15 Amendments of Anne E. JENSEN related to 2011/0280(COD)
Amendment 275 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) The creation and development of new economic activity in the agricultural sector by young farmers and other new entrants is financially challenging and constitutes an element that should be considered in the allocation and targeting of direct payments. This development is essential for the competitiveness of the agricultural sector in the Union and, for that reason, an income support to young farmers and new entrants commencing their agricultural activities should be established in order to facilitate the initial establishment of young farmers and new entrants and the structural adjustment of their holdings after the initial setting up. Member States should be able to use part of their national ceilings for direct payments to grant an annual area- based payment, on top of the basic payment, to young farmers and new entrants. That payment should only be granted during a period of maximum five years, since it should only cover the initial period of the life of the business and should not become an operating aid.
Amendment 305 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) A simple and specific scheme for small farmers should be put in place in ordMember States should be authorised to use part of their national direct payments ceiling to put in place a simple and specific scheme for small farmers 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 controls on 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 competitive structures and without hampering structural change in agriculture. For that reason, access to the scheme should be limited to existing holdings.
Amendment 570 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 612 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) they satisfy objective and non- discriminatory criteria established by Member States which ensure that: (i) their agricultural activities form only an insignificant part of his/its overall economic activities, and/or (ii) their principal activity or company object does not consist in exercising an agricultural activity; and/or,
Amendment 625 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b b (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b b (new)
(b b) they operate, as their main activity, transport activities, airports, real estate companies, sport and recreational grounds, camping sites, mining companies or other non-agricultural activities to be defined accordingly by Member States on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria. Member States may decide that those persons can claim to be eligible if they can provide verifiable evidence that they do not fall under the categories described in (b) and (ba); Member States may add other entities to and/or exclude entities of the ones listed above provided they inform the Commission of their decision and provide objective and non-discriminatory grounds of justification motivating their decision.
Amendment 639 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Amendment 808 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Amendment 854 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1564 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 30 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. In order to take account of the structure of their agricultural holdings, Member States may adjust the 10 ha mentioned in paragraph 1 according to the average farm size as set out in Annex VI.
Amendment 1734 #
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 and permanent crops, is ecological focus area such as land left fallow, terraces, landscape features, buffer strips without production (except grazing and cutting), fertilisation and pesticides, unsprayed field margins, areas without nitrogen fertilisation, catch crops, areas with perennial energy crops, beetle banks, flower strips, areas with nitrogen fixing crops, areas participating in agri- environmental schemes in accordance with Article 29(2) of Regulation (EU) No [ ] [RDR], and afforested areas as referred to in article 25(2)(b)(ii).
Amendment 1762 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 32 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. The percentage referred to in paragraph 1 can be reduced at member state or regional level if the member state or region has general environmental regulation which goes beyond obligations for famers in other member states. Farmers should be allowed to transfer all or part of the obligation in paragraph 1 to another farmer without transfer of land. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, Member States may decide to implement up to 5 percentage points of the ecological focus areas at regional level in order to obtain adjacent ecological focus areas. Member states and regions which have not included the areas mentioned in paragraph 1 in their land parcel identification system can count these features as a part of the percentage in paragraph 1 without including them in the land parcel identification system.
Amendment 1905 #
Proposal for a regulation
Title 3 – chapter 4 – title
Title 3 – chapter 4 – title
Payment for young farmers and new entrants
Amendment 1929 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1
Article 36 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall grant an annual payment to young farmers and new entrants who are entitled to a payment under the basic payment scheme referred to in Chapter 1.
Amendment 1952 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 36 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) in the case of 'young farmers' only, who are less than 40 years of age at the moment of submitting the application referred to in point (a).
Amendment 2194 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 1
Article 47 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may operate a simplified scheme under the conditions laid down in this Title, hereinafter referred to as 'small farmers scheme'. Farmers holding payment entitlements allocated in 2014 pursuant to Article 21 and fulfilling the minimum requirements provided for in Article 10(1) may opt for participation in a simplified scheme under the conditions laid down in this Title, hereinafter referred to as ‘small farmers scheme’