14 Amendments of Vincenzo AITA related to 2008/0103(CNS)
Amendment 245 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point a
Article 2 – point a
a) a"farmer" means a natural or legal person, or a group of natural or legal persons, whatever legal status is granted to the group and its members by national law, whose holding is situated within Community territory, as referred to in Article 299 of the Treaty, and who exercises an agricultural activity, from which he derives the main part of his income;
Amendment 250 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. A farmer receiving direct payments shall be required to ensure safety at the workplace and to abide by the contractual rules laid down by the individual Member States.
Amendment 252 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
ca) respect for employment in agriculture.
Amendment 305 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The provisions laid down in paragraph 1 shall not apply to payments for amounts between EUR 5000 and EUR 9999.
Amendment 329 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The maximum amount of the payments provided for in Annex I shall be EUR 400 000 per farm.
Amendment 337 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. In the case of amounts exceeding EUR 300 000, accounts must be drawn up in respect of any labour employed and annual farming plans must be submitted.
Amendment 376 #
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 competitiveness to be increased and new jobs to be created) 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 478 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – indent 1
Article 46 – indent 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 482 #
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 495 #
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.
Amendment 583 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 2
Article 68 – paragraph 2
Amendment 592 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. Support for measures referred to in paragraph 1(b) may only be granted, insofar as is necessary to encourage the maintenance of current employment and production levels:
Amendment 618 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 7
Article 68 – paragraph 7
Amendment 701 #
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.