23 Amendments of Elisabeth JEGGLE related to 2008/0103(CNS)
Amendment 143 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 established the principle that farmers who do not comply with certain requirements in the areas of public, animal and plant health, environment and animal welfare shall be subject to reductions of or the exclusion from direct support. This «cross- compliance» system forms an integral part of Community support under direct payments and should therefore be maintained. However, experience has shown that a number of the requirements under the scope of cross compliance are not sufficiently relevant to the farming activity or the farm land or concern national authorities rather than farmers. It is therefore appropriate to adjust the scope of cross compliance. Should the articles of the ‘hygiene package’ in Annex II relevant to cross-compliance1 be incorporated, this should not lead to additional controls. 1 Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the hygiene of foodstuffs (OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 1), Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin (OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 55), and Regulation (EC) No 183/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 January 2005 laying down requirements for feed hygiene (OJ L 35, 8.2.2005, p. 1).
Amendment 148 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Furthermore, in order to avoid the abandonment of agricultural land and ensure that it is maintained in good agricultural and environmental condition, Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 established a Community framework within which Member States adopt standards taking account of the specific characteristics of the areas concerned, including soil and climatic conditions and existing farming systems (land use, crop rotation, farming practices) and farm structures. The abolition of compulsory set aside within the single payment scheme may in certain cases have adverse effects for the environment, in particular as regards certain landscape features. It is therefore appropriate to reinforce the existing Community provisions aiming at protecting, where appropriate, specified landscape features.
Amendment 151 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
Amendment 161 #
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 which have hitherto paid little attention to these challenges in connection with the EAFRD 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 do not provide for the financial means to reinforce the Community's rural development policy as necessary. Under these circumstances it is appropriate 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 171 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) The Member States should also be given a special support option in order to adequately meet new challenges which may arise from the effects of the CAP health check.
Amendment 225 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32 a (new)
Recital 32 a (new)
(32a) Member States should be permitted to establish special support measures with a view to adequately meeting the new challenges which may arise from the effects of the CAP health check.
Amendment 239 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 established specific support for energy crops with a view to assisting the sector to develop. Due to the recent developments in the bio-energy sector and, in particular, to the strong demand for such products on international markets and the introduction of binding targets for the share of bio- energy in total fuel by 2020 there is no longer sufficient reason to grant specific coupled support for energy crops. Accordingly, the amounts for this purpose should in future be incorporated into the single farm payment scheme.
Amendment 259 #
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 framework set upin accordance with the examples referred to 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 412 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 439 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point (b)
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point (b)
(b) where the eligible area of the holding for which direct payments are claimed orand due to be granted does not exceed one hectare per aid scheme. However, Cyprus may set a minimum eligible area of 0.3 hectares and Malta of 0.1 hectares.
Amendment 468 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 2
Article 44 – paragraph 2
Amendment 470 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 44 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
In such cases the Member States may also decide that lease or similar types of transactions shall be allowed only if the payment entitlements transferred are accompanied by the transfer of an equivalent number of eligible hectares.
Amendment 528 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 1
Article 65 – paragraph 1
1.a) The amounts referred in Annex XI that were available for coupled support under the schemes referred under point I of Annex X shall be distributed by the Member States principally amongst the farmers in the sectors concerned in accordance with objective and non discriminatory criteria taking account, in particular, of support that those farmers received, directly or indirectly, under the relevant support schemes during one or more years of the period 2005 to 2008.
Amendment 529 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 65 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1.b) Where justified, the Member States may distribute all or some of the amounts referred to in paragraph 1a in accordance with objective criteria among all farmers whose farms are situated in the region in question.
Amendment 530 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 65 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
(2) Member States shallmay increase the value of the payment entitlements held by the farmers concerned on the basis of the amounts resulting from the application of paragraph 1.
Amendment 679 #
Proposal for a regulation
Title III - chapter 5 - article 70 a (new)
Title III - chapter 5 - article 70 a (new)
Article 70a Specific aids for milk producers (1) Where the expenditure forecast carried out in accordance with the early warning system in Regulation (EC) No. 1290/2005, indicates that a margin of at least EUR 600 million remains in heading 2 of the financial framework for a given financial year, that amount, less the margin, shall be made available for specific aids to milk producers. (2) The Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and the Council its estimate for special aids to milk producers together with the preliminary draft budget for the financial year. (3) Specific aids to milk producers may be employed for the following types of measures: a) specific support in accordance with Article 68(1)(b) of this regulation; b) measures in accordance with Articles 20 and 36(a) of Regulation (EC) 1698/2005, provided they serve directly to support farms. (4) The Member States shall notify the Commission no later than 15 October of a given year, on the basis of the preliminary draft budget as set out in paragraph 2, which measures have been taken pursuant to paragraph 4. (5) Specific aid funding to milk producers shall be distributed among the Member States in accordance with each country’s milk reference quantities pursuant to Annex I of Regulation (EC) No. 1788/2003. (6) Dairy farms may receive additional income by carrying out landscape conservation tasks. The Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and the Council, together with the financial perspective for the period after 2013, a proposal on the possible form to be taken by structural fund and rural development programmes to that end.
Amendment 680 #
Proposal for a regulation
Title III - chapter 5 - article 70 a (new)
Title III - chapter 5 - article 70 a (new)
Article 70a Special aids to milk producers (1) Where the expenditure forecast carried out in accordance with the early warning system in Regulation (EC) No. 1290/2005, indicates that a margin of at least EUR 600 million remains in heading 2 of the financial framework for a given financial year, that amount, less the margin, shall be made available for specific aids to milk producers. (2) The Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and the Council its estimate for special aids to milk producers together with the preliminary draft budget for the financial year. (3) Specific aids to milk producers may be employed for the following types of measures: a) specific support in accordance with Article 68(1)(b) of this regulation; b) measures in accordance with Articles 20 and 36(a) of Regulation (EC) 1698/2005, provided they serve directly to support farms. (4) The Member States shall notify the Commission no later than 15 October of a given year, on the basis of the preliminary draft budget as set out in paragraph 2, which measures have been taken pursuant to paragraph 4. (5) Specific aid funding to milk producers shall be distributed among the Member States in accordance with each country’s milk reference quantities pursuant to Annex I of Regulation (EC) No. 1788/2003.
Amendment 746 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – column 1 – heading
Annex III – column 1 – heading
Amendment 747 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – column 2 – heading
Annex III – column 2 – heading
Amendment 752 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – line 4 – column 2 – indent 3
Annex III – line 4 – column 2 – indent 3
- Retention of landscape features, including, where appropriate, hedges, ponds, ditches, trees in line, in group or isolated and field margins,
Amendment 756 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – line 4 – column 2 – indent 5
Annex III – line 4 – column 2 – indent 5
- Maintenance of olive groves and vines in good vegetative condition
Amendment 757 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – line 5 – column 1
Annex III – line 5 – column 1
Amendment 775 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex X – Part I – indent 4 a (new)
Annex X – Part I – indent 4 a (new)
- from 2010, the specific aid for energy crops provided for in Chapter 4 of Title V of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003;