4 Amendments of Urszula KRUPA related to 2008/0103(CNS)
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Protection and management of water in the context of the agricultural activity has increasinglyis becomeing a problem in certain areasan increasingly large part of the Community. It is therefore appropriate to also reinforce the existing Community framework for good agricultural and environmental condition with the aim to improve water retention, to protect water against pollution and run-off and to manageensure rational management of the use of water.
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The savings made through the modulation mechanism introduced by Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 are used to finance measures under the rural development policy. Since the adoption of that regulation the agricultural sector has been faced with a number of new and demanding challenges such as climate change, the increasing importance of bio- energy, as well as the need for a better water management and a more effective protection of biodiversity. The European Community, as party to the Kyoto Protocol, has been called to adapt its policies in the light of the climate change considerations. Furthermore, following serious problems related to water scarcity and droughts, water management issues should be further addressedwithin the Community need to be further addressed and firm action needs to be taken. Protecting biodiversity remains, alongside balanced water management, a major challenge, and while important progress has been made, the achievement of the European Community's biodiversity target for 2010 will require additional efforts1target for 2010 of halting biodiversity loss within the Community will be impossible unless additional efforts are made in this area. Such action should include major changes to the way in which the European agricultural model is organised, drawing on the experience gained by States whose agricultural systems are based on a traditional, small- scale farming model. The Community accordingly acknowledges the need to tackle these new challenges in the framework of its policies. In the area of agriculture, rural development programs adopted under Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2006 of 20 September 2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD)2 are an appropriate tool to deal with them. To enable Member States to revise their rural development programmes accordingly without being required to reduce their current rural development activities in other areas, additional funding needs to be made available. However, the financial perspectives for the period 2007 to 2013 do not provide for the financial means to reinforce the Community's rural development policy as necessary. Under these circumstances it is appropriate to mobilise a large part of the financial resources needed by providing for a gradual increase of the reduction of direct payments through modulation. 1 2Or. pl Council Conclusion, Brussels, 18.12.2006, 16164/06. OJ L 277, 21.10.2005, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2012/2006 (OJ L 384, 29.12.2006, p. 8).
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) state of the natural environment,
Amendment 66 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
However a Member State may, in duly justified circumstances, derogate from the first subparagraph, provided that it takes action based on environmental compensation principles to prevent any significant decrease in its total permanent pasture area.