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16 Amendments of Robert DUŠEK related to 2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

Without prejudice to Article 8, the total amount of direct payments which may be granted in a Member State pursuant to Titles III, IV and V in respect of a calendar year~~, after application of Article 11,~~ shall not be higher than the ceilings set out in Annex III to this Regulation.

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2

~~2. For each Member State and each year, the estimated product of capping as referred to in Article 11, which is ref~~delected by the difference between the national ceilings set out in Annex II, to which is added the amount available in accordance with Article 44, and the net ceilings set out in Annex III, is made available as Union support for measures under rural development programming financed under the EAFRD as specified in Regulation (EU) No […] [RDR].

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1

1. No direct payments shall be granted to natural or legal persons, or to groups of natural or legal persons, where one of the following applies: (a) the annual amount of direct payments is less than 5 % of the total receipts they obtained from non-agricultural activities in the most recent fiscal year; or (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).deleted

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

1. No direct payments shall be granted to natural or legal persons, or to groups of natural or legal persons, wh~~ere one of the following applies:~~ose main purpose of business is not agricultural activities, on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria laid down by the Member State.

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11

Article 11 Progressive reduction and capping of the payment 1. The amount of direct payments to be granted to a farmer under this Regulation in a given calendar year shall be reduced as follows: – by 20 % for the tranche of more than EUR 150 000 and up to EUR 200 000; – by 40 % for the tranche of more than EUR 200 000 and up to EUR 250 000; – by 70 % for the tranche of more than EUR 250 000 and up to EUR 300 000; – by 100 % for the tranche of more than EUR 300 000. 2. The amount referred to in paragraph 1 shall be calculated by subtracting the salaries effectively paid and declared by the farmer in the previous year, including taxes and social contributions related to employment, from the total amount of direct payments initially due to the farmer without taking into account the payments to be granted pursuant to Chapter 2 of Title III of this Regulation. 3. Member States shall ensure that no payment is made to farmers for whom it is established that, as from the date of publication of the Commission proposal for this Regulation, they artificially created the conditions to avoid the effects of this Article.deleted

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

1. Farmers entitled to a payment under the basic payment scheme referred to in Chapter 1 ~~shall~~may apply for a payment for agricultural practises beneficial for the climate and the environment, provided they observe on their eligible hectares as defined in Article 25(2) the following agricultural practises beneficial for the climate and the environment:

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Member States may decide that farmers shall be entitled to the payment referred to in this Chapter if they meet one or more of the following criteria: - 100 % certified sustainable farming, - farms participating in determined agro- environmental programmes with at least 50 % of their agricultural area, - farms with at least 50 % of their agricultural area situated in Natura 2000 zones with specific restrictions to agricultural use based on the object of the protection.

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
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), to farmers who have decided to participate in the payment scheme for agricultural practises beneficial for the climate and the environment, 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 State concerned according to Article 26.

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1

1. Where the arable land of the farmer covers more than ~~3 hectares~~1/3 of the average size of agricultural holding of the Member State 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 three different crops. None of those three crops shall cover less than 5 % of the arable land and the main one shall not exceed 70 % of the arable land.

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. This obligation shall not apply to agricultural holdings where the area of grassland covers more than 70 % of the total area of the holding.

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

Farmers shall maintain as permanent grassland the areas of their holdings declared as such in the application made pursuant to Article 74(1) of Regulation (EU) No XXX (HZ) for claim year 2014, hereinafter referred to as ‘reference areas under permanent grassland’.deleted

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)

Member States shall ensure that agricultural land which was under permanent grassland for claim year 2014 is maintained under permanent grassland.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1

1. Member States ~~shall~~may grant an annual payment to young farmers who are entitled to a payment under the basic payment scheme referred to in Chapter 1.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

Coupled support may be granted to the following sectors and productions: cereals, oilseeds, protein crops, grain legumes, flax, hemp, rice, nuts, starch potato, milk and milk products, seeds, sheepmeat and goatmeat, beef and veal, pork, olive oil, silk worms, dried fodder, hops, sugar beet, cane and chicory, fruit and vegetables and short rotation coppice.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 2 – introductory part

2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, Member States may decide to use up to 105 % of the annual national ceiling set out in Annex II provided that:

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 2

2. PMember States may decide that payments under the small farmers scheme shall replace the payments to be granted pursuant to Titles III and IV.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI