2 Amendments of Sergio Paolo Francesco SILVESTRIS related to 2011/0269(COD)
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In compliance with the Communication on ‘A Budget for Europe 2020’, and given that the Commission should refrain from making concessions which might adversely affect European agriculture, the scope of the EGF should be broadened to facilitate the adaptation of farmers to a new market situation resulting from international trade agreements in the agricultural sector and leading to a change or a significant adjustment in the agricultural activities of the affected farmers so as to assist them to become structurally more competitive or to facilitate their transition to non-agricultural activities.
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 — paragraph 3
Article 4 — paragraph 3
3. As regards farmers, when, after a trade agreement is initialled (this being a measure to be taken in the last resort where asymmetric negotiations with non- member countries have proved impossible to bring about) and on the basis of the information, data and analyses available to it, the Commission considers that the conditions for support in accordance with Article 2(c) are likely to be met for a significant number of farmers, it shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 24 designating the eligible sectors or products, defining the affected geographical areas where appropriate, setting a maximum amount for potential support at Union level, setting reference periods and eligibility conditions for farmers and eligibility dates for expenditure as well as establishing the deadline by which applications must be submitted and, if necessary, the content of these applications in accordance with Article 8(2).