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37 Amendments of Willy MEYER related to 2011/0282(COD)

Amendment 172 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
(33) In order to ensure efficient use of Union funds and equal treatment for farmers across the Union mountain areas and areas facing natural or other specific constraints should be defined in accordance with objective criteria. In the case of areas facing natural constraints these should be bio-physical criteria underpinned by robust scientific evidence. Transitional arrangements should be adopted in order to facilitate the phasing out of payments in areas that will no longer be considered as areas facing natural constraints as a result of the application of theseor other specific constraints these should be socio-economic criteria and bio-physical criteria.
2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 177 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
(37) Farmers are exposed today to increasing economic and environmental risks as a consequence of climate change and increased price volatility. In this context, effective management of risks has an increased importance for farmers. For this reason a risk management measure should be set up to assist farmers in addressing the most common risks faced by them. This measure should therefore support farmers to cover the premiums they pay for crop, animal and plant insurance as well as the setting up of mutual funds and the compensation paid by such funds to farmers for losses suffered as a result of the outbreak of animal or plant diseases or environmental incidents. It should also cover an income stabilisation tool in the form of a mutual fund to support farmers facing a severe drop in their income. In order to ensure that there is equal treatment among farmers across the Union, that competition is not distorted and that the international obligations of the Union are respected, specific conditions should be provided for the granting of support under these measures. In order to ensure the efficient use of EAFRD budgetary resources the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission in respect of defining the minimum and maximum duration of commercial loans to mutual funds.deleted
2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 249 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point u a (new)
(ua) “new farmer”: a farmer who possesses adequate occupational skills and competence and is setting up for the first time in an agricultural holding as head of the holding;
2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 281 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) the competitiveness of agricultureeconomic viability of farms;
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 291 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
(1a) maintaining and creating jobs;
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 293 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
(1a) supporting and promoting small and medium-scale farmers and family farming to revert the economic, social and human desertification of the rural environment.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 294 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2
(2) the sustainable management of natural resources, and climate actionaction helping to reduce global warming;
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 309 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – introductory part
(1) fostering knowledge transfer and innovation in agriculture, and forestry, and rural areasfrom those sectors, and rural innovators, with a focus on the following areas:
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 319 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – introductory part
(2) enhancing competitiveness of all types of agriculture and enhancingfamily farm viability, with a focus on the following areas:
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 333 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
(a) facilitating restructuring of farms facing major structural problems, notably farms with a low degree of market participation, market-oriented farms in particular sectors and farms in need of agricultural diversification;deleted
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 375 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – introductory part
(3) promoting food chain organisation and risk management in agriculture, with a focus on the following areas:
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 382 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
(b) supporting farm risk management:deleted
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 404 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
(a) increasing efficiency inrational water use by agriculture and developing crops and production methods which use less water and fewer inputs;
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 413 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b
(b) increasing efficiency in energy use in agriculture and food processingdeveloping farming and food processing systems which are less dependent on fossil energy;
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 422 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
(c) facilitparticipating in the supply and use of renewable sources of energy, of by- products, wastes, residues and other non food raw material for purposes of the bio- economy;
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 478 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) new farmers;
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 533 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. Thematic sub-programmes may also address specific needs relating to the restructuring of agricultural sectors with a significant impact on the development of a specific rural area.deleted
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 541 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. The support rates laid down in Annex I may be increased by 120 percentage points for operations supported in the framework of thematic sub-programmes concerning small farms and short supply chains. In the case of young farmers and mountain areas, the maximum support rates may be increased in accordance with Annex I. However, the maximum combined support rate may not exceed 90%.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 572 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c – paragraph 1 – point vii
(vii) initiatives are planned for raising awareness and animating innovative actions and establishing operational groups of the EIP for agricultural productivity andthe economic viability of farms and agricultural sustainability;
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 583 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) a description of the approach towards innovation in view of enhancing productivon by farms, their economic viability and sustainable resource management and the contribution to achieving the objectives of the EIP for agricultural productivity andproduction by farms, their economic viability and agricultural sustainability referred to in Article 61;
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 869 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2
2. Support under paragraph 1(a) shall be granted to agricultural holdings. In the case of investments to support farm restructuring, only farms not exceeding a certain size, to be defined by the Member States in the programme based on the SWOT analysis carried out in relation to the Union priority for rural development “enhancing competitiveness of all types of agriculture and enhancing farm viability”, shall be eligible.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 891 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3
3. Support under this measure shall be limited to the maximum support rates laid down in Annex I. These maximum rates may be increased for young farmers and new farmers, collective investments and integrated projects involving support under more than one measure, investments in areas facing significant natural constraints as referred to in Article 33(3) and operations supported in the framework of the EIP for agricultural productivity andproduction and economic viability within agricultural sustainability in accordance with the support rates laid down in Annex I. However, the maximum combined support rate may not exceed 90%.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 924 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i a (new)
(ia) new farmers;
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 941 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) annual payments for farmers participating in the small farmers scheme established by Title V of Regulation (EU) No DP/2012 (hereafter "the small farmers scheme") who permanently transfer their holding to another farmer.deleted
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 960 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Support under paragraph 1(a)(i) shall be granted to young farmers and new farmers.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 996 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 5
Support under paragraph 1(c) shall be granted to farmers participating in the small farmers scheme, at the time of submitting their application for support, for at least one year and who commit to permanently transfer their entire holding and the corresponding payment entitlements to another farmer. Support shall be paid from the date of the transfer until 31 December 2020.deleted
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1021 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 7
7. Support under paragraph 1(c) shall be equal to 120% of the annual payment that the beneficiary received under the small farmers scheme.deleted
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1540 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 3
3. Support under paragraph 1(b) shall be granted only to newly formed clusters and networks and those commencing an activity that is new to them. Support for operations under paragraph 2(b) may be granted also to individual actors where this possibility is provided for in the rural development programme.deleted
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1548 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37
[...]deleted
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1594 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38
Article 38 Crop, animal and plant insurance 1. Support under Article 37(1)(a) shall only be granted for insurance contracts which cover for loss caused by an adverse climatic event or by an animal or plant disease or a pest infestation or a measure adopted in accordance with Directive 2000/29/EC to eradicate or contain a plant disease or pest which destroys more than 30 % of the average annual production of the farmer in the preceding three-year period or a three-year average based on the preceding five-year period, excluding the highest and lowest entry. 2. The occurrence of an adverse climatic event or the outbreak of an animal or plant disease or pest infestation has to be formally recognised as such by the competent authority of the Member State concerned. Member States may, where appropriate, establish in advance criteria on the basis of which such formal recognition shall be deemed to be granted. 3. Insurance payments shall compensate for not more than the total of the cost of replacing the losses referred to in Article 37(1)(a) and shall not require or specify the type or quantity of future production. Member States may limit the amount of the premium that is eligible for support by applying appropriate ceilings. 4. Support shall be limited to the maximum rate laid down in Annex I.deleted
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1605 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39
[...]deleted
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1628 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40
[...]deleted
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1751 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 1
1. A EIP network shall be put in place to support the EIP for agricultural productivon, economic viability and sustainability referred to in Article 61, in accordance with Article 51(1). It shall enable the networking of operational groups, advisory services and researchers
2012/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1844 #
Proposal for a regulation
Title 4
EIP for agricultural productivity and sustainabilityproduction and economic viability in the context of sustainable agriculture
2012/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1847 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 61 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The EIP for agricultural productivity and sustainabilityproduction and economic viability in the context of sustainable agriculture shall:
2012/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1871 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 61 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The EIP for agricultural productivity and sustainabilityproduction and economic viability in the context of sustainable agriculture shall seek to achieve its aims by:
2012/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1885 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 61 – paragraph 3
3. The EAFRD shall contribute to the aims of the EIP for agricultural productiveconomic viability and sustainability through support, in accordance with Article 36, of the EIP operational groups referred to in Article 62 and the EIP Network referred to in Article 53.
2012/07/26
Committee: AGRI