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

(b) their agricultural areas are mainly areas naturally kept in a state suitable for grazing or cultivation and they do not carry out on those areas the minimum activity established by Member States in accordance with Article 4(1)(c). Taking account of geographical differences and varying farming types member states should determine that pastoral farmers have a meaningful stocking density and that arable farmers have a meaningful crop production.

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

Seán KELLY, Jim HIGGINS

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

Seán KELLY, Jim HIGGINS

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

(c) to have ecological focus area on their a~~gricultural ar~~rable land where the arable land of the farmer covers more than 15 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

Seán KELLY, Jim HIGGINS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Farmers with more than 70% of the eligible agricultural area covered by grassland or farmers whose holding is certified under national or regional environmental certification schemes shall be entitled ipso facto to the payment referred to in this chapter.

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

Seán KELLY, Jim HIGGINS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1

1. 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, cultivation on the arable land shall consist of at least t~~hree~~wo different crops. ~~None of those three~~The main crops shall ~~cover less than 5~~ not exceed 85% of the arable land ~~and the main~~ . Temporary grassland shall be counted as a distinct separate crop. This obligatione shall not ~~exceed 70 % of the arable land~~apply to holdings in which the permanent grassland covers more than 50% of the agricultural area.

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

Seán KELLY, Jim HIGGINS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. In order to take account of the structure of their agricultural holdings, Member States may adjust the 15 hectares mentioned in paragraph 1 to 20 pct. of the average farm size according to the average farm size set out in Annex VI.

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

Seán KELLY, Jim HIGGINS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1

1. FWhen the arable land of the farmer covers more than 20 hectares, farmers shall ensure that at least 7 3% of their eligible hectares as defined in Article 25(2), excluding areas under permanent grassland, is ecological focus area such as land left fallow, terraces, landscape features, ~~buffer strips and afforested areas as referred to in article 25(2)(b)(ii).~~ like hedges and stone walls, buffer strips, land planted with nitrogen- fixing crops, short rotation coppice and afforested areas as referred to in article 25(2)(b)(ii). The inclusion of such features as ecological focus areas does not preclude these measures being aided under Regulation XXX (Rural Development).

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

Seán KELLY, Jim HIGGINS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 2

2. Member States shall apply the payment referred to in this Chapter at national or, when applying Article 20, at regional level. In case of application at regional level, Member States shall use in each region a share of the ceiling set pursuant to paragraph 3. For each region, this share shall be calculated by dividing the respective regional ceiling as established in accordance with Article 20(2) by the ceiling determined according to Article 19(1).deleted

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

Jim HIGGINS, Seán KELLY

Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

Coupled support may be granted to the following sectors and productions: cereals, oilseeds, protein crops, grain legumes, flax, hemp, rice, nuts, starch potato, milk and milk products, seeds, sheepmeat and goatmeat, beef and veal, olive oil, silk worms, dried fodder, hops, sugar beet, cane and chicory, fruit and vegetables and short rotation coppiceMember States shall establish appropriate criteria for the granting of coupled support.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

Michel DANTIN, Agnès LE BRUN, Jim HIGGINS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1

1. In order to finance the voluntary coupled support, Member States may decide, by 1 August of the year preceding the first year of implementation of such support, to use up to 15 % of their annual national ceiling set out in Annex II.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

Michel DANTIN, Agnès LE BRUN, Jim HIGGINS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 2

2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, Member States may decide to use up to 10 % of the annual national ceiling set out in Annex II provided that: a) they applied, until 31 December 2013, the single area payment scheme as laid down in Title V of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, or financed measures under Article 111 of that Regulation, or are concerned by the derogation provided for in Article 69(5), or, in the case of Malta, in Article 69(1) of that Regulation; and/or b) they allocated, during at least one year in the period 2010-2013, more than 5 % of their amount available for granting the direct payments provided for in Titles III, IV and V of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, with the exception of Section 6 of Chapter 1 of Title IV, for financing the measures laid down in Section 2 of Chapter 2 of Title III of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, the support provided for in points (i) to (iv) of paragraph 1(a) and paragraphs 1(b) and (e) of Article 68 of that Regulation, or the measures under Chapter 1, with the exception of Section 6, of Title IV of that Regulation.deleted

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

Michel DANTIN, Agnès LE BRUN, Jim HIGGINS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 3

3. By way of derogation from paragraph 2, Member States having allocated during at least one year in the period 2010-2013 more than 10 % of their amount available for granting the direct payments provided for in Titles III, IV and V of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, with the exception of Section 6 of Chapter 1 of Title IV, for financing the measures laid down in Section 2 of Chapter 2 of Title III of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, the support provided for in points (i) to (iv) of paragraph 1(a) and paragraphs 1(b) and (e) of Article 68 of that Regulation, or the measures under Chapter 1, with the exception of Section 6, of Title IV of that Regulation may decide to use more than 10 % of the annual national ceiling set out in Annex II upon approval by the Commission in accordance with Article 41.deleted

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

12 Amendments of Jim HIGGINS related to 2011/0280(COD)

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