1 Amendments of Waldemar TOMASZEWSKI related to 2011/0280(COD)
Amendment 183 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) Due to the successive integration of various sectors into the single payment scheme and the ensuing period of adjustment granted to farmers, it has become increasingly difficult to justify the presence of significant individual differences in the level of support per hectare resulting from use of historical references. Therefore direct income support should be more equitably distributed between Member States, by reducing the link to historical references and having regard to the overall context of the Union budget. To ensure a more equal distribution of direct support, while taking account of the differences that still exist in wage levels and input costs, the levels of direct support per hectare should be progressively adjusted. Member States with direct payments below the level of 90 % of the average should close one third of the gap between their current level and this level. This convergenceA single payment scheme leading to a certain level of redistribution of funds should be financed proportionally by all Member States with direct payments above the Union average. In addition, all payment entitlements activated in 2019 in atroduced in the interests of the fair distribution of direct payments across the EU, with every Member State or receiving a region should have a uniform unit value following a convergence towards this value that should take place durt least 90% of the average for direct payments ing the transition period in linear steps. However, in order to avoid disruptive financial consequences for farmers, Member States having used the single payment scheme, and in particular the historical model, should be allowed to partially take historical factors into account when calculating the value of payment entitlements in the first year of application of the new scheme. The debate on the next Multiannual Financial Framework for the period startEU and no Member State receiving more than 110% of the average for direct payments. A new direct payment system should be implemented, but it should come with an assurance that the transition period will be appropriately shorter – but ending inby 2021 should also focus on the objective of complete convergence through the equal distribution of direct support across the European Union during that15 at the latest – for those Member States receiving direct payments below the EU average during the current funding period.