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Peter JAHR, Astrid LULLING, Sandra KALNIETE, Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU, Jan BŘEZINA, Hermann WINKLER, Werner KUHN, Horst SCHNELLHARDT, Dieter-Lebrecht KOCH, Joachim ZELLER, Albert DESS

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15

(15) The distribution of direct income support among farmers is characterised by the allocation of disproportionate amounts of payments to a rather small number of large beneficiaries. Due to economies of size, larger beneficiaries do not require the same level of unitary support for the objective of income support to be efficiently achieved. Moreover, the potential to adapt makes it easier for larger beneficiaries to operate with lower levels of unitary support. It is therefore fair to introduce a system for large beneficiaries where the support level is gradually reduced and ultimately capped to improve the distribution of payments between farmers. Such system should however take into account salaried labour intensity to avoid disproportionate effects on large farms with high employment numbers. Those maximum levels should not apply to payments granted to agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment since the beneficial objectives they pursue could be diminished as a result. In order to make capping effective, Member States should establish some criteria in order to avoid abusive operations by farmers seeking to evade its effects. The proceeds of the reduction and capping of payments to large beneficiaries should remain in the Member States where they were generated and should be used for financing projects with a significant contribution to innovation under Regulation (EU) No […] of the European Parliament and of the Council of….on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) [RDR].deleted

2012/07/18
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Astrid LULLING, Sandra KALNIETE, Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU, Jan BŘEZINA, Hermann WINKLER, Werner KUHN, Horst SCHNELLHARDT, Dieter-Lebrecht KOCH, Joachim ZELLER, Albert DESS

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16

(16) In order to facilitate the implementation of capping, notably with regard to the procedures for granting direct payments to farmers and the corresponding transfers to rural development, net ceilings should be determined for each Member State to limit the payments to be made to farmers following the application of capping. To take into account the specificities of CAP support granted in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 247/2006 of 30 January 2006 laying down specific measures for agriculture in the outermost regions of the Union and Council Regulation (EC) No 1405/2006 of 18 September 2006 laying down specific measures for agriculture in favour of the smaller Aegean islands and amending Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, and the fact that these direct payments are not subject to capping, the net ceiling for the Member States concerned should not include those direct payments.deleted

2012/07/18
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Astrid LULLING, Sandra KALNIETE, Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU, Jan BŘEZINA, Hermann WINKLER, Werner KUHN, Horst SCHNELLHARDT, Dieter-Lebrecht KOCH, Joachim ZELLER, Albert DESS

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

3 Amendments of Hermann WINKLER related to 2011/0280(COD)

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