7 Amendments of Göran FÄRM related to 2011/0280(COD)
Amendment 433 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point h
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 grazwhich can be grazed provided that the grasses and other herbaceous forage remaing provided that thedominant; Member States may decide to include land which can be grazed and which forms part of established local practices where grasses and other herbaceous forage aremain predominant traditionally not predominant in grazing areas;
Amendment 561 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. No direct payments shall be granted to natural or legal persons, or to groups of natural or legal persons, where one of the following applies:
Amendment 643 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. Paragraph 1 shallMember States may decide not to apply the first paragraph to farmers who received less than EUR 5 000a certain amount of direct payments for the previous year, this amount shall not be higher than EUR 10 000.
Amendment 660 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Member States may establish appropriate objective and non discriminatory criteria to ensure that no direct payments are granted to a natural or legal person: (a) whose agricultural activities form only an insignificant part of its overall economic activities; and/or (b) whose principal business or company objects do not consist of exercising an agricultural activity. Entities such as transport companies, airports, real estate companies, companies managing sport grounds, campsite operators and mining companies may not, a priori, be regarded as active farmers or be the beneficiaries of any direct payments whatsoever unless they can prove that they are not covered by the criteria set out in the first subparagraph, points (a) and (b). After having duly notified the Commission, the Member States may decide to add or withdraw other types of entities to those listed in the second subparagraph.
Amendment 848 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
The percentage notified in accordance with the second subparagraph shallmay gradually increase or be the same for the years referred to in the first subparagraph.
Amendment 881 #
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 payment entitlements under this Regulation through first allocation pursuant to Article 21, from the national reserve pursuant to Article 23 or by transfer pursuant to Article 27 or obtained under the single payment scheme in accordance with Regulation (EC) 1782/2003 and with Regulation (EC) 73/2009, provided that the payment entitlements have not expired in accordance with paragraph 2. second subparagraph.
Amendment 891 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Article 18 – paragraph 2
2. Payment entitlements obtained under the single payment scheme in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 and with Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 shall expire on 31 December 2013. By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, Member States that have made use of article ... in Regulation 1782/2003 or article 47 in Regulation 73/2009 may decide not to let payment entitlements expire.