4.8.2006, p. 7).

2014/02/17
Committee: AGRI

2013/0140(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point 28 – point a

(a) animals, plants, plant products, other objects or goods;

2013/11/11
Committee: AGRI

2013/0140(COD)

Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Jarosław KALINOWSKI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point 28 – point b

(b) activities under the control of operators falling within the scope of the rules referred to in Article 1(2) and equipment, means of transport, substances ~~and material~~, materials and plant protection products used to perform those activities;

2013/11/11
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 8a (new)

Regulation (EC) No 73/2009
Article 133b (new)

(8a) In Title V, the following Article is added: Article 133b "Transitional national aid in 2014 1. The new Member States applying the single area payment according to Article 122 may decide to grant transitional national aid in 2014. 2. Bulgaria and Romania may grant aid under this Article only if they decide by [one month from the date of application of this Regulation] not to grant in 2014 any complementary national direct payments under Article 132. 3. The aid may be granted to farmers in sectors in respect of which transitional national aid according to Article 133a, or in the case of Bulgaria and Romania complementary national direct payments according to Article 132, were granted in 2013. 4. The conditions for granting the aid shall be identical to those authorised for the granting of payments pursuant to Articles 132 or 133a in respect of 2013, with exception of the reductions due to the application of Article 132(2) in conjunction with Articles 7 and 10 of this Regulation. 5. The total amount of aid that may be granted to farmers in any of the sectors referred to in paragraph 2 shall be limited to 80% of the sector specific financial envelopes in respect of 2013 as authorised by the Commission according to Article 133a(5), or for Bulgaria and Romania as authorised according to Article 132(7). For Cyprus, the sector specific financial envelopes are set out in Annex XVIIa of this Regulation. 6. New Member States shall notify the decisions referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 to the Commission at the latest by 31 March 2014. The notification of the decision referred to in paragraph 1 shall include the following: (a) the financial envelope for each sector; (b) the maximum rate of transitional national aid where appropriate. 7. The new Member States may decide, on the basis of objective criteria and within the limits authorised by the Commission pursuant to paragraph 5, on the amounts of transitional national aid to be granted."

2013/09/10
Committee: AGRI

2013/0117(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 9

Regulation (EC) No 73/2009
Article 136a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1

[Member States] not using the possibility under paragraph 1, [may decide, before ...* , to make available as direct payments under this Regulation and Regulation (EU) No [DP] up to [15] % of the amount allocated to support for measures under rural development programming financed under the EAFRD in the period 2015-2020 as specified under Regulation (EU) No […] [RD]].Before ...* Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden and the United-Kingdom may decide to make available as direct payments ~~an [additional] [10%]~~up to 25% of the amount allocated under rural development financed under the EAFRD in the period 2014-2020 as specified under Regulation (EU) No [...] [RD]. As a result, the corresponding amount shall no longer be available for support measures under rural development programming. __________________ * OJ please insert the date ~~7 days from the date of~~three months after the entry into force of this Regulation.

2013/09/10
Committee: AGRI

2013/0117(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 9

Regulation (EC) No 73/2009
Article 136a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2

The decision referred to in the first subparagraph shall be notified to the Commission by the date referred to in that subparagraph. That decision shall set out the percentage as referred to in that sub- paragraph which may vary by calendar year.

2013/09/10
Committee: AGRI

2013/0117(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 9

Regulation (EC) No 73/2009
Article 136a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3

~~The percentage notified in accordance with the second subparagraph shall be the same for the years referred to in the first subparagraph of paragraph 1.~~deleted

2013/09/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2

Regulation (EU) No [....] [DP]
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2

2013/09/10
Committee: AGRI

2013/0117(COD)

Andrzej GRZYB, Jarosław KALINOWSKI, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Arkadiusz Tomasz BRATKOWSKI, Lena KOLARSKA-BOBIŃSKA, Jolanta Emilia HIBNER

Proposal for a directive
Recital 10

(10) The 5% limit set up in Article 3(4)d does not affect the Member States' freedom to arrange their own trajectory as to compliance with this prescribed share of conventional biofuels within the overall 10% target. As a consequence, the access to the market of the biofuels produced by the installations in operation before the end of 2013 remains fully open. Therefore this amending directive does not affect the legitimate expectations of the operators of such installations.deleted

2013/05/08
Committee: ITRE

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 7

Directive 98/70/EC
Article 10 a – paragraph 5

5. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Articles 7a(5), the second subparagraph of Article 7b(3), Articles 7d(5), ~~7d(6), 7d(7),~~ 8a(3) and 10(1) shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or the Council within a period of 2 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 2 months at the initiative of the European Parliament or the Council.

2013/05/14
Committee: AGRI

2012/0288(COD)

Andrzej GRZYB, Jarosław KALINOWSKI, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Arkadiusz Tomasz BRATKOWSKI, Lena KOLARSKA-BOBIŃSKA, Jolanta Emilia HIBNER

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 2 – subpoint b

Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

(b) in paragraph 1, the following second subparagraph is added: ‘For the purpose of compliance with target referred to in the first subparagraph, the maximum joint contribution from biofuels and bioliquids produced from cereal and other starch rich crops, sugars and oil crops shall be no more than the energy quantity corresponding to the maximum contribution as set out in Article 3(4)d.’deleted

2013/05/14
Committee: AGRI

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 11

(11) ~~The estimated indirect land-use change emissions should be included in the reporting of greenhouse gas emissions from biofuels under Directives 98/70/EC and 2009/28/EC.~~ Biofuels made from feedstocks that do not lead to additional demand for land, such as those from waste feedstocks or yield increases, should be assigned a zero emissions factor.

2013/05/08
Committee: ITRE

2012/0288(COD)

Andrzej GRZYB, Jarosław KALINOWSKI, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Arkadiusz Tomasz BRATKOWSKI, Lena KOLARSKA-BOBIŃSKA, Jolanta Emilia HIBNER

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 2 – subpoint c – point ii

Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 4– point d

(ii) the following point (d) is added: ‘(d) for the calculation of biofuels in the numerator, the share of energy from biofuels produced from cereal and other starch rich crops, sugars and oil crops shall be no more than 5%, the estimated share at the end of 2011, of the final consumption of energy in transport in 2020.’deleted

2013/05/14
Committee: AGRI

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 12

(12) The Commission should review the methodology for estimating land-use change emission factors included in Annexes VIII and V to Directives 2009/28/EC and 98/70/EC respectively in the light of adaptation to technical and scientific progress. To this end, and if warranted by the latest available scientific evidence, the Commission should consider the possibility of revising the proposed crop group indirect land-use change factors, as well as introducing factors at further levels of disaggregation and including additional values should new biofuel feedstocks come to market.deleted

2013/05/08
Committee: ITRE

Andrzej GRZYB, Jarosław KALINOWSKI, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Arkadiusz Tomasz BRATKOWSKI, Lena KOLARSKA-BOBIŃSKA, Jolanta Emilia HIBNER

Proposal for a directive
Recital 19

(19) In order to permit adaptation to technical and scientific progress of Directive 2009/28/EC, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of ~~the list of biofuel feedstocks that are counted multiple times towards the target set in Article 3(4),~~ the energy content of transport fuels, criteria and geographic ranges for determining highly biodiverse grassland, ~~the methodology for the calculation of indirect land-use change emissions,~~ and the methodological principles and values necessary for assessing whether sustainability criteria have been fulfilled in relation to biofuels and bioliquids.

2013/05/08
Committee: ITRE

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 5 – subpoint b

Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2

'The Commission shall be empowered to adopt ~~delegated~~implementing acts in accordance with Article 25 (b) to establish the criteria and geographic ranges to determine which grassland shall be covered by point (c) of the first subparagraph.'

2013/05/14
Committee: AGRI

2012/0288(COD)

Andrzej GRZYB, Jarosław KALINOWSKI, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Arkadiusz Tomasz BRATKOWSKI, Lena KOLARSKA-BOBIŃSKA, Jolanta Emilia HIBNER

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 5 – subpoint b a new

Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 17 – paragraph 6

(ba) paragraph 6 is replaced by the following: Biofuels and bioliquids taken into account for the purposes referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 obtained from agricultural raw materials cultivated in the Community obtained in accordance with the requirements and standards under the provisions referred to under the common rules for direct support schemes for farmers under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers and in accordance with the minimum requirements for good agricultural and environmental condition defined pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 of 19 January 2009, comply with the sustainability criteria set out in Article 17(3) to (5).

2013/05/14
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 7

Directive 98/70/EC
Article 10 a (new) – paragraph 2

2013/05/08
Committee: ITRE

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 7

Directive 98/70/EC
Article 10 a (new) – paragraph 3

2013/05/08
Committee: ITRE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13

(13) Experience with the current financial framework shows that many Member States, which are eligible to the Cohesion Fund, are facing significant obstacles in delivering on time complex cross-border transport infrastructure projects with a high Union added value. Therefore, in order to improve the delivery of transport projects, in particular cross-border ones, with a high Union added value, part of the Cohesion Fund allocation (EUR 10 billion) should be transferred to finance transport projects on the transport core network in the Member States eligible to the Cohesion Fund ~~under the Connecting Europe Facility~~respecting national allocations for the projects listed in the Annex of this Regulation. The Commission should support Member States eligible to the Cohesion Fund to develop an adequate pipeline of projects in order to give greatest possible priority to the national allocations under the Cohesion Fund.

2012/09/20
Committee: REGI

Jarosław KALINOWSKI, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Artur ZASADA, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d a (new)

(da) another sub-programme, taking into account the specific needs of vulnerable groups.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Jarosław KALINOWSKI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Artur ZASADA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point h

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Peter JAHR, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Milan ZVER, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Jarosław KALINOWSKI, Artur ZASADA, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Albert DESS, Astrid LULLING, Georgios PAPASTAMKOS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1

~~In addition to t~~The ex -ante conditionalities referred to in Annex IV~~, the general ex ante conditionalities established in Annex IV of Regulation (EU) No [CSF/2012] shall apply for the EAFRD~~ shall apply for the EAFRD if they are relevant and can be applied to the specific goals pursued with the programme’s priorities.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Jarosław KALINOWSKI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Artur ZASADA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 4 a (new)

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Jarosław KALINOWSKI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Artur ZASADA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

1. Support ~~under this measure shall cover~~covering farm and business development shall concern the following measures:

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Jarosław KALINOWSKI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Artur ZASADA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point b

(b) investments in the creation, improvement or expansion of all types of small scale infrastructure, in~~cluding investments in renewable energy;~~ particular the development and expansion of the local marketing and value added chains, including investments in renewable energy, energy-efficient systems and sustainable resource and waste management systems;

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Albert DESS, Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) to have t~~hree~~wo different crops on their arable land where the arable land of the farmer covers more than 315 hectares and is not entirely used for grass production (sown or natural), entirely left fallow or entirely cultivated with crops under water for a significant part of the year;

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

Jarosław KALINOWSKI, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Artur ZASADA, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

Jarosław KALINOWSKI, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Artur ZASADA, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

32a. Stresses that, while tobacco products must be governed by a strict regulatory framework, the regulation of ingredients in tobacco products at the EU and at the international level must follow a proportionate, risk-based approach on the basis of scientific evidence; warns against any non-science based ban on all ingredients, leading essentially to the ban of European traditional blended tobacco products, which would have severe socioeconomic repercussions for EU tobacco growers (of oriental and burley varieties), without a benefit for public health;

2010/11/12
Committee: AGRI

2010/2106(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)

5c. Points out that any effects of climate change are felt most of all, and first, in forestry and agriculture; while farmers and foresters are accustomed to adapting their practices to changing weather conditions, the scope, complexity and increasing frequency of these changes are having an adverse impact on production and creating an increasing risk for them;

2010/11/09
Committee: AGRI

2010/2106(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)

6d. Considers that maintaining and strengthening the specific functions of forests through appropriate management should be the responsibility of individual countries and implemented at national or lower (regional, local) level;

2010/11/09
Committee: AGRI

2010/2106(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)

6e. Considers that, given the need for effective research into the ‘defence potential’ of forest ecosystems, prognostic research and research into strategies for mitigating the effects of climate change for the entire forestry and timber sector, coordination and funding at EU level is required;

2010/11/09
Committee: AGRI

2010/2106(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 14 f (new)

14f. Supports measures at EU level relating to the development of a forest monitoring system, the provision of information about forests which would help to improve forest management, and the monitoring of threats, both abiotic and biotic, on a trans-national scale;

2010/11/09
Committee: AGRI

2010/0362(COD)

Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Filip KACZMAREK, Jarosław KALINOWSKI, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, Artur ZASADA, Jacek WŁOSOWICZ

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 2

Regulation (EC) No 73/2009
Article 2 a

~~In order to take into account new legislation that may become necessary, t~~The Commission shall, by means of a delegated act, amend Annex I.

2011/03/23
Committee: AGRI

2010/0267(COD)

Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, Filip KACZMAREK, Jarosław KALINOWSKI, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Jacek WŁOSOWICZ, Artur ZASADA

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 5 – point b

Regulation (EC) No 73/2009
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 4

~~In order to take into account new legislation that may become necessary, t~~The Commission shall, by means of a delegated act, amend Annex V.

2011/03/23
Committee: AGRI

2010/0267(COD)

Jarosław KALINOWSKI, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Jacek WŁOSOWICZ, Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, Filip KACZMAREK, Artur ZASADA

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 8

Regulation (EC) No 73/2009
Article 12 – paragraph 5

~~5. In order to guarantee the proper functioning of the farm advisory system, the Commission may adopt, by means of~~ delegated ~~acts, provisions aiming at rendering such system fully operational. These provisions may relate, amongst others, to the scope of the farm advisory system and the accessibility criteria for farmers.~~

2011/03/23
Committee: AGRI

2010/0267(COD)

Jarosław KALINOWSKI, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, Jacek WŁOSOWICZ, Filip KACZMAREK, Artur ZASADA

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 65 a (new)

Regulation (EC) No 73/2009
Article 122 – paragraph 3

(65a) In Article 122, paragraph 3 is replaced by the following: ‘3. For all new Member States the single area payment scheme shall be available until 31 December 2015. New Member States shall notify the Commission of their intention to terminate the application of the scheme by 1 August of the last year of application.’

2011/03/23
Committee: AGRI

2010/0267(COD)

Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Jarosław KALINOWSKI, Filip KACZMAREK, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, Artur ZASADA, Jacek WŁOSOWICZ

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 69 a (new)

Regulation (EC) No 73/2009
Article 129

(69a) Article 129 is amended as follows: (a) Paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: ‘By way of derogation from Article 122, the new Member States applying the single area payment scheme may decide, by 1 August 2011, to grant from 2012 a separate soft fruit payment. It shall be granted on the basis of objective and non- discriminatory criteria such as the payments received under the transitional soft fruit payment provided for in Article 98 and in respect of a representative period of at least one year, to be fixed by that Member State but no later than 2011.’ (b) Paragraph 3 is replaced by the following: ‘From 2012, Member States applying this article may grant national aid in addition to the separate soft fruit payment. The total amount of Community and national aid shall not exceed the following ceilings: - Bulgaria: EUR 960 000, - Latvia: EUR 160 000, - Lithuania: EUR 240 000, - Hungary: EUR 680 000, - Poland EUR 19 200 000.’

2011/03/23
Committee: AGRI

2009/2236(INI)

Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas the average physical size of agricultural holdings has increased as a result of the restructuring of the sector, but small farms still remain predominant in the EU, with an average farm size of 12 hectares; whereas subsistence farms remain a critical challenge, especially in new Member States, where subsistence farming accounts for half of the total labour force; whereas small farms and the farmers who run them are particularly important in the delivery of non-production public goods,

2010/04/29
Committee: AGRI

2009/2236(INI)

Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Filip KACZMAREK

Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)

Ka. whereas the current distribution and level of support to Member States and farmers results from the distribution and level of that support in the past, when it was coupled to the type and scale of production and represented compensation for the fall in farmers’ incomes as a result of the substantial drop in guaranteed prices; whereas that method of distribution gives rise to an understandable sense of injustice on the part of some EU farmers, and maintaining it, moreover, is inconsistent with the future goals of the CAP,

2010/04/29
Committee: AGRI

2009/2236(INI)

Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Filip KACZMAREK, Artur ZASADA, Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Points out that rural development is now an integral part of the CAP architecture with its focus on rural communities, improving the environment, modernising and restructuring agriculture, strengthening cohesion in the enlarged EU and improving product marketing and competitiveness;

2010/04/29
Committee: AGRI

2009/2236(INI)

Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Artur ZASADA, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Points out, most importantly, that in the future European agricultural policy must remain a common policy and that only a harmonised and balanced level of support across the EU with a common set of objectives and rules can deliver the appropriate level playing field for farmers and a properly functioning Single Market with fair competitive conditions for agricultural products within the EU;

2010/04/30
Committee: AGRI

2009/2236(INI)

Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Filip KACZMAREK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45

45. Recognises the wide range of new priorities for the CAP and notes that the new Member States' expectation when they joined the European Union was that CAP support would, over time, reach parity with old Member States; therefore calls for the 2013 CAP budget amount to be at least maintained post-2013 if the EU is to meet its current commitments and successfully deliver the new priorities; calls, also, for the introduction of a new and fair distribution of direct support to Member States and farmers in line with current and future challenges;

2010/04/30
Committee: AGRI

2009/2236(INI)

Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Filip KACZMAREK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52

52. Believes that Member States and regions must continue to have the flexibility to regionalise their area payments system in such a way as to reflect their specific priorities, without prejudice, however, to the standardisation of the direct support system in all Member States;

2010/04/30
Committee: AGRI

2009/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55

55. Identifies the need for five key building blocks, namely: Food Security and Fair Trade, Sustainability, Agriculture across Europe, Biodiversity and Environmental Protection, and ~~Green~~Sustainable Growth, to achieve a fairer, greener and more sustainable CAP which promotes EU cohesion and strengthens the integration of the single market;

2010/04/30
Committee: AGRI

2009/2202(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – indent 1

~~- monitoring compliance with the ban on systems which lack cages with nests for hens,~~deleted

2010/02/15
Committee: AGRI

2009/2202(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – indent 5

~~- plucking of down from live birds,~~deleted

2010/02/15
Committee: AGRI

2009/2202(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Takes the view that, owing to economic and logistical problems, the ban on the use of unenriched cage systems should enter into force on 1 January 2017, rather than 1 January 2012; considers that steps should be taken to enable EU producers to comply with these strict standards;

2010/02/15
Committee: AGRI

2009/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas the Union should ~~be a leader~~maintain its leading role in the fight against global warming by disseminating best practice in this field,

2010/02/05
Committee: AGRI

2009/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subpoint a (new)

(a) Considers that, if agriculture is to be more actively involved in the global process of curbing climate change, care must be taken to ensure that the competitive position of the EU’s agri- foodstuffs sector in the world market does not suffer;

2010/02/05
Committee: AGRI

2009/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – subpoint a (new)

(a) Considers that, to enable European agriculture to contribute in future to food security and climate protection, an ambitious CAP must be maintained, including in particular the system of direct payments from the Community budget and simplified and fair payments for the EU as a whole

2010/02/05
Committee: AGRI

2009/2157(INI)

Jarosław KALINOWSKI, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Filip KACZMAREK, Artur ZASADA, Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, Jacek WŁOSOWICZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20a. Stresses that, although the CAP is not a European climate policy, it must nevertheless be the basis for the introduction of effective instruments and incentives to combat climate change, something which should also be borne in mind when discussing the future of the EU budget;

2010/02/05
Committee: AGRI

2009/2156(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K

K. whereas the proposed eight biophysical criteria and the proposed threshold value of 66% of the area are not anticipated to be suitable in all cases for determining the actual handicap, as this ~~partly~~ depends on ~~the crop grown~~many factors, including those linked to biophysical constraints which interact with each other,

2010/02/09
Committee: AGRI

2009/2156(INI)

Filip KACZMAREK, Jarosław KALINOWSKI, Artur ZASADA, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Takes the view that the eight biophysical criteria proposed by the Commission ~~may be~~are not completely suitable for delimiting areas with natural handicaps; therefore proposes that further studies should be undertaken and further discussions on the matter held;

2010/02/09
Committee: AGRI

2009/2156(INI)

Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Jarosław KALINOWSKI, Filip KACZMAREK, Artur ZASADA, Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, Jacek WŁOSOWICZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Considers that the discussions and studies so far conducted by the Member States on the question of new methods of delimiting LFAs point to the need to change the definition of some criteria (e.g. soil texture) and to introduce additional biophysical criteria (e.g. soil acidity), in order to ensure that the new LFAs include all areas with natural handicaps affecting agricultural production in a manner consistent with the Council regulation;

2010/02/09
Committee: AGRI

2009/2155(INI)

Jarosław KALINOWSKI, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Artur ZASADA, Filip KACZMAREK, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas a new CAP should be ~~more~~ market- oriented and focused on ~~reducing the excessive protectionism that hinders competition~~providing equal competition conditions for all EU farmers,

2010/02/26
Committee: AGRI

2009/2155(INI)

Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Jarosław KALINOWSKI, Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, Filip KACZMAREK, Artur ZASADA, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas legislation should be ~~more flexible, in order to make the CAP adapt to recognise specific regions and territories~~applied in general in a uniform way and with a certain degree of flexibility in cases where specific conditions of regions and territories can objectively justify such flexibility,

2010/02/26
Committee: AGRI

2009/2155(INI)

Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, Jacek WŁOSOWICZ, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Jarosław KALINOWSKI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Points out that the system of fines for farmers for errors in payment claims should be commensurate with the importance of the infringement, and that penalties should not be applied in the case of unimportant mistakes, and particularly not in the case of errors that are not the fault of the farmer;

2010/02/26
Committee: AGRI

2009/2155(INI)

Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, Jacek WŁOSOWICZ, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Jarosław KALINOWSKI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Highlights the need to avoid penalising farmers twice for the same infringement and recognises that the imposition of an administrative fine should rule out criminal responsibility for the same infringement, except in the case of deliberate and intentional fraud;

2010/02/26
Committee: AGRI

2009/2155(INI)

Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, Jacek WŁOSOWICZ, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Jarosław KALINOWSKI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6c. Points out that any administrative fines, including the obligation to pay back any payments obtained by the farmer, should not be based on circumstances objectively beyond the farmer’s control, and particularly not on unforeseeable events;

2010/02/26
Committee: AGRI

2009/2155(INI)

Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, Jacek WŁOSOWICZ, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Jarosław KALINOWSKI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 d (new)

6d. Points out the problem of farmers with spouses who run separate agricultural holdings, who should therefore have separate rights and obligations with respect to claims for CAP payments;

2010/02/26
Committee: AGRI

2009/2155(INI)

Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, Jacek WŁOSOWICZ, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Jarosław KALINOWSKI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Recognises that farmers should have the possibility to lodge objections against the controls, and that those objections should be investigated objectively without delay;

2010/02/26
Committee: AGRI

2009/2155(INI)

Jarosław KALINOWSKI, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Filip KACZMAREK, Artur ZASADA, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Believes that the requirement of maintaining the agricultural area in good agricultural condition on 30 June 2003 (Council Regulation (EC) 73/2009, Article 124) in order to be eligible for direct payments, applied to a new Member State other than Bulgaria and Romania, should be abolished to make the payment system used in these Member States simpler and more understandable for farmers;

2010/02/26
Committee: AGRI

2009/2155(INI)

Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Jarosław KALINOWSKI, Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, Filip KACZMAREK, Artur ZASADA, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)

26a. Considers that the rules concerning eligibility of the VAT to be financed under Pillar II of the CAP, especially for activities performed by bodies governed by public law, should be harmonised with those used for the Structural Funds;

2010/02/26
Committee: AGRI

2009/2155(INI)

Jarosław KALINOWSKI, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Filip KACZMAREK, Artur ZASADA, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK, Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 h (new)

26h. Stresses that a reduction of the administrative burden relating to monitoring and reporting imposed on producer organisations in the fruit and vegetable sector would make these organisations more attractive to farmers and encourage them to associate and act together;

2010/02/26
Committee: AGRI

2009/2153(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls on the Commission to focus its efforts on making more effective use of economic instruments that cover the use of bio-waste in producing renewable electricity, heat and gas, as well as different legal requirements setting out how bio-waste should be processed;

2010/02/03
Committee: AGRI

2009/2153(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Points out that the monitoring of gases given off by substances in landfill may be hindered during composting, which may pose a major threat to the environment and the atmosphere; it should be borne in mind that correct composting – particularly of municipal bio-waste – involves protecting groundwater against leachate from the composting plant;

2010/02/03
Committee: AGRI

2009/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Considers the protected designations of origin and geographical indications system to be one of the CAP instruments intended to support the development of rural areas, protect the cultural heritage of regions and foster the diversification of employment in rural areas;

2009/11/18
Committee: AGRI

2009/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Takes the view that the new EU quality policy should be more 'open' to products from the new Member States, which gained access to the system for registering geographical indications only a few years ago; believes that the requirements to be met in order to register a given product should be transparent and understandable not just to applicants (producers) but also to consumers;

2009/11/18
Committee: AGRI

2009/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Takes the view that there is no need to introduce further Community-wide foodstuff certification systems, as this would devalue the existing systems and confuse consumers;

2009/11/18
Committee: AGRI

2009/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Stresses the need to streamline the processing of applications for registration, but does not support the idea of shortening the scrutiny process by arbitrarily rejecting applications which the Commission deems incomplete at an early stage; deplores the fact that, in many cases, the Commission's initial views are formed too hastily or do not fit the case in hand, owing to an imperfect understanding of the specific characteristics of the product or the local market;

2009/11/18
Committee: AGRI

2009/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21a. Takes the view that no new means of promoting traditional products should be introduced, as this could devalue the Traditional Specialties Guaranteed system;

2009/11/18
Committee: AGRI

2009/2105(INI)