46 Amendments of Giuseppe CASTIGLIONE
Amendment 149 #
2008/0104(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 4 – point 31 a (new)
Article 4 – point 31 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007
Article 182 – paragraph 3
Article 182 – paragraph 3
Amendment 377 #
2008/0103(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4
Article 9 – paragraph 4
4. The remaining amount resulting from the application of Article 7(1) and the amounts resulting from the application of Article 7(2) shall be allocated (as a priority to operations which enable farmers’ competitiveness to be increased) to the Member State where the corresponding amounts have been generated, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 128(2). They shall be used in accordance with Article 69(5a) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005.
Amendment 465 #
2008/0103(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 42 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The Member States may use the national reserve to grant payment entitlements to farmers who have entered into special contracts regulated by the Member States.
Amendment 477 #
2008/0103(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 1
Article 46 – paragraph 1
In duly justified cases, Member States may decide, by 1 August 2009 at the latest, and acting in compliance with the general principles of Community law, to move as from 2010 towards approximating the value of payment entitlements established under Chapter I to IV of Title III of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003. To this end payment entitlements may be made subject to progressive modifications according to at least three pre-established annual steps and objective and non- discriminatory criteria.
Amendment 481 #
2008/0103(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 46 – paragraph 3 a (new)
In areas subject to public use requirements or other collective land management contracts, the value of payment entitlements may be redefined on the basis of the surface area of the farm, provided that the parameters of maximum environmental load are respected.
Amendment 484 #
2008/0103(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 1
Article 47 – paragraph 1
1. A Member State having introduced the single payment scheme in accordance with Chapters 1 to 4 of Title III of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 may decide, by 1 August 2009 at the latest, to apply the single payment scheme from 2010 at regional level under the conditions laid down in this section.
Amendment 489 #
2008/0103(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 1
Article 48 – paragraph 1
1. In duly justified cases, Member States may decide to divide no more than 50% of the regional ceiling established under Article 47 between all the farmers whose holdings are located in the region concerned, including those who do not hold payment entitlements. The areas used shall be those declared by the farmer on 15 May 2008.
Amendment 494 #
2008/0103(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1
Article 49 – paragraph 1
1. In duly justified cases Member States applying Article 48 of this Regulation may decide, by 1 August 2009 at the latest, and acting in compliance with the general principles of Community law, to move as from 2011 towards approximating the value of payment entitlements established under this section or under Section 1 of Chapter 5 of Title III of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003. To this end they may make such payment entitlements subject to progressive modifications according to at least two pre- established annual steps and objective and non-discriminatory criteria. Gli Stati membri devono avere la possibilità di decidere in qualsiasi momento, di procedere al ravvicinamento del valore dei diritti all'aiuto stabiliti in conformità alle disposizioni della presente sezione o del titolo III, capitolo 5, sezione 1, del regolamento (CE) n. 1782/2003, anche dopo il 1° agosto 2009.Or. it Motivazione
Amendment 499 #
2008/0103(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 53 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 502 #
2008/0103(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 53 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. According to the choice made by each Member State, the Commission shall fix, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 128(2), a ceiling for each of the direct payments referred to, respectively, in Articles 54, 55 and 565.
Amendment 504 #
2008/0103(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 53 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
2. According to the choice made by each Member State, the Commission shall fix, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 128(2), a ceiling for each of the direct payments referred to, respectively, in Articles 54, 55 and 565.
Amendment 516 #
2008/0103(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 56
Article 56
Amendment 610 #
2008/0103(CNS)
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 41 Member States may set sub- limits per measure..
Amendment 699 #
2008/0103(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 82 – paragraph 2
Article 82 – paragraph 2
2. The aid shall be granted for a maximum of five consecutive years as from the marketing year in which the threshold of 50% referred to in paragraph 1 has been reached but no later than foruntil the marketing year 2013/2014.
Amendment 705 #
2008/0103(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 85
Article 85
Amendment 707 #
2008/0103(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86
Article 86
Amendment 34 #
2008/0050(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Labelling provides mandatory, voluntary and additional information. The mandatory information should combine basic labelling requirements and specific ones for feed materials or compound feed respectively and additional ones in case of dietetic feed. The voluntary information should be described in a product specification and certified by a supervisory body.
Amendment 35 #
2008/0050(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) As a consequence of the BSE- and dioxin crisis, the obligation to indicate the weight percentage of all feed materials incorporated in compound feed had been introduced in 2002. In parallel, the level of food and feed safety has been meanwhile significantly improved due to Regulations (EC) No 178/2002 and No 183/2005 and their implementing measures, explicitly the focus on the responsibility of the feed and food business operators, the improved traceability system, the introduction of the HACCP principle in feed businesses and the guides to good hygiene practice in feed businesses. These positive achievements, mirrored in the notifications to the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed, justify that the obligation to indicate the weight percentage of all feed materials incorporated in compound feed should be abandoned. The exact percentages could be provided for on a voluntary basis; such information should be made subject to certification by a supervisory body.
Amendment 41 #
2008/0050(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) Modern labelling facilitates a competitive market environment in which dynamic, efficient, innovative operators can make full use of labelling to sell their products. Having regard to both the business to business relation in the marketing of livestock feed and the relationship between the manufacturer and purchaser of pet food, Codes of good labelling for these two areas could be useful means of achieving the objectives of modern labelling. These Codes may interpretshould be in keeping with the framework given for voluntary labelling.
Amendment 42 #
2008/0050(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) Power should be conferred on the Commission in particular to decide on products prohibited for use as feed, to authorise feed intended for particular nutritional purposes, to establish a list of labelling categories of feed materials for non-food producing animals, to amend the list of voluntary labelling particulars, to lay down feed certification procedures which also cover voluntary labelling and to adapt the Annexes in the light of scientific and technical development. Since those measures are of general scope and are designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation, inter alia, by supplementing it, they must be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny provided for in Article 5a of Decision 1999/468/EC.
Amendment 130 #
2008/0050(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1
Article 22 – paragraph 1
1. In addition to the mandatory labelling requirements, the labelling of compound feed may also include voluntary labelling particulars, provided that the general principles laid down in Article 11 are respected and that they are subject to certification by a supervisory body.
Amendment 137 #
2008/0050(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – point h a (new)
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – point h a (new)
(ha) presence/absence of a given substance;
Amendment 138 #
2008/0050(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – point h b (new)
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – point h b (new)
(hb) percentage by weight of the individual feed materials.
Amendment 66 #
2007/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Points to the need for risk categorisation also to cover issues relating to stocking density; points out that high stocking densities on large farms using industrial breeding methods are usuallymay in certain circumstances be detrimental to the welfare of the animals and, furthermore, significantl may increase the risk of disease and hamper disease controltransmission; takes the view that agricultural policy should, in a number of sensitive areas, encourage lower stocking densities and should not provide incentives for the establishment of large holdings; stresses, furthermore, that large, intensive livestock holdings should come under special veterinary, sanitary and environmental surveillance and that their siting should not adversely affect the local population or the environment;
Amendment 73 #
2007/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Points to the heightened risks involved in long-distance transport of live animals, which spreads disease and hampers disease-control efforts; considers, in this connection, that restrictions should be placed on the transport of live animals and that thought should be given to placing an eight-hour ceiling on transport timespossibility of disease being transmitted over wider areas as a result of long-distance transport of live animals; considers, in this connection, that closer checks should be made on live animals at departure; considers the measures recently adopted on the maximum limits on transport time for individual animal species and the relevant transport arrangements to be positive;
Amendment 129 #
2007/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Believes identification and tracing to be particularly important in animal health monitoring and, disease prevention and food safety; supports, in this connection, action covering the electronic and DNA-based genetic identification of animals and the introduction of a comprehensive and secure animal movement monitoring system, but draws attention to the cost of such a system, particularly for small-scale livestock breeders;
Amendment 137 #
2007/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Shares the view that better border biosecurity is particularly important in view of the fact that the EU is the world's largest importer of food, including animal products; considers that, in view of the risk of infection- carrying or diseased animals being brought into the EU, veterinary and sanitary checks at EU borders need to be particularly thorough and stringent and should make it possible to ascertain whether animals have been reared in accordance with animal welfare standards laid down in EU legislation;
Amendment 182 #
2007/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Points to the need for the development of a network of Community and national reference laboratories dealing with animal diseases and animal welfare, and agrees that scientifically uniform control, analysis and test methods should be applied;
Amendment 2 #
2007/2194(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)
Recital -A (new)
-A. whereas the Lisbon and Gothenburg Strategies establish priorities regarding the competitiveness and sustainability of the European economy, and young farmers can play an essential role in achieving those objectives,
Amendment 3 #
2007/2194(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)
Recital -A (new)
-A. whereas the multifunctional model of European agriculture can be a vector for sustainable development in rural areas, thanks to the widespread presence of farm holdings,
Amendment 5 #
2007/2194(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas progress with the CAP reform has opened up new opportunities for young people with regard to many aspects of the process of setting up in farming and developing holdings, but those opportunities are not spread evenly across Europe, making a Community strategic approach impossible,
Amendment 11 #
2007/2194(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas a multisectorfunctional approach is required and, in particular, there should be a firm policy of support for young farmers,
Amendment 17 #
2007/2194(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the various policies in support of young farmers have not breathed the expected new life into Europe's farming sector by facilitating generation change, as is shown by the still alarming statistics on the presence young people in farming,
Amendment 23 #
2007/2194(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. Whereas rural areas make up 92% of the territory of the European Union, while 50% of the population now live in urban areas and 50% in rural areas,
Amendment 28 #
2007/2194(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Points out that the enlargement of the EU to take in new Member States has enhanced cultural diversity and provides an ideal opportunity to make Community productsEuropean agriculture more competitive by focusing on qualitycontinuous innovation and the quality of Community products;
Amendment 37 #
2007/2194(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Draws attention to the continuing difficulties stemming from high setting-up costs, including agricultural property sale and rental prices and the need to purchase new equipment and machinesinvest continuously in physical capital and human potential in order to make technological and logistical improvements;
Amendment 58 #
2007/2194(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the provision made for the granting of setting-up support to young farmers to be conditional on the submission of a business plan for the development of their farming activitie, as an instrument which, over time, will enable the development of activities on their new farms;
Amendment 62 #
2007/2194(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 86 #
2007/2194(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Takes the view that, in line with the new thrust of the CAP, development of the multifunctional role of agriculture, including via the diversification of income sources, should be encouraged and the focus should be placed on European agriculture's distinguishing features;
Amendment 120 #
2007/2194(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Takes the view that young farmers should be placed in the best possible position to take advantage of the opportunities provided by a greater flexibility in demand for farming-related goods and services, together with a greater opening -up of emerging markets around the world with a view to the conclusion of the multilateral negotiations, and on the basis of greater market transparency thanks to clear rules on indications of origin for agricultural products;
Amendment 129 #
2007/2194(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Notes that, as part of medium- to long- term planning arrangements, the role of new generations of farmers should be made aware of their responsibilitiesdeveloped with regard to combating climate change, via an integrated Community strategy;
Amendment 140 #
2007/2194(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Believes that thought should be given to using alternative energy sources derived from agriculture, based on integration of all the available energy sources, from solar to biomass;
Amendment 148 #
2007/2194(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses the importance of shifting the focus of agricultural research in line with the CAP reform and of promoting the transfer to farms of the results of that research;
Amendment 155 #
2007/2194(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses the importance of continuing to improve implementation of the Leonardo programme as well as the use of lifelong training instruments centring on the dissemination of enterprise culture;
Amendment 161 #
2007/2194(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a
Paragraph 20 a
Amendment 174 #
2007/2194(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Proposes the designation of a European year of urban-rural dialogue;