30 Amendments of Katerina BATZELI related to 2008/0103(CNS)
Amendment 336 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Entitlements to a single decoupled payment resulting from tobacco premiums shall, where a Member State has opted to transfer part of their value to the 2nd pillar of the CAP, be exempt from reductions applied by way of modulation.
Amendment 343 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to direct payments granted to farmers in the French overseas departments, in the Azores and Madeira, in the Canary, Ionian and Aegean islands.
Amendment 361 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
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, in part or in full:
Amendment 362 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point - a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point - a (new)
-a) main occupation as a farmer and newcomers to agriculture,
Amendment 363 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) cultivated agricultural area and livestock production,
Amendment 364 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
ca) family holdings.
Amendment 417 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27
Article 27
The amounts resulting from the application of the reductions and exclusions in case of non compliance with Chapter 1 shallshall be transferred to the national reserve and be credistributed to the EAGF. Member States may retain 25% of those amountsose whose main occupation is farming and to newcomers to agriculture.
Amendment 488 #
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 530% 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.
Amendment 490 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 48 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Entitlements to a single decoupled payment resulting from tobacco premiums shall, where a Member State has opted to transfer part of their value to the 2nd pillar of the CAP, be exempt from the application of regionalisation.
Amendment 493 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Entitlements to a single decoupled payment resulting from tobacco premiums shall not, where a Member State has opted to transfer part of their value to the 2nd pillar of the CAP, be subject to modifications in the context of regionalisation.
Amendment 545 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 68 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States may decide by 1 August 2009of the year preceding the application of the retention, at the latest to use from 2010 up to 10% of their national ceilings referred to in Article 41 to grant support to farm, in general, to full-time farmers or to organisations or groups of producers:
Amendment 550 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
Article 68 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
i) specific types of farming which are important for the protection or enhancement of the environmentenvironmentally friendly agricultural holdings and stock farms with rational management of water resources,
Amendment 554 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
Article 68 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
ii) for improving the quality of agriculturalmethods of cultivation and animal rearing with a view to the production of high-quality, safe products, or
Amendment 555 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iii
Article 68 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iii
iii) for improving the competitiveness, distribution and marketing of agricultural products;
Amendment 559 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iii a (new)
Article 68 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iii a (new)
iii a) coping with disruption to production and the cost of inputs when they are affected by sectors or factors outside of agriculture.
Amendment 568 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 68 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to address specific disadvantages affecting farmers in the dairy, beef, sheep and goatmeat and ricerice and tobacco sectors in economically vulnerable or environmentally sensitive areas, as well as producers of beef, sheep and goatmeat,
Amendment 573 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 68 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) in areas subject to restructuring and/or development programs and to restructuring programmes in tobacco and cotton producing regions in order to avoid abandoning of land and/or in order to address specific disadvantages for farmers in those areas,; priority may be given, in particular, to newcomers to the sector whose main occupation is farming and to young farmers;
Amendment 587 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i
Article 68 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i
(i) as regards support for the specific types of farmcrops and animal rearing referred to in its point (i), it respects the requirements for agri- environment payments set out in the first subparagraph of Article 39(3)laid down in the procedure set out in Article 128(1) and is consistent with the corresponding provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005,,
Amendment 603 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 4
Article 68 – paragraph 4
Amendment 620 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Article 68 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7α. Member States shall inform the Commission each year of the measures planned and shall make public the methods and criteria used to reallocate the appropriations, the names of the beneficiaries and the amounts allocated to them.
Amendment 634 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
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; such contributions shall be in addition to the provisions of national farmers' insurance schemes.
Amendment 641 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
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, fire or flood and destroy more than 30% of the average of annual production of a given farmer or 10% of the productive area affected in the preceding three-year period or a three-year average of a given farmer or the area affected based on the preceding five-year period, excluding the highest and lowest entry.
Amendment 643 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 69 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Each Member State or region shall draw up specific studies to produce statistical/actuarial data concerning the most important crops and the least widespread in order to establish an objective range of insurance premiums.
Amendment 644 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 69 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Each producer may be incorporated into the crop insurance scheme which, in addition to the basic cover it will provide, may also cover additional risks depending on the amount of the farmer's contribution and the insurance products. Basic cover may include: - additional cover for production above the defined minimum, - group cover, using the average production of the area or region as a basis for calculation, - insurance products guaranteeing agricultural income, provided that risks have been identified which reduce production, increase the cost of production inputs and diminish the competitiveness and viability of holdings.
Amendment 647 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 69 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. The financial contribution granted per farmer shall be set at 6075% of the insurance premium due. Member States may decide to increase the financial contribution to 7085% taking account of the climatic situation or the situation of the sector concerned.
Amendment 656 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 5
Article 69 – paragraph 5
5. Any financial contribution shall be paid directly to the farmer concerned. If the crop insurance scheme is managed by a group or organisation of farmers, compensation shall be paid to the farmers via the relevant group or organisation, which may take out group insurance policies.
Amendment 658 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 6 − subparagraph 1
Article 69 – paragraph 6 − subparagraph 1
6. Member States' expenditure for the granting of financial contributions shall be co-financed by the Community from the funds referred to in Article 68(1) at a rate of 450% of the eligible amounts of insurance premium set in accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article.
Amendment 661 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 1
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, or manifestly persistent crisis affecting production inputs and the market at Community, national or regional level, by way of financial contributions to mutual funds.
Amendment 664 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 70 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The fund shall be in addition to the provisions of national farmers' insurance schemes.
Amendment 734 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 123
Article 123
As from budget year 2011, an amount of up to EUR 484 million shall bmay, at the absolute and sole discretion of the Member States, be made available as additional Community support for measures in tobacco producing regions of the Member States in question, under rural development programming financed under the EAFRD, for. Only 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 may, if they so choose, make such transfers.