80 Amendments of Morten LØKKEGAARD related to 2018/0216(COD)
Amendment 553 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) A smarter, modernised and more sustainable CAP needs to embrace research and innovation, in order to serve the multi- functionality of Union agriculture, forestry and food systems, investing in technological development and digitalisation, as well as improving the access to impartial, sound, relevant and new knowledge and promoting the exchange of existing farmers' knowledge and expertise between farmers, including best practices to boost competitiveness and enhance the performance towards environmental and climate objectives.
Amendment 574 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) In order to foster a smart and resilient agricultural sector, direct payments keep on constituting an essential part to guarantee a fair income support to farmers, with strong emphasis on targeted payments for the environment, climate and animal welfare as well as for boosting competitiveness. Likewise, investments into farm restructuring, modernisation, innovation, diversification and uptake of new technologies are necessary to improve farmers’ market reward.
Amendment 771 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) Member States should be allowed to use part of their financial ceiling available for direct payments for coupled income support in order to improve competitiveness, sustainability, and/or quality in certain sectors and productions that are particularly important for social, economic or environmental reasons and undergo certain difficulties. The conditions set shall enable continued development of competitiveness in the sector and decrease dependency on this type of support. Furthermore, Member States should also be allowed to use an additional part of their financial ceiling available for direct payments to grant coupled income support specifically for the support of protein crop production in order to reduce the Union's deficit in this regard.
Amendment 909 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 48
Recital 48
(48) Support for direct payments under the CAP Strategic Plans should be granted within national allocations to be fixed by this Regulation. These national allocations should reflect a continuation of the changes whereby the allocations to Member States with the lowest support level per hectare are gradually increased to close 50% of the gap towards 90% of the Union average. In order to take into account the reduction of payments' mechanism and the use of its product in the Member State, the total indicative financial allocations per year in the CAP Strategic Plan of a Member State should be allowed to exceed the national allocation support shall be designed based on conditions that enables continued development of competitiveness in the sector and contributes to decrease dependency on this type of support over time.
Amendment 984 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 58
Recital 58
(58) The CAP Strategic Plans should aim to ensure enhanced coherence across the multiple tools of the CAP, since it should cover types of interventions in the form of direct payments, sectoral types of interventions and types of interventions for rural development. They should also ensure and demonstrate the alignment and appropriateness of the choices made by Member States to the Union priorities and objectives. It is therefore appropriate that they contain a result-oriented intervention strategy structured around the specific objectives of the CAP, including quantified targets in relation to these objectives. In order to allow their monitoring on an annual basis, it is appropriate that these targets are based on result indicators. It is necessary to have further clarification of the indicators set in guidelines by the Commission in order to strengthen their link to the achievement of general and specific objectives laid down in Article 5 and 6.
Amendment 1075 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) types of interventions and common requirements for Member States to pursue these objectives, including ensuring an European level playing field, as well as the related financial arrangements;
Amendment 1081 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) CAP Strategic Plans to be drawn up by Member States, setting targets, defining interventions and allocating financial resources, in line with the specific objectives and identified needs and in accordance with the EU internal market;
Amendment 1104 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point h – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point h – introductory part
(h) In the case of types of intervention for rural development and in relation to Title III Chapter II, subsection 4 and 4a, 'beneficiary' means:
Amendment 1106 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point h – point i
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point h – point i
(i) a public or private law body, an entity with or without legal personality or a natural person, as well as collectives of the aforementioned, responsible for initiating or both initiating and implementing operations;
Amendment 1308 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to foster a smart, resilient and diversified agricultural sector ensuring food security, independent, diversified and competitive agricultural sector;
Amendment 1314 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to bolster environmental care and climate action and to contribute to the environmental- and climate-related objectives of the Union and to ensure future food security;
Amendment 1337 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Those objectives shall be complemented by the cross-cutting objective of enhancing competitiveness by modernising the sector bythrough fostering and sharing of knowledge, innovation and digitalisation in agriculture and rural areas, and encouraging their uptake.
Amendment 1356 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) support viable farm income and resilience across the Union to enhance food securitybusiness development;
Amendment 1378 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) enhance market orientation and increase competitiveness, including greater focus on research, innovation, technology and digitalisation;
Amendment 1397 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation, as well as sustainable energy to ensure food security for the future;
Amendment 1422 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) contribute to the protection of biodiversity, improve animal health and welfare, enhance ecosystem services and preserve habitats and landscapes;
Amendment 1434 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) attract young farmers, ensure gender equality and facilitate business development in rural areas;
Amendment 1483 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point i
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) improve the response of EU agriculture to societal demands on food and health, including safe, nutritious and sustainable food, food waste, as well as animal welfare.
Amendment 1497 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. When pursuing the specific objectives Member States and the European Commission shall ensure simplification and performance of the CAP support, taking into account evaluations of farmers' organizations.
Amendment 1529 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. The Commission shall, three years after the start of the period referred to in Article 1, paragraph 2, conduct a midterm review of the indicators referred to in paragraph 1 in order to assess the result- based elements of interventions under this regulation. The review shall be presented in a report and transmitted to the Council and European parliament.
Amendment 1530 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. In preparation of this review the Commission shall request the European Court of Auditors for their opinion. In case the Commission rejects a significant majority of the suggested adjustments by the European Court of Auditors to the indicators in its report, the Commission shall provide science-based justifications for its rejections.
Amendment 1541 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 138 amending Annex I to adaptdelete the common output, result and impact indicators to takeaking into account the demonstrated negative experience with their application and, where needed, to add new indicators.
Amendment 1576 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 1585 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that the iInterventions based on the crop- specific payment for cotton provided for in Subsection 2 of Section 3 of Chapter II of this Title shall respect the provisions of Article 6(5) of the WTO Agreement on Agriculture.
Amendment 1605 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Member States shall endeavour to ensure simplification for farmers for the system of conditionality pursuant to paragraph 1. Member States may remove GAECs as set out in Annex III from the system of conditionality under the condition that those removed GAECs will be effectuated through equivalent measures in eco-schemes pursuant to Article 28 or environmental and climate commitments pursuant to article 65.
Amendment 1652 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. In respect of the main objectives laid down in Annex III Member States may prescribe standards additional to those laid down in that Annex against those main objectives as well as risk management tools. However, Member States shall not define minimum standards for main objectives other than the main objectives laid down in Annex III and risk management, in accordance with Article 70.
Amendment 1674 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Member States shallmay establish a system for providing the Farm Sustainability Tool for Nutrients referred to in Annex III, with the minimum content and functionalities defined therein, to beneficiaries, who shall use the Tool.
Amendment 1710 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall include in the CAP Strategic Plan a system providing public or private services for advising farmers and other beneficiaries of CAP support on land management and farm management ('farm advisory services').
Amendment 1817 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
(d a) the schemes for boosting competitiveness
Amendment 1930 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Before applying paragraph 1, Member States shallmay subtract from the amount of direct payments to be granted to a farmer pursuant to this Chapter in a given calendar year:
Amendment 1974 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Before applying paragraph 1, Member States shall subtract from the amount of direct payments to be granted to a farmer pursuant to this Chapter in a given calendar year: (c) Expenditure related to the schemes for the climate and the environment subsequent to Article 28 and environmental and climate commitments referred to Article 65 and linked to the objectives in Article 6 points (d), (e) and (f). (d) Expenditure related to boosting competitiveness subsequent to Article 28a and Article 64 points (d), (g) and (h) and linked to the objectives in article 6 points (b) and (c).
Amendment 2322 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 2
Article 28 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall support under this type of intervention genuine farmers or groups of farmers who make commitments to observe, on eligible hectares, agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment.
Amendment 2366 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 4
Article 28 – paragraph 4
4. Those practices shall be designed to meet one or more of the specific animal welfare-, environmental- and climate- related objectives laid down in points (d), (e) and (f) of Article 6(1).
Amendment 2379 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 5 – introductory part
Article 28 – paragraph 5 – introductory part
5. Under this type of interventions, Member States shall only provide payments covering commitments which: do not provide double financing in respect of which payments are granted under this Regulation.
Amendment 2384 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 5 – point a
Article 28 – paragraph 5 – point a
Amendment 2392 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 5 – point b
Article 28 – paragraph 5 – point b
Amendment 2405 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 5 – point c
Article 28 – paragraph 5 – point c
Amendment 2413 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 5 – point d
Article 28 – paragraph 5 – point d
Amendment 2443 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
Article 28 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
6. Support for eco-schemes shall take the form of an annual payment per eligible hectare and it shall be granted as either:
Amendment 2448 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 6 – point b
Article 28 – paragraph 6 – point b
(b) payments compensating beneficiaries for all or part of the additional costs incurred and income foregone as a result of the commitments as set pursuant to Article 65in accordance with Article 65, paragraph 5. Where necessary, they may also cover transaction costs. In duly justified cases, Member States may grant support as a flat-rate or as a one- off payment per unit. Member States shall increase the compensation with an additional bonus for deliverance of public goods, based on non-discriminatory criteria and the indicators set up under this Regulation, in order to offer an effective incentive for participation.
Amendment 2472 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 a (new)
Article 28 a (new)
Amendment 2628 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) concentration of supply and/or the placing on the market of the products of the fruit and vegetables sector, including through direct marketing; those objectives relate to the specific objectives set out in points (a) and (c) of Article 6(1);
Amendment 2656 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point h
Amendment 2713 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point m
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point m
(m) implementation of Union and, national and private quality schemes;
Amendment 3127 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
Article 59 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
(ha) prevention of tropical and zoonotic diseases as well as antimicrobial resistance, those objectives relate to the specific objectives set out in point (f) of Article 6(1);
Amendment 3184 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 60 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) setting up and/or refilling of mutual funds by producer organisations and/or interbranch organisations and associations thereof recognised under Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013;
Amendment 3210 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 61 – paragraph 1
Article 61 – paragraph 1
1. In each sector concerned, the objectives and the interventions set out by the Member States in their CAP Strategic Plans shall be implemented through approved operational programs of producer organisations, interbranch organisations and/or associations of producer organisations recognised under Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, under the conditions laid down in this Article.
Amendment 3218 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 61 – paragraph 4
Article 61 – paragraph 4
4. Operational programs shall be submitted by producer and interbranch organisations and/or associations of producer organisations recognised under Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 to the Member States for their approval.
Amendment 3224 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 61 – paragraph 5
Article 61 – paragraph 5
5. Operational programs may be implemented only by producer and interbranch organisations or by associations of producer and interbranch organisations recognised under Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.
Amendment 3234 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 62 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 62 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Producer and/or interbranch organisations and/or their associations in the sectors referred to in point (f) of Article 39 may set up an operational fund. The fund shall be financed by:
Amendment 3235 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 62 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
Article 62 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
(i) members of the producer or interbranch organisation and/or producer or interbranch organisation itself; or
Amendment 3238 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 62 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 62 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) Union financial assistance, which may be granted to producer and/ or interbranch organisations or to their associations where those associations present an operational program.
Amendment 3275 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) installation of young farmers and rural business start-up and development;
Amendment 3308 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 1
Article 65 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may grant payments for environmental, climate, animal health and welfare and other management commitments under the conditions set out in this Article and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans.
Amendment 3329 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 4
Article 65 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall only grant payments to farmers and groups of farmers and other beneficiaries who undertake, on a voluntary basis, management commitments which are considered to be beneficial to achieving the specific objectives set out in Article 6(1).
Amendment 3332 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 5 – introductory part
Article 65 – paragraph 5 – introductory part
5. Under this type of interventions, Member States shall only provide payments covering commitments which: do not result in double financing in respect of which payments are granted under this Regulation.
Amendment 3333 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 5 – point a
Article 65 – paragraph 5 – point a
Amendment 3335 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 5 – point b
Article 65 – paragraph 5 – point b
Amendment 3347 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 5 – point c
Article 65 – paragraph 5 – point c
Amendment 3348 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 5 – point d
Article 65 – paragraph 5 – point d
Amendment 3363 #
6. Member States shall compensate beneficiaries for costs incurred and income foregone resulting from the commitments made. Where necessary, they may also cover transaction costs. In duly justified cases, Member States may grant support as a flat-rate or as a one- off payment per unit. Member States shall increase the compensation with an additional bonus for deliverance of public goods, based on non-discriminatory criteria and the indicators set up under this Regulation, in order to offer an effective incentive for participation. Payments shall be granted annually.
Amendment 3388 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 7
Article 65 – paragraph 7
7. Member States may promote and support collective schemes and result- based payments schemes to encourage farmers or groups of farmers to deliver a significant enhancement of the quality of the environment at a larger scale and in a measurable way.
Amendment 3557 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 68 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall limit the support to the maximum rate of 785% of the eligible costs.
Amendment 3611 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – title
Article 69 – title
69 Installation of young farmers and rural business start-up and development
Amendment 3619 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 1
Article 69 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may grant support for the installation of young farmers and rural business start-up and development activities under the conditions set out in this Article and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans with the view of contributing to the achievement of the specific objectives set out in Article 6.
Amendment 3648 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 69 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) the business start-up of non- agricultural activities in rural areas being part of local development strategies.
Amendment 3670 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 1
Article 70 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall grant support for risk management tools under the conditions set out in this Article and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans. Member States shall ensure that this obligation shall not be to the detriment of private risk management tools.
Amendment 3815 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 72 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, in the case of setting-up of farm advisory services, or knowledge exchange on eco- and boost schemes, Member States may grant support in the form of a fixed amount of maximum EUR 200 000.
Amendment 4030 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 86 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
At least 30% of the total EAFRD and of the EAGF contribution to the CAP Strategic Plan shall be reserved for interventions addressing the cross-cutting objectives referred to in Article 5 and the specific objectives set out in points (a), (b) and (c) of Article 6(1) of this Regulation.
Amendment 4087 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 86 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
The indicative financial allocations for the coupled income support interventions referred to in Subsection 1 of Section 2 of Chapter II of Title III, shall be limited to a maximum of 105% of the amounts set out in Annex VII.
Amendment 4107 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 86 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
By way of derogation from the first sub- paragraph, Member States that in accordance with Article 53(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 used for the purpose of voluntary coupled support more than 13% of their annual national ceiling set out in Annex II to that Regulation, may decide to use for the purpose of coupled income support more than 105% of the amount set out in Annex VII. The resulting percentage shall not exceed the percentage approved by the Commission for voluntary coupled support in respect of claim year 2018.
Amendment 4126 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
Article 86 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
The percentage referred to in the first subparagraph, may be increased by a maximum of 25%, provided that the amount corresponding to the percentage exceeding the 105% is allocated to the support for protein crops under Subsection 1 of Section 2 of Chapter II of Title III.
Amendment 4174 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 87 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 87 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)
The Commission shall, three years after the start of the period referred to in Article 1, paragraph 2, assess if the percentages set out in this Article show the respective interventions contributions to achieving the climate change objectives and provides for an accurate basis for the evaluation to be done according to paragraph 1 of this Article.
Amendment 4179 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 87 a (new)
Article 87 a (new)
Article 87a Tracking of competitiveness boosting expenditure 1. On the basis of the information provided by Member States the Commission shall evaluate the contribution of the policy to the boosting of competitiveness objectives using a simple and common methodology. 2. The contribution to the expenditure target shall be estimated through the application of specific weightings differentiated on the basis whether the support makes a significant or a moderate contribution towards boosting competitiveness as linked to the cross-cutting objective referred to in Article 5 and the economic objectives in points (a), (b) and (c) of Article 6(1). These weightings shall be based on a set of indicators measuring these objectives and shall be developed by the Commission by a delegated act in accordance with Article 138.
Amendment 4301 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 95 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 95 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) a description of the direct payments, eco-schemes, boost-schemes, sectoral and rural development interventions specified in the strategy;
Amendment 4314 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 95 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
Article 95 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
(ha) a description of national elements and/or initiatives that contributes to increased competitiveness of the sector and how the suggested actions in the Strategic Plan complements and interacts with the planned and/or existing national actions.
Amendment 4344 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 96 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 96 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Members States can, based on their SWOT-analysis, opt for an fast-track procedure for eco-scheme or boost- schemes that are part of another Member State’s approved CAP plan and have been proven effective in regards of their corresponding objectives as stated in Article 6.
Amendment 4472 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 2
Article 106 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall assess the proposed CAP Strategic Plans on the basis of the completeness of the plans, the consistency and coherence with the general principles of Union law, with this Regulation and the provisions adopted pursuant to it and with the Horizontal Regulation, their effective contribution to the specific objectives set out in Article 6(1), the impact on the proper functioning of the internal market and distortion of competition, the level of administrative burden on beneficiaries and administration. The assessment shall address, in particular, the adequacy of the strategy of the CAP Strategic Plan, the corresponding specific objectives, targets, interventions and the allocation of budgetary resources to meet the specific CAP Strategic Plan objectives through the proposed set of interventions on the basis of the SWOT analysis and the ex-ante evaluatio, EU targets, SDG commitments, the ex-ante evaluation and a statement from farmers' organizations regarding the performance and simplification of the plan.
Amendment 4584 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 110 – paragraph 2 – point k a (new)
Article 110 – paragraph 2 – point k a (new)
(ka) the CAP Strategic Plans are translated into English and published in a way that it ensures publicity and transparency at European level.
Amendment 4673 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 114 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Article 114 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
EIP Operational Groups shall form part of the EIP and may be established by producer and interbranch organizations. They shall draw up a plan for innovative projects to be developed, tested, adapted or implemented shall be based on the interactive innovation model which has as key principles: