73 Amendments of Willy MEYER related to 2011/0280(COD)
Amendment 129 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
Amendment 132 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) In order to take into account specific new elements and to guarantee the protection of the rights of beneficiaries, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission for the purpose of laying down further definitions regarding the access to support under thisthe criteria to determine the predominance of grasses and other herbaceous forage as regards permanent grassland. The Regulation, shall establishing the framework within which Member States shall define both the minimum activities to be carried out on areas naturally kept in a state suitable for grazing or cultivation as well asnd the criteria to be met by farmers in order to be deemed to have respected the obligation of maintaining the agricultural area in the state suitable for production and the criteria to determine the predominance of grasses and other herbaceous forage as regards permanent grassland.
Amendment 164 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) The distribution of direct income support among farmers is characterised by the allocation of disproportionate amounts of payments to a rather small number of large beneficiaries. Due to economies of size, larger beneficiaries do not require the same level of unitary support for the objective of income support to be efficiently achieved. Moreover, the potential to adapt makes it easier for larger beneficiaries to operate with lower levels of unitary support. It is therefore fair to introduce a system for large beneficiaries where the support level is gradually reduced and ultimately capped to improve the distribution of payments between farmers. Such system should however take into account salaried labour intensity to avoid disproportionate effects on large farms with high employment numbers. Those maximum levels should not apply to payments granted to agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment since the beneficial objectives they pursue could be diminished as a result. In order to make capping effective, Member States should establish some criteria in order to avoid abusive operations by farmers seeking to evade its effects. The proceeds of the reduction and capping of payments to large beneficiaries should remain in the Member States where they were generated and should be used for financing projects with a significant contribution to innovation under Regulation (EU) No […] of the European Parliament and of the Council of….on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) [RDR].ublic mechanisms to achieve stable and remunerative agricultural prices
Amendment 192 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) Due to the successive integration of various sectors into the single payment scheme and the ensuing period of adjustment granted to farmers, it has become increasingly difficult to justify the presence of significant individual differences in the level of support per hectare resulting from use of historical references. Therefore direct income support should be more equitably distributed between Member States, by reducing the link to historical references and having regard to the overall context of the Union budget. To ensure a more equal distribution of direct support, while taking account of the differences that still exist in wage levels and input costs, the levels of direct support per hectare should be progressively adjusted. Member States with direct payments below the level of 90% of the average should close one third of the gap between their current level and this level. This convergence should be financed proportionally by all Member States with direct payments above the Union average. In addition, all payment entitlements activated in 2019 in a Member State or in a regionAll payment entitlements activated in the EU should have a uniform unit value following a convergence towards this value that should take place during the transition period in linear steps. However, in order to avoid disruptive financial consequences for farmers, Member States having used the single payment scheme, and in particular the historical model, should be allowed to partially take historical factors into account when calculating the value of payment entitlements in the first year of application of the new scheme. The debate on the next Multiannual Financial Framework for the period starting in 2021 should also focus on the objective of complete convergence through the equal distribution of direct support across the European Union during that periodshould be attained at the end of the period of validity of the 2014- 2020 Multiannual Financial Framework. In addition, all payment entitlements activated in 2019 in a Member State or in a region should have a uniform unit value.
Amendment 241 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) One of the objectives of the new CAP is the enhancement of environmental performance through a mandatory "greening" component of direct payments which will support agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment applicable throughout the Union. For that purpose, Member States should use part of their national ceilings for direct payments to grant an annual payment, on top of the basic payment, for compulsory practices to be followed by farmers addressing, as a priority, both climate and environment policy goals. Those practises should take the form of simple, generalised, non-contractual and annual actions that go beyond cross- compliance and are linked to agriculture such as crop diversification, maintenance of permanent grassland and ecological focus areas. The compulsory nature of those practises should also concern farmers whose holdings are fully or partly situatedBearing in mind the greater environmental requirements that have to be met by the production processes of holdings in "Natura 2000" areas covered by Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora and by Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds, as longwell as theose practises are compareceiving agro- environmental and climate aid referred to in Artibcle with the objectives of those Directives29 of Regulation EU No (...)(DR), they shall be deemed to meet the requirements for this "greening" component. Farmers who fulfil the conditions laid down in Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 of 28 June 2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 should benefit from the "greening" component without fulfilling any further obligation, given the recognised environmental benefits of the organic farming systems. Likewise, given the environmental benefits provided per se by certain types of production such as permanent crops eligible for the basic payment, permanent grassland, legumes and rice, their components should benefit from the "greening" component without needing to meet any other obligations. Olives, vines and fruit tees characterise the ecosystem of large regions and contribute to stabilising the soil against erosion, CO2 capture and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Non-respect of the "greening" component should lead to penalties on the basis of Article 65 of Regulation (EU) No […] [HZR].
Amendment 307 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) ATwo simple forms of support for small farmers should be put in place. On the one hand, a simple and specific scheme for very small and family-run farmers should be put in plaintroduced in order to reduce the administrative costs linked to the management and control of direct support. For that purpose, a lump- sum payment replacing all direct payments should be established. Rules seeking simplification of formalities should be introduced by reducing, amongst others, the obligations imposed on small farmers such as those related to the application for support, to agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment, to cross-compliance and to controls as laid down in Regulation (EU) No […] [HZR] without endangering the achievement of the overall objectives of the reform, it being understood that Union legislation as referred to in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No […] [HZR] applies to small farmers. The objective of that scheme should be to support the existing agricultural structure of small farms in the Union without countering the development towards more competiproductive structures. For that reason, access to the scheme should be limited to existing holdings. On the other hand, there should be a form of assistance for small farms that is additional to the other support payments made to farmers. The obligations related to the application for support, to agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment, to cross-compliance and to controls as laid down in Regulation (EU) No […] [HZR] should apply to small farms.
Amendment 309 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) A simple and specific scheme for small farmers should be put in place in order to reduce the administrative costs linked to the management and control of direct support. For that purpose, a lump- sum payment replacing all direct payments should be established. Rules seeking simplification of formalities should be introduced by reducing, amongst others, the obligations imposed on small farmers such as those related to the application for support, to agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment, to cross-compliance and to controls as laid down in Regulation (EU) No […] [HZR] without endangering the achievement of the overall objectives of the reform, it being understood that Union legislation as referred to in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No […] [HZR] applies to small farmers. The objective of that scheme should be to support the existing agricultural structure of small farms in the Union without countering the development towards more competiproductive structures. For that reason, access to the scheme should be limited to existing holdings.
Amendment 339 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iv
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iv
(iv) a payment for young and new farmers who commence their agricultural activity;
Amendment 354 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b – point vii a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b – point vii a (new)
(viia) a payment for small farms, to be established at Member State level;
Amendment 371 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – indent 2
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – indent 2
Amendment 379 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – indent 3
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – indent 3
Amendment 399 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) "agricultural area" means any area taken up by arable land, permanent grassland, permanent pastures or permanent crops;
Amendment 410 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) “permanent crops” means non- rotational crops other than permanent grassland that occupy the land for five years or longer and yield repeated harvests, including nurseries, and short rotation coppice;
Amendment 415 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) "permanent grassland or permanent pastures" means land used to grow grasses or other herbaceous forage naturally (self-seeded) or through cultivation (sown) and that has not been included in the crop rotation of the holding for five years or longer; it may include other species suitable for grazing provided that the grasses and other herbaceous forage remain predominant;
Amendment 478 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Amendment 525 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. For each Member State and each year, the estimated product of capping as referred to in Article 11, which is reflected by the difference between the national ceilings set out in Annex II, to which is added the amount available in accordance with Article 44, and the net ceilings set out in Annex III, is made availableredistributed (a) as Union support for measures under rural development programming financed under the EAFRD as specified in Regulation (EU) No […] [RDR]; or (b) under Pillar I, provided that the object is to increase payments to small farmers.
Amendment 532 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The product referred to in paragraph 2 may be redistributed under Pillar I, provided that the object is to increase payments to small farmers.
Amendment 568 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 685 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10
Article 10
Amendment 720 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The amount of direct payments to be granted to a farmer under this Regulation in a given calendar year shall be reduced as follows, with this reduction being applicable to all payments made under the first pillar:
Amendment 726 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – indent 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – indent 1
– by 210 % for the tranche of more than EUR 150.25 000 and up to EUR 200.50 000;
Amendment 727 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – indent 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – indent 1
by 20 % for the tranche of more than EUR 150. 000 and up to EUR 200.75 000;
Amendment 735 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – indent 4
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – indent 4
by 100 % for the tranche of more than EUR 3100 000.
Amendment 740 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – indent 2
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – indent 2
– by 430 % for the tranche of more than EUR 150.75 000 and up to EUR 2100. 000;
Amendment 748 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – indent 3
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – indent 3
Amendment 777 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. The amount referred to in paragraph 1 shall be calculated by subtracting 50% of the salaries effectively paid and declared by the farmer in the previous year, including taxes and social contributions related to employment, from the total amount of direct payments initially due to the farmer without taking into account the payments to be granted pursuant to Chapter 2 of Title III of this Regulation.
Amendment 812 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. Before 1 August 2013, Member States may decide to make available as additional support for measures under rural development programming financed under the EAFRD as specified under Regulation (EU) No […] [RDR], up to 10 % of their annual national ceilings for calendar years 2014 to 2019 as set out in Annex II to this Regulation. As a result, the corresponding amount shall no longer be available for granting direct payments. The funds transferred shall be 100 % financed through the CAP budget in order to reverse the decline in rural areas and agricultural activity, in particular environmentally-friendly agriculture, in line with rural development priorities (4) and (5) specified under Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No […] [RDR].
Amendment 918 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may decide, before 1 August 2013, to apply the basic payment scheme at regional level. In that case they shall define the regions in accordance with objective and non-discriminatory criteria such as their agronomic and socioeconomic characteristics and their regional agricultural potential, or their institutional or administrative structurspecific land use type.
Amendment 931 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 5
Article 20 – paragraph 5
5. The Member States shall notify the Commission by 1 Augustefore 31 December 2013 of the decision referred to in paragraph 1, together with the measures taken for the application of paragraphs 2 and 3.
Amendment 1304 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to have three different crops on their arable land, including a legumimous or protein crop, where the arable land of the farmer covers more than 310 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;
Amendment 1310 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) to carry out crop rotation on each parcel, with the exception of parcels with permanent grassland or permanent pasture and perennial plants;
Amendment 1320 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to maintain existing permanent grassland or permanent pasture on their holding; and
Amendment 1504 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – title
Article 30 – title
Crop diversification and rotation
Amendment 1547 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Article 30 – paragraph 1
1. Where the arable land of the farmer covers more than 3 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 three different crops. None of those three crops shall cover less than 5 % of the arable land and the main one shall not exceed 750 % of the arable land.
Amendment 1573 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 30 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. There shall be crop rotation on each parcel, with the exception of parcels with grassland or permanent pasture and perennial plants.
Amendment 1598 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – title
Article 31 – title
Permanent grassland and pasture
Amendment 1617 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Farmers shall maintain as permanent grassland and pasture the areas of their holdings declared as such in the application made pursuant to Article 74(1) of Regulation (EU) No XXX (HZ) for claim year 2014, hereinafter referred to as ‘reference areas under permanent grassland and pasture’.
Amendment 1635 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The reference areas under permanent grassland or pasture shall be increased in cases where the farmer has an obligation to reconvert areas into permanent grassland or pasture in 2014 and/or in 2015 as referred to in Article 93 of Regulation (EU) No […] HZR.
Amendment 1651 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2
Article 31 – paragraph 2
2. Farmers shall be allowed to convert a maximum of 5 % of their reference areas under permanent grassland and pasture. That limit shall not apply in the case of force majeure or exceptional circumstances.
Amendment 1674 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 3
Article 31 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 55 laying down rules concerning the increase of reference areas under permanent grassland and pasture as laid down in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1, the renewal of permanent grassland and pasture, the reconversion of agricultural area into permanent grassland and pasture in case the authorised decrease referred to in paragraph 2 is exceeded, as well as the modification of the reference areas under permanent grassland and pasture in case of transfer of land.
Amendment 1737 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1
Article 32 – paragraph 1
1. Farmers shall ensure that at least 7 % of their eligible hectares as defined in Article 25(2), excluding areas under permanent grassland and pasture, 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).
Amendment 1893 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 34 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
In that case, Member States shall define the regions in accordance with objective and non-discriminatory criteria such as their natural constraint, demographic and socio- economic characteristics and agronomic conditions.
Amendment 1906 #
Proposal for a regulation
Title 3 – chapter 4 – title
Title 3 – chapter 4 – title
Payment for young farmers and new farmers
Amendment 1907 #
Proposal for a regulation
Title 3 – chapter 4 – title
Title 3 – chapter 4 – title
Payment for young farmers and new farmers
Amendment 1930 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1
Article 36 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall grant an annual payment to young farmers and new farmers who are entitled to a payment under the basic payment scheme referred to in Chapter 1.
Amendment 1931 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1
Article 36 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall grant an annual payment to young farmers and new farmers who are entitled to a payment under the basic payment scheme referred to in Chapter 1.
Amendment 1940 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 36 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. For the purposes of this Chapter, 'young farmers and new farmers', shall mean:
Amendment 1943 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 36 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. For the purposes of this Chapter, ‘young farmers’,the following definitions shall meanapply:
Amendment 1946 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 36 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) ‘new farmers’ shall mean natural persons who are setting up for the first time an agricultural holding as head of the holding, or who have already set up such a holding during the five years preceding the first submission of an application to the basic payment scheme as referred in Article 73(1) of Regulation (EU) No […] [HZR], and;
Amendment 2037 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
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 and table olives, silk worms, dried fodder, hops, sugar beet, cane and chicory, fruit and vegetables, cotton, tobacco and short rotation coppice.
Amendment 2043 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Coupled support may be granted to the following sectors and productions: cereals, oilseeds, protein crops, grain and feed 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 coppice.
Amendment 2079 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 4
Article 38 – paragraph 4
4. Coupled support may only be granted to the extent necessary to create an incentive to maintain current levels of production and agricultural employment in the regions concerned.
Amendment 2091 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1
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 5 %the requisite share of their annual national ceiling set out in Annex II.
Amendment 2100 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 2
Article 39 – paragraph 2
Amendment 2131 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 3
Article 39 – paragraph 3
Amendment 2141 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 4
Article 39 – paragraph 4
Amendment 2152 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 5
Article 39 – paragraph 5
Amendment 2200 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 1
Article 47 – paragraph 1
1. Farmers holding payment entitlements allocated in 2014 pursuant to Article 21 and fulfilling the minimum requirements provided formeeting the definition of active farmer laid down in Article 10(1)9 may opt for participation in a simplified scheme under the conditions laid down in this Title, hereinafter referred to as 'small farmers scheme'.
Amendment 2218 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 a (new)
Article 47 a (new)
Article 47a General rules governing support for small farms 1. Member States shall grant an annual payment to small farms and small farmers who are entitled to a payment under the basic payment scheme referred to in Chapter 1. 2. For the purposes of this Chapter, small farms or small farmers shall mean holdings of a size defined by the Member States. The relevant criteria shall be laid down in delegated acts adopted by the Commission. 3. Without prejudice to the application of financial discipline, progressive reduction and capping, linear reductions as referred in Article 7, and any reductions and exclusions imposed pursuant to Article 65 of Regulation (EU) No […] [HZR], the payment referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be granted annually upon activation of payment entitlements by the farmer. 4. Member States shall set the amount referred to in paragraph 1 within the limit of the funding provided for in Article 51(2) of this Regulation. 5. Farmers in receipt of payments under the support scheme for small farms and small farmers may take part in the thematic sub-programme referred to in the third subparagraph of Article 8(1)(b) of the rural development regulation.
Amendment 2221 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 1
Article 48 – paragraph 1
Farmers wishing to participate in the small farmers scheme shall submit an application by 15 mid-October 2014each year.
Amendment 2229 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 2
Article 48 – paragraph 2
Amendment 2240 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Member States shall set the amount of the annual payment for the small farmers scheme at one of the following levels, subject to paragraphs 2 and 3:an amount not exceeding 25 % of the national average payment per beneficiary.
Amendment 2241 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Amendment 2245 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Amendment 2252 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 2253 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 2256 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 2
Article 49 – paragraph 2
Amendment 2262 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 3
Article 49 – paragraph 3
Amendment 2266 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 50 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 50 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) keep at least a number of hectares corresponding to proportion of agricultural activity defined by the nuMember of entitlements held;State.
Amendment 2267 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 50 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 50 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 2271 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 50 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 50 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
By way of derogation from Article 27, payment entitlements held by farmers participating in the small farmers scheme or by very small farms shall not be transferable, except in case of inheritance or anticipated inheritance
Amendment 2273 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
In order to finance the payment referred to in this Title, Member States shall deduct the amounts corresponding to the amounts to which the small farmers or very small farms would be entitled as a basic payment referred to in Chapter 1 of Title III, as a payment for agricultural practises beneficial for the climate and the environment referred to in Chapter 2 of Title III and, where applicable, as a payment for areas with natural constraints referred to in Chapter 3 of Title III, as a payment for young farmers referred to in Chapter 4 of Title III and as coupled support referred to in Title IV from the total amounts available for the respective payments.
Amendment 2274 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 2
Article 51 – paragraph 2
2. If the total amount of payments due under the small farmers scheme exceeds 10 % of the annual national ceiling set out in Annex II,Payments due under the scheme for very small farms and in the form of support for small farms shall have priority and Member States shall apply a linear reduction to the amounts to be paid in accordance with this Title in order to respect that percentagee annual ceiling set out in Annex II.