29 Amendments of Constantin DUMITRIU related to 2008/0103(CNS)
Amendment 155 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) In order to achieve a better balance between policy tools designed to promote sustainable agriculture and those designed to promote rural development, a system of compulsory progressive reduction of direct payments (“modulation”) was introduced by Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003. This system should be maintained including the exemption of payments up to EUR 5 000 from its applicationProgressive modulation should be applied only on a voluntary basis.
Amendment 163 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The savings made through the modulation mechanism introduced by Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 are used to finance measures under the rural development policy. Since the adoption of that regulation the agricultural sector has been faced with a number of new and demanding challenges such as climate change, the increasing importance of bio- energy, as well as the need for a better water management and a more effective protection of biodiversity. The European Community, as party to the Kyoto Protocol, has been called to adapt its policies in the light of the climate change considerations. Furthermore, following serious problems related to water scarcity and droughts, water management issues should be further addressed. Protecting biodiversity remains a major challenge and while important progress has been made, the achievement of the European Community's biodiversity target for 2010 will require additional efforts. The Community acknowledges the need to tackle these new challenges in the framework of its policies. In the area of agriculture, rural development programs adopted under Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2006 of 20 September 2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) are an appropriate tool to deal with them. To enable Member States to revise their rural development programmes accordingly without being required to reduce their current rural development activities in other areas, additional funding needs to be made available . However, the financial perspectives for the period 2007 to 2013 unfortunately do not provide for the financial means to reinforce the Community's rural development policy as necessary. Under these circumstances it is appropriatcould be desirable to mobilise a large part of the financial resources needed by providing for a gradual increase of the reduction of direct payments through modulation.
Amendment 169 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The distribution of direct income support among farmers is characterised by the allocation of a large share of payments to a rather limited number of large beneficiaries. It is clear that larger beneficiaries do not require the same level of unitary support for the objective of income support to be efficiently attained. Moreover, the potential to adapt makes it easier to larger beneficiaries to operate with lower levels of unitary support. It therefore seems equitable to expect farmers with high amounts of support to make a particular contribution to the financing of rural development measures addressing new challenges. Therefore, it appears appropriate to establish a mechanism providing for an increased reduction of the highest payments the proceeds of which should also be used to deal with new challenges in the framework of rural development. To ensure the proportionality of this mechanism the additional reductions should increase progressively according to the amounts of the payments concerned. This mechanism should take account of the impact of a reduction in payments on these farmers' competitiveness. Member States should have the option of applying this mechanism on a voluntary basis.
Amendment 194 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) In order to achieve the objectives of the common agricultural policy, common support schemes have to be adapted to changing developments, if necessary within short time limits. Beneficiaries cannot, therefore, rely on support conditions remaining unchanged and should be prepared for a possible review of schemes in particular in the light of economic developments or the budgetary situation. They need reasonable time limits to allow them to adapt to the new conditions.
Amendment 219 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) Member States should be allowed to use up to 10% of their ceilings for granting specific support in clearly defined cases. In the case of the new Member States which do not benefit from 100% direct payments, in order to make it possible to accumulate sufficient funds this percentage should be increased to 15%. Such support should allow Member States to address environmental issues and improve the quality and marketing of agricultural products. Specific support should also be available to buffer the consequences of the phasing-out of milk quotas and the decoupling of support in particularly sensitive sectors. Given the growing importance of an effective management of risks Member States should be given the option to financially contribute to the premiums farmers pay for crop insurance as well as to the financing of financial compensation of certain economic losses in case of animal or plant diseases. With a view to respect the Community’s international obligations the resources that could be used for any coupled support measures should be limited at an appropriate level. The conditions applicable to the financial contributions to crop insurance and animal or plant disease related compensation should be established accordingly.
Amendment 238 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
Recital 38
Amendment 261 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
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 shall define, at national or regional level, minimum requirements for good agricultural and environmental condition on the basis of the existing framework set updefined in Annex III, taking into account the specific characteristics of the areas concerned, including soil and climatic condition, existing farming systems, land use, crop rotation, farming practices, and farm structures.
Amendment 400 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
This data base shall, in particular, allow direct and immediate consultation, through the competent authority of the Member State, of the data relating to the calendar and/or marketing years starting from the year 2000, or, for the new Member States, from the first year after accession.
Amendment 405 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1
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 shall be made on the basis of an evaluation of risk level and shall not be applied to all beneficiaries.
Amendment 411 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
3. Notwithstanding paragraph 1 and in accordance with the conditions laid down in the detailed rules referred to in Article 26(1), Member States may decide not to apply a reduction or exclusion amounting to EUR 100 or less per farmer and per calendar year, and which includes any reduction or exclusion applied to payments under Article 51(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005.
Amendment 442 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 2
Article 30 – paragraph 2
Amendment 450 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 4 – point (a)
Article 31 – paragraph 4 – point (a)
(a) provide for advances, the date being established by each Member State;
Amendment 451 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 4 – point (b)
Article 31 – paragraph 4 – point (b)
(b) authorise the Member States, subject to the budgetary situation, to pay, prior to 1 December and on a date to be established by each Member State, advances in regions where, due to exceptional conditions, farmers face severe financial difficulties:
Amendment 452 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph (ba) (new)
Article 31 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph (ba) (new)
(ba) Without prejudice to subparagraph 3, the advance payments may be made before the termination of the checks, but only in areas where they are under way.
Amendment 471 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 45 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. By way of derogation from Article 35(1) a farmer who has special entitlements shall be authorised by the Member State to derogate from the requirement to activate entitlements by an equivalent number of eligible hectares provided that he maintains at least 50% of the agricultural activity exercised in calendar years 2000, 2001 and 2002 - for Bulgaria and Romania, calendar years 2006, 2007 and 2008 - expressed in livestock units (LU).
Amendment 472 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 45 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
The conditions laid down in the first subparagraph may also be applied in Member States which have not yet introduced the SPS, should they so wish.
Amendment 519 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 61 – paragraph 1
Article 61 – paragraph 1
1. All farmers shall receive entitlements, whose unit value is calculated by dividing the ceiling referred to in Article 41 by the number of payment entitlements established at national level in accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article. The new Member States may increase the regional unit value of the payment entitlements where the farmer has received support in the form of complementary direct payments or other support schemes covered by Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003.
Amendment 520 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 61 – paragraph 3a (new)
Article 61 – paragraph 3a (new)
3a. In duly justified cases, taking account of the first year of application of the single area payment scheme and subject to approval by the Commission, the new Member States may propose a historical reference period of three years different from that referred to in subparagraph 1, provided the producers' expectations and production decisions are not affected.
Amendment 521 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 61 – paragraph 3b (new)
Article 61 – paragraph 3b (new)
3b. In duly justified cases, the new Member States applying Article 61(1), second paragraph, may opt, by no later than 1 August of the year preceding introduction of the single area payment scheme, and subject to respect for the general principles of the Community rules, to move, in the second year of implementation of the SPS, towards the harmonisation of the payment entitlements established in this chapter. For these Member States, it shall be possible to undertake phased modifications of the payment entitlements, on the basis of at least three predetermined annual phases and objective, non-discriminatory criteria.
Amendment 542 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 1 – introduction
Article 68 – paragraph 1 – introduction
1. Member States may decide by 1 August 2009 at the latest to use from 2010 up to 10% of their national ceilings referred to in Article 41 to grant support to farmers::, or 15% in the case of the new Member States where thy have not reached the 100% phasing-in ceiling, allowing also for the savings made from the first and second pillars.
Amendment 588 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 68 – paragraph 2 – point b
Amendment 591 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 3
Article 68 – paragraph 3
Amendment 606 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 4
Article 68 – paragraph 4
4. Support under the measures referred to in paragraph 1(a), (b) and (e) shall be limited to 2.5% of the national ceilings referred to in Article 41 Member States may set sub-limits per measure.
Amendment 640 #
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 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 . The Member States, on the basis of national legislation and controls, shall establish the eligibility conditions for the granting of financial contributions for premiums for the insurance of crops against losses arising from adverse climatic eventrys.
Amendment 678 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 8a (new)
Article 70 – paragraph 8a (new)
8a. The financial compensation granted under this article shall not overlap with the funds made available through DG SANCO.
Amendment 685 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 73 – indent 8
Article 73 – indent 8
– Romania: 5008187 ha
Amendment 689 #
Proposal for a regulation
Title IV – Chapter1 – Section 1 a (new)
Title IV – Chapter1 – Section 1 a (new)
Amendment 728 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 113 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3 – point (b)
Article 113 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3 – point (b)
b) requirements referred to in points B and C of Annex II shall apply from 1 January 2014; for Romania and Bulgaria those referred to in point C shall apply from 2016;
Amendment 759 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – line 5 – column1
Annex III – line 5 – column1