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36 Amendments of Ulrike RODUST related to 2011/0282(COD)

Amendment 81 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) To ensure the sustainable development of rural areas, it is necessary to focus on a limited number of core priorities relating to knowledge transfer and innovation in agriculture, forestry and rural areas, the competitiveness of all types of agriculture and farm viability, and food chain organisation and risk management in agriculture, restoring, preserving and enhancing ecosystems dependant on agriculture and forestry, resource efficiency and the shift towards a low carbon economy in the agricultural, food and forestry sectors, and promoting social inclusion, poverty reduction and the economic development of rural areas. In doing so account must be taken of the diversity of situations that affect rural areas with different characteristics or different categories of potential beneficiaries and the cross-cutting objectives of innovation, environment and climate change mitigation and adaptation. Mitigation action should relate to both limiting emissions in agriculture and forestry from key activities such as livestock production, fertilizer use and to preserving the carbon sinks and enhancing carbon sequestration with regard to land use, land use change and the forestry sector. The Union priority for rural development relating to knowledge transfer and innovation in agriculture, forestry and rural areas should apply horizontally in relation to the other Union priorities for rural development.
2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 120 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
(20) The agricultural sector is subject more than other sectors to damage to its productive potential caused by natural disasters. In order to help farm viability and competitiveness in the face of such disasters support should be provided for helping farmers restore agricultural potential damaged. Member States should also ensure that no overcompensation of damages occurs as a result of the combination of Union (in particular the risk management measure), national and private compensation schemes. In order to ensure the efficient and effective use of EAFRD budgetary resources, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission in respect of defining the eligible costs under this measure.deleted
2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 176 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
(37) Farmers are exposed today to increasing economic and environmental risks as a consequence of climate change and increased price volatility. In this context, effective management of risks has an increased importance for farmers. For this reason a risk management measure should be set up to assist farmers in addressing the most common risks faced by them. This measure should therefore support farmers to cover the premiums they pay for crop, animal and plant insurance as well as the setting up of mutual funds and the compensation paid by such funds to farmers for losses suffered as a result of the outbreak of animal or plant diseases or environmental incidents. It should also cover an income stabilisation tool in the form of a mutual fund to support farmers facing a severe drop in their income. In order to ensure that there is equal treatment among farmers across the Union, that competition is not distorted and that the international obligations of the Union are respected, specific conditions should be provided for the granting of support under these measures. In order to ensure the efficient use of EAFRD budgetary resources the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission in respect of defining the minimum and maximum duration of commercial loans to mutual funds.deleted
2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 376 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – introductory part
(3) promoting food chain organisation and risk management in agriculture, with a focus on the following areas:
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 383 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
(b) supporting farm risk management:deleted
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 411 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
(a) increasing efficiency and sustainability in water use by agriculture;
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 544 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. In the case of young farmers and mountain areas, the maximum support rates may be increased in accordance with Annex I. However, the maximum combined support rate shall not exceed 950%.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 639 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Support under this measure shall cover vocational training and skills acquisition actions, demonstration activities and information actions. Vocational training and skills acquisition actions may include training courses, workshops and coaching. Support may also cover short-term exchanges of people who are or would like to be engaged in the agricultural, food or forestry sectors or in horticulture, and visits to undertakings in the agricultural and food sectors.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 657 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Support under this measure shall be for the benefit of persons engaged or intending to be engaged in the agricultural, food and forestry sector and in horticulture, land managers and other economic actors which are SMEs operating in rural areas. The training or other knowledge transfer or information action provider shall be the beneficiary of the support. Execution by intermediaries shall be possible.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 666 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Support under this measure shall not include courses of instruction or training, which form part of normal education programmes or systems at secondary or higher levels.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 668 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Bodies providing knowledge transfer and information services shall have the appropriate capacities in the form of staff qualifications and professional experience and regular training to carry out this task.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 670 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 4
4. Eligible costs under this measure shall be the costs of organising and delivering the knowledge transfer or information action. In the case of demonstration projects, support may also cover relevant investment costs. Costs for travel, accommodation and per diem expenses of participants as well as the cost of replacement of farmerspersons engaged in agriculture shall also be eligible.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 678 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 90 concerning the further specification of eligible costs, the minimum qualifications of bodies providing knowledge transfer services and the duration and content of farm exchange schemes and farm visits for persons engaged in agriculture.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 814 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) improve the overall performance of the agricultural holding and make a significant contribution to minimising emissions which are damaging to the climate and/or to improving animal welfare standards and/or to creating jobs;
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 885 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3
3. Support under this measure shall be limited to the maximum support rates laid down in Annex I. These maximum rates may be increased for young farmers, collective investments and integrated projects involving support under more than one measure, investments in areas facing significant natural constraints as referred to in Article 33(3) and operations supported in the framework of the EIP for agricultural productivity and sustainability in accordance with the support rates laid down in Annex I. However, the maximum combined support rate may not exceed 950%.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 958 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Support under paragraph 1(a)(i) shall be granted to young farmers. for a maximum period of three years, subject to compliance with the requirement to take advantage of management advisory services throughout the funding period.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1195 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Eligible operations shall be consistent with the forest protection plan established by the Member States. For holdings above a certain size, to be determined by the Member States in the programme, support shall be conditional on the submission of a forest management plan detailing the preventive objectives.
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1199 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Forest areas classified as medium to high forest fire risk according to the forest protection plan established by the Member States shall be eligible for support relating to forest fire prevention.deleted
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1202 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 3
3. Support under paragraph 1(d) shall be subject to the formal recognition by the competent public authorities of Member States that a natural disaster has occurred and that this disaster, or measures adopted in accordance with Directive 2000/29/EC to eradicate or contain a plant disease or pest has caused the destruction of at least 30% of the relevant forest potential. This percentage shall be determined on the basis of either the average existing forest potential in the three-year period immediately preceding the disaster or on the average of the five-year period immediately preceding the disaster, excluding the highest and the lowest entrya considerable amount of damage. The Member States shall set the threshold for reimbursement in relation to the stock of trees.
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1467 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Support under this measure shall be granted per hectare of forest to forest holders, municipalities and their associations who undertake, on a voluntary basis, to carry out operations consisting of one or more forest-environment commitments. Bodies managing state owned forests may also benefit from support provided they are independent from the state budgetAs well as area-related payments, it shall be possible to grant tree-related or project-related payments.
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1482 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Commitments shall be undertaken for a period of between five and seven years. However, where necessary and duly justified, Member States may determine a longer period in their rural development programmes for particular types of commitments. Tree-related or project- related payments may be one-off payments provided that they are earmarked for a specific use over a 15- year period.
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1547 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37
[...]deleted
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1592 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38
Article 38 Crop, animal, and plant insurance 1. Support under Article 37(1)(a) shall only be granted for insurance contracts which cover for loss caused by an adverse climatic event or by an animal or plant disease or a pest infestation or a measure adopted in accordance with Directive 2000/29/EC to eradicate or contain a plant disease or pest which destroys more than 30 % of the average annual production of the farmer in the preceding three-year period or a three-year average based on the preceding five-year period, excluding the highest and lowest entry. 2. The occurrence of an adverse climatic event or the outbreak of an animal or plant disease or pest infestation has to be formally recognised as such by the competent authority of the Member State concerned. Member States may, where appropriate, establish in advance criteria on the basis of which such formal recognition shall be deemed to be granted. 3. Insurance payments shall compensate for not more than the total of the cost of replacing the losses referred to in Article 37(1)(a) and shall not require or specify the type or quantity of future production. Member States may limit the amount of the premium that is eligible for support by applying appropriate ceilings. 4. Support shall be limited to the maximum rate laid down in Annex I.deleted
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1604 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39
[...]deleted
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1625 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40
[...]deleted
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1665 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41
Article 41 Rules on the implementation of the measures The Commission shall, by means of implementing acts, adopt rules on the implementation of the measures in this section concerning: (a) procedures for selection of authorities or bodies offering farm and forestry advisory services, farm management or farm relief services and the degressivity of the aid under the advisory services measure referred to in Article 16 ; (b) the assessment by the Member State of the progress of the business plan, payment options as well as modalities for access to other measures for young farmers under the farm and business development measure referred to in Article 20; (c) demarcation with other measures, conversion to units other than those used in Annex I, calculation of transaction costs and conversion or adjustment of commitments under the agri- environment-climate measure referred to in Article 29, the organic farming measure referred to in Article 30 and the forest-environmental and climate services and forest conservation measure referred to in Article 35; (d) the possibility of using standard assumptions of income foregone under the measures of Articles 29, 30, 31, 32, 34 and 35 and criteria for its calculation; (e) calculation of the amount of support where an operation is eligible for support under more than one measures. These implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 91.deleted
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1780 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 55 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) foster innovation in agriculture and forestry.
2012/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1852 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 61 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) promote a resource efficient, productive, low emission, climate friendly and resilient agricultural and forestry sector, working in harmony with the essential natural resources on which farming and forestry depends;
2012/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1866 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 61 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) build bridges between cutting-edge research knowledge and technology and farmers and foresters, businesses and advisory services.
2012/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1956 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 4 – point a a (new)
(aa) 75% for the implementation of specified EU priority objectives: measures under Natura 2000, the Water Framework Directive and the EU Biodiversity Strategy. This should apply equally in respect of area-related, investment-related and other support measures;
2012/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2090 #
Proposal for a regulation
ANNEX I – Article 35(3)
35(3) Forest-Environmental 200(*) Per ha per year services and forest conservation 150 Euro Per tree as a one-off payment (including outputs for 15 years) 65% Of the eligible costs
2012/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2123 #
Proposal for a regulation
ANNEX IV – column 1 – point 3
RD priority 3: promoting food chain organisation and risk management in agriculture
2012/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2124 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 5
Article 37 Risk managementdeleted
2012/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2125 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 6
Article 38 Crop, animal, and plant insurancedeleted
2012/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2126 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 7
Article 39 Mutual funds for animal and plant diseases and environmental incidentsdeleted
2012/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2127 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 8
Article 40 Income stabilisation tooldeleted
2012/07/26
Committee: AGRI