Activities of Luis Manuel CAPOULAS SANTOS related to 2008/0103(CNS)
Reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a Council regulation establishing common rules for direct support schemes for farmers under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers PDF (751 KB) DOC (1 MB)
Amendments (41)
Amendment 1 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. Any amount of direct payments to be granted in a given calendar year to a farmer that exceeds EUR 5 000 and up to EUR 99 999 shall be reduced for each year until 2012 by the following percentages: (a) 2009: 76%, (b) 2010: 96%, (c) 2011: 117%, (d) 2012: 137%.
Amendment 2 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. The reductions referred to in paragraph 1 shall be increased for the: (a) amounts between EUR 100 000 and EUR 199 999, by 31 percentage points, (b) amounts between EUR 200 000 and EUR 299 999, by 62 percentage points, (c) amounts above EUR 300 000, by 93 percentage points. COMPROMISE 2 (AMS 45 and 46, AMS 419 to 441, AMS 184 to 187)Or. en
Amendment 3 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) The management of small amounts is a burdensome task for the competent authorities of the Member States. To avoid excessive administrative burden it is appropriate for Member States to refrain from granting direct payments where the payment would be lower than the Community average support for one hectare or the eligible area of the holding for which support is claimed would relate to less than one hectare. Special provision should be made for those Member States whose farm structure differs significantly from the average Community one. Member States should be given discretion to opt for the implementation of one of the two criteria taking account of the particularities of the structures of their agricultural economies. As special payment entitlements were allocated to farmers with so-called "landless" holdings the application of the hectare- based threshold would be ineffective. Such farmers should therefore be subject to the averages support-based minimum amountMember States may decide not to grant direct payments below a minimum threshold to be determined.
Amendment 4 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Article 30 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shallmay decide not to grant direct payments to a farmer in one the following cases: (a) where the total amount of direct payments claimed or due to be granted in a given calendar year does not exceed EUR 250, or (b) where the eligible area of the holding for which direct payments are claimed or due to be granted does not exceed one hectare. However, Cyprus may set a minimum eligible area of 0.3 hectares and Malta of 0.1 hectares. However, farmers holding special entitlements referred to in Article 45(1) shall be subject to the condition referred to in point (a). COMPROMISE 3 (AMS 533 to 627, AMS 107, 108 (CNS 104), AMS 78 to 97, AM 32 (CNS104), AMS 17, 18 and AMS 216 to 224below a minimum threshold to be determined. 1a. Any amounts saved as a result of the application of paragraph 1 shall remain in the national reserve of the Member State from which they originate. Or. fr
Amendment 5 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) Member States should be allowed to use up to 10% of their ceilings for granting specific support in clearly defined cases. Such support should allow Member States to address environmental issues and improve the quality and marketing of agricultural products. Specific support should also be available to buffer the consequences of the phasing-out of milk quotas and the decoupling of support in particularly sensitive sectors. Given the growing importance of an effective management of risks Member States should be given the option to financially contribute to the premiums farmers pay for crop insurance as well as to the financing of financial compensation of certain economic losses in case of animal or plant diseases. With a view to respect the Community’s international obligations the resources that could be used for any coupled support measures should be limited at an appropriate level. The conditions applicable to the financial contributions to crop insurance and animal or plant disease related compensation should be established accordingly.
Amendment 6 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32 a (new)
Recital 32 a (new)
(32a) Given the increasing importance of effective risk management, Member States should be authorised to use up to an additional 5% of their ceilings to grant support to farmers or to organisations or groups of producers in the form of financial contributions to expenses related to insurance premiums and mutual funds.
Amendment 7 #
Proposal for a regulation
Chapter 5 – title
Chapter 5 – title
SPECIFIC SUPPORT PAYMENTS
Amendment 8 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – title
Article 68 – title
Amendment 9 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 - paragraph -1 (new)
Article 68 - paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Member States may decide by 1 January 2010 at the latest and thereafter during the period from 1 October 2011 to 1 January 2012 at the latest to use from 2010 and/or from 2012 up to 15% of their national ceilings referred to in Article 41 to grant support to farmers.
Amendment 10 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 - paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 68 - paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States may decide by 1 August 2009 at the latest to use from 2010, according to paragraph -1, to use up to 10% of their national ceilings referred to in Article 41 to grant integrated support to farmers or to organisations or groups of producers for the promotion of sustainable forms of production:
Amendment 11 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 - paragraph 1 – point a – point i
Article 68 - paragraph 1 – point a – point i
(i) specific types of farming which are important for the protection or enhancement of the environment, the climate, biodiversity and water quality, in particular organic farming and pasture rearing,
Amendment 12 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 - paragraph 1 – point a – point iii
Article 68 - paragraph 1 – point a – point iii
(iii) for improving the marketing, in particular regional marketing, and competitiveness of agricultural products;
Amendment 13 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 - paragraph 1 – point b
Article 68 - paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to address specific disadvantages affecting farmers in the dairy, beef, sheep and goatmeat and rice sectors in economically vulnerable or environmentally sensitive areas and producers of beef and veal, sheep-meat and goat-meat,
Amendment 14 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 - paragraph 1 – point c
Article 68 - paragraph 1 – point c
(c) in areas subject to restructuring and/or development programs in order to avoid abandoning of land and/or in order to address specific disadvantages for farmers in those areas; precedence may be given in particular to newcomers, young farmers, family holdings or other priority farmers, such as producers belonging to a producers’ organisation or farming cooperative,
Amendment 15 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 - paragraph 1 – point d
Article 68 - paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 16 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 - paragraph 1 – point e
Article 68 - paragraph 1 – point e
Amendment 17 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 - paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 68 - paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States may decide annually, according to paragraph -1, to use from the next calendar year up to 5% of their national ceilings referred to in Article 41 to grant support to farmers or to organisations or groups of producers in the form of: (a) contributions to insurance premiums in accordance with the conditions set out in Article 69, (b) mutual funds in accordance with the conditions set out in Article 70.
Amendment 18 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 - paragraph 3
Article 68 - paragraph 3
3. Support for measures referred to in paragraph 1(b) may only be granted: (a) upon full implementation of the single payment scheme in the sector concerned in accordance with Articles 54, 55 and 71. (b) to the extent necessary to create an incentive to maintain current levels of employment and production.
Amendment 19 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 - paragraph 4
Article 68 - paragraph 4
4. Support under the measures referred to in paragraph 1(a), (b) and (eb) shall be limited to 2.5% of the national ceilings referred to in Article 41a percentage consistent with Council Decision 94/800/EC of 22 December 1994 concerning the conclusion on behalf of the European Community, as regards matters within its competence, of the agreements reached in the Uruguay Round multilateral negotiations (1986- 1994)1. Member States may set sub-limits per measure.
Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 - paragraph 5 – point a
Article 68 - paragraph 5 – point a
(a) in paragraph 1(a) and (d1 bis (a) shall take the form of annual additional payments,
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 - paragraph 5 – point d
Article 68 - paragraph 5 – point d
(d) in paragraph 1(e bis (b) shall take the form of compensation payments as specified in Article 70.
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 - paragraph 6
Article 68 - paragraph 6
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 - paragraph 7
Article 68 - paragraph 7
7. Support for measures referred to in paragraph 1 shall beThe Commission, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 128(2), shall define the conditions for the granting of the support referred to in this section, in particular with a view to ensuring consistentcy with other Community measures and policies.
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 - paragraph 7 a (new)
Article 68 - paragraph 7 a (new)
7α. Member States shall inform the Commission each year of the measures planned and shall make public the methods and criteria used to reallocate the appropriations, the names of the beneficiaries and the amounts allocated to them.
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 - paragraph 8 – point a
Article 68 - paragraph 8 – point a
(a) in paragraph 1(a), (b), (c) and (dparagraph 1 bis (a) by proceeding to linear reduction of the entitlements allocated to farmers and/or from the national reserve,
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 - paragraph 8 – point b
Article 68 - paragraph 8 – point b
(b) in paragraph 1(e bis (b) by proceeding, if necessary, to linear reduction of one or several of the payments to be made to the beneficiaries of the relevant payments in accordance with this title and within the limits set out in paragraphs 1 and 3.
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 - paragraph 9
Article 68 - paragraph 9
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – title
Article 69 – title
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 69 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. Member States may grant financial contributions to premiums for crop insurance against losses caused by adverse climatic eventsinsurance, where the relevant precautionary measures against known risks have been taken, designed to compensate for: (a) losses caused by adverse climatic events which can be assimilated to natural disasters; (b) other losses caused by climatic events; (c) economic losses caused by animal or plant diseases or pest infestations. Each Member State or region shall draw up specific studies to produce comparative statistical/actuarial data.
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 69 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
For the purposes of this article, ‘economic losses’ means all additional costs borne by a farmer on account of the exceptional measures which he adopts in order to reduce supply to the market concerned or any significant loss of production. The costs in respect of which compensation may be granted pursuant to other Community provisions and those stemming from the application of any other health, veterinary or plant-health measure shall not be regarded as economic losses.
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraphs 2 and 3
Article 69 – paragraphs 2 and 3
2. The financial contribution granted per farmer shall be set at 60% of the insurance premium duepayable individually or - if appropriate - collectively, in cases where the insurance contract has been taken out by a producer organisation. Member States may decide to increase the financial contribution to 70% taking accounin the light of the climatic situaconditions or the situation of the sector concerned. Member States may restrict the amount of the premium eligible for aid by imposing appropriate ceilings. 3. Coverage by crop-insurance shall only be available where the adverse climatic eventone of the events mentioned in paragraph 1 has been formally recognised as such by the competent authority in the Member State concerned. Or. en (see FDR PR727830 – AM 32 – paragraph 2)
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 5
Article 69 – paragraph 5
5. Any financial contribution shall be paid directly to the farmer concerned or - where appropriate - to the producer organisation which took out the contract on the basis of the number of its members.
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Article 69 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
6. Member States’ expenditure for the granting of financial contributions shall be co-financed by the Community from the funds referred to in Article 68 (1 a), at a rate of 450% of the eligible amounts of insurance premium set in accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article. In the case of the new Member States, however, the rate referred to in the first subparagraph shall be increased to 70 %.
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – title
Article 70 – title
Mutual funds for animal and plant diseases
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 1
Article 70 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may provide for financial compensation to be paid to farmers for economic losses caused by natural disasters, adverse climatic events, the outbreak of animal or plant disease by way of financial contributions to mutual funds, where the relevant precautionary measures have been taken. Such funds may be run by producer organisations and/or inter-branch organisations pursuant to the terms and conditions laid down in Articles 122 and 123 of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007. Such fund may be in addition to the provisions of national farmers’ insurance schemes.
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 70 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) ‘mutual fund’ shall mean a system accredited by the Member State in accordance with national law for affiliated farmers to insure themselves, by granting compensation payments to such farmers affected by economic losses suffered by their farm on account of a natural disaster, adverse climatic events or caused by the outbreak of animal or plant disease;
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 70 – paragraph 2 – point b
b) ‘economic losses’ shall mean any additional cost incurred by a farmer as a result of exceptional measures taken by the farmer with the objective to reduce supply on the market concerned, costs incurred as a result of emergency vaccination or any substantial loss of production. Costs for which compensation may be granted in accordance with other Community provisions and those resulting from the application of any other health and veterinary or phytosanitary measures shall not be considered as economic losses.
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 70 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 2 – point b b (new)
Article 70 – paragraph 2 – point b b (new)
(bb) ‘relevant precautionary measures’ shall mean measures which optimise animal and plant health;
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 3 – introduction
Article 70 – paragraph 3 – introduction
3. The mutual funds shall pay the financial compensation directly to affiliated farmers who are affected by economic losses, provided they have taken the relevant precautionary measures.
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Article 70 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
6. Member States’ expenditure on the financial contributions shall be co-financed by the Community from the funds referred to in Article 68(1 a) at a rate of 450% of the amounts eligible under paragraph 4. In the case of the new Member States, however, the rate referred to in the first subparagraph shall be increased to 70 %.