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Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – indent 3

– carrying out a minimum activity to be established by Member States or regions on agricultural areas naturally kept in a state suitable for grazing or cultivation;

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

Alyn SMITH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point h

(h) ‘permanent ~~grassland~~pasture’ 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 predomina~~or features of importance for the characterisation of the land as permanent pasture. Member States or regions may decide to allow for long rotational cropping at intervals of 5 years or more where such traditional practices are beneficial to the environment;.

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

Alyn SMITH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. In accordance with their constitutional arrangements, Member States may implement relevant provisions of this regulation at regional level. In that case, Member States shall define regions in accordance with objective and non- discriminatory criteria and proceed to divide the national ceiling amongst the regions. Member States may also take all decisions referred to in this regulation at regional level and apply the financial provisions referred to in Articles 33, 35, 37, 39 and 51 to the regional ceilings, and apply the flexibility mechanism in Article 14 to the regional ceilings. Member States may also decide to establish regional reserves to manage the provisions of Article 23.

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

Alyn SMITH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

Without prejudice to Article 8, the total amount of direct payments which may be granted in a Member State pursuant to Titles III, IV and V in respect of a calendar year, after application of Article 11, shall not be higher than the ceilings set out in Annex III to this Regulation. For this purpose, Member States may divide the ceiling set out in Annex III of this Regulation amongst regions defined in accordance with objective and non- discriminatory criteria.

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

Alyn SMITH

Proposal for a regulation
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 available as Union support, either for measures under rural development programming financed under the EAFRD as specified in Regulation (EU) No […] [RDR], or for the National Reserve, to be used as entitlements for farmers who commenced their agricultural activities within the previous five years of being awarded the entitlement. Member States or regions shall decide on the use of the product of capping.

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

Alyn SMITH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) ~~the annual amount of direct payments is less than 5 % of the total receipts they obtained from non-agricultural activities in the most recent fiscal year~~who do not rear or grow agricultural products including harvesting, milking, breeding animals and keeping animals for farming purposes; or

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

Alyn SMITH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b

(b) their agricultural areas are mainly areas naturally kept in a state suitable for grazing or cultivation and they do not carry out on those areas the minimum activity established by Member States or regions in accordance with Article 4(1)(c).

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

Alyn SMITH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2

2. Paragraph 1 shall not apply to farmers who received less than EUR 52 000 of direct payments for the previous year.

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

Alyn SMITH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

1. Before 1 August 2013, Member States or regions 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.

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

Alyn SMITH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1

1. Member States ~~shall~~or regions may grant an annual payment to young farmers who are entitled to a payment under the basic payment scheme referred to in Chapter 1. Alternatively, the Member State or region may choose to extend this scheme to all farmers who commenced their agricultural activities within the previous five years of being awarded the payment.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

Alyn SMITH

Proposal for a regulation
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, farmed venison, olive oil, silk worms, dried fodder, hops, sugar beet, cane and chicory, fruit and vegetables and short rotation coppice.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

Alyn SMITH

Proposal for a regulation
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 15 % of their annual national ceiling set out in Annex II.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

Alyn SMITH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 2

2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, Member States may decide to use up to 10 % of the annual national ceiling set out in Annex II provided that: (a) they applied, until 31 December 2013, the single area payment scheme as laid down in Title V of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, or financed measures under Article 111 of that Regulation, or are concerned by the derogation provided for in Article 69(5), or, in the case of Malta, in Article 69(1) of that Regulation; and/or (b) they allocated, during at least one year in the period 2010-2013, more than 5 % of their amount available for granting the direct payments provided for in Titles III, IV and V of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, with the exception of Section 6 of Chapter 1 of Title IV, for financing the measures laid down in Section 2 of Chapter 2 of Title III of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, the support provided for in points (i) to (iv) of paragraph 1(a) and paragraphs 1(b) and (e) of Article 68 of that Regulation, or the measures under Chapter 1, with the exception of Section 6, of Title IV of that Regulation.deleted

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

Alyn SMITH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 2 – point a

(a) they applied, until 31 December 2013, the single area payment scheme as laid down in Title V of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, or financed measures under Article 111 of that Regulation, or are concerned by the derogation provided for in Article 69(5), or, in the case of Malta, in Article 69(1) of that Regulation; and/ordeleted

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

Alyn SMITH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 2 – point b

(b) they allocated, during at least one year in the period 2010-2013, more than 5 % of their amount available for granting the direct payments provided for in Titles III, IV and V of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, with the exception of Section 6 of Chapter 1 of Title IV, for financing the measures laid down in Section 2 of Chapter 2 of Title III of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, the support provided for in points (i) to (iv) of paragraph 1(a) and paragraphs 1(b) and (e) of Article 68 of that Regulation, or the measures under Chapter 1, with the exception of Section 6, of Title IV of that Regulation.deleted

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

Alyn SMITH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 3

3. By way of derogation from paragraph 2, Member States having allocated during at least one year in the period 2010-2013 more than 10 % of their amount available for granting the direct payments provided for in Titles III, IV and V of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, with the exception of Section 6 of Chapter 1 of Title IV, for financing the measures laid down in Section 2 of Chapter 2 of Title III of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, the support provided for in points (i) to (iv) of paragraph 1(a) and paragraphs 1(b) and (e) of Article 68 of that Regulation, or the measures under Chapter 1, with the exception of Section 6, of Title IV of that Regulation may decide to use more than 10 % of the annual national ceiling set out in Annex II upon approval by the Commission in accordance with Article 41.deleted

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

Alyn SMITH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 4 – introductory part

4. Member States may, by 1 August 2016, review their decision pursuant to paragraphs 1, ~~2 and 3~~ and decide, with effect from 2017:

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

Alyn SMITH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 4 – point a

(a) to increase the percentage fixed pursuant to paragraphs 1 ~~and 2~~, within the limits laid down therein where applicable, and, where appropriate, modify the conditions for granting the support;

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

18 Amendments of Alyn SMITH related to 2011/0280(COD)

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