57 Amendments of Marc TARABELLA related to 2011/0280(COD)
Amendment 199 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) Due to the successive integration of various sectors into the single payment scheme and the ensuing period of adjustment granted to farmers, it has become increasingly difficult to justify the presence of significant individual differences in the level of support per hectare resulting from use of historical references. Therefore direct income support should be more equitably distributed between Member States, by reducing the link to historical references and having regard to the overall context of the Union budget. To ensure a more equal distribution of direct support, while taking account of the differences that still exist in wage levels and input costs, the levels of direct support per hectare should be progressively adjusted. Member States with direct payments below the level of 90 % of the average should close one third of the gap between their current level and this level. Thise convergence should be financed proportionally by all Member States with direct payments above the Union average. It is important that those Member States’ contributions to convergence should not exceed a certain percentage of their initial envelopes. In addition, all payment entitlements activated in 2019 in a Member State or in a region should have a uniform unit value following a convergence towards this value that should take place during the transition period in linear steps. However, in order to avoid disruptive financial consequences for farmers, Member States having used the single payment scheme, and in particular the historical model, should be allowed to partially take historical factors into account when calculating the value of payment entitlements in the first year of application of the new scheme. The debate on the next Multiannual Financial Framework for the period starting in 2021 should also focus on the objective of complete convergence through the equal distribution of direct support across the European Union during that period.
Amendment 265 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29 a (new)
Recital 29 a (new)
(29a) In order to improve the environment, combat climate change and improve agronomic conditions, the Commission shall, without delay, submit a strategic plan for the supply of vegetable proteins, which will also enable the EU to reduce its very heavy dependence on external sources of supply. The plan should provide for more oil-protein crops and legumes to be grown under the common agricultural policy and should encourage agronomic research into suitable and productive varieties.
Amendment 310 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) A simple and specific scheme for small farmers should be put in place in order to reduce the administrative costs linked to the management and control of direct support. For that purpose, a lump- sum payment replacing all direct payments should be established. Rules seeking simplification of formalities should be introduced by reducing, amongst others, the obligations imposed on small farmers such as those related to the application for support, to agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment, to cross-compliance and to controls as laid down in Regulation (EU) No […] [HZR] without endangering the achievement of the overall objectives of the reform, it being understood that Union legislation as referred to in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No […] [HZR] applies to small farmers. The objective of that scheme should be to support the existing agricultural structure of small farms in the Union without countering the development towards more competitivsustainable structures. For that reason, access to the scheme should be limited to existing holdings.
Amendment 333 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iv
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iv
(iv) a payment for youngnew farmers who commence their agricultural activity;
Amendment 353 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b – point vii
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b – point vii
(vii) a voluntary simplified scheme for small farmers;
Amendment 368 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – indent 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – indent 1
– rearing or growing of agricultural products including harvesting, milking, breaking-in, training and breeding animals and keeping animals for farming purposes,
Amendment 438 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) "permanent grassland" means land used to grow grasses or other herbaceous forageforage plants (herbaceous shrubs and/or trees) suitable for grazing, 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 predominantrelatively unproductive land such as pastoral areas, moorland, scrubland trails and summer and mountain pastures;
Amendment 446 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) "permanent grassland" 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 predominant; grass verges covered by agro-environmental measures such as those specified in Regulation (EU) No […] [RDR] will be excluded;
Amendment 458 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point i
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) "grasses or other herbaceous forage" means all herbaceous plants traditionally found in natural pastuly grazed areas or normally included in mixtures of seeds for pastures or meadows in the Member State (whether or not used for grazing animals);
Amendment 498 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. For each Member State and each year, the national ceiling comprising the total value of all allocated entitlements, of the national reserve and of the ceilings fixed in accordance with Articles 33, 35, 37 and 39 shall be as set out in Annex II.
Amendment 546 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. No dDirect payments shall be granted to natural or legal persons, or to groups of natural or legal persons, whereonly to active farmers, who may be natural or legal persons. The Member States shall choose whether to exclude from classification as an “active farmer” persons in respect of whom one of the following applies:
Amendment 622 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) these persons spend less than 50% of their actual working time on the farm holding;
Amendment 719 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The amount of direct payments to be granted to a farmer under this Regulation in a given calendar year, including payments for agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment in accordance with Article 29, shall be reduced as follows:
Amendment 730 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – indent 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – indent 1
by 20 % for the tranche of more than EUR 150.00 000 and up to EUR 200.130 000;
Amendment 743 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – indent 2
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – indent 2
– by 40 % for the tranche of more than EUR 1530 000 and up to EUR 20160 000;
Amendment 751 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – indent 3
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – indent 3
– by 70 % for the tranche of more than EUR 250.160 000 and up to EUR 3200. 000;
Amendment 758 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – indent 4
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – indent 4
– by 100 % for the tranche of more than EUR 3200 000.
Amendment 816 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. Before 1 August 2013, Member States may decide to make available as additional support for measures intended for farmers or groups of farmers 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 201920 as set out in Annex II to this Regulation. As a result, the corresponding amount shall no longer be available for granting direct paymentsMember States may progressively increase this percentage during this period.
Amendment 839 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 845 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 851 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
(a) Where Article 20 of this Regulation applies, Member States may make such amounts available to the regions according to the objective and non- discriminatory criteria provided for the allocation of the ceiling set under the EAFRD.
Amendment 882 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
1. Support under the basic payment scheme shall be available to farmers if they obtain entitlements to premiums under Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 and Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 or obtain payment entitlements under this Regulation through a first allocation pursuant to Article 21, from the national reserve pursuant to Article 23 or by transfer pursuant to Article 27.
Amendment 912 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall, by means of implementing acts, set the annual national ceiling for the basic payment scheme by deducting from the annual national ceiling established in Annex II the annual amounts to be set in accordance with Articles 33, 35, 37 and 39. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 56(2).
Amendment 1253 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Farmers entitled to a payment under the basic payment scheme referred to in Chapter 1 shall observe on their eligible hectares as defined in Article 25(2) the following agricultural practiseswo agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment taken by the Member State from an exhaustive European list. Member States will choose from an exhaustive European list a minimum of five agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment. The Member States may choose the following practices that are beneficial for the climate and the environment:
Amendment 1302 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to have threea number of different crops on their arable land where the arable land of the farmer covers more than 3 hectares and is not entirely used for grass production (sown or natural), entirely left fallow or entirely cultivated with crops under water for a significant part of the year. This number shall depend on the size and percentage of permanent grassland areas on their holdings;
Amendment 1344 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) to have nitrate trap crops on their arable lands;
Amendment 1355 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point c b (new)
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point c b (new)
(cb) to make controlled use of nitrogen fertiliser;
Amendment 1368 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point c c (new)
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point c c (new)
(cc) to put animals out to graze during the growing season;
Amendment 1373 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point c d (new)
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point c d (new)
(cd) to take part in a phyto-reduction programme;
Amendment 1376 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point c e (new)
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point c e (new)
(ce) to have a plan for optimising the use of effluents;
Amendment 1378 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point c f (new)
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point c f (new)
(cf) to take part in a programme to reduce the use of antibiotics;
Amendment 1379 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point c g (new)
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point c g (new)
(cg) to establish a green cover on land that would otherwise remain bare at certain times of the year.
Amendment 1380 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
The Commission will have the power to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 55, in order to lay down the specific requirements for each of the practices provided for in the first paragraph and to add new practices.
Amendment 1387 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2
Article 29 – paragraph 2
2. Without prejudice to paragraphs 3 and 4 and to the application of financial discipline, linear reductions in accordance with Article 7, and any reductions and penalties imposed pursuant to Regulation (EU) No […] [HZR], Member States shall grant the payment referred to in this Chapter to farmers observing thosewo of the three practisces referred to in paragraph 1 that are relevant for them, and in function of their compliance with Articles 30, 31 and 32..
Amendment 1409 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 3
Article 29 – paragraph 3
3. Farmers whose holdings are fully or partly situated in areas covered by Directives 92/43/EEC or 2009/147/EC shall be entitled to the payment referred to in this Chapter provided that they observe the practises referred to in this Chapter to the extent that those practises are compatible inon the basis of the area of their holding concverned with the objectives of those Directivesby Directives 92/43/EEC or 2009/147/EC.
Amendment 1432 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 29 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Farmers complying with the requirements laid down in Article 29(1) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 as regards organic farming shall be entitled ipso facto to the payment referred to in this Chapter. This recognition shall also be extended to farmers whose agricultural holdings are located in environment protection areas recognised by the Member States at national or regional level, and to agricultural areas benefiting from agri- environment commitments under rural development programmes.
Amendment 1480 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 5
Article 29 – paragraph 5
5. The payment referred to in paragraph 1 shall take the form of an annual payment per eligible hectare declared according to Article 26(1), the amount of which shall be calculated annually by dividing the amount resulting from the application of Article 33(1) by the total number of eligible hectares declared in the Member State conchectares eligible to benefit from the payment refernred according to Articleto in Title III, Chapter 26.
Amendment 1516 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Article 30 – paragraph 1
1. Where the arable land of the farmer covers more than 3 hectares and is not entirely used for grass production (sown or natural), entirely left fallow or entirely cultivated with crops under water for a significant part of the year, and the areas of permanent grassland represent less than 75 % of his holding, cultivation on the arable land shall consist of: - at least three different crops. None of those three crops shall cover if the arable land represents more than 25 ha or if the areas of permanent grassland represent less than 50 % of his holding, - at least two different crops if the arable land represents less than 25 % of the arable land and tha and if the areas of permanent grassland represent between 50 % and 75 % of his holding. The main onecrop shall not exceed 70 % of the arable land. with the exception of temporary grassland, which shall not be subject to limitation.
Amendment 1736 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1
Article 32 – paragraph 1
1. Farmers shall ensure that at least 7 % of their eligible hectares as defined in Article 25(2), excluding areas under permanent grassland, is is ecological focus area. The ecological focus area such asmay include land left fallow, terraces, landscape features, buffer strips and afforested areas as referred to in article 25(2)(b)(ii).
Amendment 1752 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Ecological focus areas may also include permanent grassland and pasture and areas down to crops which offer an intrinsic environmental benefit, such as flax, hemp, lucerne or protein crops. However, such areas may not count for more than half the minimum percentage set in paragraph 1. Some ecological focus areas shall be weighted so that, on the basis of their ecological significance, an equivalent area greater than that actually covered by the element concerned may be taken into account. This weighting shall be laid down in the annex to this Regulation.
Amendment 1791 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 2
Article 32 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 55 to further define the types of ecological focus areas referred to in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1 of this Article and to add and define other types of ecological focus areas that can be taken into account for the respect of the percentage referred to in that list of crops offering an intrinsic environmental benefit, as referred to in the third subparagraph of paragraph 1.
Amendment 1872 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1
Article 34 – paragraph 1
1. Member States mayshall grant a payment to farmers entitled to a payment under the basic payment scheme referred to in Chapter 1 and whose holdings are fully or partly situated in areas with natural constraints designated by Member States in accordance with Article 33(1) of Regulation (EU) No […] [RDR].
Amendment 1878 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 2
Article 34 – paragraph 2
2. Member States may decide to grant the payment referred to in paragraph 1 to all areas falling within the scope of that paragraph or, alternatively, and on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria, to restrict the payment to some of the areas referred to in Article 33(1) of Regulation (EU) No […] [RDR].
Amendment 1890 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 34 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
When applying Article 20, Member States may apply the payment referred to in this Chapter at regional level under the conditions laid down in this paragraph.
Amendment 1901 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
In order to finance the payment referred to in Article 34, Member States may decide, by 1 August 2013, to use up to 510 % of their annual national ceiling set out in Annex II.
Amendment 1910 #
Proposal for a regulation
Title 3 – chapter 4 – title
Title 3 – chapter 4 – title
Payment for youngnew farmers
Amendment 1927 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1
Article 36 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall grant an annual payment to youngnew farmers who are entitled to a payment under the basic payment scheme referred to in Chapter 1.
Amendment 1932 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1
Article 36 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall grant an annual payment to young farmers who are entitled to a payment under the basic payment scheme referred to in Chapter 1 in such a way as to support generational change and encourage people to take up farming.
Amendment 1941 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 36 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. For the purposes of this Chapter, 'youngnew farmers', shall mean:
Amendment 1949 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 36 – paragraph 2 – point b
Amendment 1972 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 36 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall calculate each year the amount of the payment referred to in paragraph 1: - either by multiplying a figure corresponding to 25 % of the average value of the payment entitlements held by the farmer by the number of entitlements he has activated in accordance with Article 26(1); - or by setting a single flat-rate amount for the eligible surface area as defined in the national or regional plan; - or, even more simply, on the basis of a single flat-rate amount per holding as defined in the national or regional plan.
Amendment 1982 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Article 36 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
When applying the firstoptions set out in the first and second indents of the previous subparagraph, Member States shall respect the following maximum limits in the number of activated payment entitlements that are to be taken into account:
Amendment 1992 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 6
Article 36 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 55 concerning the conditions under which a legal person may be considered eligible for receiving the payment referred to in paragraph 1, in particular the application of the age-limit set out in paragraph 2(b) to one ore more natural persons participating in the legal personarrangements for calculating the payment when it is granted to a legal person regarded as a young farmer within the meaning of paragraph 2a.
Amendment 2053 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
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, olive oil, silk worms, dried fodder, hops, sugar beet, cane and chicory, fruit and vegetables and short rotation coppice and productions intended for use under official quality schemes, such as organic farming.
Amendment 2077 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 4
Article 38 – paragraph 4
4. Coupled support may only be granted to the extent necessary to create an incentive to maintain current levels of production in the regions concerned, in particular in areas with natural constraints, such as the outermost regions, and to production sectors which create jobs.
Amendment 2081 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 38 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. When applying Article 20, Member States may allocate different amounts of funding to the regional areas defined on the basis of that article.
Amendment 2217 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 47 – paragraph 4 a (new)