10 Amendments of Seán KELLY related to 2011/0280(COD)
Amendment 606 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) their agricultural areas are mainly areas naturally kept in a state suitable for grazing or cultivation and they do not carry out on those areas the minimum activity established by Member States in accordance with Article 4(1)(c). Taking account of geographical differences and varying farming types member states should determine that pastoral farmers have a meaningful stocking density and that arable farmers have a meaningful crop production.
Amendment 1297 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to have threewo different crops on their arable land where the arable land of the farmer covers more than 315 hectares and is not entirely used for grass production (sown or natural), entirely left fallow or entirely cultivated with crops under water for a significant part of the year;
Amendment 1339 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) to have ecological focus area on their agricultural arrable land where the arable land of the farmer covers more than 15 hectares and is not entirely used for grass production (sown or natural), entirely left fallow or entirely cultivated with crops under water for a significant part of the year.
Amendment 1466 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 29 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Farmers with more than 70% of the eligible agricultural area covered by grassland or farmers whose holding is certified under national or regional environmental certification schemes shall be entitled ipso facto to the payment referred to in this chapter.
Amendment 1476 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 5
Article 29 – paragraph 5
5. The payment referred to in paragraph 1 shall take the form of an annual payment per eligible hectare declared according to Article 26(1), the amount of which shall be calculated annually by dividing the amount resulting from the application of Article 33(1) by the total number of eligible hectares declared in the Member Spayable to individual farmers as a fixed percentatge concerned according to Article 26 top of their basic payment.
Amendment 1525 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Article 30 – paragraph 1
1. Where the arable land of the farmer covers more than 315 hectares and is not entirely used for grass production (sown or natural), entirely left fallow or entirely cultivated with crops under water for a significant part of the year, cultivation on the arable land shall consist of at least threewo different crops. None of those threeThe main crops shall cover less than 5 not exceed 85% of the arable land and the main . Temporary grassland shall be counted as a distinct separate crop. This obligatione shall not exceed 70 % of the arable landapply to holdings in which the permanent grassland covers more than 50% of the agricultural area.
Amendment 1565 #
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 15 hectares mentioned in paragraph 1 to 20 pct. of the average farm size according to the average farm size set out in Annex VI.
Amendment 1699 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1
Article 32 – paragraph 1
1. FWhen the arable land of the farmer covers more than 20 hectares, farmers shall ensure that at least 7 3% of their eligible hectares as defined in Article 25(2), excluding areas under permanent grassland, is ecological focus area such as land left fallow, terraces, landscape features, buffer strips and afforested areas as referred to in article 25(2)(b)(ii). like hedges and stone walls, buffer strips, land planted with nitrogen- fixing crops, short rotation coppice and afforested areas as referred to in article 25(2)(b)(ii). The inclusion of such features as ecological focus areas does not preclude these measures being aided under Regulation XXX (Rural Development).
Amendment 1848 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 2
Article 33 – paragraph 2
Amendment 2020 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2