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44 Amendments of Alyn SMITH related to 2008/0103(CNS)

Friedrich-Wilhelm GRAEFE zu BARINGDORF, Alyn SMITH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)

ca) food security.

2008/09/02
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall ensure that all agricultural land, especially land which is no longer used for production purposes, is maintained in good agricultural and environmental condition. Member States, and devolved sub-national governments with competent powers, shall define, at national or regional level, minimum requirements for good agricultural and environmental condition on the basis of the framework set up in Annex III, taking into account the specific characteristics of the area concerned, including soil and climatic condition, existing farming systems, land use, crop rotation, farming practices, and farm structures.

2008/09/02
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2

2. Member States other than the new Member States shall ensure that land which was under permanent pasture at the date provided for the area aid applications for 2003 is maintained under permanent pasture. The new Member States shall ensure that land which was under permanent pasture on 1 May 2004 is maintained under permanent pasture. However, Bulgaria and Romania shall ensure that land which was under permanent pasture on 1 January 2007 is maintained under permanent pasture. However a Member State may, in duly justified circumstances, derogate from the first subparagraph, provided that it takes action to prevent any significant decrease in its total permanent pasture area. The first subparagraph shall not apply to land under permanent pasture to be afforested, if such afforestation is compatible with the environment and with the exclusion of plantations of Christmas trees and fast growing species cultivated in the short term.deleted

2008/09/02
Committee: AGRI

Friedrich-Wilhelm GRAEFE zu BARINGDORF, Alyn SMITH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 a (new)

Article 6a Food security The Member States shall ensure that, with a view to balanced and sustainable land use, priority is given to national and/or regional food security. To that end they shall carry out a food security assessment on any planned expansion of energy production from agricultural raw materials to ensure that it does not endanger food security.

2008/09/02
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1a (nouveau)

Member States shall ensure that any increases in compulsory modulation should be matched by corresponding decreases in voluntary modulation.

2008/09/02
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2

2. The reductions referred to in paragraph 1 shall be increased for the: (a) amounts between EUR 100 000 and 199 999, by 3 percentage points, (b) amounts between EUR 200 000 and 299 999, by 6 percentage points, (c) amounts of EUR 300 000 or more, by 9 percentage points.deleted

2008/09/02
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1

1. The amounts resulting from application of the reductions provided for in Article 7, in any Member State other than the new Member States, shall be available as additional Community support for measures under rural development programming financed under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) as specified in Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005, according to the conditions set out in the following paragraphsAny Member State concerned shall receive 100% of the total amounts which modulation has generated in that Member State.

2008/09/02
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 - subparagraph 1

2. The amounts corresponding to the reduction by 5 percentage points shall be allocated to the Member States concerned in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 128(2) on the basis of the following criteria: (a) agricultural area, (b) agricultural employment, (c) gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in purchasing power.deleted

2008/09/02
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2

~~However, any Member State concerned shall receive at least 80% of the total amounts which modulation has generated in that Member State.~~deleted

2008/09/02
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3

3. By way of derogation from the second subparagraph of paragraph 2, if in a Member State the proportion of rye as part of its total cereal production exceeded 5% on average during the period 2000–2002 and its proportion of the total Community production of rye exceeded 50% during the same period, at least 90% of the amounts which the modulation generated in the Member State concerned shall be reallocated to that Member State, until 2013 included. In such a case, without prejudice to the possibility provided for by Article 58, at least 10% of the amount allocated to the Member State concerned shall be available for measures referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article in rye producing regions. For the purpose of this paragraph, "cereal" means the products listed in point I of Annex V.deleted

2008/09/02
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
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 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.deleted

2008/09/02
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall carry out administrative controls on the aid applications to verify the eligibility conditions for the aid. Such administrative controls shall not be overly burdensome, particularly in cost and paperwork, for the farmer.

2008/09/03
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall carry out on-the- spot checks to verify whether the farmer complies with the obligations referred to in Chapter 1. These checks should not be overly burdensome for the farmer.

2008/09/03
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – indent 1 – introductory phrase

1. Member States shall ~~not~~be permitted not to grant direct payments to a farmer ~~in one the follow~~under certaing c~~ases~~riteria:

2008/09/03
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – indent 1 – point (a)

(a) where the total amount of direct payments claimed or due to be granted in a given calendar year does not exceed an amount to be set by the Member State up to EUR 251000, or

2008/09/03
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – indent 1 – point (b)

(b) where the eligible area of the holding for which direct payments are claimed or due to be granted does not exceed ~~one hectare. However, Cyprus may set a minimum eligible area of 0.3 hectares and Malta of 0.1~~five hectares.

2008/09/03
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Set-aside entitlements established according to articles 53 and 63(2) of EC Regulation 1782/03 shall become normal entitlements within the meaning of this Regulation.

2008/09/03
Committee: AGRI

Alyn SMITH, Friedrich-Wilhelm GRAEFE zu BARINGDORF

Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 2 – indent 1

2. Member States shall define the regions according to objective and non- discriminatory criteria such as their institutional or administrative structure ~~and/or~~, the regional agricultural potential, or by the structural handicaps that deprived regions face.

2008/09/03
Committee: AGRI

Friedrich-Wilhelm GRAEFE zu BARINGDORF, Alyn SMITH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Any Member State decision in the framework of articles 47 to 52 of this Regulation must be taken in agreement with institutions representing its regional authorities, on the basis of an impact study on the implications of this decision at regional level.

2008/09/03
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

1. Any Member State having excluded the sheep and goat and beef payments from the single payment scheme under the conditions of Articles 67 and 68 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 ~~may decide by 1 August 2009 to continue to~~shall apply the single payment scheme from 2010 ~~under the conditions laid down in this section and~~ in conformity with the decision taken under Article 64(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003. However, Member States may decide to set the part of the component of their national ceiling to be used for additional payments to farmers in accordance with Article 55(1) of this Regulation at a rate lower than that decided under Article 64(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003.

2008/09/03
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 54

Member States may retain up to 50% of the component of national ceilings referred to in Article 41 corresponding to the sheep and goat payments listed in Annex VI to Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 and shall make, on a yearly basis, an additional payment to farmers. The additional payment shall be granted to farmers rearing sheep and goats, under conditions provided for in Section 7 of Chapter 1 of Title IV of this Regulation and within the ceiling fixed in accordance with Article 53(2).deleted

2008/09/03
Committee: AGRI

Alyn SMITH, Friedrich-Wilhelm GRAEFE zu BARINGDORF

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55

1. Member States that in accordance with Article 68(2)(a)(i) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 retained all or part of the component of national ceilings referred to in Article 41 of this Regulation corresponding to the suckler cow premium referred to in Annex VI to Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 shall make, on a yearly basis, an additional payment to farmers. The additional payment shall be granted for maintaining suckler cows under the conditions provided for in Section 8 of Chapter 1 of Title IV of this Regulation and within the ceiling fixed in accordance with Article 54(2). 2. In 2010 and 2011, Member States that in accordance with Article 68(1), 68(2)(a)(ii) or 68(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 retained all or part of the national ceilings referred to in Article 41 of this Regulation corresponding to the slaughtering premium for calves, the slaughtering premium for animals other than for calves or the special male premium may make an additional payment to farmer. The additional payments shall be granted on slaughtering of calves, on slaughtering of bovine animals other than calves and for holding male bovine animals, under the conditions provided for in Section 8 of Chapter 1 of Title IV. The additional payment shall be made at 50% of the level applied under Article 68 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 and within the limit fixed in accordance with Article 53(2) of this Regulation.deleted

2008/09/03
Committee: AGRI

Friedrich-Wilhelm GRAEFE zu BARINGDORF, Alyn SMITH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Bulls kept for fighting shall be excluded from the payments under paragraphs 1 and 2.

2008/09/03
Committee: AGRI

Friedrich-Wilhelm GRAEFE zu BARINGDORF, Alyn SMITH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Any Member State decision in the framework of articles 53 to 56 of this Regulation must be taken in agreement with institutions representing its regional authorities, on the basis of an impact study on the implications of this decision at regional level.

2008/09/03
Committee: AGRI

Friedrich-Wilhelm GRAEFE zu BARINGDORF, Alyn SMITH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 67

Where a Member State does not take the decision referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 53(1) the amounts that were available for coupled support under the schemes referred to under point III of Annex X shall be integrated into the single payment scheme in accordance with the provisions set out in Article 66.deleted

2008/09/03
Committee: AGRI

Friedrich-Wilhelm GRAEFE zu BARINGDORF, Alyn SMITH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 1 – point c

(c) in areas subject to restructuring and/or development programmes in order to avoid abandoning of land and/or in order to address specific disadvantages for farmers in those areas; also for assisting farming potential in deprived regions with severe and permanent structural handicaps,

2008/09/03
Committee: AGRI

Friedrich-Wilhelm GRAEFE zu BARINGDORF, Alyn SMITH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Support as referred to in Paragraph 1 may be accessed using collective approaches and by collective organisations.

2008/09/03
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – introductory part

3. Support for measures referred to in paragraph 1(a) and (b) may only be granted:

2008/09/03
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – point a

(a) upon full implementation of ~~the single payment scheme~~full decoupling in ~~the~~all sector ~~concerned in accordance with Articles 54, 55 and 71~~s.

2008/09/03
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – point b

~~(b) to the extent necessary to create an incentive to maintain current levels of production.~~deleted

2008/09/03
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 9

9. The Commission, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 128(2) shall define the conditions for the granting of the support referred to under this section, in particular with a view to ensure consistency with other Community measures and policies ~~and to avoid cumulation of support~~, to avoid competitive distortions between Member States and to avoid cumulation of support. Any support granted under this article shall end on 1 January 2013.

2008/09/03
Committee: AGRI

Friedrich-Wilhelm GRAEFE zu BARINGDORF, Alyn SMITH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

(1) Member States may grant financial contributions to premiums for crop insurance against losses caused by adverse climatic events where the relevant precautionary measures against known risks have been taken.

2008/09/03
Committee: AGRI

Friedrich-Wilhelm GRAEFE zu BARINGDORF, Alyn SMITH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

For the purpose of this article, ‘adverse climatic event’ means weather conditions which can be assimilated to a natural disaster, such as frost, hail, ice, rain or drought and destroy more than 30% of the average of annual production of a given 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. For the purpose of this article, ‘relevant precautionary measures’ means, for example, the cultivation of plant varieties suitable to the location.

2008/09/03
Committee: AGRI

Friedrich-Wilhelm GRAEFE zu BARINGDORF, Alyn SMITH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 1

(1) Member States may provide for financial compensation to be paid to farmers for economic losses caused by the outbreak of animal or plant disease by way of financial contributions to mutual funds, where the relevant precautionary measures have been taken.

2008/09/03
Committee: AGRI

Friedrich-Wilhelm GRAEFE zu BARINGDORF, Alyn SMITH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 3 − subparagraph 1

(3) The mutual funds shall pay the financial compensation directly to affiliated farmers who are affected by economic losses, provided they have taken the relevant precautionary measures.

2008/09/03
Committee: AGRI

Friedrich-Wilhelm GRAEFE zu BARINGDORF, Alyn SMITH

Proposal for a regulation
Title IV – Chapter 1 – Section 4 a (new) – Article 84 a (new)

SECTION 4a AID FOR PROTEIN CROPS Article 84a Scope Farmers producing protein crops shall receive aid in accordance with the provisions of this article. ‘Protein crops’ means - peas falling within CN 0713 10, - field beans falling within CN 0713 50, - sweet lupins falling within CN ex 1209 29 50, - lucerne and lucerne-grass mixtures - clover and clover mixture hay

2008/09/03
Committee: AGRI

Friedrich-Wilhelm GRAEFE zu BARINGDORF, Alyn SMITH

Proposal for a regulation
Title IV – Chapter 1 – Section 4 a (new) – Article 84 b (new)

Article 84b Conditions and amount of the aid The amount of the aid shall be EUR 80/ha for field beans, sweet lupins and peas harvested after the stage of lactic ripeness. Protein crops grown on areas which are fully sown and which are cultivated in accordance with local standards but which do not attain the stage of lactic ripeness as a result of exceptional weather conditions recognised by the Member State concerned, shall remain eligible for aid provided that the areas in question are not used for any other purpose up to this stage. For clover and lucerne crops the amount of the aid shall be EUR 80 provided that the areas are mown at least twice a year and the cuttings are used for animal feed.

2008/09/03
Committee: AGRI

Friedrich-Wilhelm GRAEFE zu BARINGDORF, Alyn SMITH

Proposal for a regulation
Title IV – Chapter 1 – Section 4 a (new) – Article 84 c (new)

Article 84c Area (1) Aid is granted subject to a maximum guaranteed area of 2 000 000 hectares. (2) Where the areas for which aid is claimed exceed the maximum guaranteed area, the area per farmer for which aid is claimed shall be reduced proportionately in that year in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 144(2).

2008/09/03
Committee: AGRI

Friedrich-Wilhelm GRAEFE zu BARINGDORF, Alyn SMITH

Proposal for a regulation
Section 7 – Articles 88 to 96

S~~HEEP AND GOAT PREMIUMS (whole section)~~ection 7 deleted

2008/09/03
Committee: AGRI

Friedrich-Wilhelm GRAEFE zu BARINGDORF, Alyn SMITH

Proposal for a regulation
Section 8 – Articles 97 to 108

~~BEEF AND VEAL PAYMENTS (Whole section)~~Section 8 deleted

2008/09/03
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 123

As from budget year 2011, an amount of EUR 484 million shall be available as additional Community support for measures in tobacco producing regions under rural development programming financed under the EAFRD, for those Member States in which the tobacco producers received aid in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 2075/92 during the years 2000, 2001 and 2002.deleted

2008/09/03
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 132 – point 1 – point (b)

Regulation (EC) No 378/2007
Article 1 − paragraph 5

5. The modulation rates applicable to a farmer resulting from the application of Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No XXX/2008 (this regulation) minus 5 percentage points shall be deducted from the rate of voluntary modulation applied by Member States in application of paragraph 4 of this Article. Both the percentage to be deducted and the final voluntary modulation rate shall be equal to or higher than 0. No adjustments should, however, result in an overall reduction in the amount of EAFRD funding already allocated to rural development programmes, as laid out in the formal Commission Decision which approves them.

2008/09/03
Committee: AGRI

Friedrich-Wilhelm GRAEFE zu BARINGDORF, Alyn SMITH

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – line 4 – column 2 – indent 2

– Protection of permanent pasture and ban on ploughing

2008/09/04
Committee: AGRI

Friedrich-Wilhelm GRAEFE zu BARINGDORF, Alyn SMITH

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – issue : Minimum level of maintenance – indent 3

– Retention of landscape features, including~~, where appropriate,~~ hedges, ponds, ditches, trees in line, in group or isolated and field margins,

2008/09/04
Committee: AGRI