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16 Amendments of Marie-Thérèse SANCHEZ-SCHMID related to 2011/0282(COD)

Amendment 161 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
(28) Agri-environment-climate payments should continue to play a prominent role in supporting the sustainable development of rural areas and in responding to society's increasing demands for environmental services. They should further encourage farmers and other land managers to serve society as a whole by introducing or continuing to apply agricultural practices contributing to climate change mitigation and adaptation and compatible with the protection and improvement of the environment, the landscape and its features, natural resources, the soil and genetic diversity. In this context the conservation of genetic resources in agriculture and the additional needs of farming systems that are of high nature value should be given specific attention. Payments should contribute to covering additional costs and income foregone resulting from the commitments undertaken and should only cover commitments going beyond relevant mandatory standards and requirements, in accordance with the "polluter pays" principle. In many situations the synergies resulting from commitments undertaken jointly by a group of farmers multiply the environmental and climate benefit. However, joint action brings additional transaction costs which should be compensated adequately. In order to ensure that farmers and other land managers are in a position to correctly implement the commitments they have undertaken, Member States should endeavour to provide them with the required skills and knowledge. Member States should maintain the level of efforts made during the 2007-2013 programming period and have to spend a minimum of 2530% of the total contribution from the EAFRD to each rural development programme for climate change mitigation and adaptation and land management, through the agri- environment-climate, and organic farming payments and payments to areas facing natural or other specific constraints measuresspecific constraints and major natural constraints, notably as a result of arid or wet conditions or soil or terrain quality.
2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 214 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
(ja) “transition regions”: regions whose gross domestic product (GDP) per capita is between 75% and 90% of the average GDP of the EU-27;
2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 240 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point t
(t) "short supply chain": a supply chain involving a limited number of economic operators, committed to co-operation, local economic development, and close geographical and social relations between producers, processors and consumers;
2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 378 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – introductory part
(3) promoting food chain organisation and risk management in agriculture and in rural areas, with a focus on the following areas:
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 402 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – introductory part
(5) promoting resource efficiency and supporting the shift towards a low carbon and climate resilient economy in the agriculture, and food andsectors, in rural areas and in the forestry sectors, with a focus on the following areas:
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 407 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
(a) promoting irrigation and access to water and increasing efficiency in water use by agriculture;
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 443 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point a
(a) facilitating diversification, creation and transfer of ownership of new small enterprises and job creation;
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 491 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) mountain areas and areas facing natural constraints, as referred to in Article 33(2) and (3) respectively;
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 547 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. The support rates laid down in Annex I may be increased by 10 percentage points for operations supported in the framework of thematic sub-programmes concerning small farms and short supply chains. In the case of young farmers and mountain areas, mountain areas and areas facing natural constraints, such as those referred to in Article 32(2) and (3), the maximum support rates may be increased in accordance with Annex I. However, the maximum combined support rate shall not exceed 90%.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 587 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point m
(m) information on the complementaritythe mechanisms for coordination with measures financed by the other common agricultural policy instruments, through cohesion policy or by the EMFF;
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 915 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part
(a) business start-up and transfer aid for:
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1049 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) investments in the setting-up, improvement or expansion of local basic services for the rural population, including sport, leisure and culture, and the related infrastructure;
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1435 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
In order to be3. Member States shall designate areas, other than mountain areas, facing significant natural constraints, as eligible for payments under Article 32, areas, other than mountain. These areas, shall be considered as facingharacterised by significant natural constraints if at least 66% of the UAA meets at least one of the criteria listed in Annex II at the threshold value indicated. Respect of this condition shall be ensured at the appropriate level of local administrative units ("LAU 2" level)resulting in particular from arid or wet conditions or from soil or terrain quality, and by the fact that maintaining extensive farming activity is important for the management of the land. Indicative biophysical criteria for the delimitation of areas facing significant natural constraints are listed in Annex II.
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1448 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
When delimiting the areas concerned by this paragraph, Member States shall undertake a fine-tuning exercise, based on objective criteria, with the purpose of excluding areas in which significant natural constraints in accordance with the first subparagraph have been documented but have been overcome by investments or by economic activity.deleted
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1936 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) 75% of eligible expenditure in transition regions;
2012/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1978 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. At least 30 % of the total EAFRD contribution to the rural development programme shall be reserved for the measures referred to in Articles 29, 30, 31 and 32.
2012/07/26
Committee: AGRI