Activities of Luis Manuel CAPOULAS SANTOS related to 2011/0286(COD)
Plenary speeches (2)
Direct payments to farmers (debate)
Direct payments to farmers (debate)
Reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 as regards the application of direct payments to farmers in respect of the year 2013 PDF (228 KB) DOC (296 KB)
Amendments (7)
Amendment 2 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) Regulation (EC) 378/2007 established a mechanism for voluntary modulation of direct payments, with a view to strengthening rural development policy in certain Member States. It is important, therefore, to provide continuity of funding for the commitments in rural development expenditure for financial year 2014 and to ensure that the amount of direct payments in calendar year 2013 is maintained at a similar level to that of 2012, without prejudice to the establishment of direct payment national ceilings during the next Financial Framework.
Amendment 3 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) For the smooth functioning of direct payments in calendar year 2013, it is necessary to extend the net ceilings set out for calendar year 2012 to 2013 and adjust them where necessary, in particular as regards the increases resulting from the phasing-in of direct payments in the new Member States and the cessation of voluntary modulation provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 378/2007 of 27 March 2007 laying down rules for voluntary modulation of direct payments provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers .
Amendment 5 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) In order to ensure the correct implementation of direct payments to be made by the Member States with respect to applications made in 2013, 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 relevant rules concerning the basis of calculation for reductions to be applied to the farmers by the Member States in 2013 due to the adjustment of payments and financial discipline. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level. The Commission, when preparing and drawing up delegated acts, should ensure a simultaneous, timely and appropriate transmission of relevant documents to the European Parliament and to the Council.
Amendment 8 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 2 a (new)
Article 1 – point 2 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 73/2009
Article 10 b (new)
Article 10 b (new)
(2a) The following Article is inserted: "Article 10b Voluntary modulation in calendar year 2013 In addition to the adjustments referred to in Article 10a, each Member State which applied Article 1 of Council Regulation (EC) No 378/2007 may apply reductions("voluntary modulation"), to direct payments granted in their territory in the calendar year 2013. The voluntary modulation rates may be regionally differentiated where the Member State has applied the single payment scheme at a regional level. The national rate of reduction used in the Member States through the voluntary modulation mechanism in 2012 shall determine the maximum rate applicable in calendar year 2013. Within two months of the entry into force of this Regulation, Member States shall decide on and communicate to the Commission the rate of voluntary modulation that will apply. The net amounts resulting from the application of voluntary modulation for participating Member States shall be available for financing of their rural development programmes. "
Amendment 10 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3 a (new)
Article 1 – point 3 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 73/2009
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
(3a) In Article 11, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: "2. The European Parliament and the Council, acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure on a proposal from the Commission presented no later than 31 March of the calendar year in respect of which the adjustments referred to in paragraph 1 apply, shall determine these adjustments no later than 30 June of the same calendar year."
Amendment 11 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 4
Article 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) No 73/2009
Article 11 a
Article 11 a
Amendment 14 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 5 a (new)
Article 1 – point 5 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 73/2009
Article 142 a (new)
Article 142 a (new)
(4a) The following Article is inserted: "Article 142a Exercise of delegation 1. The power to adopt delegated acts is conferred on the Commission subject to the conditions laid down in this Article. 2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 11a shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of one year from 1 January 2013. 3. The delegation of power referred to in Article 11a may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force. 4. As soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the Council. 5. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 11 a shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or the Council within a period of two 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 two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council.